I am an American that has travelled in Europe fairly extensively and has studied in England.
I vote Republican, but I'm an awkward mix of laissez-faire and environmental, socially conservative yet almost libertarian, and multilateralist, yet hawkish thinking.
I think of Bush as a calm to the storm of anti-Christian Supreme Court and Administration policy, but I think gay marriage is acceptable legally and am not totally opposed to legalizing marijuana.
I think we (the US) could do more for third world countries by cutting agricultural subsidies than by giving aid to Africa (getting rid of both would be a huge benefit to our federal budget and would greatly benefit the agricultural industries in 3rd world countries - and they desperately need it).
I think the war in Iraq is absolutely the best thing to do, given the fact that Saddam is such a scum bag that diplomatic alternatives would never have/have never worked on him. I also believe Bush when he says that he has a humanitarian interest in Iraq and that we will make a concerted effort to treat Iraq fairly and wisely. If I didn't believe him, I probably would be protesting the war.
I think nationalized health care is a great policy for other countries, but I'm glad that America doesn't do it. First because America is by far the leading innovator in the medical and health industry (nationalizing it would seriously dampen that growth), even given that it is at least partially corrupt. Second because with nationalized health care, it would be unethical to smoke, sunbathe, or even eat unhealthily, because anything that might cause higher medical bills affects/uses my or other tax dollars when they didn't need to be used.
I love France and Germany despite the problems they caused for Bush and Blair and the UN. I respect their decision not to make the effort to convince their public that threatening and even using force is worth the cost in the long run (I believe Blair when he says that France may have ruined any chance of deposing Saddam without force).
I believe that I have a lot of work to do, so I'm done.
I vote Republican, but I'm an awkward mix of laissez-faire and environmental, socially conservative yet almost libertarian, and multilateralist, yet hawkish thinking.
I think of Bush as a calm to the storm of anti-Christian Supreme Court and Administration policy, but I think gay marriage is acceptable legally and am not totally opposed to legalizing marijuana.
I think we (the US) could do more for third world countries by cutting agricultural subsidies than by giving aid to Africa (getting rid of both would be a huge benefit to our federal budget and would greatly benefit the agricultural industries in 3rd world countries - and they desperately need it).
I think the war in Iraq is absolutely the best thing to do, given the fact that Saddam is such a scum bag that diplomatic alternatives would never have/have never worked on him. I also believe Bush when he says that he has a humanitarian interest in Iraq and that we will make a concerted effort to treat Iraq fairly and wisely. If I didn't believe him, I probably would be protesting the war.
I think nationalized health care is a great policy for other countries, but I'm glad that America doesn't do it. First because America is by far the leading innovator in the medical and health industry (nationalizing it would seriously dampen that growth), even given that it is at least partially corrupt. Second because with nationalized health care, it would be unethical to smoke, sunbathe, or even eat unhealthily, because anything that might cause higher medical bills affects/uses my or other tax dollars when they didn't need to be used.
I love France and Germany despite the problems they caused for Bush and Blair and the UN. I respect their decision not to make the effort to convince their public that threatening and even using force is worth the cost in the long run (I believe Blair when he says that France may have ruined any chance of deposing Saddam without force).
I believe that I have a lot of work to do, so I'm done.