Politics & Government - 15 February 2007

He seems to lean to the left on a lot of issues.

2007-02-15 02:14:54 · 13 answers · asked by Edman1981 1 in Elections

Recently, a California website ran an e-mail forum (a question and answer exchange) where the topic was
"Policing the Community."
One of the civilian email participants posed the
following question:
"I would like to know how it is possible for police officers to continually harass people and get away with it?"
From the "other side" (the law enforcement side) a cool cop with a sense of humor replied: "It is not easy. In California we average one cop for every 2,000 people. About 60% of those cops are on patrol, where we do most of the harassing. One-fifth of that 60% are on duty at any given moment and are available for harassing people. So, one cop is responsible for harassing about 10,000 residents. When you toss in the commercial, business and tourist locations that
attract people from other areas, sometimes you have a situation where a single cop is responsible for harassing 20,000 or more people each day.
A ten-hour shift runs 36,000 seconds. This gives a cop one second to harass a person, and three-fourths of a second to eat a donut AND then find a new person to harass. This is not an easy task. Most cops are not up to it, day in and day out. It is just too tiring.
What we do is utilize some tools.
They are as follows:
PHONE: People will call us up and point out things that cause us to focus on a person for special harassment. "My neighbor is beating his wife" is a code phrase we use. Then we come out and give special harassment.
Another popular one on a weeknight is, "The kids next door are having a loud party."
CARS: We have special cops assigned to harass people who drive. They like to harass the drivers of fast cars, cars blasting music, cars with expired registration stickers and the like. It is lots of fun when you pick them out of traffic for nothing more obvious than running a red light. Sometimes you get to really heap the harassment on when you find they have drugs in the car, are driving drunk, or they have an outstanding warrant.
RUNNERS: Some people take off running just at the
sight of a police officer. Nothing is quite as
satisfying as running after them like a beagle on the scent of a bunny. When you catch them you can harass them for hours.
LAWS: When you can think of nothing else to do, there are books that give ideas for reasons to harass folks. They are called "Laws" -Penal, Vehicle, Health and Safety, Business and Professional Laws, to name just a few. They spell out all sorts of things for which you can
really mess with people. After you read the law, you can just drive around for a while until you find someone violating one of these listed offenses and harass them. Just last week I saw a guy smash a car window. Well, the law says that is not allowed. That meant I got permission to harass this guy.
It is a pretty cool system that we have set up, and it works pretty well. We seem to have a never ending supply of folks to harass. And we get away with it.
Why?
Because the good citizens who pay the tab actually like the fact that we keep the streets safe for them.
Next time you are in my town, give me a single finger wave.
That will be a signal that you wish for me to take a little closer look at you, and then maybe I'll find a reason to harass YOU!
Looking forward to meeting you.

2007-02-15 02:14:04 · 11 answers · asked by common sense 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Love him or hate him, how can anyone deny that President Bush couldn't intelligently answer an unrehearsed question if his life depended on it. I watched his recent press conference and cringed every time he opened his mouth. His attempts at humor failed miserably; his attempts at being witty fell flat; and of course, he didn't answer a single question. How can anyone support such a buffoon? Wait, let me guess. You support him for his courageous war on terror, right?

2007-02-15 02:13:49 · 10 answers · asked by Hemingway 4 in Politics

I say, Bush may not be the biggest ear of corn on the farm, but he is the best Republicans have to offer.

I, like Republicans, stand by him, right or wrong!!!

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2007-02-15 02:13:25 · 9 answers · asked by Brotherhood 7 in Other - Politics & Government

...and why?

2007-02-15 02:12:56 · 11 answers · asked by patzky99 6 in Politics

What could these waste materials be?

How much will it cost?

(Are there legal requirements?)

(Do you need a clearance for it?)

2007-02-15 02:12:24 · 1 answers · asked by inthemaking 2 in Law & Ethics

each case is different... but why might a person change affiliation, and how do you think that would impact his or her viability as a candidate?

2007-02-15 02:10:56 · 13 answers · asked by patzky99 6 in Politics

2007-02-15 02:10:24 · 7 answers · asked by John B 1 in Politics

also are you a smoker or non-smoker.

2007-02-15 02:09:55 · 22 answers · asked by upthelions 4 in Law & Ethics

who will be????????
Can it be India????????

2007-02-15 02:08:03 · 17 answers · asked by Ammy 2 in Politics

Just after World War 2?

