"Somewhat Right"... Me or the Test?

According to the following test (link here), I am a "liberal Republican", somewhat right of center. The political figure I most exemplify is former federal prosecutor and former mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani. The conclusion read: "When you tell people that you're Republican, they rarely believe you. That's because you're socially liberal - likely pro-choice and pro-gay rights. You're also not so afraid of big government, as long as it benefits people and not politicians. You are the most likely of any Republican type to swing over to the Democrat side sometimes." Hmm. I would have guessed "Libertarian" and disagree with the conclusion that I might tolerate "big government". Government should be limited to a very few necessary activities. Generally, government should serve only to monitor (and occasionally intervene in) the free markets and the free exchange of ideas when that underlying freedom is threatened - for example, price-fixing or other anticompetitive behavior in commerce or when one group suppresses the rights of another group in civil society. Government should also not be in the business of economic redistribution; it's role should be limited to ensuring that the poorest and most vulnerable are taken care of and protected. And I'm not really "pro" gay rights. I just don't believe in the legitimacy of the government to interfere in a person's private life. Maybe having graduated from Berkeley, having interned in the California State Legislature, and having lived in Northern California have softened the knee-jerk Bible-belt conservative values that were the product of my upbringing in suburban Dallas. But I am still a card carrying member of the Republican party... and having lived in a cleaner, safer, and more economically robust Manhattan during his "reign", I am an admirer of Rudy Giuliani and his past achievements. So the test did get two things right.

Google Maps

Google Maps is my new online toy... the level of detail in the graphics and the added search features are simply amazing. Light years ahead of Yahoo! Maps and MapQuest. Give it a whirl (link here).