My fiance is @ boot camp right now for the marines. I keep hearing a ton of negative things at work and from friends about marines and how they beat their wifes and are just basically awful. I guess its probably just hearing so much negative and little positive it makes you nervous. I want to know how much you changed if you're a marine or also to wifes, fiances, and girlfriends who were there before and after boot camp. How much was different?
2006-09-22 14:56:30 · 6 answers · asked by NoName 2 in Military
Will the terrorists all surrender? Will they be dead ? Will there be a VT day? Will we militarily occupy Terrorlandia and try its leaders?
Will all the threats go away? How will we know it when the war is over?
2006-09-22 14:51:17 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
if you take the word democrat and tilt the c to its side, aka n, the name becomes much more appropriate no?
2006-09-22 14:50:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
Asian American, African-American, Jewish-American, This-American, That-American. Good grief why are these stupid labels necessary? And how are they supposed to bring us together when all they do is focus on our outer differences?
But yet they call Republicans racists??
2006-09-22 14:49:31 · 19 answers · asked by itsallover 5 in Politics
I am an American Citizen and I dont want my son in law to come here. Is it possible? Thanks
2006-09-22 14:49:17 · 3 answers · asked by Aleeza 2 in Embassies & Consulates
2006-09-22 14:49:01 · 25 answers · asked by Absolution 4 in Government
2006-09-22 14:47:44 · 24 answers · asked by bettyboop 1 in Politics
The Plan!
>
>Even if he's nuts! Leave it to Robin to come up with the perfect plan.
>What we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this
>message.
>
>Robin Williams' plan...(Hard to argue with this logic!)
>
>"I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan
>for peace. So, here's one plan."
>
>1) "The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their
>affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo,
>Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those "good 'ole' boys", we
>will never "interfere" again.
>
>2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with
>Germany, South Korea, the Middle East, and the Philippines. They don't
>want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed
>sneaking through holes in the fence.
>
>3) All illegal alie ns have 90 days to get their affairs together and
>leave. We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder
>will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or
>where they are. They're illegal!!! France will welcome them.
>
>4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days
>unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be
>allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't
>hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don't need any
>more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.
>
>5) No foreign "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If
>they don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home baby.
>
>6) The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy
>wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but
>will require a temporary drillin g of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The
>caribou will have to cope for a while
>
>7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for
>their oil. If they don't like it, we go someplace else. They can go
>somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells
>filling up the storage sites would be enough.)
>
>8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we
>will not "interfere." They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds,
>rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is
>stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very
>little, if anything.
>
>9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don't
>need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building
>would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
>
>10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one
>can call us "Ugly Americans" any longer. The Language we speak is
>ENGLISH...learn it...or LEAVE...Now, isn't that a winner of a plan?
>
>"The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying "Give me your tired, your
>poor, your huddled masses." She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling,
>'you want a piece of me?' "
2006-09-22 14:46:25 · 16 answers · asked by WJVV 4 in Politics
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14959937/
2006-09-22 14:46:09 · 10 answers · asked by FootballFan1012 6 in Politics
lost answers through online crash before I could read. Question was in regards as to filing a complaint regarding a camera phone and my daughter seeing a picture taken by a customer, who took a picture of his genitals, using the phone and leaving it on the phone to be seen by others and the store not wanting to file a complaint because the customer comes into the store quite often.
I was upset because my husband, my self and my daughter viewed this picture. Police told me to be prepared to go to court and I don't know what to expect and what steps to handle this situation.
2006-09-22 14:46:08 · 3 answers · asked by Bobbie Jo F 1 in Law & Ethics
if u think we should close the borders i guess we might as well tear down the statue of liberty as well, you know that thing that says "Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, etc." and by huddled masses they mean 15 mexicans living in one house, so dont hate
2006-09-22 14:43:39 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration
One of them is even listening to El Ton Juan. Has the US ruined them or what, por favor can you help!!!???
2006-09-22 14:43:24 · 11 answers · asked by dosmachetes 2 in Immigration
It is a book about American dominance in the world.
The book was ranked at Amazon.com at 166,000
After, Chavev recommended it is now #1!
Will you be reading it?
And yes, I ordered my copy.
2006-09-22 14:42:33 · 11 answers · asked by Villain 6 in Politics
I was neutral to affirmative action since I thought it somewhat a form of reverse discrimination. Then I found out that affirmative action actually discriminates against people of my "race," and I'm a minority...
What are your thoughts?
2006-09-22 14:42:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government
2006-09-22 14:40:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
2006-09-22 14:37:25 · 17 answers · asked by tata 1 in Law & Ethics
what if they attack more than one city at once?
is it our fault for being in iraq? didnt terrorists attack us before we were in iraq? ...tell us now what we should do so that we dont hear complaining later.
