Politics & Government - 18 August 2006

I asked this question this morning - want to see what the "night crowd" thinks.

Independents - What do YOU stand for?
I know Republicans and Democrats have a platform whether we as members choose to agree or disagree.
REPUBLICANS
1. Smaller Government
2. Lower Taxes/fair taxation for all income groups
3. Family Values
DEMOCRATS
1. Gay Rights
2. Abortion
2. Welfare
Independents - What do you stand for?

2006-08-18 16:51:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-08-18 16:49:40 · 7 answers · asked by Ken 2 in Government

2006-08-18 16:49:31 · 17 answers · asked by Kikka 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

I think SHE will do a far better job than Mr.Bush -the dirtbag! at least she won't tap our calls or read our personal emails! Who knows may be the dirtbag is now reading this question that I have posted.

2006-08-18 16:45:58 · 54 answers · asked by rumman 2 in Politics

it seems like there is SO much opposition to Bush, I was too young to tell, but was it anywhere near like this when Clinton or Bush Sr was president?

2006-08-18 16:44:13 · 22 answers · asked by Travis 2 in Politics

I recently got charged with driving with suspended liscense. I didnt show up for court and im sure i have a warrant for my arrest right now. If i happen to get a job will they come pick me up at my job? Have any of you had that happen before? How long do they take to find you usually? About a year? Half a year? Anyone got any information? And dont tell me to go turn myself in i know im going to get stupid responses like that. I konw i should turn myself in, i dont need to hear it from anyone else.

2006-08-18 16:43:39 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

What is your opinion on illegal immigrates? Should they be allowed to stay and work here in the U.S.? Should we send them back home? What do u think about when u hear the words illegal immigrate? Should they have the same rights as anyone else? What if there parents or a relative got them to the U.S. illegally when they were 10yrs old or younger, should they be held accountable now for their parents or relatives action? What if the U.S.is the only home they know of? Do u think its fair how some illegal immigrates are currently being treated?

Your probably thinking why all these questions about illegal immigrates. I've been hearing and reading a lot about it, and since their is this i think town in PA and LI that wants to ban illegal immigrates altogether. From living in the town to working in the town. And i personally don't think its fair. Some illegal immigrates have families to support just like the next person. I just don't know what to think. I just feel bad for some of them.

2006-08-18 16:42:54 · 21 answers · asked by Baby T 3 in Immigration

lets take wwII...

2006-08-18 16:41:10 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

What's the score card?

2006-08-18 16:40:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

So can I get the Ore-Ida's out or the fridge and start serving up French Fries once again.

How about French Toast? Is that ok too or do we have to see if France will up their UN troop commitment to Lebanon to more than 200?
I'm so proud of our president I could just spit!

2006-08-18 16:37:48 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

i'm assuming they will summon you again, but what if you never show up?

2006-08-18 16:37:45 · 21 answers · asked by Dan S 2 in Law & Ethics

Are there any laws prohibiting owning peroperty in Newzealand by either India or Newxealand?

2006-08-18 16:35:40 · 2 answers · asked by helilife 1 in Immigration

My wife and I were denied her visa from the us embassy in Lima,Peru over a year ago. After sending back our documents to the California office for final disposition, and many months of Senator and lawyer inquiries they finally contacted us and gave us about one week to send documents on why they should not deny the case, so after I sent them over fifteen hundred pages of e-mails, yahoo and gmail messages, health insurance forms and other things proving our relationship they took just two weeks to approve us for the second time for our I130, and it is my understanding it now goes back to Lima again. My question is does anyone out there know what the next process will be? Will they just contact my wife and give her her visa, or does she and or we have to come there for yet another interview? Any help would be appreciated as they did not provide ANY info pertaining to this after approving us again

2006-08-18 16:32:50 · 2 answers · asked by allenstan@sbcglobal.net 1 in Immigration

2006-08-18 16:32:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://www.alternet.org/story/40318/

2006-08-18 16:30:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

For those who are interested, I asked a question on Yahoo! Mexico about why so many of them come illegally instead of legally. If your interested in seeing the answers you can go here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060818202126AAD4GfS

i guess you can discuss if you want here but I just though you guys would be interested in what they had to say.

2006-08-18 16:30:06 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

my husband is an army veteran of the iraqi war, why is it so hard for him to find a job? shouldn't he get the best job there is for risking his life. He was wounded over in iraq, what should he do?

2006-08-18 16:28:34 · 18 answers · asked by carissa t 2 in Military

Blind animus for President Bush is insufficient to explain liberals' refusal to acknowledge the reality of a cruel and imperialistic jihadist push worldwide. Nor is it simply liberals' unwillingness to work with Republicans and conservatives that render them incapable of serious and active participation in the War on Terror. It is that by so doing, liberals would be forced to upend the world view and social philosophies that have animated them since the early '60s.

