Politics & Government - 4 July 2006

2006-07-04 22:23:39 · 8 answers · asked by Voopie 1 in Government

I hate it when average wage statistics etc are touted by politicians as being a suitable measure of improvements in living standards and the good state of a society.

I believe that the overall quality of a society should take into account more.

My personal belief is that any member of a society deserves to be looked after. After all, if they are not provided with some benefit for belonging to a society why should they follow the rules?

If you believe that governments should not pay unemployment or other welfare, I believe you are acting without any respect to the value of the lives of the less able or vulnerable members of your society.

Again. If you show no respect for their lives and livelihood, why should they respect you or your property?

2006-07-04 22:22:23 · 6 answers · asked by Jeremy D 5 in Politics

2006-07-04 22:19:57 · 21 answers · asked by Steven F 1 in Politics

during ww2 the french and polish fighters were called resistance fighters because they fought an occuping force.isn't this exactly what the malitias are doing in iraq?fighting a resistance force?then why do we call them terrorist?

2006-07-04 22:19:41 · 14 answers · asked by stanyazfan 3 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-07-04 22:17:41 · 7 answers · asked by I D 1 in Law & Ethics

2006-07-04 22:17:01 · 6 answers · asked by D. D. 2 in Government

2006-07-04 22:14:41 · 10 answers · asked by khoakon 1 in Military

2006-07-04 22:10:01 · 9 answers · asked by reza k 1 in Government

Used in context:
He likes to lure them to his house/
It's his M O/

I'm English and can't say I have heard it used that much over here.

2006-07-04 22:08:13 · 10 answers · asked by Raging:247 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

what is the only thing better than a zionist in custody of palestinians...

JUST FOR THE RECORD... JUDAISM YES! ZIONISM NO! THE STATE OF ISRAEL HAS GOT TO GO!!!

2006-07-04 22:07:52 · 8 answers · asked by Best Guy 3 in Politics

2006-07-04 21:59:03 · 8 answers · asked by colonel 1 in Government

2006-07-04 21:54:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Exactly what kinds of responsibilities does a sole trustee have in regards to being the trustee over property and a building on that property? Is it possible to have more than one trustee, and is that beneficial? Thanks!

2006-07-04 21:52:30 · 2 answers · asked by ladykaty17 2 in Law & Ethics

2006-07-04 21:49:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

My husband and I are divorcing after a tumultuous relationship. He has not been there for our two children and did not even want the second. I have allowed him to do a lot of damage in our lives. He has several personality disorders and will not stay in treatment. There is also misuse of perscription drugs and so much more. Because all of his relationships are exploitative in nature, he has no qualms about going in and out of anyone's life if he needs something from them. I don't want this happening. I don't want to be looking over my shoulder wondering when he and his family or he and his new girlfriend will try to take my kids from me. They fight dirty and victimizing others is their method of uniting.

I think my husband would volunteerily terminate his parental rights, in order not to pay child support. A person from Legal Assistance told me that the state will not go for it because they want to get from him the $ they are paying in Medical. He has a lawyer. I can't afford one.

2006-07-04 21:48:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2006-07-04 21:46:40 · 4 answers · asked by ra 1 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-07-04 21:43:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

2006-07-04 21:34:12 · 9 answers · asked by blackcrow 1 in Politics

2006-07-04 21:30:27 · 11 answers · asked by dante_dmx7 1 in Military

Dudes, You are crazy. This is now a civilized nation. The worlds first democracy. We can only absorb so many people from all over the world. For people that think logically, they understand that a country can only take so many people at a time. But in our case, especially in the Los Angeles area that I live in, is literally being invaded. No joke. If you do not believe me, come visit me, I will show you the reprecussions of this invasion from Mexico. I love all people, but for the sake of the citizens of the United States, the tax payers, we need to stop the invasion. And if you want to hate on me for calling it an invasion, well quit being ignorant. the government says we have like twelve million illegals here, but its really like 19 million. People say we invaded iraq. We have like 300,000 troops there. nothing close to what is going on here.

