Politics & Government - 2 November 2006

Tuesday wasn't the first disparaging remarks Kerry has made about the military. I found this on a link from the Associated Press, which isn't typically a conservative champion. It was printed in the "International Herald Tribune" but the information comes from the AP. Looks like Kerry doesn't just think much of the military, he appears not to think much of the poor or Blacks, either. Interesting....

2006-11-02 06:18:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

They are talking about one now, but it seems too difficult. What about the government taking a certain amound (15-20%) from your income and leaving it at that. No matter if you are married, have kids, or are rich. Hence a person who makes $100 a week will pay the same percentage, but a smaller amount that someone who makes $400. If you choose to have 4 kids, then that's your choice. You shouldn't be rewarded for reproducing.

2006-11-02 06:17:39 · 7 answers · asked by april_hwth 4 in Law & Ethics

I'm looking to file a claim against a certain county in a certain state for releasing a copy of my birthcertificate to someone who was not given permission to recieve a copy. This person then used my personal information to commit fraud. Think I have a good chance of winning?

2006-11-02 06:17:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2006-11-02 06:16:34 · 5 answers · asked by Prasanna S 1 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-11-02 06:16:15 · 11 answers · asked by Allen V 1 in Embassies & Consulates

2006-11-02 06:13:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

You tell me ???

2006-11-02 06:13:08 · 14 answers · asked by Legend36x 1 in Immigration

The White House expressed concern Wednesday over what it called mounting evidence that Syria and Iran are joining with Hezbollah in an attempt to topple the Lebanese government. your thoughts and veiws

2006-11-02 06:12:05 · 9 answers · asked by _DestroyingAngel_ 3 in Military

Liberty and justice for ALL????

2006-11-02 06:11:57 · 14 answers · asked by Plotey 1 in Politics

Something besides for or against Bush. How are the views different on political issues?

2006-11-02 06:10:18 · 20 answers · asked by isabelle 1 in Other - Politics & Government

The Military are there to defend American Rights at home and abroad. Not fighting futile oil wars.

2006-11-02 06:08:35 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I want to see how many people agree with me on my new thinking. I believe we've already won the Iraq war. We had two main goals at the beginning--make sure Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction and to remove Saddam Hussein from power. During the war we added the third goal of establishing democracy. When we went in we found no WMD's, so that accomplishes number one, albeit we did it the hard way. We removed Saddam from power, so we've done number 2 as well. The hard one is number 3, but I believe we've accomplished that as well. I would define democracy as a choice belonging to the people. Well, the Iraqis voted and established a government. The Iraqis then promptly chose civil war and to a point, terrorism. The fact that they did not make the choice we wanted them to make doesn't change the fact that they did make the choice, so in essence democracy was established and therefore we won.

2006-11-02 06:08:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I read in newspapers that in the UK, most rape trials collapse in court. Especially if the victim was drunk at the time of incident, the alleged suspect will easily claim that the sex was consent, that the victim had flirted first.

So is it true that most trials of this type collapse? Why the English court doesn't seem to sympathize with the female victims as much as in the divorce cases?

2006-11-02 06:08:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Is it the new fence?

2006-11-02 06:08:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-11-02 06:04:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/01/coulter.voting.ap/index.html

http://allhatnocattle.net/larry%20ann.jpg

2006-11-02 06:04:13 · 17 answers · asked by Informed Liberal 1 in Politics

For either one, a sentence on why you have taken that view?

2006-11-02 06:03:43 · 29 answers · asked by gokart121 6 in Immigration

The IPCC (the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) published a consensus statement about climate change as follows; "In its most recent assessment, IPCC states unequivocally that the consensus of scientific opinion is that Earth's climate is being affected by human activities: "Human activities ... are modifying the concentration of atmospheric constituents ... that absorb or scatter radiant energy. ... [M]ost of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations". Created in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environmental Programme, IPCC's purpose is to evaluate the state of climate science as a basis for informed policy action, primarily on the basis of peer-reviewed and published scientific literature. Recently they published a review of ten years of every published paper dealing with climate change (934). What percent of these do you think disagreed with the consensus?

2006-11-02 05:59:38 · 8 answers · asked by Dastardly 6 in Politics

Someone(I don't want to say who) is stalking us.
They watch everytime we go in and out of the house. There was a time when a family member went out to the car and the neighbor jumped back from the window when they saw we noticed them staring.
We put something to cover our property to get them to stop.
Now they're threatning to come over here onto our property, take it down, and maybe destroy it.
If we file for restraining order, do you think it'd be issued?
This person has harassed and stalked just about everyone on this block, we're the first to do something about it.
Maybe if we get the others to help us and sign something?
Right now we're working with the manager to get this order processed. He's also working on evicting them.
This person has really bad anger management problems, we're afraid she'll come at us.

Anyway. Will this be easy to win or do we need more?

2006-11-02 05:57:26 · 7 answers · asked by tiffany! 2 in Law & Ethics

2006-11-02 05:57:18 · 3 answers · asked by Sunny 1 in Law & Ethics

A couple of weeks ago a group of girl ganged me while i was a mc donalds. Since it was more than one of them fighting me canthey be charged with lynching.

2006-11-02 05:55:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

In the early hours of the morning a revolution towards Y/A took place.
over 200 people spoke thier mind against having thier Q&As removed for no valid reason and being violated for ridiculous purposes.
many people risked thier accounts to speak out and at least one lost thier account.
The Q has been deleted but not before someone posted it on the forum.
what was posted in the forum now also seems to be deleted.
Y/A doesn't seem to realise the magnitude of these unfair violation concerns.
They choose to ignore the problem and try to quietly squelch the voice of its users.
If you believe you have been treated unfairly by getting a violation notice(that never responds to a reply)
please show your support and and make your voice heard by answering and linking this Q to other Qs.
thanks.

2006-11-02 05:53:54 · 10 answers · asked by makeastandzilla 1 in Law & Ethics

I'm writing an anthology. This first one is about strawberry pickers:

There were never strawberries
like the ones we had
that sultry afternoon
sitting on the step
of the open french window
facing each other
your knees held in mine
the blue plates in our laps
the strawberries glistening
in the hot sunlight
we dipped them in sugar
looking at each other
not hurrying the feast
for one to come
the empty plates
laid on the stone together
with the two forks crossed
and I bent towards you
sweet in that air

in my arms
abandoned like a child
from your eager mouth
the taste of strawberries
in my memory
lean back again
let me love you

let the sun beat
on our forgetfulness
one hour of all
the heat intense
and summer lightning
on the Kilpatrick hills

let the storm wash the plates

2006-11-02 05:52:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2006-11-02 05:50:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Okay, so maybe a mexican and black president is farfetched..but would people do if the person was mixed with black/white? What then? Racism against a part of their own is rather ignorant, regardless of what any ignorant racist says if you got a color in you it's an official color in you, genes don't lie. So would people STILL be stupid enough to not vote that person in office just because he/she was mixed with black?

2006-11-02 05:48:46 · 8 answers · asked by Dennis 6 in Politics

I worked for over a year but gave two-weeks noticed cause I knew I was gonna be kicked out my apartment. They won't give me unemployment cauce they said i quit. I can't get welfare because the same thing. I work hard and I'm a good mom, and nobody will help me do nothing. Do I have to be on crack to get help. Somebody HELP me with some good answers PLEASE. I don't have family to lean on!!!!

2006-11-02 05:48:24 · 18 answers · asked by snowbunny 1 in Law & Ethics

The U.S. soldiers themselves want out of Iraq! Must suck to be them! http://www.drudgereport.com/irak.jpg This is something you won't see on your late lacal news, the truth!

2006-11-02 05:48:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

can some one please explain to me what the difference between 1st degree murder and capital murder is.I am kind of lost i thought they were the same thing.My brother was recently arrested for this that why i ask.Any details would be appreciated thanks

2006-11-02 05:47:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

i would like to write a letter to the president, telling him how much i truly dislike him. if i were to write on there that this is just my opinion and i would never cause a terrorist act (in big bold letters) would i be taken to jail?

2006-11-02 05:47:26 · 13 answers · asked by ? 2 in Government

There have been a few occurrences in these last few months about Hecklers in relation to political opinions. Recently, a heckler was supposedly shoved into a chair by supporters after asking Sen. Allen about spitting on his wife. According to an article on cnn.com, the Senator has refused to scold his backers. At a Barbra Streisand concert, a heckler was reported to have supposedly said "Shut Up and Sing, this isn't a political event" in relation to skit involving Bush Impersonator, Steve Bridges and supposedly was told to F*** off by Barbra Streisand, herself. Do you think that "hecklers" deserve to face these kind of consequences? Do Hecklers have the right to behave this way in public? Your thoughts.

2006-11-02 05:46:42 · 4 answers · asked by Secrets are best for one... 2 in Law & Ethics