According to this test I found at
Ravenwood (it's on the left menu), I'm a left-leaning staunch libertarian.
According to
this one by
Owen Courreges, I'm 73% conservative.
A lot of it, of course, has to do with what is being asked. I am radically libertarian when it comes to questions based purely on ideology. In Alexland, how would things be? To say that I would radically overhaul the education system is an understatement. Same with Social Security.
In the real world, I am left to choose between two political parties with two ideologies It's less about how I would have things be and more about which side am I on in the inevitable tug-of-war and how hard would I pull. I think Owen's test reflects that very well.
I mentioned in my Worlds Apart or my John McCain post (can't remember which) that everyone views the world through a certain prysm. There are a certain set of ideals and every individual position we take (that we seriously consider) is a reflection on that prysm. At some point soon I plan to articulate mine more clearly instead of attacking issues one at a time as I have been doing.
Right now, though, I'm pretty mentally dry, hence the decline in posts.
Comment spam is an ongoing problems that we're trying to address. Previously we required people to create accounts and log in. I am thankful to say that is no longer the case. We're giving Captcha another try and are playing around with a text-based Q&A variant of Captcha. So bear with us as we try to figure out how to best get a handle ont he problem. Please note that any comment on a post more than 30 days old will go into the moderation queue, where I will get to it when I can which could be once a week.
