Politics & Government - 28 July 2006

illegal immigrants here?And that the chances that they ALL get deported are very,very slim.And that all of you who DEMAND that illegals are all deported are delusional?






just wondering......

2006-07-28 14:00:46 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

how come the coward NEOKON Bush was hiding in Alabama during the Vietnam War ? Did coward neokon Bush think that the Vietnamese were somehow going to attack the streets of Birmingham or Mobile and that he was going to protect the Gulf Of Mexico from the Vietnamese ? You neokons better turn off your Jerry Springer, sit up straight, and start answering my questions because I'm getting sick of your evasive answers.

2006-07-28 13:58:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I loaned my (really nice) flute to my (now) husband's friend in college for a woodwind class. I never see him, but I know he's a DJ in the area, so I know he's accessible. It's been almost 10 years and I want it back to teach and to give to my daughter. My brother in law has seen him since and reminded him and gave him our number, but nothing ever came of it. Should I hunt him down at a club or should I just file something in small claims court? Thanks!

2006-07-28 13:58:08 · 4 answers · asked by pagangirl26 2 in Law & Ethics

they retire with full pay , don't pay social security and they have health benefits.

2006-07-28 13:57:46 · 10 answers · asked by slingblade 2 in Government

2006-07-28 13:56:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

How come these coward Neokons and Neokonettes can find internet access and can find the Yahoo Answers website, but these same neocons can't find their phone and can't seem to call 1-800-GO-ARMY ?

if these big shot big talking neokons support the Iraq war so much, how come they don't join up ?

2006-07-28 13:55:58 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

Modern version:
Give me your tired, your poor,
(Sorry, that was a typing error. Only the rich and white allowed here.)

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
(Sorry, another typo. Sheriff Arpiao - the Poster boy of Fox News - will throw you in prison, but you can breathe freely in there)

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
(Sorry, another one. Who wrote this cr*p? What it means is that you are trash, and we have plenty!)

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
(ANOTHER ONE! What we meant was that we were going to toss the homeless out into the tempest)

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Sorry again. Lamp oil is too expensive. Damn Arabs!
So as you can see, the above is just a publicity stunt to make us feel good. F** off!

2006-07-28 13:54:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

a stuart 3 tank from WWII

2006-07-28 13:53:45 · 8 answers · asked by lacrossent 2 in Military

2006-07-28 13:48:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Why didn't they fight when they had the chance? Maybe it's not fighting they like so much. Maybe sending other people to fight is what they like so much.

2006-07-28 13:48:55 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

INCOME TAX

History and Purpose of the Amendment

The ratification of this Amendment was the direct consequence of the Court's decision in 1895 in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., 1 whereby the attempt of Congress the previous year to tax incomes uniformly throughout the United States 2 was held by a divided court to be unconstitutional. A tax on incomes derived from property, 3 the Court declared, was a ''direct tax'' which Congress under the terms of Article I, Sec. 2, and Sec. 9, could impose only by the rule of apportionment according to population, although scarcely fifteen years prior the Justices had unanimously sustained 4 the collection of a similar tax during the Civil War, 5 the only other occasion preceding the Sixteenth Amendment in which Congress had ventured to utilize this method of raising revenue. 6


During the interim between the Pollock decision in 1895 and the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913, the Court gave evidence of a greater awareness of the dangerous consequences to national solvency which that holding threatened, and partially circumvented the threat, either by taking refuge in redefinitions of ''direct tax'' or, and more especially, by emphasizing, virtually to the exclusion of the former, the history of excise taxation. Thus, in a series of cases, notably Nicol v. Ames, 7 Knowlton v. Moore, 8 and Patton v. Brady, 9 the Court held the following taxes to have been levied merely upon one of the ''incidents of ownership'' and hence to be excises: a tax which involved affixing revenue stamps to memoranda evidencing the sale of merchandise on commodity exchanges, an inheritance tax, and a war revenue tax upon tobacco on which the hitherto imposed excise tax had already been paid and which was held by the manufacturer for resale.


Because of such endeavors the Court thus found it possible to sustain a corporate income tax as an excise ''measured by income'' on the privilege of doing business in corporate form. 10 The adoption of the Sixteenth Amendment, however, put an end to speculation whether the Court, unaided by constitutional amendment, would persist along these lines of construction until it had reversed its holding in the Pollock case. Indeed, in its initial appraisal 11 of the Amendment it classified income taxes as being inherently ''indirect.'' ''[T]he command of the amendment that all income taxes shall not be subject to apportionment by a consideration of the sources from which the taxed income may be derived, forbids the application to such taxes of the rule applied in the Pollock case by which alone such taxes were removed from the great class of excises, duties, and imports subject to the rule of uniformity and were placed under the other or direct class.'' 12 ''[T]he Sixteenth Amendment conferred no new power of taxation but simply prohibited the previous complete and plenary power of income taxation possessed by Congress from the beginning from being taken out of the category of indirect taxation to which it inherently belonged.'' 13

Footnotes

2006-07-28 13:47:45 · 6 answers · asked by littleoldlady 1 in Government

I told my boss, "Imma go take a piss" and he said that he didn't like what I said and take the rest of the day off WITHOUT PAY! So can I sue for that day of work and maybe damages?

2006-07-28 13:47:29 · 12 answers · asked by SlapADog 4 in Law & Ethics

sounds like a waste of time in my life... even if i do believe in justice, but why take me away from my life when there's plenty of people who would love to take my place.

