[mburbank]

Panty;

You can certainly ask, but I'm mocking Naldo's claim to being eager to answer direct questions. I can't personlly agree to even be serious where your questions are concerned. See, Naldo thinks he would answer a direct question, but it's a very rare thing to see, and he goes nuts when I draw valid conclusions based on what he does post.

That's all as may be.

"1.) Do you believe capitalism is necessary for the United States to remain free, by it's own definition as penned by our predecessors?"

Not to be glib, but define your terms. Some form of capitalism? Absolutely. Naldos claim that I'm a communist is based on not knowing hat the word means. I'm more of a new dealer. I believe in regualted capitalism. I think unfettered, social darwinist laisez faire capitalism is very dangerous for a country, and I think the degree to which the wealth of this country is seprated is immoral and in the long run does not evcen support the self interest of the wealthy themselves.

2.) Do you believe freedom of speech should allow for the destruction of private and or public property while protesting government decisions?

Who's private property? If you mean should I be able to burn flag I bought, yes, I should be ble to. I'm not sure I would, but I should be able to. Someone elses property or public property? Of course not. I'm for passive resistance and peaceful civil disobedience. Anything else is a distraction and wrong, UNLESS you face an untendable situation of repression which calls for civil war. Much as I hate W at al, we are nowhere in sight of that. But I think you'll agree, the founding fathers did indeed forsee the possibility.

3.) Do you belkieve that the media, in general, is slanted left or right, and why?

Entertainment or informtion, and where do you draw the line. Our print media, I think on balnce is centrist and reprsentative. Unfortunately it's also bone lazy. Our radio and television news media are canted sefverely right. Example? Tom Brokaw in front of a graphic that says "When Diplomacy Fails". A leftists slant would be "When diplomacy is never tried" or "Does Bush know what diplomacy is?". Another? MSNBC which is supposed to be an alternative to the hugely right wing FOX fires Donahue. CNN yields to the governments call to submit it's texts to cencorship, going so far as to create a secret boadr of censors.

4.) 6.) Do you believe Saddam Hussein has funded terrorist operations outside of his own country? By "Do you believe," I mean exactly that.

I do believe he has. Are you interested I think his terrorist funding is small beans next to what several of our allies have engaged in? Do you know from whom North Korea got it's Nuclear scientiffic know how?

So, now that you know where I stand personally, what was that all about?