"The Lottery" and "Harrison Bergeron" Questions

1. They both show us that bystanders will do only what they are told. They will do what authority tells them to do, but if the authority says nothing to them they will do nothing but stand and observe the crisis.
2. The now illegal practice of hazing, especially in college. Usually there's a leader or two that have been there for a few years and the one getting hazed. As with "The Lottery", the leader orders everyone else around like the rest of the students in college will just watch this person getting hazed.
3. Fear is the biggest factor in ruling. A ruler must ensure that the people they rule are afraid of them so they will listen. Normal everyday people will not fight back or argue against a ruler if there would be consequences they could have, leading to fear.
4. Individuals can break free from control by having intelligent plans and thoughts that are strong. Either that or they can be like Harrison and be so overwhelmingly strong or powerful that you can single-handedly break free from the control.
5. In "The Lottery", I will assume that the killing is done to ensure the people know that someone does order them around. The government or whatever controlling agency put the lottery into effect has someone stoned obviously to show that the people are not invincible and can be eliminated at any time as exhibited there.
6. Generally, right and wrong in society is decided by the people in the society, the majority. It's usually the morals that the people follow that is set as rules and laws. For example, when a government changes a law against the common norm, it is never widely followed, even years after implementation.
7. The people decide but that is more on the ruling body. The government really does have the final decision as to if you're right or wrong. However, people can be excommunicated and exiled from towns by their peers if what they did was that wrong in their eyes.

3 Questions from "The Lottery":
1. Why should we or should we not have some sort of lottery as this, which is grossly similar to The Hunger Games"?
2. Why does our government have a duty to show its force against its own citizens to promote obedience?
3. Why don't we have people carry out punishments like they did in "The Lottery" in our society?

3 Questions from "Harrison Bergeron":
1. Should the government enforce policies that hold down those that are more extraordinary than others and why or why not?
2. Should the government then punish severely those who attempt to be more extraordinary than others as an example to the other citizens and why?
3. Does every person have some way that they are more extraordinary than everyone else, and are they all able to use that talent freely to break free?

Tax Blog

     I believe that a progressive tax is better for America based on the fact of the government. In order for our government to receive the money it needs to operate on a yearly basis it must tax the rich at a higher percentage than the lower class. 47% of the government's tax money comes from income taxes. Taxing a lower class person the same percentage as an upper class will yield less money in the long run for use by the government.

     The first article says that on a flat tax plan, "people expecting a tax advantage won't get it." This is bad. They speak of a homeowner getting a tax deduction for a mortgage, which is a good thing. If a middle class family must take out a mortgage to be first-time home buyers, that is an extra huge expense that most people of the same class won't have. If this couple spends an extra 10% of their income on that, that 10% less money that they have than anyone else.

     In the second article, the debate, I noticed that most people were in favor of a flat tax. Someone said that "Even though progressive taxation helps the Federal Government allocate more revenue the flat rate taxation system is fair, logical, and can be extremely effective." This statement sums up my point most closely. The flat tax would be fairer to the people than a progressive, but there is no way our government would pass this. The only way the government could survive while still using its outrageous spending budget is to tax us in another way, namely a much, much higher sales tax.

     A flat tax may be "more fair" to the people, but is the government really going to listen to the people when their budget isn't met? In my mind, the progressive tax is the best way for our government to get the money from us that they need to attempt to satisfy their insatiable spending habits.

Lord of the Flies Blog

1    1.  Death is the physical killing of someone. It is obviously the most noticeable way of killing a man. One day they’re breathing and boom, next day they aren’t so they’re dead. But society has its special ways of killing a person so they’re still physically alive. Society knows just how to crush a man’s free spirit so that he is so broken inside and has no free thoughts, only what is pumped into him by the filtered media. As our President has even said, “fake news.” This leaves a person dead emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. People undergo this killing of the spirit and soon we have a nation full of mindless slaves.

      2.      Without doubt, our savage self will take over. Some may be able to resist it longer than others but eventually all will succumb to the savage self’s rule. The savage self has only one goal: survive. It will do whatever it needs to in order to take over and make the best out of what it has. It is the most primitive basis of our beings, as it develops earliest. The savage self of our beings is the epitome of the id in Freud’s philosophy. For these reasons it is important that we teach our children to be able to separate the two and try to repress the savage self as much as is humanly possible for them.

