Politics & Government - 6 August 2006

2006-08-06 20:05:59 · 20 answers · asked by dewanatha 1 in Other - Politics & Government

The unemployment rate would be 7.0 percent if the same share of the population was employed today as at the beginning of the business cycle. The unemployment rate can drop for two reasons: because job growth is strong or because fewer people are looking for work. Unfortunately, the reason the unemployment rate has dropped to 4.9 percent is that Americans have been falling out of the labor market, not because a greater share of the population has a job. In March 2001, 64.3 percent of Americans 16 or older were employed. Had that number not dropped to 62.8 percent by December 2005, an additional there would have been an additional 3.5 million jobs and the unemployment rate would be 7.0 percent.

2006-08-06 20:05:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

isn´t it a racits topic??

2006-08-06 20:05:07 · 10 answers · asked by jolie 4 in Immigration

First off, no I'm not racist. But I was watching Wildest Police Videos and saw a group of Black cops beating a white guy with fists, feet, and baton. How come black guys get national media attention when this happens to them but when a white guy gets mauled by a group of black cops it's a joke? Just an observation.

2006-08-06 20:04:19 · 3 answers · asked by wudbiser 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

Aren't Republicans supposed to be helping Americans financially?

According to the data released annually by the Census Bureau, real median household incomes have fallen each year under President Bush. Since the year before Bush took office and the end of the last business cycle, real median household incomes fell $1,669 in 2004 dollars from $46,058 in 2000 to $44,389 in 2004 (the last year reported). Even since the recession ended in 2001, they have declined $673 from $45,062.
• The poverty rate has risen each year under President Bush, from 11.3 percent in 2000 to 11.7 percent in 2001 and then to 12.7 percent in 2004.

2006-08-06 20:04:08 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

...can minimize the civilian victims?

2006-08-06 20:03:26 · 6 answers · asked by Verdi 1 in Politics

2006-08-06 20:03:02 · 7 answers · asked by mailbox84819 1 in Immigration

just throwing that out there. feel free to post for either side.

2006-08-06 19:57:21 · 5 answers · asked by mppuzzo 1 in Politics

it was the funniest thing i seen i hope he makes more

2006-08-06 19:48:57 · 11 answers · asked by POR-FRY-CHICKEN 3 in Immigration

where can i get an online form?

2006-08-06 19:48:17 · 1 answers · asked by jpm5965 1 in Civic Participation

2006-08-06 19:47:35 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

An apartment manager asked me to pay $15 application fee and $20 for credit score check fee for wanting to lease the apartment. I paid. I was later told that all of the apartment units are full. Can I legally demand a refund of the fees. Sound like fraud to me.

Another example. I want to sell a very nice house for cheap, $50,000. But I charge people $10 for an "application fee." I quote on the application "while supply last." I don't have a house in the first place. Can I keep the $10 because I "processed" their applications.

2006-08-06 19:43:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2006-08-06 19:39:11 · 7 answers · asked by Alan G 3 in Civic Participation

We all know communism isn't a good government program, but why do we care what type of government other countries have, as long as they are not hostile towards us? It can't be because of humanitarian reasons; there are suffering people in many countries that I never hear about the government trying to help. So what is it about communism that scares us, as long as we don't do it here?

2006-08-06 19:39:08 · 14 answers · asked by advicemom 4 in Other - Politics & Government

When the main theme of the founding fathers was just such a fear? And history has proven time and again that your own government is the most dangerous entity in the world to your well-being as an individual?

2006-08-06 19:37:05 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I saw the news report saying that 50% of Americans still think Iraq had WMD even though there have been reports and checks saying none were found. What is going on? If none were found, where did they go? Or did they not have any to begin with?

2006-08-06 19:36:51 · 24 answers · asked by advicemom 4 in Other - Politics & Government

I was sitting on my porch with my puppy cocoa,and this lady approach me saying if i wanted to married her,she said,she would give me 1,000 dollars and i would have to live with her in her house for 5years,with her 38 kids,2cows,5chikens,3cats,
25 pounds of garbage,and eat burrito everyday.I was amazed at how honest she was,and since i am such a kind person, i told her i would think about it,it was only not to offend her. Is she trying to harm me?what should i do? she said she will come back tomorrow for a answer?

2006-08-06 19:35:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I went to court in april for eviction and after packing everything and moving it outside they told me to move it back in and not to worry about the rent they would take care of it. Since then no repairs have been done unless I did them and they have removed the power box from the AC unit. They know I am in the process of applying for disability and see doctors for this. I now have to have all my mail forwarded to my daughter's because they refuse to repair the mail boxes, that someone took all the locks off the backs, so the mail carrier will not deliver here. Is any of this legal?

2006-08-06 19:34:58 · 11 answers · asked by Jamie G 1 in Law & Ethics

tough as hell
1 day ago

the bush legacy?
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

· LAW ENFORCEMENT: I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been lost" and is not available.


MILITARY: I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.
COLLEGE: I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:

I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.
I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.
With the help of my father and our right-wing friends in the oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:

I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union.
During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.
I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history.
With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:

I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.
I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.
I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.
I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.
I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that figure has risen to over 3 million lost jobs by the end of 2003.
I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history.
My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President.
I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations.
My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. history, Enron.
My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.
I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.
I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history.
I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.
I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.
I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.
I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).
I set the record for fewest number of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.
I set the the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period.
After taking off the entire month of August, 2001, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history.
I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.
I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families -- in war time.
In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British friends.
I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.
I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.
I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice.
RECORDS AND REFERENCES:

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's library, sealed and unavailable for public view.
All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.

2006-08-06 19:34:05 · 13 answers · asked by tough as hell 3 in Government

Was it wrong or funny when he took them to INS?

2006-08-06 19:30:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

let me refresh your memory if you have forgotten this.http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00237 http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30755 http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/11/iraq.us/ Bill Clinton said on February 17th, 1998, "If Saddam rejects peace, and we have to use force, our purpose is clear: We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." http://www.opinioneditorials.com/guestcontributors/lbutler_20051115.html democrats do not care if they lie to the american people, as long as it hurts bush they will say anything. i don't understand how they get away with the things that they do. http://www.endtimeprophecy.org/Content/Articles/Articles-Echl/echln-12.html http://www.gfsnet.org/msweb/sixties/chappaquiddick.html

2006-08-06 19:28:47 · 3 answers · asked by onefatwhiteguy 2 in Politics

2006-08-06 19:25:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2006-08-06 19:24:42 · 23 answers · asked by K 1 in Military

In Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a far different vision. As mayor of Tehran in 2004, he spent millions on improvements to make the city more welcoming for the return of a Muslim messiah known as the Mahdi, according to a recent report by the American Foreign Policy Center, a nonpartisan think tank.

To the majority of Shiites, the Mahdi was the last of the prophet Muhammad's true heirs, his 12 righteous descendants chosen by God to lead the faithful.

Ahmadinejad hopes to welcome the Mahdi to Tehran within two years.

Conversely, some Jewish groups in Jerusalem hope to clear the path for their own messiah by rebuilding a temple on a site now occupied by one of Islam's holiest shrines.

Artisans have re-created priestly robes of white linen, gem-studded breastplates, silver trumpets and solid-gold menorahs to be used in the Holy Temple — along with two 6½-ton marble cornerstones for the building's foundation.

2006-08-06 19:24:34 · 7 answers · asked by Heroic Liberal 1 in Politics

The public defender sent me a letter to call him that I may have some information about the case. Can I ignore it. Will they subpoena me if I did not call him. I dont want to get involved and I have no information about the case.

2006-08-06 19:24:23 · 8 answers · asked by MICH l 1 in Law & Ethics

For example when people collect money for Lebonon as to aid them, does it really reach them like they write in newspapers

2006-08-06 19:24:06 · 6 answers · asked by what goes around comes around 3 in Government

La Raza has done this

2006-08-06 19:21:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Mailing (made up) proffesional looking letters, posing as a non copyrighted adult or other made up company to prank a buddy (who doesn't know its you or a prank)?

How much trouble?

2006-08-06 19:17:32 · 2 answers · asked by Scatman 5 in Law & Ethics

I need a place that'll sell military clothing etc. anything like that

2006-08-06 19:16:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2006-08-06 19:15:51 · 19 answers · asked by Pseudo Obscure 6 in Military