2006-09-22 14:33:56 · 14 answers · asked by sean_mchugh6 3 in Politics
Sept. 22, 2006, 7:41PM
Slain officer missed suspect's gun in search
By MELANIE MARKLEY, JENNIFER LEAHY and ROSANNA RUIZ
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
The Houston police officer who was gunned down by a suspect Thursday after a routine traffic stop apparently missed the man's weapon in a pat-down search, Capt. Dale Brown told reporters today.
Juan Leonardo Quintero, a 32-year-old illegal immigrant, has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Houston Police Officer Rodney Johnson.
Brown said Quintero apparently was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of his arrest.
Brown said that Quintero had a criminal history from 1995 to 1999, convicted for DWI, failure to stop and give information and indecency with a child. His driver's license was suspended and he was deported to Mexico by immigration officials in 1999, Brown said.
Quintero has been working for a landscaping company in the Deer Park area and was driving a company Ford double-cab pickup when Johnson stopped him for speeding, Brown said.
Quintero, who apparently in the pickup with a co-worker and the two daughters of his common-law wife, was traveling 50 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone, he said. He had picked up the two girls from school and was taking them home, he said.
Johnson decided to arrest Quintero because he did not have any identification, Brown said. Although Johnson patted him down before handcuffing him, he apparently missed the 9-mm handgun he concealed under his waistband, he said.
Although Quintero was handcuffed behind his back, Brown said he apparently manipulated his handcuffed hands under his legs to the front of his body so he could fire his weapon. His hands were again behind his back when officers arrived, he said.
The suspect also fired at a wrecker driver who had been called to the scene by Johnson at the time of the arrest. The wrecker driver had spotted Johnson in apparent distress in the front seat of the car and was approaching the police car when the shot was fired. He retreated until officers arrived.
His wife, Theresa Quintero, said he has expressed concern about immigration officials and whether he should return to Mexico.
Theresa Quintero said in an interview today at their home near Hobby Airport that the couple has been married since 1997.
HPD's Brown said records reflect no arrests for the suspect since 1999, but he said officers were still researching records.
Chief Harold Hurtt defended his policy against enforcing immigration laws, saying the situation points to the need for stronger enforcement at the border since Quintero had been deported.
``If the government would fulfill their responsibility of protecting the border, we probably would not be standing here today,'' Hurtt said.
A Harris County prosecutor said in court this morning that, while seated in the back seat, the suspect pulled a 9 mm handgun from his waistband and shot Johnson in the face. The officer was able to push an emergency response button, alerting dispatch of a problem.
When other police arrived at the scene, Quintero remained in the back seat with the gun in his hand, the prosecutor said. Police found bullet casings inside the car.
Quintero kept his head down while waiting to be called before the judge. During a brief hearing, he answered "Yes'' when asked whether he understood the charge against him.
Quintero has been charged with capital murder in the 248th District Court, said HPD spokesman John Cannon.
Cannon said the suspect gave "a full confession" to the shooting.
A source familiar with the scene said Johnson was shot four times through the plastic shield separating the front and rear seats. Johnson managed to push his emergency button before collapsing. The 12-year veteran of the department was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The suspect reportedly struggled as officers tried to move him to a different vehicle.
"They finally got him in the other car, but he was scratching and fighting and acting crazy, like he could win in a fight like that," said Clara Rodriguez, who lives nearby.
Johnson, 40, was the first HPD officer killed in more than two years.
"He was very personable," Hurtt said. "We will miss one of our true soldiers in Rodney Johnson."
At least a dozen law enforcement vehicles cordoned off a large area at Randolph and Braniff where the light bar atop Johnson's patrol car continued to flash long after the shooting. Temporary spotlights illuminated the scene into the evening as evidence technicians scoured the area. The owner of a nearby machine shop was called to the scene because bullets apparently pierced the wall of his building and investigators needed to get inside.
Before the suspect was taken to HPD headquarters, he was stripped of his clothes, which were placed in evidence bags, and dressed in a white jumpsuit. He was then taken downtown in the second of three patrol cars that left the scene shortly after 7 p.m.
'It just breaks my heart'
As news of Johnson's death spread, police officers gathered in small groups but said little. One HPD sergeant walked to a patrol car, took out his cell phone and made a quick phone call, taking a long drink of cold water from a bottle.
"Something real bad has happened by the airport," he said.
Rodriguez said that she and her neighbors in the small subdivision between Telephone Road and Almeda Genoa knew Johnson well and that he was well-liked.
"He would always wave and smile when he saw me," Rodriguez said. "He was a real nice guy. All he was trying to do was enforce the rules."
Rodriguez said Johnson stopped her once for speeding when the speed limit was lowered on Telephone Road. She said he politely asked her to slow down and did not ticket her.
"He was just so very nice," she said. "He was not ever mean. It just breaks my heart. I feel so very bad for his wife. He got up and went to work this morning, and this is what happened. This is what happened to one of the people who protects us, who truly took care of us."
Johnson graduated from high school in Oakland, Calif., then enlisted in the Army, serving as an MP until he was honorably discharged in 1990. He served as a corrections officer for the Texas Department of Corrections (now the Texas Department of Criminal Justice) and as a Houston police jailer before attending the police academy and graduating in 1994.
Johnson was assigned to the southeast division that year and to the southeast gang task force in 1996. While on the task force he received two Lifesaving Awards from the department and one Medal of Valor from the state. He was married to Houston police officer Joslyn Johnson. They have three daughters and two sons between the ages of 14 and 19..
2006-09-22 14:33:27 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration
2006-09-22 14:32:54 · 4 answers · asked by michelle v 1 in Military
2006-09-22 14:32:33 · 8 answers · asked by brandi h 1 in Politics
2006-09-22 14:32:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police
Most of the time its slured to republicans.
2006-09-22 14:31:56 · 24 answers · asked by Ah Ha 4 in Politics
2006-09-22 14:31:38 · 6 answers · asked by MUD 5 in Military
2006-09-22 14:30:50 · 18 answers · asked by brandi h 1 in Politics
I see you people still whinning about it. They are going down, should enjoy it. And Bush DOES NOT run the oil companies. They are expected to keep going down even after the election.
2006-09-22 14:29:58 · 17 answers · asked by Ah Ha 4 in Politics
Pledge to Mexican flag featured at Texas school
Principal says he was pursuing 'diversity,' but wouldn't do it again
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Posted: September 22, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
The principal of an elementary school instructed his students to stand during the recitation of a pledge to the Mexican flag during a diversity assembly recently, and he's been trying to backtrack ever since.
"We absolutely refuse to stand up and pledge allegiance to another country's flag," a mother whose daughter attends the school told talk show host Chris Baker on AM 740 KTRH radio. "Where is the sensitivity to the country and to the troops and the men and women that have fought and died for this country?"
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The mother, identified only as Amy, said school officials gave all the children Mexican flags to wave and then asked everyone to stand up and pledge allegiance to the Mexican flag.
"Get out!" Baker shouted. "What school is that?"
It was Velasco Elementary in Clute, Texas, where Sam Williams is principal.
Stuart Dornburg is a spokesman for the Brazosport Independent School District which includes Velasco, and he said Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 is a national Hispanic Heritage Month and the assembly was a cultural education activity in a district that values and respects diversity.
But Amy said she got "glares" when she didn't participate and when she "proudly" put the Mexican flag on the ground.
She said her husband was in Vietnam for three tours of duty, and she has a son in the war now.
"Arrest that man immediately. Bring him to me," Baker said.
In a report in The Facts, Williams said the response to his action was "overwhelming."
"It's been a real trying ordeal and all I can say is I deeply apologize if anyone was offended by it – and I can see that they are," the principal said
He said the situation should have been done differently. "There's no way that we would repeat it," he told the news group.
Officials say there are 635 students from preschool age to fourth grade in Velasco, and about two-thirds are Hispanic.
"We have stated in our mission statement that we are a campus that is a beacon of hope for a culturally diverse population,” Williams said.
The assembly was held Sept. 16, a day on which Mexico celebrates its independence from Spain.
Baker said the recitation was especially offensive since the U.S. is in the middle of a serious dispute over illegal immigration and the huge ramifications the nation faces from not having a secured border with Mexico.
"To blow it off as quote-unquote 'historical teaching methods' either shows complete arrogance or a lack of the ability to grasp the seriousness of the illegal immigration issue to Americans," told his listeners.
On a weblog, a fan identified as El Jefe Maximo said, "What's needed is a dose of nationalism, with a pinch of religion, and I'd throw in a dash of evil old imperialism as well."
Papa Ray told the same blog, "Homeschooling is looking more and more attractive to me for my Sweet Sarah."
Williams was upset that parents took their complaints to the radio waves.
"I would have graciously visited with that parent and explained on-site what the intent was," he said.
"I really don't understand why President Bush is so gung ho on giving these people 'a pathway to citizenship.' I would like to see them given a pathway back to Mexico after they help to build the wall," said Starblazer
2006-09-22 14:26:14 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration
if not, show me why you're right
2006-09-22 14:25:50 · 13 answers · asked by Absolution 4 in Government
2006-09-22 14:24:17 · 29 answers · asked by Eric Inri 6 in Law Enforcement & Police
Here some propaganda on the subject:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20060922/cm_usatoday/costofgasolineplungeswhosfixingpricesnow
2006-09-22 14:22:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
2006-09-22 14:21:31 · 10 answers · asked by Ah Ha 4 in Politics
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