interestingly, I agree with almost all of this. On 6/28/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm with ya with a few exceptions: > > Energy: > > I don't think drilling in ANWAR is the way to go, studies indicate that > there's only about five years of oil in there, it'll take five year to ramp > it up. I think it's a waste of time and resources for very little gain. Off > shore drilling is feasable, and I don't have a problem with it, provided > that the companies that own the rigs do their due dilegance and do > everything in their power to prevent accidents, and are made to clean up in > case of an accident. > > I also don't have a problem with nuclear power, I just wish they'd find a > more permanent and lasting solution to the radioactive waste that it > creates. I don't trust Progress Energy to have amything other than it's own > greed at heart when it comes to this, they'll do whatever knee jerk solution > costs them the least. > > We must bring alternative fuels (read non-fossil fuels) on line sooner than > later, we are going to run out of oil, it's just a matter of when. > > Health Care: > there needs to be a mechanism in place for those who can't afford health > insurance to have access to good health care at a resonable (or no) cost. > The guy flipping hamburgers at McDonalds for minimum wage and supporting > kids, needs all of his money for food and shelter, he needs a hand. > > Oil Companies: > I'm tired of being raped by the oil companies, I don't buy into their bs > about prices, they test the market during the summer driving season, to see > what the market will bear, when we continue to drive them to profit, they > set their prices for the year, we said we'd tolerate $4.00 a gallon, look > for prices to stick at around $3.75 a gallon after summer. I'll predict > $4.50 to $5.00 next summer. They need to be raked over the Congressional > coals and made to change their business model, I don't mind them making a > profit on reasonable rates, but their making trillions by price gouging, > profits are supposed to make prices stick or go down. > > Abortion: > It's a personal choice, it's legal and it should stay that way, this is a > non issue. Besides this really should be a state issue not a federal issue. > It's not my choice but, I won't be a party to dictating what someone can or > can't do with their own body. > > Gun Control: > We have laws on the books, lets enforce them. I don't know that legislating > new laws that won't be enforced is an answer. Background checks can be done > quickly, you can have your gun and license in a couple of days. > > I'm curious, about the NRA crowd, how do we make unlicensed handguns harder > to get? I've never seen them address this. > > I'm all about small government staying out of our personal lives, and only > interfering with companies when it's obvious that something illegal is being > done (see oil companies) > > > -------------- Original message from "Rick Root" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -------------- > > > > I'm a liberal, I think. > > > > I pro-choice. I believe in much tighter gun control. I think we > > should help the poor and the stupid. I think Exxon should be forced > > to pay their fucking debt to Alaska with 20 fucking years of interest. > > I think we should have some kind of nationalized health care for > > children and college students. > > > > I think we should do more research into alternative fuels. I do > > believe we should reduce our dependence on foreign oil and > > conservation, mass transit, and alternative fuels are excellent long > > term options. > > > > I am a liberal.. but not an environmental wacko. > > > > I think we SHOULD be drilling in Alaska and off our coastlines. The > > alaskan pipeline is not the environmental disaster that the > > environmental wackos said it would be. I don't believe that oil rigs > > off the coast of north carolina are going to be harmful to the coastal > > environment. All them rigs out in the Gulf survived Katrina just > > fine. I might be worried if that volcano in Africa exploded and fell > > into the Atlantica all of the sudden, but if that happend, we'd have > > bigger problems (the tsumani could potentially flood the entire > > eastern seabord to 100 miles inland!) > > > > We need to eliminate our dependence on foreign oil sooner than later, > > and research is a LONG term solution. > > > > I also think we should be building MORE nuke plants. I live within 10 > > miles of the Harris facility just outside of Raleigh, NC. It has one > > reactor but the design is capable of sustaining 5 reactors. I'm okay > > with that. I think nuclear power is safe and we should use more of it > > not less. > > > > If electric cars and plug-in hybrids are coming our way, and i think > > they are, we need more electricity, and I'd rather it be nuclear than > > coal powered. > > > > We see ads around here for "Clean Coal" all the time... but Duke Power > > still wants to build dirty coal plans. I don't support that. I don't > > know that much about "clean coal" but I certainly don't like the sound > > of "dirty coal". > > > > Drill for oil whereever we can, and build more nuke plants. > > > > I guess I'm not all liberal.... ;) > > > > > > -- > > Rick Root > > New Brian Vander Ark Album, songs in the music player and cool behind > > the scenes video at www.myspace.com/brianvanderark > > > > > >
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