August 22, 2007
Some explanations for my answers:
1) Should we re-institute the draft?
Not only no, but HELL no. If a government can't get a sufficient all-volunteer force to fight its wars, then either the war isn't worth fighting or the government needs to offer more pay & bennies to entice people to sign up.
The draft is a form of slavery. You don't do that to free men.
2) Would you like to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the military in order to allow gays to serve openly?
No. Straight teenage soldiers are still teenagers and operate under a teenager's code of machismo. I think it's too much to ask them to curb their animosity towards homosexuality. I saw what it did to morale when someone on my ship was accidentally outed. It does NOT make for unit cohesion.
3) Would you favor replacing our current tax system with the Fair Tax, a flat tax, or a national sales tax?
No. Eliminate it, replace it with nothing, and cut social(ist) spending programs. Income tax is NOT the only source of Federal income, and if the Feds only did their Constitutionally authorized activities (such as national defense), the budget wouldn't need income tax revenue to pay the bills.
4) Would you like to see Gitmo closed down?
No. I want it filled to the brim with terrorists. Who should be tortured until they give up all their useful information, and then executed.
5) Would you like to see the Patriot Act repealed?
No. Despite a LOT of bitching from the left, I've yet to hear of any court case challenging the constitutionality of any provision of the Patriot Act. Until I hear of it being used as an excuse for unconstitutional actions, I support it as an essential tool for fighting the War on Terror.
6) How would you say the national economy is doing?
A) Good or excellent shape
B) Fair shape
C) Poor or terrible shape
A - I've got a good job and my stock purchases are gaining in value. Speaking as a microcosm of the national economy, things are great.
7) Karl Rove is planning to retire this month. Overall do you think that Rove has been
A) an enormous benefit to Republicans and his loss will definitely hurt the GOP.
B) so-so as a political strategist.
C) completely overrated and bad for the GOP overall.
A - He makes liberals wet themselves with fear and/or anger. What's not to love?
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August 17, 2007
Basically, I hand huge piles of money to armored car drivers in the morning, put away the stuff they brought in from the night before, get the new huge piles of money ready to go out the next morning, and check in the returning drivers' slightly-less-huge piles of cash when they return from their routes.
Good news: my work space is air-conditioned, I get to play with (literally) millions of dollars, there are VERY few dull moments, and it pays about 15% better than that asshole bank that fired me a couple years back.
Bad news: 45 minute commute each way, and I'm currently pulling 10-11 hour days once I get there.
Silver lining: lots of overtime pay, and weekends off.
Dark cloud: not a lot of time for the blogging I want to do here at Bad Example, since I spend a good chunk of what little free time I have fulfilling my contractual obligations over at IMAO.
However, so far I'm still managing to juggle everything. We'll see how long I can keep it up before something gives.
Oh, and if you see someone driving down I-90 trying to scribble blog-post ideas into a notebook at 65 mph, give a wave, because it's probably me.
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August 03, 2007
Find out how smart you are.
25/25. Don't think too hard about them.
[Hat tip: Lynn of A Sweet, Familiar Dissonance]
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August 01, 2007
What advice would you give to your younger self?
"Do your homework."
If I'd followed that bit of wisdom, I could have easily graduated near the top of my high school class.
If I'd also handed myself a copy of "The Lively Art of Writing", (preferably somewhere in the 4th grade) I would've been AT the top. As it was, I didn't run across it until my Senior year. It was the book from which I first learned how to write essays, and it completely changed my life. Until then, I'd had now idea that there were actually learnable techniques to writing, and the bastards in charge of my public education never told me any different.
I'm still bitter about that.
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