Politics & Government - 28 February 2007

should we and could we please go back in time to when lobbyists we not around? think of how much better it would be to have a government not influenced by money and people that can just throw money at an issue and go back to representing the people that voted them in.

2007-02-28 11:52:39 · 2 answers · asked by Christopher F 1 in Law & Ethics

personally i beleive it should be our decision whether or not we wear a seatbelt, how can the government FORCE you to be safe, some days i dont feel like wearing a seatbelt and if i did crash id have to deal with the consequences of what happens to MY body, its stupid your not endangering anybody else by not wearing a seatbelt, what are your thoughts

2007-02-28 11:52:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

i want to know if i send a letter to the goverment he will read my letter in wit his own eyes and will he may do something about it???

2007-02-28 11:50:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-02-28 11:49:19 · 10 answers · asked by wsxt 1 in Politics

I just want to stop the billing for next month but stay on until Mar. 18th.

2007-02-28 11:47:46 · 1 answers · asked by valerie jean 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-02-28 11:47:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

I work for a Local Government,(City), and they have been trying out a thing called MOU,Memorandum of Understanding, with some of the other Departments in the City. One of those Departments have workers with the same job title and job functions as I do. Those employee's were given salary increases, but employee's at my facility did not receive increases. We have been told for ten years now that we would have our chance to participate as well. We still haven't! Is it illegal for the employer to give raises to some employee's but not others, even though we have the same titles and do the same jobs?

2007-02-28 11:46:58 · 4 answers · asked by gettingshafted 1 in Law & Ethics

The government has banned many substances that it claims are "dangerous" and "damaging", yet is it morally correct that they should control our intake of substances? Also, when I say intake I don't just mean what we aren't allowed to eat, I mean what we are ENCOURAGED to eat. For example, Monosodium glutamate is a common food additive which is highly damaging to one's body and mind. It is considered by scientists to be a neurotoxin, not unlike MDMA (or Ecstasy). Despite the studies that prove the toxicity of MSG, the FDA has chosen not only to allow the use of monosodium glutamate food, but has encouraged use under a variety of names to hide its presence in many food products. Such names include glutamic acid, hydrolyzed protein, autolyzed protein, textured protein, yeast extract, and many more. Yet there are other substances which have been proven to be safe, in relative terms, based on various scientific and medical studies which are regulated with great zeal (such as cannabis).

2007-02-28 11:46:09 · 9 answers · asked by ryanmcprussin 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-02-28 11:45:46 · 2 answers · asked by Michael 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

For your MOS, is picking Infantryman like signing your away your life?

2007-02-28 11:45:21 · 15 answers · asked by fslcaptain737 4 in Military

i am writing a report on alcoholics anonymous and i need to add in a bit about legislation but i dont know where to start and everything i bring up is too hard for me to understand. i would like to find information on legislation that involves alcoholics anonymous. i want the information in lamens terms though .

2007-02-28 11:44:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-02-28 11:44:04 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

My Husband and I are having mental issues trying to deal with all this war stuff. Im well aware of it all, I grew up an ARMY brat. BUT hes still in training and we are arguing about people who go over there. All I want to know is do you know of any soldiers that havent been over seas and what is there job in the military?

2007-02-28 11:43:40 · 12 answers · asked by just me 3 in Military

A friend of mine was found guilty today of a 4th degree felony. The judged ordered that he be allowed to work, and only spend his nights and weekends in the local jail, for no more than 9 months. He gave him until Friday to work it out.

Does that mean he will kee his current job, or will he get one of the pulling weeds type jobs?

In New Mexico by the way.

2007-02-28 11:40:23 · 3 answers · asked by sweetie_baby 6 in Law & Ethics

I am just wondering if anyone knows why PETA always insists on using half-naked women to advance its message. Does PETA not have good arguments, or does it figure that this is the only way people will listen to it? It just confuses me that as a nation trying to create a society in which everyone is judged by their inner qualities, and NOT how they look, that one of our supposedly most progessive interest groups simply parades around half-naked women everytime it has something to say. How is this progress? I sympathize with some of their arguments, but think they're are an idiotic organizarion, and I just feel like it cheapens their message... I will admit, Alicia Mayer looked damn fine in these photos: http://news.yahoo.com/i/964;_ylt=AtqgnQkBYuEzj.wAWwGFR3NH2ocA

What are your thoughts?

