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« on: January 10, 2013, 02:36:51 AM »

Put STRONGLY FAVOR,FAVOR,OPPOSE,STRONGLY OPPOSE for each one.

1.) Abortion is a woman's right:
2.) Require companies to hire more women & minorities:
3.) Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws:
4.) Permit prayer in public schools:
5.) More federal funding for health coverage:
6.) Privatize Social Security:
7.) Parents choose schools via vouchers:
8.) Death Penalty:
9.) Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws:
10.) Absolute right to gun ownership:
11.) Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy:
12.) Immigration helps our economy-encourage it:
13.) Support & expand free trade:
14.) Link human rights to trade with China:
15.) More spending on armed forces: 
16.) Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars):
17.) Seek UN approval for military action:
18.) Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy: 
19.) Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it:
20.) Allow churches to provide welfare services:
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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2013, 02:39:10 AM »

For me.

1.) Abortion is a woman's right: STRONGLY OPPOSE
2.) Require companies to hire more women & minorities: STRONGLY OPPOSE
3.) Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws: FAVOR
4.) Permit prayer in public schools: OPPOSE
5.) More federal funding for health coverage: STRONGLY OPPOSE
6.) Privatize Social Security: FAVOR
7.) Parents choose schools via vouchers: STRONGLY FAVOR
8.) Death Penalty: STRONGLY FAVOR
9.) Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws: OPPOSE
10.) Absolute right to gun ownership: FAVOR
11.) Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy: STRONGLY FAVOR
12.) Immigration helps our economy-encourage it: STRONGLY OPPOSE
13.) Support & expand free trade: STRONGLY OPPOSE
14.) Link human rights to trade with China: STRONGLY FAVOR
15.) More spending on armed forces:  STRONGLY OPPOSE
16.) Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars): FAVOR
17.) Seek UN approval for military action: STRONGLY OPPOSE
18.) Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy:  OPPOSE
19.) Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it: OPPOSE
20.) Allow churches to provide welfare services: STRONGLY FAVOR
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2013, 02:45:20 AM »

1.favor
2.oppose
3.strongly favor
4.I don't get this one.  Nobody is stopping you from praying in school now.  Why must prayer be something done publicly? oppose I guess
5.meh
6.favor
7.favor
8.favor
9.oppose in general, favor for 3 violence related convictions
10.strongly favor
11.oppose
12.favor (more legals in, but close the border)
13.strongly favor
14.STRONGLY FAVOR
15.oppose
16.oppose
17.stongly oppose
18.we should be looking for more effienct ways to get energy and one of the better ways right now is via nuclear power
19.strongly oppose
20.favor.....but you typed that up as if they can't right now....color me confused
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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2013, 03:19:53 AM »
« Edited: January 10, 2013, 03:27:50 AM by blagohair.com »

1.) Abortion is a woman's right:
Well yes, of course it is a woman's right.  It is after all her body.  The vast majority of women that have an abortion have a very good reason for doing it.  Believe me it is not an easy decision to make. (F)

2.) Require companies to hire more women & minorities:
Not necessarily hire more women and minorities, but perhaps have a more diverse interviewing team.  Another measure I would like would be when a resume is submitted, important information such as the name or basic demographic information are not available to the human resource department.  This of course could only work with government agencies or large companies. (F)

3.) Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws:
Of course.  Homosexuals are probably the most bullied and discriminated against group (SF)
 
4.) Permit prayer in public schools:
Yes, as long as each student is allowed to worship whatever god they believe in.  I used to teach a night class and I had some Muslim students who couldn't eat anything until sunset I think, and I would give them permission to leave the class and go have some food.  What I am not in favor of is making Christian prayers mandatory, which is completely retarded considering how diverse this country has become.  Would you force a non-christian to pray with every one else? (F)
 
5.) More federal funding for health coverage:
Absolutely.  Health care is a right, not a money making business.  It is the most important thing in the world and what separates civilized societies from uncivilized ones. (SF)
 
6.) Privatize Social Security:
No.  Social security is not a money making business. (SO)

7.) Parents choose schools via vouchers:
Not sure about this one.

8.) Death Penalty:
Only for rapists. (F)

9.) Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws:
Stupid (O)
 
10.) Absolute right to gun ownership:
No.  I want to live in a gun free world.  Just because some people have a small penis and need to own a gun to make up for it doesn't mean that the rest of us have to constantly be in danger in case some nut like Alex Jones loses his mind. I know I'm generalizing, and I also know we will never live in a gun-free world, but I never felt the need to own a gun, and I would never move to a place with no gun control laws. (SO)

11.) Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy:
F*** that.  Are you saying that Donald Trump who makes millions every minute works as hard as a janitor who stays up all night making a little more than minimum wage?  You people are so goddamn brainwashed. (SO)
 
12.) Immigration helps our economy-encourage it:
Yes, immigration of people with an education. (F)
 
13.) Support & expand free trade:
Very difficult topic.  Free trade has a lot of negative (as well as positive) consequences, but poor countries seem to suffer the most when borders open.  I'm not an ideologue when it comes to trade.

