Politics & Government - 30 September 2006

It seems some conservatives in the U.S. think so, and deride liberals for their criticisms. I have seen it said, as well, that the criticism is some sort of new trend. I dispute that.

What if I said the war in Iraq was, "the most unjust war ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation"... can I say that without being derided?

Those were the words of President Grant, looking back at the Mexican-American War. Another war pushed forward under false pretenses. Another sovereign nation attacked for no reason beyond not doing what the U.S. wanted.

Was Grant being unpatriotic? I don't think so. He was a great patriot and a great military leader. He was also willing to call out injustice by its name. We, like Grant, are entitled to do the same without having our patriotism assailed.

2006-09-30 23:59:21 · 23 answers · asked by JStrat 6 in Politics

I’m a Good Old Rebel

Oh, I'm a good old Rebel
Now that's just what I am.
For this Yankee nation
I do not give a damn.
I'm glad I fought agin her,
I only wish we'd won.
I ain't asked any pardon
For anything I've done.

I hates the Constitution
This great Republic too.
I hates the Freedmen's Bureau
In uniforms of blue.
I hates the nasty eagle
With all his brag and fuss.
But the lyin', thievin' Yankees
I hates' em wuss and wuss.

I hates the Yankee nation
And everything they do.
I hates the Declaration
Of Independence too.
I hates the glorious Union --
'Tis dripping with our blood --
I hates their striped banner,
And I fit it all I could.

I rode with Robert E. Lee,
For three years, thereabouts.
Got wounded in four places
And starved at Point Lookout.
I caughts the rheumatism
A-camping in the snow.
But I killed a chance of Yankees
And I'd like to kill some mo'.

Three hundred thousand Yankees
Lie still in Southern dust
We got three hundred thousan

2006-09-30 23:56:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

doesnt this violate the democrats position on the 1st amendment?

2006-09-30 23:55:43 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-09-30 23:50:52 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I heard that Bin Laden's sister's son-in-law is George Bush from an TV Report . Is it True?

2006-09-30 23:44:17 · 7 answers · asked by Mohomad Hafeez 2 in Politics

Why pick a school when the NAMBLA office is in NEW YORK CITY.

2006-09-30 23:44:07 · 9 answers · asked by not coming back 3 in Civic Participation

I am American and my partner is English. My boyfriend and I have been together for three years, living together for one. We currently live in London where I am staying and working on a 4 year work permit. My boyfriend works in IT and has a master's degree. We understand that the US does not allow defacto immigration. Is marriage the only way for my boyfriend to get a visa to live in the USA with me? Also, if we did get married in the UK, how long would we need to wait before moving to the US and would my boyfriend have free right to work when we arrived?

2006-09-30 23:43:55 · 12 answers · asked by Lucinda 1 in Immigration

2006-09-30 23:42:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I am against this practice and I support the civil war amendments, but what do you think ????

Wouldn't you like a slave to make your day just that more easier (whatever there race)???

2006-09-30 23:41:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

The story that came out a few weeks ago about Princeton researchers hacking Diebold's voting machine (even using a common key to someone's freezer or whatever it was to get in) and changing the results is frightening. When you look at instances from which exit polls didn't even come close to matching actual results, it's all been since Y2K when the irregularities began. In 2004, there were more irregularities in Ohio than any other state.

Here's an article for those who know nothing about this:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2006-09-29-diebold_x.htm

The thing is: I'm a Libertarian-wing Republican and I've supported the Republicans simply because they're "not as bad" as the socialists who fight against the 2nd amendment and favor entitlement programs. Bush hasn't exactly pleased me.

Now a handful of electronic voting machine manufacturers (or anyone with access to them) can control the results of an election. What can be done to do to save this country?

2006-09-30 23:40:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

2006-09-30 23:34:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Was ith the Monitor or the Merrimack (Virginia) you decide!!!

2006-09-30 23:32:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Spanish Cuba and started the Spanish American War???

I just think it was too soon! We should have waited and seen what progressed

2006-09-30 23:27:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Or does the press only report her gaffs. I can't believe some of the things she's come out with, and she's still in office.

2006-09-30 23:26:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2006-09-30 23:26:26 · 28 answers · asked by brian v 1 in Immigration

I mean I really don't think the Mexican War worth it...

What do you think???

2006-09-30 23:24:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.
We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives.
There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are! Indians
Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.

1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achieveme! nts of ancient India in the field of education.

4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.

5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.

6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.

7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is de! rived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now k! nown as! the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.

9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 10 6 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53.

10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst a! cademics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Pr! ofessor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

13. Chess was invented in India.

14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.

15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).

16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.


creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)? - Vinod Dahm

third richest man on the world? - According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji,

the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program) - Sabeer Bhatia

president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)- Arun Netravalli

new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems- Sanjay Tejwrika

Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart
-Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

Quotes about India.
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
French scholar Romain Rolland.

India conquered! and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih
(former Chinese ambassador to USA)

ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.
BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.
I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA.

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.

2006-09-30 23:23:09 · 17 answers · asked by dr_asif_bareilly 1 in Civic Participation

2006-09-30 23:22:45 · 15 answers · asked by leo m 1 in Politics

2006-09-30 23:19:10 · 11 answers · asked by jaggu 2 in Government

2006-09-30 23:16:44 · 5 answers · asked by richard b 1 in Military

2006-09-30 23:13:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

should U.S. leave Iraq now or continue their role?

2006-09-30 23:11:48 · 15 answers · asked by shytown_67 1 in Military

2006-09-30 23:10:24 · 4 answers · asked by not coming back 3 in Politics

And how many of the same will be the first to cry "Foul" When they have to suffer at the hands of these lumps of shite?

2006-09-30 23:08:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2006-09-30 22:58:42 · 13 answers · asked by Balakisa F 1 in Politics

im just curious so i would like your honest opinion,and if you feel you must vent and be vulgar .....well try be nice,but im just curious if you think we will ever have a black or native or asian or any other minority president?and why?

2006-09-30 22:45:53 · 18 answers · asked by gry w 3 in Other - Politics & Government

heard a story about navy men on ships that would be out at sea for so long.they would take a quarter and a spoon and tap on the quarters edge while turning it ,some how they would make a ring out of a quarter,looking for pictures or would like to buy one

2006-09-30 22:40:56 · 4 answers · asked by david c 2 in Military

I mean, how many times can a person call into their boss for being sick and count as being absent before the boss of the employer can fire the worker?

2006-09-30 22:40:28 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

people in office feel a need to make a law our two. after 10.000 years there will be so many laws that it would be hard to keep up with them all. people would need to know all the laws. how will you think all this will be accomplished. keeping up with and inforceing the many laws.

2006-09-30 22:37:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

For me it's...

1. Taxes
2. National Security (the war in the Middle East)
3. The environment - that includes recycling, oil dependency, fossil fuel, etc.

2006-09-30 22:37:21 · 11 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5 in Other - Politics & Government