All categories - 7 July 2007

Have you ever wondered why the U.S. continues to monitor and punish countries who create/obtain materials for nuclear weapons, but feel that it is okay for our Country to possess them?

2007-07-07 11:56:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

2007-07-07 11:56:38 · 29 answers · asked by Joho 7 in Polls & Surveys

ok can i just ask what i have i missed why is ever one getting kicked off YA tonight

2007-07-07 11:56:37 · 24 answers · asked by not me 6 in Polls & Surveys

make the tea, then I have to make a 45 mile round trip to pick up my husband from work around 2.30am, then get up for my work at 7.30am, then my other job starts at 6pm ... Could my routine possible be more upside down?!!

2007-07-07 11:56:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

My fortune in my fortune cookie read:
You appeal to a small, select group of confused people.

2007-07-07 11:56:32 · 29 answers · asked by ? 5 in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-07 11:56:03 · 15 answers · asked by willow 6 in Hobbies & Crafts

Picture this:

A woman is pulled over on a routine traffic stop. She has had too much to drink. When she tests positive and the cop is about to arrest her, she reaches for his holster. The cop fires shots at her. She does not survive.

Her husband finds out about what happened. That night, he goes to the cop's house, bringing his gun. As soon as the cop answers, the widower fires six shots at the cop's head, killing him on the spot. This happens right in front of the cop's wife, his preschool-aged daughter, and his baby son.

The widower turns himself in to police, believing he did the right thing. His defense attorney says he was justified, because the officer killed the one he loved, so he had it coming. The prosecutor says he is guilty of murder and should serve the life sentence (His state does not have the death penalty)

You be the jury...Whose killing was justified, and whose was murder?

2007-07-07 11:55:55 · 13 answers · asked by mikeburmeister@sbcglobal.net 3 in Law & Ethics

Saw on the news today that Arizona is having a problem with Dust Tornados because it is so dry there. I got to wondering, could you stand in one and survive unlike a regular tornado? I know you'd have a bunch of sand all over you, but was wondering. Thanks!

2007-07-07 11:55:52 · 8 answers · asked by atlantagal 5 in Weather

yes i live in the Northern Hemisphere

2007-07-07 11:55:47 · 7 answers · asked by Rastaquouère 2 in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-07 11:55:41 · 13 answers · asked by Basket-santa 6 in Polls & Surveys

I've known this guy for 7 months now. We started out as friends. At first we flirted with each other and would talk about our past relationships and what we were looking for in a partner. Anyhow, as the months went by and the more time we spent together we establised feeling for each other. And yes we slept together. He knows that I care very much for him and I have expressed to him that I would love to be more than just friends. His response to that was positive at first. However, he now feels that my actions say differently. I do feel that we don't flirt as much anymore. The funny thing is,we only show affectionate for one another when we are alone. We act like friends when we go out in public. What is our/my problem? I don't want to lose this guy.

2007-07-07 11:55:26 · 8 answers · asked by pisceslove 1 in Singles & Dating

in our international relationship due to the change in US stance in the last several years? the tragedy of 9/11 has left lasting effects not just on the psyche of our nation, but also its general economic and political relationship with the international community. Please do not answer Iraq, I would like to stay away from that one.

2007-07-07 11:55:17 · 3 answers · asked by wow 1 in History

Is it illegal to teach someone how to back their own DVD's and provide them with the free software. I just don't want to be liable for my friends actions. Thanks

2007-07-07 11:55:09 · 6 answers · asked by Love LA 2 in Law & Ethics

in making a decision..

2007-07-07 11:55:09 · 46 answers · asked by linda c 5 in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-07 11:55:08 · 25 answers · asked by White 7 in Polls & Surveys

I just bought a cheep refractor telescope for 100 dollars yesterday. I spent about 5 hours last night with it from my bedroom window so I am pretty hooked. I'm taking it out in to the country tonight to get away from the city. Any advice you might give to a novice astronomer to help me out?

2007-07-07 11:54:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

The problem with the written word is that the all important voice inflection is missing. It can change the whole meaning of what is being said. I've found it to be a problem on occasion. Comments?

2007-07-07 11:54:34 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

falling in love with someone you know you can never have?

2007-07-07 11:54:19 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-07 11:54:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

2007-07-07 11:54:03 · 13 answers · asked by Christine Iero 1 in Programming & Design

I am homeschooled and my mom wants me to do some work over the summer. She wants me to write a report on why people slit their wrists. And how to and stuff like that.. SO any info you can give me thanks in advance!

2007-07-07 11:53:54 · 6 answers · asked by loly p 1 in Other - Health

{not relating to sex or anything of that nature}

2007-07-07 11:53:48 · 7 answers · asked by Samantha 4 in Psychology

Aides to Bush have asserted that the president retains the authority to conduct surveillance without court permission.

Lawsuit Against Wiretaps Rejected
Case's Plaintiffs Have No Standing, Appeals Court Rules

By Amy Goldstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 7, 2007; Page A01

A federal appeals court removed a serious legal challenge to the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program yesterday, overruling the only judge who held that a controversial surveillance effort by the National Security Agency was unconstitutional.

Two members of a three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ordered the dismissal of a major lawsuit that challenged the wiretapping, which President Bush authorized secretly to eavesdrop on communications involving potential terrorists shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.


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The court did not rule on the spying program's legality. Instead, it declared that the American Civil Liberties Union and the others who brought the case -- including academics, lawyers and journalists -- did not have the standing to sue because they could not demonstrate that they had been direct targets of the clandestine surveillance.

The decision vacates a ruling in the case made last August by a U.S. District Court judge in Detroit, who ruled that the administration's program to monitor private communications violated the Bill of Rights and a 1970s federal law.

Yesterday's action in the 6th Circuit means that the principal remaining legal challenge to the NSA surveillance program is a group of cases pending before a U.S. District Court judge and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in California. The primary issue before that appeals court, differing somewhat from that in the Michigan case, is whether the administration may claim that a privilege covering state secrets precludes the litigation.

The eavesdropping program -- first revealed by news accounts in late 2005 and the subject of intense political wrangling since then -- is one aspect of a broad assertion of presidential power by Bush in the past six years to justify policies meant to deter terrorism here and abroad.

As first devised, the program allowed the NSA to intercept telephone calls and e-mail between the United States and overseas in which at least one party was suspected to be affiliated with al-Qaeda or related groups, without the court approval typically required for government wiretaps, administration officials said.

The program prompted vehement objections from privacy advocates and many Democrats, who contended that it was illegal because it bypassed a secret court, created under the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), to provide judicial oversight of clandestine surveillance within the United States.

In January, after Democrats gained control of Congress, the administration abruptly shifted its position. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales announced that the surveillance program would be overseen by the FISA court. But administration officials have not described critical details of the new approach, including whether a separate warrant would be required for each instance of monitoring. Aides to Bush have asserted that the president retains the authority to conduct surveillance without court permission.

With the change in the program, the administration argued before the 6th Circuit that the case is moot. The two judges who made up the majority, both Republican appointees, did not address that issue. Judge Alice M. Batchelder, who wrote the 35-page main opinion, focused her lengthy analysis on why she concluded that the plaintiffs -- many of whom have professional ties with people and organizations suspected of terrorism -- do not have the legal standing to bring the lawsuit. She said the plaintiffs could not show that they had been injured directly by the surveillance.

Judge Ronald Lee Gilman, a Democratic appointee, disagreed. In a dissenting opinion, he concluded that the plaintiffs are entitled to sue because they felt a need to alter their communications after the program was disclosed. Gilman also wrote that the case is not moot because "the president maintains that he has the authority to 'opt out' of the FISA framework at any time." And he agreed with the lower-court judge that the program violates federal law.

Administration officials lauded the 6th Circuit's decision. Deputy White House press secretary Tony Fratto called the lower court's finding that the program was unconstitutional "wrongly decided." Fratto said the appellate court "properly determined that the plaintiffs had failed to show their claims were entitled to review in federal court."

Steven R. Shapiro, the ACLU's legal director, said: "As a result of today's decision, the Bush administration has been left free to violate the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which Congress adopted almost 30 years ago to prevent the executive branch from engaging in precisely this kind of unchecked surveillance." He said the ACLU is examining its options, including the possibility of an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) called the court decision "a disappointing one that was not made on the merits of the case, yet closes the courthouse door to resolving it." The panel has been conducting an investigation into the warrantless wiretapping program. Last month, it issued subpoenas to the administration, seeking documents related to the program's "authorization and legal justification."

The two lawsuits pending before the 9th Circuit include Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. v. Bush, in which the plaintiffs, an Oregon branch of a Saudi charity that has been investigated for alleged terrorist ties and others, contend that they have a document proving they were a direct target of NSA surveillance. The other case, Hepting v. AT&T Corp., has been brought on behalf of a group of AT&T customers who allege that the company intercepted their phone calls and e-mails and disclosed them to the NSA.

The two cases are scheduled to be heard Aug. 15.

Staff writer Ellen Nakashima contributed to this report.

2007-07-07 11:53:31 · 6 answers · asked by trevathantim 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-07 11:53:15 · 5 answers · asked by Biggums 1 in Football (American)

Opinions?

2007-07-07 11:53:13 · 13 answers · asked by Jack Rivall 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I am the only one listed on the birth certificate, will it be pretty easy for my husband to adopt her, he has been her "dad" for the last 3 years she is turning 4 this week.
her "sperm donar" has not had anything to do with her since she was born.
thanks so much

2007-07-07 11:53:11 · 5 answers · asked by 3 girls call me mommy 5 in Law & Ethics

That there are 10 year olds on here asking for dating advice or even pregnancy advice??? What's going on with our youth these days???

2007-07-07 11:53:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-07-07 11:53:00 · 1 answers · asked by Tina T 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i left my 2 kids father 3 years ago who was very abusive verbally and physicaly in front of my kids.i've remarried then and i left the state because he had been fighting me in court since i got married to be with the kids.whenever he would get the kids on weekends they would call me and say they were alone,and he would be having a party in the livingroom while they had to stay in the room.i could not take it anymore and left out of fear for my kids wellbeing.with that being said its been a few years.when i first left he went back to court to get a kidnapping charge put on me but he was told that i had physical custody so they could not charge me with kidnapping since i was the custodial parent.but the problem now is i spoke to my mother who lives around the corner from him,and she told me that he was awarded full custody without me even being there,can this happen just by him going to court saying he has not seen his kids? will they do that? how can i find this out?

2007-07-07 11:52:41 · 7 answers · asked by healthnut05 1 in Marriage & Divorce