2006-08-18 16:28:33 · 13 answers · asked by dwh320 2 in Politics

2006-08-18 16:27:31 · 20 answers · asked by Taylor M 2 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-08-18 16:27:20 · 6 answers · asked by ubi 1 in Government

you can't call me racist because unfortunately, its true a lot of the time. they come and speak spanish everywhere they go like theyre in little mexico. Isnt it time they realized what country theyre in? they shouldnt even be here in the first place, america is not a country that should have to give away everything good it has. and for those who say the economic benefits are a good reason to keep them....youre wrong. americans would take their jobs if they paid fair wages. america worked fine before this problem. im not against legal immigration. its unfair to every legal immigrant entering this country for an illegal to steal the right to live here. i have lots of hope america will elect politicians who know whats happening to the country and do something to stop it.

2006-08-18 16:27:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Willys cynical thought for the day;

In my web research, Declaration of Independence, etc., I have yet to find where the government says they'll be my freaking mommy! So you goddamn politicians stay the hell out of my life and pockets AZZHOLES!

The Nanny State (I got this in a Biker email rag)

Worrying about bacteria, New Jersey banned restaurants from serving eggs sunny side up. The ban has since been lifted. Some New Jersey localities have a ban on people pumping their own gasoline. Policemen issue citations for driving without a seatbelt. By law new cars must be equipped with air bags. Federal law mandates that all new toilets flush using a paltry 1.6 gallons of water. Georgia's governor mandates that classical music be given to all new mothers so as to aid infant IQ development. California, and others, has banned smoking in bars. Clinton wants a law passed banning smoking within 100 feet of a federal building. In parts of Ohio, children going trick-or-treating must obtain a special permit. These intrusions and more were recently revealed by television journalist John Stossel on ABC's 20/20. The stated motivation behind this gross intrusion and criminalization of private behavior is to protect us from making unwise choices.

John Stossel asked Ricardo Martinez, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), why can't people at least have air bag on/off switches. Martinez responded by saying that society makes decisions about what benefits most people, and most people benefit from air bags. Stossel interviewed Yale University's Professor Kelley D. Brownell, director of the Center for Eating & Weight Disorders who thinks Americans eat too many hamburgers and French fries. Professor Brownell wants government to tax fatty foods and those with little nutritional content and use the proceeds to subsidize fruits, vegetables and other nutritious foods. He's suggested that some of the tax proceeds be used to build bike and hiking trails.

I'm wondering just when Americans are going to decide that we've had enough government meddling in our lives. It is nobody's business whether I eat eggs sunny side up, drive without wearing seat belts, or pig out on hamburgers and French fries. I'd like someone to show me Congress's constitutional authority for government protecting me from making unwise choices. Those who believe government should be in the business of making us take care of ourselves, should tell us where does it all end? Should government decide what time we go to bed? After all sleep is vital to good health. Should government force us to exercise, read wholesome literature, and bathe regularly?

The people who advocate a nanny government (a better term is Nazi government) are cowards. You say, "What do you mean, William?" Take Kelley Brownell. If he doesn't want me to eat that Big Mac and French fries, let him walk up to my table and remove them from my plate. He wants no part of doing that because he doesn't want to meet his maker this year so he prefers using the brutal forces of government. "The rest is mine;

When I was young, bullies use to pick on me, take food off my lunch tray and otherwise harass me. That's until I followed the advice of my father who told me that if you let a bully get away with one thing, the next day it's going to be something else and the following day something else again. He told me that the bullying won't stop until I decide to stand up and fight. He said that even if I lose the fight, the next time I'm bullied, stand up and fight again. Let the bully know that when he bullies, win, lose or draw, he has a fight on his hands. Eventually he will stop. I think Americans should employ my Dad's advice. As long as we stand as lambs before the slaughter you can bet that there'll be no end to Congress's bureaucratic stooges bullying us.

This is still America, last I checked anyway, yes we have 'freedom' here but 'freedom' is, never was and never will be 'Free.' Those of us who like to eat hamburgers and greasy fries must take responsibility by a) walking around with a big butt b) doing exercise or c) (in my case) taking cholesterol lowering pills and *trying* to stay away from the greasy stuff.

If we don't want to wear seatbelts, or helmets, WE, not Congress, must pay in pain, time (in hospitals, rehabs w/e), or loss of body parts. I'm firmly convinced I would never have survived, some of, the accidents I was in had I been hog-tied to the seat. The insurance companies, and Medical providers, ALWAYS lobby for these laws but I haven't heard of a single case where after such a law was passed the insurance company says, "Oh with your 20 year perfect driving record (not mine) we've decided that your next ___ year's insurance is on us." Has a hospital ever said, "Now that our ER doctors and nurses won't have to be patching up all the accidents maybe we should offer breast enlargement at half price?" Now stop laughing and reread this paragraph in it, under sarcasm, is the point I'm trying to make. The answer to both is NO! And unless an insurance company or hospital administrator is reading this, and wants to prove me wrong, I don't think it ever will be!

The 'it's good for you' doesn't stop at the things listed above. What if a slimy politician took it in his, or her, head that tattooing is wrong? Or certain subjects can't be tattooed on anybody? Like large breasted blondes, skulls, flames, or spider webs? I hope I'm NOT giving them any ideas because I have all these. This can be taken as far as you want to go like; they pass a law that ONLY Army, Marine, Navy, Airforce w/e tattoos are kosher. Or just Democrat or Republican ink is allowed. How about the ONLY lower back, female, tattoo that will be allowed is a 'GodSmack Sun?' Okay tattooists stop salivating imagining how much business you'll get by people running out to get their favorite tattoo done. And remember the upswing will only last until enforcement duties are figured out, i.e., the local Police, County cops, State Police or help us all if the FBI gets the job. Actually help them I don't need any help!

And of course that's not the only thing 'good for you.' This has been tried but what if Congress actually passed a law banning Rock & Roll, Country, Blues, Rock-a-Billy or Rap music. Or what if they legislate pianos, Violins and Trumpets are the only acceptable instruments? No electric guitars, fiddles, Blues Harps or Saxophones? And of course subsidizing lessons is another way to do, almost, the same thing!

Americans are lucky the founding fathers came from Europe where Religion - a belief in their God - was considered 'good for you' so it was mandated in some places; which is where 'The First Amendment' came from. If European governments had mandated seatbelts on cable cars and horses, and or required at least 4 oz. of meat at dinner -- chicken, beef or fish -- there may have been another Bill of Rights. This one saying, something like, "Congress shall make no law requiring citizens to do anything somebody thinks will be good for them." Unless, of course, any of them made, or sold, seatbelts or had anything to do with producing, or selling, meat. In 1776 that was, almost, everybody. This was long before people either ate meat or were vegetarians. In fact getting enough to eat was more important than the cholesterol!" Now a few quotes;

"The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation. It is the prolonged sacrifice of the rights of some persons at the bidding and for the satisfaction of other persons. The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them." -- Auberon Herbert

"There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." -- Robert Heinlein

"The most basic question is not what is best but who shall decide what is best." -- Thomas Sowell

http://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblues/

2006-08-18 16:25:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2006-08-18 16:23:09 · 8 answers · asked by murphy 5 in Politics

I find this attitude irritating, and it exists both in and out of the gay community. There is nothing "female" about a gay man, no matter how feminine he may act. Gay men are all male, just as male as any straight guy. What do you think?

2006-08-18 16:22:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Since European Zionist Jews invaded internationally recognized Arab land in 1948, until today where Zionist Jews still illegally occupy internationally recognized Arab land violating UN resolutions 194, 237, 242, 446, and many more. The invading Israeli murder count of sovereign Arabs is;

War: invading Jews sovereign Arabs

1948 Arab-Israeli War 6,000 15,000

Thus the Zionist Jews who have illegally invaded and are illegally occupying Arab land, who have much larger bombs, have murdered nearly 8 times more Arabs. Yet the Zionist Jews hypocritically call the Arabs the terrorists, while the Zionist Jews terrorize their Arab neighbors with machine guns, tanks, apache helicopters, and war planes

the truth must be toled dont always believ the controled by jewish media
if u have a hart and soul u cant be with this www.fromisraeltolebanon.info/
http://www.halturnershow.com/israeliAtrocities.html

2006-08-18 16:21:48 · 21 answers · asked by Lady 1 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-08-18 16:20:24 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

Our Founding Fathers, however, called upon the Lord for His blessing upon our nation and repeatedly declared that morality and religion were essential to the survival of the republic.

2006-08-18 16:20:22 · 13 answers · asked by dwh320 2 in Government

about this page? and why?

http://www.angelfire.com/blog/illegalimmigrants/

2006-08-18 16:20:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2006-08-18 16:17:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Do you know that there is LIVE news footage taken by local media explaining that 3 bombs were discovered inside the Building that Did NOT explode? Do you realize that Tim McVie was set up to take the fall? Remember the "Middle Eastern Man" that was seen at the crime? Who was he? Do you know? I DO! Intelligent Responses Only Please!!

2006-08-18 16:17:27 · 6 answers · asked by Snowdog74 3 in Other - Politics & Government