      3.      A civilization is created when a group of human beings figure it out and decide that they will have a greater chance at survival if they band together. The civilization is strengthened when they begin to rely on one another to fulfill tasks that meet one another’s needs. I believe that society is controlled by the people because at some point all of our rules and norms we follow today were created by the people. We wouldn’t have a law against stealing if someone never would have determined that action hurtful and worked our society’s beliefs to feel that way also. All rules, laws, amd norms that make up our society and culture were created by the people, for the people. Therefore I say the people control.

   

      4.      The Lord of the Flies is talking about a few things, mainly how the other boys think Simon is weird because he’s always off on his own and he speaks about how he is the Beast and the Beast is all around and in everyone. The Lord of the Flies is angry because Simon is trying to leave him and acts like he knows better than him. He is angry at Simon in particular because Simon is the only one who talks to him and the other boys are going to think he is weird, but none of the other boys act like Simon is. 

Refugees

1. 18-24 months typically.

2. 110,000 refugees.

3. Burma and Iraq.

4. 39,000 Muslim refugees.

5. California, Texas, and New York.

6. The first observation that caught my eye was that Europe had the most refugees in the 1990s, a lot more than anyone else and there are hardly any from there now. The second was that the amount of refugees from Africa has risen slowly but steadily over the years. The third is why did the amount of refugees go down so drastically in the late 1970s?

7. One, that there are so many Christians that seek refuge here. Two, that there are so many others.

8. Because we've become much more accepting of other cultures, and that we were in some sort of standoff or war or battle with the three others, but not Albanians.

9. It has shifted from Europe to Africa to Asia. Bhutan.

10. Ukranian refugees just popped up in the northwest heavy. Wyoming almost has no refugees most years. Most of the Midwestern states all have the same country that leads refugee counts. 

11. 50,000 refugees.

12. March was the lowest month in pretty much all the states.

13. 60 million.

14. 12.5 million.

15. Norway and Switzerland.

No, I believe that the US does not necessarily have an obligation to help other countries. It might be nice if we helped them but I feel like there is no obligation there. When we provide aid to those people and countries, we then feel obligated to continue helping them after helping once or twice, sucking us in and forcing us to be there helping forever.

Bacha Bazi

I read the article about the stolen boys, the abused boys years after they got away from their captors. I am absolutely appalled that it is customary and normal in Afghanistan for older men to kidnap and rape young boys and not get in trouble at all. Although it shouldn't, it still shocks me that after they escape, some boys will turn into kidnappers themselves. The fact that it is accepted for older men to take younger boys and force them to dress up as women and dance and then rape them make absolutely no sense to have as an accepted custom.

To exhibit sociological mindfulness and empathy, I am putting myself in the shoes of the Afghani boys who are kidnapped. If I were them, I would be so afraid every day of my kidnapped life. At any moment I could be raped or forced to dress up as a lady and dance for other men, then get raped after that. I have been stolen from my home and my family and am now being used as a sex slave, and my captor will get no punishments from this because it is legal for him to do this to me. Fear grips me every time I am forced to dance, and once I escape, I will not know how to do anything other than dance and have sex. All I have done my whole life is function as a male prostitute and be afraid. 

Barnga Blog

1. Confusion
2. I expected all the rules to be the same and everyone to get along and understand exactly what we were playing. I was expecting less confusion on the part of people coming from new tables.
3. When Mason tried signing to me that the diamond he played was trump, but it wasn't at my table.
4. I took over controlling who the cards went to since I knew what cards were best and I pushed the cards at them.
5. Made it worse since we couldn't communicate our differences in words.
6. Yes. Because communicating with people of other countries and other cultures is as difficult as that game was for us. You can't communicate verbally and so the differences get frustrating.
7. Maybe not absolutely necessary, but if we had them it would probably bring about peace, I'm almost 100% sure of it.
8. That we all have our differences in cultures and we need to understand that. Listen to others and trust them and what they try and tell us.

