Politics & Government - 15 November 2006

2006-11-15 23:59:35 · 7 answers · asked by nunya 3 in Politics

This local news station hired an actor to apply jobs as a mall Santa or seasonal mall photographer. The actor provided the name, address, and birthdate of convicted pedophiles when he applied, but was still hired because the employers didn't do a thorough background check.

http://cbs2.com/goldstein/local_story_332231459.html

2006-11-15 23:57:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

The US of A is built on Genocide theft and lies and there are plenty of them. But what are your personal Top 10 great American Lies? I'm curious.

By the way if you can't take it Go away!!!
We all know what you are made of!!!

My Top 5
1) Moonlanding Hoax
2) J.F.K Murder
3) 9/11
4) Vietnam
5) Kyoto

2006-11-15 23:57:15 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2006-11-15 23:56:39 · 19 answers · asked by nunya 3 in Politics

if there was someone i was involved with...who was married..and he paid for everything....who wanted me to be with him , but i did not want to live with him and stuff...and i decided to cut him off by not talking to him anymore cause he went a bit psyco......(more than a bit)..and after a few monts i founf a man for me..who i am dating now andhave a baby with, and out of the blue this old married guy calls and asks for me to pay back everything .....and he knows i have nothing..so i said i would pay for some things..which isonly fair..but he has been calling a threataning me and such...should i tell his wife what went on.....and cotinue with getting a lawyer or..what..arghh this guy is messed up..!!!

2006-11-15 23:54:41 · 3 answers · asked by akak 1 in Law & Ethics

i bought a £280 mobile in july from carphone warehouse. Ive had no end of problems since i got it. It keeps turning off for no reason so i took it in for repair. I got it back after repair but still done the same thing so i took it back again. Im realy not happy with them as they never answer the phone. Ive made 3 wasted journeys to pick up the phone and its never there after been told that it will be in. Do i have the right to ask for a refund ?

2006-11-15 23:54:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

And who blocks weapons supplies to Srilankan Government.
Who can pass this message to the parties concern?

2006-11-15 23:54:23 · 8 answers · asked by Konfuzius 3 in Government

Just because it's fox "news" owner rupert murdoch who is doing it?? (he is the one publishing oj's 'book')

2006-11-15 23:45:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

going to pull him out just before the election to gain votes

2006-11-15 23:41:20 · 7 answers · asked by sunline 3 in Politics

What is the strongest cruise missile that is currently in use?
I checked wiki (though I admit not very throughly) and I could only find 3 cruise missile types currently deployed by the US (which I assume is the country using the strongest ones): AGM-86, BGM-109 Tomahawk and AGM-84.
Since AGM-84 is an anti-ship missile it is really out of the question.

Also I want to know about the strongest non-mass destruction bomb that is currently in use... please exclude cluster bomb as it focuses on blast radius more instead of firepower... this one I did not ckeck because I had no idea where to start from, sorry for me being lazy :(

As for the last question, what is the approx. blast radius of some of the missiles/bombs (also some of the most often used?)from the previous questions? Just a rough estimation is fine enough.

If I want to destroy an area that is about the size of a high school building(completely),is Harpoon strong enough or does it require a Tomahawk?

Thanks,

2006-11-15 23:38:55 · 5 answers · asked by Brad C 1 in Military

MICHAEL GRACZYK
Associated Press

HOUSTON - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday rejected an appeal from a death row prisoner whose case was among several dozen nationally involving condemned killers who were born in Mexico and whose punishments had been sidetracked after intervention from President Bush.

"We hold that the President has exceeded his constitutional authority by intruding into the independent powers of the judiciary," the court said in a 64-page ruling that included 283 legal footnotes.

Lawyers for condemned murderer Jose Ernesto Medellin had argued his rights were violated when a Houston court tried and sentenced him to death in 1994 for the rape-slayings of two teenage girls.

Specifically, Medellin, who was born in Mexico but who spent most of his life in Texas, contended he was denied legal help under international treaties when he was charged, tried, convicted and condemned for the 1993 slayings of Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, in Houston.

At issue overall was how much weight U.S. courts should give to decisions of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which ruled the convictions of Medellin and 50 other Mexican-born prisoners violated the 1963 Vienna Convention.

In 1969, the Senate ratified the Vienna Convention, which requires consular access for Americans detained abroad and foreigners arrested in the United States. The Constitution states that U.S. treaties "shall be the supreme law of the land," but does not make clear who interprets them.

In February 2005, Bush unexpectedly ordered new state court hearings for all 51 prisoners, whose cases have stirred tensions with foreign countries over convictions of their citizens in violation of international law.

The Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday said the presidential order "cannot be sustained under the express or implied constitutional powers of the President relied on by Medellin and the United States or under any power granted to the President by an act of Congress cited by Medellin and the United States.

"As such, the President has violated the separation of powers doctrine by intruding into the domain of the judiciary."

The decision Wednesday means Medellin, 31, is not entitled to additional review of his international rights claim.

The Supreme Court 18 months ago, citing the presidential order, rejected Medellin's case and those of the 50 other Mexican nationals on death row in the United States and sent them to their respective state courts for review. That ruling avoided the dispute over whether international law is binding on American courts.

In 2004, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Texas in a ruling that federal relief for Medellin was barred because he did not file objections at his trial.

In their arguments to the Supreme Court, Medellin's attorneys said his court-appointed trial lawyer was suspended from practicing law for ethics violations during the case, and he failed to call any witnesses during the guilt phase of the trial. Lawyers for Mexico said the country would have made sure Medellin had a competent lawyer had it known about the trial in 1994.

Medellin was supported in his appeal by dozens of countries, legal groups and human rights organizations, as well as former American diplomats and the European Union. Much of the international community is opposed to capital punishment and the execution of Mexican nationals in Texas, the nation's most active death penaltly state, is a particularly touchy point.

Medellin, 18 at the time, was one of six members of a fledgling Houston street gang convicted in the slayings of Pena and Ertman, whose bodies were found four days after they failed to return from a friend's house. The pair had been tortured, raped and strangled. They were attacked as they took a shortcut along some railroad tracks and stumbled on the group drinking beer after initiating a new gang member.

One of Medellin's companions, Derrick Sean O'Brien, also 18 at the time of the slayings, was executed earlier this year.

Evidence showed the girls were gang raped for more than an hour, then were kicked and beaten before being strangled by a belt or shoelaces.

Two others, Efrain Perez and Raul Villarreal, had their death sentences commuted to life in prison when the Supreme Court last year barred executions for those who were 17 at the time of their crimes.

Peter Cantu, described by authorities as ringleader of the gang, remains on death row without an execution date. O'Brien, in a confession, said Medellin was at one end of the belt being pulled around Jennifer Ertman's neck as he yanked on the other.

The sixth person convicted was Medellin's brother, Vernancio, who was 14 at the time and received a 40-year prison term.

2006-11-15 23:38:42 · 11 answers · asked by Princess_29_71 3 in Immigration

Is it anything like our Queen's Speech, or something totally different?

2006-11-15 23:36:54 · 5 answers · asked by Vernix Lanugo 3 in Government

2006-11-15 23:36:10 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

if he likes my idea i am hopeing to obtain a job from it. all i get it from his staff that it will be forward on . and this has been going on since before the election.and he has to be emailed before you can get a appointment with him.or even with the deptety will do as she now is surpose to be incharge of the water now.

2006-11-15 23:28:09 · 1 answers · asked by needmybaby2 1 in Civic Participation

2006-11-15 23:21:57 · 3 answers · asked by kia_cara 1 in Government

Im doing coursework, whats your opinions?

2006-11-15 23:19:54 · 24 answers · asked by garethjones1992 3 in Immigration

i thought you could do your probation were you wanted with in your state

2006-11-15 23:19:11 · 4 answers · asked by iiienmyownhouse 1 in Law & Ethics

Im doing coursework, whats your opinions?

2006-11-15 23:18:56 · 24 answers · asked by garethjones1992 3 in Immigration

I want to know about being a Bounty Hunter, anyone have any info to share?

2006-11-15 23:18:35 · 6 answers · asked by amanda 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

I worked in Finance for 2 months in a Temp-2-Perm role for a blue chip company. My agreement was for a 4 month contract which would be then reviewed and possibly made permanent.

Having done a good job, meeting all my deadlines I was shocked to get the sack simply because I had one days leave with flu.
Despite being ill, and sitting at my desk with my coat on still shivvering, I worked Mon,Tue,Wed and Thurs as it was month end and would leave the company in the lirch if I took time off. But after getting all the month end tasks out of the way, I phoned in sick on the Friday at 8am. And my boss said it was okay, get well soon, etc.
But then his boss phoned my recruitment agents and told them to tell me never to come back.
I feel this was totally unfair and wondered if they can do what they did. I fear now as it may affect my future prospects.

2006-11-15 23:17:43 · 11 answers · asked by chris m 1 in Law & Ethics

You have no idea how much is coming into the USA at the moment, the conditions they work under are to put it simply sub-human.

2006-11-15 23:14:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Will he now claim he HAS served his country in Vietnam?
Albeit 35 years too late.

2006-11-15 23:12:48 · 7 answers · asked by rosbif 6 in Government

some Indian

2006-11-15 23:12:37 · 1 answers · asked by patku1992 1 in Other - Politics & Government

I read this in the article about Guardian Angels (non-governmental organization) and I don't know how to translate it

2006-11-15 23:10:19 · 2 answers · asked by bizi 1 in Other - Politics & Government

Thirty five percent of the people in Congress are millionaires. One percent of the American people are millionaires. Does this help explain why people feel our elected officials do not represent us?

2006-11-15 23:08:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-11-15 23:02:23 · 17 answers · asked by rimrocka 3 in Politics

When you you be legally fit to drive next day. Female small build

2006-11-15 22:59:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2006-11-15 22:58:46 · 4 answers · asked by likeee 1 in Embassies & Consulates

2006-11-15 22:54:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

I phoned up learn direct centre and gave me a number which was also a learn direct centre and a refugee place that did a course that I want to do

she ask me for proof of my identiy and said dont bring in your passport, then she asked me are you refugee and I said no Im a uk citizens then she ask for my passport , then I said but you didn't want that first then she said she needs it

as it is a refugee place how can I be sure to give them a passport
they could do anything like a identiiy theft and give to one of the refugee what should I do, plus she goes she didn't want a passport now she does , I just can't trust them giving my passport to them what should I do

2006-11-15 22:54:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics