Category Archives: Politics

hm, maybe i AM a democrat

Life, Politics

I didn’t think it was possible. I’ve been a registered Republican since I was 18. Of course, I haven’t considered myself a Republican in several years, but I didn’t think I’d be a Democrat!

Quiz Results

Below are the candidates ranked by how much I agree with their stances.

Bill Richardson
Score: 50
Video		 Agree
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Line-Item Veto
Marriage
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Energy
John Edwards
Score: 44
Video		 Agree
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Energy
Marriage
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Line-Item Veto
Hillary Clinton
Score: 44		 Agree
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Energy
Marriage
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Line-Item Veto
Barack Obama
Score: 44
Video		 Agree
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Energy
Marriage
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Line-Item Veto
Joe Biden
Score: 44		 Agree
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Line-Item Veto
Energy
Marriage
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Social Security
Chris Dodd
Score: 43
Video		 Agree
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Energy
Marriage		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Line-Item Veto
Death Penalty
Dennis Kucinich
Score: 43		 Agree
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Energy
Marriage		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Line-Item Veto
Death Penalty
Mike Gravel
Score: 42		 Agree
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Marriage		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Line-Item Veto
Energy
Death Penalty
Mitt Romney
Score: 23		 Agree
Stem-Cell Research
Abortion
Line-Item Veto
Energy
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Taxes
Health Care
Social Security
Marriage
Rudy Giuliani
Score: 23		 Agree
Stem-Cell Research
Abortion
Energy
Marriage
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Taxes
Health Care
Social Security
Line-Item Veto
John McCain
Score: 15		 Agree
Line-Item Veto
Marriage
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Energy
Sam Brownback
Score: 15		 Agree
Iraq
Line-Item Veto
Energy		 Disagree
Immigration
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Marriage
Death Penalty
Tom Tancredo
Score: 14		 Agree
Immigration
Line-Item Veto		 Disagree
Iraq
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Energy
Marriage
Death Penalty
Ron Paul
Score: 14		 Agree
Social Security
Marriage		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Line-Item Veto
Energy
Death Penalty
Jim Gilmore
Score: 9		 Agree
Abortion
Energy
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Social Security
Line-Item Veto
Marriage
Duncan Hunter
Score: 9		 Agree
Line-Item Veto
Energy
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Marriage
Mike Huckabee
Score: 8
Video		 Agree
Line-Item Veto
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Energy
Marriage
Fred Thompson
Score: 8		 Agree
Line-Item Veto
Death Penalty		 Disagree
Iraq
Immigration
Taxes
Stem-Cell Research
Health Care
Abortion
Social Security
Energy
Marriage

Take the quiz yourself at http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=25946 (thanks to Marlene for providing the link).

My brother Greg will be so proud.

We’re going to cut down on beef

Family, Politics

Vin and I have decided to cut down on the amount of red meat we eat. (Well, okay, I decided, and he’s going along.)

For some time, I had been hearing about cow’s contribution to global warming, but didn’t know any of the details. Then I read this interview with Michael Pollan, and it convinced me. Pollan has also written The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, which I haven’t read yet.

? I love beef, and it is the only conventional (as opposed to organic) meat that I can still eat. But I, like just about every other American, feel impotent to stop global warming. This may be a nominal effort, but one that I am quite willing to undertake.