Sociological Mindfulness

I thought the video was eye-opening. I think that guy did a very good job trying to get everyone who watched to be even a little bit empathetic and mindful. It was very smart on his part to first make up a scenario where America is the weaker country because everyone in the crowd would know what that feels like. Then the crowd could empathize a little more closely with the Iraqi civilians. The biggest thing I picked up from this video, I realized how distorted our views of other countries probably are. I realize that we are probably being lied to, but I didn't realize how much until I saw the other point of view. You had told us that it was radical (and it was) and might make us angry, but I didn't feel that. His speaking made me think and got my mind going about a million miles an hour thinking of what I've missed or what I have thought or said of others in my life by not doing this.

As for sociological mindfulness in my own life, I can't lie and say I do it often enough and empathize with others. However, I sometimes have been able to do empathize and be sociologically mindful when someone hurts me or does something that is questionable. My hope is that if I put myself in their shoes I will understand why they hurt me or why they do the weird things that they do. I am definitely going to be more sociologically mindful and empathetic from now on. My hope is that I will get angry less at others because I will understand them better.

Finally, finishing the statement. I see myself fitting into the big picture of society as a thinker, an analyzer. Without people who analyze, our society would be much more whimsical. More people would do without thinking, the world would be run much more on a whim. It is the thinkers and analyzers that keep the happy-go-lucky people grounded more, keep the world more stable.

Blog 2: Freaks and Geeks

1. What are the groups and what functions do they serve? Are there negative influences from any of the groups (dysfunctions)? This is functional theory. It was developed by Emile Durkheim.    The freaks and the geeks. The freaks are the group that could be classified as "rebellious", and they are the bullies of the school. The geeks are the smart ones who follow all the rules and just try not to get hurt. They are the weaker group. The freaks influence many other kids to be like them and do things like cut class and smoke and bad things. 

2. Who has power in the episode? How or why do they have power? How do they use it? This is conflict theory. It was first developed by Karl Marx. One group that has power is the freaks over Lindsay. They have it because she wants to fit in with them and be "cool" so bad. They use it to get her to skip the dance and come with them. The other person with a lot of power is Alan over the geeks. They are so afraid of him beating them up that they have given him power. He uses it to constantly scare them and make them afraid of being near him.

3. What are the important symbols in the episode? Note that the symbols might be an object, but also might be an idea, an event or something else. How do the characters act based on the symbols they find important? This is symbolic interactionism. You can connect it to Max Weber. The biggest symbol is Nick's drumset in his garage that he showed to Lindsay. It represents his happy place, what he actually wants to try at. He acts so excited and happy about it because he loves drumming.

4. Can you relate any of these theories to your own life? How can the things you do be interpreted through one of these theories? For example why do you wear what you wear or why are you going to college or why do you stress yourself out to get "good" grades? Yes. I can see the conflict theory as it works through high school. Some older kids are seen as role models and I can see how younger students will try their hardest to be just like them, no matter what they do. 

Mind Article

Brain Imaging Reveals ADHD as a Collection of Different Disorders

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171107140834.htm

      Scientists have made a breakthrough in mental health evaluation. They found that not every person diagnosed with a certain mental disorder behaves the same, and that their brains are not acting the same either. They are learning that the diagnoses for mental illnesses are not as defined as they could be, they are broad topics.

      After scanning the brains of people that have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, researchers see that not every person has the same impairments. The scan showed this and all of them were given behavioral tests as well. After both, it was determined that ADHD can be separated into three different types. 

     

     It was seen that some showed that they were impulsive, some performed just to get a reward right away, and some were normal compared to kids who were not diagnosed with ADHD. The researchers did not know the differences by just looking at the children besides just knowing that they had ADHD. They used a special brain MRI and saw that each group had different affected areas on the brain. Those will similar behavior exhibited similar areas affected in the brain. 

     

     Scientists believe that this research finding that ADHD is not just one singular disease will improve treatment options to help those with the disease recover more quickly and become more like "normal" people. They hope that with this, more treatment types for each disease will be developed and there won't be a "one-size-fits-all" treatment anymore. The other hope is that this will happen for other illnesses.

Who am I Part I

Question 1: Who am I?

