Politics & Government - 7 November 2006

I'm hearing everything from 20 to 45.
Your opinions?

2006-11-07 14:34:08 · 10 answers · asked by Tofu Jesus 5 in Politics

2006-11-07 14:33:53 · 5 answers · asked by Gettin_by 3 in Politics

2006-11-07 14:32:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Seems that if we held elections on the weekends like most of thew world, voter turnout would be bigger

2006-11-07 14:31:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

It has to be EXHAUSTING trying to blame all Bush's failures on Clinton at this point. A more democratic congress would allow the repubs to blame Bush's failures on congress.

2006-11-07 14:29:47 · 9 answers · asked by Phil S 5 in Elections

I really think their is a problem in this country, when you go to vote and you know you are not going to be happy with the person you voted for, you spend your time researching and trying to pick out the lesser of two evils.

2006-11-07 14:28:33 · 8 answers · asked by clone_marshal_bacara 2 in Elections

Wheter or not to amend the Constitution of Virginia to permit same sex marriage was voted upon today. I neither condemn nor condom homosexuality. Is it a behavior that I would choose for myself or my children? Absolutely not. Homosexuality in it's very fabrication is contrary to nature. Same sex relations or marriages serve no useful propose biologically. The same sex can not reproduce together, it's impossible. The legalization of same sex marriages would erode the moral and ethical fiber on society. Should they be allowed to co habitat, if that's what they choose. However, to allow their union to be legalized under the covenant of marriage is egregious. I voted accordingly.
What's your opinion?

2006-11-07 14:27:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

of mental problems for me, is there anyway I can sue them now, before I didnt want to because it was causing to much anxiety but i just feel I need justice, can you still sue if its like 4 or 5years ago?

2006-11-07 14:27:42 · 5 answers · asked by luckylove 1 in Law & Ethics

If your of age why not??

2006-11-07 14:27:28 · 11 answers · asked by gleeknerdfighter48 3 in Elections

A buddy of mine has a family event that he cannot miss tonight. However, he is scheduled to go to his DUI (drunk driving) class tonight. He wants to call in with an excuse on why he can't make it, and how he will make up the class, but he does not want to say he is sick because they will request a doctors note. What should he tell them?

2006-11-07 14:27:10 · 11 answers · asked by Surge 2 in Law & Ethics

2006-11-07 14:26:37 · 14 answers · asked by sickntyred 5 in Elections

I guess they are either high or just like giving money away to government.

2006-11-07 14:26:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

I guess they are either high or just like giving money away to government.

2006-11-07 14:25:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

I'm a Liberal Democrat.

2006-11-07 14:23:47 · 17 answers · asked by Manx 5 in Politics

2006-11-07 14:23:42 · 6 answers · asked by Joseph K 1 in Government

DID YOU FORGET TO RIG THE DIEBOLD MACHINES?

2006-11-07 14:22:58 · 8 answers · asked by Logical Democrat 2 in Politics

There is nothing in the work contract that states this can happen. Structure for one of the clients has change. By accident the new procedure was not followed to the dot. The product was caught before it was sent to the client. I was told if the mistake happens again that the cost of it would be deducted from my pay. Is this legal?

2006-11-07 14:22:16 · 13 answers · asked by adyafterday 2 in Law & Ethics

I keep going back over what each person is stnading on, and reading their back history of how they voted aginst the stance they show so much passion for. Is it just me , or are the politicians just sick corrupted sons of bltches ?

2006-11-07 14:21:20 · 10 answers · asked by clone_marshal_bacara 2 in Other - Politics & Government

Thank you.

2006-11-07 14:20:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Divide the country, strenghten the base. How did that work for him?

2006-11-07 14:20:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

can a person who is on ARD probation leave the US to go to Canada

2006-11-07 14:20:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2006-11-07 14:19:06 · 7 answers · asked by daisey 1 in Elections

2006-11-07 14:18:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

2006-11-07 14:18:21 · 15 answers · asked by mebbe_sew_mebbe_knot 1 in Military

2006-11-07 14:16:48 · 7 answers · asked by Maji 3 in Elections

2006-11-07 14:16:12 · 6 answers · asked by DOLLARZ 2 in Law & Ethics

2006-11-07 14:14:30 · 5 answers · asked by caseykaminsky 1 in Elections

2006-11-07 14:13:24 · 31 answers · asked by DUSTIAN F 2 in Government

Cops: Actress slain after noise complaint
By Rocco Parascandola
Newsday Staff Writer


November 7, 2006
Her family's insistence that actress Adrienne Shelly would never take her own life, a mysterious sneaker print at the Greenwich Village murder scene, and detectives' discovery that the apartment beneath Shelly's was being renovated -- these were prime factors that police sources Monday said led to the arrest of a suspect in the slaying.

Diego Pillco, 19, of Sunset Park, a handyman who was working in the apartment being renovated, was charged with second-degree murder in the popular indie-film actress's death on Thursday, police said.




Sources said Pillco confessed to detectives Monday that he was angry that Shelly, 40, had complained about the noise he was making as he worked. He told police he beat her and tried to make it appear as if she had committed suicide, using a bedsheet to hang the actress from a shower rod in the bathroom of the Abingdon Square apartment she used as an office, the sources said.

Shelly's husband, Andrew Ostroy, who found her body Thursday, said in a statement Monday night, "My wife's senseless death is devastating to me, our families and friends. We are incredibly grateful to the New York City Police Department for their dedication, professionalism and tenacity in following up on every lead in this case."

Shelly -- born Adrienne Levine in Queens and reared on Long Island, where she attended Jericho High School -- starred in several of Hal Hartley's movies. She most recently appeared in "Factotum," with Marisa Tomei and Matt Dillon.

Police initially thought the actress had committed suicide.

But Shelly's family was adamant that she would not take her life and leave her daughter Sophie, 3, without a mother.

There also was the matter of the mysterious sneaker print on the toilet in the bathroom. And the shower rod showed no sign of stress from the weight of Shelly's body, sources said, which raised questions about whether it was a suicide.

An autopsy was inconclusive. As the city medical examiner was conducting further tests, detectives learned that renovation work was being done inside apartment No. 37, directly below Shelly's apartment. That apartment's former resident died recently of natural causes.

Detectives zeroed in on Pillco, one of several workers in the building. He confessed while being questioned Monday, sources said.

Sources said Pillco told police that Shelly complained to him about the noise of the renovation work. The confrontation became heated and then got physical, Pillco told detectives, as Shelly slapped him and he punched her, knocking her to the floor, a law enforcement source said.

Pillco dragged Shelly's body into her apartment, where he tried to create the fiction of her death by suicide, sources said.

Pillco, who at 5 feet tall was shorter than Shelly by 2 inches, apparently had trouble trying to situate her body to fit a suicide scenario, so he had to step on the toilet, leaving behind the sneaker print, sources said.

The cause of death still was not clear, the medical examiner's office said.

Pillco immigrated to the United States from Ecuador in July, police said. Several other men lived with him in a basement apartment on Prospect Avenue, neighbors said.

At Shelly's building Monday, resident Ilana Abrahams, 22, said news of the arrest frightened tenants who had assumed that if Shelly had been slain, it was not at the hands of a stranger.

"We thought it was someone she knew," Abrahams said. "[Building management] was leaving the door open all the time and just letting contractors walk in and out."

A close friend of Shelly's, who asked that his name not be used, said the arrest was a confirmation for those who could not believe Shelly had taken her life.

"I saw the rat right away," he said of the initial suspicion about suicide. "If Adrienne had some depressed thoughts or feelings, we all would have known right away."

Ostroy, in his statement, said, "We appreciate the outpouring of support we've received. Her fans and the film community knew Adrienne as an award-winning actor, screenwriter and director, but her most enduring legacy is our wonderful daughter. To those closest to her, she was the best mother and stepmother, wife, daughter, sister and friend anyone could ask for."

2006-11-07 14:11:52 · 11 answers · asked by die_illegals 1 in Law & Ethics

2006-11-07 14:11:06 · 17 answers · asked by Jose R 6 in Other - Politics & Government