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Wednesday, January 15
Our stupid drug laws.
We ought to get rid of the death penalty. Also, we might want to take a hard look at ending tax-exempt status for religious institutions.
All politicians should have the same retirement and health benefits as the average private sector employee. And they should have to send their kids to public schools.
The greatest cancer on American society are lobbyists. Get rid of all of them.
Keep guns and abortion legal, decriminalize drugs and prostitution.
Public transit should be free for everyone.
I think it starts with decriminalization of drugs.
zero tolerance. three-strikes-you're-out laws. the whole reagan mindset. sentencing reform needs to be much more prominent in our national dialogue than it will ever be.
Decriminalize prostitution. So much money is wasted punishing consensual sex acts between adults.
The English system should be thrown away and the metric system used instead.
Mainstream religion
Capitalism
American optimism
Conservative values related to sex-and every thing else.
Urban Ethos [26]
What is Chicago's "urban ethos"?
Cool Glass of... [16]
What're you drinking?
Supreme Decision [22]
What's your reaction to the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act?
Taking it to the Streets [20]
Chicago Street Fairs: Revolting or Awesome?
I Can Be Cruel [9]
Be real: what is the meanest thing you've ever done?
Sarah / January 2, 2011 2:41 PM
guns should not be legal.