The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Pat Robertson can join SamJoe in whatever they deserve.

Meanwhile, I love this clearly unbiased study.

Here's my favorite part

“The problem is that the cultural values of liberal governments seem on balance to require more regulation of individual behavior than do the cultural values of conservative governments,” say the study’s authors. “While liberal states are freer than conservative states on marijuana and same-sex partnership policies, when it comes to gun owners, home schoolers, motorists, or smokers, liberal states are nanny states, while conservative states are more tolerant.”

In otherwords, "If we only look the things conservatives don't think should be regulated, and ignore the things that conservatives do think should be regulated, then we can prove that these states are regulating the things that we don't think should be regulated, and define that as `liberal and unfree`."