Hello. I am me. I wish it were that simple of an answer, but it isn’t. Just saying I’m me doesn’t really give much insight in to who or what I really think I am. (I like to try to be creative and funny like in this opening but it really doesn’t work as you can see) It took me about two days to finally begin to write this after a few hours of staring at a blank screen, analyzing, not knowing where to start. But then I realized that that was my problem. A big part of who I am is analyzation. I like to really break things down and think about them. And think some more, and then overthink them. I’m also very good at overexplaining things. My memory works better than most at remembering details and a lot of information, but I have a hard time summarizing it and end up telling a story that includes every little detail and takes too long to tell. Intelligent would be the word I would use to best describe myself. With that intelligence, I tend to see myself do something I am not proud of. I start to get cocky and turn into a braggart. (Hopefully you can see by this point what I meant about overexplaining things.) So, to answer your question, “Who am I?”, I am a wannabe funny, not creative, overanalyzing, overexplaining, wordy, intelligent, and occasionally cocky human being. (Now my overanalyzing side shows by literally restating everything I’ve already said.)

Question 2: Who do people think I am? 

Now, to answer this question I really have to think hard. I would like to say that people see me as an always happy, nice, smart person. But I can’t. I would be lying to myself if I said that. Actually, I do feel that people see me as a fairly happy person. I might not convey that the best at all times but deep down I try always be happy and be nice to everyone (unless I have a grudge against you). Depending on who you asked, you might get different responses about how quiet or loud I am. I talk a lot during school so people would say that. They would probably also say my voice is annoying, which I can accept their opinions. One other thing a lot of people might say is that I am stubborn. I like things done my way and I don’t like to bend to anyone else’s way. Stubbornness aside, I think that most people in this school would say I am smart. Some people might even tell you that I’m a robot because my memory works pretty well and they saw our psychology memory test. People outside this school might know I’m smart, but not as many. To sum all this wordiness up, I think most people have a positive perception of me. But as the old saying goes, “you can’t please everyone”, so I know there are some people that have negative views. But that’s okay, because everyone is different, and I am me. 

Gay Couple 1st Amendment Rights

     I personally view this as a very foolish and petty argument. This argument going to court is quite possibly the stupidest thing I have heard in a long time. Yes, the people who should take the videos for this couple might have the right to refuse service based on a state law, but why would they do that?
     To me, It makes no sense for the company to refuse to take the pictures for this couple because the couple is going to give them the same money and everything, but they only thing they're protesting is that they have to look at them while the pictures were being taken. They have to look at everyone else while they take pictures anyways.
     Granted, I know that we can not completely eliminate hate against same-sex couples, but it really is not good that we discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation. We don't discriminate against people for things like this based on their marital status if it's a man and a woman, but now we discriminate just because they're gay? If this photographer really does not want their money from doing their photo shoot, more than likely there are hundreds of photographers in the city, let alone the whole state, that will shoot photos for a same-sex couple.
      In no way am I saying I am a complete advocate for gay rights, but the least we can do is just tolerate their way of life and treat them just like the normal people that they are.

Earliest Memory

First Memory
The earliest memory I remember was from when I was about 3 years old. I was in daycare in Langford and Mason hated me. So one day we were in the back room and it was playtime, and Mason decided he was going to take me out. So he grabbed the fire extinguisher off the wall and started running at me with it. Other kids started screaming and the babysitter ran back there and took the fire extinguisher and got mad at Mason. This has stayed with me because it was so traumatic of an experience.

First Lie
The first lie I remember telling is telling someone on the school bus that our snowpile was 60 feet tall. The kid asked me what I would sled off of and I said our pile. He asked how tall it was and I responded, "It's next to this 50 foot tall bin so it's at least 60 feet high." In reality, the bin is like 20 feet tall and the pile is the same size as it.

28th Amendment

For a new amendment, I would make limits on Congressional Terms in Washington, D.C. In the 17th amendment, it is said that the people elect senators to serve for 6 years. I would say that just like the President, two terms can be served, as we need new blood in Congress every so often. This amendment is worded almost like the 17th, but with the term limit added in.

28th amendment

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. Each Senator shall serve no more than 2 terms or 15 years total in the Senate if a vacancy occurred and they filled in. These people shall have the qualifications needed for serving in the United States Congress.

Classical Conditioning Ad

Unconditioned Stimulus: Sunny field with green grass with the ladybug
Conditioned Stimulus: Coca-Cola
Unconditioned Response: Happiness with the sunny field of grass and ladybug
Conditioned Response: Happiness to Coca-Cola

Teaching an Amendment

17th Amendment

1. The United States Senate will be made up of two senators from each state who are elected by the people of that state in an election. Each Senator will have one vote, will serve for six years, and will be qualified to serve in such a role. If a Senate position opens, the governor of the state shall either call an election or appoint a new Senator if they have that power. 

