Politics & Government - 21 September 2006

2006-09-21 09:32:59 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Embassies & Consulates

As Holocaust denial is penalised, should the denial of man-made Global Warming be penalised as well? Is it necessary a strong action to stop the damaging influence of this denial in policy-making and public opinion?

Very interesting articles that explain the distorsion of overwhelming scientific evidence by ExxonMobile and its funded institutions as well as the position of scientists on Global Warming:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,,1876539,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1875587,00.html

2006-09-21 09:30:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Reading _Darwin Awards 3_ and hit on confirmed case (p. 37) of a man who was killed by falling tree limb. (Per report, had hiked several miles into HI ranch at night, cut branch of valuable koa hardwood tree RIGHT OVER his head, and....Corpse reported found still in tree, 20 feet above ground, and Honolulu Star-Bulletin 18 Feb 2002 is source).

2006-09-21 09:29:51 · 5 answers · asked by samiracat 5 in Law & Ethics

2006-09-21 09:29:42 · 4 answers · asked by HEY boo boo 6 in Politics

Should we have "Attacked" Catholics everytime an I.R.A bomb went off?

2006-09-21 09:29:26 · 22 answers · asked by Cyrano de Bergerac 2 in Law & Ethics

Al Gore is not a leader, in the American way of life. He is a dreamer and a talker. Bill Clinton was a talker,he talked us right into nearly 3000 American dead. We need a real Leader Like Lieberman, he is not a follower he is a doer, he is an honest and true Ameriican? So why waste our time on Al Gore?

2006-09-21 09:29:20 · 12 answers · asked by creekwalker 1 in Government

It seems today there are many more polarizing views out there. At the same time we have many folks who have chosen the label Moderate or Independent.
Are these folks who are truly open minded or is this simply a safe place where one can waffle on issues from time to time?

2006-09-21 09:28:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I noticed that American, The Beautiful is being played at some sporting events instead of The Star Spangled Banner? I thought I remembered during Gulf War I, someone saying something about not playing The Star Spangled Banner at sporting events while we are at war. Does anyone else remember or know of this?

2006-09-21 09:26:00 · 4 answers · asked by Jack L 2 in Other - Politics & Government

Btrys B, G, H, or I...

2006-09-21 09:25:58 · 2 answers · asked by namlights 1 in Military

JUST LIKE WITH AWOL BUSH WHO NEVER HAD TO EVEN SIT FOOT IN A CLASSROOM?

2006-09-21 09:25:44 · 18 answers · asked by INBRED TOOTHLESS NEOCONS 1 in Politics

ADDING INSULT TO INSULT: HUGO CHAVEZ UNLEASHES NEW ATTACKS ON PRES. BUSH
Yesterday, he called President Bush the "devil." Today, he made it clear he wasn’t finished with his red-hot rhetoric. Speaking in New York’s neighborhood of Harlem, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President Bush "an ex-alcoholic" and "a sick man, full of complexes." That was just the beginning. Using more derisive language, Mister Chavez said of President Bush: "He walks like this cowboy John Wayne.” "He doesn't have the slightest idea of politics. He got where he is because he is the son of his father.” Chavez claims he was warned yesterday, after he described Bush as “the devil” before the annual meeting of the General Assembly, that "I should be very careful, because they could kill me. Well, I'm in God's hands. I'm not afraid." Mister Chavez alleged that an American thirst for oil prompted President Bush to lead an invasion of Iraq.

2006-09-21 09:24:43 · 36 answers · asked by Yakuza 7 in Immigration

We've had judges thrown out because of obvious prejudice. We've had entire teams of defense lawyers kidnapped, shot, and assassinated. And that's when they're not being thrown out of the courtroom for even trying to make objections.

Don't get me wrong here... I'm not saying Saddam Hussein should be allowed to run free and play with butterflies. What I'm wondering is what is the point of an obviously screwed up trial? Should Iraqis abandon the pretense and just shoot him? Is there something they can do to restore repectability to the process? Should they ship the whole thing to more neutral territory as they do with many accused of war crimes? Or is there really nothing wrong with what's going on?

What do you think?

2006-09-21 09:24:33 · 12 answers · asked by Doctor Why 7 in Law & Ethics

Prompted by a Fox News Poll today
Thought provoking question, given the UN's predisposition to
trash the USA every possible chance it gets.
With membership made up of most of the countries of our world
some good, some not so good, some rich some poor
some stable and some very unstable

2006-09-21 09:23:07 · 11 answers · asked by tanner_1122 5 in Other - Politics & Government

http://www.parapundit.com/archives/002296.html

2006-09-21 09:22:33 · 12 answers · asked by Souris 5 in Government

It seems the U.N. does little for world issues, especially in recent years with Iran for instance. It seems to be a joke that gets nothing accomplished. Is it about time the United States gets out? If so or not why?

2006-09-21 09:21:22 · 16 answers · asked by Bucfan 2 in Politics

Can Americans who still believe in habeas corpus, in freedom, in truth and justice stop the chicken-hawk who is trying to crush the world under his heel and make America into a despotic empire? Or will the whole world will have to rise against America to stop the military industrial complex from destroying humanity in the name of power and profit?

