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Events that have happened to you that have influenced your political positions?
Posted on 2/17/14 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 2/17/14 at 6:05 pm
What personal experiences of yours have determined/changed your position? For me:
1) Visiting very poor and heavily mexican schools in the poorest parts here in OC has made me disdainful of the state monopoly over k12 education. The fact that your zipcode determines whether your school is full of books or full of gangs is, to me, a violation of American principles. ABOLISH ZIP CODE ZONING LAWS FOR K12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
1) Visiting very poor and heavily mexican schools in the poorest parts here in OC has made me disdainful of the state monopoly over k12 education. The fact that your zipcode determines whether your school is full of books or full of gangs is, to me, a violation of American principles. ABOLISH ZIP CODE ZONING LAWS FOR K12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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Posted on 2/17/14 at 6:07 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Wasn't it that your parents told you to be a Republican and vote Republican?
Posted on 2/17/14 at 6:08 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
1) Started paying taxes
2) Spent time in academia and saw just how "tolerant" liberals/progressives
2) Spent time in academia and saw just how "tolerant" liberals/progressives
Posted on 2/17/14 at 6:10 pm to cwill
quote:I'm talking about specific issues. BTW, I am a true republican from the same philosophical school as Mitt Romney and Abraham Lincoln. Not the Jessie Helms garbage that has slithered into the party.
Wasn't it that your parents told you to be a Republican and vote Republican?
Posted on 2/17/14 at 6:11 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
I'm talking about specific issues. BTW, I am a true republican from the same philosophical school as Mitt Romney and Abraham Lincoln. Not the Jessie Helms garbage that has slithered into the party.
Someone read a wiki article today ^^^^
Posted on 2/17/14 at 6:30 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Got a job in the real world. Witness the fastest the deadbeats I went to school with move is to get to the post office on check day.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 6:41 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Nothing that has happened particularly to me but I've watched the Ds and Rs closely enough to realize that they one in the same. So about 8 or 10 years ago I really moved toward the libertarian end of policy thought.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 6:43 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Spend my working hours in a hospital.
There's a reason healthcare workers are disproportionately republican and fiscally conservative.
There's a reason healthcare workers are disproportionately republican and fiscally conservative.
This post was edited on 2/17/14 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 2/17/14 at 7:05 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I once saw a mom tell her kid to hurry up and drop out of highschool because he was wasting his time. That way he could work full time at McDonalds.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 7:08 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
#1
Listening to family stories about the corrupt cop in my family. Hearing about how he had a throwdown baggie, stole liqour from minors, etc.
It shaped me a bit.
#2
Going to the UK for several long trips and getting a real feel for the country (2000 and 2005).
It showed me people can exist in a socialist country but it isn't paradise. Interestingly many people were clamoring for 'more govt!' as if they hadn't tried it yet. Was just surreal.
Listening to family stories about the corrupt cop in my family. Hearing about how he had a throwdown baggie, stole liqour from minors, etc.
It shaped me a bit.
#2
Going to the UK for several long trips and getting a real feel for the country (2000 and 2005).
It showed me people can exist in a socialist country but it isn't paradise. Interestingly many people were clamoring for 'more govt!' as if they hadn't tried it yet. Was just surreal.
This post was edited on 2/17/14 at 7:09 pm
Posted on 2/17/14 at 7:09 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Taught high school.
Spent time in DC.
Went through airports pre/post 9/11.
Spent time in DC.
Went through airports pre/post 9/11.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 7:11 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Having to pay bills with what's left over after the government takes its cut.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 7:25 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
The hardest thing to overcome in starting a business is government. When you finally start to make money, the gov't comes along and knocks you back in the red.
It took several years to make a decent income.
It took several years to make a decent income.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 7:30 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Growing up in the Delta seeing how democrat policies killed the towns here.
Seeing welfare get abused daily, realizing how bad the system needs reform and cuts.
I'm also an avid hunter and strongly support the 2nd amendment, so I'll go against anyone who wants to limit that right further.
Seeing welfare get abused daily, realizing how bad the system needs reform and cuts.
I'm also an avid hunter and strongly support the 2nd amendment, so I'll go against anyone who wants to limit that right further.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 9:39 pm to DonChowder
quote:
Nothing that has happened particularly to me but I've watched the Ds and Rs closely enough to realize that they one in the same. So about 8 or 10 years ago I really moved toward the libertarian end of policy thought.
Pretty much the same. Although for an event, I guess I could put the Iraq "War" on there (really got me thinking about what Intervention is necessary or not)
Posted on 2/17/14 at 9:50 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Gulf of Tonkin.
Even thought I hated LBJ I believed he was prosecuting the Vietnam War legitimately and in the best interest of the nation. It was beyond my understanding that any person, especially the POTUS, could act in a dishonest manner at this level.
I believed the GoT incident just as he described it. When I found he absolutely deliberately lied about it, I flipped to a radical anti-Democrat for the rest of my life.
LBJ already was the scum of the earth based on his personal attributes, but to realize that he would bastardize the honor of the nation for his own betterment was just too much.
I have been bitterly antagonistic to all political liars since - and the DEMs have cornered the market on this brand of slime.
Even thought I hated LBJ I believed he was prosecuting the Vietnam War legitimately and in the best interest of the nation. It was beyond my understanding that any person, especially the POTUS, could act in a dishonest manner at this level.
I believed the GoT incident just as he described it. When I found he absolutely deliberately lied about it, I flipped to a radical anti-Democrat for the rest of my life.
LBJ already was the scum of the earth based on his personal attributes, but to realize that he would bastardize the honor of the nation for his own betterment was just too much.
I have been bitterly antagonistic to all political liars since - and the DEMs have cornered the market on this brand of slime.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 9:53 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
1. Seeing politicians elected because they get up at 6AM to read the Bible
2. Seeing how many folks check the Straight Party Vote box on election day
3. Seeing a crook and a certified racist make the run-off for governor in my home state
2. Seeing how many folks check the Straight Party Vote box on election day
3. Seeing a crook and a certified racist make the run-off for governor in my home state
Posted on 2/17/14 at 10:03 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Being a volunteer for several programs aimed at helping the poor.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 10:06 pm to ChineseBandit58
quote:
I have been bitterly antagonistic to all political liars since - and the DEMs have cornered the market on this brand of slime.
W says hi.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 10:10 pm to asurob1
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y asurob1
you're definitely a team player. I respect independent thinkers...but I reserve a bit of respect for special folks like you. Your devotion is noted. 
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