Our Platform for Outlining Colorado’s Future

We should create a forum that allows people to brainstorms reasons to agree and disagree with important conclusions Reasons  to agree: It would be cool to have  reasons to agree and disagree on the same page . Why not? It hasn't been done before. No one has created a forum that has one page per thesis, and allows users to submit reasons to agree and disagree in a structured format. It couldn't be worse than current online discussion boards. We should create algorithms that promotes good reasons People evaluating each reason I imagine people would want to rate an idea, on a scale from 1 to 10, on the following criteria: # Are statistics sited to a verifiable source? # Does the Reason support the conclusion? # Is the reasons clearly stated? # Is the reason stated briefly? # On a scale from 1 to 10 how much do you believe that the argument uses the following logical fallacy: But you say, "people are biased, we can't trust them to evaluate the logic of an argument when the...

Reasons  to agree: Romney has said,  "Governor  Mark Sanford  is right. Unfortunately, some in the  Republican  Party are embracing the radical  environment al ideas of the  liberal  left. As governor, I found that thoughtful environmentalism need not be anti-growth and anti- jobs . But Kyoto-style sweeping mandates, imposed unilaterally in the  United States , would kill  jobs , depress growth and shift manufacturing to the dirtiest developing nations." Its called global warming, but cap and trade only punishes the US, if China and India don't join. We should not put our businesses on an un-even playing field unless other countries go along. Cap in trade does not work very well in Europe. It would be better to directly invest in clean technology, instead of punishing old technology. We should first do a cost benefit analysis of global warming, before we do anything harsh. Lets say we spend 5 trillion dollars every 10 years fighting global warming, but we only stop the pl...

Background: In economic affairs, in April 2005, he defended the  New Deal  social welfare policies of  Franklin D. Roosevelt (more) Reasons   to agree: Central planning never works as well as individual decisions. The new deal did some good things, but in the long run, it did more damage. The new deal created the welfare state, entitlements, and the retirment of the nany state that will emplode violently with the retirment of the baby-boomers. Individual people make stupid decisions. The government can try to promote good decisions. But government is run by people, and baby-kissing, phonies who buy elections by telling you what you want to hear, and taking your property and giving it to your neighbor, makes worse decisions than just letting people decide what they want to do with their own money. Books   that agree: New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America (Hardcover) by  Burton W., Jr. Folsom

Obama is wrong on the vouchers . Reasons to agree During an October 2004 debate, Obama stated that he opposed education vouchers for use at private schools because he believes they would undermine public schools. (Keyes, Obama disagree sharply, The Chicago Tribune, October 27, 2004. Archived at the www-news.uchicago.edu website. Retrieved on January 31, 2008). Obama says vouchers would "would undermine public schools". This is stupid. Schools get a certain amount of money per kid. If schools have less kids, it is only right that they would get less money.

Obama is wrong on government  health care . Reasons  to agree: Obama said; "I am absolutely determined that by the end of the first term of the next president, we should have universal health care in this country." Why would we want the people who ran the Katrina responce effort, and who run the US Postal service to run healthcare?

Obama is wrong on embryonic stem cell research. Reasons to agree: Obama supports embryonic stem cell research and was a co-sponsor of the 2005 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act. ( Statement of Support for Stem Cell Research, Barack Obama, U.S. Senator for Illinois ). The government should not take money from people, and use it on things they consider to be murder . Webpages that agree: http://www.moralaccountability.com/obama

Obama is wrong on abortion . Reasons to agree: Obama had a 100 percent rating from the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council for his support of abortion rights, family planning services and health insurance coverage for female contraceptives. Obama voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive. Obama was wrong to have voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act Obama is wrong on embryonic stem cell research Obama voted NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. That was bad. It is pretty messed up for Obama to have voted NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. Abortion is wrong. Reasons to disagree: OBAMA: If it sounds incredible that I would vote to withhold lifesaving treatment from an infant, that’s because it’s not true. There was a bill that said you have to provide lifesaving treatment. The fact is that there was already a law on the books in Illinois that required providing lifesaving treatment, whi...

Obama is wrong on guns Reason s to agree O bama supported a ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns (Independent Voters of Illinois Independent Precinct Organization 1996 candidate questionnaire). So Obama thinks that only criminals should have hand guns, because laws are not going to stop them. Obama voted against a 2004 measure allowing a self-defense exception for people charged with violating local weapons bans by using a gun in their home (Obama Record May Be Gold Mine For Critics CBS News). So you should get in trouple if you protect yourself with a gun, in your own house? So I guess we should all buy base-ball bates, if you live in a bad neighborhood and want to protect yourself. People would bring guns to my school all the time. I lived in Idaho. It was no big deal. People left their gun in their gun rack in their pick-up-truck, and went shooting for pheasants after school. An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his a...

President Obama  is right on  NASA . Reasons  to agree Obama wants to cut spending on NASA. Specifically he would like to delay the Constellation program for five years. His willingness to make such arguments is good news. We went to the Moon and got nothing but bragging rights. If we want bragging rights over other countries, we should stop getting our asses kicked in Math and Science. At one time it was inspirational to go to the moon for some reason. Those days are passed. We need to be smarter with our money. Probable interest  of those who agree: They agree with the argument, outside of any interest or alterior motivation (30%) Democratic party groupism  (40%) Liberal guilt . Political laziness & issue crossover . Money  (for NASA. AKA: pork) Probable interest  of those who disagree: Republican Party Affiliation  (40%) They disagree with the argument, outside of any interest or alterior motivation (30%) Racism  (5%) Political lazines...