SodaHead - mick's Answers & Comments

Man Arrested For Singing Spider Pig: What's your nickname for a cop?

2008-11-26T16:22:21Z

Man Arrested For Singing Spider Pig: What's your nickname for a cop?
(Other)

44 answers, +6 raves

mick answered
None of the above
and said : Cops used to be our protectors. They moved among us without intimidation. Today, after decades of "conservative" rule and the "war on drugs," all law enforcement has become corrupted by militarism. Our young no longer look to them as protectors but as a soulless enemy comprised of people given power far beyond their strength of character and a danger to us all and to democracy as well. Our cops aren't ours, but are merely the arm of repression, wielding violence against the populace at the behest of capitalism and the wealthy.

Jail Inmates Accused of Sex and Partying: Should we let inmates have fun in prison?

2008-11-20T22:09:58Z

Jail Inmates Accused of Sex and Partying: Should we let inmates have fun in prison?
(United States)

116 answers, +9 raves

mick answered
Yes. Jail sucks; inmates deserve to have sex, play cards, and drink alcohol!
and said : Prisoners are human beings and have human needs. To treat prisoners as we have traditionally done is inhumane and impractical, since it just turns them against the society that mistreats them. If we imprison people for doing bad things, why are we doing bad things in turn? Let them have sex, let them breathe a little, have something to look forward to when released. Not talking about sexual psychopaths, who are hopeless and should be put in prison farms for life, growing their own food and getting exercise and sunshine, is necessary for mental and physical health, but never, ever roaming the streets to kill the souls (and often bodies) of children.

Obama and McCain to Meet in Chicago: Would you like to see McCain serve in the Obama Administration?

2008-11-20T19:01:22Z

Obama and McCain to Meet in Chicago: Would you like to see McCain serve in the Obama Administration?
(United States)

1825 answers, +34 raves

mick answered
No. Sorry Mac, no room for you in here.
and said : There are limits to inclusiveness, and you've hit it. McCain shouldn't be in any official position, given his recent egregious behavior. Let's hope he has dug himself a hole he can't get out of.

Catholic Priest Says Obama Voters Should Repent: Is voting for Obama a sin?

2008-11-18T00:35:41Z

Catholic Priest Says Obama Voters Should Repent: Is voting for Obama a sin?
(Christianity)

134 answers, +14 raves

mick answered
Undecided
and said : Ah, that Catholic Church, relic of the Dark Ages, based on Sin, Guilt, Suffering, Punishment, Damnation, and Death. If it weren't for brainwashing from birth, it would have been defunct long ago. All religion is mythology based on superstition and fear. All religions teach hate and fear while claiming otherwise. And, as always, intelligent people go for it anyway. Just as they did in Socrates' time, and look what happen there.

Bush Says He Regrets Use of Iraq `Mission Accomplished' Banner: Was the banner a wrong message?

2008-11-12T21:18:53Z

Bush Says He Regrets Use of Iraq `Mission Accomplished' Banner: Was the banner a wrong message?
(United States)

19 answers, 0 raves

mick answered
Yes. No "mission" was accomplished.
and said : Just another piece of fiction created by neocons in support of world domination. Anyone who fell for that bit of show biz needs a course in world history and US political history. I, personally, couldn't even watch that particular farce. So sickening. So damned effective. One thing neocons know how to do is use lies and emotions to dupe the undereducated US populace. We have seen that the ill-educated continue to vote for their oppressors, with eagerness and pride. The "founding fathers" predicated our democratic republic on the basis of an educated and intelligent electorate, however chauvinistic their vision of white male gentleman farmers as that electorate. We should all read James Madison's life and times. Illuminating.

Gay marriages. Are you in favor of a law redefining marriage to include gays?

2008-11-06T17:38:37Z

Gay marriages. Are you in favor of a law redefining marriage to include gays?
(United States)

5833 answers, +91 raves

mick answered
As far as redefining marriage to include gays, I think...
and said : of course they should be given the rights of any other citizens. As for "saving" marriage, heteros might look at their own record, particularly in the Bible Belt which has both the most divorces and the most teen pregnancies. And just how is allowing everyone the same marital rights in any way a danger to heteros? It's all about religion, which promotes hate and fear, just as do fascist governments, in order to control their followers. Oh, I forgot: the "faithful" as if that were a badge of honor rather than a label for the superstitious. Some of us are both hetero and religion-free and would never put others in such a legal/financial/emotional bind as to deprive people who love each other equal rights in the "land of the free." Do you know that the federal government creates an average of over 50 crimes per year, with which to control the rest of us?

Sen. Barack Obama officially elected 44th president of the United States of America. How does this make you feel?

2008-11-06T17:29:22Z

Sen. Barack Obama officially elected 44th president of the United States of America. How does this make you feel?
(United States)

6554 answers, +151 raves

mick answered
This is how I feel...
and said : Odd. You ask how we feel and then offer an option of what we think. Who edits these things? Anyway, I feel elated and apprehensive. Cheney/Bush have about ten weeks to pull another 9/11 and then impose martial law, and who would put it past them? Also, the fear-ridden brain-dead and the inbred may still attempt to assassinate Obama, discounting his white blood completely. What does such discounting say about themselves?

Missing Juror Lied About Father's Death: Should the judge punish her for lying?

2008-11-03T22:04:47Z

Missing Juror Lied About Father's Death: Should the judge punish her for lying?
(Other)

15 answers, +2 raves

mick answered
Yes. Punish her
and said : On the other hand, maybe it's good that such an irresponsible airhead wasn't in on making the verdict. I blame our schools--well, not the schools so much as the Far Right religiosos who have spent decades hijacking our education system. You know how it goes: You don't PRAY in my schools, and I won't THINK in your church. Our youth and nation are the losers. Big time.

Obama's Mother Nude Photos: Was she a freak?

2008-10-30T21:02:19Z

Obama's Mother Nude Photos: Was she a freak?
(United States)

671 answers, -80 raves

mick answered
No. I think she wasn't
and said : How? If anyone thinks that this free spirited intellectual was a freak, they should take a gander at, oh say, the goings on at the Republican convention this year. But of course this will be fodder for the types who get off on Palin's demagoguery of hate, suspicion, and the most brazen lies I've ever heard in politics, including those of Spiro Agnew and McCarthy.

Who's more trustworthy Obama or McCain?

2008-10-30T16:30:21Z

Who's more trustworthy Obama or McCain?
(United States)

31476 answers, +212 raves

mick answered
Obama
and said : Consider this: McCain abandoned his first wife because she was "broken." He kissed up, shamelessly, to Bush for seven years after having previously positioned himself as a "maverick." Now he attempts to reverse each and every position (except on females' right to control their own bodies, of course), spouts lie after lie in his egregious campaign. Is hectic and angry, unreliable. Left Cindy to deal with miscarriages--alone.

McCain Clowns On Obama For Delaying World Series Game: What do you think of Obama's 'Infomercial'?

2008-10-30T16:04:25Z

McCain Clowns On Obama For Delaying World Series Game: What do you think of Obama's 'Infomercial'?
(United States)

19 answers, +3 raves

mick answered
I love it
and said : How polarizing. I found it boring, but you folks insist on making it us and them, black and white, right or wrong. Why? This society is barbaric enough without fostering more division.

Man Shoots Teens For Knocking Down McCain Lawn Signs: Who's side are you on?

2008-10-30T15:57:27Z

Man Shoots Teens For Knocking Down McCain Lawn Signs: Who's side are you on?
(United States)

386 answers, +33 raves

mick answered
Teens, Knocking down a McCain sign doesn't deserve to get shot at.
and said : Fear is the hallmark of the Right, and those who subscribe to that philosophy of "us and them" see every expression of difference as a threat. They love the notion of "law and order" since it is applied to what they deem the lower orders, the main victims of capitalism and racism, as a matter of fact. The NRA is the "poster organization" of the Right. The Right feeds on violence (capitalism's wars) while talking law and order.

Third & Final Debate: Is It Game Over?

2008-10-16T15:04:28Z

Third & Final Debate: Is It Game Over?
(United States)

2439 answers, +41 raves

mick answered
We won't know until Novermber 4th, 2008.
and said : There are still the stolen elections to come. I have no idea why the Democratic Party hasn't made stolen elections its top priority over the past eight years, but why spend all that time, energy, and money on building votership and campaigning when the Republicans still control voting in key states? It's quite beyond me, and I've written the DNC as well as Obama's and Clinton's campaigns repeatedly asking why they haven't been making that their first priority. We need UN observers, at the very least.

Anger Rising at McCain Rallies: What's your take on McCain's supporters?