14.) Link human rights to trade with China:
Good luck with that.  Prices for most consumer goods will skyrocket if this happens, and the country will go through a major depression.  Also, in case you didn't know, China owns a large amount of U.S. debt, and I can only imagine how China would respond (they would probably stop importing U.S. goods, which will further hurt the U.S. economy.  You don't do something like that to your no. 2 trading partner.  Plus, we would look like hypocrites if we stop trading with China, but continue trading with countries that have a far worse record on human rights such as Saudi Arabia.  Sorry but this won't work even if I agree with you on principle.
 
15.) More spending on armed forces:  
F*** no.  The Cold War ended more than 20 years ago. What we need is CUTS, CUTS, CUTS so that we can start spending on education and health care. (SO)

16.) Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars):
Yes.  Cut all military expenditures (SF)

17.) Seek UN approval for military action:
It would certainly make us look better (F)
 
18.) Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy:
Yes, but that's something each one of us has to help with.  Turn the lights off when you don't need, recycle, drive less and walk more.  Someone once said that Americans fear one thing:  inconvenience.  Well it's time to get over that and start respecting the environment.  Also, lets start developing our own sources of energy rather than importing foreign oil (and please don't say that it's not possible because there are countries that are very close to relying almost exclusively on renewable energy). (F)
  
19.) Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it:
No, it's a personal choice. (SO)

20.) Allow churches to provide welfare services:
Of course.  They would finally be doing something christian instead of preaching hate. (F)
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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2013, 06:48:43 AM »
« Edited: January 10, 2013, 06:52:03 AM by Supersonic »

1.) Abortion is a woman's right: Favour
2.) Require companies to hire more women & minorities: Strongly oppose
3.) Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws: Favour
4.) Permit prayer in public schools: Favour
5.) More federal funding for health coverage: Oppose
6.) Privatize Social Security: Favour
7.) Parents choose schools via vouchers: Favour
8.) Death Penalty: Strongly oppose
9.) Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws: Strongly favour
10.) Absolute right to gun ownership: Oppose
11.) Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy: Favour
12.) Immigration helps our economy-encourage it: Strongly oppose
13.) Support & expand free trade: Favour
14.) Link human rights to trade with China: Oppose
15.) More spending on armed forces:  Strongly favour
16.) Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars): Oppose
17.) Seek UN approval for military action: Strongly oppose
18.) Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy:  Favour
19.) Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it: Favour
20.) Allow churches to provide welfare services: Favour (narrowly, government should be responsible for welfare)
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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2013, 11:05:00 AM »

1.) Abortion is a woman's right: Strongly Oppose
2.) Require companies to hire more women & minorities: Strongly Oppose
3.) Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws: Favour
4.) Permit prayer in public schools: Favour
5.) More federal funding for health coverage: Strongly Oppose
6.) Privatize Social Security: Strongly Favour
7.) Parents choose schools via vouchers: Strongly Favour
8.) Death Penalty: Oppose
9.) Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws: Oppose
10.) Absolute right to gun ownership: Strongly Favour
11.) Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy: Favour
12.) Immigration helps our economy-encourage it: Oppose
13.) Support & expand free trade: Favour
14.) Link human rights to trade with China: Oppose
15.) More spending on armed forces: Oppose
16.) Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars): Favour
17.) Seek UN approval for military action: Strongly Oppose
18.) Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy:  Favour, Favour, Oppose
19.) Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it: Favour
20.) Allow churches to provide welfare services: Strongly Favour
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« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2013, 11:21:43 AM »
« Edited: January 10, 2013, 11:25:56 AM by Marnetmar »

I think the modern version of that quiz is much more useful, but anyway...

1.) Abortion is a woman's right: Favor
2.) Require companies to hire more women & minorities: Strongly Oppose, as much as I'd love to see it happen, businesses are private.
3.) Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws: Strongly Favor
4.) Permit prayer in public schools: Strongly Favor, there is a difference between permitting and requiring in which case I would strongly oppose it.
5.) More federal funding for health coverage: Oppose
6.) Privatize Social Security: Strongly Oppose
7.) Parents choose schools via vouchers: Support
8.) Death Penalty: Oppose
9.) Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws: Strongly Oppose
10.) Absolute right to gun ownership: Support
11.) Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy: Oppose
12.) Immigration helps our economy-encourage it: Strongly Favor
13.) Support & expand free trade: Strongly Favor
14.) Link human rights to trade with China: Favor
15.) More spending on armed forces:  Strongly Oppose
16.) Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars): Oppose
17.) Seek UN approval for military action: Oppose
18.) Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy: Favor for coal and oil, Strongly Oppose for nuclear.
19.) Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it: Oppose
20.) Allow churches to provide welfare services: Strongly Favor, nothing wrong with it.

