rfranklin626

Online:	4 Years Ago	Name:	- Private -
Updated:	5 Years Ago	Gender:	Prefer not to say
Joined:	6 Years Ago	Birthday:	- Private -
President:	Undecided	Email:	- Private -
Ideology:	Progressive	Education:	Some College
Party:	Undecided	Ethnicity:	White
Relationship:	Married	Income:	$25,000 to $35,000
Interested:	No Answer	Occupation:	Self-Employed
Looking:	No Answer	Religion:	Atheist

About Me:	A writer. A husband. A philosopher. An entertainer. A progressive mind carefully wading through a sea of red elephants. Once upon a time, fathers wouldn't let me anywhere near their daughters since I renounce Christianity and thought Donald Rumsfled and Dick Cheney should have been charged with war crimes. Alas, thankfully, my wife is from California, where Republicans are practically Democrats.
Activities:	I spend a lot of my time working and relaxing -- like 100 billion other people. However, I occupy any free time I have discussing current events and creating parodies with my wife, writing my book, being social, and shaking my head at the love-affair between Americans and celebrities while holding bread and milk in the checkout line at Target.
Beliefs:	That's an incredibly loaded question, but I'll give it a whirl. I do not believe in a higher power of any kind and I think that for all the good religion can do, there is just as much bad to go along with it. Despite the fact I don't believe in a higher power, I have conceded before that if the Rapture does come into fruition and four scary dudes on horses come barreling through the sky I will admit I was wrong. Until then, religious books are just folklore and tales of morality, and I exist as a product of 3.5 billion years of evolution on Earth, not because some guy yet to be proven to exist created my race with his bare hands 6,000 years ago.
Books:	I cannot answer this question with specific examples, since there are too many variables to take into consideration when it comes to a favorite of something, like mood, time, current interests, etc. However, I do seem to enjoy classic and transgressive literature more so than crap books written by crap writers. Yes, I've become pretentious since my days working at Barnes & Noble.
Movies:	I find myself attracted to a variety of films in a variety of genres, directed by a variety of directors and acted by a variety of actors. However, for the sake of being more specific, I tend to like films that aren't made with hundreds of millions of dollars wasted by major film studios. Case in point, Avatar was a piece of shit.
Music:	Primarily, I listen to alternative rock, which is also very broad and interpretive. I also have an affinity for jazz and blues music, as well as some rap every so often.
Quotes:	"All this talk about equality. The only thing we all have in common is that we're all going to die." (paraphrased) -- Bob Dylan
Sports Teams:	In the NFL, it's the San Francisco 49ers. In Major League Baseball, it's the Boston Red Sox. In the NBA, it's the Boston Celtics. In the NHL, it's the San Jose Sharks.
TV Shows:	I grew up on television, so I have a long-standing admiration for the sitcom, granted it's done well and not beaten into the ground (Chuck Lorre, please, for the love of Zeus, stop making episodes of Two and a Half Men!). I went on an HBO binge some years back, finding myself watching shows like Six Feet Under, Carnivale, Deadwood, Rome, and The Wire meticulously (The Wire: best drama ever!). AMC has me hooked with The Walking Dead, and as to loop the topic back to HBO, I've found myself caught on Game of Thrones and The Newsroom. Fortunately, I also have subscriptions to Hulu and Netflix, so I've had the privilege of watching Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, and Hemlock Grove, all of which have me in anticipation of the next season.

Websites:	Facebook My Blog

College:	North Central Texas College, Undergraduate Class of 2017 Gainesville, Texas, United States

