Still on Hiatus

In the meantime, I'm going to give two lists describing my political views. It is hard to characterize myself, so I'm going to give positive descriptions, and negative descriptions to help those people who want to either identify with me or insult me. There might be some contradictions on both lists, yet this is to be expected (for in the positive column, I take elements from each description and/or viewpoints). Some in the negative column might include off base descriptions, though that doesn't mean I view them negatively (i.e. I have nothing against someone being conservative, which I am not, though those who would identify me as one do). I might come back and update it occasionally while I'm on my hiatus. Stay tuned.

Positive:
-moderate
-secular (yet not restrictive of religion)
-tolerant
-classical liberal
-liberal internationalist
-for universal human rights
-idealist
-capitalist
-free trader (from a moderate stance)
-not a hawk or a dove
-individualist
-if not limited government, efficient government
-promotion of liberal democracy (and belief of)
-for gun rights (to a point)
-social equality
-belief in federalism (to a point)
-marriage for all (i.e. marriage for GLBT people)
-military service for all (i.e. acceptance of GLBT people in the military)
-against ethnic profiling
-fair immigration (legalization, fines and closed border)
-drug decriminalization (users go to treatment not jail/prison, fines)
-for helping Iraq and Afghanistan transition from developing democracies to liberal democracies
-support for unions (to a point)
-support for corporation/business owners (to a point)
-for fiscal responsibility and decreasing the deficit
-optimist (i.e. I'm against alarmism)



Negative:
-imperialist
-cultural imperialist
-right-winger
-conservative
-liberal
-bleeding heart
-RINO
-Democrat
-heathen
-capitalist
-democracy promoter (against the will of [insert group])
-hawk
-militarist
-fascist
-backward
-emotionless
-colonizer
-bigot
-neocon (neoconservative)
-in denial

Political parties I have voted for (this does not mean I endorse them now):
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota
Republican Party
Independence Party of Minnesota
Green Party of Minnesota

The Difference Between Good and Bad

The difference between good CGI (If video is taken off YouTube, look for the Transformers 2 trailer)...



and bad CGI...



George Lucas just had an aneurysm.