2. The purpose of this amendment is to say that the people elect their senators through popular vote in elections. It also says that if an opening appears, the governor either gets an emergency election to get a new one or he appoints a temporary one.

3. "Executive authority"--the government of the state; "temporary appointment"-- an emergency election of a senator to fill a vacancy

4. a. This amendment was created because the times were changing, and up until this time state legislatures just agreed on and appointed Senators. With this amendment, people could now vote for them.

    b. In our elections in November, we vote to elect our Senators and Representatives as well.

    c. There are not many issues involving this currently, as we all vote and have our say. 

Scientific Analysis Assignment

#1: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170822104846.htm

1. To see if adolescents who live in poverty or low-income families develop more mental illnesses or problems with their brain.

2. 804 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18.

3. There was no control group spoken about.

4. They were chosen from different income families, but this was found out through the Canadian census.

5. The experimenters are just going to be observing the subjects and will check up in 10 years to see their mental health.

6. It is unknown how the subjects are reacting at this time.

7. This study is not completely finished, so it is unknown. But the experimenters do expect the low-income adolescents to develop mental illnesses.

#2: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170817201257.htm

1. This research shows that a new eye scanner can detect the signs of Alzheimer’s disease many years before a person shows visual symptoms of the disease.

2. 16 Alzheimer’s disease patients were used.

3. The patients were compared to an unnumbered group of healthy adults.

4. The subjects were chosen because they had Alzheimer’s disease.

5. The subjects drank a solution with a supplement in it that causes a certain plaque in the retina of the eye, and can be scanned.

6. It was able to be seen that this plaque shows Alzheimer’s.

7. They did react the way the experimenter’s hoped, plaque was seen that means Alzheimer’s.

#3: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170828102725.htm

1. The research was to see the link between lack of sleep and making riskier decisions in humans.

2. 14 males, 18-28 years old.

3. There was no control group stated.

4. They must have volunteered and been within the age range.

5. The subjects were made to sleep only 5 hours per night for a week and then had to take money, either lower guaranteed amounts or higher not guaranteed amounts.

6. The subjects chose the riskier option more often with less sleep.

7. Yes, the experimenters expected this result.

#4: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170829124507.htm

1. The research was to search for an existence of a link between kids being excluded from school and having mental disorders.

2. Over 5000 children plus over 200 who had been excluded for sure.

3. No control group was mentioned.

4. The subjects were picked from two surveys to see how they were excluded and such.

5. They just had the subjects fill out surveys and compared the results of how they were excluded and for how long.

6. There was no visual reacting from the subjects other than checking on them in later years and observing their mental health.

7. Yes, I believe they did act the way that was expected of them.

Psychology Journal #1

1.  My favorite word is pumpernickel.
2.  My least favorite word is moist.
3.  One thing I like about my life is that I go to a small school and live in such a supportive place.
4.  I dislike the fact that I try too hard and get competitive about the littlest things.
5.  I would attempt the profession of accountant.
6.  I would never attempt to be a sewer cleaner.
7.  3 words that describe me: intellectual, smiley, ambivert.

      I want to study psychology because I like to think about thinking patterns of people. I get very interested when I think about the reason for why people think or act a certain way. When I was younger I did once think that being a psychologist and talking to people about their problems would be a career for me. The older I got, the more I realized that people are so confusing and unpredictable and studying them would not be for me in the end.

      During this semester, I hope to gain knowledge of the human mind and why we think the way we do. Hopefully this class will shed some light on the questions I have about basic human nature. Psychology has always intrigued me, so hopefully learning about past psychologists will help. I hope to learn knowledge in this class that will help me in college, and I think this class will be exciting.

     I hope to gain some personal knowledge from Mr. Reints in this class since he is always full of it. Especially since he took a psychology class in college, he should be able to really explain certain aspects of psychology. I also think that with this class and our personalities and his personality we should have some very good experiences and experiments together with our minds.

