We’re going to N Dakota where my wife is from for a family reunion this summer. She asked me what I would say if/when politics come up. (They are drunk on oil money). I would simply say I believe in equality for all (race, orientation, geographic location, etc), everyone gets a chance. I believe in science, balancing the needs of man and nature, it’s not about all one way or all the other. I know we can’t just tune off oil, but can’t go the other way too. I believe social programs should pick people up when they fall, but not carry them indefinitely. There should be programs to pull them out. We are a migrant society. Excluding the white, Anglo, Saxon, Protestant, we were all the bottoms of the rung at one time. We need to tax the rich at least the same rate the middle class is paying, period. I’ll listen to what they say, but I don’t believe that they have arguments to match their statements.