High School:	Lewisville H S, Class of 2005 Flower Mound, Texas, United States

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•	Abortion	Pro
•	Affirmative Action	ProComments I think there is still enough racism and bigotry in the United States for Affirmative Action to be necessary, but I think that if steps can be made to move into a more tolerant society, then Affirmative Action should be slowly broken down.
•	Animal Rights	Pro
•	Barack Obama	Pro
•	Border Fence	Con
•	Capitalism	Con
•	Civil Unions	Pro
•	Death Penalty	Con
•	Drug Legalization	ProComments I support full drug legalization and/or decriminalization across the board: not just cannabis, but LSD, cocaine, heroine, DMT, everything. As many have probably said before me, it comes down to personal principal. It's my body and I'll do what I want with it. But, while that's true, there are other components to the debate I feel should be pointed out. Firstly, while some drugs are "bad for you", there are plenty of "drugs" that aren't, or aren't THAT bad for you, such as cannabis, DMT, and mushrooms. Most drugs, even ones that are manufactured, are safer to consume than cigarettes, alcohol, and the air. Secondly, the "War on Drugs" is a trillion dollar failure and has led to gentrification, discrimination against the lower social classes, an overcrowded prison system, and the funneling of hundreds of millions of dollars to activist groups and lobbyists. The "War on Drugs" has only deepened racial divides and made drugs cheaper and easier to access.
•	Electoral College	Con
•	Environmental Protection	Pro
•	Estate Tax	Con
•	European Union	Pro
•	Euthanasia	ProComments It should be the decision and, most importantly, the right of the sick and the dying to be able to die on their own terms. Hell, I'll even go as far as to say it's the right of anyone who wishes to kill themselves: whether they have a legitimate reason for it or not. As Americans, we are given many unalienable rights, such as the right to own property, make money, the rights to free speech and assembly, and so on and so forth. As Americans, we have the right to LIVE our lives as we see fit within the confines of the law, yet we are denied the right to die when we so choose to do so. While many who support euthanasia bring up things like terminal illness, vegetative states, and conditions like that, I think that you should be allowed to die when you feel like your ready. You know, you lived your life as you see fit, so why not be able to exercise that same amount of control when it comes to your passing?
•	Federal Reserve	Pro
•	Flat Tax	Und
•	Free Trade	N/O
•	Gay Marriage	ProComments The only arguments I've heard against LGBT marriage are religious in nature, and since there is nothing on legal crowds that supports the LGBT community being denied their right to marry, then there are no arguments on the right side of these two columns that have any legitimacy. Marriage is a social contract: the union of two people for the sake of property exchange and sexual exclusivity. Marriage is NOT an institution that Christianity, or any religion, can claim as their own. What has come to be called marriage in recent history has been traced back further than the ancient empires of Egypt, Rome, and Greece. There are countless anthropological reports that state primitive humans (late H. erectus and early H. sapiens) practiced an institution that is, for all intents and purposes, marriage. Males took one female and notified the tribe of their sexual exclusivity, the male and the female sired children (preserving the species), and even shared tools and food. That's what spouses do.
•	Global Warming Exists	Pro
•	Globalization	Pro
•	Gold Standard	Con
•	Gun Rights	Con
•	Homeschooling	Con
•	Internet Censorship	Con
•	Iran-Iraq War	Con
•	Labor Union	Pro
•	Legalized Prostitution	ProComments There was a time in human existence where prostitutes were upper-class citizens and treated with the same respect as royalty. At some point, prostitution became demonized, and I think as far humankind is concerned, to take something from a pedestal and shatter it on the floor is a clear indicator that this is a topic worth debating. From my conviction, I believe prostitution should be legalized and become a Federally recognized profession. Hell, men and women who get paid for pornography are practically doing the same thing and their industry is a well-oiled, efficient machine. It's a multi-billion dollar business annually. Prostitution could be done in the same way, and at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch, for example, it is done that way, albeit on a smaller scale.
•	Medicaid & Medicare	Pro
•	Medical Marijuana	Pro
•	Military Intervention	Con
•	Minimum Wage	ProComments There should absolutely be a minimum wage, and furthermore, the minimum wage should be a lot higher than it is. A minimum wage is designed so employers pay their employees enough for them to live on. It has nothing to do with employee value. Especially in today's economy, where jobs are difficult to come by and several states, Texas being one of the most notorious, have a disproportionate amount of part-time jobs available compared to full-time jobs. The last thing that's needed are businesses paying people even less than they already do. This is the folly of capitalism: the idea that employees should only be paid what they're worth, since the value of an employee is subjective.
•	National Health Care	Pro
•	National Retail Sales Tax	Und
•	Occupy Movement	Pro
•	Progressive Tax	Und
•	Racial Profiling	Con
•	Redistribution	Pro
•	Smoking Ban	Con
•	Social Programs	Pro
•	Social Security	Pro
•	Socialism	Pro
•	Stimulus Spending	Pro
•	Term Limits	Pro
•	Torture	Con
•	United Nations	Und
•	War in Afghanistan	Con
•	War on Terror	Con
•	Welfare	Pro