Politics & Government - 19 July 2006

They hold up signs saying "thank god for ied's" and "thank god for 9/11". and others like "soldiers are fag$ and are going to hell". It personally makes me sick and makes me insanely furious....just wanting to hear others opinions.

2006-07-19 07:25:58 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

America is one of the worst of in the industrialised world for providing foreign aid RELATIVE TO WEALTH.

The link below gives the figures for aid as a PERCENTAGE OF GNP
http://www.godweb.org/stingy2.htm
(OECD figures)

If you include PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS the US only moves up to 15th in the ranking.

Although in purely numerical terms the total given by America may be high, should a millionaire give the same amount to charity as someone living under a bridge?

2006-07-19 07:24:14 · 15 answers · asked by RichardR 1 in Politics

So I've never been good at keeping up with current events, but lately i've been trying to stay informed. I read something on a website today about the U.S. evacuating U.S. citizens from Beirut because of the fighting going on with Israel. Now what I want to know is how this all got started..why is lebanon fighting with israel? I have no clue when this started or why. Can someone please give me the background info that i need to understand all this?

2006-07-19 07:23:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I read so many of the questions and answers from the Pro-crime crowd that says that illegals are NICE and NOT bothersome AND hard working.

Is it residency via popularitycontest?
should the LAW (there is that big nasty unrelenting word again!) be only applied to people that are not nice?

I am sure that there nice ans not nce people on both sides of the debate. I am equally sure that EVRYONE is not nice at times. Are they only to be caught and deported during their moments of not-niceness?
how abut we do this?
EVERYONE CLOSE THEIR EYEs!
put a bunch of crimes that exist (written on paper slips) in a hat and let NICE people pick a crime they can commit because it will be legal for them, because they are nice.
Let's give the not nice people the sme choices and then punish then because they are no nice.
OK?

Is that stupid?
Of course it is!
But that seems to be the idea and ideals on the pro-crime crowd.

I am sorry you got raped ma'am, but nuthin' we can do, you see, he is just so NICE!

2006-07-19 07:22:53 · 6 answers · asked by athorgarak 4 in Immigration

Bush and Cheney.....oil profiteering pirates??? It is obvious that our 'oilman whitehouse' is in league with oil rich nations to raise prices to a level they will never come back from just to pull in record breaking profits. And windfall profits is that their oil buddies are pulling in. Could this be a planned conspiracy to rape the American consumer a little more at the pump?


NEVER ALLOW OILMEN to occupy the white house ever again.

2006-07-19 07:22:20 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Ok this is the way that I see it. Both of your parents are born in another country but you are born here. This makes you 100% American of whatever ethnic origin your parents are.
Inspite of them both being born outside the US. First and foremost you are an American and your ethnicity second.

2006-07-19 07:21:11 · 13 answers · asked by ? 3 in Immigration

2006-07-19 07:20:32 · 9 answers · asked by ? 1 in Military

With Texas full of so many rednecks and twanging egotistical maniacs, why do US voters select their leaders from that US state? If the US makes it through the current disaster they got us into, I am outa here! And yes, good riddance!

2006-07-19 07:17:35 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Okay, I went to college in New York state and found out that if I went to a party and I got drunk and a willing and sober girl has sex with me and then wants to screw me over, I can be charged with rape. Let me make this clear, the way that the law is written if a substance is involved in either party, the guy could be considered to be a rapist.

HOW IS THAT FAIR?

2006-07-19 07:16:56 · 19 answers · asked by cj k 4 in Law & Ethics

2006-07-19 07:16:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

conservative fox news columnist o'reily was quoted as saying no wmds has been a bush embarassment. source: i heard it.

2006-07-19 07:15:56 · 13 answers · asked by david c 4 in Politics

Look at some of their responses on this site...the narcissistic philosophy of "I will get whatever I want from whomever I want using any means I want to do it"! These people are like the two year old who thinks everything belongs to them.....and if it doesn't, has a totally irrational and huge temper tantrum!

I think it's "TIME-OUT" time for the fit-throwers. May be they should spend their time-out in Mexico and just think about how rude they are to the American benefactors....

BTW, I think we should "choose" who we give "our" tax dollars too....and I think it's not to the illegals....

2006-07-19 07:15:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

by your own country during times of armed conflicts?

News reports that evacuation fees will be waived.

