Even if you didn't go to the polls! You were given that right to vote, even if you don't vote, that's a right too! That means you are responsible for any and all problems America will have because you voted (in your heart not to) because you voted in a different way than others. Its been said your vote could change the outcome of an election. What's your opinion?
2007-02-25 07:15:25 · 8 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Elections
2007-02-25 07:13:57 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
What are the dangers of anti-Americanism?
Are you anti-American?
Why are you anti-American?
2007-02-25 07:13:52 · 21 answers · asked by quarterback 2 in Other - Politics & Government
2007-02-25 07:13:25 · 10 answers · asked by Ingrid B 1 in Politics
Whats a MOS in the USMC that is combat related, or totally combat, that gives you a skill that would help get a decent civillian job?
2007-02-25 07:11:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
im leaving for army boot camp and just want to get an idea of what i will expect?
2007-02-25 07:11:10 · 16 answers · asked by M.DOT 1 in Military
2007-02-25 07:10:24 · 10 answers · asked by peace 1 in Military
realisticly, no matter what politicians and Presidentail canidates say, how long do you think it will take for the majority of our troops to leave the Middle East?
2007-02-25 07:09:56 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
or are you like me and think its time to draw a line in the sand against these faceless dictators in brussels
2007-02-25 07:09:34 · 11 answers · asked by bruce m 3 in Politics
Anybuddy know what its about or have, any predictions about it?
2007-02-25 07:06:38 · 9 answers · asked by iCeMaN 1 in Other - Politics & Government
We already did what we wanted to do. There were no WMD's, so we don't have to worry about that threat. That objective is therefore completed.
Secondly, we took out that brutal dictator Saddam Hussein (even though there are still plenty of evil dictators to go around in the Middle East), so that objective is completed.
It was not until after the capture of Saddam that we started working towards a democratic Iraq. This objective was planned from the start by the Bush administration but it was an adjunct objective which the American people never knew about from the beginning.
We already set up a democratic government. It's not our job to babysit them while they do nothing to help themselves. It's their job now. It's time to get out. The war is already won by the USA.
2007-02-25 07:05:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government
how does the dog know the person is a danger or is missing? And how many miles away can they smell up to?
2007-02-25 07:05:24 · 1 answers · asked by jennifer 1 in Law Enforcement & Police
Which future enemy is Bush illegally providing weapons with today, to fund covert operations against Iran?
2007-02-25 07:05:04 · 11 answers · asked by Longhaired Freaky Person 4 in Politics
Can anyone give me some ACADEMIC insight into why a woman might kill a 10 yr old deaf boy (not her child)? I'm assessing a fictious crime for my coursework...
2007-02-25 07:04:24 · 5 answers · asked by Belle 3 in Law & Ethics
then makeing them all leave to search bagdad inch by inch of corse search them before they leave then get rid of stragerlers in town secure it then let them back one by one so who do we give this plan to? and remember anyone not complying is guilty and will be punished
2007-02-25 07:04:24 · 5 answers · asked by mike g 1 in Law & Ethics
"Speaking for the ACLU, Mr. Rust-Tierney was a leading proponent in the late 1990s for unrestricted access to the Internet, arguing before the Loudoun County Library Board that people would "continue to behave responsibly and appropriately while in the library" and that "maximum, unrestricted access to the valuable resources of the Internet" should be allowed. "
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20070223-104642-1644r.htm
What are your thoughts and opinions on this matter?
2007-02-25 07:04:21 · 4 answers · asked by 3rd parties for REAL CHANGE 5 in Law & Ethics
is this true people said that if u join the navy or army you get the job u choose so its guarenteed right then what job are there that people fight on the front line in iraq
and the air force you have to pick a job with in a yr but who fights for them what job
2007-02-25 07:02:19 · 3 answers · asked by mike b 2 in Military
2007-02-25 07:00:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
Just need to talk about things as a leader I cannot talk to my soldiers.
2007-02-25 07:00:11 · 10 answers · asked by far_away_soldier2002 1 in Military
2007-02-25 06:59:43 · 5 answers · asked by GH 2 in Military
funny, all these rumors about invading iran, how come i have never heard this from the mouths of our politicians?
2007-02-25 06:58:38 · 23 answers · asked by alex l 5 in Politics
I think it is pretty obvious Iran is going to have nuclear technology .
They have bought a lot of military hardware from Russia and launched rockets into space (didn't orbit but) ....
So Bush either shuts up and moves along or goes to war ....
Will Bush do it either way which do you think he will jump ?
2007-02-25 06:57:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
2007-02-25 06:56:17 · 2 answers · asked by kathy s 1 in Military
I'm referring to a surprise attack on their nuclear sites in hopes of destroying their secret arsenal of weapons.
2007-02-25 06:55:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
2007-02-25 06:54:35 · 8 answers · asked by Ti 7 in Politics
2007-02-25 06:53:03 · 1 answers · asked by rahul r 1 in Government
hange Type Size Legislators see twist on threats
Mary Jo Pitzl
The Arizona Republic
Feb. 25, 2007 12:00 AM
Two lawmakers in as many months have gone public about threats they received over their stance on illegal-immigration bills.
It's a sign of the fevered sentiments about the issue, and, some fear, a breakdown of civility in the Legislature, where there is little consensus on what the state should do about the issue.
And it's a case study in the power of the Internet to quickly spread a message, as well as the unpredictable and often abusive caroms those messages can take. advertisement
Last week, Republican Rep. Bill Konopnicki told fellow members of the House of Representatives that he and his family had received threats because of his "no" vote on a bill that would have denied workers' compensation benefits to undocumented immigrants.
