Machine, I certainly appreciate your incessant rambling. It's kook talk and the stereotypical liberal lack of personal responsibility you drone on about ad naseum that keeps people running back to the voting booths to pull the lever for Republicans every time...

On behalf of Dubya, Ronnie, and the rest of the gang - "not bad, Machine, not bad at all".

Your claim that Reagan didn't care about AIDS is pure bull**** - BILLIONS were spent on AIDS research during both his terms. There is a big difference between hating gays and disagreeing with the "gay lifestyle choice". Reagan - I believe - truly cared about all Americans, whether or not he personally approved of the life that they led, so long as it was within the bounds of the law, and was not harming others. I believe that most people may feel the same way, whether it be about gays or not.

I don't agree with homosexuality - although it would be OK if my wife wanted to try it at least one Saturday a month - but I don't hate people that choose (yes, I think it is a choice) to be gay.

You could probably sway more people to your point of view, if you didn't show your obvious hatred for the opposing view right from the start, IMHO, of course. Oh, and possibly a little respect for the dead.

UPDATE/ADD: Sorry, but I forgot to mention the fact that "welfare queens" are not hypothetical - look around, my friend, look around!