2007-02-15 02:07:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Should Human rights and international government organizations have a responsibility to intervene in cases of child sexual slavery?

2007-02-15 02:05:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

... why do they keep posting questions like this:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuZO3d_QwiTopG_VzMwjtvTY7BR.?qid=20070215065042AAs4POm

2007-02-15 02:05:01 · 10 answers · asked by Mutt 7 in Politics

ok...we know he's Bosnian, but the press will not report that he is muslim....Are they covering it up so it looks like we dont need the war on terror.....?...does anyone care that they want to kill us all?

2007-02-15 02:01:28 · 16 answers · asked by voiceofreason 3 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-02-15 02:01:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Anyone guised as a potential investor can reach anywhere in the planet and with an offer of furthering trade interests, or creating employment opportunities or imparting higher education etc can buy and own territory anywhere. In many places, the military and local police might even come to the aid of this foreign investor to protect the *foreign investment*. Aren't we actually fooling people in the armed forces to sacrifice their life for *nothing good* ?

2007-02-15 02:01:08 · 14 answers · asked by doxa 2 in Other - Politics & Government

I'm married and got my greencard last year. I don't plan to work in the US. Do I need to apply for SSN? Is it mandatory?

2007-02-15 02:00:25 · 8 answers · asked by Speck Schnuck 5 in Immigration

A. a soul
b. genitalia
c. genuiness
d. a beating heart
e. all of the above

2007-02-15 01:58:56 · 16 answers · asked by Ted Kennedy 2 in Other - Politics & Government

Can you just step back from your beliefs and morales for a second and look at this side of it all.
if she becomes president that means we will have 28+ yrs of a two family rule. We are so close to fasctism and this woudl truley drive the nail.
I have nothing against hiliary and her platform.
I just want you hiliray supporters to look at that and get what you think on it.

2007-02-15 01:57:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

would they get demoted from active duty instead of going to Iraq?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070215/ap_on_re_us/playboy_military;_ylt=AtQXUh8J4BeqG5_rYamEzDXMWM0F

2007-02-15 01:57:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2007-02-15-hershey-cuts_x.htm?csp=34

2007-02-15 01:56:44 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-02-15 01:56:20 · 3 answers · asked by hk 1 in Government

'Under God' ? Or 'Indivisible'? And which party do you belong to?

2007-02-15 01:55:01 · 16 answers · asked by hichefheidi 6 in Politics

On many occasions, but particularly in his televised address on December 16, 1998, Bill Clinton stated that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, including Nukes and Chemical weapons and had already used them against his own people. He was so convinced of his assertion that he ordered air strikes on Iraq to destroy these alleged weapons.

As part of the change of administration, the sitting Prez informs the Prez elect concerning all national security matters. Was a portion, or all, of Bush's "bad intelligence" based on info from the Clinton administration? Further, Hillary said she voted for the war because she had "reviewed all the intelligence personally". Is it possible she did so while her husband was in office?

2007-02-15 01:53:44 · 10 answers · asked by merlins_new_apprentice 3 in Elections

to another country....like china

2007-02-15 01:53:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I will vote for neither. I'll move to Mexico.

2007-02-15 01:50:29 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I have noticed traffic police in USA and Japan being very respectful to the vehicle owners.

But in India they seem to hate which is evident in the way they speak and impose fine for trivial cause.

I think this attitude will hinder tourism and investments in the region.

How to fix this problem?

2007-02-15 01:50:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Most reasonable people agree that liberalism and socialism are approximately the same. As a retort, liberals often say that fascism is the polar extreme of conservativism.

Since true conservatives believe in individual freedom and minimal government, wouldn't fascism also be a liberal form of government?

Hitler was very much like a modern liberal inasmuch as he supported government regulation of business, centralized power, promiscuity, anti-religion and gun control.

2007-02-15 01:49:51 · 19 answers · asked by BluntForceTrauma 3 in Politics

why did you violate me on this? Question: What is Bush going to say about immigration on Tuesday?

Question Details: He will say something stupid. like he always does

Deleted Answer: He will say something stupid. like he always does

Reason of Violation:Defamation

If I get violated once more for stating a legitimate opinion I will violate every single republican question I see.

2007-02-15 01:48:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

You really trust John Kerry and Nancy Pelosi? What the F*** do they know about the struggle of the lower class. The closest they come to them is when their private plane flies over the ghettos taking off from the airport.

2007-02-15 01:47:35 · 13 answers · asked by Keith Olberdousche 1 in Other - Politics & Government