All categories - 3 November 2006

I went to a ritual with my family and friends. How about you?

2006-11-03 07:45:24 · 2 answers · asked by marjojung 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-03 07:45:22 · 9 answers · asked by JACK J 1 in Comics & Animation

Right...there's these two girls and I properly really like both of them...one of themi'm currently goin out with an she's amazin an realy means a lot to me. the other one is also amazin, id actually say slightly better lookin an likes me also. i really like em both an the one im not goin out with i like more but she's messed me about b4 an i cant always trust her, but i still REALLY like her. How do i know which to choose?

2006-11-03 07:45:19 · 4 answers · asked by Harry Strange 1 in Singles & Dating

2006-11-03 07:45:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Football (American)

people here seem 2 notice when other people r gone uhhhh u prbably didnt notice i was even here did u?
anyways do u know everybody here? i'm not so stable or a fixed area in yahoo answers but i'm always on UEFA,FIFA 2006& brazillian football & polls&surveys do u think i should be here more often and get my real pic as my avator?

2006-11-03 07:45:08 · 12 answers · asked by fatima b 4 in FIFA World Cup (TM)

i'm goin for the preppy look. hollister sales flipflops-but thats summer wear.

2006-11-03 07:45:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fashion & Accessories

To best explain the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and its many connotations, the United States’ concept of “Manifest Destiny” should be covered first. Manifest Destiny was the belief of English-speaking Americans that God had ordained them to take and hold the lands from the Mississippi River to the coast of the Pacific Ocean, much of which was claimed and occupied by Mexicans and Indians. The United States’ people believed its means of fulfilling this destiny were justified, a Machiavellian concept (“the end justifies the means”).

The US found its opportunity to use this concept to obtain a large portion of Mexico when Texas gained independence in 1836. Though Texas had agreed not to annex itself to the United States in exchange for its independence, it did so in 1845. However, at the time of annexation, the southern border of Texas had still not been specified. US President Polk took the position that recognized the Rio Grande as the southern border. In what was later to be considered a deliberate provocation by the United States to begin a conflict with Mexico, US troops entered the area between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande (land believed to belong to the US through annexation). The conflict that occurred between the US military and Mexican military was considered an act of war by the US, even though Mexico had not confirmed whether or not the Rio Grande was the southern border of the Texas territory.

After many unsuccessful peace negotiations (open and secret) and after many military skirmishes, the US military gained occupation of Mexico City in August 1847. It was then that the final peace negotiations began in what would become the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty demanded a large section of Mexico’s northern territory, with the Rio Grande as the southern border (for to accept the Nueces would be admitting guilt for starting the war). It was signed and sent to Mexico and the United States’ senates to be ratified on February 2, 1848.

In the United States, President Polk only conceded to accept it and send it on to the Senate for ratification after coming to the conclusion that continuing the war would not acquire for the United States a treaty that was any better. However, he recommended to Congress that an amended one be ratified and sent to Mexico for approval, one that did not contain Article X, which guaranteed property rights for Mexicans and Indians living in the ceded territory being. His main reason for this recommendation was that questions over the validity of land grants in Texas would come up on whether or not the treaty would apply to Texas since they had acquired their independence prior to the treaty.

Many factions within Congress were against ratifying the treaty, but for different reasons. The Whig party believed that the treaty would increase the southern states’ power by legalizing slavery within the new territory. Some were opposed because they were “morally against the war.” Others didn’t want it because they were Polk’s rivals, and some like Sam Houston wanted more territory than the treaty claimed. The treaty suffered few changes otherwise due to “each faction’s opposition to the proposals of the others.” The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, without Article X and with changes made to Article IX, passed the Senate and was ratified on March 10, 1848.

In Mexico, a letter of explanation by US Secretary of State James Buchanan followed the amended treaty. His letter included reasons why Article X was stricken and why Article IX was reworded. According to the letter, Article X was deleted because Buchanan firmly believed the US Constitution’s promise to protect a person’s property would be upheld regardless of whether or not the article was included in the treaty. As for Article IX, Buchanan explained that it had been revised as a “result of the Senate’s wish not to violate precedents established in treaties negotiated with France and Spain.” Also, a document known as the Protocol of Querétaro was presented to the Mexican Congress prior to the treaty’s ratification that explained the United States’ reasons for changing the original treaty. It said that the changes to Article IX “did not intend to diminish in any way” the rights that would be given to Mexican citizens becoming US citizens, and that the deletion of Article X “did not intend in any way to annul grants of land made by Mexico in the ceded territories.” However, the protocol’s interpretation of the treaty was never considered by the US government to be obligatory, meaning it had “no legal force.”

Mexico’s handling of the issues that surrounded the ratification of such a treaty went more along the lines of survival. Many factions in Mexico’s political system were against the treaty. One liberal by the name of Manuel Crescencio Rejón argued that the treaty would mean Mexico’s “economic subordination” and that since it had been signed before Congress could discuss this option, the treaty went against the Mexican Constitution. Another against the treaty was José María Cuevas, who spoke about his opposition to the Chamber of Deputies. Some did favor the treaty because it stopped the US from taking more territory and costing Mexico more military funding. One such person was one of the original commissioners, Bernardo Couto, who called the treaty one of “recovery rather than one of alienation.” In a later book about the war, one author called the treaty merely the confirmation that the US had taken land which had little value and was hard to defend. Mexico deemed it wise to choose the “lesser of two evils” and ratified the treaty on May 19, 1848.

It wasn’t long until the United States began a series of treaty violations, which for the most part went unresolved, and some which still are unresolved today. The Land Act of 1851 established a Board of Land Commissioners which required that land-owners “present evidence supporting title within two years, or their property would pass into the public domain.” According to the protocol (earlier noted to be of “no legal force” according to the US government), the property rights of Mexican landowners would be protected. In the fine print, though, the deletion of Article X made it hard for landowners with “imperfect” titles to complete the processes of land confirmation, whether it was via Mexican law or United States law.

Another violation of the treaty was the Foreign Miners’ Tax Law that inadvertently discriminated against those Mexicans who should have been exempted from the tax because of the treaty’s provisions for US citizenship. “Since there was a legal distinction between the Mexicans who had migrated to California after 1848 and those who were there before the gold rush,” outcry over the tax law being enforced on Mexican-Americans could not be justified.

It was violations such as these that inspired the Chicano movement in the 1960s, the same era as the Civil Rights movement. The movement sought to “redefine” the position of Mexican-Americans. To help with that cause, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was used to point out abuses to their human rights, such as the right to property denied those who were kept from completing their land titles, and such as the right to the full enjoyment of US citizenship which was indicated as forthcoming in Article IX of the treaty. Though the movement did not do well at obtaining help from the US government to restore land to Mexican-Americans, a recent move to take the case of the Mexican-American and the Native-American to international courts by the IITC has begun to meet with increasing success.

Since the signing of the treaty, a policy of arbitration has existed between Mexico and the United States, though the US does use it mostly when to its own advantage. However, this policy, the intertwining of the two cultures due to the Mexican influence in the US Southwest, and advances in both countries’ sense of human rights and diplomacy is slowly warming the friendship of the neighboring nations.

2006-11-03 07:44:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

i lost my sidekick 3!!!! are there any ways i can call tmobile??? does any one know the phone number to call them?!! and can i track my phone??

2006-11-03 07:44:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cell Phones & Plans

Kobe has shoes with Nike but i can't seem to find them anywhere

2006-11-03 07:44:51 · 8 answers · asked by JJ 1 in Basketball

I know there are women really into being tied up and whatnot but I've never met a girl who liked being gagged. I was wondering what you guys thought about that - maybe build a small census. Anyone want to share an experience or two?

2006-11-03 07:44:50 · 3 answers · asked by Masta Batang Dollar Billz 5 in Singles & Dating

2006-11-03 07:44:47 · 2 answers · asked by toots g 1 in Music & Music Players

Any suggestions on how to tell a girl you like her?
Serious answers only please.

2006-11-03 07:44:39 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

2006-11-03 07:44:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

they sometimes play it in the pepsi commerical,,,,and the commercial starts off by one duck quackin then another one joins, then many ducks start quakin the beat of the song...its like dance music...

if this helps...
quak quak!... quak quak quak quak!

2006-11-03 07:44:34 · 2 answers · asked by gian 1 in Music

I was somewere in Africa in a ceremony,and it started to rain.The organisers called a short man who waived a short broom stick in the air and the rains stopped.Is this voodoo

2006-11-03 07:44:18 · 2 answers · asked by ATM 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I know that humans have 46 and chimps have 48. What about Gorillas and orangutans? Also if you know about old world or new world monkeys that would be helpful too!

2006-11-03 07:44:07 · 4 answers · asked by cpine505 3 in Anthropology

I am writing to you, because i have a problem. There is a boy in my class who always wants to touch me with every way he can, he looks at me all the time, and he is interested about everything that concern me(when i am sad he wants to talk with me, when i listen to music, he asks me, what kind of music i hear because he wants to listen the song i hear too with me). And i think that i feel something strong about him. 1)Does he want me? 2)If we are a couple, will we be together for ever? 3)I do not want to be hurt, i had never a boyfriend in my life and i do not want to be hurt from my first boyfriend, if of course we are together.

2006-11-03 07:44:04 · 1 answers · asked by Melany 1 in Singles & Dating

Behind closed doors, beats the daylights out of daughter. Locked her out of house in sub-freezing temperature. Poured beer in her hair. Son had a friend. Dad refers to them as "whores". Very secretive with own children about business matters like how much money he was making. Keeps a recording device to listen to phone conversations for anybody using his telephone.

In public, quiet and polite.
In church, "upstanding citizen".

"Poor me" syndrome.
"All I got for Chrismas as a boy was an orange and a pair of mittens".

"I peed my pants when I was four and living in the helter {World War II }".

"I was the only person who had to wear a suit too small at high-school graduation".

Granddaughter told him, “I don’t want vanilla ice-cream cone. I want chocolate.” Buys her vanilla. She says, “I told you I don’t want vanilla”. He slaps her across the face because he didn’t get to choose chocolate when he was a little boy.

2006-11-03 07:43:38 · 8 answers · asked by Sky Walker 1 in Psychology

I'm smart - I understand the math, and I know they are both about measuring and predicting how well a stock follows the main market - but I also know I'm missing something basic, especially about CAPM. Can someone please recommend a website or an article that would help?

2006-11-03 07:43:38 · 1 answers · asked by sunnskye 1 in Investing

preferably audio and visual.. its for a science fair project

2006-11-03 07:43:34 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Standards & Testing

That pisses me off!! The person will never know and I am trying to get somewhere!!

2006-11-03 07:43:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

--Or such a bad one. He doesn't want to put words in your mouth.

2006-11-03 07:43:29 · 1 answers · asked by American Splendor 5 in Politics

I've heard the saying "Everything is bigger in Texas" but they definitely weren't talking brains..Texas would have been beat by the Buckeye's last year if Troy Smith wouldn't have had to share time with Justin Zwick..That was Troy's first game back from suspension..Plus Colt Mccoy is a complete sissy.. But you know the other saying about Texas I believe it has something to do with Steer's and Queer's..

2006-11-03 07:43:20 · 11 answers · asked by djjjc11 3 in Football (American)

The appraisals I have contacted want me to send them the flag . I do not want to do that.

2006-11-03 07:43:20 · 3 answers · asked by imperialzone760 1 in Military

when should I take a preg test? When I found out I was pregnant last year the same thing happened with my period. Any advice would be appreciated.

2006-11-03 07:43:13 · 6 answers · asked by heartofstone37 1 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

I am a 26 year old female, 5'9" and 187 lbs. I seem to gain weight mostly around my mid-section. I cut back on drinking, have started exercising (a little) and watch what I eat (for the most part). I am not a saint, but are there any secrets for losing weight in that area?

2006-11-03 07:42:55 · 2 answers · asked by flywithme3372004 1 in Diet & Fitness

2006-11-03 07:42:54 · 5 answers · asked by katie ova here 1 in Music

I think the better way to live life is with a positive approach, but sometimes I think that if you are fully aware of everything that happens in this world you have no choice but to be a pessimist.

2006-11-03 07:42:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy