Politics & Government - 21 February 2007

2007-02-21 12:05:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-02-21 12:04:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

2007-02-21 12:03:02 · 6 answers · asked by damasiko 1 in Politics

I AM ONE THAT KNOWS ALL ,I READ ALL,I KNOW THE TRUTH TO ARE REAL ,TO THOSE WHO ARE PHONEY.YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH FROM YOUR HEART AND NOT FROM WORDS OF OTHERS OF OTHERS ON PAPER,YOU ARE ONLY STUMBLING OVER THEIR WORDS AND ALL STUMBLE OVER THEIRS WHEN THEY FAIL TO TELL THE TRUTH,FOR TRUTH COME OUT STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW AND LIE IS TWISTED AND STUMBLES IN THE BREATHE OF LIFE

2007-02-21 12:01:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

the employees esp the managers of grocery stores ghet on a power trip
and I feel kidnapped once inside
no rights
I always dpot them just staing at me not helping me just standing and I feel like my rights haver just been violated (more than one if you take the time to do some technical evaluation
there is something wrong
sometines I am in fear of my life ofor danger or being pyhsically assaulted in some way
whether it be their anger towards me which has happened in the past
or even them putting their criminal hands on me
can I sue?

2007-02-21 11:59:19 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Disregarding the "illegals", what are your opinions on the actual country? I'm curious to know what people on here think of Mexico.

Throwing in a few questions into one, Do you think "illegals" should have help when trying to go to college? financial help that is. Isn't it completely against anti philosophy to deny them college when you say you wish more of them worked high skill jobs so they could contribute more to this country? And if you were a citizen of Mexico, how would you go about changing the government?

2007-02-21 11:58:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

is ralph nader runnning in the 2008 presidential election

2007-02-21 11:57:52 · 8 answers · asked by peaceboy213 2 in Politics

Darth Vader himself said:

"I think if we were to do what Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Murtha are suggesting, all we will do is validate the al-Qaida strategy," the vice president told ABC News. "The al-Qaida strategy is to break the will of the American people ... try to persuade us to throw in the towel and come home, and then they win because we quit."

I thought we went to Iraq to stop Saddam. Atleast thats what we were told. All this talk about Al Qaeda is just another scare tactic. How sick is it that these fools have to say this garbage. How many times will we let them lie to us.

I'm not saying the course that Pelosi and Murtha suggest is the best, I'm in the middle. But its wrong to constantly critisize, especially when your not even in a position to make policy like the VICE president is. He's such a tool. He's the Presidents tool, not the other way around, he's a sick little puppet who wouldn't even support his own flesh and blood.

2007-02-21 11:56:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-02-21 11:55:59 · 12 answers · asked by FOX NEWS WATCHER 1 in Politics

In an interview Osama Bin Laden stated that America is a paper tiger. When they encounter a few casualties, they will pick up and run away. Does he have the anti war crowd figured out or what?

2007-02-21 11:55:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Obviously, there has been a great deal of discussion about this topic on Yahoo. What I find interesting is that many of the comments left are filled with a venom normally reserved for the Religion section.

My question is directed towards the skeptics, because I already know the believer's answer...Why is this an emotional issue for you (if it is)? What would some of the consequences be if you're right and Global Warming is a myth, but we take action anyway?

And what if you're wrong? I know you believe you are not, and I respect that, but I'd like you to hypothosize.

2007-02-21 11:54:44 · 7 answers · asked by Omni D 5 in Other - Politics & Government

I personnaly think she is a great humanatarian. If I lived in the states I would vote for Oprah.

2007-02-21 11:53:17 · 27 answers · asked by a p 4 in Elections

2007-02-21 11:51:17 · 18 answers · asked by FOX NEWS WATCHER 1 in Politics

My fellow servicemen help me out. I don't have plans of being home any time soon, but when I do finally make it back (and we will), just how much am I able to say or do in support of the war? That sounds like a dumb question, but others in the military will understand what I'm talking about. Under the UCMJ, there are certain restrictions as what we can and cannot say without repercussions.

I've backed down from many a long-winded argument, and I've coined the phrase "I may not agree with a word you say, but I'd defend to the death your right to say it". But it gets to a certain point where we just can't deal with the negativity anymore.

We hear everyday that America supports us, but the "Americans" that don't support us always find ways to get that message across to us too.

