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VAGrrrl
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Longtime lurker coming out of hiding---ask me anything!
Hey there--I've been lurking for quite awhile on this board (and ML, RE and TIP) and it's time I started participating. This is my favorite board so I'm starting here!
Re: Longtime lurker coming out of hiding---ask me anything!
What makes this board your favorite?
1) George Bush: Great President or Greatest President?
2) Bears are goddless killing machines: yes or no?
3) The aplocolypse will be brought on by (select all that apply):
-zombies
-aliens
-robots
-god
-meteor
-all of the above
-none of the above
Who "me?"
do you have hot pics of your SO?
What color is your favorite Skittle?
How would you describe your political views?
my read shelf:
Nope. Wasn't that one of the AEs from the other day?
Crime in general sucks. People who commit crimes should be punished for their actions and stupidity.
I would say my political views are definitely more liberal where social policy is concerned. As for fiscal policy, I'm not conservative but more moderate, I think. I want to help people who need help temporarily as well as those who will always need help. I believe that those who will always need help should have the support of our society at large. That being said, I believe that too many people are taking advantage of "the system" and that we need to work to eliminate fraud in our social programs. We should help people help themselves to get to a point where they can support themselves and their families. The only people who should be on social programs longtern, in my opinion, are those who are physically or mentally unable to care for/support themselves.
I also believe that the way to get out of our deficit mess is a combo of both reduced spending and higher taxes, not one or the other.
To put it another way, I think Santorum is BSC and Romney is a flip flopper. I will be voting for Obama.
Yes. I am from Charlottesville originally (graduated from UVA) but spent 15 years on the West Coast, near San Francisco. I moved back to Virginia (Richmond) six years ago.
Well, honestly, I couldn't remember which method was "preferred" by this board and it seemed like a good way to get started.
That's good to know. I'll do that!
Jesus Christ.
Welcome! I like the ask me anything threads so I'm glad you posted
How do you feel about the current health care system? What are your thoughts on UHC?
Thats what concerns me about the current US system. I'm Canadian so we obviously have UHC, I cant imagine it any different.
That being said, there are some great medical advances that have come out of the US, probably as a result of a market-based system, so there are certainly positives.
I'd love to see the US look at the German system more closely. For that matter, I'd love Canada to look at the German model