2006-07-04 21:28:01 · 25 answers · asked by de rak 4 in Immigration

If Invading & Ruling another country is BAD, Then England holds No.1 position is the list of Bad Countries, Because they ruled so many countries in asia & africa, Isn't it?

2006-07-04 21:27:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

dont get me wrong i love america and i am very very proud to be american but there is always room for improvement what do you think would make america even greater pls no dumb bush hate slang Thanks

2006-07-04 21:25:41 · 14 answers · asked by freded_124 3 in Other - Politics & Government

I know about the corruption going on but why is the gap widening? I thought the free trade agreement was to help the mexican people in having more industry there. If we are so good at getting mixed up in human affairs all over the world, why aren't we just taking over Mexico and force the government to do something about the plight of their people. We do it everywhere else in the world. Is it because the have no oil? That can't be it because I heard they do. Or, is it because they have no nuclear program? If that's the case, it just goes to show that the government has other motives when saying it is doing it for the good of human interest.

2006-07-04 21:25:39 · 5 answers · asked by SonoranAngel 6 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-07-04 21:22:30 · 5 answers · asked by Raja 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

I know about the corruption going on but why is the gap widening? I thought the free trade agreement was to help the mexican people in having more industry there. If we are so good at getting mixed up in human affairs all over the world, why aren't we just taking over Mexico and force the government to do something about the plight of their people. We do it everywhere else in the world.

2006-07-04 21:22:04 · 3 answers · asked by SonoranAngel 6 in Other - Politics & Government

Amendment II.
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

From the United States Constitution

2006-07-04 21:17:59 · 12 answers · asked by James F 2 in Politics

2006-07-04 21:17:12 · 6 answers · asked by Mark 1 in Military

Do you think Aliens exist? If so do you think thay would treat us like an enemy or friend?

2006-07-04 21:14:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Instead of enjoying there independance like we do they turn it into a day to show the USA (who provides military safety to them at no charge) how they are ungrateful and cannot respect this nation. If it is a question about immigration, they need to respect that they are not the only immigrants and that the mexican flag isn't the flag to hold up when you are trying to become an American. Also boycotting? Are they trying to be free of thier dependance on the US for a day- so what; they all buy gass and food the day prior and the day following? Can't they do anything better than half-efforted.
I never disliked them until this last 1st of may with thier ugly disrespect for our nation. I will vote against them now and will not support mexican americans any more. Not employing them nor thier businesses.
I don't see the Japanese or Chinese boycotting this nation. Nor any other immigrants. Nor do I see them holding up another flag here. I thought this was America and we were Americans.

2006-07-04 21:14:39 · 17 answers · asked by sandpeople_1 2 in Immigration

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/070306.html

CIA: Osama Helped Bush in '04

By Robert Parry
July 4, 2006

On Oct. 29, 2004, just four days before the U.S. presidential election, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin-Laden released a videotape denouncing George W. Bush. Some Bush supporters quickly spun the diatribe as “Osama’s endorsement of John Kerry.” But behind the walls of the CIA, analysts had concluded the opposite: that bin-Laden was trying to help Bush gain a second term.

This stunning CIA disclosure is tucked away in a brief passage near the end of Ron Suskind’s The One Percent Doctrine, which draws heavily from CIA insiders. Suskind wrote that the CIA analysts based their troubling assessment on classified information, but the analysts still puzzled over exactly why bin-Laden wanted Bush to stay in office.

According to Suskind’s book, CIA analysts had spent years “parsing each expressed word of the al-Qaeda leader and his deputy, [Ayman] Zawahiri. What they’d learned over nearly a decade is that bin-Laden speaks onl

2006-07-04 21:11:11 · 17 answers · asked by MaSTeR 3 in Other - Politics & Government