2008-10-10T22:46:26Z

Anger Rising at McCain Rallies: What's your take on McCain's supporters?
(United States)

446 answers, +17 raves

mick answered
Trolls
and said : The Right has such contempt for ordinary citizens, and as far as their own supporters among them, they are correct. These people seem to think that if they support the rich, something will rub off on them. They've even been convinced that it's more respectable, instead of pathetically absurd. So they vote against their own well-being and their children's future. Watching Mad Dog Palin whip them up is quite appalling. Shages of Pavlov.

John McCain's Hispanic Problem: Why Are Latinos Supporting Barack Obama?

2008-10-10T20:15:47Z

John McCain's Hispanic Problem: Why Are Latinos Supporting Barack Obama?
(United States)

52 answers, +4 raves

mick answered
Why would Hispanics support racists like McCain/Palin? Hispanics know that McCain will say anything to get votes.
and said : The pathetic scrap of a man who is John McCain is an embarrassment all around. Just imagine what the rest of the world must think when the Republican Party puts up a lying little creep and his pit bull, which pair would be negotiation (as if) with intelligent and well-educated heads of state around the world. Far worse than little Dubya looking and acting like a clueless idiot (and amazed Europeans saying so to one another). Boggles the mind.

Biden Dismisses McCain as 'Sidekick': What is your opinion of John McCain?

2008-10-08T20:50:59Z

Biden Dismisses McCain as 'Sidekick': What is your opinion of John McCain?
(United States)

169 answers, +13 raves

mick answered
Neither
and said : He is what he's always been: an ill-tempered opportunist who despite laziness and moral sleeziness (see the marital cheat, the outrageous pretense that he did more than the other POW's with him--he did not, quite the opposite) "failed upward" due solely to his high-powered father and grandfather, almost exactly like Dubya. Moral fiber: zero.

Second presidential debate: Was this John McCain's last chance to close the gap?

2008-10-08T14:15:17Z

Second presidential debate: Was this John McCain's last chance to close the gap?
(United States)

1301 answers, +24 raves

mick answered
No, the second presidential debate was not John McCain's last chance.
and said : McCain has a mindless following (well, any regular person who votes against their and their children's well-being time after time must be mindless), and nothing short of McC's committing a crime in front of them will change their "minds." Otherwise, I'd say that he lost a good portion of the undecided. Although how anyone could remain undecided after the sewage McC has been spewing lately is quite beyond comprehension.

World's Heaviest Man to Marry Girlfriend: Be honest, will you marry someone this size?

2008-10-07T02:32:26Z

World's Heaviest Man to Marry Girlfriend: Be honest, will you marry someone this size?
(Dating)

211 answers, +24 raves

mick answered
No. I would never marry someone that big.
and said : To each her own. I married a long-time friend only to discover (the hard way) that he was paranoid schizophrenic, who thought women are born evil, and thus I must be destroyed. . He turned from Jekyll to Hyde in minutes, once I was committed. Weird! So let's not judge. You never know. May they have a reasonably happy and enjoyable life together.

Did Sarah Palin surprise you in the VP debate?

2008-10-03T17:52:35Z

Did Sarah Palin surprise you in the VP debate?
(United States)

5349 answers, +67 raves

mick answered
No. Sarah Palin never surprises me anymore.
and said : If you're sold on her, if you're ignorant of the actual issues, if you believe she actually made any valid points or demonstrated other than being able to hurriedly read her notes during the questioning (no actual debate allowed because the poor thing has no knowledge (just "faith" you know) applicable to actually being a head of state, then you will get what you deserve. Unfortunately, the rest of us don't deserve a personable liar who depends on personality and obfuscation to squeak through anything but a set piece. We need leaders who know history, who understand international relations, who know the law and respect the Constitution. McC and Palin don't cut it. Both lie constantly and consistently. Every time McC spouts another blatant lie, I think, "Ah, consistency." Probably not alone in that. Palin did what she does well: hoodwink people into thinking she's one of them. She's not. She's a millionaire with a large fancy home with a private plane out back, she's a elitist through and through, and worst of all, a deeply committed fascist. Go Sarah! Far, far away. Back to Alaska, in fact.

Forget what you believe, what do you WANT to happen when you die?

2008-10-01T17:46:23Z

Forget what you believe, what do you WANT to happen when you die?
(Other)

98 answers, +23 raves

mick answered
Reincarnation.
and said : Actually, I find the idea of reincarnation exhausting, but I still believe in it because I've had certain re-experiences of previous lives that were so technically beyond the present me as to be impossible. Also, I've been through the black tunnel toward the white light (before I'd heard of such a thing) and understand that there is an atmosphere of incredible love there, wherever "there" is. Should be interesting. See Seth Speaks.