"Once U.S.-sponsored travel arrangements are in place, travelers will each be allowed only one small suitcase. ....."



http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/lebanon_update.html

2006-07-19 07:14:11 · 4 answers · asked by Pretty_Trini_Rican 5 in Other - Politics & Government

AAAAARRRRGHHH!! I SMELL LIBERALS

2006-07-19 07:13:48 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

do you think it is a step backwards in medical research? do you thinkg his reasonings justify his decision?

2006-07-19 07:13:29 · 11 answers · asked by lafftah 2 in Government

My boyfriend and I have been dating for six months, five of which we've been inseperable. I cry just thinking of him being gone or if he is away for more than two nights. How am I supposed to deal with a deployment of him going full time after his term is up?

2006-07-19 07:10:09 · 9 answers · asked by iman_tx22 1 in Military

when living in san diego, i visited a k mart store in chula vista,, and the store was a wreck,, clothes on the floor toys opened and not paid for food on the floor,this is a town the is 99 percent hispanic,, in la jolla where it is 99 percent white you dont see this,, how come,, is what we can expect from our immigrants,

2006-07-19 07:10:05 · 21 answers · asked by scottfamilytribe 3 in Immigration

Not only are police officers still using guns, but now they are putting 50,000 volts of electricity through people with tasers. Tasers are being used on citizens when guns would have never been used on people. Drunk people are getting tazed, senior citizens, and even children. Mostly for minor reasons. Tasers shoudl be banned. Here is a videoclip of a woman being tasered during a traffic stop.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/video/taser_video3a.html

2006-07-19 07:08:25 · 7 answers · asked by bgfhg g 1 in Politics

2006-07-19 07:07:18 · 16 answers · asked by david c 4 in Politics

2006-07-19 07:07:17 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-07-19 07:06:54 · 11 answers · asked by Perfect Specimen 2 in Politics

2006-07-19 07:05:33 · 2 answers · asked by eagleeye9311 1 in Law & Ethics

Who would object to having a legal Mexican as a neighbor? I ask this because I've noticed that right after you guys pull the "legality" card, you don't hesitate to call us Mexicans "beaners", "bean burritos", "berry pickers", "clown-car rider" and other idiotic terms. Does becoming legal strip a person of those definitions?

2006-07-19 07:05:14 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

A statement made by another contributor. My question is why is this allowed to occur unnoticed by the American public?

2006-07-19 07:04:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

This isn't a loaded question like the last one about this topic; I'm not waving a rallying flag for either the left or right to just bash.

It seems to me the left is always calling the right 'nazis' and the right is always calling the left 'nazis'.

So it occurs to me that biased idiots exist on both sides of the spectrum; either they are ignorant or they don't even really know what the nazis were about- or what it means to be right or left wing.

Please do not mention socialism if you do not understand the fundamental difference between libertarian socialism and totalitarian socialism; you would just be wasting my time.

Why do you think that the Nazis represented whichever vein of these two polarities you think they are closer to? Citing policies means very little as policies of today and yesterday are governed by different circumstances.

I'm speaking of the actual international concepts of right and left wing ideals; not your own countries political parties.

2006-07-19 07:04:29 · 8 answers · asked by sleepingtao 2 in Other - Politics & Government

When people are here in the United States. They Scream and hollar I'm Mexican , I'm Philippine, I'm Puerto Rican etc etc and how much pride they have.

But when they go to a foreign country and stuff happens they whip out that passport and scream I'm an American get me the hell out of here? Why it when their butts are on the line they suddenly became a proud American but on their home soil they're anything but a Proud American?

2006-07-19 07:03:19 · 14 answers · asked by ? 3 in Immigration

2006-07-19 07:01:58 · 21 answers · asked by Fishlova 2 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-07-19 07:01:30 · 14 answers · asked by anonymous 2 in Politics

What happened was the car stopped at a 2-way stop then went thinking it was a 4-way stop, and a motorcycle hit the side of the car and the 80 year old driver of the motorcycle died. No alcohol or drugs were involved. But it was the car drivers fault. What does the 17 year old car driver face?

2006-07-19 06:59:45 · 12 answers · asked by guyguy54321 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

And was (removed) send back to their birth country what procedure did you take to get the visa back or get another one.

2006-07-19 06:57:21 · 2 answers · asked by SHEILA 1 in Embassies & Consulates