Politics & Government - 31 December 2006

I believe his answer has to be yes.
I woke up early Sunday morning to see the most barbarous image ever on British television. An ex-president was about to be hanged. Deep down, how do you feel Mr Blair? Don't you feel terrified that a person's life is about to be taken on your command. I bet you would argue that Saddam was tried, convicted, sentenced and executed by the government of Iraq.
A government that was forcefully imposed and installed by you and Mr Bush. A government that is still shouting for help because it has no sovereign power, a government that is still politicially divided without a stable parliamentary or a practiable legislation or a workable agenda, a government whose only successful ambition was to execute its predecessor. Would you call that a respectable government of modern day democracy and judiciary? Well, we oppose death sentence, but not oppose showing our children the saddistic image of Saddam's execution. Be terrified, be very terrified Mr Blair.

2006-12-31 10:05:43 · 13 answers · asked by bluebell 2 in Politics

2006-12-31 10:04:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2006-12-31 10:02:11 · 18 answers · asked by Jake B 2 in Politics

Or do they just not learn Italian? How come Italy let's in people from third world countries but they will not let American's or other Europeans immigrate into Italy?

2006-12-31 10:01:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I have been to federal prison twice and when inmates are close to the end of their sentence they are mandated to take a class called pre release which the stipulations of our release due to our status a convicted felons is thourly explained. We have to sign an acknowledgment form. From what was explained to us a firearm is anything with a trigger mechanisim or protrudes. It can be a bb gun, flare gun, stun gun mase, or a sling shot. The reason I am asking is I messed up my life at a young age and now that I am older and drug free I would love an opportunity to be given to me like what was given to THE DOG. I was raised being taught all the right morals and ethics exept the drugs made me ignore what I was taught all my life. I always heard that it takes a criminal to catch a criminal. I have wanted to be a police officer since I was seven and knowing what I know now has to be a great plus. If The dog can do it on national tv why can't I? Is DOG within the means of federal law?

2006-12-31 10:00:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Whites will be the minority in America its only a few decades or even less than that, and so far white children are taught that they are evil creatures because their long gone ancestors enslaved and lynched people. Tell me what future do white children have when they are the minority, when Asians, blacks, and hispanics are running the country that our forefathers built and those "minorities" will probably give whites the same civil rights as cattle? For years those "minorties" have envied whites. Now they want revenge.

2006-12-31 09:58:49 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Current Social Security and state aid laws deny financial assistance if a person has more than $3,000 in assets. That also includes a car, stock, bonds, life insurance, etc. Therefore, a disabled person must sell everything he owns and spend that money before he/she can apply for assistance (which can take 2 years to receive) I may be wrong but, it sounds like the government is trying to selectively remove the disabled from society. Hmmm...I was just thinking...If I own a refrigerator that keeps my food cold, I'd have to sell it before I could apply for assistance to buy food. Does anyone see a trend here? I think our president made a mistake. He should believe in the "trickle-down" theory, not the "trickle-on" theory. Anyone suggest anything?

2006-12-31 09:57:59 · 9 answers · asked by Pelican 2 in Other - Politics & Government

The Dirty Dozen on a grand scale.

2006-12-31 09:57:43 · 14 answers · asked by Kate the Saint 1 in Military

By putting their monies into a "trust fund" they manage to deceive the public by saying that they gave the money away, but in reality they only give charities a few hundred thousand and sometimes a million dollars. In this way, with interest, the money will still get larger. In other words, nothing has really been done except a big public deception.

2006-12-31 09:56:37 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2006-12-31 09:55:44 · 16 answers · asked by ? 1 in Immigration

2006-12-31 09:55:26 · 14 answers · asked by Baron 1 in Military

2006-12-31 09:55:10 · 6 answers · asked by huduuluv 5 in Military

The Lancet Report that came out recently estimated that 655,000 iraqis have died as a result of the war by using the increases in the death rate to calculate how many more people have been dying since 2003. But there is a problem with this methodology; the sanctions imposed on Iraq were killing about 200,000 people a year by block food, medical supplies, ect. After the invasion, those sanctions ended, meaning the base death rate in Iraq would have reduced by 200,000 a year.

Does anybody know if the Lancet correct there calculations for those figres somehow? And if not, would that mean the actual number of Iraqis killed by the war is actualy 1,255,000?

2006-12-31 09:54:40 · 2 answers · asked by Mabus 3 in Politics

2006-12-31 09:51:47 · 12 answers · asked by thomas_jefferson 1 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-12-31 09:50:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

besides hotdogs,nascar,christian extremism, and war

2006-12-31 09:50:38 · 34 answers · asked by Mr. I Don't Care 1 in Politics

This is what I found Fifty-eight (58) dB(A) during nighttime hours. I have a dog and she barks when I am not home. I want to make sure I am not going to get fined or something for my dog barking. I was really looking for someone that can tell me what I can compare to 58 dB(A). I don't know what I will do with her if I get fined. When I am here she never barks.

2006-12-31 09:50:10 · 4 answers · asked by JJ 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2006-12-31 09:49:07 · 10 answers · asked by Angin 1 in Other - Politics & Government

No more questions about the hippie lettuce

2006-12-31 09:48:59 · 29 answers · asked by Abu 5 in Politics

I have a horror of all methods of capital punishment. But I wish they would at least carry out this, may be necessary, ritual at some decent time in keeping with the body clock.

It seems horrible to me that a human being should be woken at around 4.00 a.m. and asked to prepare for his life to be snuffed out. Maybe he's the worst of criminals, who has done much worse, but should the state emulate this?

2006-12-31 09:46:33 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2006-12-31 09:45:55 · 8 answers · asked by thomas_jefferson 1 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-12-31 09:45:36 · 6 answers · asked by Kate the Saint 1 in Other - Politics & Government

After all those 4x4s are bad news

2006-12-31 09:42:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

He's played three bad games in a row (Saints, Eagles, and now Lions). The cowboys will probably NOT make the playoffs. It seems that too many were comparing him up with Joe Montana! C'mon, the lowly LIONS can even beat the Cowboys! Even a college like Ohio State would probably stomp 'em, the way they've been playing lately.



Well, you still can compare him to Joe. Joe was a great QB, and a winner! Romo is NOT a great QB, and well, you can see for yourself where he's at as a QB.

2006-12-31 09:40:05 · 3 answers · asked by snafu1 2 in Politics

I keep on hearing hes the strongest leader we've ever had. Why is this? Half of his reasoning is the Bible said so. I could of sworn politcs and religion were suppose to be seperate in this country? Then the few smart things he does are take ideas from his advisors and call him his own. Like how he said he "created" the Homeland Security Dept. So really what did he do to help us?

2006-12-31 09:39:31 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

No one from the study group visited Iraqi Kurdistan, which the group admits is safe and pro-American, and where there has not been a single U.S. casualty since the war.
~~~~~~~~~Article ~~~~~~~~~
The Iraq Study Group's recommendations will accomplish nothing in Iraq. Its expressions of "gratitude" to those of us Iraqis who fought on the battlefield for freedom and liberty ring hollow. The report ignores our accomplishments, dreams and sacrifices in favor of a concern for those whose ultimate goal is the destruction of democracy.

Our federal constitution, which the majority of the Iraqi people voted for, is treated flippantly, as though it were a negotiable document rather than the hard-fought result of lengthy negotiation among those willing to participate in the new Iraq. Further, the study group's approach is driven by the concerns of the countries in this region rather than by the concerns of the Iraqi people.
http://www.krg.org/articles/article_detail.asp?ArticleNr=15438&LNNr=28&RNNr=70&LangNr=12

2006-12-31 09:39:24 · 4 answers · asked by Akkita 6 in Military

If these are the two countries most responisble for it, then what did they get out of it?

2006-12-31 09:34:06 · 13 answers · asked by logan2012 1 in Government

In movies and stuff, police people open peoples cars and show them their badge and say "LAPD, i need your car!" and stuff like that. Can they really jack your transportation ride if they need it? Does it go against any laws? Just wondering.

2006-12-31 09:33:27 · 10 answers · asked by SCSA 5 in Law Enforcement & Police

Isn't the fake debate really between the centrists and the right wing? The left are the communists, and people like Dennis Kucinich are not communists.

2006-12-31 09:31:34 · 11 answers · asked by logan2012 1 in Government

C'mon, how many people think that there wasn't some personal satisfaction of Georgie and Son, when saddam met his end? They probably fired guns into the air, like they did in the old west.

2006-12-31 09:28:59 · 10 answers · asked by snafu1 2 in Politics