An Asian Auschwitz

           Wow. I cannot believe that the United States government would execute every Nazi who committed crimes against humanity but will not even acknowledge the fact that Japanese Unit 731 even existed. The experiments that the Nazis performed look almost pale in comparison to the experiments done by Shiro Ishii and his men. I am seriously shocked that the US would be selfish enough to pardon some of the worst crimes against humanity just to get the information from said crimes.

            On the other hand, some of these experiments have provided a little bit of helpful information. But the fact that the people experimented on were captured and worked on against their will makes this a huge crime. The uneducated portion of these people could’ve thought that they were going to be okay, based on the fact that they were fed and exercised often. Because of this, I believe the Japanese running Unit 731 were sick, twisted men.

            I am also shocked about the Japanese that ran this camp. Yes, I know that their emperor’s word is law, and yes, I know that they would die if they disobeyed, but why couldn’t they just not experiment on humans and lie about some findings? I must then believe that the Japanese surgeons and soldiers must not have a hearts. If a person can remove another’s organs while they are strapped down and screaming, it must be that they have no regard for other human life, whether they were born that way or are doing it for fear of the emperor’s execution.

            Some of the experiments mentioned in this article sound completely pointless. Why on earth would you need to put a human in a centrifuge and spin them until they die?! Or why would a person need to be put in a pressure chamber until their eyes exploded? This is just unacceptable to let pass by if the United States new about this.

             I can also see this from the US government’s point of view. Some of the results of the experiments could have and may still be useful. But on the other hand, the Nazis could also have had some useful results from experimentation. We will never know now, because the Nazis were executed or hunted down because of it. But somehow, in the US government’s eyes, the Nazis’ experiments were illegal and Unit 731’s experiments were perfectly fine. This just baffles me.

            So in my final thoughts, I see that there is no rhyme or reason to the pardoning and executing done by the United States’ government after World War II for crimes against humanity. Josef Mengele, the Nazi’s most famous experimenter on humans, was chased down with intent of being executed for his experiments by the US government. On the other hand then, Shiro Ishii and his men are doing almost exactly the same experiments but are not chased down, and are allowed to live as if Unit 731 never existed if they gave up their results. I really, really question the United States government and their thinking.

Muckraker Article

http://muckrakerfarm.com/2016/07/four-months-private-prison-guard/

http://time.com/4461791/private-prisons-department-of-justice/
   
      The muckraking article I am writing about is an exploitation of the conditions in prisons in America. It is based on the story of a man who quit being a prison guard after four months on the job. This article was written by David Uberti in the Columbia Journalism Review, on July 1, 2016. The article is based on the story of Shane Bauer, who worked as a prison guard at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana.

     The TIME article I have also linked is further proof on investigation and the current state of our private prisons in the US today. After reading these two articles, I see that our private prison system needs to be fixed badly. This article also talks about what the US Department of Justice is trying to do to change the private prisons.

Winn Correctional Center from the air

      Bauer found out the biggest problem was that all the prisons he was near were extremely understaffed. An example of this is when he says there is "one [floor officer] per 176 inmates". This prison also hasn't let inmates out into the yard in years, as they haven't had the staff to watch it.

     Bauer sees people constantly cutting corners in their duties. Officers who are supposed to perform security checks were writing down that they happened when they did not. An audit is done by the overseeing agency, and the officials only do one lap around and leave, without checking very much.

Shane Bauer

     After working for a few months, he notices that he begins to change. Instead of treating every prisoner nicely, he starts to become more stern. As a result of this, he sees his everyday life begin to change as he wishes more and more for a fight. A few weeks later, he rushes home, packs his things, and drives to Texas. The next day, Bauer calls Winn and informs them of his resignation, thus ending his prison guard career.

Political Quiz

1. Who are the top three presidential candidates you are most like?
 The top three presidential candidates I am most like are Jim Gilmore, Gary Johnson, and Marco Rubio.

2. What political party are you most likely to side with?
 The political party I most likely side with is the Democratic Party.

3. What past presidents are you most likely to agree with?
 The past presidents I am most likely to agree with are Gerald Ford and George Bush Sr.

4. What political philosophy are you most likely to agree with? Where on the spectrum did you fall?
The political philosophy I most likely agree with is Populist Conservative. On the spectrum, I was in the bottom left corner of  moderate, near to Conservative and Populist.