Sorry that I haven't been here

For awhile. It seems these days its harder to stay a moderate and harder to keep from feeling pressured into things that you don't agree with; specially when you know that neither side has all the answers and barely know all the questions.

I am for limited gun control, I don't think anyone needs a semi-automatic or automatic rifle or hand gun to hunt with. I'm all for hunting when done right and with honor, in other words you use all the meat from the animal you hunt. Never kill anything that is not harming you and yours or is not meant for the table to eat. Automatic and semi-automatic weapons belong in a soldiers hands and used for war.

I like the idea of the death penalty, if there is prof that the person who is up to die, is the person who did the crime. Our justice system is so flawed though that this is not a realistic expectation, not only that; but it costs far too much to keep the appeals process going and we tax payers have to foot the bill for it. Solution then is to keep the person incarcerated for life with no possibility of parole. Oh and not every single person has cable, not every single person has the luxuries that the prisoners have, so take some of those goodies away from the prisoners and give them to the elderly or to the working poor. They deserve it far more than the prisoners.

I'm pro-choice, its not my right to tell other women how to control their bodies. Its not my spiritual beliefs to make them believe the way I do or to live by the standards I set for myself. I believe we need to teach our older teens/young adults the proper uses of birth control, of safe sex and how to be responsible for their actions; not being able to blame it on some invisible devil or being, as some in the churches like to do.

I'm for parents teaching their young about how and when to use alcohol or drugs; the kind of drugs I'm talking about are the ones for traditional spiritual beliefs and those used as medicinal herbs or the chemical ones made by the drug companies to ease the illness in our bodies. I think parents need to take an interest in what is driving their child into using illegal drugs and misusing alcohol. Knowing from experience there is more going on than what ever meets the eye with being young and feeling alone.

This is where other moderates may disagree with me, but that's fine. We all have our own thoughts and space, but I think homosexuals should be able to marry. I know I'm a bit biased on this one as I am a gay female. I use the word gay for myself as I'm a Two-Spirit, in the sense of Native American standards and traditions. No, I was not formally taught about being Two-Spirit...I don't think being gay/lesbian or straight can be taught. I know from my own life experiences that one either is or isn't and if one can choose who they fall in love with gender wise, well...they are bisexual. There are more bisexual folks out there than others like to believe. They can hide better than someone like myself, they can hide in loving someone of the opposite gender and I couldn't, not with out using drugs and alcohol.

There is much more that I can say, but it will have to wait for another day as I still have much to do on this day off from the regular work grind.