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Here are my views on some topics of interest these days. I've written about my views in much greater detail in my book.
Abortion Sure, go ahead. I think a law that says “no, absolutely never” is a bad law. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think this is a great option or even a good option but I think it should be an option nonetheless. Like many other situations where we are dealing in such an emotional area as the eventuality of life or death, there must be careful regulation. Of course late term is bad. Carl Sagan had a reasonable approach... Affirmative Action A look into the nation’s various affirmative action programs will reveal a tremendous amount of ineffective and even counterproductive programs. Even governments are starting to realize this now and you see programs being removed from public school admissions, for example. I fully support equal opportunity for all and special treatment none...
AIDS Awareness We should take reasonable measures to prevent the spread of any deadly disease, AIDS included. This particular disease has gotten out of hand, as pointed out by David Horowitz and others through the gross negligence of those initially infected by the disease with the help of the liberal leaders and political figures surrounding them, protecting them. The risks to heterosexuals were exaggerated to the benefit of both liberals and religious conservatives for a couple of reasons...
Animal Rights (PETA and the like) Don't be cruel to animals but be real. Humans are omnivores. That means we eat everything, including meat...
Cloning/Genetic Engineering/Stem Cell Research Again, the religious folks don't want somebody playing god. Genetic engineering is already a large part of everyone's day in America but they just don't know it. From the genetically altered food you eat to the medicine that makes you comfortable and keeps you alive, genetic engineers have been in there making things better. Genetic engineering has the potential to improve the quality of life for humans in ways unthinkable 25 years ago...
Capital Punishment Go ahead and kill 'em. Saves space and money and ensures that they won't kill again. I don't think it is a widely effective deterrent but it may prevent a small number...
Censorship I think censorship is generally bad. Put it out there and people will decide what is right and wrong. I support free speech under almost any circumstances. One exception I can think of is speech that would put U.S. forces in danger...
Defense and General Military I think I’m generally what I’d call a separationist or maybe isolationist. I’m truly for staying out of world affairs in the interest of bettering things within our own boundaries except in situations where we must engage in the interest of our own national security and/or securing free trade and capitalism. Keep in mind that I feel that the boundaries between national security and free trade overlap a great deal because or economic viability is a key component to our national security. Sometimes the relationship is even clearer. For example, ensuring free trade and availability of oil is certainly a valid reason to engage in war if other measures have not been successful. Oil is both vital to our economy and our ability to fund and execute our defense department objectives. I don’t know that we have a duty to defend the morals of individuals throughout the world. It is a battle that seemingly cannot be won. Does that mean that I am willing to turn my back on atrocities occurring throughout the world?...
Environmental Issues We have to protect the fragile environment. At the same time most people inside and outside of America will try to maintain the lifestyle that they are accustomed to or even attain a higher standard of living. I'm for environmentalism in moderation...
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Dr. Jack Kevorkian will someday be viewed as a hero and a visionary...
Flag Burning Go ahead and burn it. There are so many more anti-Americans things I can think of that it seems kind of silly to legislate this...
Gay Rights I am unequivocally 100% for equal rights for everyone. Homosexuals should be given all of the rights that are accorded heterosexuals...
Gender Issues and Rights Guess what people? Men and women are different. They are not created equally. Women will be better suited for some things and men for others. To deny this...
Global Warming Is it really happening? It might be and that would be a bad thing...
Gun Control I wish that there weren’t so many guns in the hands of private citizens but that is a wish that we can’t realistically do anything about...
Health Insurance, Public I don't think medicine should be socialized. I think that keeping it in the realm of capitalism is the healthiest approach as it stimulates competition...
Immigration Rampant illegal and legal immigration is ruining this country. It has gotten out of hand and must be seriously slowed down. Sure, let limited numbers of self-supporting people in...
Microsoft vs. the World Maybe this isn't a really clear political debate but since I'm in the software business I care about it. Yeah, Microsoft is big. Yeah, it seems like they have their hands in every aspect of computing. If you don't like it, enter the market and do it (whatever "it" is) better than Microsoft and I assure you that the greedy, profit minded business community will adopt your better/cheaper gizmo...
Nuclear Proliferation This is a tough one. As long as other countries have nukes we should have them too. It may seem a little unfair to say we can have them but you can’t but based on an unblemished history and my direct involvement with the U.S. military I trust that the United States...
Offshore Outsourcing and Sweatshops Pay people fair market value. I'm really sort of nationalistic though, so I'd rather see the work stay here in the United States. I don’t think we are taking advantage of or exploiting foreign workers in a negative way...
Prayer in Public Schools If you want to pray in school open a religious school...
Reparations You’ve gotta be kiddin’ me...See this.
School Vouchers No. This is another way for people to spend government money on religious schools. I think it will also end up driving costs way up as the only way to get your kids into decent schools will be to outspend everyone else. I'd even bet that the "disadvantaged" will somehow get allotted more money than working folks thereby making it even harder for me to send my kids to good schools. Eventually even "good schools" will be watered down with students and parents that don't care...
Separation of Church and State Keep them separate. This is not a Christian nation, nor a Muslim nation, nor a nation...
Taxes Taxes are necessary to keep our government providing for the general welfare and common defense. It is a good premise but currently very wasteful because, for one reason, they support so many bottomless social handout programs...
Violence in Schools Really only a huge problem in the inner city and decreasing in scope as you move to more suburban and economically stable areas. Sure, there are incidents outside of the cities but...
Welfare "A hand, not a hand out." I don't know who said it but it works for me....
World Population/Overpopulation The population is getting pretty damned big. 6 billion or so people now inhabit this planet. For now I think there are enough resources to go around so all can have decent lives but there are some really crappy governments keeping this from being a reality...
War in Iraq and on terrorism in general Fully support it. Saddam is a bad guy and so are those that followed him. We need to identify and exterminate all that execute or sponsor acts of terrorism...
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