One of those threats came in a letter to his home in Safford, which shook him to the point that he decided to go public.
"I never thought that I would fear for my safety or for the safety of my family when I took my seat as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives," the three-term lawmaker said in an emotional floor speech.
His experience came several weeks after Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, was flooded with e-mail threats over her sponsorship of a bill that would have banned citizen patrol groups unaffiliated with law enforcement. The bill prompted an immediate, and sharp, response after the Minuteman Project issued a news release opposing the legislation.
Sinema publicly complained about e-mails that threatened her with physical harm and rape. She asked House leaders to postpone a hearing on her bill, citing security concerns. They didn't and the hearing proceeded peacefully.
The hostile and often profane comments in the e-mails go beyond the frustration many people feel about immigration, lawmakers say.
"They didn't say, 'We'll kill you,' but the threat was there," Konopnicki said of the messages he received.
Likewise, Sinema said she feared for her safety after the string of threats filled up her e-mail and voice-mail boxes.
Threats called common
Some lawmakers, including House Speaker Jim Weiers, said threats to lawmakers are common and that the two recent cases are simply the only lawmakers to go public about it.
Rep. Warde Nichols, R-Gilbert, said he received death threats after he sponsored legislation two years ago that would have defined marriage as between one man and one woman. Unfamiliar vehicles with unknown occupants would park outside his home, he said. He also said he received pornographic videotapes in the mail in unmarked boxes, which his kids rushed to open, requiring lengthy explanations when he returned home at night.
Nichols said he kept the harassment quiet, sharing the threats with the state Department of Public Safety.
"I think when you put it out there, it escalates things," he said.
Word spreads fast on Net
But the Internet reaches farther and faster than any lawmaker's statements from the Capitol and can take a local issue and give it international resonance.
Sinema said that's what happened to her. Her bill on patrol groups caught fire once the Minuteman group issued a news release opposing the legislation, catching the attention of Web sites and bloggers nationwide and beyond.
"What happens when they do that is the crazies come out," Sinema said, adding that the Minutemen in no way advocated violent or profane responses.
John Craft, a professor at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, said the impersonal nature of the Internet makes it easier for people to send abusive and insulting messages.
"You're not looking the person in the eye as you're calling them names, and I think that makes the difference," he said.
Couple the Internet with the combustible immigration issue, and one person's stand in one corner of Arizona can circle the globe.
Even the Catholic Church has not been immune from over-the-top criticism for its position in support of migrants' rights.
"I've had to call the police," said Ronald Johnson Jr., executive director of the Arizona Catholic Conference, explaining that a letter in 2005 drew threats.
Johnson said nothing in his experience compares with the passions immigration ignites. Sure, there some pushback for the church's position on abortion and gay rights, he said.
"We touch all the hot buttons, but immigration tops them all," Johnson said.
Maintaining civility
At the Legislature, Speaker Weiers is trying to maintain a civil tone as talk again turns to immigration issues, spokesman Barrett Marson said.
"The problem is, passions run high," Marson said.
Konopnicki said he had asked Weiers to talk to Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, whose e-mail alerts to constituents on immigration bills triggered the threatening messages. One of those e-mails highlighted Konopnicki's "no" vote on a bill that would have denied workers' compensation coverage to workers who are found to be in the country illegally.
Konopnicki, a business owner, said he voted against the bill because he believed it would open employers up to lawsuits, even if the employer had done everything in his power to determine a worker's legal status. The bill died on a tie vote.
Pearce did not want to talk about his fellow Republican's problems, other than to say that he and Konopnicki have long disagreed on how to resolve immigration issues.
An e-mail that Pearce sent to supporters portrayed the Safford Republican as working counter to immigration reform.
"Bill Konopnicki continues to fight any real immigration enforcement," the e-mail said. "He has fought me for the past 5 to 6 years on employer's (sic) sanctions or any real enforcement."
Konopnicki said he raised the issue publicly because he believes legislative discussion on immigration has devolved to an almost McCarthy-like tone.
"(W)e are losing focus on the merits of the issues and are instead relegated to bearing insults and accusations," he said in his floor speech. "I can't help but recall the now famous words of the attorney, Joe Welch, when he asked Senator McCarthy: 'Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of honor?' "
Pearce said his e-mails are a way to keep people up to date on issues.
"We always remind people of politeness and decorum," he said. "We don't ask them to attack anybody."
Rep. Pete Rios, a 22-year veteran of the Legislature, said the roiling emotions on immigration have not had a public parallel since the impeachment trial of then-Gov. Evan Mecham 20 years ago.
"When it comes to immigration, it brings out a fringe element that says you've got to deny everything," said Rios, a Hayden Democrat who is Latino. Anything short of total denial brands a lawmaker unpatriotic and worse.
Rios said he has heard it all, although like other lawmakers, he said the threats against family are a new twist. He said he is sympathetic with Konopnicki's plight.
"He probably hasn't experienced it as much as those of us because he's a Republican, and he's not a minority," he said.
2007-02-25 06:52:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics
2007-02-25 06:52:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections
2007-02-25 06:52:32 · 12 answers · asked by Dark Horse 1 in Politics
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/us/politics/25secret.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin
A group of homophobes, racists, bigots, hippocrits, unable to find a suitable representative----Who Knew? Oh what will our country do now----I'm Scared!!!
2007-02-25 06:52:28 · 3 answers · asked by scottyurb 5 in Elections
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