Interviewing former PLO terrorist, and the professor on his abortion article

[dpakman91]

Two interviews tomorrow, both should be good...any good questions I should ask?

First interview is with Walid Shoebat, who is a former PLO terrorist. He's been on O'Reilly and all those shows:

Walid Shoebat - Former PLO Terrorist who speaks out for Israel
Walid Shoebat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Second is the professor who wrote this article in the WSJ last week:

OpinionJournal - Featured Article

[ballz2wallz]

i had a few questions about that abortion article, but mostly jokes or non-serious questions:

1) is it because all the libs are aborting their babies?

2) is it because they are career oriented and don't want to be 'bothered' with kids

3) aren't libs supposed to be the more sexually active, less inhibited, and sexually 'free'?

4) is it because they're all turning gay and can't have kids



i guess what it boils down to is, what does he think are the real reasons why this is so?

i also believe it's true that people get more conservative as they grow older. like that saying goes 'if you're not liberal when you're young, you have no heart and if you're not conservative when you're old, you have no brain'. maybe all the libs are young and when they grow up they're having kids and becoming conservative.

[dpakman91]

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

i had a few questions about that abortion article, but mostly jokes or non-serious questions:

1) is it because all the libs are aborting their babies?

2) is it because they are career oriented and don't want to be 'bothered' with kids

3) aren't libs supposed to be the more sexually active, less inhibited, and sexually 'free'?

4) is it because they're all turning gay and can't have kids



i guess what it boils down to is, what does he think are the real reasons why this is so?

i also believe it's true that people get more conservative as they grow older. like that saying goes 'if you're not liberal when you're young, you have no heart and if you're not conservative when you're old, you have no brain'. maybe all the libs are young and when they grow up they're having kids and becoming conservative.

yeah, one of the things i want to ask him is about the study (have to find the info) that says that in terms of children voting the opposite way their parents do, children of conservatives are more likely to turn liberal than are children of liberals to turn conservatives. this would mean that more conservatives having kids would actually lead to more liberals.

[ballz2wallz]

Originally Posted by dpakman91

yeah, one of the things i want to ask him is about the study (have to find the info) that says that in terms of children voting the opposite way their parents do, children of conservatives are more likely to turn liberal than are children of liberals to turn conservatives. this would mean that more conservatives having kids would actually lead to more liberals.

that depends...if 5% of conservative children turn liberal, and 4% of liberal children turn conservative, that still renders your statement true, but 95% of conservative children are still conservative, which means conservatives having kids doesn't necessarily give more liberals. (just an example, stats are fabricated)

[Phantom]

Originally Posted by ballz2wallz

that depends...if 5% of conservative children turn liberal, and 4% of liberal children turn conservative, that still renders your statement true, but 95% of conservative children are still conservative, which means conservatives having kids doesn't necessarily give more liberals. (just an example, stats are fabricated)

[dpakman91]

yeah, that's why i need to find the info hahah

[dpakman91]

couple of question for Brooks:

I’ve heard this same premise before, associating it to liberals having abortions and conservatives choosing not to. How much does abortion play into this?

One thing that isn’t compensated in your article is the expected increase in the Hispanic population. Wouldn’t this fertility gap that you point out be more than made up for by the significant increase in Hispanic voters in many states, voters that tend to vote for Democrats?

If you eliminate very recent history, the country overall has moved to the left over time, the same way that Europe has. Even if today’s conservatives have more babies, over time the entire population will move to the left anyway, no?

[motivez]

Something tells me there's a strong look at the culturally affluent liberals in some of the northeast states, but there's not much of a look at as you said, the hispanic population, and even the black population.

Both trend Democrat, both tend to have more children than other ethnic groups.. mainly because of economic status, and I believe there's a link between low end economic status / perhaps even "higher education" and number of children.. might lead to some interesting questions.

I also agree that people aren't going to just automatically have their parents political philosophy.. especially once they get out on their own. How many of you believe the exact same things your parents do and haven't ever bothered to question them?

[dpakman91]

a friend of mine mentioned somethign that would be a good question, which is that TEEN pregnancies are skewed towards red states, and are more likely to result in parents that won't espouse a political view, but the study was based only on people WITH a political view. how could i word that to be part of this interview?

[motivez]

That's a hard one..

It really brings in the red state conservative / gop's goal of no real sex education for students and children (ie: abstinence only without telling them about condoms or anything like that for safety)

[Ardentfrost]

Ask about the thing from Freakanomics, where it shows that abortion and crime are correlated (ie. legalized abortion reduces crime).

I don't recall how statistically sound Freakanomics was, but I do recall the guy doing a hell of a job with it. If you haven't read it, that chapter is available online (that's where I read that chapter)

[dpakman91]

Originally Posted by Ardentfrost

Ask about the thing from Freakanomics, where it shows that abortion and crime are correlated (ie. legalized abortion reduces crime).

I don't recall how statistically sound Freakanomics was, but I do recall the guy doing a hell of a job with it. If you haven't read it, that chapter is available online (that's where I read that chapter)

that's pretty good, i would only be reluctant because abortion in and of itself doesn't really play a big factor in that article, even though it may be implied.

[slosucks]

shoebat spoke at my school, he has a shitload of interesting things to talk about and a real insiders perspective. make sure to ask him about songs he learned as a child in palestinian schools if he doenst bring it up himself