Politics & Government - 15 October 2006

Any "third" parties interest you currently?

2006-10-15 04:23:42 · 14 answers · asked by   6 in Politics

Some day we can pack up our marbles and go home ? The question is how? What is it going to cost ? And, when ?

2006-10-15 04:23:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I am 17 and I was wondering if I can get the check switched to my name and start receiving the money instead of my mother.

2006-10-15 04:23:09 · 3 answers · asked by Miss_Asia 1 in Law & Ethics

Soceity/religion preaches us to be good person every way.
But practically nice guy never win in real world.
so we r hypocrate as reality is diffrent from what i was taught(by my parents/soceity/supporting system)?

2006-10-15 04:22:03 · 4 answers · asked by dilemma 2 in Law & Ethics

I personally think the good old days are just that good and gone in the past. I think with all the political corruption and ignorance we are eternally doomed. At least with clinton we had a surplus and not deficits!

2006-10-15 04:19:27 · 14 answers · asked by J S 1 in Other - Politics & Government

He was one of the drafters of Prop 187 which passed but was overturned by a court and never appealed.

The current petition would amend the California constitution to deny in-state tuition and non-federally mandated benefits. In addition, it would require the state to defend it against court challenge AND WOULD GIVE CITIZENS A RIGHT OF ACTION TO ENFORCE IT.

Here is a link to his web page where you can download the petition:
http://www.mountjoyforsenate.com/news.php?news_id=24&start=0&category_id=&parent_id=&arcyear=&arcmonth=

2006-10-15 04:16:18 · 5 answers · asked by DAR 7 in Immigration

This is from David Brooks on the Chris Mathews show: - I think they're looking at policy options. One of those options is trying to replace the current government which seems to be doing nothing. The second option is some sort of federation which–Joe Biden has suggested as separating Iraq. A third option and by far the least likely is going in with more troops, So there's all different three options…We have much less control over Iraq than we did two or three years ago…

2006-10-15 04:12:56 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2006-10-15 04:12:48 · 13 answers · asked by gingging 1 in Immigration

I'm about to move to the UK soon, using my EU passport (of Slovakia).
In the UK, I'd like to be self-employed, selling tiny statues made by a friend - a highly valued young artist.
Suppose initially I'd sell only a few statues per day (too low a volume for a company...), what "documentation" must I have (from the UK authorities) in order to be allowed to start selling?

Thank you.

2006-10-15 04:11:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

credit card and loanshark

2006-10-15 04:11:34 · 5 answers · asked by joe 1 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-10-15 04:08:47 · 11 answers · asked by Chuck Dhue 4 in Military

I don't have a criminal Record or anything like that. 1 Month ago I went to the gun store and bought a 300 Rifle. I went through the federal check that now we have to do for rifles also, and Passed. Now I have gone to buy a 9mm pistol, and I was denied. Why would I after federal Check be authorized to buy a rifle but not a Pistol? I am also 34 years old, so I am over the age of legal limit for ownership of a Pistol.

2006-10-15 04:07:18 · 13 answers · asked by yarger72 2 in Law & Ethics

Are their any Combat MOS's in the Army that would relate to real life?
Like something that would give me the training for a civillian job

..Please Name them

2006-10-15 04:05:42 · 8 answers · asked by I Hate Liberals 4 in Military

According to independent studies that factor in a number of aspects such as infrastructure, incomes, healthcare, poverty, crime, education, personal liberties, life expectancies, demographics, etc. the USA is not the best place to live.

The top three countries are all in northern Europe: Iceland, Norway and Sweden. But it's too cold there for me, plus they don't speak English.

There are only three english speaking countries in the Top 10 of the list, they are: Australia, Canada and New Zealand

Canada is out of the question for me, because it's too close to the US and plus it's also cold there.

So my two choices are really just Australia and/or New Zealand.

My question is, if there are any US Expats who have made the decision to leave and settle in another country for a better quality of life, which of these two countries is better and which country is easier to get legal residence papers for?

I'm specifically interested in Australia and New Zealand.

Thanks in Advance!

2006-10-15 04:03:43 · 24 answers · asked by Samuel 1 in Immigration

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that voters "know something is wrong" in Washington and urged Democrats to create change in the November elections. "I have never seen the American people so serious," said Clinton. "I think I know why. People know things are out of whack. The rhythm of our public life and our common life in America has been disturbed."

The former president was the keynote speaker at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner, the Iowa Democratic Party's biggest annual fundraising event. He drew more than 3,500 activists.

There is speculation that Clinton's wife, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, may seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. She has not been in Iowa during this election cycle, even though other candidates have already begun campaigning in the state that will open the presidential nominating season.

Bill Clinton joked about the speculation. "I am under no illusions as to why I'm here," he said. "You were so desperate for a Democrat with any name recognition at all who isn't running for president that you resorted to the chief caseworker to the junior senator from New York."

Clinton urged activists to focus on the midterm election.

"People are sick of partisanship, they are sick of gridlock and they are coming to us in droves," said Clinton. "People know something is wrong and they want to change."

Clinton called the Bush administration and the Republican-led Congress "unprecedentedly unaccountable" and said tax cuts for the rich have led to huge deficits.

"This is not class warfare," said Clinton. "I've been poor and I've been rich and I like rich better. I want to pay my share. I don't need another vacation home."

Both the White House and Congress are resistant to scrutiny from the outside, he said.

"In Iraq, which is famous for no-bid contracts, $9 billion has gone missing and there has been no serious congressional investigation," said Clinton. "There's never been a more secretive, unaccountable administration."

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SOLON, Iowa (AP) - Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards on Saturday bashed the Bush administration for "proactive stupidity" by sticking with a failed policy in Iraq and being unable to admit its mistakes.

He predicted the Iraq war and a wave of scandals in the Republican-run Congress will prompt voters to demand change in November.

"There is an underlying current that Democrats are in a strong position, for a lot of reasons," Edwards told The Associated Press. "Some of it is the scandals and corruption that people all across the country are seeing in Washington."

Edwards was spending the weekend in eastern Iowa raising money for Democratic legislative candidates.

He finished a surprising second in Iowa's leadoff precinct caucuses in the 2004 presidential election, and that propelled him to a spot on the ticket with eventual nominee John Kerry (website - news - bio) . Edwards has left little doubt he's interested in again seeking the party's nomination, and he's been among the most active of the potential candidates campaigning in Iowa.

Danny Diaz, a spokesman with the Republican National Committee, said Saturday that Edwards is a "failed presidential candidate and a rejected vice presidential candidate whose political attacks will be no more successful today than they were two years ago."

Edwards diverted from his campaign schedule to speak at a University of Iowa conference on poverty issues. "We should be for the eradication of poverty in America," he said. "In our party, we need to seize the moral high ground."

2006-10-15 04:03:10 · 11 answers · asked by Jean f 3 in Elections

2006-10-15 03:59:53 · 4 answers · asked by curious712 1 in Elections

2006-10-15 03:56:43 · 23 answers · asked by schniedlwutz2003 2 in Politics

2006-10-15 03:54:59 · 4 answers · asked by Charmane R 1 in Other - Politics & Government

Nothing has changed since then, they still stand where they did then, so has Amerca forgotten; increasing taxes, fascist gun control policy, secretive socialist healthcare policy and Clinton far-left leanings.

This scenario has probably played out already. A call from New York is placed to a known terrorist in Iran who is suspected of trying to bring a "dirty bomb" to the city. A terrorist plot is happening. Should the government intercept that call or wait until the paperwork is filed?

Republicans will say "just do it, act immediately. Thousands of American lives are at stake."

The Democrats will say "No. You have to get a court warrant even if there is a plot to bomb NYC, and don't forget to Mirandize them first." The Democrats are wrong; on terror and on taxes, the great strength of todays economy proves it. The Democrats are wrong for our freedom and liberty.

Nothing has changed since 1993, why would it, 80% of them that were in the Senate then are still there.

2006-10-15 03:52:10 · 5 answers · asked by rmagedon 6 in Other - Politics & Government

Is there anyway to check your past Voting record? To see who you voted for? and if there isn't should there be?

2006-10-15 03:51:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Isn't this just freakin amasing? What do you think of technology and it's capabilities????

2006-10-15 03:50:51 · 6 answers · asked by plane nut 2 in Military

Besides the fact many believe anyone is better than Bush, do you think she would be a good leader? Would you vote for her? Why or why not?

2006-10-15 03:48:14 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

are arrested for some "plot" that you never hear about it again? The tv will report that 20 or 50 people were arrested and you never hear about the case again? Is this kind of like the Holocaust?

2006-10-15 03:40:20 · 17 answers · asked by big b 1 in Immigration

I know an immigrant that speaks English quite well, and yet she is teaching her young daughter Spanish instead of English. This is going to come out of our school tax dollars eventually. Why should we have to pay for this? Why do we have to pay extra for teachers that speak Spanish, when this is the United States?

2006-10-15 03:39:25 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Dick Mountjoy was one of the drafters of Proposition 187 in California which denied beneifts to illegal immigrants, only to be struck down in a court case our then Democratic Governor didn't appeal. His polls are in the 30 somethings while Feinstein's are in the 50 somethings with many not knowing who Dick Mountjoy is. Instead of passing the message to raise his visability, the GOP is essentially bowing out.

Compare this to Randy Graf in Arizona, where the GOP backed a competitor in the PRIMARY, an unheard of event, but the competitor was for a guest worker program, and Graf is not. Graf won the primary, but is now getting precious little support in the main event.

Feinstein is popular, and I voted for her before. However, the impacts of illegal immigration are far too huge, particularly on our schools in California, for me to vote again for someone who voted for the Senate Bill. Where exactly does she think all those new poor people whose taxes can't pay for school will go?

2006-10-15 03:39:15 · 1 answers · asked by DAR 7 in Immigration

Our state, with it's new governor is being "friendly" to livestock producing expansion. These CAFO's are under debate. There is a hearing scheduled for next Wed evening, 18th at the Fairgrounds in Warsaw, IN.

They sent cards to area farmers urging them to come defend the family farm's right to farm.

Is a building with tens of thousands of animals that never see the light of day until slaughtered, cared for by unrelated employees, with waste that has no sewage treatment plant, highly concentrated and spread on land directly above the aquifers where the midwest largely gets its water supply, --a family farm?

Are family farms owned and operated by family members? Or, are family farms just owned by the family with workers receiving the lowest pay around actually doing the work in these buildings with no clue on the outside what is going on in the inside- except for the odor?

Our state is on the verge of going the route of North Carolina and counties in Oklahoma.

Advise.

2006-10-15 03:39:12 · 3 answers · asked by Dee M 2 in Politics

This is just one example, you will find many more like it if you search the Resolved Questions

Ah-Ha asks this question: "Why is it suppose to snow tonight, what about Al Gore and his global warming BS?" http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aj1DvKNU49SzpqtRcHq8jcnsy6IX?qid=20061012175135AAtms94

2006-10-15 03:36:56 · 16 answers · asked by Strawman Detector 2 in Politics

in a similar way that they treated blacks at the turn of the century? Will we run into the same problem with Islamic and Arab people and then just make them slaves too??

2006-10-15 03:36:23 · 16 answers · asked by big b 1 in Politics

For example, the collapse of WTC building 7, also seeing other buildings burning more intensely than the towers and not collapsing, do you think that something unanswered happened? There have been reports by firemen saying the fires weren't that bad, and that they heard explosions from the building prior to collapse. What does this all add up to? What isn't the government telling us?

2006-10-15 03:34:48 · 12 answers · asked by Dilly 2 in Government

Do ya think national service is creating a unneccesary block in ya life?

2006-10-15 03:33:40 · 5 answers · asked by Khim85 2 in Military