Politics & Government - 16 January 2007

i just always wondered..

2007-01-16 04:42:20 · 16 answers · asked by Calum of Calderdale 3 in Civic Participation

With MLK Day just past, I wonder about the race issue in a potential Obama presidential campaign. Is there a distinction (based on deep seated prejudice) that Obama is somehow *different* than the rank and file of US black people, because his father was directly from east Africa, and so has little/none of the historical and cultural baggage associated with American slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws, the civil rights era, etc.?

2007-01-16 04:40:46 · 14 answers · asked by Jerry P 6 in Politics

Think you're fighting the corperations by using Yahoo, Google, Dell computers, riding the bus, driving your car to work, using Windows, blah, blah blah blah?

If it weren't for you, the consumer, they'd be nothing. So stop blaming them for everything!

2007-01-16 04:40:18 · 10 answers · asked by NONAME 2 in Other - Politics & Government

I don't live in the US but I'd like to know why this happens.

2007-01-16 04:36:43 · 9 answers · asked by Transgénico 7 in Politics

I personally am not a racist,but in all the hoopla yesterday,it just dawned on me that since we have white supremacist,why can"t he be considered a black supremacist.

2007-01-16 04:33:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

for a ticket I received and didn't pay from more than ten years ago!
I never got any ticket at all; the ticket was for "violation of title" where supposedly my license plate was not the right one for the car that was being driven -
This was before they made it mandatory to turn in your license plates on a dead car - instead of keeping them in a box somewhere in your garage! Obviously, someone stole my old license plate, put it on a car, and then was stopped by the police - all of this, unknown to me, until I received this legal notice today.
I quess the driver, whoever they are, let the cop just think it was me. What should I do?? Is there a statute of limitations for that stuff in PA?? Why would they wait for ten years before threatening me to take my drivers license unless I pay them $350.00??? If they did this 10 yrs ago, the cop would know it wasn't me he stopped. now what do i do?????

2007-01-16 04:33:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

There is no way in gods green earth I want some little pansy that is scared of the boogyman under his bed let alone the insurgents firing AK-47s at me to "cover me while i move"! I dont wanna serve with these people that are just going to act miserable the WHOLE time we are there! I been to Iraq and im headed back, trust me we dont need or want you over there, just stay cozzy in your bed and keep the care packages coming please thats all we need!! Thank You all for your support and God Bless you!!

2007-01-16 04:31:41 · 16 answers · asked by US SOLDIER_LEO 2 in Military

First of all, why aren't we fighting "them" here right now? Are ALL of "them" busy in Iraq, and won't be free to fight us until we lose there? Is that really how terrorism works?

Secondly - even if we declare victory in Iraq - won't that leave a government backed by Moqtada al Sadr and Iranian-backed fundamentalists in charge of the world's second largest oil supply?

Are you SO sure we'll never have to fight THEM?

2007-01-16 04:26:08 · 22 answers · asked by Longhaired Freaky Person 4 in Politics

2007-01-16 04:25:44 · 13 answers · asked by vampiric_angel143 1 in Government

2007-01-16 04:25:38 · 33 answers · asked by Blink-Monkey-Blink 2 in Government

Was John F. Kennedy justified in bringing the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war over the placement of nuclear weapons on Cuba?

If the United States has the right to own nuclear weapons, should not Cuba also have that right?

2007-01-16 04:25:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

If so, what did you talk about - did they give satisfactory answers, or did they leave you more confused than before?

If not, why don't you? It's quite a liberating feeling, venting ones frustrations at the very cause of them, as well as being your God-given right, of course!

Be interesting to see the responses to this.

2007-01-16 04:24:48 · 18 answers · asked by BushRaider69 3 in Government

Shouldn't I watch Fox News too ? That way I could determine for myself if some are biased and others not .

Or should I LIMIT my viewing to only Liberal Approved Media ?
I want to make sure that I abide by all the new laws being passed by the Democrats . And they scare me, cause they have all the power to tell people what to do .

2007-01-16 04:24:21 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-01-16 04:23:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I'm thinking this She'a, Sunni conflict has been going on for say 1000 years. The philosopical difference is perpetual fuel for war.The pro Iran She'a population of Iraq will never stop fighting for a She'a Islamic State

2007-01-16 04:23:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

...were killed today by the Coalition Army ?

2007-01-16 04:22:50 · 17 answers · asked by The Greek Alpha 2 in Military

What did she do wrong? What did she do right?

2007-01-16 04:22:34 · 19 answers · asked by Blink-Monkey-Blink 2 in Politics

Oh, and what was the machine that barinwashed those people to steal televisions and shoot at their help.

I asked this question before, but I never got an answer.

2007-01-16 04:22:26 · 19 answers · asked by NONAME 2 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-01-16 04:18:52 · 13 answers · asked by Brotherhood 7 in Other - Politics & Government

when drugs were legal

2007-01-16 04:18:14 · 3 answers · asked by watson4972@sbcglobal.net 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-01-16 04:16:58 · 22 answers · asked by Transgénico 7 in Politics

We always heard about how "great" commie medicine was. Then their glorious leader, Fidel Castro gets sick and flys a Spainish doctor in to treat him. Bwahahaha!

Yea, commie medicine rocks...err, apparently!

2007-01-16 04:15:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-01-16 04:15:04 · 9 answers · asked by michael * 2 in Military

What exactly are we fighting for????

A She'a win is a victory for Iran
A secular win is a invitation for decades of conflict
A Suni win is embarrasing to America but pleasing to the Saudi
The Kurds are happy no matter what happens.

2007-01-16 04:13:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I live in Pennsylvania and I have an absolutely impossible neighbor who calls the police on me and my family at least 2-3 times per week, claiming everything from noise violations to child abuse. She even called the Department of Human Services claiming that my son was living in squalid conditions while we had loud drunken parties. DHS came out and found nothing remarkable. She's trying to get me evicted but I can't understand why, seeing as how we've never had any altercations with her before this. What to do?

2007-01-16 04:13:32 · 13 answers · asked by equalslsp 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-01-16 04:12:30 · 13 answers · asked by Sonal J 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-01-16 04:12:25 · 6 answers · asked by Kayla B 1 in Government

We are a music related company in Atlanta, GA who works with local universities each semester to provide us with Interns. These students get college credit for their work. We have new candidates who want to work here but are not enrolled in a school program. Can we have them work here for nothing? Is that legal?

2007-01-16 04:12:22 · 6 answers · asked by gravityjag 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-01-16 04:10:32 · 1 answers · asked by safondajackson2002 1 in Law & Ethics

Not in the long run. In primate societies the game is to defeat the Alpha Male and rule. The USA is the alpha male nation to be defeated.
We WILL NEVER BUY PEACE BY RETREATING.
The US dealt successfully with Germany and the Soviet Union, let's hope we can defeat Islamic terrorism.

2007-01-16 04:08:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military