Okay, I’ve been mulling this for a bit, and decided to jump in with at least one foot (can't feel the other one anyway, so what the hell.)
I see lots of bloggers (occasionally) answering meme’s, and although it offers insights (supposedly) into what makes a person tick, I usually find them pedantic, and don’t bother. It generally seems to be fluff, things bloggers add when they feel they should post, but have nothing to really say.
For the uninitiated, I rarely offer problems without solutions. (However, I don’t do that at work; because it’s so much easier to throw up a wall of problems with an idea, until the idea is dropped, than it is to actually work on making the original idea workable.)
So here we have it, Chux first Meme. I’ll ask the questions, I’ll give my answers. Feel free to leave your answers in the comments, feel free to post them on your blogs, and feel free to cross-post and link here (hell, traffic has been s-l-o-w lately, anyway.)
1. What issues are going to be most critical in the next Presidential election?
In no particular order, other than the order they came to me: Immigration,
2. Should convicted felons re-gain rights to vote, own or carry guns, hold public office, and serve on a jury?
First, let’s be clear: convicted felons, no. Persons convicted of felonies that have served their sentence, completed their parole or other restrictions, and otherwise paid their debt to society, yes. They should be allowed to vote (or be relieved of their tax burden; that whole taxation without representation thing), they should be allowed to hold elected office. They should not however, be allowed to serve on a jury, as the court system is already flawed enough by allowing people who were too stupid to get out of jury duty to decide the innocence of the accused. I think that these should apply to all Ex-felons. On the issue of guns, all non-violent felons should be allowed to own guns for their personal and family protection, at home. People have (I think) a right to feel secure in their homes. Any ex-violent felon who desires to own a gun for personal protection, well, no. That’s just stupid. Violent felons should never be released from prison. We should kill them, since keeping them locked up for life is cruel.
3. Should the government legalize illicit drugs, thereby allowing tax revenues and easing the burden on prisons for drug-related crimes?
No. It seems like a panacea right up until you get robbed for drug money. Having gone through addiction and withdrawal from opiates (morphine, dilaudid, and fentanyl, as well as legal drugs (nicotine), I can say this: it’s much harder to break a habit when you can pull in to any gas station and get a “fix.” The good thing about opiates is that they work (usually) when proscribed, but still have shitty side effects. As for the folks who say marijuana is neither addictive or a gateway drug, they generally fail to mention the proof of study in their “facts.” I’ve yet to meet someone who smokes weed that I’d want driving. For repeat offenders, we should kill them, since keeping them locked up for life is cruel.
4. What is the best thing that ever happened to you, outside of marriage, and children?
What else matters?
Given the life-changing events of the last few months, I’d have to say the anonymous love and compassion of complete strangers. Aside from renewing my faith in the ordinary person, they’ve also restored my hope fore a truly great nation that I know
5. If you had one wish, what would it be?
I’d like to be able to heal people with a thought or touch, or to confer their suffering on another. (Saddam and Osama would be the first recipients, followed by Luay Najim al-Samari.)
So there you have it. It’s wordy, and I suppose not too personal until you get to #4 and #5. Here are the questions for your own answers and/or forwarding/posting.
1. What issues are going to be most critical in the next Presidential election?
2. Should convicted felons re-gain rights to vote, own or carry guns, hold public office, and serve on a jury?
3. Should the government legalize illicit drugs, thereby allowing tax revenues and easing the burden on prisons for drug-related crimes?
4. What is the best thing that ever happened to you, outside of marriage, and children?
5. If you had one wish, what would it be?
--Chuck
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