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Columbus Day should be celebrated as an official holiday.

Films have the power to effect social change.

Sarah Palin should not pursue political office again. Just become a talk-show host, Sarah. Thanks.

Mark Sanford should not resign as governor of South Carolina. I despise the moral police.

Protests over the Iranian election will not lead to a revolution. I find it very difficult to believe that this will be allowed by the Ayatollah.

The Obama Administration should not issue a statement of support to the Iranian election uprising.

Puerto Rico should not become a U.S. state. Fifty is a nice round number. Let's leave it at that.

Guantanamo Bay detainees should be moved to U.S. prisons.

The government should not be able to access your financial, library, travel, video rental, phone, medical, and religious records without your knowledge or consent. There is enough invasion of privacy taking place.

The U.S. should not extend military soldiers' tours of duty. Enough.

The display of the Confederate flag should not be allowed on government property. It may be historical, but it does not represent our country's ideals.

I support President Obama's message to the Muslim world. Let's hope he can back it all up.

Bill O'Reilly should not bear responsibility for the murder of Dr. Tiller. Bill O'Reilly is not a good person, but he didn't pull the trigger.

President Obama should not release new photos depicting U.S. detainee abuse. We've been down this road before. I'm not sure the usefulness of it besides the media having more to blather about. We know these things happened, they're awful, but what the purpose is, beyond shock value, I'm not sure.

The Republican Party should try to rebrand itself. They need to distance themselves from the lunatic Religious Right nutjobs as soon as possible, and come off less like religious warriors.

President Obama's first 100 days were satisfactory.

Assault weapons should be illegal. The purpose of them is what, exactly?

Private sellers at gun shows should be required to do background checks. Of course. This is one of the more ridiculous loopholes in American law. It makes zero sense.

Denying or trivializing the Holocaust should not be criminalized. We have enough laws, and trampling on our freedom of speech is not one I would like to see enacted. The point of freedom of speech is that so even the stupid are allowed to have their say.

The Department of Justice should not prosecute CIA officials who carried out Bush Administration interrogation methods.

Paying taxes is not patriotic. Paying taxes is not patriotic. It's the law. I'd feel better about things if I knew our money was being responsibly handled.

Eliot Spitzer should not run for public office again. Surely, there's someone else capable of doing what he can, minus, you know, that thing about the whores.

U.S. Presidents should have the power to grant pardons.

Pastor Rick Warren was not a good choice to give the invocation at Barack Obama's inaugural. Religion doesn't belong anywhere near government, even at an event like this (wishful thinking, I realize). What a disappointing choice.

Caroline Kennedy is not a good choice to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate.

Pakistan should extradite suspects involved in terror attacks against India. Pakistan needs to stop playing both sides, which seems to be the case. They should have found out by now that you can't appease those in their country with anti-Western values.

Rod Blagojevich was at the center of the worst political scandal of 2008.

Eric Holder is a good choice for U.S. Attorney General.

Barack Obama's national security team is "Satisfactory."

Hillary Clinton is a good choice for Barack Obama's Secretary of State.

New York City should not amend its term limits law for Mayor Bloomberg.

George W. Bush was one of the worst presidents ever. It's hard to say he was the single worst president ever, because I was not around for most others (obviously). So to draw a conclusion that he was more horrid than some in the past, while tempting, is not something I can do.

Iran poses a significant threat to America's national security.

Barack Obama should invite Republicans to serve in his administration.

Barack Obama should offer Hillary Clinton the position of Secretary of State.

Voter expectations will negatively affect Barack Obama's presidency. Expectations are so high, it's going to be extremely difficult for him to live up to them.

Hillary Clinton would not have beaten John McCain by a wider margin than Barack Obama.

Obama's campaign was the most significant factor contributing to his election victory.

Elections should not be held on the weekend.

Sarah Palin had a negative impact on John McCain's candidacy. Can anyone say her interviews weren't damaging?