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Looking at the Somerville ballot
Nov. 5th, 2006 09:01 amThe City of Somerville Web page has a top-level link to sample ballots. This is useful, largely because I don't seem to have gotten any information in the mail about what the candidates and issues are, and because the ballot has the full text of the initiatives.
( What I'm thinking... )
(On 4, 5, and 6, I tend to think the US military is best used defending US home soil from attackers; and given our lack of continuous near-nuclear border spats with Canada and Mexico, we have too much military for our own good. I also think the US shouldn't be meddling in other countries' internal politics or picking sides in foreign civil wars. If NATO or the UN thinks the world/the West is in grave danger, we should support them, but the US recently has been saying "we're too good to play with the other kiddies" even if they're on our side.)
( What I'm thinking... )
(On 4, 5, and 6, I tend to think the US military is best used defending US home soil from attackers; and given our lack of continuous near-nuclear border spats with Canada and Mexico, we have too much military for our own good. I also think the US shouldn't be meddling in other countries' internal politics or picking sides in foreign civil wars. If NATO or the UN thinks the world/the West is in grave danger, we should support them, but the US recently has been saying "we're too good to play with the other kiddies" even if they're on our side.)
