When Ronald Reagan was governor of California, someone told him that admitting students to the University of California on individual performance alone could mean that all the students at Berkeley might be Asian Americans. His answer?

"So what?"

The most level playing field we'll ever have is pro sports. All are there because they're the best. They're on the team because of merit alone. Hard work, discipline, esteem.

Some sports are dominated by blacks, some by whites, some by Asians, some by women, some by Hispanics, some by men. There's no quotas or affirmative action for any of them…

So what?

When your house is on fire and your kids are trapped inside, who do you want to show up to save them?

A. Goldie Hawn
B. Kurt Russell

I pick B. He's bigger, stronger, can raise a ladder and haul my kids out through the flames. Of course that's not very politically correct to say that.

So what?

All things being equal, when there are kids involved in a divorce, it's probably better to have them raised by their mom, primarily. But that's not fair to men, is it?

So what?

In times of war, if the enemy takes a female prisoner, they will probably rape her, thereby giving the American press something horrifying to show everyone back home and turn the American public's stomach and hurt the war effort.

Therefore, putting women into battle - no matter how qualified - gives our enemy an extra weapon. In war, the goal is to win, ostensibly to ensure our future freedom. So women should not be used in situations where they can be taken prisoner wherever and whenever possible. But that's not fair to women in the military.

So what?

If we go into Iraq with special operations and knock off a couple dozen of Sadaam Hussein's henchmen, they will give us his head on a silver platter. But then Bush wouldn't have to bomb tens of thousands of innocent civilians…

So what?

Guns and abortions should be legal, safe, available and affordable. I don't want either one of them, but if I NEED one someday, I want to be able to have one. That pisses off liberals and convervatives…

So what?