Certainly in this poll I would be unsure whether to answer I feel less safe because I think this would be damning to Bush or I don't have any fear of anything because I want to convey I am not falling for Bush's fear-mongering.  In truth I do not fear an attack, but I do expect an attack in the future.

Britain's railways should remain in private ownership

Britain's railways are the most expensive in Europe but vastly better than Amtrack.  So I'd like them to stay the same as they are compared to us, but less expensive like the rest of Europe.  The American in me would tend to agree with this.

Rich people already pay enough tax

This quaestion is way too obvious.  Here in America the rich don't pay enough and it's getting worse with this administration, obviously.  I don't know what it's like Britain.

I am comfortable with the way that genetic engineering is being used in the food industry

This is a difference between Europe liberals and US liberals.  We're fine with genetic engineering and actually would like to see more of it if it can feed the world.  Maybe we can agree to label it as modified, but we're all for science here.  Probably because we're fighting creationists and Europe doesn't have that problem.

The UK was right to go to war in Iraq

This isn't the same as whether the US was right to go to war in Iraq, but I'd still disagree.  A better question would generalize about preemptive war.

Most people should take responsibility for saving enough for their retirement, rather than relying on the Government to pay a big enough pension to live on.

I read this differently than you.  I think people should save for retirement AND have a safety net which will enable them to live comfortably if things don't work out.  This question is loaded- people should take responsibility and they shouldn't rely on anything.  But that's in an individual sense.  The government should absolutely be in business to provide comfortable retirements for everyone.  The government should be in business making sure no one goes hungry or homeless, elderly included.

This country should try to become more like the United States of America than like France or Germany

This is another poor question.  I don't know the answer at all to this.  Should the UK have a government like the Bush administration? No.  Was Clinton's America better than France or Germany. Yes.  My advice to the UK is to try to be better than the US, France and Germany.

As of this minute a like the "slug lords."  The right wing noise machine built and driven by the estimated 2000 slug lords.

Or would that lose us the South for the next forty years?

You make the point that if the dollar collapses, so will a lot of things, including European companies that sell their turbines to Americans or whomever.  That, I think, is true.  So maybe taking money from the equity in my house and investing it unwisely isn't the best plan.

And borrowing money to invest is risky in general.  That's the biggest fear of doing something like this.  I should probably stick to messing around with my current portfolio.

It's very unnerving to think that the very unit with which we measure our financial success is  shaky.  If my hat costs five dollars today and it will cost five thousand dollars tomorrow.  I think I'll try to buy a couple more hats today.  But then all that money I make in hat sales tomorrow might only buy me a bowl of soup, because everything went up in price at the same time.

So how do we step off that ride.  You don't want to get stuck with dollars.  You want things.  You want as many things as possible.  You want a house.  You want hats.  You don't want dollars. So what things do you want to have?  Gold?  That's been a good thing to have in the past.  You want a fixed rate assumable mortgage if possible.  You want things with value.  As always I guess.  

I'm definitely opening a bank account or brokerage account denominated in Euros.  It's closer than the dollar to gold these days.  I wonder how you do that without being taken to the cleaners by moneychanging fees.  So I'll throw some money into a European account and let it sit until my son is fifteen and then we'll all take a trip to Europe using those funds if nothing too terrible happens. And we'll bail ourselves out if it really collapses here.

My questions:

First off let me say you have shown great leadership with regards to winning the war in Iraq.  I really support the troops and know you do too.  I've heard that they can't go into some cities and towns.  Is that true?

One of the greatest accomplishment of your presidency in my mind is the no child left behind act.  How can we insure that creationism is taught in schools?

It's a bit dirty tricks-ish to act differently than your true intentions but I'd love to hear Bush's answer to that second one.

A lot of people don't agree with him.
dogs and box turtles love him

A lot of people don't agree with him.
but I do quietly

A lot of people don't agree with him.
he eats babies and gets indigestion

70 in a scramble usually won't win it, but sounds like an honest score, well done.  And well done on a confrontation.