Politics & Government - 12 February 2007

Companies like Haliburton hire in the US then send employees overseas - does this inflate the real state of our economy?

2007-02-12 07:21:59 · 7 answers · asked by geosworld 3 in Other - Politics & Government

What would you look for?Is the family that took over the convenience store down the street a possible terrorist group?Any new faces around town?How about the guy interested in purchasing alot of guns?Who really knows?

2007-02-12 07:20:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

But how do you judge? Is he the most morally disgusting? The worst mangler of the English language?

2007-02-12 07:18:51 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

are lazy,incompetent bums who probably are responsible for their own misery?

2007-02-12 07:18:00 · 15 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics

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2007-02-12 07:16:37 · 38 answers · asked by ♠Gotham♠ 3 in Other - Politics & Government

Thanks. I've seen this particular word tossed around a lot lately, and I know the range of answers I'll get will be huge. But if you could contribute what it means in your opinion I would appreciate it, thanks for participating.

2007-02-12 07:15:28 · 6 answers · asked by Amy V 4 in Politics

2007-02-12 07:15:25 · 11 answers · asked by Kaliyah's here! 4-30-08 7lb 2 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-02-12 07:15:22 · 9 answers · asked by eddielvs2club 1 in Politics

2007-02-12 07:14:53 · 15 answers · asked by eddielvs2club 1 in Politics

2007-02-12 07:13:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Im 20 and i was wondering if its legal for me to sell alcohal at a liquor store?

2007-02-12 07:11:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

And how

2007-02-12 07:11:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

I was hired to care for a old woman by her daughter for2 days, the next day the police called to question me saying the daughter set me up and was accusing me of taking so many pills I denied it of course, I didn't do it. bu the time the detective finished badgering me and accusing me and my husband who was there 5 min to pick me up, I was hysterical and I said ok I did It. charged with pitit larc and 2 counts poss. I have a prescription for one med I take myself and I have a bottle from the other of my own from nov, can they still charge me with possession with those? If I took the womans meds on wed like she says, why would she want me to come back to work on th next day. the detective said she knew they were gone wed evening.

2007-02-12 07:11:15 · 5 answers · asked by harleybabe642002 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Is there certain things that will show the court that you do not deserve a felony conviction or to help eleviate sentencing costs and requirements when found guilty on possession of meth paraphenilia in oregon. What can I do to show responsibility and acceptance of guilt when I have no funding available for treatment.

2007-02-12 07:10:14 · 5 answers · asked by amy f 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

I heard that its extremely hard to get in! I have 18 months until ETS, im going to reenlist. How do i get to be a range cadre?

2007-02-12 07:10:13 · 5 answers · asked by noname 2 in Military

Does the german army still make Panther and Tiger tanks? And how do they compare to American tanks?

2007-02-12 07:09:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Just because he is well educated, well spoken, and well mannered, should not mean he is not "Black Enough. If blacks define "Black Enough" as uneducated, rude, belligerent and speaking ebonics, i.e. "keeping it real", then that would explain why so many blacks are doing so poorly in this country. Am i wrong to think that blacks should look up to Obama, and if he is not "Black Enough", then maybe you are TOO BLACK?

2007-02-12 07:09:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

It seems that in the good ole USA if you do not agree with the Government and have views of your own, even though you're not physically harming or endangering anyone, You're automatically considered a Terrorist? How stupid is that? Freedom of speech is in our US Constitution and we shall continue to voice what is our god given right. One of few we have left anymore. Wake Up America the Government is wanting the upper hand and wants to strip our rights out from under us. Don't let this happen. God Bless America and God Bless the Real Legal American Citizens of this Country. Personally a terrorist is one who enters our country "ILLEGALLY" and breaks the laws of our land, one who steals from the Taxpayers of this country with no intentions of doing whats right. Robbing our Welfare Systems, Hospitals, Food Banks, and any other means of freebies to them. Those services are for the US Legal Citizens. Taxpayers deserve better than this. Stop this Unwanted Invasion!!!

2007-02-12 07:08:41 · 13 answers · asked by txdixiechk1 1 in Politics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20070209/cm_rcp/arnolds_immigration_fbomb1

Opinion
Arnold's Immigration F-Bomb
Tom Bevan Fri Feb 9, 1:01 PM ET
Latinos are up in arms over the most recent round of audio tapes leaked out of Arnold Schwarzenegger's office that show the Governator engaging in a very frank and thorough discussion of the immigration issue. Condemnations are ranging from offensive and outrageous" to "abhorrent." But after you read the LA Times piece, go spend a few minutes reading the full 24 page transcript of Arnold's conversation (also provided by the Times, to their credit) , which paints a vastly different and more interesting picture of his views.
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Here is some of what Governor Schwarzenegger said that caused such a huff, starting with questions about what to do if Mexicans in the United States on some kind of work visa program stay in the country and refuse to return home to Mexico and leading into a comment about the Simpson-Mazzoli bill:

GOVERNOR: Do you go back then and chase them down? Do you then make them criminals for staying here? Do you put them in prison for staying here? Do we have the prison beds, and do we have the supervision? Do we have enough of the personnel in the prisons, in the county jails for this stuff, to feed them and to guard them and all of those things? Do you round them up? Do you send them back?

Q: Well, those are the nitty-gritty detail questions that need to be answered in Washington. But I think --
GOVERNOR: But the most important thing here is -- you see, that's the interesting thing about it. That, for instance you call the 'nitty-gritty detail', but that actually is the biggest issue. Because why? Because our government in 1986 --

Q: The amnesty.

GOVERNOR: Has f***** the American people.

Q: Yeah, we've got twice as many illegals --

GOVERNOR: You see, because what happened, they said, "Look, we came up with a solution."

Q: Right. M-hmm.

GOVERNOR: And now 20 years later the government comes up again and says, "We are going to work on a solution."

Q: It's worse now.

GOVERNOR: And what happened was with the solution is that they said that if we give them amnesty and if we solve this, and we are going to go and track them down if anyone comes in here illegally, and we'll send them back, and the people that are providing jobs will be punished and all. No one enforced the law.

And later Arnold says this about assimilation:

GOVERNOR: It is changing, but in reality, I tell you. We can talk about what do we say when we get asked in an interview, and there are certain things you can't say. And one of the things that is, I think, tough for the American people to digest is that Mexicans, because it's next door, are holding onto their tradition and to their language much longer than the Polish did when they came over here, and the Germans and the Austrians when they came here, the French when they came here, because that was like you wanted to go and become part of America so quickly that you tried to learn the language. The older generation had always much more difficulty, as much as I have more difficulty getting up to speed with the computer. The older generation that is kind of like still with this new technology kind of stay away from it. But my son is on the computer and everything, and he's much better in English than I am, and he's 12 years old. So that's just the way it is. But I made an effort. But the Mexicans don't make that effort. See, they are building, as you saw down there -- you were down there, right, with the Mexican shopping mall?

Q: You bet.

GOVERNOR: Which is like a --

Q: Plaza de Mexico.

GOVERNOR: Which is like the -- yeah, the Plaza de Mexico, which is like a growth.

Q: On our side?

GOVERNOR: Yeah (SS)

Q: (SS) Linwood.

GOVERNOR: In Linwood. I mean, it's spectacular, when you see that shopping mall. Literally I felt I was in Mexico City, because I was in Mexico City for months and months and months doing my movies there. And it felt like I was down there. Everyone only spoke Spanish, every shop was in Spanish, every sign was in Spanish. They create a Mexico within California.

Q: You bet. And it's not just in that area. It's in (SS)

Q: Oh, I know.

GOVERNOR: And so you have to now bring all your brochures and everything in Spanish, all your government forms in Spanish, and all of this and all of that. So we have to make an effort, and I think that annoys people in California. It annoys people in America. They say, "Look, you want to come in here as a guest, but then behave as if you are a guest. That if you come --" I always compare the country to a house, your home. If you have someone coming to your home, he's going to say, "This family wakes up at 6:00 in the morning, and then they leave the house, or they go out running and all this. If I stay here I think I should get with the program here, you know? That's the way it is. And it's really funny what I've seen here in the Dehlson's house. Everyone does chores here. It's wild.

Q: They do?

GOVERNOR: Kids go and take out the trash, and the wife is doing the cooking, and Gary is there, he's going out shopping to get the food while she's doing the vegetables ready, he's getting the steaks. And so and so and doing this, and the grandmother is over there putting the flowers -- everyone is doing something. I'd better get with the program. So if I'm smart now, if I'm the guest, I go to his wife and I say, "Hey, what can I do?"

Q: That's true.

GOVERNOR: Right?

Q: That's a big part of it, absolutely.

GOVERNOR: Because I'm not going to say, "Well, in my house, I sit there and I read all day, no matter what happens around me, I read." Well, when you are a guest you don't want to go and sit in a chair while everyone is working and you keep reading your book because you love your novels. You go and get up in this one hour, at least you will then go and make an effort here, because I'm a guest here. Or, let me go out and get the flowers, to the wife, to the lady of the house. "I'm going to get some flowers for doing all of this," with a little message on it. So you do certain things. But what do we see in return? We see protestors carrying the Mexican flag.

Q: Carrying the Mexican flag.

GOVERNOR: And stepping on the American flag, and speaking in Spanish and talking about, "We are here and we're going to stay." So now imagine, someone coming to your house and he has no place because his house burned down next door. Now, he comes to your house because of the misery he went through, or she went through, comes to your house now and you say, "Come on in here for a week or two weeks until you get going." And that person comes out and says, "I'm not going to move anymore. You know, something, Gary? I'm here to f****** stay."

Again, I urge you to read the whole transcript, not just the parts that are generating the most heat in the press. Arnold remains very pro-immigration but, like most everyone else, is grappling with the complexities of solving this very contentious issue.

2007-02-12 07:08:27 · 20 answers · asked by luv3dbb 5 in Immigration

First my boyfriend failed his hearing test twice, marginally passed the third time; then his ingrown nails were removed, two weeks later he came down with pneumonia and spent 4 days in recovery. Will they possibly drop him from bootcamp(Marines). How often do they "extend" their time? My friend's fiancee has been extended 4 times now. We're hoping he will finally be home in June.

2007-02-12 07:05:51 · 12 answers · asked by J B 1 in Military

I gave a notice at my job because I had been working there 11 months and requested an evaluation and a raise. (hadn't had either even though the policy says an evaluation after 6 mo) I am a good employee, do what I am supposed to, show up on time etc. My boss copped out and said that they give bonuses but not really rasies. That among other things added up which made me decide to take a job I was offered, and I gave a full two week notice plus a few days. A an ad was placed in the paper for my replacment which was a dollar more an hour than I was making and said experience a plus but not a must. They were willing to hire someone without exp for more than they were willing to pay me. Am I being over sensitive saying my boss is a butt hole?

2007-02-12 07:05:46 · 1 answers · asked by TennesseeGirl 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-02-12 07:05:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

not the middle classs outsourcing syndrome
and buy outs

2007-02-12 07:04:38 · 19 answers · asked by Republicans tjhink bush nevr lie 1 in Politics

2007-02-12 07:03:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-02-12 07:03:31 · 13 answers · asked by markanthony 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

I have heard this time and time again They never fully recover only overcome one day at a time.

Bush told America he was a junkie but we thought he would be OK.

Now over a million homeless and untold thousands dead as a result of our bad judgment.

2007-02-12 07:03:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

for WMD lies
no geneva rules for prison preotection
no body armor
failed war plan stay the corpse

2007-02-12 07:02:50 · 12 answers · asked by Republicans tjhink bush nevr lie 1 in Politics

Who would you think of if you heard this statement:

That there is the guy who doesn't know what is means?

2007-02-12 07:02:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-02-12 07:02:08 · 2 answers · asked by justwondering 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Personally, I think Hillary is only good as far as she's able to fool people easily. Barak would be better if he had a stronger voice. Rudy is probably my favorite of the three just because there's not alot of wandering about to get to what his policies are. I'm not a republican nor am I a democrat ,but I think both sides have strengths. My opinion will probably change with the progression of this whole ordeal....anyway, what do you think of them?

2007-02-12 07:01:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government