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Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate
Not many candidates for the U.S. Senate are 4'9" tall and only have one hand. But Oregon Democrat Steve Novick qualifies on both counts -- and uses them as pluses in his TV ads. Like this one, where he shows why he's the best beer-drinking partner among all the candidates. Or this one, where it's obvious why he's for "the little guy." Also, as far as we know, he's the only candidate this year for any major office who has his own brand of beer. And his online campaign manager is a major Slashdot junkie, too, which is certainly in his favor. But will humor and oddness get Steve into the Senate? We don't know. So ask him. In fact, ask him anything else you'd like about campaigning and politics. He's promised to respond, and seems like the kind of guy who will give interesting answers, at that. (Please follow Slashdot interview rules, as always.)
...will you turn Eugene into a hippy concentration camp and move all the hippies in Portland there?
Hear Hear! It's much more important to keep that money handy for the present day and upcoming stock market bail outs, and let medical care trickle down from that. Viva la (Reagan) Revolución! VIVA!
What?
Since when is FUD +Insightful?
Notquitecajon, would you please elaborate on how the fat, lazy and stupid would abuse a universal health care system?
It goes from God, to Jerry, to me.
2. Will you introduce or back a bill to immediately restore habeus corpus? If not, WHY?
3. Will you seek to imprison or support the imprisonment of the Bush Junta for their obvious war crimes? If not, WHY NOT?
4. Will you introduce or back a national adoption of the International Depletion Protocol, as developed by Prof. Heinberg of California? If not, WHY NOT?
5. Will you introduce a bill or support a bill that bans practices such as extreme rendition and waterboarding? If not, WHY NOT?
6. Will you support the prosecution of those responsible for the practice of extreme rendition and waterboarding? If not, WHY NOT?
7. Will you introduce or support a bill that will close American military bases outside the USA? If not, WHY NOT?
8. Do you repudiate american imperialism? If not, why not?
9. Will you introduce or support a bill that reinstitutes a graduated income tax that will actually force the rich to pay a larger percentage of their wealth than the working middle class? If not, WHY NOT?
10. Will you introduce or support a bill that reduces military expenditure by at least 50% over the next 4 years? If not, WHY NOT?
RS
Shoes for Industry. Shoes for the Dead.
Yeah, there are a lot of posters presenting false oppositions that are getting modded as insightful. Looks like the Faux News mouth-breathers are out in force today.
A political secretary posting an polite and informative comment with no bias?!
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This is a politically heated debate began by someone making a baseless assumption that Novick will raise taxes to reform healthcare! His strawman was set up perfectly! How dare you try to unseat what will surely follow to be a flamefest of epic proportions
Oh, I see, you're the Green party. Damnit. Carry on then.
"Thus the arguments against such "forced taxation" become much weaker since benefit has accrued."
There is no "argument against" forced taxation. It is a violation of fundamental rights. Your statement is as irrational as saying "arguments against murdering another person or stealing his property become much weaker..." Such a statement is equally nonsensical in the framework of a functioning society.
"There is a strong argument however that the benefits of living and working within the framework of a society that has all sorts of infrastructure and legal protections is measurably of greater value than the "lost" productivity."
Any apparent "benefits" are temporary and only help some at the expense of harming others. Most importantly, though, they violate my rights and the rights of my friends and members of my family, neighborhood, and community. Can you be more specific about what benefits you are referring to, and how the government is able to provide these benefits while private organizations are not?
I don't care you're "@slashdot.org" - you're a dumbfuck.
I'm fat and lazy, and according to most also stupid. I also frequent the doctor's office every single month, most of the time more often than once.
I'm poor and my parents are poor - I'm living 100% on government money and have for several years. I can't afford OR GET health insurance.
Less than two months ago they finally found the cause - a sleep disorder. The reason for my frequent headaches is yet to be found. I've been visiting doctors very frequently for the last six years, all ending up in this issue.
Guess what would have happened to me in the US?
If you guess I'd have been better off, well.
If you guess I'd probably be dead or living on the streets by now, you'd be right.
The purpose of society isn't to serve the strong - it's to help the weak. I guess the basic concepts of having a democratic society just have escaped you.
Next time? Think before you speak.
Wow, Pudge, you've been served.
This is not the first time you've tried to divert the conversation to philosophy and logic only to receive a bad spanking, either. Does Taco pay you to act like a clown, or do you do this for fun?