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JBlake

28-year old male in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States.

Online:	11 Months Ago	Name:	James Blake
Updated:	11 Months Ago	Gender:	Male
Joined:	4 Years Ago	Birthday:	October 1, 1984
President:	Not Saying	Email:	- Private -
Ideology:	Progressive	Education:	Bachelors Degree
Party:	Democratic Party	Ethnicity:	White
Relationship:	Not Saying	Income:	Not Saying
Interested:	in Women	Occupation:	Student
Looking:	No Answer	Religion:	Atheist

About Me:	I am a student of History and Political Science at West Virginia University.
Music:	Rock, Southern Rock, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Rock.
Quotes:	"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
Sports Teams:	West Virginia Mountaineers. Pittsburgh Steelers.

College:	West Virginia University, Graduate Class of 2012 Morgantown, West Virginia, United States West Virginia University, Undergraduate Class of 2010 Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

High School:	Morgantown High School, Class of 2003 Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

52 Debates

Abkhazia and South Ossetia should not be independent from Georgia

In August, 2008, the Russian Federation recognised the independence of the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia following the crushing defeat of the Georgian army during the Second War in South Ossetia. Since then, this act has been followed by Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Nauru. However, I do not believe those so-called republics should be independent. First of all, there is no historical background to support the independence of the regions from the Georgian center. Also, i...

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Updated 2 Years Ago

Federal Reserve System and the base of "capitalist" America.

Since 1913, we have kindly allowed The Federal Reserve System to monopolize the issuance of the currency market. The decision was based on the idea that having an oversight of such market would promise stability in our country's financial system. However, it has not carried out that promise at all. All it has created are a series of booms and busts that inevitably will drive us into the ground. That event is showing signs of possibility today. This system has become so commonplace that we have a...

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Updated 2 Years Ago

The Obama Care bill should NOT have been passed

I would like to say a few words here before starting my opening argument. I respectfully request that only an American Citizen please join this debate on the 'con' side. I have nothing against view points from other countries on health care, but with a bill where American tax dollars are being used, I find it to be a more honest debate between two citizens directly effected. If I could have, I would have voted No to this bill and look forward to debating with someone who would have voted yes. (...

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Updated 3 Years Ago

Proposed Redistricting Procedure

======= Introduction ======= Common wisdom tells us that competitive congressional districts are better than non-competitive ones. Subscribers to this view often claim that non-competitive districts produce legislators that are inattentive to the needs of their constituency. Gerrymandering has been blamed for the predominance of non-competitive congressional districts in recent decades. Common wisdom also tells us that gerrymandering is responsible for the dominance of the two party system...

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Updated 3 Years Ago

Noam Chomsky should be shot for treason

Noam Chomsky is an anarchist, but unlike most suburban anarchist kids, he actually has more than just a brain stem. He makes anarchism seem like an intellectual philosophy and writes essays on the foreign policy of the US. Every god-fearing American knows that he's an America-hating liberal who should be shot for treason....

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Updated 3 Years Ago

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Debate Statistics
Debates:	52
Lost:	9
Tied:	0
Won:	43
Win Ratio:	82.69%
Percentile:	99.40%
Elo Ranking:	3,767
Statistics based on completed debates.

Activity Statistics
Forum Posts:	4634
Votes Cast:	1250
Opinion Arguments:	0
Opinion Questions:	0

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Updated 2 Years Ago

The BIG Issues
This list identifies where JBlake stands on popular issues. The choices are limited to the following:

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N/S - Not Saying
Und - Undecided
Con - Against
Pro - In Favor

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•	Abortion	ProComments I would not want to go through this experience for myself, but I would not legislate my opinion and stop others from doing so for whatever reason.
•	Affirmative Action	ProComments Pro AA for employment; Con for Education and Quota Systems. No two employees are equally qualified, so AA doesn't go too far, usually. Quota systems, like in Universities, cause otherwise qualified individuals to not be hired.
•	Animal Rights	Pro
•	Barack Obama	Pro
•	Border Fence	ConComments Too expensive for such little practical use. Guards and other personel would need to be hired to patrol the fence, costing even more money each year. In short, the money is better spent elsewhere.
•	Capitalism	N/O
•	Civil Unions	ProComments I support both gay marriage and civil unions, so long as either of them gives same-sex couples the same benefits enjoyed by heterosexual couples.
•	Death Penalty	ConComments It is too expensive and there are too many mistakes.
•	Drug Legalization	ProComments It is the opinion of some that drugs are bad. Prohibition is a form of legislating opinion. The people can decide for themselves how they feel about drugs.
•	Electoral College	Con
•	Environmental Protection	ProComments We must protect our natural resources, but without going too overboard. We should not destroy our economy in order to drastically change our environmental policy, but we should make a responsible shift.
•	Estate Tax	Pro
•	European Union	Pro
•	Euthanasia	ProComments This is another issue of legislating opinion. If a person determines that s/he no longer wishes to live, then they should have the option to painlessly end their existence.
•	Federal Reserve	Und
•	Flat Tax	ConComments Those who most benefit from society should pay more for its continued existence. Besides, 15% means much more to someone making $15,000 a year than it does for someone making $250,000 a year.
•	Free Trade	Und
•	Gay Marriage	ProComments I support both gay marriage and civil unions, so long as either of them gives same-sex couples the same benefits enjoyed by heterosexual couples.
•	Global Warming Exists	ProComments It seems clear that global warming exists, the question is: Are humans the cause? I am not qualified to answer that question.
•	Globalization	Pro
•	Gold Standard	Con
•	Gun Rights	ProComments U.S. citizens clearly have a right to own weapons. Handguns, rifles, and automatic weapons seem reasonable; missiles, F-16s, and tanks do not.
•	Homeschooling	Und
•	Internet Censorship	Con
•	Iran-Iraq War	ConComments I have yet to hear a valid argument as to why war with Iran would be justified.
•	Labor Union	Pro
•	Legalized Prostitution	Pro
•	Medicaid & Medicare	Pro
•	Medical Marijuana	ProComments I support full legalization. If some regions can pass medical marijuana laws in the meantime, that's fine with me as well.
•	Military Intervention	Con
•	Minimum Wage	ProComments I support a living wage; a minimum standard of living.
•	National Health Care	Pro
•	National Retail Sales Tax	Con
•	Occupy Movement	Pro
•	Progressive Tax	Pro
•	Racial Profiling	Con
•	Redistribution	N/S
•	Smoking Ban	ProComments I have interpreted this question to mean Tobacco Rights in the area of smoking in public buildings, &ct. Certainly Tobacco should be legal, I don't think anyone has argued that it should be prohibited. However, smoking in public places poses a public
•	Social Programs	Pro
•	Social Security	Pro
•	Socialism	N/S
•	Stimulus Spending	Pro
•	Term Limits	Con
•	Torture	Con
•	United Nations	ProComments International organizations and institutions, especially the UN, should expand and be given increased power to execute its authority.
•	War in Afghanistan	ConComments We were attacked by a group operating out of Afghanistan. We should increase our efforts there both militarily and (especially) reconstruction. A stable, self-sustaining Afghani government should be the goal.
•	War on Terror	ConComments Terming it 'War on Terror' implies military action first. There are alternate methods to dealing with terrorism - diplomacy, strengthening failed states, protecting other states from failure, &ct.
•	Welfare	ProComments Welfare is necessary to maintain a level of social order. I would prefer a system of Workfare, with Welfare available to catch those absolutely unable to work.