Politics & Government - 8 December 2006

After watching the evening news, one news story in particular prompted this question. NBC news reported that former inhabitants of public housing destroyed by hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, were demanding that housing projects destroyed in the storm be refurbished despite the cost to the tax payer.(because that is ultimately who pays for public works projects) What gives, how on Earth can an adult demand that they receive free or reduced cost housing at the expense of other people?
At what point in time did the responsible,employed and productive become responsible for the able but unwilling?

2006-12-08 11:11:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2006-12-08 11:11:27 · 12 answers · asked by HeIsVigilante 2 in Military

I mean, this is just a random quesion that occured to me that i only know some laws, there is over 100 laws and i only know 10.

I think this might help with my career path also.

2006-12-08 11:11:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

hybrid automobiles can anybody feel a big story coming w/out it being a war or major weather condition?(katrina or tsunami)
bonus: did that tsunami ever get named?

2006-12-08 11:10:17 · 11 answers · asked by MRS.HOTWHEELS 2 in Military

my grandfatther doesnt want me to leave.but can i stay with another granparent?Cant i choose at this age?

2006-12-08 11:10:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Cheap labor, is far to expensive. Are we now expected to put are lives at risk to help corporations reduce their overhead production costs?


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/12/06/national/a070822S22.DTL&feed=rss.news

This is the second outbreak in less then a year, our food source is being jeprodised as well as our health and saftey. Is it time for our elected officials to admit Illegal immigration and NAFTA is not working?




NOTE: I had to reask this question due to a miswording, I appologise to everyone that answerd earlier.

2006-12-08 11:08:39 · 11 answers · asked by clone_marshal_bacara 2 in Immigration

If you felt it was your moral duty to protect your rights & the rights of other innocent people...would you?

2006-12-08 11:07:00 · 7 answers · asked by upside down 4 in Law & Ethics

I just wanna give this question out because i was very interested on how a leader like him could be able to rule a country..

2006-12-08 11:04:14 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Just now hearing about the whole mall bomb threat that was averted...the threat is still out there. The enemy is real. Does anyone who thinks there is not a signifigant terrorist threat still believe so? Why?

2006-12-08 11:04:00 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

IF they are hard workers, and pay taxes, and have never commited a crime like murder or rape........

2006-12-08 11:02:08 · 47 answers · asked by Sparkles 4 in Immigration

They also have children, smoke in the house, many times do other drugs and drink LOTS of soda. Now, that's not counting if all the residents in the house smoke, in which case it would be much more.
But, a conservative estimate per day is: A pack of cigarettes is about $4. A six pack of beer is about $4. and two liters of soda is about $2.
Now, I've estimated that this adds up to $10, conservatively. Which then adds up to about $300. a month. This is not accounting for the drug taking which may add on about $50-$100 per month. This isn't even counting in many of their scratch off ticket gambling money wasting.
I know many people crying about money and debt who are living like this. They don't give their kids crap, because they are so selfish.
Don't you think it's hard to feel sorry for people like this, I feel way more sorry for the children.
But the poor in America could save themselves a lot of money by adjusting their spending habits.

We are talking hundreds of $$$.

2006-12-08 10:58:41 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Of course, there are "talks" that could be brief, and could go something like this:

To the Syrian regime, the Americans could say: Alawites are not true Muslims. We know this, and the Sunnis know this, despite your attempts to hide behind that single fatwa from Iran claiming otherwise. The Saudis are prepared to use their money to broadcast through the Arab press, in the Middle East and in London, ably assisted by the Jordanians and the Egyptians, that the Alawites, those non-Muslims, must go. You think you can continue to rule, despite being 12% of the population. You think we will not support a Sunni Muslim effort to depose you. At this point, your behavior is such that we regard you as disposable. But it is not we who will do the disposing. It will be the Ikhwan within Syria. We will publicize your permitting Shi'a missionaries to come from Iran. We will have the Saudis and others display the pictures of Mary that hang in every Alawite village.

2006-12-08 10:57:38 · 14 answers · asked by thealligator414 3 in Politics

And how much money the current Iraq's government have now? Have any of those money been stolen after the war began? Anyone knows the numbers?

2006-12-08 10:55:37 · 12 answers · asked by Black_girly 1 in Politics

I could never grasp that right wing concept. As if piss-poor insurgents are going to leave their goats behind, hop on a jet with their AK-47's in carry on, and wreak havoc on the US one car bomb at a time.

If they could, it would be far more effective than what they are doing now in Iraq. And as 9/11 showed us, terrorists aren't stupid.

What makes you think common street thugs in Iraq (99% without passports even) are going to come streaming into New York with tons of explosives if we don't indulge them in Iraq?

And what is the precedent behind this assumption? Who was the last Middle Eastern insurgent goat farmer/ex-cop to set off a bomb in the West?

2006-12-08 10:51:53 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

which I hope so, I want to say that you guys are my heroes. I admire your courage, and the fact that you risk your lives for our country, and Iraqi civilians. I hope to be in the army airforce after I
graduate from high school. I draw pictures of marines, soldiers, army airplanes, and mostly everything in the army, in my drawing book.
I hope this shows you guys that I, and a thousands other people care about you guys. "Have a great christmas, and a happy new year".
From,
Maryam A.

2006-12-08 10:51:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Is it because of high crime rate or a harsh justice system?

There is a massive difference from Europe. Does it make Americans feel safer?

2006-12-08 10:50:23 · 23 answers · asked by Perseus 3 in Law & Ethics

or would we have some sense of humour about it ?

2006-12-08 10:48:21 · 9 answers · asked by trish 1 in Politics

Impeach bush= no,,,get our troops out of Iraq no=no,no,no...so what do the dem,s offer to the Iraq problem other than lip service?

2006-12-08 10:46:01 · 13 answers · asked by CIVILIAN 4 in Politics

Are you a conservative Republican, and do you like to watch John Stewart?

2006-12-08 10:46:01 · 15 answers · asked by bluedog 2 in Politics

And then turn around and defend Kerry's remarks?
Furthermore, why do many of those same Democrats support the likes of Sheehan and Moore?
This isn't the party of FDR anymore! Thoughts on this?

2006-12-08 10:45:02 · 19 answers · asked by Nemo 2 in Politics

2006-12-08 10:44:35 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

.....especially if you smoke in the house with your kids who are gasping for air, and you drink their food, do you then especially deserve to be poor?

The kids don't, of course.

2006-12-08 10:44:07 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

How do you start a new political party, something has to be done and that seems to be the only answer.

2006-12-08 10:43:32 · 10 answers · asked by booboo 7 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-12-08 10:42:00 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

think she would get away with the things she has said? Or would Yahoo allow her to keep her postings without threat of 'violation' even if she had been 'reported' countless times??

2006-12-08 10:40:38 · 10 answers · asked by rare2findd 6 in Politics

And if such a law were passed, how could it be enforced?

2006-12-08 10:40:14 · 28 answers · asked by ? 7 in Law & Ethics

2006-12-08 10:39:31 · 10 answers · asked by Nemo 2 in Politics

2006-12-08 10:39:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-12-08 10:38:34 · 9 answers · asked by jimmy the man 4 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-12-08 10:38:28 · 4 answers · asked by bob c 1 in Politics