Chamblee54

A feature of the digital era is something called a meme. It rhymes with dream, and no one is sure where it came from and what it means. In practice, a meme is a series of questions that are sent out chain letter style to different people. Since PG is not connected to people that would tag him, he is not required to answer memes. ( The spell check suggestions include mimes, mites, meres, and memos). The mothers of mighty memos.
PG sometimes does dim sum with a man named Xwinger. (The spell check suggestion is swinger) This person has a Live Journal, under an alternative identity, Sffilk. XW goes to festivals, sets up a table, and sells cds of folk music. Folk which was misspelled as filk. XW is the source of today’s meme. The question will be in gray. The answer from XW will be in purple. The answer from PG will be in blue.
1. Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey? Yes. Yes. I also have the toenails, eyebrows, and lumbar discs. Guts are overrated, and more plentiful as we move into middle age.
2. Would you do meth if it was legal? No. No. Just because something is legal doesn’t mean you need to join the crowd. Voting Republican is legal.
3. Abortion: for or against it? For Like the lady said to the Pope,if you don’t play the game,then you don’t make the rules.
4. Do you think the world would fail with a female president? There have been female presidents before, like Indira Gandhi. It might, but would pass again soon. Fail and pass are part of the cycle, and should be accepted and embraced.
5. Do you believe in the death penalty? Yes, As long as it is not too severe.
6. Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already? Yes. That should have happened a hundred years ago. Reefer was legal a hundred years ago, and should have remained that way.
7. Are you for or against premarital sex? For. I can’t get married, so any sex I have would be premarital. See answer to question 3.
8. Do you believe in G-d? Yes. This is not a believe kind of thing. PG suspects that G-d does exist, although the semantics of the issue are sticky.
9. Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized? Yes. Yes. However, lawyers and Professional Jesus worshippers should not be allowed to reproduce.
10. Do you think it’s wrong that so many Hispanics are illegally moving to the USA? Yes. As the grandson of immigrants who came here legally, I don’t exactly tolerate the fact that so many people are coming here illegally. If they want to come, let them do so legally! This is a toughie. As a person whose families have been here hundreds of years, this is getting into question 3 territory. If PG was a poor mexican, and the barriers to legal immigration were steep, He might see things differently.
11. A twelve year old girl has a baby, should she keep it? I don’t know. It depends on where she finds it.
12. Should the alcohol age be lowered to eighteen? I think it’s 18 here in Georgia. . It was 18 when PG was a kid, and he spent many a happy evening in bars. However, in the eighties, big brother federal government said to the states, if you want federal highway money, then you need to raise the drinking age to 21. In asphalt happy Georgia, that was a no brainer. To get back to the question, yes, the drinking age should be 18.
13. Should the war in Iraq be called off? I’m not sure “called off” is the proper term We have dug ourselves a deep hole in Babylon. Even if we were to start to withdraw today, it would take a year or so to get everyone out. There is reason to believe that forces would attack our troops during this withdrawal, and that we would have to fight our way out. There is also the matter of the sunni tribes that we are paying to help us fight foriegn fighters. What will happen when we introduce these guys to the American concept of the layoff? It is a lot easier to start a war than it is to finish one. This is one reason PG was opposed to the start of this one.
14. Assisted suicide is illegal: do you agree? I’m not sure. It does seem to be illegal. As to whether it should be legalized…why does a person need help? Shouldn’t it be fairly simple to off yourself?
15. Do you believe in spanking your children? Yes, if they did wrong.? see answer to number 3.
16. Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars? Considering the fact that the proper way to dispose of a worn flag is by burning it, Flag burning was a non issue until 1989. Somebody took a case to the Supreme Court, and there was a ruling made. At that point, flag burning became a “hot” issue. This is similar to what is happening with Gay Marriage now. There is little grass roots support for same sex marriage, but a court ruling has forced the public to decide. While the media account execs in California are getting big commissions now, the rest of the population has been dragged into a divisive battle that few wanted. Maybe we should burn the Supreme Court instead.
17. Who do you think would make a better president? McCain or Obama? Honestly? Neither one. What does honesty have to do with presidential elections?
18. Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers? Yes, but at least I’m being honest. What does honesty have to do with the internet?