So all I'm really asking is, can I voice my full opinions, when people outlandishly throw theirs at me for what I'm doing for them?

2007-02-21 11:50:59 · 15 answers · asked by Aaron B 2 in Military

2007-02-21 11:49:53 · 22 answers · asked by charnelhouse 2 in Immigration

is the vietnam war taught to schools,especially in the usa in history lessons,also other schools around the world....did we win or lose

2007-02-21 11:48:57 · 14 answers · asked by fatdadslim 6 in Military

Republican John McCain has publicly admitted that Bush's buddy Rumsfeld is the worst Sec. of Defense America has ever had, and Bush stood by that miserable failure all the way.

Will Cheney have McCain killed for exposing PNAC's incompetence?

2007-02-21 11:48:34 · 8 answers · asked by chimpus_incompetus 4 in Politics

Fat Cat Universities Don’t Need Any More Money


College affordability is a problem, with tuition, room & board averaging above $31,000 a year. Reason to boost government aid, as the incoming Speaker says she will? Nope: That “solution” will only make things worse. Here’s why:

Colleges charge outrageous prices knowing that Washington always deflects cost. Consider that qualified students are eligible to receive $4,050 in Pell Grants per year and up to $23,000 per undergrad degree in Stafford Loans (the two main sources of federal student aid). That means there is at least $16,200 in Pell Grants and $23,000 in federal loans currently set aside to offset costs. That’s a whole lot of green college administrators can play with—$39,200 to be exact—when calculating the sticker price. What incentives do schools have to be price-friendly and economically resourceful when the opposite behavior will multiply its piggybank? The government’s “helping hand” gives colleges a perverse market incentive to inflate costs.

Think that’s far-fetched? Consider that congressional spending for higher education jumped 686 percent between 1973 and 2005, the Office of Postsecondary Education tells us. Taxpayers shelled out $72.4 billion in 2005 compared to just $9.2 billion (in 2005 dollars) in 1973. Outlays rose 95 percent from 1995 to 2005 alone. Yet this soaring spending has not brought prices down—instead, it’s goosed them up. Tuition’s grown more than twice as fast as inflation over the last 30 years, indeed, faster than the costs of food, clothing, and shelter.

Here’s the ironic part. Whenever tuition prices climb, we don’t get angry at the ones actually jacking them up. Politicians don’t probe college presidents over college affordability. Instead, they just whip out Uncle Sam’s (our) checkbook. What assurances have we been given by the new Congress that increasing aid this time around will do what’s been long promised and lower cost? You’d think from the Left’s rhetoric that there’s a direct relationship between more aid and lower prices. Not so. Every time aid increases, tuition increases. The College Board—which tracks all these figures— reports that since Congress ratified the Higher Education Act in 1965, tuition has escalated 44 percent.

It’s not like colleges and universities are short on cash, either. The endowments of the nation’s top 50 schools all tower above one billion dollars and sport return on investments (ROI) that would make Morgan Stanley jealous. The big players, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education, contain gigantic investment accounts. Harvard’s endowment is more than $25 billion with a 19.2 percent ROI. Yale’s $15 billion endowment raises the bar with its 22.3 percent ROI, and Princeton scrapes by with an $11 billion endowment backed by a 17 percent ROI. Harvard’s endowment, in fact, is bigger than the gross domestic product of some Latin American countries.

The nation’s top 50 colleges and universities are not the only ones sitting on huge investment portfolios. Two hundred and twenty-seven colleges and universities have endowments ranging from $100 million to $900 million. And an additional 141 have endowments that surpass $50 million.

Why is it that when ExxonMobil posts record billion-dollar profits amidst soaring oil prices, liberals demand price controls and government investigations? But when colleges post record endowments despite soaring tuition prices, liberals demand more federal funding? It’s just as outlandish for the government to subsidize ExxonMobil as it is for the government to subsidize academic establishments with abnormally deep pockets. Don’t look for Pelosi to probe any college presidents over “windfall” endowments or swelling tuition prices or demand that they pay their “fair share.”

