I'm an equal opportunity despiser.

I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.

Government cannot be your parent.

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.

In the last recession, 99 percent of us have lost wealth, but did you know that the top 1 percent increased their wealth five times? It tells you they create recessions so they get wealthier.

If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something's wrong with that, when you're making more money working for the government than you can working in the private sector.

I don't think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. There's always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent.