Politics & Government - 18 September 2006

All the historically great political leaders seem to have first been great orators. Churchill, Lincoln, F. Roosevelt, Clinton, etc.

Any examples of great political leaders with the verbal acumen of, say, a George W. Bush?

2006-09-18 23:40:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

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To whom does the custody of an illegitimate child in Italy fall? The mother, father or is it joint?

2006-09-18 23:39:35 · 5 answers · asked by ladyluck 2 in Law & Ethics

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where can I get a wooden soapbox from?

Ideally somewhere in London

2006-09-18 23:39:08 · 5 answers · asked by Natalie B 1 in Other - Politics & Government

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Still think we can abstain from the war on terror?

This is a direct quote from the AP wire service;

"CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida in Iraq warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that its war against Christianity and the West will go on until Islam takes over the world, and Iran's supreme leader called for more protests over the pontiff's remarks on Islam."

Al-Qaida in Iraq? I thought everyone was saying the war on Iraq had nothing to do with 911 and Al-Qaida?

The war will go on until ISLAM TAKES OVER THE WORLD! What do you want to negotiate with now? Do you really think if we just bring all our troops home it will stop? They want to destroy Western and European civilzation. What do you think we should do? I am starting to believe that all out war is the only option we have. They are going to leave us no choice.

2006-09-18 23:35:51 · 16 answers · asked by mark g 6 in Politics

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Terrorism and the Pope?

Is the Pope right to use quotations that question the goals and methods of Islam, given the vast majority of terrorism is conducted by Muslims (Iraq, Afghanistan, Philippines, Indonesia, Israel, Sudan, Kenya, Morocco, Jordan, Malaysia, Spain, Britain, USA, Egypt, and so on)? Or is it simply coincidence that terrorism centres on Islamic states and Muslims? Is the line between moderate and extremist becoming finer or acts of terrorism too frequent to differentiate between the two, and what does this mean for Islamic communities residing in liberal multiethnic communities?

2006-09-18 23:35:48 · 20 answers · asked by AaronO 2 in Politics

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if anyone is illegal migrant and set up his huge business in uk,what he can do to stay here in favour of uk?

2006-09-18 23:30:50 · 20 answers · asked by mouhitmehta 1 in Immigration

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what do you mean by judicial power?

can you explain?

2006-09-18 23:30:30 · 3 answers · asked by baby mheL 1 in Other - Politics & Government

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Can being Buddhist protect my son from a draft?

Since my family and I don't believe in violence and are sworn not to do any harm to any living thing, does that protect my son from being drafted due to religious beliefs?

2006-09-18 23:28:07 · 16 answers · asked by mindrizzle 3 in Military

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Just out of curiosity...?

If you are anti-Bush, what made you that way. Be honest.

2006-09-18 23:25:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

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For or against Globalization and why?

2006-09-18 23:24:20 · 7 answers · asked by equilibrist 2 in Politics

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What do I need as far as a license to drive a motorscooter in Pennsylvania?

Because of the gas prices being so high, and my neighborhood is so small and kind of difficult for me to drive in a car, I was thinking of getting a motorscooter for errands, etc.

2006-09-18 23:23:39 · 1 answers · asked by mindrizzle 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

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Has George W. Bush damaged the reputation of the Ivy League?

Surely he proves that the right name and money can get you in to both Yale and Harvard.

But doesn't graduating someone as unqualified for a management job in janitorial supply - let alone the presidency - tarnish the image of such "elite" institutions?

2006-09-18 23:22:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

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Does America need a Center Party?

With the Republicans an utter failure and Democrats too tied to their own special interests, doesn't America need a truly pragmatic party.

Who could break away from the current parties to form this new entity? I see people such as McCain, Clinton, Powell, Richard Lugar, maybe Lieberman, etc. as possibilities.

2006-09-18 23:19:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

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R U AGREE that honest people opts decent n lucrative professions and leave politics for dishonest people?

Is it true that mostly intellignent and honest people opts for lucrative and decent job rather than politics and this gives the opportunity to dishonest and anti social People to take advantage of that and do the distructive work.

2006-09-18 23:13:14 · 15 answers · asked by true indian 1 in Politics

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does american people suspect Bush administration to be involved in 9/11?

On this planet, there's two opinions: those who thinks the medias of the world and the US government told the truth about 9/11 and those who don't.Then the ones considerate the other sas "paranoid" or "conspiracy theorician" and the other considerate the firsts as "naives" or "media worshippers".One thing is certain, we still don't know cause each time there is any proof for any opinion raising in any media, the opposite camp deny it...most of the time with another proof who'll be denied afterwards.
So being an european i wonder: what's the statistics for USA in that matter? is there a lot of american people who think that their president is able to provide such a lie? in the rest of the world i would estimate the proportion of 50-50% for each point of view.

2006-09-18 23:10:38 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

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Scottish Independence ?

Are there any scotsmen on line today, who would like separation from The United Kingdom ?
If so, why ?
Incidently, I am Scottish and have no problem remaining in the union.
In any case, how could all the infrastructure be unpicked ?

2006-09-18 23:06:45 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

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