Samuel+Sprunger

My name is Samuel Warren Sprunger and i would classify myself as a Conservitave. I do not have much experience with politics outside of the school atmosphere. In my opinion, first amendment rights have a limited reach. You can think what ever you want, but if you go around calling people racial slurs, that is not what the first ammendment is protecting. Terrorists ar not excersing their first ammendment rights, they are just pressuring fear and agony on to the populus.

I am fairly confident in the actions of the president. I believe that no matter who is in office, you should respect them and hope that they lead us in the right direction. I don't have that much agknowledgment of our state representitives, because i am not well involved with state politics. Public policies are a foreign concept to most kids my age, yet i pay avid attention to political developments happening in our world. I grew up in a family of international connections and have learned to stay involved with the actions of our government as they generally reflect on society as a whole. My first memory of politics was when i was int he second grade. My mom's friend was running for governor against John Hoven, my mom was in the PEO with her and had fought against breast cancer as well. People in my class, remember this is in second grade, said that a woman could not do the job as well as a man. From a young age i saw what society really thought of "equality", although i did not know it as equality but by that pillar of character, fairness. I realized then that politics is just a popularity contest.
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My political ideology is defined by major buisness legislation, freedoms of citizens and benifits for people here legaly. I believe that if you are coming to America that you should learn to speak English, and be able to practice the customs of the country you are assimilating into. When I was in Germany, I spoke soley german, followed concepts stange seeming to me, ate the local cuisene and followed local laws. I also believe that the US should have relaxed laws regarding importations into the united states, not without inspection on entry, but with more items avalible to US consumers.
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I would say that i have a low level of efficacy. Although I try to follow current events, I often know the generals but I can not get further in depth.
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