Politics & Government - 6 January 2007

MY home state of Florida has a silly constitutional amendment that says you can't tether your pigs. Wow! Why would anyone want to tie up their pig is beyond me and what would be the problem if they did?

2007-01-06 23:59:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I read in the paper today, the government were trying to stop smoking in our own homes/////////
What do you think about this?

2007-01-06 23:58:16 · 33 answers · asked by jay 4 in Law & Ethics

How are you celebrating "Australia Day"?

Having a tinny or two and watching the Cricket?
Putting your feet up and chillin' with the Mrs?
Maybe head down to Darling Harbour for the fireworks later?

Doing something uniquely "Australian"?
Perhaps something a bit "partriotic"?

My family and I will be heading to Canberra. We cannot afford such a trip (from Bundaberg, Qld), but the issues at stake are too important to ignore any longer....
It appears Mr Howard needs a personal visit.

Stop the Genocide!
Give Back Aboriginal Land!
End the nuclear madness!

Please consider making a difference...
JOIN US!

2007-01-06 23:57:36 · 18 answers · asked by anne_goddard_australia 1 in Civic Participation

2007-01-06 23:56:23 · 9 answers · asked by kevin j 1 in Government

Do you think we need anymore more asylum seekers in the uk, should the goverment stop it now

2007-01-06 23:55:49 · 29 answers · asked by anthony 1 in Immigration

http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,,20614051-401,00.html

2007-01-06 23:52:38 · 8 answers · asked by Isabel F 2 in Politics

Does it really matter now what colour the curtains are, I mean I would prefer a change as obviously red,blue,yellow is exactly the same give or take a few p on the pound.
Politics in the UK like the rest of the western world is now more or less solely about how to keep wealth vis each other and especially vis developing challengers. The elite have the wealth which they graciously share with their supporters managers etc but the institutions that make up society and really matter like NHS etc carry on degrading.
So does it matter what colour the curtains are or what animal craps in the white house?

2007-01-06 23:50:40 · 10 answers · asked by farshadowman 3 in Government

2007-01-06 23:50:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-01-06 23:50:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Safe inside a locker in the district policeheadquarters in east Delhi, lies Anju Ilyasi's story: What marriage to theman she loved meant to her, her ecstasy on giving birth to a beautifuldaughter, her frustration on being neglected by Suhaib Ilyasi and not beingable to pursue a career, her apprehensions about the other women in herhusband's life and finally, the last words capturing the final moments ofdesperation.
n her diary, Anju blames Suhaib for harassing and torturing her every timeshe committed a mistake at home, when the food was not ready when he camehome and when she questioned him when he came home late. ``He is alwayslooking for an excuse to get angry on me,'' she once wrote.
There are instances where an angry Anju has unabashedly abused Suhaib. Onesuch entry reads: ``Kamina....rakshas...uska sapna hai ki woh mujhenaukrani banake rakhe. Mein aise nahin hone dungee.'' (He thinks he cankeep me like a servant in his house. I will not let it happen.)
At several places, she had accused Suhaib of not giving her money to meether personal expenses while he apparently spent a lot of money on his owntrips abroad.

2007-01-06 23:49:50 · 3 answers · asked by riya_thakur2006 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-01-06 23:46:40 · 29 answers · asked by micky ... licentious 1 in Military

Why didn't all those famous American universities try to correctly understand Asian societies even after Vietnam?

2007-01-06 23:42:10 · 19 answers · asked by september_serenade 1 in Military

I arrived in the USA during the Christmas holidays to visit some friends (who are American) and when I was asked by the immigration officer to provide details on my whereabouts in the USA, I told him at the Hilton Hotel, Dallas Tx. He then told me to sit down which was for 1 hour almost and told me to go to a room for additional questioning. I asked him why? and the he became very rude and irate cause I asked! Anyway, I proceeded to the room and then he said that I look like a terrorist and seem to be looking unusual in appearance cause I have a beard and wore a USA shirt.

I know this guy is not representing America and he obviously has some serious issues but my trip was to be a happy one with friends who i studied with and ended up with humiliation. I can understand the profiling and I have no problem with it but to be humiliated is something else! what should i do? i got his immigaration tage number and name.

2007-01-06 23:34:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

She is already in bed (figure of speech) with Hugo Chavez, What’s to stop her from (if she hasn’t already done so) signing up with Castro?

How can she even pretend to speak for Americans when she blatantly unites herself wit Anti-American groups?

That’s my personal opinion.

What's yours?

2007-01-06 23:33:12 · 19 answers · asked by Stone K 6 in Politics

2007-01-06 23:30:14 · 9 answers · asked by useretia 2 in Politics

i wanna join the service right out of high school to pay for collage... what it the best branch to enlist in?

2007-01-06 23:29:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I see the liberals bickering about the conservatives and calling them names, and the conservatives doing the same to the liberals. Do these people doing this really think that it will cause one side to see things their way (ie: conservatives becoming liberals or liberals becoming conservative)? Other than making the "other side" mad, what purpose does it serve?

2007-01-06 23:28:06 · 12 answers · asked by Mutt 7 in Politics

i live in temporary accomadation and the father of one of my kids has said i can live in his house with my 3 kids and pay him rent, as i dont work i would to need claim benifits until i do work. i would need to cover the morgage which is about £950 amonth, am i aloud to do this????????

2007-01-06 23:22:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

wheres dick cheney, do you think he has picked up his shotgun and gone to iraq, or is he just gonna blast sombody in the face here?

2007-01-06 23:21:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-01-06 23:14:12 · 5 answers · asked by brian e 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-01-06 23:12:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-01-06 23:06:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I cant believe that happened.

Army sorry for urging dead soldiers to return to duty

January 7, 2007
BY JOHN HEILPRIN
WASHINGTON -- The Army on Saturday blamed a computer mixup for recruitment letters mistakenly sent out over the holidays to the families of 275 officers killed or wounded in action in Iraq.

2007-01-06 23:05:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

With this question in mind on the matter of Separation of Church & State, how is it that the President can attempt to make Constitutional Amendment on Gay Marriage , because of his personal religious beliefs?

2007-01-06 23:04:30 · 3 answers · asked by amunra68 1 in Law & Ethics

Dont pay your taxes,change your status to non exempt,dont pay your property tax,dont pay your business tax,dont pay the thieves anything that contributes to illegal immigration.Our taxes fund all the social service programs.We the american workers are the many,they the governments that live off of our backs,are the few.It worked for the Boston tea party.

2007-01-06 23:01:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-01-06 23:00:08 · 6 answers · asked by Lover of God 3 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-01-06 22:56:01 · 7 answers · asked by rosierotnass 2 in Other - Politics & Government

On the Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) http://www.fapa.org/ website there is much info about Taiwan's plans to join the United Nations. Such plans are based on the (supposed) fact that ROC/Taiwan is already an independent sovereign nation. Is this true??

Taiwan had been ceded to Japan in 1895. In order for Taiwan to join the UN, three criteria appear most relevant. First, the officials in Taiwan must be able to produce an international treaty reference which clearly shows that the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan has been awarded to the ROC government. Second, clear evidence must be produced that Taiwan has been incorporated into the territory of the ROC via the procedures the ROC Constitution, Article 4. Third, there must have been a law passed by the Legislative Yuan authorizing the mass naturalization of native Taiwanese persons as ROC citizens.

Without these three criteria being met, how can ROC/Taiwan be considered an independent sovereign nation?

2007-01-06 22:50:05 · 5 answers · asked by Overseas E 3 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-01-06 22:42:22 · 18 answers · asked by bigboon 1 in Politics

Our government has never told us the truth about much of anything..talk to you your local representitives and find out, more so if they are NEW at their positions! If their lips are moving they are lieing

2007-01-06 22:32:17 · 11 answers · asked by Shauna 1 in Law & Ethics