Politics & Government - 24 September 2006

what are the steps of naturalization?????

2006-09-24 13:27:12 · 9 answers · asked by Tiff 1 in Immigration

which became a perfect recruiting excuse for Al Qaeda", as described by Michael Scheuer - the former head of the CIA unit responsible for hunting down Osama bin-Laden?
Are there many people around, who were surprised by this kind of statement from a US official?

2006-09-24 13:26:50 · 24 answers · asked by Abelard 3 in Other - Politics & Government

After the Civil War, slavery was outlawed, and the plation owners slaves, which they paid for and which greatly contributed to produciton on the plantations were freed by the government and they were given no compensation. As a result many plantation owners lost there property (slaves) and went bankrupt, and the goverment never paid them back. I hear all this talk about blacks getting paid compensation for there ancestors being enslaved, but what about the land owners who had there property taken from them, shouldn't there ancestors who were robbed get something? How would you like it if someone stole your property and ruined you? What do you think?

2006-09-24 13:26:09 · 9 answers · asked by Sammy 3 in Politics

ok i need to know what naturalization is can u help me....

2006-09-24 13:25:39 · 4 answers · asked by Tiff 1 in Immigration

Television always shows those ol western movies like this "rugged" characters were all tough and rode on a horse with their head held high.. is that what really happend? if i can remember correctly ppl who changed the economy of the west were like andrew carnegie (owned most steel indistry) I mean are these movie westerns incorrect and if so why make us think these "rugged" individuals saved the day and changed the economy of the west? thanks so much guys! best answer gets points!

2006-09-24 13:25:05 · 6 answers · asked by valley_girl_1984_20 1 in Government

is it like we all thought it was or do you believe differently on what really happened on 9/11 from what george bush said what happened that day?.......

2006-09-24 13:24:13 · 14 answers · asked by krisspy 1 in Government

My cousin doesn't have a diploma, can he join the Army and will they help him get his GED?

2006-09-24 13:21:59 · 15 answers · asked by Smiles_187 2 in Military

In my town, we have a law that says throwing any ball or projectile object at a building or vehicle or person is illegal. Which means dodgeball, racquetball, and handball are illegal.

2006-09-24 13:18:59 · 10 answers · asked by Becca 6 in Law & Ethics

I think she should pick John Kerry.

2006-09-24 13:17:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

what is the penalty for grand theft auto(they are 12 and 11)

2006-09-24 13:17:13 · 9 answers · asked by Curtis W 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

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(09-23) 04:00 PDT Washington -- House Speaker Dennis Hastert stood before the cameras Thursday placing big red check marks on a list of nine border-enforcement bills that have passed the House -- including a 700- mile, double-layer fence ridiculed by critics all year but headed for the Senate floor next week.

At least for now, House Republican leaders have succeeded in their take-no-prisoners approach to immigration despite nationwide protests by Latinos last spring and White House warnings that they are endangering their party's future.

Refusing to compromise with the Senate and their own president to widen paths to legal entry and give the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country now an avenue to citizenship, Hastert and other House GOP leaders have successfully framed that approach as amnesty.

The House has prevailed "because that's where the country is," said Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Gold River (Sacramento County). "This is a situation where members in both the House and the Senate have listened to the folks back home."

Critics conceded a setback but argued that it would be temporary. They said enforcement alone won't stop illegal immigration but will alienate Latino voters, the nation's fastest-growing voter bloc. They said it will turn Republicans into a minority party, much as when former Gov. Pete Wilson won re-election in 1994 on an anti-immigrant platform that ultimately helped make California a Democratic-majority state.

"There are very serious political implications to what they are doing today," said Cecilia Munoz, chief lobbyist for the National Council of La Raza. "If 40 percent of my community supported Bush in the 2004 elections, it's very hard to imagine in this environment that proportion of Latinos voting for candidates from a party which continues to insult them."

For now, however, the political tide clearly favors enforcement first, legalization later.

2006-09-24 13:16:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2006-09-24 13:14:31 · 24 answers · asked by notme 5 in Politics

I heard a rumor...that would explain all the bleeding heart pandering crap in his interviews.....I'm not even kidding about this...this is about where that mans intelligence level is...he is a crook and a wimp.

2006-09-24 13:11:02 · 11 answers · asked by hittykkiod 1 in Politics

How does religion effect the way you vote?

2006-09-24 13:09:42 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

title self explanatory

2006-09-24 13:06:10 · 7 answers · asked by swannie1503 1 in Government

Do you think polygraph tests are a reliable way to find out if someone is lying? Or is a polygraph 'iffy' as evidence of lying? How many REAL criminals have been nabbed by polygraph evidence as part of an investigation? What other uses does polygraph testing have and can it be abused?

2006-09-24 13:06:01 · 13 answers · asked by carledwards99andtonystewart20fan 3 in Law & Ethics

church people are good so why cannot we let them run the country?are we afraid they will force us to do bad things or what?

2006-09-24 12:57:45 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

U.S. companies build sweat shops in Mexico and the pay is appx. $40.00 to $60.00 weekly, which is $160 -$240 per month. Would you be able to pay rent, utilities, work expenses, etc. and feed your family? I don't think so, even if you lived there. If the U.S. government passed a law regulating companies to pay a minimum wage, would it help?

2006-09-24 12:57:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2006-09-24 12:53:56 · 5 answers · asked by bowoahski3 1 in Military

I live in the state of California, my neighboors have the habit of having a party every weekend. At first I was okay with it, but it's gotten a little out of hand. They always play there music soo loud, that I cant even hear my own T.V. I've called the police plenty of times and they seem to do nothing about it. Is there a law or something I can do for them to keep it down or minimized they special events? (other than me shooting there speakers). Can I sue them??

P.S. I've tried going over and telling them to keep it down (they dont care)

2006-09-24 12:53:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2006-09-24 12:52:10 · 12 answers · asked by dstr 6 in Politics

I know that I am totally opposed to it. what problems do you see?

2006-09-24 12:51:15 · 13 answers · asked by jset1989 2 in Elections

I think it's just cowardly and pandering. Everybody bashes our president...so this guy does it at the Useless N and people think he's great. Hugo Chavez is the Carlos Mencia of World Leaders. He gets the label of being a hero by being a complete PC , pandering whore. What if he said Budh was GOD?...could you imagine!

anyway I think he is a liar and acrook..typical of most South American politicians...he id way out of league to make such comments...he should be kissing bushes a ss for what he did for him in oil profits...what a goon

2006-09-24 12:51:02 · 18 answers · asked by hittykkiod 1 in Politics

Senator Strowbridge represented Castro Valley, Hayward and other cities to the California State Legislature during the 1920s.

2006-09-24 12:50:26 · 1 answers · asked by Emmons 1 in Elections

The time has come to leave this country me thinks.. I have no faith these voting machines are going to properly record my vote. We are up for another series of stolen elections.

2006-09-24 12:47:55 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

There is a store by the school and they don't let any "teenagers" in, is this discrimination (in Canada)? I understand that some teenagers may cause trouble, but it isent fair to asume anyone under a certain age is trouble causing. What action should a take against them?

2006-09-24 12:45:15 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

i havnet made up my mind yet on what group i want to be in. why should i be a democrat?

2006-09-24 12:44:26 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Stoning women, temporary marriages, cutting off hands of thieves, beheading adulterers, and many other acts reported to be punishments in the Middle East are wrong and are unforgiveable. I suspect most muslims find them abhorrent too, but these are not reasons to hate all muslims.

International Bodies, the UN and countries should make it illegal for these acts to be performed. That is a way of stopping these barbaric acts.

2006-09-24 12:43:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Since the illegal Mexican immigrants have taken over construction I wonder what kind of jobs Americans that used to do construction are doing now.I heard a lot of them are now truck drivers or working at Walmart.Are a lot of them homeless now?

2006-09-24 12:41:08 · 17 answers · asked by tim r 1 in Immigration

My friend told me that she heard a rumor that the Titanic was hi-jacked and it never actually hit an iceburg, but that it actually exploded and that's why it split in two. But what they did was plant smaller explosives in the front of the ship first, and they went off starting the ship to sink. All the First Class passengers got off safely, and while the ship was tipping up to sink, little did the people know, there were stronger explosives in the middle of the ship. They went off and the ship split in half. And then all those 3rd class people stuffed at the bottom of the ship died.

Possibly a work fo Al Qaeda? Very similar to the U.S.S. Cole. I think it is suspicious and President Bush needs to investigate this further, as this could be a danger to current cruise ships.

2006-09-24 12:40:12 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government