Politics & Government - 15 August 2006

add on; is it the job of the United States to resolve a 3 way civil struggle in another country- and if so, how and who (which side) do we defend?

2006-08-15 10:40:23 · 11 answers · asked by omnimog 4 in Politics

Why is that county cops have the biggest attitudes? They have a less stressful beat than a city cop but they act like cock of the walk. Especially where I live where its almost 0 crime and they have a worse attitude than a cop on the his beat in south central. They get paid like $50k a year to do almost nothing cept ride around giving tickets.

2006-08-15 10:39:14 · 7 answers · asked by ? 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

2006-08-15 10:38:12 · 15 answers · asked by carl z 1 in Law & Ethics

Can you join the army or navy when your 17? in summer 07' i will be going from junior to senior year in high school, and i was wondering if i could go to BCT(basic combat training) in the summer and finish high school in the fall?

2006-08-15 10:37:58 · 26 answers · asked by vanek26raider 1 in Military

It is common sense, but now backed by census data that earlier, smaller waves of immigration stayed in 'gateway' states, and now are going to the interior. Since the border is a federal issue, acute discomfort in a few border states would not change national law. Now that more of the country sees the issue first hand, do you think it will impact November's election, and our eventual law?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2006-08-15-census-immigrants_x.htm?csp=34

2006-08-15 10:35:11 · 10 answers · asked by DAR 7 in Immigration

2006-08-15 10:34:39 · 13 answers · asked by VALADEZONE 1 in Military

if he was looking to bust a cocaine or pot dealer, can he legally do cocainer and smoke pot

2006-08-15 10:33:33 · 12 answers · asked by moefan 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

2006-08-15 10:32:57 · 17 answers · asked by carl z 1 in Law & Ethics

Unfortunately, if you dare to argue any of the many valid reasons against illegal immigration and amnesty, you will be called names and faced with a myriad of nonsensical excuses (from the pro-illegal alien crowd and their lobbyists):
Tradition:
MYTH: As George Bush said: "We are a land of immigrants". We can not pull up the drawbridge now, unless we dismantle the Statue of Liberty. Otherwise, we are all hypocrites.
TRUTH: This is a common ploy. Yes, we are a land of immigrants. Mostly legal. We are enriched by legal immigration; not by massive, uncontrolled, illegal immigration.

Economics:
MYTH: The U.S. will crumble without illegal aliens. We need immigrants to pay the Social Security of the Baby Boomers when they begin to retire. Immigrants do jobs citizens won’t do. Who would pick our produce? Who would make the beds and wash the dishes?
TRUTH: This is a common myth, since illegal aliens are costing U.S. tax payers a net loss of at least $70 billion per year. $70 billion will pick a lot of vegetables and fruit, eh?

Humanitarianism:
MYTH: You are selfish to put the needs of poor citizens ahead of more desperate people in other nations, by denying them entry into our country. The U.S. is obligated to share with others. Large-scale immigration is a significant way for the U.S. to help the impoverished people of the world.
TRUTH: It is also selfish to forget to show compassion for your fellow citizens that go without because illegal aliens have stolen from and burdened our welfare, Medicaid, education, healthcare, hospital, E.R., Medicare, Social Security, law enforcement, prison, insurance, and voting systems.

Diversity:
MYTH: Increasing diversity through immigration is necessary to be true to our civil rights principles. Opposition to illegal immigration is racist. We are obligated to accommodate millions of immigrants per year because our strength is our diversity; the diversity of immigrants made America great. And, Christopher Columbus was the first illegal alien, and we stole the land from the Indians.
TRUTH: That is the old stand-by. You are a racist. However, race has nothing to do with it since illegal aliens are of all races from all over the world. Diversity is good, but massive, uncontrolled, illegal immigration itself leads to racism due to chaos, societal disorder, resentments, and increased competition for a slice of a shrinking pie.

Irredentism:
MYTH: We have no right to secure U.S. borders, because U.S. borders are illegitimate to start with. The U.S. really belongs to the Indians and other neighboring nations, to start with.
TRUTH: This is another lame argument. If you want to use that logic, we should all give back all of our nations to the original inhabitants, or their ancestors. This lame argument is just one of many that demonstrate how weak all of the pro-illegal alien arguments are.

Cornucopianism:
MYTH: The free market and technology will save us. We are the land of plenty. Besides, we need illegal aliens to grow out of our massive debt problems. They will become new tax payers, and we can grow our way out of debt.
TRUTH: Even if that were true, does it justify using an under-paid underclass to remedy our debt problems? This simply does not make sense, since illegal aliens are costing U.S. taxpayers net losses of over $70 billion per year.

Globalism:
MYTH: We live in a global economy now, requiring new global solutions. Securing the U.S. borders is futile, since it is inadequate to deal with globalization.
TRUTH: With increasing competition abroad, growing corporatism and corpocrisy, an increasingly irresponsible, bought-and-paid-for, elitist government, we can not grow, tax, or immigrate enough to eliminate our fiscal problems.

Practicality:
MYTH: It is not possible to deport 12+ million illegal aliens.
TRUTH: There is no need to deport illegal aliens. We can help deport those that volunteer to be deported, but once the magnets are eliminated, illegal aliens will leave voluntarily

The proposals to provide a Guest Worker Program is essentially a ruse. It is essentially an Amnesty Program, since illegal aliens will be allowed to stay, ridiculously complex rules associated with the Guest Worker Program will increase law enforcement duties and tracking requirements, many times over, and those laws will be not be enforced any more than current laws. And massive deportation is not necessary either.

If the magnets that attract illegal aliens here are eliminated, illegal aliens will stop coming here, and many will leave voluntarily. Especially if we offer to pre-pay their transportation to return to their homeland, and provide a reasonable amount of money to help make their return trip home.

Some may say that is unfair. However, U.S. citizens are justified to also have compassion for their own citizens, first. For those U.S. citizens supporting amnesty and a repeat of the 1986 amnesty . . .

Where is the compassion for the victims of increased crime rates (Source: GAO-05-646R, based on a study group of 55,322 illegal aliens over a 57 year period; 29% of all incarcerated are illegal aliens) ?
Where is the compassion for U.S. citizens that go without healthcare and access to E.R.s because ERs and hospitals are over-flowing with illegal aliens (of which many don't pay)? Is this fair to U.S. tax payers ?
Where is the compassion for the truly needy U.S. citizens that can not get help because of limited resources and 32% of illegal aliens receiving welfare instead ?
Where is the outrage of the greedy employers of illegal aliens ?
Where is the compassion for the U.S. victims and survivors of crimes perpetrated by illegal aliens (29% of all prisoners are illegal aliens), and the crime rates are rising.
Where is the compassion for U.S. citizens who's lives have been changed forever by illegal aliens that spread disease ? One illegal alien in Santa Barbara, California infected 56 other people with tuberculosis as reported on April 24, 2004, by the Santa Barbara Press-News, "Anatomy of an Outbreak". Because illegal alien migration into the USA continues unabated for the past 20 years, we now have 16,000 new cases of incurable MDR tuberculosis in the past five years. We suffer 7,000 new cases of leprosy. We tolerate 100,000 new cases of hepatitis "A" in our society. Chagas Disease, which affects 14 million South Americans and kills 50,000 annually, streams across our borders as unchecked thousands enter our society illegally. If your child goes to public school, they could be exposed, as thousands already have been.
Where is the compassion for the U.S. tax payers that experience a net loss of about $70 billion per year due to all the numerous problems stemming from illegal aliens?

2006-08-15 10:31:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

How come no one brings up NAFTA on the immgration issue... if it worked MExicans would be staying home. Basically we send our jobs there, & then they still come here to work because the work conditions are terrible

2006-08-15 10:30:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Since Hezbollah and Lebanon are the poor victims due to the Israeli invasion and it was okay for them to launch 4,000 rockets at Israel, it would then be ok for the US to stop the invasion of millions of illegal immigrants from mexico by firing 150-200 rockets a day at them? thousands of murders, assaults, and rapes have occurred in the US throughout the last 25 yrs committed by illegal immigrants? self defense?

2006-08-15 10:26:49 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-08-15 10:26:48 · 6 answers · asked by ric w 1 in Civic Participation

2006-08-15 10:26:18 · 11 answers · asked by Peter I 1 in Government

Basically, I allready believe the answer to this is yes, but, I will explain why I believe this is so.

#1 Until America invaded Iraq, North Korea was not using its nuclear fission reactor. During our invasion, they reactivated the reactor and it became obvious they intended to develop nukes.
Stupid Bush, rather than do something about NK and Iran decided to follow through with a costly waste of war against Iraq.

#2 Saddam Hussein WAS NOT A THREAT AGAINST AMERICA.
Saddam could talk all the sh!t he wanted to about destroying America and Israel but he had NO MONEY.
The economic sanctions levied against Iraq by Bush#1 and Clinton
basically crippled Iraq. Powell, Rice, and all the non-neo cons in the government agreed on this and can be QUOTED as saying this.

#3 hindsight - Iraq had no WMD - another Bush Lie

NOTE - I don't consider any of you Southwestern American trailer owners or you neo-con warhawks living below the poverty line for Best answer - so you can move on.

2006-08-15 10:26:13 · 19 answers · asked by ? 1 in Politics

i'm 17 and i am looking for summer 07' job overseas somewhere like (italy, costa rica, england, france, monaco,australia, european countries, 1st world countries etc..). I looked at resorts, hotels, but i couldn't find any results. where should i look for summer employment? i am willing to do most things, especially something recreational. i only speak english with little spanish, french, and sloevene.i also looked at cruise ships but they wont hire minors. i am also looking at jobs in hawaii. please someone help me.

2006-08-15 10:25:58 · 4 answers · asked by vanek26raider 1 in Civic Participation

Or anywhere else out of the USA?

Why or why not? IF (and I do mean IF) a Democrat (I hope not) gets voted in during the 2008 elections, will YOU move if things don't go in a way you disagree with?

If the answer to the first question was yes (dissentors/complainers should move) but the answer to the second question is no (no, you won't move if you begin to disagree), please explain why those who disagree with YOU should stop fighting and move but you shouldn't have to move when you fight for what you believe.

Real answers as best you can.

Please, I can't stand the whole Democrat/Republican bashing crap. But I have been called a whiny liberal for disagreeing and told to move because I don't agree with the direction this country is going (true conservatives don't).

I want to know why I am being told to move when voicing an opinion but the same people didn't move when they were whining about the liberals.

2006-08-15 10:24:43 · 35 answers · asked by DEP 3 in Politics

2006-08-15 10:23:41 · 19 answers · asked by wickedlysplit 1 in Military

2006-08-15 10:23:01 · 10 answers · asked by MICK M 1 in Politics

Utah DOES give illegals licenses. I had a meeting with the Attorney General, Mark "MINDLESS" Shurtleff, he supported the bill which did pass and does give illegals drivers licenses.

As for the idiots who think we owe the world, get out of my country.

As for the idiots who think they can equate illegal criminal behavior to ANYTHING comproble concerning our citizens, your apples v oranges is such a lame, pathetic argument.

As for the idiots who think the border doesn't exist and illegals have a right to be here, I'll bet you have an illegal hiding somewhere in your life.

This is America. It belongs to Americans. WE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECIDE.

As for illegals, get out of my country. Go now while you can gather your belongings because ICE probably won't let you take the 1990 Cadillac with you.....

2006-08-15 10:23:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2006-08-15 10:20:45 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

If so, then when did this practice end? Today, the VP is elected as the Presidential running mate.

2006-08-15 10:20:32 · 9 answers · asked by arizona wolfman 5 in Government

2006-08-15 10:16:52 · 29 answers · asked by soar 3 in Immigration

The rest of the mongrel world will bow before the visions of Adolph Hitler and The Fourth Reich

2006-08-15 10:16:47 · 31 answers · asked by Nacho Libre 2 in Immigration

I would just like to hear different peoples opinions on whether the means justify the ends and under what circumstances should extreme measures be taken to protect a way of life?

2006-08-15 10:14:22 · 9 answers · asked by jbbrant1 4 in Government

We are enriched by legal immigration.
Not by uncontrolled, massive, illegal immigration, because it creates chaos and societal disorder.

Illegal immigration is not an issue about race, color, ethnicity, class, or nationality, since illegal aliens are of many races from many nations.

Those trying to make a race, color, ethnicity, class, or nationality issue of it do so because all of their arguments are weak and unsustainable excuses.

There are many valid issues.

Crime is a serious issue (see more about that below).
But, crime is only part of the many issues costing U.S. tax payers a net loss of $70 billion per year:

burden on education systems;

burden on healthcare systems;

burden on hospital systems; 84 hospitals closed/closing in California;

burden on welfare systems; over 32% of illegal aliens collect welfare

burden on Medicaid system;

burden on Social Security and Medicare systems;

burden on border patrol systems; ever increasing numbers are needed;

burden on insurance systems; illegal aliens can/will not pay for damages they cause;

burden on law enforcement systems; costing California billions per year;

burden on prison systems; 29% of state and federal prisoners (Sep-2004) are illegal aliens;

2.3 million displaced American workers; partly because half of all illegal aliens that don't pay taxes, and greedy employers that don't pay unemployment taxes, Social Security, Medicare taxes, etc.;

voter fraud; burden on voting systems;


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BORDER SECURITY:

The U.S. can and should secure the borders and coasts, because national security and defense is the basic purpose of the military. Securing our borders, the right of any sovereign nation, is not isolationism or xenophobia. It is simply national security and defense. Also, it can be done quite easily at a cost of about $8 billion initially, and about $10 billion annually for over 153,000 border patrol (three shifts of 51,000). $10 billion per year is minuscule compared to the $70 billion in annual net losses due to illegal aliens burdening our education, healthcare, hospital, ER, welfare, Medicaid, Social Security, Medicare, border patrol, insurance, law enforcement, prison, and voting systems.
$10 billion per year is less than the $10.5 billion in annual losses for California alone, due to illegal aliens.

2006-08-15 10:13:16 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Apparently, women on welfare having too many babies would be forced to be sterilized. Does anyone know anything about this? If it's true, which congressman is proposing this?

2006-08-15 10:12:02 · 6 answers · asked by dramachick1602 1 in Law & Ethics

Looking for the specific text that refers to "active" duty reservists and National Guard personnel having their civilian employment protected while addressing emergency deployments, etc.

2006-08-15 10:12:00 · 3 answers · asked by crvxinvestigator 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

US got france into the picture b4 they involved other G8 countries

2006-08-15 10:09:50 · 13 answers · asked by chuks 2 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-08-15 10:09:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

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2006-08-15 10:05:26 · 10 answers · asked by itsallover 5 in Politics