CoderatheGreat

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Updated:	3 Years Ago	Gender:	Male
Joined:	5 Years Ago	Birthday:	- Private -
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Ideology:	Liberal	Education:	Bachelors Degree
Party:	Independent	Ethnicity:	White
Relationship:	Single	Income:	Not Saying
Interested:	in Women	Occupation:	Administrative
Looking:	Friendship, Dating, Networking	Religion:	Atheist

About Me:	Colby Stearns was born and raised in Orange County, California and holds a major in creative writing at Chapman University. While studying abroad in China, he created his own blog entitled "Poetry of the Mind"s Eye" where he regularly publishes his aforementioned poems, song lyrics, and short stories online. When not focusing on his latest works, he is out for a daily walk, catching the latest movie in theaters, or collecting objects that incite his interest, including Ancient Roman coins. You can find his blog at coderathegreatspoems.blogspot.com or send an email to colbystrns2@gmail.com.
Activities:	Reading, playing guitar, playing piano, walking, online music reviews, writing
Beliefs:	I am an Atheist, as I do not describe myself as religious in the traditional sense, but rather a constant seeker that researches and explores the world around me, always striving for the most intellectually rewarding experience. I am also a social democrat who feels it is important to take the best ideas from capitalistic and socialistic thought and ensure a robust, competitive economy while also looking out for the collective health and well-being of our nation and its citizens.
Books:	Existentialism Is A Humanism, Meditations, The Divine Comedy, Tao Te Ching, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, A Treatsie of Human Nature, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, Letters From A Stoic
Movies:	Pulp Fiction, This Is Spinal Tap, The Secret of NIMH, Caligula, Citizen Kane, Braveheart, Indiana Jones series, Lord of the Rings series, Star Wars series, Django Unchained, Fight Club, Napoleon Dynamite, Zoolander, Donnie Darko, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Fly (Jeff Goldblum version), Matchstick Men, etc.
Music:	Katatonia, Blind Guardian, G.F Handel, Monteverdi, Steve Reich, Pain Of Salvation, Seventh Wonder, Enslaved, Metallica, Deicide, The Smiths, The Police, Kraftwerk, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Echo and the Bunnymen, Tears For Fears, Emerson, Lake, And Palmer, Opeth, Amorphis, Ulver, Wintersun, Dio, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Abigail's Ghost, Edge Of Sanity, Porcupine Tree, October Tide, Emperor, Daylight Dies, Ne Obliviscaris, Beyond The Bridge, Agalloch, Anathema, Astra, Bathory, Burzum, Enigma, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, Red House Painters, Arch/Matheos, Barren Earth, Be'lakor, Bloodbath, The Cult, Dissection, Emperor, Evenoire, Exhausted Prayer, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Yes, King Crimson, Isis, Fen, Haken, Ihsahn, Iron Maiden, Maudlin Of The Well, Meshuggah, Paradise Lost, Primordial, Queensr"che, Sentenced, Storm Corrosion, Swallow The Sun, Sylvan, Tenhi, Tool, Triptykon, Blaze Bayley, Tesseract, Fields Of The Nephilim, Judas Priest, Xanthochroid, Type O Negative, Theocracy
Quotes:	The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have little (FDR). The state must consider the poor man, and all the voices must speak for him. Every child that is born must have a just chance for his bread. Let the amelioration in our laws of property proceed from the concession of the rich, not from the grasping of the poor (Ralph Waldo Emerson). The time is always right to do what is right (MLK Jr.). And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But may we hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with this artificial scaffolding, and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this most venerated reformer of human errors (Thomas Jefferson).
TV Shows:	South Park, Family Guy, 1000 Ways To Die, Futurama, Archer, I, Claudius, Mad Men, Stranger Things, etc.

College:	Chapman University, Undergraduate Class of 2016 Orange, California, United States

High School:	Sage Hill School, Class of 2012 Newport Coast, California, United States

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•	Abortion	ProComments It's not up to anyone other than the woman who is pregnant to decide what she gets to do with her body. Our patriarchal government should not be expected to tell fully grown women what to do.
•	Affirmative Action	ProComments It's important to get the right person for a job, but it's also important to maintain diversity and give more people the opportunity to succeed. One group of people should not be preferred over another.
•	Animal Rights	ProComments Humans are not the only creatures on Earth, so we should be sure to look out for them as we expand our influence on the planet.
•	Barack Obama	ProComments He may not be the best president in American history, but he has done more good things than a lot of people are willing to give him credit for. He made a step in the right direction for healthcare and I applaud his efforts in foreign policy (Cuba, Iran). The TPP is to his detriment, but other than that, he is a fairly decent POTUS.
•	Border Fence	ConComments We should not be expanding on the border fence and making it more militarized than it already is. Donald Trump's ideas on this are absolutely ridiculous.
•	Capitalism	ConComments To specify, I'm against unregulated "every man for himself" capitalism. Working hard to get ahead is a good value, but making fun of the poor and having them fend for themselves is immoral.
•	Civil Unions	Pro
•	Death Penalty	ConComments I used to be pro death penalty, but the reports of innocent people getting thrown into "Death Row" and the endless, costly appeals that go into sentencing someone to death have caused me to re-evaluate my stance. Innocent people are being killed, criminals are not deterred from crime, and it's more expensive than just being in prison for life.
•	Drug Legalization	ProComments I don't take drugs personally, but it's not up to the government to decide what people choose to do with their bodies. The results of the "War On Drugs" are nearly identical if not worse than the Prohibition of Alcohol. The drug cartels in Mexico are largely caused by the War on Drugs, just as the Mafia gained influence during the Prohibition era.
•	Electoral College	N/O
•	Environmental Protection	ProComments As we develop more factories and drive more dirty cars, we are increasing the rate of climate change and the rising sea levels that threaten low lying beach areas. It's important to transition to more alternative sources of energy such as solar and wind power, rather than fossil fuels and nuclear power. If we do not protect our environment, the human race would be done for.
•	Estate Tax	N/O
•	European Union	N/O
•	Euthanasia	Pro
•	Federal Reserve	N/O
•	Flat Tax	Con
•	Free Trade	Con
•	Gay Marriage	ProComments I maybe an asexual guy myself, but people should be free to marry whoever they want. How would straight people like it if we were not allowed to marry, but only gay people were? We cannot have a free society when certain groups are being treated unfairly.
•	Global Warming Exists	Pro
•	Globalization	Pro
•	Gold Standard	N/O
•	Gun Rights	UndComments I support the right for people to "bear arms" as the 2nd Amendment states, but a line needs to be drawn society becomes heavily militarized and people are paranoid about defending themselves against the "other." We cannot have peace when the prevailing mood is that of tension and fear of being killed.
•	Homeschooling	ConComments If society is to run properly, it is important to have the best educated population as possible. A parent with no teaching degree is more likely to instill false facts and dogma into the minds of their children, than an objective third party that has experience teaching to students of no relation or blood ties.
•	Internet Censorship	Con
•	Iran-Iraq War	Con
•	Labor Union	ProComments Labor unions are an important means of workers being able to stand as one and address critical issues, such as paid sick leave, better working hours, better pay, etc. The workers would not be properly represented in the workforce and be ignored by those on high unless they stand as a united force.
•	Legalized Prostitution	Pro
•	Medicaid & Medicare	Pro
•	Medical Marijuana	Pro
•	Military Intervention	ConComments It is not our job to be roaming the Earth and stirring up trouble in other countries. We complain when other countries invade one another for whatever reason, and yet America is allowed to invade countries under the pretense of "spreading Democracy" which is a disgusting display of hypocrisy. It is up to the citizens of the invaded country to decide if they want "Democracy," not the invaders.
•	Minimum Wage	Pro
•	National Health Care	ProComments Not everyone can afford privatized healthcare under their given condition, so having a tax-payer funded healthcare system would benefit those who don't make the type of money necessary to pay for the healthcare system we currently have.
•	National Retail Sales Tax	N/O
•	Occupy Movement	ProComments The Occupy Movement has been essential in pointing out the evil that Wall Street has ravaged upon the average American.
•	Progressive Tax	Pro
•	Racial Profiling	ConComments Another one of the lasting after effects of institutionalized racism. It needs to be abolished and thrown to the same dustbin as slavery and the laws of Jim Crow.
•	Redistribution	ProComments The top 1%'s greed has gone too far and it's time for them to pay their fair share of taxes that can help stimulate the economy. More of the money sucked up by the wealthiest of corporations needs to be brought back into the American public in order to benefit everyone.
•	Smoking Ban	Pro
•	Social Programs	Pro
•	Social Security	Pro
•	Socialism	ProComments I feel it is important to take the best ideas from capitalistic and socialistic thought and ensure a robust, competitive economy while also looking out for the collective health and well-being of our nation and its citizens. This is not just about the corporate elite, it's about our entire country.
•	Stimulus Spending	N/O
•	Term Limits	ProComments If the president must have term limits, then the judicial and legislative branches must also fall into line and do away with this hypocritical standard.
•	Torture	Con
•	United Nations	UndComments Before I would have been all for the UN and I do recognize the need for an organization like them to be around. However they've done things recently that I cannot tolerate, like allowing Saudi Arabia to serve as the head of not only the Human Rights Council, but the Women's Rights Panel as well (the LAST country that should ever be in charge of this one).
•	War in Afghanistan	ConComments We have killed thousands of people and there have been no tangible benefits to speak of. We have mostly helped foster the growth of more terrorist groups and caused more turmoil in the region while lying through our teeth about "spreading Democracy."
•	War on Terror	ConComments It is a disaster and has caused nothing more than the slaughter of innocent people in war-torn countries. It has also fostered the growth of more terror groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram. Thanks to the stupidity of presidents such as Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, our country has become a beacon of brutality and paranoia in the supposed "civilized" world.
•	Welfare	Pro