My answers for the current quiz
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« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2013, 03:26:48 PM »



Abortion is a woman's right: Support
Sexual orientation protected by civil rights law: Support
Teach family values in public schools: Strongly Oppose
Death penalty: Strongly Oppose
Mandatory 'Three Strikes' sentencing laws: Strongly Oppose
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it: Strongly Oppose
Allow churches to provide welfare services: Oppose
The Patriot Act harms civil liberties: Strongly Support
Illegal immigrants earn citizenship: Support
US out of Iraq and Afghanistan: Strongly Support
Require companies to hire more women/minorities: Strongly Oppose
More federal funding for health coverage: Oppose
Privatize Social Security: Support
Replace coal and oil with alternatives: Support
Make taxation more progressive: Strongly Oppose
Support and expand free trade: Strongly Support
Absolute right to gun ownership: Strongly Support
Parents choose schools via vouchers: Strongly Oppose
More spending on armed forces: Strongly Oppose
Stricter limits on political campaign funds: Strongly Oppose
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« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2013, 03:59:14 PM »

These questions suck.
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« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2013, 04:00:36 PM »


Use the one Marnetmar provided and click on the name of the issue.
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2013, 05:03:55 PM »

1.) Abortion is a womans right: oppose
2.) Require companies to hire more women and minorities: Strongly Oppose
3.) Sexual Orientation protected by cilvil rights laws: Support
4.)Premit Prayer In Public Schools: oppose
5.) More federal funding for health coverage: oppose
6.) Privatize Social Security: oppose
7.) Parents choose public schools via vouchers: Support
8.)Dealth Penalty: Support
9.) Mandatory Three Strikes Sentencing: Strongly Oppose
10.)Absolute Right To Gun Ownership: oppose
11.) Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy: oppose
12.)Immigration helps our economy: neutral
13.) Support and Expand Free Trade: oppose
14.) Link Human Rights with China: Support or Strongly Support
15.) More Spending on armed forces: oppose
16.) Reduce spending on missle spending: I don't know
17.) Seek UN approval for military action: oppose
18.) Reduce Use of Coal, Oil, and nuclear energy: Strongly Oppose
19.) Drug Use is Immoral: Enforce Laws Against It: oppose
20.) Allow Churches to Provide Welfare Services: Support
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« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2013, 05:17:33 PM »

Put STRONGLY FAVOR,FAVOR,OPPOSE,STRONGLY OPPOSE for each one.

1.) Abortion is a woman's right: SF
2.) Require companies to hire more women & minorities: F
3.) Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws: SF
4.) Permit prayer in public schools: I don't understand this one. We already permit prayer and couldn't prevent it if we tried.
5.) More federal funding for health coverage: SF
6.) Privatize Social Security: SO
7.) Parents choose schools via vouchers: O
8.) Death Penalty: O
9.) Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws: F
10.) Absolute right to gun ownership: SO
11.) Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy: O
12.) Immigration helps our economy-encourage it: F
13.) Support & expand free trade: S
14.) Link human rights to trade with China: O
15.) More spending on armed forces: SO
16.) Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars): F
17.) Seek UN approval for military action: F
18.) Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy:  SF
19.) Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it: SO
20.) Allow churches to provide welfare services: SF
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« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2013, 07:08:30 PM »

Most of these aren't that cut and dried for me; there are usually exceptions to my positions on these issues.  My result for the current quiz:
http://ontheissues.org/Quiz/political_map.asp?PS=45&ES=64.75&q1=4&q2=3&q3=3&q4=4&q5=3&q6=4&q7=2&q8=3&q9=2&q10=2&q11=2&q12=1&q13=2&q14=5&q15=3&q16=3&q17=3&q18=3&q19=4&q20=3
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« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2013, 08:20:49 PM »

I was surprised you are so close to the political center. I thought you would be more on the right.
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« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2013, 08:56:03 PM »

Here are my results.
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« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2013, 09:05:24 PM »

Took it. They have like freakin' three questions related to economics. Most of the questions were small and obtuse issues.

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« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2013, 09:28:10 PM »

http://ontheissues.org/Quiz/political_map.asp?PS=72.5&ES=21&q1=1&q2=2&q3=1&q4=4&q5=5&q6=2&q7=4&q8=2&q9=5&q10=2&q11=2&q12=5&q13=2&q14=2&q15=4&q16=2&q17=5&q18=2&q19=2&q20=1

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« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2013, 09:33:39 PM »
« Edited: January 10, 2013, 09:38:09 PM by Vosem »

Added explanations, though some very simple ones need no explanation.

