These comments are taken from my daily blog. Check it out if you want more of my thoughts and opinions.

Rights
No one is born with any rights. Rights come from another source, as clarified in this discussion.

Behavior
People confuse ethics, morality, and lawfulness. My comments seek to clarify the topics.

Guns
Everyone should have one and be allowed to carry one.

Personal ID Embedded Chips
Everyone should be required to have one. Everyone should have the legal right to carry an Alibi.

Birth Control
Birth control should be mandatory. Permits should be required to have a baby. Poor doesn't equal automatic rejection. Permits are not for sale and cannot be transferred to someone else.

Immigration
It's ok to seal off the Texas border from Mexico until Mexico fixes its own problems. It's in our self-interest to help them fix their problems.

Copyrights and Patents
Both should be abolished in favor of a national reward system.

Legal Age - Sex, Voting, Alcohol, Military
There's nothing magic about age 18 or 21. Our kids will develop as slowly or as fast as we allow/teach them. I favor a minimum age, but also a "maturity board" which would allow early developers to exercise self control to the extent that they demonstrate the ability.

Profiling
It's not profiling if you fit the description of the villain.

Racial Differences, Differences Between Men and Women
There probably are some (pros and cons), but we don't want there to be any.

Women Soldiers
Create a valid qualifying test to match the job description and it's fine with me.

Limited Terms for Elected Officials
Seven years. That's it, and then the politician must leave to never return. The talent pool is very deep.

Legislative Vote Recording
Do it. It's a no-brainer.

Capital Punishment
It's a necessary evil, best used sparingly. There really are bad people whom society should put to death.

Religion
Religion would be a bigger boon to mankind if it weren't for the failures of the practitioners.

Abortion
The real issue is when does life start. Abortion after one cell division isn't the same as after 6 months of growth. I'm for one-week abortion, against 6-week abortion. In the middle I don't know enough.

Slippery Slope
It's ok to make a decision that gets uncomfortably close to a moral line. It's what we humans can do well. We don't automatically slide down that slippery slope.

Distribution of Wealth
Perpetual re-distribution of wealth to those who aren't earning it is a bad idea. It's far better to 'Teach him how to fish ...'.

Animals
It's ok to eat them. Cruelty to animals is unnecessary and speaks to the psychology of the person doing the harm, but cruelty to animals is way down on the scale from cruelty to humans.

France, Australia, Great Britain
We like them all, if for no other reason than they have cool accents.

Rich People
God bless them! Quite a few were once as poor as dirt and it's a testimonial to the American way of life that everyone has a chance to succeed - whether by luck or hard work doesn't matter - the point is that you have the opportunity!

Taxes
We're undertaxed at the state/local level, overtaxed at the Federal level. Point-of-use and consumption taxes are the best kind because they influence behavior.

Free Medical Care
"Free" always means taxpayer funded, but we can afford it, provided the list of free services represents an 80% solution - just the solutions needed by 80% of the people seeking help, not the extreme solutions which cost too much for too few results. The theme should be 'comfortable while we live' rather than 'live as long as we can'.

Right-to-Die
I'm for it. A sane person really can make a decision to die on their terms.

Insanity Defense
There shouldn't be one. The full sentence should include curative treatment followed by the penalty for the crime.

Free Food
"Free" always means taxpayer funded, but we can afford it, and should have the will to provide 2000 calories a day (part of a nutritionally balanced selection) for anyone that asks. Most won't ask and we can afford those that do. I'm willing to pay my share of taxes for it.

Judicial Lawmaking
Yes, some judges do it. But the greater problem is that Congress and law-makers at all levels are at fault for making laws so ambiguous that judges have to regularly interpret them.

Bad People vs Good People
There are huge numbers of good people, and far, far fewer bad people. The problem is that the bad people are too loud. Good people should speak louder.

Fossil Fuel Alternative
It's way over the borderline stupid that the US has no 'Manhatten Project' to eliminate the use of fossil fuels. Call it Manhatten2 and do it yesterday!

Fresh Water - Desalination
Not far behind is high volume desalination of water for agricultural needs. Water really is the next oil. This has to be Manhatten3 and start it now!

The Alibi System
The Alibi system should be mandatory for top level government employees and convicted felons.

The Future
It's going to be difficult - but the future is bright. "Evil hates the light of day!" is the guiding philosophy. The keys are individual education and access to global communication - plus the passing of the older generations. In programmer terms, the equivalent philosophy is that "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow."

I call myself a Libertarian wannabe and generally vote Republican. Is that consistent with my opinions?