Politics & Government - 13 September 2006

2006-09-13 09:08:52 · 22 answers · asked by I &hearts Yahoo 2 in Civic Participation

2006-09-13 09:06:46 · 12 answers · asked by dr b 2 in Law & Ethics

Should you not look at the other guy?What if he is braking on purpose and making rude gestures and such?

2006-09-13 09:02:48 · 14 answers · asked by John G 5 in Law Enforcement & Police

2006-09-13 09:00:20 · 34 answers · asked by Indiana Jonas 4 in Other - Politics & Government

this one is mainly for folks who have served or are currently serving in the army. (anyone is welcome to tell me about the areas where there are postings as well though, just wanted the perspective from someone through the services eyes). i'm joining soon, that's why i'm asking. i'd like to be stationed in italy, japan or germany. (and please for any wise-guy out there who thinks he's a genuis or thinks it would be clever to pop off and say something about the war you don't remind me and everyone else of what the entire world already knows it's not going to sound clever and no one will be impressed).

2006-09-13 08:58:22 · 16 answers · asked by vanessa w 5 in Military

A national retail chain issed store-credit, based on thier own company policy, on several dates. Then when the cards were used as tender for an oder the company denied the cards value. My question is, if the company issued these cards legitimately based upon thier own company policy, how can they deny the value of these cards after issuance?

2006-09-13 08:56:39 · 4 answers · asked by Scott :-) 1 in Law & Ethics

The judge of the Probate Court in New Jersery stated that money would be placed in the Mercer County Surrogates's office until a completed Refunding and release form was submitted to that office by me. The judge also stated that two other assets due to me were outstanding, but otherwise the estate would be closed. I need to have closure in this matter. Please help me with this concern.

2006-09-13 08:56:18 · 1 answers · asked by Crystal (Has a good answer) 3 in Embassies & Consulates

Can you name the camps

2006-09-13 08:56:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

‘An unimaginable loss of life’
By Bill Fletcher Jr.
-Guest Columnist-
Updated Sep 13, 2006, 11:18 am


Reconnecting the international struggles of Black people (FCN, 05-07-2006)
As the actual events and details surrounding the alleged terrorist plot to blow up commercial airliners unfold, the fear and foreboding that has lived within many of us since 9/11 resurfaced. Yet, in the initial announcement of the alleged plot, there was a reference by a British official that caught my attention. Describing the alleged plot, this official went on to say that the outcome of such bombings would be an “unimaginable loss of life.”
Let me be clear that, as far as I am concerned, any attack on non-combatants is criminal and should be condemned. Yet, in thinking about the comment by the British official, my first and continuing response was: Unimaginable to whom? The probable numbers of people who would have been killed might have gone as high as 15,000 (a very rough guess). In today’s world, 15,000 dead civilians is not an unimaginable figure unless, of course, one means 15,000 dead civilians from Western Europe, the United States or Canada.
I do not wish to be harsh or unsympathetic, but let’s count a few numbers and you tell me what conclusions you come to. Since 1997, approximately four million people have been killed as a result of the civil war (and foreign interventions) in the Congo. That comes down to approximately 444,000 per year or 37,000 per month or about 1,200 per day. I would call that figure unimaginable (even though it happened), or perhaps inconceivable in the sense that this Planet has permitted four million people to die with very little international attention.
Or a few miles to the north in the Sudan for over 20 years, more than two million people were killed in the north/south civil war that recently ended. In the Darfur region of the Sudan, over 400,000 people (not part of the two million) have died as a result of the fighting between rebels and government-backed militia, and this number starts around 2003.
Or, if we wish to be more modest, we can see the more than 1,000 Lebanese civilians killed as a result of Israel’s collective punishment of that country, a collective punishment that has specifically targeted civilians and civilian targets, this from an allegedly civilized nation.
Should I mention Iraq? More than 2,600 U.S. personnel dead and by most reports more than 100,000 Iraqis dead as a result of an illegal war (by the way, that is more than 30,000 dead per year or about 80 dead per day). This does not count the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who died as a result of the U.S./British sanctions against pre-war Iraq.
So, I found myself wondering about this term “unimaginable loss of life.” The potential tragedy of a terrorist attack on civilian aircraft would deserve condemnation should even one person die as a result. But telling us about an unimaginable loss of life when the government of Britain, let alone the United States, has been prepared to sit back and watch, or participate, in the massive loss of life in countries of the global South is nothing short of disingenuous.
This highlights the issue of the relative importance or unimportance of the lives of different peoples. Four million dead in the Congo is absolutely unimaginable. It is difficult to even count to four million sitting in the same place. It is unimaginable that so many people could lose their lives and yet the Congo has to fight to get the attention of major news media in Western Europe, the United States and Canada. Short of a titillating incident or an obvious and gross atrocity, the loss of 1,200 people per day does not seem to merit our consideration.
Perhaps, I have a different imagination?
(Bill Fletcher Jr. is a Washington, D.C.-based writer and activist involved with labor and international issues. A former president of TransAfrica Forum, he is now a visiting professor in Political Science at Brooklyn College-CUNY. He may be reached at papaq54@hotmail.com.)

