Chamblee54

A few days ago I recycled a 2008 post, with 18 questions shared by the late Michael Liebmann. Many of the issues discussed have seen dramatic changes in the last 16 years. It might be fun to take a look at these 18 questions through the lens of 2024.
01. Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey? · Sharing dangerous opinions was always been risky. When you have a blog that “nobody reads,” it is a bit safer to stick your red neck out.
02. Would you do meth if it was legal? · No. I agree with Abby Hoffman … speed is a body fuck drug. Those who sell it should be severely punished. He also said the only dope worth shooting was Richard Nixon. Our current leaders make Tricky Dick seem reasonable.
03. Abortion: for or against it? · Oh my, how this issue has changed. Roe v. Wade took a long time to overturn, and it will take even longer to reinstate. Abortion is now a state issue, for better or worse. The a-word is an emotionally charged issue. Almost anything you say, or don’t say, is going to upset somebody. As a gay man, I have been exempt from many of the tough decisions faced by others. I am rather reluctant to tell other, more involved, people what they should do.
04. Do you think the world would fail with a female president? · When we have a president of the world, we can think about this more. In the last 8 years Democrats have had 2 women candidates for President. Both Hillary and Kamala are incredibly flawed performers, who lost to the orange haired antichrist. The first job of the president is to get elected.
05. Do you believe in the death penalty? · I apply Bill Clinton’s take on abortion to the death penalty. “______ should be safe, legal, and rare.” There is one other “life issue,” war. By it’s very nature, war is not safe, but it is usually legal. If only we could make war rare.
06. Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already? · Reefer is legal in many states now. Unfortunately, Georgia is not one of them. We may be seeing a backlash against legal pot in the near future, or maybe not. This could be a good issue for Donald Trump to step up on.
07. Are you for or against premarital sex? · People are always going to fuck.
08. Do you believe in God? · The key word in that sentence is believe, not God. IMHO, God probably exists, in some form or another. The question is whether or not you approach her through belief. Beliefs are just opinions on steroids.
09. Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized? · This is an obsolete question. SSM seems to be firmly entrenched in our culture, and probably will not go anywhere.
10. Do you think it’s wrong that so many Hispanics are illegally moving to the USA? · This is similar to my views on abortion. My ancestors have been in America for hundreds of years. I am not a poor person, desperately trying to survive economic hardship or a repressive government. Those who do will have a dramatically different point of view.
11. A twelve year old girl has a baby, should she keep it? · I don’t understand this. Does it refer to a 12yo getting pregnant, and being forced to carry the child to term? Or does it mean a 12yo, with an already delivered infant? Are we going to forcibly take the child away, even if there is a family to support and assist? We need more information.
12. Should the alcohol age be lowered to eighteen? · Yes, but this is not going to happen. In the seventies, 18 year olds could drink, and boy did we ever. A few years later, the federal government made federal highway money dependent on a 21 yo drinking age. While many of us support a return to the 18 yo party days, it probably is not going to happen.
13. Should the war in Iraq be called off? · The war in Iraq eventually petered out on its own. Eventually, the killing moved across the border into Syria, which was weakened dramatically. Syria is not a factor in the current Israeli holocaust wars, which may have been the ultimate goal of both the Syrian civil war, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
14. Assisted suicide is illegal: do you agree? · I said in the earlier piece that offing yourself should not require the assistance of a doctor. I have not changed my mind.
15. Do you believe in spanking your children? · As someone who does not have any children, it is not appropriate for me to have opinions.
16. Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars? · In recent years I have declared war on people leaving unwanted flags in stranger’s yards. Some people see this as a good way to advertise their products. This is a greater desecration than burning a flag.
17. Who do you think would make a better president? · Almost anyone.
18. Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers? · If it got someone to put down facebook long enough to read something, I am pleased.