Our Platform for Outlining Colorado’s Future

Reasons to agree Your job, as a parent, isn't to let children learn from their own mistakes, but to protect them while they are young from setting bad habits, and to try to get them to learn from other people's mistakes. Children might not be aware they are in danger. Children are stupid adults. Children are children. You can destroy your life, if you get trapped in drugs, alcohol, or unhealthy sexual relationships. People who are intimidated will defer, and you should not defer to children on important things. Reasons to agree You can't control your children. Children are going to eventually make up their own minds and so you should let them learn from their own mistakes. Score : # of reasons to agree: 5 # of reasons to disagree: -0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to disagree with reasons to agree: 0 Total Idea Score: 5 Don't like the score? It is easy to change the score. Just post a reason to agree or disagree with the overall idea, o...

Reasons to agree Too many youth try alcohol for the first time at a sleepover. Too many youth try tobacco for the first time at a sleepover. Too many youth have their first exposure to pornography at a sleepover. Peer pressure becomes more powerful when our children are away from our influence. Our defenses are weakened late at night. Score : # of reasons to agree: 5 # of reasons to disagree: -0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to disagree with reasons to agree: 0 Total Idea Score: 5 Don't like the score? It is easy to change the score. Just post a reason to agree or disagree with the overall idea, or any of the reasons and the score will change.

Reasons to agree Parenting is rewarding if you do a good job. Children need a good relationship with their parent. Families that play together stay together. If you don't make it a goal to do every week, it will not get done. If you have time to watch TV you have time to spend with your family. Score : # of reasons to agree: 5 # of reasons to disagree: -0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to disagree with reasons to agree: 0 Total Idea Score: 5 Don't like the score? It is easy to change the score. Just post a reason to agree or disagree with the overall idea, or any of the reasons and the score will change.

Lead Editor :  Mike Laub Just tell me your e-mail address, and you can contribute! Reasons to agree :   % The Kindle cost $10 less than the Nook. The kindle is 8.7 ounces, the Nook is 11.2 ounces (28% heavier).  The Kindle has new and improved "Pearl" e-ink screen.         R2A (+): 1          R2AA (+): 0          R2DA (-): 0          Reasons to disagree :   % The Kindle can not read files in the EPUB format.          R2D (-): 0          R2AD (-): 0          R2DD (+): 0           Total Score : 1 Most Probable interest of those who agree :    % Validating the decision they already made. Most Probable interest of th ose who disagree :   % Validating the decision they already made. Books that can be said to agree :   % B...

Reasons to Agree : We just want to create a good place for our people to live. America should focus on internal prosperity rather than expanding its global influence. Empires historically collapse due to overreach. Rome, Britain, and the Soviet Union all fell when they stretched too far. Military expansion is financially unsustainable. Global military bases and interventions cost trillions of dollars, money that could be used for healthcare, education, and infrastructure. Republican values oppose imperialism. The U.S. was founded on self-governance and democracy, not ruling over other nations. Empire-building creates unnecessary enemies. Intervening in other countries often leads to backlash and long-term instability. Reasons to Disagree : A strong global presence ensures national security. The U.S. deters threats by maintaining military bases and alliances worldwide. Economic dominance benefits Americans. U.S. influence in global trade and financial systems helps maintain...

The numbering system below describes a system that scores groups of people within a range of 1 to 10 by how much they value equality. These people undervalue equality. People who value equality at a 1, do not value equality very much. These people are willing to accept inhuman, or even unnatural cruelty to others, or specific groups of people. They do not value all life equally. People from their group (family, race, nationality) are acceptable, however they give little or no concern to those from other groups, or actively seek to harm those from other groups.                   These people over value equality. Someone who overvalues an otherwise positive value like equality would be willing to sacrifice other good values in order to satisfy equality. These people not only are willing to steel from Peter to give to Paul, but are willing to trample all over such concepts as "freedom of choice", the "law of the harvest", justice, or reason...

Let's face it - we are inundated with information. The problem is, much of it isn't organized in a way that helps us make better decisions or gain deeper understanding. In the current landscape, we have a situation that I like to call "manufacturing confusion". Imagine a system where each reason to agree or disagree is tagged, organized, and classified. You could trace the genesis of an argument, finding the first person who made that claim, or discover more eloquent ways it has been expressed. Each post would carry a wealth of associated information: better or more succinct ways of expressing the same idea, the inception of the argument, and references to books, songs, and statistics that support or challenge this perspective. To cut through the noise and make real progress, we need not just more, but better organized information. We should be brainstorming common interests and opposing viewpoints, and generating alternative solutions. I've been toiling away at t...