2006-09-13 08:55:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

why do sex offenders have so many rights? And why can't there simply be a law in which the pedophiles are put to rest (executed) once it is a "fact" they have done what they are accused of doing? Our prisons would be less crowded, and our tax money could help people who actually deserve to be helped!
We put people in prison who "may" be guilty of fraud, or
who "might" have been involved in another lesser crime. It
doesn't make any sense that we turn around and "protect"
a pedophile as if he or she is special! Our government is
backward in it's laws and beliefs. Then they act "shocked
that a lot of potencially "good" people are breaking the law suddenly, or doing things they never did before? DUH!

2006-09-13 08:55:11 · 16 answers · asked by Republican!!! 5 in Law & Ethics

They keep saying that I can get free grant money but I have to give them a credit card, the number comes up as "Quebec Call" on my caller ID. And when the representative answer the phone they do not answer like a company would by introducing the company they represent or their name. They just say "HELLO!?" I know that this is a scam I told them stop calling my house and they still call..

2006-09-13 08:54:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

The judge of the Probate Court in New Jersery stated that money would be placed in the Mercer County Surrogates's office until a completed Refunding and release form was submitted to that office by me. The judge also stated that two other assets due to me were outstanding, but otherwise the estate would be closed. I need to have closure in this matter. Please help me with this concern.

2006-09-13 08:54:54 · 1 answers · asked by Crystal (Has a good answer) 3 in Law & Ethics

2006-09-13 08:53:28 · 18 answers · asked by antichrist brother555666 2 in Other - Politics & Government

Hello everyone,

Not to bore you but I'm writing several papers on the issue of capital punishment in America. I chose this topic because though I tend to think of myself anti-death penalty, I sometimes find myself questioning it. I figured by the time I'm done writing my papers I'll have a better idea of my viewpoint on this matter.

So, that being said, I was wondering what everyone else thinks about capital punishment.. Is it moral/just? Let me know what you think!

2006-09-13 08:50:28 · 22 answers · asked by brokemypace 1 in Politics

sending all our jobs over seas,people wake up what are we going to do?

2006-09-13 08:49:26 · 17 answers · asked by bones 2 in Law & Ethics

2006-09-13 08:48:57 · 50 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2006-09-13 08:48:49 · 15 answers · asked by WorldCitizen 1 in Other - Politics & Government

canada...i think about studying there....is it safe to live in.....newfoundland.... can i work a little work easily and how about the salary... what can i work and how much i'll be paid per hour.. i just need that work to cover the college fees-food-clothes-a little place to live in....

2006-09-13 08:48:27 · 4 answers · asked by E-Motion 1 in Other - Politics & Government

do they differ in foreign and internal policies?

2006-09-13 08:46:28 · 14 answers · asked by evelyn 3 in Politics

2006-09-13 08:45:50 · 5 answers · asked by mikeygonebad 2 in Government

It is not that George Bush Dosen't Like Black People Hed Just Dosen't Know About Them

See The Difference

2006-09-13 08:44:51 · 13 answers · asked by grab it now 2 in Government

EXCLUSIVE...9/11 Debate:

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See it Here: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/11/1345203

2006-09-13 08:44:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Why do they refer to what the republicans and in general the democrats as well consistently institute in economic policy as laissez-faire? They are attempting to get rid of any kind of regulation, and social services as well, including attempts to privatize social security, etc., but on the other side they keep instituting more and more corporate welfare? Tax cuts and favors, states bidding through lowering taxes to attract businesses, etc...

My question is how does this count as laissez-faire? How can they have it both ways? If it's laissez-faire, if it's about competition, why do they keep bailing corporations out when they bankrupt themselves? And how is deregulation involved in laissez-faire economics?

The closest thing to a completely laissez-faire economic system would be the bare minimum of patent/copyright law, the bare minimum of social services to the people, and absolutely no tax bidding/corporate welfare/government grants, etc., wouldn't it? And unrelated, they would

2006-09-13 08:40:42 · 4 answers · asked by Aleksandr 4 in Politics

2006-09-13 08:40:19 · 2 answers · asked by edubya 5 in Politics

So who's heir to that jumbo throne Rush once sat on?

2006-09-13 08:40:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-09-13 08:39:43 · 3 answers · asked by sam 2 in Law & Ethics

Let the drum roll.............The MOST STUPIDEST AWARD goes to the people who voted for Bush and still in denial and think that Bush is a good president!!!!!!???????

2006-09-13 08:39:02 · 17 answers · asked by Believe me 3 in Politics

2006-09-13 08:39:01 · 17 answers · asked by mutterhals 4 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-09-13 08:38:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

There have always been terrorists. The day will never come when some people don't resort to terrorism as a means of promoting their beliefs. Shouldn't the war be called the war against Muslim extremists? We are not targeting the IRA or the Tamils of Sri Lanka or the Basque separatists. We are very selective in which terrorists we go after. How will we ever know if we have won?

2006-09-13 08:37:06 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics