Reply #129: And you are not attacking my viewpoint?

[Maestro]

You want to know my positions good ole buddy Camero. It really doesn't matter because you seem just as instransigent and narrow-minded as Cheney/Rove and that group but here goes.

Economy: Free market but there needs to be reform. I am not sure NAFTA was a good thing. My wife lost her job due to outsourcing to Mexico. There needs to be some sort accounting reform for corporations who need to pay what they owe instead of it falling on the working class. CEO's definitely need to earn less. It is just disgusting what they earn and then don't pay in taxes. Hello, Tyco executives...you lucky bastards. I believe in strong unions and companies concerned about health care.

Health care: Here is where I want more government control. Pharmaceutical companies have too much influence in Washington. The cost of medications are enormous. I am currently going through cancer treatment right now and the cost of medication and treatment is incredibly high, too high. Insurance companies also have to be reeled in and tighter controls put on them. How to do this? Not sure, but something needs to be done.

Education: Total No Child Left Behind that is. It is high time that politicians start listening to those that have actually studied to be educators instead of relying on so called watchdog groups that among other things want more religion to be taught in secular schools, want kids taking high stakes exams regardless of what the teacher sees in the child, forcing teachers to use a curriculum that is just plain wrong, etc... I fight this fight everyday. See www.irvingisd.net/~spollard

Foreign Policy: Totally opposed to the arrogant and ignorant foreign policy of today. We need to rejoin the world.

Environment: We need to take better care of this world. I want to see a switch from fossil fuel technology to more Earth friendly technologies. There needs to be mandate for companies to start with the change-over. The mandate could be that within the next thirty years, x and y industries must be using x technology. For example, I would love to see more power plants using wind technology to produce energy. Heck setting up "wind farms" from Texas to Minnesota would probably produce enough energy for the whole of the US. My backyard is so windy, I would love to have a personal windmill. I would also love to see the auto industry move to more alternative fuels for its vehicles, natural gas, hydrogen fuel cells, electrical cars, etc...Heck even hybrids. More conservation of forests needs to take place. Bush, under the guise of protecting the forests from fire, is permitting too much logging of pristine forests. The air *cough, cough*. God, someone force these steel, electrical and other industries to install more filters to allow for cleaner emissions. I won't even go into how polluted most of our rivers are. It is truly disgusting.

Social issues: I am for marriage, gay or hetero. I really don't care with whom you sleep as long as you don't flaunt your sexuality at me. That is why I do not like homosexuals that flaunt their "gayness" or heteros who flaunt their bodies around like they are God's gift to humans. You hear that Pamela Anderson. I think you are disgusting.

Abortion: While I am not ready to overturn Roe vs. Wade, I don't understand the problem with saying that abortion is wrong except in the case of rape, incest or life of the mother. I mean if you are going to engage in sexual activity that might result in pregnancy, then accept the responsibility. But again, I am sure there are exceptions so I am not ready to overturn Roe vs. Wade

Stem Cell research: All for it.

Separation of Church and State: All for it. There should be no religion in government. None.

What else. I'm too tired to think now. So what am I?