1.) Abortion is a woman's right: STRONGLY FAVOR
2.) Require companies to hire more women & minorities: STRONGLY OPPOSE no one should be required to hire someone else due to ethnicity/race/gender
3.) Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws: SUPPORT makes sense, such laws should apply to historically persecuted small minority groups
4.) Permit prayer in public schools: OPPOSE I oppose organized prayer in public schools, but there's no reason a religious kid shouldn't be able to pray on his own
5.) More federal funding for health coverage: STRONGLY OPPOSE
6.) Privatize Social Security: SUPPORT
7.) Parents choose schools via vouchers: OPPOSE there should be a 'nationwide curriculum' all students should be required to learn (and, btw, this should include evolution) and if parents don't want it, too bad. This 'nationwide curriculum' should explicitly only include STEM; topics like history and language/culture should be left to the parents; I believe education is one of the few underregulated fields in the US today
8.) Death Penalty: STRONGLY SUPPORT
9.) Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws: OPPOSE in CA in one instance stealing pepperoni pizza counted as a third strike; they're just too harsh
10.) Absolute right to gun ownership: STRONGLY SUPPORT
11.) Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy: SUPPORT we're already too progressive, but we don't need a tax cut now and when our government will be able to afford cuts they should be for everyone, not geared specifically toward the wealthy, but very theoretically support
12.) Immigration helps our economy-encourage it: STRONGLY SUPPORT
13.) Support & expand free trade: SUPPORT depends with who
14.) Link human rights to trade with China: SUPPORT this is an example, though again like #11 this is a very theoretical support and nothing hasty should be done as our economies are very interlinked
15.) More spending on armed forces: OPPOSE not necessary
16.) Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars): OPPOSE support making them more efficient, but chose 'oppose' because I don't believe that missile defense somehow specially deserves to be cut
17.) Seek UN approval for military action: STRONGLY OPPOSE
18.) Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy: SUPPORT chose support, but again, very theoretical, nothing hasty should be done. And I support nuclear; just oppose coal and oil
19.) Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it: OPPOSE current drug law goes too far. Drug laws should exist, but not because of some kind of special 'immorality' of drug usage
20.) Allow churches to provide welfare services: STRONGLY SUPPORT I'm a secularist, but why exactly shouldn't they be allowed?

http://www.ontheissues.org/Quiz/political_map.asp?PS=77.5&ES=75&q1=1&q2=5&q3=2&q4=5&q5=1&q6=4&q7=1&q8=5&q9=1&q10=5&q11=2&q12=4&q13=1&q14=5&q15=1&q16=2&q17=4&q18=5&q19=2&q20=5
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« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2013, 11:45:16 PM »

I took the quiz a few days ago. This was my result:



I answered the questions something like this:

1.) Abortion is a woman's right: Strongly Oppose
2.) Require companies to hire more women and minorities: Strongly Oppose
3.) Sexual Orientation protected by civil rights laws: Favor
4.) Permit Prayer In Public Schools: Neutral
5.) More federal funding for health coverage: Strongly Favor
6.) Privatize Social Security: Strongly Oppose
7.) Parents choose public schools via vouchers: Oppose
8.) Death Penalty: Oppose
9.) Mandatory Three Strikes Sentencing: Neutral
10.)Absolute Right To Gun Ownership: Neutral
11.) Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy: Strongly Oppose
12.)Immigration helps our economy: Support
13.) Support and Expand Free Trade: Strongly Oppose
14.) Link Human Rights with China: Neutral
15.) More Spending on armed forces: Oppose
16.) Reduce spending on missile defense: Favor
17.) Seek UN approval for military action: Favor
18.) Reduce Use of Coal, Oil, and nuclear energy: Strongly Oppose
19.) Drug Use is Immoral: Enforce Laws Against It: Favor
20.) Allow Churches to Provide Welfare Services: Favor
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« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2013, 07:12:52 AM »

From the second quiz
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« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2013, 08:52:22 AM »

I was surprised you are so close to the political center. I thought you would be more on the right.
As I said before, my positions on most of these issues aren't without exception, which probably skews the rests a bit.
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« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2013, 05:39:12 PM »

I got Moderate, lol. Tongue.
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« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2013, 08:09:11 PM »

My idealogy was Moderate Liberal: 59% on Social Issues. 38% on economic issues. Surprised I am as liberal as I am on the economic issues.
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« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2013, 11:58:47 PM »

1) Support

2) Strongly Oppose

3) Strongly Support

4) Neutral

5) Strongly Support

6) Strongly Oppose

7) Strongly Oppose

Cool Oppose

9) Strongly Oppose

10) Oppose

11) Strongly Oppose

12) Oppose

13) Strongly Oppose

14) Strongly Support

15) Oppose

16) Neutral

17) Support

18) Neutral

19) Oppose

20) Oppose
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