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If I were to run for office I'd have a system where people who wish to have kids need to apply for a breeding license. To qualify they would be required to prove their financial ability to cope with the cost of bringing a kid into this world, including education costs etc. Oh and a compulsory IQ test thrown in too for the would-be parents!
My platform would be right next to yours. :o)
Either way you got my vote, sweetie
MUA!
As for my platform, I have long advocated a licensing board for spandex & lycra, much like what Darwin suggests for breeding.
As you know, Stolie, I also think all people should be temporarily sterilized at puberty. Then, if you prove to Darwin's board that you can be a good citizen and parent, e.g. emotionally and financially support your kid, attend parent-teacher conferences, show up at a t-ball game or two, then we'll reverse the surgery. This idea offends Stolie greatly. Maybe her readers, too. It's just an idea. No one has put me in charge of the world yet.
Mitch: If the Canadians will have me, sure, why the hell not? I love maple syrup *AND* I know the opening words to the Canadian National Anthem.
AWE: Thanks, sweetie!! :)
AmyD: Glad I put a smile on your face. :)
MamaChristy: I'd like to think that I am both. ;)
Jill: I love Canada!!! :) It's a beautiful country. At the same time, the US is (and probably always will be) my home. And, besides, we've got PAUL WALKER down here. How could I leave that?
Mel Chickk: Woot! Woot! The votes are rolling in!!! :)
Raymond: Oh, but I already have "The National Boy" for that. ;) THANKS for the vote.
Pegs: Okay, two thoughts. First thought Silly me, I thought our taxes were paying for the war. ;) Second thought ... Believe it or not, I agree with you to a certain degree. Many people are parents who, quite simply, shouldn't be. And, really, who doesn't want better parents in the world? I’m just not convinced that sterilization is the answer. And, it's not because I think it’s "offensive" because I don’t. I simply think it's a bad policy idea that has already been tried and tested in a variety of contexts. And, in almost every instance, it has been abused. I can't really think of a case in history where a state that had the ability or authority to regulate population didn't abuse that power. The blind, mentally ill, gays and lesbians, ethnic minorities, women, the deaf, and the poor are usually unfairly targeted. So, considering this unambiguous track record—at best, reinstituting the sterilization policies would be in extremely poor taste; at worst, it smacks of eugenics, questionable motives, and superiority complexes among people who think there is only one proper way raise a child.
[NOTE: I’m pretty passionately against the sterilization stuff. For readers out there who want more info on the history of population control and compulsory sterilization in the US, google Harry Hamilton Laughlin and Charles Davenport or check out this somewhat recent story from MSNBC.]
Jay: And, that's exactly why we love you. :)
The President always needs a little on the side.
Which is why I am expecting GWB to implode any day now.