2006-07-28 13:46:21 · 12 answers · asked by v1c1ousv1c 1 in Civic Participation

JUST WONDERING

2006-07-28 13:45:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I know this will never fly in the U.S., but one can wonder. What if to vote in any election above the local level, one would have to have one of the following: 1) a Bachelor's degree, 2) an IQ in at least the 75th percentile of adults(extremely generous), 3) or the successful completion of an introductory class on government, politics, and political parties.

In addition, 1) real term limits would be instituted(no more 80 year old senators) and 2) the process for 3rd pary candidates would be simplified.

I honestly believe we would get a much better result than what we get now. What do you think? As Americans we love picking the best for our Olympic teams, elected representatives, etc. What would be wrong with being a little more selective in who decides our leadership?

2006-07-28 13:44:47 · 16 answers · asked by 7 3 in Civic Participation

Hey NEOKONS and NEOKONETTES, can you tell me why your NEOKON leader Bush.Co won't put his 2 kids on the front lines in Iraq ?

2006-07-28 13:44:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Typically, 5.56 or .223 caliber rifles are considered "OK" for SWAT entry weapons. Has the .308 or 7.62mm become "viable" for entry? Are there any particular bullet weights preferred?

2006-07-28 13:42:40 · 7 answers · asked by Mod5 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

I look forward to paying respect to the people of the USA when they elect a President that truly reflects the spirit of that great nation. Come on Yanks, you can do it. Insist upon it.

2006-07-28 13:42:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

The U.N. has exceptional world powers. It does over step them at time. Do you think the whole global community law enforcing U.N. is the first step or one of the final steps into one world government and do you agree with one world government?

2006-07-28 13:41:53 · 15 answers · asked by Jim P 2 in Government

Is that wrong and why?

2006-07-28 13:41:46 · 23 answers · asked by SlapADog 4 in Law & Ethics

Sports are great. Health is great. Entertainment is great. People all over the world are starving! How can we justify wasting billions of dollars on somthing that produces nothing when thousands of little kids will die TONIGHT because they can't get 25 cents worth of rice to eat???

2006-07-28 13:39:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

"this message is being recorded for quality purposes". Do you have the right to that recording if you need to prove something later on down the road?

2006-07-28 13:39:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Friday, July 28, 2006

Mel Gibson was arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in Malibu, Calif. early this morning for suspicion of DUI. Bail was set at $5,000.

He was pulled over for speeding in his 2006 Lexus as he was heading eastbound on the Pacific Coast Highway and a Breathalyzer test was administered. The arrest report lists the time of arrest as 2:36AM and the time booked as 4:06AM. Gibson was released at 9:45 a.m.

A spokesman for the Los Angeles Country Sheriff's Department told TMZ, "Mel Gibson was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. He was released later this morning. The investigation was still ongoing, just like it would be with any other person."

2006-07-28 13:38:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If you report illegals to the INS, what good does it do? They don't follow up on the reports and it seems that the illegals in our country are allowed to do whatever they want. If you invade someone's home and steal from them, you're charged with a felony and punished. Not these illegals. They push us out of jobs and better pay by undercutting us. That's stealing. So, what's the use? and is there any way to get our government and it's agencies to start doing their jobs so we can get this economy back on track?

2006-07-28 13:37:22 · 13 answers · asked by BigDaddySteven2006 5 in Immigration

That would be when you spread malicious or intentional lies about someone. That kind of behavior is NOT acceptable. A group of people was suspended from Yahoo Answers a couple months ago for doing exactly the same thing you're doing now. This is not a threat. This is a promise. Last time, I didn't even HAVE to report those people for it. I don't think I will have to this time either.
Let me explain this again, Sweet Heart. Sgt K is in the US. I am in Germany. Unless I've somehow perfected a way to be in two places at the same time, we are NOT the same person.
I don't NEED anyone to vindicate me for my point of view. I use facts, not opinions and suppositions, and I don't give a damn what anyone else thinks.
I hate to rant against you this way, but I figure since you have no contact info, this is the only other possibility.
This goes to everyone though: We need to avoid slander and libel. Those actions are HIGHLY unethical.

2006-07-28 13:36:12 · 5 answers · asked by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 in Other - Politics & Government

Hi,

I know this may sound like a silly question but I have never driven outside of my state.

I am a 100% U.S. citizen my girlfriend is an illegal alien. We are going to drive from Southern California to Arizona in August.

Will we have any problems at the state borders because she has no papers?

Thanks

-J

2006-07-28 13:35:43 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Law inforcement powerless. How do I know its not using infared and zooming in on my daughters window. I don't drink use drugs or anything illegal but how would you feel if someones recording you every time you bend over or scratch you butt.(sorry but we all do it). theres no way to block it, and cops say they could bust him if they find proof he using it in nasty ways but by then the damages is done. Plus stop and thik how you would feel with someone watching YOU 24/7.

2006-07-28 13:33:32 · 10 answers · asked by MINDNOVA 2 in Law & Ethics

Mine is when an alien I think was spitting on me and when I wiped it off he gave me some money and did it more. It was totally wild, I ended up with 50 bucks.

2006-07-28 13:33:09 · 9 answers · asked by SlapADog 4 in Embassies & Consulates

LA LE LU LEI LO

2006-07-28 13:31:17 · 11 answers · asked by ssj_jessy 1 in Government

Both have a wonderland ?? Both like to dress up in spandex and take little boys to their "Wonderland" and not want to let them leave.. Both of them sing.. Peter Pan has a fairy but is not one?

2006-07-28 13:30:33 · 7 answers · asked by confused1979 1 in Law Enforcement & Police