2006-09-21 09:21:11 · 15 answers · asked by Rory McRandall 3 in Politics

my dad lives in thailand right near the goverment buildings where the military coup is in operation. should i be worried for his and my sisters safety?

2006-09-21 09:20:36 · 18 answers · asked by lilbex87 2 in Military

Just out of curiosity -

If Hilary Clinton plans on running for president in 2008, who plans on voting for her?

2006-09-21 09:20:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

2006-09-21 09:20:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Since Saddam never denied they existed, and they did use them on the Kurds and on the Iranians during the Iran/Iraq war, was it believeable when Saddam suggested he had destroyed them without being able to verfy their destruction? Were they lost? destroyed? or sent to another country? All opinions please!

2006-09-21 09:19:39 · 16 answers · asked by Edward J 6 in Politics

2006-09-21 09:18:26 · 9 answers · asked by REDJR 2 in Politics

Why does a massive load of people still think there will be a terroist attack if you vote Democrat. Bush is a Repu... and we know he was Pres. (puke) on 9/11. They (the neo-con) have you believing that if you vote Dem. you will be going to hell. I asure you since Bush has became Pres. (puke), we are already in HELL. Please all you AMERICANS, Quit Watching FOX NEWS> No reporter should ever be one- sided. This goes for MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN. aswell. If you would like to watch the NEWS, watch PBS or the BBC. A report came out that Repu... are spending 90% for negative campain ads. Why can't they just give us all what they do for us (Or have they already showed us)? Cheney, Bush and the rest of the neo-cons make it look so bleek if you vote for a Dem, or a moderate Repu, don't be so sheepish to fall for there bull. This country was once the graetist in the world not so much now. We can all get it back though if you just use your heads. Please Vote in Nov.---NOT NEO-CON.

2006-09-21 09:18:14 · 6 answers · asked by bill m 1 in Politics

The guy now threatens to halt all interogation if legistlation to allow toturous methods isn't passed. Perhaps if he showed up during his enlistment he'd feel differently...Your thoughts?

2006-09-21 09:17:56 · 12 answers · asked by cuv 2 in Politics

I wonder if other losers from his gang of nitwits will fall next.

2006-09-21 09:17:47 · 11 answers · asked by Charlooch 5 in Other - Politics & Government

And does this only happen in the 'High Country", so to speak?

"More than 100 law enforcement officers took part in last week's marijuana eradication effort in northern Siskiyou County that officials say resulted in the confiscation of six tons of pot valued at $125 million.

On September 12 and 13, more than 19,000 plants were taken from the Maple Gulch area of White Cloud Mountain near Horse Creek, according to a Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department report. Another 6,000 plants, planted among manzanita, were taken from the nearby Barkhouse Creek area on the south side of the Klamath River.

Sheriff's Department Captain Mike Murphy said the plants “were very large, some of them 12 to 14 feet tall and 7 to 8 feet wide. We took out several dump truck loads.”

To be honest, this is not a joke, and goes along with an earlier post of mine about drug families starting to have drug plantations within our borders.

2006-09-21 09:17:47 · 13 answers · asked by DAR 7 in Immigration

2006-09-21 09:17:31 · 12 answers · asked by gokart121 6 in Immigration

Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the
fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.
Certain people are angry that the U.S. might protect its own
borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to
stay indefinitely. Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind
these protests.

Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me in your
house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds and washed
the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors; I've done all the things
you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for when I broke
into your house).

According to the protesters, not only must you let me stay, you must add me to
your family's insurance plan, educate my kids, and provide other benefits to me
and to my family (my husband will do your yard work because he too is
hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part).

If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will
picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my right to be there.
It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm
just trying to better myself. I'm hard-working and honest, um, except for
well, you know.....

And what a deal it is for me!! I live in your house, contributing only a
fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it
without being accused of selfishness, prejudice and being an anti-housebreaker.
Oh yeah, and I want you to learn my language so you can communicate with me.

Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?
Only in America ....
If you agree, pass it on. Share it even if you see the value of it as a good
simile.
If not, blow it off along with your future Social Security funds.

2006-09-21 09:16:54 · 31 answers · asked by hell_in_a_handbasket 3 in Immigration

Ask yourself some questions.

Is this an election ploy to pacify the right so that Republicans can maintain power?

Do you really think the Senate will pass this bill?

Will the left tamper with the bill until it is unrecognizable?

Our hopes have been raised too many times in the past only to be shut down.

What do you think?

http://www.examiner.com/a-301713~House_Working_Through_Immigration_Bills.html

2006-09-21 09:16:45 · 11 answers · asked by the_wall 2 in Immigration

the cases are: 1. mapp vs. ohio (1961). 2. barron vs. baltimore (1884). 3. U.S. vs. Hamilton, Dall (1795). and 4. Roe vs. Wade (1923)

2006-09-21 09:16:15 · 3 answers · asked by coming4yu17 1 in Law & Ethics

How do two foreign dictators (Chavez and Ahmadinejad) who have declared death to America and have likened our very own president to the "devil" and "Hitler" be allowed to come onto American soil and continue with their anti-American rhetoric with no repercussion whatsoever? Now, Hugo Chavez is in Harlem, NY continuing with his agenda and actually received a standing ovation. He is inciting an insurrection by doing this.

2006-09-21 09:15:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government