... enviro-freaking bleeding heart liberal!

>> I'm a long way from the far right since I believe in a woman's
>> right to choose, stem cell research, a wide variety of environmental
>> issues, and I don't believe the 2nd amendment says nor gives you
>> the right to own a machine gun.

Stewby & Dubya -- two peas in a pink pod!

>> I do reject the basic robin hood philosophy of the Democratic
>> Party and accept the basic premise of the Republican Party
>> of a strong business environment with less government.

There isn't a tinker's damn's worth of difference between the republicans and the democrats when it comes to "less government". There aren't a handful of national politicians of either party who believe in or work for "less government". Name the last president after whose administration there was "less government" than there was before.

>> I also believe that the words "Under God" are more than just words.

They may be more than just words, but they have no more legitimate use in the formulation of our governmental policy than would "under Allah" -- or "under" Jehovah, Yahweh, Buddha, Vishnu, Krishna -- or, for that matter, Wodin, Quetzalcoatl, Imhotep, Zeus, Jupiter or any of the other 1,400 gods and goddesses from cultures all over the world and throughout history.

----- jim o\-S