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Epicentric -> RE: Meet the ArchKnights! AK of the week, Dadric = Online (4/9/2005 6:17:46)
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First, some politics:
What news source(s) do you prefer/consider most reliable?
That's tough. Although I don't think they're at all unbiased, I think that the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal (which is actually conservative only on its' op-ed pages) and, at times, USA Today do a good job. As for TV channels, like I said earlier I'm not a huge Fox News fan, but I think Brit Hume's show is actually very well done. I don't know, there's not a lot of reliable news out there anymore. I'm sure there are a few that I can't think of right now, but whatever.
Do you agree with the belief that US college professors have a liberal bias as a whole? If so, do you consider it a problem?
Being a college student myself, and talking on a regular basis to college students from various schools, I very much agree with that belief. However, I really don't worry about it that much. People have always tended to be more liberal when young, and more conservative when older, and professors have long been liberal, and we're still here. I don't really think it's the end of the world.
Do you support Bush's partial Social Security privatisation plan? Do you think it actually does anything to address the problem of solvency (which won't come up until at least 2042, anyway)?
Yes I do. I think it's absurd to say that just because an issue isn't immediate we shouldn't address it. Also, I believe that to solve Social Security, we'll need to attack it with a long-term solution that will take a few years to really show results, which is another reason to take it on now. As for his plan, I do agree with it. Social Security is not supposed to be a retirement savings account, it's supposed to be a safety net, and politicians and people seem to have long forgotten that. With this plan, people get money to invest for themselves, and if they're that scared of losing it, they can toss it into an IRA or something. We need to return to a time of more personal responsibility, and I think this is a step in the right direction. And by the way, I do think that Medicare is a more pressing problem.
Do you think that the Obrador issue in Mexico is reasonable?
From what I've read on it, which has been very little as I've been extremely busy lately :( it sounds like certain people in power in Mexico are working solely to preserve that power and he's the victim of politics, but I can't say that I think he's exactly the greatest man on Earth either. Like I said, I don't know much about it, I haven't had a chance to follow it much.
Also about Mexico: what do you think of the "Minutemen" (I hate how they coopted both a historical term and the name of a wonderful band!) - that is, the "volunteers" who are trying to patrol the US/Mexico border?
I don't necessarially see a problem with it, provided they're not violent towards anyone, which is a distinct possibility. I think the ACLU is overreacting, as usual, but I don't think it's a bad thing that they want to keep tabs on the Minutemen, provided they don't whine about the smallest of things as they usually seem to do. Personally, I'd prefer to see us get REAL border security for once, but Bush doesn't seem concerned with that, which bothers me.
Do you care about people's political views when judging them on non-political aspects?
Nope. I'd have no problem having a raging socialist as my best friend. I think people that take politics into account when considering friends are absurd.
And some non-political stuff:
Best concert you've ever seen (live, obviously - recordings don't count)?
Last summer. 12 Stones. Enough said.
How devout of a Catholic are you?
Not as devout of one as I wish I was, but I definitely believe in and care about my faith.
And the obligatory random/silly one:
If Stalin and Reagan met on the street, what would happen?
Reagan would pznz0r. PWNZ0R I SAY!!!
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