At least the extra aid goes toward instruction, right? Wrong! Ohio University Professor Richard Vedder saliently noted that from 1977 to 2000 only twenty-one cents out of each increased dollar spent per student actually covered teaching. So where’s the money being squandered? Administrative salaries and fringe benefits, for starters. Those two categories jumped 26- and 31 percent respectively over the past 5 years, even though the consumer price index only increased by 14 percent. Another reason: bloated staffs and needless vice presidents, deans, provosts, and campus life directors—many of whom are pocketing salaries that average $195,000 a year and controlling six- and seven-figure budgets, reports the Chronicle.

Boston University’s administration, for example, includes one president, two provosts, and 11 vice presidents. There’s a vice president for government and community affairs, a vice president for operations, a vice president for auxiliary services, a vice president for information services, and a vice president for enrollment and student affairs, to name a few. Many colleges and universities are administered the same way, clogging staff with too many deans and chief diversity officers who carry out politically correct agendas. We often complain about government bureaucracy growing out of control. The same has been occurring in higher education.

As taxpayers, we should demand that Congress review the real reasons behind skyrocketing tuition: federal funding and explosive bureaucratic growth. Pelosi and her liberal allies in Congress do not plan on addressing these concerns. Instead, their sights are set on dumping even more of our money into higher education—a move that will only expand the problem of affordability while allowing schools to amass even larger fortunes on the backs of beleaguered American taxpayers.

2007-02-21 11:47:30 · 3 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

Who is taking all these polls. Where do they get their information.
Serious answes only. No jokesters please.

2007-02-21 11:46:31 · 12 answers · asked by cwigg 3 in Elections

2007-02-21 11:44:59 · 7 answers · asked by james s 1 in Elections

My uncle is an employee at my university and I am his nephew. I received a tuition scholarship from my university because my uncle claimed income taxes on me as a dependent child. it was one of the eligibility criteria of the university to receive free tuition. However, now the university is saying that they can’t offer me tuition benefits form my uncles employee benefits anymore after giving it for two semester. They say that they made a mistake in the process and to be eligible as a dependent child that I must be legally adapted by my uncle, which I am not. My university gave a letter saying that I am eligible to receive tuition benefits up to 8 semesters. Now they say they can’t give it anymore. Can I take any legal actions and reclaim my tuition benefits under this situation?

2007-02-21 11:44:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

so we can stay informed?

2007-02-21 11:44:11 · 15 answers · asked by FOX NEWS WATCHER 1 in Politics

2007-02-21 11:42:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

I know that sounds like a line from "The Matrix", but could he be the one to go to Washington and really defie the entrenched powers of both, supposedly opposing, parties? I certainly hope someone gets in there and uses the "Bully Pulpit" to bypass the rulers, so that We The People can support someone for a change
and maybe take our country back.

2007-02-21 11:41:49 · 17 answers · asked by Crystal Blue Persuasion 5 in Other - Politics & Government

NOT ME!!
i know someone who is in legal issues. he is currently working with a lawyer, but has been arrested 2 times for the same thing. now he was supposed to go to court yesterday, but missed because his lawyer was supposed to get it rescheduled. what happens if he gets pulled over and arrested again??

2007-02-21 11:40:54 · 13 answers · asked by ahstudentsa 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-02-21 11:39:50 · 10 answers · asked by damasiko 1 in Government

I hear so many negative things, let me know some GOOD things!

2007-02-21 11:38:03 · 17 answers · asked by krymarbet 1 in Other - Politics & Government

I know this is stupid, but I am tired of all the lame Bush daughter questions. Feel free to add Kennedy kids and others to the mix.

John Kerry's kids sounds good also.

2007-02-21 11:37:53 · 13 answers · asked by ? 4 in Military

2007-02-21 11:37:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Prank phone call harmless?
I called some peoplle with a voip service for some harmless fun with you kick my dog. I did this one time to each person and never called anyone twice. I didnt say i would kill you or anything threatening i said the d word a few times but not the f word. Some middle age man answerd one time and got really mad and sad the f word and he was going to call the cops. He lives in a state very far away from me. Could i get charged with anyting. I am a minor and very scared. I deleted the voip thing and am never going to crank call again. Any answers would be helpful. Can they trace voip calls if you only call once. I learned my lesson and am never going to prank call again.

Once my freind was over when we did it and he said that he was going to rip the guys face off at court. I hit him apologized to him The guy was still pised off. I tryed to calm him down but he hung up when he stated swearing! Police after me! Please Help! I will prank call u later! Promis

2007-02-21 11:37:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics