If you were Miss America, what would your platform be?

[JimmyJazz]

I have a passion for the plight of the people of central america and south america, but after last night, I'm thinking I might have to focus on kid's with asthma - it's reached epidemic proportions.

[LosinIt]

1. Need you ask.......World Peace

[JimmyJazz]

4. Okay, aside from the obvious. I didn't put that down because I assumed

that was number one on everyone's list.

[havocmom]

2. LOL I keep picturing Woody Allen in Sleeper

Love the Miss America scene in that movie

[amandae]

3. Stem cell research

:hi:

[kixot]

5. Save the puppies!!

They're soo cute!

[Mz Pip]

6. If I become Miss America

I want to work to save the unborn gay whales. And George Bush. Pray for rain. God Bless America.

MzPip
:dem:

[JimmyJazz]

15. are you sure you're not already Miss America - that sounded very

authentic!

[Rowdyboy]

7. Puppet Theater for all the underpriviliged childen of the world

[MrScorpio]

8. Forget Miss America - What you want to go for is Miss Earth

From the Miss Earth Website

"MISS EARTH BACKGROUNDER

After establishing a track record in mounting world-class beauty pageants over the last decade, Carousel Productions Inc. decided to reinvent and improve the concept of beauty competitions for the new millennium. Because many people admired and aspired to be a beauty queen, Carousel believed beauty queens would be a good and effective advocate of worthy causes. To give life to this vision, Carousel organized and launched in 2001 the MISS PHILIPPINES and MISS EARTH Beauty Pageants, two beauty events whose raison d’etre was to have its candidates and winners actively promote and get involved in the preservation of the environment and the protection of Mother Earth."

Let's see Miss America do that

[SarahB]

9. Why Democratic Socialist governments are best.

Oh and like, world peace, helping people, the power of hairspray, and all that fun stuff. I'd wear flip-flops in the swimsuit competition. I mean, who wears heels on the beach? :wtf:

[JimmyJazz]

17. I knew I liked you - always happy to meet a fellow socialist!

[SarahB]

21. At heart anyway.

Hopefully, by the time my grandchildren are running things, the rest of the country will "see the light". I don't feel as though the means of production should be run by the government itself, but I do believe the social safety-nets make for the betterment of society. You can be darned sure I'd rather have my tax dollars go to Head Start, school lunches, drug and alcohol rehab, free public post-secondary education, and so on than for increased weaponry and corporate bail-outs.
These damned "Conservatives" aren't even Conservatives in the true sense anyway. Corporate bailouts do not equate with a real and true free market. I feel that unbridled Capitalism is inherently dangerous to most of us as far as concentration of wealth in the hands of so few. The more things more along the more this country frighteningly resembles a odd blend of fascism and feudalism. :scared:

[JimmyJazz]

22. I totally agree. It's a shame the label has so much negative

connotation, as does the word liberal. I shock people when I tell them I consider myself to be a socialist, but then when I tell them what I believe (as you just did), they don't seem so surprised and, in fact, often agree with me.

[DS1]

10. Tits out, legs up

*runs like hell*

[ismnotwasm]

11. Barbie burn fest

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

12. Music education and fair & GOOD education for all children ...

Enough said . If you want a better world you have to start with the children and education . Its the only way to stop the BS in the world .

[eaprez]

13. Taking our country back by working for the election of JFK!

[UrbScotty]

14. Ending hunger and cleaning the environment.

If everyone gave up one meal a week and gave some of that food to a food drive, not only might we be able to erdicate hunger, but pewople would lose weight.

If we spent an hour less in front of a TV or computer each week, we could save our Planet and save on our electric bill.

[RoyGBiv]

16. Shoes probably ...

I'm kinda short.

[JimmyJazz]

18. take this pair, I'm not using them at the moment

[CBHagman]

19. Universal health insurance.

Well baby care, prenatal care, flu shots that actually are AVAILABLE, etc.

Oh, and just for the fun part of my platform, everyone ought to be really well versed in classic cinema, both international and domestic. :-)

[JimmyJazz]

20. Interesting. Film major by any chance?

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

23. Making all drugs legal,

making prostitution legal, universal health care, breaking up big corporations and generally tearing at the corporate fascism of America, no nukes, all wind power, all alternative fuel (take THAT Middle East!), etc.

Yeah, I'd NEVER win. LOL!

[SOteric]

24. Low enough to keep matcom from looking up my dress.

[GOPisEvil]

25. He's just distracting you so Zomby and I can steal a glance.

;-)

[JimmyJazz]

27. you again? But, I'm not finished.

[GOPisEvil]

28. I'm everywhere!

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[SOteric]

29. *LOL*

I thought those mirror tiles on the platform were a bit odd..

[GOPisEvil]

31. Can you shuffle a little to your left...

...thank you...:D

[skygazer]

26. Battered and abused women

Actually, it would be very broad (yeah, I know, punny), encompassing all the horrible practices against women the world over - female circumcision, stoning, forced marriage, and the epidemic of violence against women the world over, including here in the good ol' US of A.

Hi, 101er. :hi: Is Olivia any better, I hope?

[JimmyJazz]

30. She's doing great. She'll need to take her meds for the

rest of the year, but the acute phase from last night seems to be over. She sleeping comfortably now. Thanks for asking.

:hi:

On edit: excellent platforms!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

33. You just reminded me of something

add routine infant circumcision to my list...I am an intactivist!

[JimmyJazz]

35. back at you - I think that's a brutal practise. I am so glad I had

girls and didn't have to make that decision!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

36. Being married to an intact man

(born in America to a German father) I know my decision would have been "HELL NO, NO SHARP OBJECTS NEAR GENITALS!"

LOL!

I don't get the whole deal....Mr. Moonbeam's got all his bits and never had problem one. In fact, he quite likes it that way.

:shrug:

[JimmyJazz]

37. That's great. I am starting to see a shift in the trend. I remember

reading about it when I was pregnant and thinking, "oh good, it won't be so bad if we decide not to do this."

[WoodrowFan]

32. don't forget Poland. (NT)

[JimmyJazz]

34. I believe that Polands

:P

[HEyHEY]

38. Longer Lasting gum

[JimmyJazz]

40. such a worthy cause, why didn't someone come up with that sooner???

[ronnykmarshall]

39. Reuion of The Supremes.

Yes, we can't have a ture reunion with Florence Ballard's death. But Diane, Mary and Cindy on stage once again would make for a great moment.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

41. Shoes.

[the Princess]

42. If I was Miss America

My platofrm would be to stop these stupid pageants - because they exploit women.

but what do I know

[leftofthedial]

43. 38C