about the dog thing, i know you were being sarcastic, but that should be clarified for others.

a dog is not able to legally consent to marriage. neither is a minor. so you cant say that legalizing same sex […]

I think that marriage is not something that government really can have a say in.

yes, it regulates it to a certain extent — you cant marry a 12 year old, for example…but limiting what two adults can do based […]

excellent point about the politics behind the patriot act @jordanbosstick

@petejohnsoniv , i agree, & i support preparations for cyber attacks…

the chances of attack from such an “adversary” are pretty […]

what are you referring to? the verizon records? other security scandals? NSA?

i think that there has to be a strong central power in a nation as large as the US.
most day to day things should be handled at a […]

I think this goes back to superPACS and the entire “citizens united vs. federal election commission” case a few years ago (was it in 2008?).

if you dont know what the citizens united case dealt with, you […]

@brockheubusch

considering the state of things in Washington, how from official acceptance of this new brand of conservatism do you think that the GOP is as a whole?

what do you mean when you say that the left always uses Sweden as an economic model?

I think you may compare various aspects of any country with the US, but as a whole you cant actually make a comparison […]

i actually like paul krugman most of the time (i’ll admit he can occasionally convert into a complete hothead), but I read his op-ed today (“from the mouths of babes”) and was curious about his statistics on food […]

gun control needs to be dealt with on a state by state basis. ideally, it could be addressed at a federal level, but the US is just too different in various regions.

not everyone lives in a small town. farm […]

touchy subject, indeed

think about this: how would you go about enforcing an “abortion in the case of rape only” policy.

theoretically you can advocate whatever individual moral standard you like, but in […]

as recent approval ratings show, the impact that the events of the past two weeks have had on the public opinion may take a while to present itself — if it does at all.

I don’t believe that lower-profile […]

To be honest, I don’t think that there is much to be done.

China is not a democracy and it is not run the same way that the United States and other UN members are.
 I believe that in order to be successful, […]

@gary im interested to hear “all the facts”— only way to fix being uninformed is with knowledge, right?

If you think somebody has a misinformed outlook, then you should show them why they are wrong.

You […]

I found myself in a debate with a friend the other day over how important it should be for gay couples to be able to call their union a legal “marriage” if they still get all the same legal benefits as a straight […]

@abbylohman interesting point, I was actually unaware of the cuts being made to agricultural programs in schools. Would you care to post an article/video? I’d like to get some more info!

if you look at the polls from 2012, you will see that the largest gaps between democrat and republican were gender and race related.
If it wasn’t for those gaps, Obama would likely have lost the election.
I […]