Weekday Five 03/23/2008

[Diva]

1. Did you vote in your most recent applicable election? (If you're not yet old enough, do you plan to vote in the future?)
2. Have you ever protested or attended a march?
3. What political issue is the most important to you?
4. Are you a member of a party in your country? If so, which?
5. What are your perceptions of the different political parties?

[JakeD]

1. Did you vote in your most recent applicable election? (If you're not yet old enough, do you plan to vote in the future?)
Yes. It was the CA primary, voted for Obama and on most of the measures, the details of which I won't bore you with.

2. Have you ever protested or attended a march?
Yes. Several times.

3. What political issue is the most important to you?
The war. I would have originally said "the economy", but since the war has been a massive drain for our economy and our military (both monetary and with respect to people's lives, also counting the impact on the Iraqi people), that's my first choice. Human rights = neck-and-neck for second place, though.

4. Are you a member of a party in your country? If so, which?
Democratic Party, though am still listed as Unaffiliated - Leans Dem.

5. What are your perceptions of the different political parties?
Republican Party - Good ideas on the economy and the safety of the country, but fuck-awful execution. Has gotten way too deep in with the neo-conservative biblethumper faction and completely lost all sanity.

Democratic Party - Good stances on human rights, education, etc., needs to grow some balls and get rid of the Blue Dog Democrats who are still beholden to the Republican faction, and enforce more oversight all around.

Libertarian Party - Politics for people who believe that people are inherently good, or people who really really really want drugs to be legislated. Some great ideas here and there, but too many fans of Ayn Rand within for me to take them too seriously. Also, Many neo-cons who were affiliated with the Bush Admin. now claim to be "conservative libertarians" which makes no fucking sense.

The Green Party - I'd have more sympathy for them if it weren't for Ralph Nader's eventual involvement completely fucking up the past elections and throwing them in favor of the Republicans.

[Beat_Criminal]

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Education

4. Was Democrat, now Independent

5a. Democrats: Need to grow balls, get angry, stop trying to please everyone, and start prosecuting the current administration for the shit they get away with.

5b. Republicans: Stop forcing religion on the people, accept the fact that black people and homosexuals are not going away and are in fact people too and as such deserve the same rights, end this senseless war, try working towards a common goal for a better country with the Dem's instead of against them, and start caring about the environment.

-B

[Isotrip]

1. Did you vote in your most recent applicable election? (If you're not yet old enough, do you plan to vote in the future?)
No.

2. Have you ever protested or attended a march?
No.

3. What political issue is the most important to you?
*Sigh* I don't discuss Political Issues on open forums.

4. Are you a member of a party in your country? If so, which?
See Question #3.

5. What are your perceptions of the different political parties?
See Question #3.

[Diva]

1. Did you vote in your most recent applicable election? (If you're not yet old enough, do you plan to vote in the future?)
Yes

2. Have you ever protested or attended a march?
Yes

3. What political issue is the most important to you?
Domestic issues. We need to take care of the problems in our own back yard before barging into other peoples' homes.

4. Are you a member of a party in your country? If so, which?
Democratic

5. What are your perceptions of the different political parties?
Republican Party - Needs to step away from mixing religion with politics and look more to the individual citizens instead of big business.

Democratic Party - Same with above: Needs to grow some balls and start rallying together. .

Libertarian Party - Some good ideas, but others leave a bad taste in my mouth. Creepy...

The Green Party - Nadar... *grumbles* .

[Bones]

1. Did you vote in your most recent applicable election? (If you're not yet old enough, do you plan to vote in the future?)
Yes
2. Have you ever protested or attended a march?
No. I hate protests . They usually cause problems for people that are just trying to get somewhere. Sure what you are protesting might need a cure. But when it interferes with my ability to get somewhere I need to get to your protest loses any relevence to me.
3. What political issue is the most important to you?
The war, the economy, the environment, just about everything that is wrong which means everything.
4. Are you a member of a party in your country? If so, which?
Republican
5. What are your perceptions of the different political parties?
What Diva said.

[Unforgiven]

1. Did you vote in your most recent applicable election? (If you're not yet old enough, do you plan to vote in the future?)
No. It was a local election, and I didn't feel informed enough to cast a vote.

2. Have you ever protested or attended a march?
Yes

3. What political issue is the most important to you?
I couldn't name one. The restoration of lost freedoms is a big one, as well as the Iraqi occupation, and so on.

4. Are you a member of a party in your country? If so, which?
No

5. What are your perceptions of the different political parties?
Republican Party - Die in a fire.

Democratic Party - Different hand, same puppeteer. Most of them seem to just be the same amount of problems, even if they're slightly different problems.

Libertarian Party - On civil liberties, I pretty much am a Libertarian, I suppose. Economically, I'm not at all.

The Green Party - Pretty Ignorant of them, to be honest.

[Reliquiae]

1. Did you vote in your most recent applicable election? (If you're not yet old enough, do you plan to vote in the future?)
Yes.

2. Have you ever protested or attended a march?
Yes. The Million Man March.

3. What political issue is the most important to you?
Immigration.

4. Are you a member of a party in your country? If so, which?
Democratic.

5. What are your perceptions of the different political parties?
They all have their reasons for existence. Just don't oppress your retard views on me.