All categories - 8 July 2007

My friend (husband died and left her with 3 kids), has twin boys who are 1 year of age. When I come and spend time with them they are fine when they can see mom...but when she leaves me with them one will start crying and cause the other to cry..and they don't stop..help!!

2007-07-08 14:14:30 · 5 answers · asked by `Ladi*Joka` 2 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

2007-07-08 14:14:25 · 11 answers · asked by lovin_lyf92 1 in Dogs

my dog walks all around the backyard no problem, i even went out with her planty of times without the leash and she would walk right next to me or wait for me if he walked too fast or catch up with if she got far behind, but all of the sudden she would just want to run freely and wont listen to my calls, runs away when i call her. I now tried to walk her on a leash but its like shes got some kind of trauma with leashes, she wont walk AT ALL, she looks terrified and lays, i pet her and talk to her sweetly but nothing, i tried to barely push her or pull just a bit, but she just WONT walk AT ALL, i need her to walk her out side cause if she poops in the yard my mom wont let me have her, any help?

PS: i read the other questions bout this, but all the answers say "if she walks a little bit give her a treat" but she wont walk at all, i pet her nicely but no luck.

2007-07-08 14:14:18 · 5 answers · asked by love 2 in Dogs

2007-07-08 14:14:16 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

(examples)

any time i dont act the way she wants, she curses at me or acts evil.

she has flipped out on me for having other girls besides her on my myspace/facebook top friends.

she threatened to break my PSP if she found as much as swimsuit pics on it.

she threatened to break up with me over seeing a movie with hot girls in it.

she forced me to end contact with most of my female friends because "she dosent like them"

she always has to know where I am or who i'm talking to on the phone.

if she even *thinks* im attracted to someone else, i wont hear the end of it

she has threatened suicide multiple times, and has slit her wrists in the past because of our arguments, and her jealousy.

If i threaten to leave/take space, she makes me feel guilty because she has so many problems id leave her with, or threatens she'll be worse when i come back.

when she says something out of line, she makes me drop it, no matter how evil/low it is.
I still love her though, but is she abusive?

2007-07-08 14:14:10 · 20 answers · asked by Han 2 in Singles & Dating

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2007-07-08 14:13:48 · 4 answers · asked by greenfrogs 7 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-07-08 14:13:37 · 4 answers · asked by Evan C 1 in Singles & Dating

Can you name tryptophan-containing meals?

2007-07-08 14:13:16 · 1 answers · asked by Smith 1 in Diet & Fitness

Hi I have a pet red tail boa and he's been acting strange the past couple of days. He won't eat but that may be because he's int he shedding process. Well I just now casually looked over at his cage and noticed his head was under the water and I freaked out. I opened his caged and touched him and he started moving around. I pulled his head out of the water and he was breathing fine and acting normal. I just don't understand why his head would be underwater in the firt place and about how long can he be underwater before I should get worried? HELP!

2007-07-08 14:12:56 · 1 answers · asked by Lala 3 in Reptiles

2007-07-08 14:12:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

My bridesmaid just broke-up with her boyfriend of 3 years. She told me that she will have another date to bring to the wedding. Should I discourage her from doing this? There will be pictures of them for sure and it might be odd for us. I know wedding etique is that unless they have been together for more than six months you don't have to invite the other party. Or should I just let it go. She is my best friend after all and I feel really bad for her.

2007-07-08 14:12:41 · 23 answers · asked by Peanut 1 in Weddings

2007-07-08 14:12:31 · 3 answers · asked by adeel 2 in Football (American)

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Hanna
Anna
.....I have two daughters named ava & ella

2007-07-08 14:12:17 · 62 answers · asked by brittany 2 in Baby Names

They try to make evrything so big when it's not, they all think that Bush is a Nazi when they are, and they think that they are the victims of everything that goes on in this country. Plus, they think that Bush caused 9/11. WTF? My fellow Conservatives, are you getting tired of this?

2007-07-08 14:12:11 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

And where

2007-07-08 14:12:01 · 5 answers · asked by ariy 1 in Turkey

" 1991 " was my Yr!!!! " Ya Baby!"

2007-07-08 14:11:40 · 17 answers · asked by ~♥ Hazey Pazey ♥~ 5 in Polls & Surveys

& if there's never a limit on how many questions you can answer & ask, would you still participate a lot?

I know I would. More I can teach & learn.

2007-07-08 14:11:28 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

in it?

2007-07-08 14:11:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Birds

I have a frog that really needs a name. PLEASE HELP!!!

2007-07-08 14:11:18 · 16 answers · asked by Tiffany 2 in Other - Pets

do you go straight to heaven?

or not, since technically you weren't done being baptized yet?

2007-07-08 14:11:17 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

(this guy was with his friend)..

lol..yeah i know its kinda a weird question to ask..

2007-07-08 14:11:14 · 9 answers · asked by Kylie 1 in Singles & Dating

I am flying New Delhi via Air India from Bangkok, i checked my luggages weight. its over 30 kg. around 35/36.

Normally i think they don't allow you to carry more than 30 kg or in case if they allow . Do they charge for extra 3 or 4 kg and if so how much they do?

2007-07-08 14:11:11 · 2 answers · asked by Zenon 2 in Packing & Preparation

ok so i have a pc and just recently go a mac book. my pc has all my itunes on it but it is borken and has no life in it. meening its so busted it cant be fixed. if i have all my songs on my ipod (80 gig video if it matters) can i still keep everything and transfer it onto my mac bok. or do i have to re-buy everything? if i can save my music how do i do it?

2007-07-08 14:11:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Can someone help me with this question?

2007-07-08 14:10:46 · 5 answers · asked by Mega 1 in Mathematics

I always wondered why most Christians are supportive of war, most recently the war in Iraq. I grew up in a Christian home where war was seen as an avenue to peace. War and peace seem like opposites to me.

I have read the bible extensively and looking at Jesus' life, it seems that he stood for peace; love your neighbor, turn the other cheek, blessed are the peacemakers. What I want to know is why Christians today seem to overwhelmingly support war, as well as political leaders that support war and violence? I am stating this as a generality, as there are lots of Christians I am sure who do not support war.

If people say they are Christians (christ followers, little christs) shouldn't they be following in the footsteps of peace and love as Jesus did, instead of continuing to segregate and cause divisions among people?

2007-07-08 14:10:41 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

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2007-07-08 14:10:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If not, How can you keep it fresh to keep it sweet.

2007-07-08 14:10:32 · 8 answers · asked by cryptologist3 1 in Garden & Landscape

I want to know some Colleges near LA or Hollywood. NEAR not in thanks!

2007-07-08 14:10:30 · 1 answers · asked by dawn 5 in Higher Education (University +)

2007-07-08 14:10:28 · 25 answers · asked by •♣•Ninja•♣• •♣•Bunny•♣• 6 in Polls & Surveys

Is there a simple way to hold Congress & Senate accountable for a straight 'up or down' vote instead of political wrangling?

Democrats playing trump card more often
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer Sun Jul 8, 12:40 PM ET
WASHINGTON - It is the closest thing that Senate leaders have to a trump card, the only way to wrestle the famously balky institution into predictable action.
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Lately, though, the nearly century-old tool known as "cloture" has become more of a routine way to score political points. Once, it was a carefully wielded ace used to push a difficult bill past a parliamentary hurdle and into law.
That is because cloture — a way of cutting off debate and setting a final vote in the otherwise ungovernable Senate — has lost much of its potency as a legislative tactic.
Cloture votes were conceived to free the Senate, in exceptional cases, from the whims of a tiny minority. Such votes now serve to showcase the majority party's agenda and the lengths to which the opposing party will stand in the way.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is on track to shatter the record for cloture motions filed. He highlighted that statistic recently to illustrate what he called "Republican obstructionism."
The strategy mirrors the one Republicans used against then-minority Democrats three years ago in a closely divided Senate. Many believe the GOP's portrayal of then-Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., as an obstructionist cost him his seat.
Reid has turned to cloture early and often — 42 times since January. He says it is out of necessity because Republicans — sometimes just a small band of conservatives — have sought to block not only Democrats' priorities but also some initiatives that enjoy bipartisan support.
He used it repeatedly, with disappointing results, on the immigration measure that just collapsed amid bipartisan opposition.
Reid, however, also has used cloture votes to put Republicans on the record on hot-button issues. They include opposing President Bush's Iraq policy, expressing "no confidence" in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and backing a bill that would unionize workplaces without secret ballot elections.
"We have spent a lot of time on the Republicans delaying what the American people want us to do, and that is legislate," Reid said in a testy exchange with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the minority leader.
McConnell said Reid's use of cloture votes was "a power grab."
"The Senate isn't a factory. We don't push things down the line," McConnell said. "There is a saying about courtship: Shoot for two, end up with zero. So far, this would be a fitting epitaph for a Congress that has sought to do much but has accomplished little."
Cloture emerged in 1917 as a way to limit filibusters, the tactic by which senators use their rights of unlimited debate to delay or block legislation.
President Woodrow Wilson, frustrated by a 23-day filibuster that stalled his proposal to arm merchant ships in World War I, called a special session to consider a cloture proposal.
The Senate, he said, is "the only legislative body in the world which cannot act when its majority is ready for action. A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible."
The resulting rule held that if two-thirds of the Senate's 100 members agreed, debate on a measure could end and a vote on passing or rejecting the proposal could take place after each senator had an opportunity to speak for another hour.
The high bar for cloture meant it was seldom used and almost never successful. Senate historians say cloture was invoked in only five cases over the next 46 years.
Cloture rules have been revised a number of times, most significantly in 1975. That is when the threshold for ending debate was lowered from two-thirds of the Senate, or 67 senators, to three-fifths, or 60. In 1986, the cap for debate after cloture was shortened, from 100 hours to 30 hours.
Robert B. Dove, the Senate's parliamentary referee between 1965 and 2001, said cloture lost some of its power as political divisions in the Senate became more prominent.
"There used to be a difference between how you voted for cloture and how you felt about the underlying bill. That has all gone by the boards. With the Senate in an incredibly partisan position now and the margins so tight, cloture is really not a great tool," Dove said.
Former Sen. George J. Mitchell, D-Maine, was majority leader in the early 1990s. He said he became accustomed to seeking cloture on matters large and small when he realized that Republicans would object to virtually any action he tried. Both parties are equally guilty of that practice, he added.
"It was more or less in anticipation — and probably based on some specific threat — of filibuster," Mitchell said. "It's common on both sides now that people use it when they think it will advance their political goals and to block legislation that they don't support."
During Mitchell's last two years as majority leader, cloture was sought 80 times, just short of the record of 82 set during the next Congress under Republican Sens. Robert K. Dole of Kansas and Trent Lott of Mississippi.
Some Republicans suggest that Reid's pace toward eclipsing that record might be intended to portray GOP lawmakers in the 2008 election as blocking the nation's business.
"You artificially run up the number of cloture votes and then set out on a search- and-destroy mission to tarnish incumbent Republicans as obstructionists," said Eric Ueland, who served as chief of staff to former Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.
Still, with Republican objections coming fast and furious, cloture may be among Democrats' only options. GOP lawmakers spent the last few hours of Senate business before the Fourth of July break blocking final negotiations on broadly supported lobbying overhaul and anti-terrorism legislation.
"It's the only way to manage the floor," said Reid's spokesman, Jim Manley. "The alternative is to do nothing, and that's absolutely unacceptable."
Besides, Mitchell said, campaigning on a theme as obscure as a slew of failed cloture votes would be a tough feat.
"The public's view is, 'You're in charge — you produce,' " he said. "If you don't produce, it's your fault — even if it's the other guys who prevented you."
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On the Net:
Senate background on cloture: http://tinyurl.com/333udm

2007-07-08 14:10:26 · 4 answers · asked by trevathantim 2 in Law & Ethics