Politics & Government - 15 February 2007

Well, according to Hollywood, children are not influenced by sex and violence -- in movies, on TV, in rap music. They're not influenced by any of that. However, our 20- and 30-year-olds in the military are. So, we bring them back; we send children over there, and they won't be influenced by "24" and any other kind of programming

2007-02-15 10:40:35 · 5 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

2007-02-15 10:40:07 · 40 answers · asked by ScubaDan 1 in Government

do you guys think that we are actually ready for a black, male president; or a white female president? which would be better, and what would be the pros and the cons?

2007-02-15 10:39:43 · 10 answers · asked by redd112288 1 in Elections

2007-02-15 10:39:43 · 5 answers · asked by muddylittlehotel 2 in Military

Since so many conservatives support the war why is there a shortage of recruits? Shouldn't these strong war supporters sign up today?

2007-02-15 10:39:21 · 13 answers · asked by itsdabigbadwolf 3 in Politics

it's my opinion that this war is diversionary. if we weren't needing protection would we see anything positive in the bush administration?

2007-02-15 10:39:03 · 5 answers · asked by gregg w 1 in Politics

2007-02-15 10:38:54 · 1 answers · asked by muddylittlehotel 2 in Military

2007-02-15 10:38:28 · 9 answers · asked by belle l 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-02-15 10:38:00 · 7 answers · asked by muddylittlehotel 2 in Military

My ex is like 15,000 behind in child support. He left the country and went to Taipei. I hired outside help, but they didn't seem to do much. The Ohio CSEA wont do crap, or even try. I am supporting us okay, but a little help would be nice! I don't qualify for government help due to my income. Bounty hunter maybe?

2007-02-15 10:37:47 · 9 answers · asked by andi_has_2boys 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

for a crazy reason also?

2007-02-15 10:37:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-02-15 10:37:13 · 5 answers · asked by muddylittlehotel 2 in Military

2007-02-15 10:36:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-02-15 10:36:09 · 3 answers · asked by muddylittlehotel 2 in Military

It shows how ignorant they are. Take FDR, Truman, and JFK for example. They were even more conservative than today`s republicans...Are today`s democrats that uneducated about their own party ? Democrats keep proving to me what fools they are by telling me how great those men were (to further their own liberal agenda). These men were great because they were NOT liberal by today`s standards !... Today`s democratic party is truely ruled by modern day leftists the way I and many others see it.. What do you think ?

2007-02-15 10:35:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I mean seriously...school, baby, won a good amount of money and decided to take a year or 2 off, unemployment, etc.

Why don't employers realize that **** happens sometimes and people can't work and then they hold these "gaps" as an excuse not to hire you,etc

What is the big deal...THE PAST IS THE PAST. Only crime doesn't apply to this in my opinion.

Why do employer's care about gaps in employment?

2007-02-15 10:35:55 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

E-Mail from Tazz, Airman in Iraq

Hey Rush,

I am scratching my head here. None of this makes any sense...but I wonder what you think about all of this...

The national news media shows lots of our American servicemen and women dying over there in Iraq and getting killed, helicopters being shot down, roadside bombs going off...etc...etc. Yet, when you are there, when you work with Americans and Iraqis who are actively engaged in re-building the country, who are out going after the enemy...there’s this ever-present sense of optimism, this prevailing upbeat mood of doing good. Just go talk to the wounded servicemen at Brooks or Bethesda. [RUSH: And I have. He's right.] They’ll tell you the same. Likewise, the Iraqi gentlemen (civilians) I worked with were excited about their economic prospects. They were eager for their families to experience a better life than the life they had under a totalitarian regime.

Rush, there’s an upbeat mood out there in Iraq. The country and its new democracy are moving forward. And the enemy hates it.

On the subject of “civil war” or “civil strife” in Iraq...

From what we can tell...there’s no “civil war” or “civil strife” as the news media puts it. The terrorists are coming from outside the country and killing civilians – as many as possible – to gain a foothold in Iraq. And they play this stuff on TV to make us sick. It’s working. We are getting sick, but Iraq is getting strong. If there really is civil strife in the country...then WHY don’t WE hear statements in the news about Shia leaders taking responsibility for Sunni killings, and vice-versa? WHY? This is why: Because they aren’t doing that Rush! THAT’S WHY we NEVER hear news reports from the so-called “civil strife” combatants themselves. Because there aren’t any. The IRAQIS are trying to build-up their country and make it work. MEANWHILE the enemy comes and kills everyone they can, and they run away from the scene (or die in the blast themselves).

One more thought...

I hate doing math, but think about this…

Rush...there’s anywhere from 500 to 1,000 road vehicle convoys per day in the country of Iraq. [RUSH: Five hundred to 1,000 road vehicle convoys per day in the country of Iraq.] One or three of these vehicle convoys (at most) get hit by an IED each day, which destroys maybe one or two vehicles. Most convoys have anywhere from 20 to 100 vehicles. NOW, what are your odds (e.g. CNN reporter) of being tagged by an IED????

In Summary...

I remain confused, amazed, and dumbfounded by the news media view on the war. And yet Americans are buying it. WHY??? How can we believe only one side of the story without seeing the whole picture, the whole story as it unfolds? Does ANYONE really know (other than those who are there) what’s REALLY happening in Iraq??? Is there any chance of getting any of this news reporting being done right???

America is doing good things over there. Our troops are awesome. They are an inspiration, a model of courage and of selfless patriotism. Why don’t people back home trust them?

Mega Dittos Rush.

Very Respectfully,

Tazz



RUSH: How would you people answer his questions? Why do the people here distrust the troops and don't see what's going on as a positive? I wrote him back. I'll just fire pointblank and tell you what I told him:

"Tazz -- Back in the old days, Walter Cronkite was able to kill the Vietnam War in one newscast. The Drive-By Media is not nearly as powerful but they still have power, and for many Americans in this country -- and this is a shock even still to me -- but for many Americans, millions, they only get their news in 30-minute doses from the 6:30 nightly newscasts on the networks. That's it. They don't watch cable. They don't listen to radio. They're out playing bingo, croquet, whatever they're doing, shuffleboard during the day; then they get in and drink the stuff that keeps the bowels moving and start watching Brian Williams -- and that's it. That's all they get, and after three-and-a-half years of a steady drumbeat of failure, destruction, death, body counts, and so forth, it's totally understandable why people would think all has been lost and all is going to hell in a handbasket over there. It's simple human nature.

"There's another side to this, too, and that is we can read all these e-mails that we get from soldiers in Iraq," like I just read to you from Tazz, "who tell us what they see -- but if there's nobody in this country who is willing to tell this story from a position of leadership, then these guys can sit there and write these e-mails all day long. The simple fact of the matter is that if the news in Iraq is good, we need to hear it from the upper echelons of the administration. We need hear it in a way that is robust. We need to hear it in a way that is inspirational and motivating -- and we don't, and so since we don't hear it -- and these press conferences?

"All we hear is, 'Yes, it's tough, and it's going to get tougher and things haven't gone well and so forth.' Tazz, I hate to tell you, but when the civies over here are not spreading the word as you feel it and see it in Iraq, you're beating your head against a wall. It's frustrating. And then when you've got the Congress, the House of Representatives particularly led by the Democrats and Nancy Pelosi, doing their level best to achieve defeat, invested in defeat, I can't imagine how frustrating it is for you guys because I know how frustrating it is for me, an average, ordinary American civilian. But all of this stuff going on and the troops in the field, both in Afghanistan and Iraq watching all this? I don't know why you guys haven't thrown your guns away and said, 'To hell with this! What's this for?' by now already."

2007-02-15 10:35:28 · 13 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

2007-02-15 10:35:28 · 1 answers · asked by muddylittlehotel 2 in Military

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iran_usa_dc;_ylt=Alvu9FU5PZKgBcKMXvEG6TUDW7oF

Or will it be having liars in the administration that quit and replaced with more liars?

2007-02-15 10:34:56 · 9 answers · asked by Retired From Y!A 5 in Law & Ethics

2007-02-15 10:34:46 · 6 answers · asked by muddylittlehotel 2 in Military

2007-02-15 10:34:03 · 6 answers · asked by muddylittlehotel 2 in Military

2007-02-15 10:32:59 · 31 answers · asked by muddylittlehotel 2 in Military

2007-02-15 10:32:18 · 7 answers · asked by muddylittlehotel 2 in Military

2007-02-15 10:32:05 · 19 answers · asked by watani@sbcglobal.net 1 in Politics

When the new smoking laws come into force on July 1st 2007 i.e you won't be able to smoke inside Public houses,bar's,club's,Night-club's,restarant's,will it also be ilegal/an offence to light up and smoke outside of these places i.e in seated area's and around tables?I presume that this smoking ban will also apply to Cinema's,Theatres,arena's,inside football stadium's,etc etc does it also apply to police building's/station's?and what about shop's i.e will it be ilegal for a customer to light up or be smoking whilst in a shop premises weather they purchase item's or not?from July 1st of this year onward's?

2007-02-15 10:31:57 · 17 answers · asked by ASHERS 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-02-15 10:31:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-02-15 10:31:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

We have a proble with a company not compensating us for the phone bill that they caused to be 1200.00 for just one month!! Does anyone know where i can go i do not have a lot of money to spend with an attorney.

2007-02-15 10:30:59 · 6 answers · asked by trksr4girls2 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-02-15 10:30:33 · 8 answers · asked by itsdabigbadwolf 3 in Politics

2007-02-15 10:30:27 · 13 answers · asked by Jace 4 in Other - Politics & Government