KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - NATO's secretary general tiptoed through a political and diplomatic minefield Friday, gently urging Canada to stay the course in Afghanistan while trying to assure Canadians they are not bearing the burden alone.
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer challenged the notion that only a handful of alliance countries are doing the bulk of the fighting and dying in Afghanistan, while other NATO members - principally Europeans - stick to reconstruction operations in quiet sectors.
2007-02-25 07:43:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
2007-02-25 07:43:20 · 7 answers · asked by Raven 5 in Government
percentage of violent crimes like this are commited by illegal aliens in the United States of America and what is the govt doing to secure our borders. See article
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/25/florida.abduction/index.html
2007-02-25 07:43:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration
2007-02-25 07:42:27 · 5 answers · asked by spicysaucylatina 4 in Law Enforcement & Police
2007-02-25 07:42:04 · 11 answers · asked by sapace monkey 3 in Politics
And I mean flat across the board. Everybody pays 5%, for example. But to make sure everybody pays that 5%, no exemptions for yourself or dependents. Not deductions for work, charitable donations, etc. No deductions for business losses. Capital gains are considered income and taxed at the same rate. So you bought your house for $75K, sold it for $150K, you made $75k that year, it gets taxed like any other income. You inherited cash property or anything else, it's income and gets taxed 5%. And all income gets taxed the exact same 5%. No hiding money for the future in 401(k) plans or IRA plans--no need to anyway, since the flat tax defeats the purpose. All income of any kind, a flat tax. No exceptions, including churches, which are currently tax exempt.
Anybody for that?
2007-02-25 07:40:46 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
...Sally thinks Jim is doing the operation incorrectly and DEMANDS that Jim pulls out immediatly.
is that a good example?
how many of you are professionals? so how would you like it if I, a person who knows merely the simple surface details of your profession started demanding that you do your job MY way?
2007-02-25 07:38:29 · 5 answers · asked by sean_mchugh6 3 in Politics
2007-02-25 07:35:29 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government
Also what is the likelyhood that they would draft citizens in thier 30's?
2007-02-25 07:34:58 · 9 answers · asked by Louis G 2 in Military
is it true that a conservative can ustify anything without explaining why. and is it true that conservatives ignore facts they don't like, and don't like to bring up past mistakes unless they inclue clinton. if true, wouldn't this be considered childish.
2007-02-25 07:34:12 · 17 answers · asked by sapace monkey 3 in Politics
Im not here to spam or anything, but I know this really great program and you should try to get involved if you are interested in supporting our troops. the website is www.operationhelpingourheroes.com
The site may take a while to load, but you should read through it and maybe try to get involved. Let me know what you think :) P.S. its not my program, so I'm not trying to take any credit for anything.
2007-02-25 07:33:29 · 4 answers · asked by ♥COURTNEY♥ 2 in Military
My daugher's biological father lives an hour away. He has visitation and gets her once a month. He is claiming that I have to go pick her up since he came and got her. He refuses to meet me half way and I have a court order that sais that she has to be back by Sun. night. Fri. through Sun. He claims that he is taking me back to court and that this would be the standard procedure. I am giving in this time and going to pick her up but what else can I do. I am not obligated to drive an hour away to pick her up am I?
I called the police and they said that since this is a civil matter then I have to consult my lawyer. Nothing they can do so that is why I am going to pick her up.
2007-02-25 07:32:47 · 7 answers · asked by Tammy 2 in Law & Ethics
2007-02-25 07:32:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police
What would happen to Congress if they legalized drugs? Heck, what if they JUST legalized cannabis, the biggest cash crop of the U.S.A?
Wouldn't every drug lord on the face of the Earth just:
1) Call all his thugs together,
2) tell them to raid his arsenals dry,
3) then have them converge from all directions, from dozens of independent cartels, onto our lawmakers' houses?
If YOU were a drug lord (the type of person to make killer profits off of a violent black market) wouldn't you do as much to defend that black market?
Didn't something like this nearly happen with the 21st Amendment?
2007-02-25 07:32:03 · 6 answers · asked by A Box of Signs 4 in Politics
i'm an only child, when they sent me the form i lost it and never got around to registering...Could i be in trouble? i was told if i was the only son in the family, they couldn't send me to war because i'm the only one to carry on my family name...is this true?
2007-02-25 07:31:20 · 13 answers · asked by 99Z34 2 in Military
In Utah
2007-02-25 07:31:18 · 1 answers · asked by bookworm87 4 in Law Enforcement & Police
2007-02-25 07:31:13 · 13 answers · asked by Raven 5 in Politics
Fighting fire with fire is an odd expression. That's what we are doing...but in this case, fighting with our fire is only aggrandizing their fire.
2007-02-25 07:30:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government
2007-02-25 07:29:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police
What are the privileges and who can apply for it in the army branch, can they become residents if they're from another country?
2007-02-25 07:26:03 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
2007-02-25 07:24:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration
Why have we lost focus of the goal of training Iraqi forces and taking dependence off of American and International troops. If we truely want to leave Iraq, that is what we have to do. Don't you agree?
2007-02-25 07:23:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
2007-02-25 07:22:58 · 8 answers · asked by Laurie R 1 in Immigration
The NPT requires the U.S. and other nuclear powers work as quickly as possible to rid the world of all nuclear weapons.
That was signed 39 years ago. What are we waiting for?
2007-02-25 07:22:39 · 9 answers · asked by Longhaired Freaky Person 4 in Politics
We waste our time worrying about Iran and North Korea having nukes, and yes this is not something thats great to have in the world, but don't you think we just minded our own business and stayed in our own country this stuff would not be happening? Think about it, Al-qaeda is an Anti-American organization, Iran hates us, N. Korea hates us, and alot of other world superpowers do as well, if we would just stay on the homeland and fix our problem instead of others for them (without them even ASKING for it) we would not be in the mess we are in. Anyone agree?
2007-02-25 07:21:17 · 10 answers · asked by halynr1500 2 in Politics
Or will they find some excuse not to?
2007-02-25 07:20:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
2007-02-25 07:20:13 · 20 answers · asked by CHANTELLE R 1 in Immigration
Al Gore made a call to Bush late the night of the election and conceded. Why did he do that? Because he lost. His handlers must have put it in his head we can steal this election if we are shrewd. Al called back Bush to take back his concession.
The flip flops we have come to see as so common with the Democrats
Bush won the first count in Florida. He won the second count. The Dems then want to count only in a heavily favored Democrat county. Who now is trying to steal this election? I remember Senator Alan Simpson saying, if you hold up the voting card, (with the chads) put it up against the bright lights and interrogate it, "it will confess."
Does anyone remember how the people in St. Louis Mo. were allowed to keep voting 2 hours after the election. John Ashcroft was considering contesting that Senate seat. Bush asked him to be his attorney general.
2007-02-25 07:20:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections
2007-02-25 07:18:21 · 15 answers · asked by Victor Nunez 1 in Immigration
he cancelled by text . i feel hurt.. i dont know if i should cal him.. i know he went out last night. and might be hung over
2007-02-25 07:16:39 · 9 answers · asked by Alicia C 1 in Law & Ethics
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