Politics & Government - 16 July 2006

2006-07-16 07:44:31 · 23 answers · asked by Robyn in the Hoode 2 in Other - Politics & Government

look i am a non biased non-american....answer with reason...not anger

2006-07-16 07:44:28 · 8 answers · asked by tom 1 in Politics

To me they are:Live,Learn,Love and Laugh

2006-07-16 07:43:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Conference

2006-07-16 07:43:08 · 10 answers · asked by . 4 in Other - Politics & Government

Here are my beliefs:

I believe religion is nothing more than a tool. Maybe I'm spiritual but I'm not a Christian.
I'm Pro-Choice.
I'm for gun registration and I love to hunt
I think we should kick the sh.it out of the Islamic radicals but don't trust the real reasons we're in Iraq. Afghanistan is OK.
Gay marriage makes my skin crawl but I don't hate queers.
Death penalty is good and should be used more.
I will quit paying taxes if reparations for former slaves are ever approved.
Clinton was a criminal and Bush is criminally stupid.

To whatever party is recommended the most, I will donate $100 to re-elect the reps of that party.

2006-07-16 07:40:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-07-16 07:39:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

How are they going to explain that?

Here's how the current conflict actually began:-
"basically the current stage of what's going on -- there's a lot more -- begins with the Hamas election, back the end of January. Israel and the United States at once announced that they were going to punish the people of Palestine for voting the wrong way in a free election. And the punishment has been severe.

At the same time, it's partly in Gaza, and sort of hidden in a way, but even more extreme in the West Bank, where Olmert announced his annexation program, what’s euphemistically called “convergence” and described here often as a “withdrawal,” but in fact it’s a formalization of the program of annexing the valuable lands, most of the resources, including water, of the West Bank and cantonizing the rest and imprisoning it, since he also announced that Israel would take over the Jordan Valley. Well, that proceeds without extreme violence or nothing much said about it.

Gaza, itself, the latest phase, began on June 24. It was when Israel abducted two Gaza civilians, a doctor and his brother. We don't know their names. You don’t know the names of victims. They were taken to Israel, presumably, and nobody knows their fate. The next day, something happened, which we do know about, a lot. Militants in Gaza, probably Islamic Jihad, abducted an Israeli soldier across the border. That’s Corporal Gilad Shalit. And that's well known; first abduction is not. Then followed the escalation of Israeli attacks on Gaza, which I don’t have to repeat. It’s reported on adequately.

The next stage was Hezbollah's abduction of two Israeli soldiers, they say on the border. Their official reason for this is that they are aiming for prisoner release. There are a few, nobody knows how many. Officially, there are three Lebanese prisoners in Israel. There's allegedly a couple hundred people missing. Who knows where they are?

But the real reason, I think it's generally agreed by analysts, is that -- I’ll read from the Financial Times, which happens to be right in front of me. “The timing and scale of its attack suggest it was partly intended to reduce the pressure on Palestinians by forcing Israel to fight on two fronts simultaneously.” David Hearst, who knows this area well, describes it, I think this morning, as a display of solidarity with suffering people, the clinching impulse."
Professor Noam Chomsky(Jewish) - Democracy now! interview 7/14/06

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/14/146258

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http://www.chomskytorrents.org/DownloadTorrent.php?TorrentID=1531

When the American people stop their government from sending $90 Billion of their taxes to Israel to support their barbaric acts then the fighting will stop.

http://www.vestedowl.com/counterpoint_results.htm

And also when the American people stop their governments from vetoing any chance of a peaceful settlement, then maybe there will be an agreement.

http://www.action-for-un-renewal.org.uk/pages/isreal_un_resolutions.htm

2006-07-16 07:37:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Not all South Africans are Black. Most of them are but there are still a small amount of white South Africans left. The crime rate is really, REALLY high and I wanna get outta here!(Lions don't walk around wild here, only carjackers). Please keep your insults to yourselves.

2006-07-16 07:36:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

...on some issues such as abortion, welfare. orgun ownership the constution is a living document open to interpretation. While on others such as Spying on Al Queda, it must be taken literally?

2006-07-16 07:36:18 · 5 answers · asked by cashcobra_99 5 in Law & Ethics

2006-07-16 07:34:50 · 2 answers · asked by mason x 4 in Politics

2006-07-16 07:33:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-07-16 07:32:33 · 8 answers · asked by tom 1 in Politics

There's been talk about getting rid of the penny from American currency and rounding off to the nearest nickle when giving change. How do you feel about it?

2006-07-16 07:28:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2006-07-16 07:28:40 · 10 answers · asked by turtle 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

Or would you not vote (but remember not voting may help Bush/Satan/Jackson win).

2006-07-16 07:28:38 · 31 answers · asked by Agenda Dog 2 in Other - Politics & Government

Ok, I'd like to get people's opinions and justifications here. I have been hearing some people continue to say that war is never, ever the answer, and that these countries should talk it out. My theory is that these positions are more utopian than practical, but I would like to hear the justifications. The fact is, how I see it, if Israel sat back and let Lebanon and other terrorist-based countries walk all over it, Israel would not exist today. They would have been trounced soon after they were formed after WWII. Israel's enemies show absolutely no desire for diplomacy, they want 1 thing and 1 thing only: To obliterate Israel off of the map. Let's be practical here. Diplomacy has been tried again and again, it doesn't work with these people, so should Israel just roll over and play dead then ??

2006-07-16 07:28:22 · 10 answers · asked by duffman071 4 in Politics

2006-07-16 07:27:46 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2006-07-16 07:26:59 · 9 answers · asked by ? 6 in Government

I will not say every last illegal alien in America is here to rape our country, but the majority is doing exctly that. I can't believe there is even a debate! They don't want to assimmilate, they fly their rag, the crime, the abuse of benefits, and on and on and on. The Mexicans have turned this into a race war. If your illegal just leave before you really piss us off! Americans hve tried to look the other way so you could make a few bucks but you had to get greedy and blow it for yourselves. Youve worn out your welcome. If I were you I would be planning my trip back home before the Government makes a plan for you! It won't be long and youre outta here. The Government is giving you false hope of amnesty because the people will not allow you to stay GET IT?

2006-07-16 07:26:41 · 15 answers · asked by tripledigit67 3 in Immigration

or do they hate americans

2006-07-16 07:21:06 · 12 answers · asked by cheeseisgoodstuff 2 in Other - Politics & Government

we have given rise to each one of the terrorist groups in the middle east at one time or another we trained them armed them and controled them and now we abandoned them so they have every right to attack us .BUT you will still blame your failed polices on them and not your own self intrest's which have backfired on you .peacefull liberals would never support the arming of one group to supress another regardless of the motives .TAKE responcibility for the mess you made .STOP using american troops for this and go do it your self .ALL off you who have made millions arming and getting the benefits of back door deals to get oil at a set price regardless of the market rate .YOU guy's destabilized the region to pit one group against another for deals for set oil prices below world market prices .NOW pay the price and own up to your mistakes and quit letting all of america take the blame for what you have done .

2006-07-16 07:17:47 · 14 answers · asked by playtoofast 6 in Politics

Bomber kills 26 at cafe in northern Iraq
AP - 10 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a cafe in northern Iraq popular with Shiites, killing 26 people, an Iraqi general said Sunday. Earlier, six of more than 30 people seized at an Iraqi Olympic Committee meeting were released in Baghdad, while a British soldier was killed during a raid in southern Iraq. It was noted the U.S. Military kept their distance due to the troops admitting the war in Iraq is not worth their deaths.

2006-07-16 07:17:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

The usual argument against it is that it would violate freedom of speech, but IMHO it goes much deeper than that. Burning is the time-honored way of respectfully destroying a soiled or tattered flag (ask any Boy Scout), so the enforcement of this law would require a judgement of what the person was thinking when the act was performed. George Orwell coined the term "thoughtcrime" to describe this, and it was one of the most terrifying aspects of the totalitarian govenment in his famous novel 1984 (a book that should be required reading for all Americans). If we ever get to the point where we can be punished for even THINKING we disapprove of our government, we will have lost everything our forefathers fought to secure for us, and the flag will no longer have any meaning.

The flag is a symbol of our freedom, but the Constitution IS our freedom. Which would you rather preserve?

2006-07-16 07:16:13 · 11 answers · asked by ConcernedCitizen 7 in Government

2006-07-16 07:14:44 · 33 answers · asked by SADIE S 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

i do.i think as long as a marshal law government isn't in the picture, their should be an Army branch or Marine that just deals with gangs like the crips and blood and any other what do you think. and i give it like 3 days with full lock and load and there wouldn't be any gang in the US.

2006-07-16 07:14:22 · 14 answers · asked by SLICK77 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

Everyone seems to feel sorry for Hezbollah and not the Israelis.

2006-07-16 07:13:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

public opinion......
I get quite angry about this because so much of what the forces do out there for the people of Iraq is not reported, and the soldier's that are out there are not getting the support they should be getting. I feel that the media coverage is very biased with this and wonder what the soldier's actually feel like? I have a friend in the US army who came back from Iraq 7 month's back and will not watch any news reports from Iraq. Does the media ever change your opinion about Iraq? or do you get angry and upset? or just get on with it?

2006-07-16 07:11:49 · 12 answers · asked by Viv C 3 in Military

2006-07-16 07:11:36 · 2 answers · asked by Asra 2 in Civic Participation

Or Abu Ghraib?

2006-07-16 07:08:56 · 32 answers · asked by Agenda Dog 2 in Other - Politics & Government

IT seems israel is like a cry baby. They attack civilians in lebenese suburbs and destroy their homes and business.

Then israel crys when Lebenon hits their israeli cities. Almost like they are saying " We can hit you but you are not allowed to defend yourselves and attack us"

I guess israel bit more than it can handle.

2006-07-16 07:07:12 · 22 answers · asked by ast5792 1 in Politics