Politics & Government - 20 August 2006

The purpose of this knockout blow to the taxpayers was unclear.

Who will end up paying for the massive overruns, who will be accountable, and what will happen to the culprits?

Is the same thing about to happen in Seattle Washington?

2006-08-20 12:43:43 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I've posted about this before, but I need to find out accurate info from real cops/police officers.

A friend (over 18) has a joint credit card with her mom. She never used the card, except this once.

But before she could mail in the payment, her parents saw the transaction history online & threatened to send her to jail for using “their” card. So she got scared & lied. She said she never used it, that she didn’t even have the card anymore.

She's sent in the full payment, but she can’t tell that to her parents (since she denied using the card)

The facts are this:

1.) The credit card was/is a joint account, with 2 cards. 1 card is in the name of my friend, the other card is in the name of her mom

2.) She’s made FULL payment for the item purchased

Now, if THE PARENTS (NOT the girl) report the card as stolen OR misused (fraudulent charges) can my friend be arrested and/or prosecuted for credit card fraud or theft??

2006-08-20 12:42:40 · 11 answers · asked by emily_pyles 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Do you think there has been any attempt to rig these machines?
We've all read the news reports about the public not being allowed to know how they work, no paper trail, etc. But is there a real risk here?

2006-08-20 12:41:26 · 23 answers · asked by eat 4 in Government

if u could pick one celb to be prez who would it be?

2006-08-20 12:41:13 · 12 answers · asked by yankee gal 2 in Government

2006-08-20 12:41:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I'm confused. Some people say that racial/gender profiling is racist/sexist, but other people say thats it's okay to use it. it seems like that would be judging someone and people say that judging is wrong. So what is it?

2006-08-20 12:40:31 · 14 answers · asked by Genny 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

september dates of importance to u.s. military

2006-08-20 12:40:11 · 3 answers · asked by SS 1 in Military

it was not my fault wires were peroded

2006-08-20 12:38:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

2006-08-20 12:38:20 · 7 answers · asked by tiffany_culver1 1 in Military

humanity rights and lives?

2006-08-20 12:37:59 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

The last time I served on a Jury, the Judge harped on endlessly on Jury Nullification.

He claimed to be God-Like [he really did] and said that the Jury was not allowed in HIS courtroom to nullify any laws as he[the Judge] chose to explain them.

He never did explain exactly whata Jury Nullification was.

So ........... what is it and is it legal in the State of Washington?

2006-08-20 12:36:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Based on a one-year in-depth study, a researcher estimates there are about 240,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders in the United States who have had an average of four victims each.

Deborah Schurman-Kauflin of the Violent Crimes Institute in Atlanta analyzed 1,500 cases from January 1999 through April 2006 that included serial rapes, serial murders, sexual homicides and child molestation committed by illegal immigrants.

She found that while the offenders were located in 36 states, most were in states with the highest numbers of illegal immigrants. California had the most offenders, followed by Texas, Arizona, New Jersey, New York and Florida.

2006-08-20 12:35:59 · 34 answers · asked by ibelieve 4 in Immigration

and it allowed anyone 18 and older to run for president, would you vote for someone that was 18? Why or why not?

2006-08-20 12:34:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-08-20 12:34:19 · 33 answers · asked by LaMariposa 4 in Politics

all you bleeding hart liberals keep bitching about raising the minimum wage, but how is 80 bucks more a week going to end poverty? you deny and economic damage from raising it, so why not raise it to 25$ an hour? i couldnt make it onb 7.50 with a family, but i think 25 would do the trick. what do you think?

2006-08-20 12:33:09 · 7 answers · asked by vituperative facetious wiseass 3 in Politics

Picking yourself will automatically disqualify you for Best Answer. And folks, try to be original here.

2006-08-20 12:32:14 · 12 answers · asked by I Know Nuttin 5 in Politics

Does anyone REMEMBER, why we are at war?? high blood pressure only gets you 2 points.

2006-08-20 12:30:31 · 31 answers · asked by iceberg 3 in Civic Participation

Was Ben Franklin a man of middle class values or did he just preach them?

2006-08-20 12:22:51 · 10 answers · asked by jimbo_franz 2 in Law & Ethics

2006-08-20 12:17:35 · 30 answers · asked by Ah Ha 3 in Politics

2006-08-20 12:16:11 · 20 answers · asked by and,or,nand,nor 6 in Politics

Say the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers pull a lot of fill dirt from the Appalachian, or Smokey or Rocky, mountain range to raise New Orleans above sea level, at least out of flood level. FIll is used for landscape adjustments constantly......

2006-08-20 12:15:49 · 7 answers · asked by wallyoober 1 in Civic Participation

I have a belt with the anarchy symbol and my mom wont let me where it! I love it to death though! She says it will give me a bad name! Im my own person so dont i have freedom of speech?

2006-08-20 12:14:11 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2006-08-20 12:11:59 · 91 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Not that the majority of people necessarily espouse their views, but as a protest vote to this governments inability to curb militant islam on our shores, and its ineffective immigration control?

2006-08-20 12:11:23 · 30 answers · asked by Allasse 5 in Government

Don't worry, I'm about to run out of these.
I was just wondering if we should revisit the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine in regards to Mexico. Teddy Roosevelt claimed that the United States had the right to intervene itself in the domestic affairs of its neighbors "if those neighbors proved unable to protect U.S. investments in the region on their own".

So my question is this: Do you think the Mexican government is protecting U.S. investments?

Or has the time come to lead a charge up San Juan Hill?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Corollary_to_the_Monroe_Doctrine

2006-08-20 12:11:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2006-08-20 12:10:05 · 3 answers · asked by ne.jonese352 1 in Military

2006-08-20 12:08:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

House keeper, janitoral, cook, diswasher, picking produce, cleaning bathroom, cleaning windows, ...come on !!!! white pride! Wich spot do you want to take instead of Juan, Francisco, Jose, Guadalupe,,,,answer ignorant pig!!!!!

2006-08-20 12:07:06 · 20 answers · asked by German R 3 in Immigration

I personally think he's the worst president we've had in a long long time. He's both a liar and a war criminal. I'm glad I never voted for him.

2006-08-20 12:05:36 · 8 answers · asked by HULK RULES!! 7 in Government

Peace and Love

2006-08-20 12:05:27 · 12 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Military