2007-02-28 11:35:11 · 12 answers · asked by aDWsd 1 in Other - Politics & Government

A few years back I worked at a company called the Southern California Organ Procurement Center, which handled organ donation for the L.A. area. A few months after I started they changed their name to "OneLegacy" with the idea that "we all have one life, in which to give one gift, and leave one legacy". Being a lifelong believer in reincarnation, I found this whole one-one-one deal a little offensive. I shared my feelings with senior management and asked them to change the name but they refused. Eventually I had a breakdown over the issue and was terminated for not showing up. So my question is, given the significant mental stress I incurred over the issue and the morality of earning a living at a place that insulted my most cherished spiritual beliefs, would there be any kind of a merit for a wrongful termination, civil rights violent, mental anguish, etc?

2007-02-28 11:34:38 · 6 answers · asked by LeytonKeeley 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-02-28 11:30:09 · 7 answers · asked by seriously, yo 2 in Law & Ethics

How often do politicians get elected is my basic question.

2007-02-28 11:29:19 · 9 answers · asked by seriously, yo 2 in Elections

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/001863.html

2007-02-28 11:26:57 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-02-28 11:26:32 · 15 answers · asked by mefeelsgreat9 1 in Politics

Seems that alternating days there are con bashers and lib bashers. Is there like an unwritten rule that lib bashers get mon, wed, and fri; while con bashers get sun, tues, and thursday with saturdays as a free for all?

2007-02-28 11:25:44 · 8 answers · asked by FaerieWhings 7 in Politics

They would be paying for their citizens' health, after all.

What kind of precedent for infringement on peoples' privacy would THIS set?

I'm not saying I approve of the current health care situation, but in order for me to support universal health coverage, there would have to be a disclaimer in the bill to make clear that the people retain the right to their bodies.

2007-02-28 11:24:03 · 10 answers · asked by A Box of Signs 4 in Politics

WHAT I NEED IS.....Yes or No questions that might be on the police polygraph (try your best if you dont know any still submit other questions they can be stupid crazy or wierd she just needs to get in the habit of answering some questions)

Im trying to help my friend practice for her polygraph (yes I said practice and I know what your thinking "just stay calm and tell the truth) This is the third time she taking it and she gets so freaked out (she gets like this over Exams too).

Thank you so much!!!!

2007-02-28 11:23:59 · 6 answers · asked by Sandy 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

now we know whats cuasing global warming, all his hot air. should have know he would be a hypocrite, uses more electrice juice fro his mantion in one month then the typical family uses in one year, is he practising what he preaches

2007-02-28 11:23:18 · 11 answers · asked by darkpheonix262 4 in Politics

do any of you will know what will be the correct term to use for those guys who go to different banks, markets, licor store to pick up money. They also carry guns and usually it takes 2 officers to go please let me know thank you.

2007-02-28 11:23:10 · 4 answers · asked by vladimir p 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

I am conservative, and i welcome anyone to challenge anything i say here. But the ones that make asinine posts, and claim to be "REAL" conservatives, post and run, and do nothing but embarrass themselves. Why is this? Is it the fact the are just too stupid to hold a real conversation? or is it that the can only believe what they are told by the "conservative:" pundits, and cannot actually have their own thoughts?

2007-02-28 11:22:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Shouldn't the bloated, wasteful, inefficient and bureaucratic Government get out of the charity business?

2007-02-28 11:22:15 · 4 answers · asked by Frank 2 in Politics

NEW YORK, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Japan's automakers shut out the competition in an influential list of the 10 best new vehicles for 2007, with models from Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (7267.T: Quote, Profile, Research) in the lead.

Consumer Reports magazine on Wednesday released its top picks for new cars based on its own testing, reported reliability by a survey of car owners and government safety rankings.
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For the second time in the 10-year history of the list, all of the magazine's top picks were Japanese. In addition, 55 of the 59 used car models recommended by the magazine were Japanese, again dominated by Toyota and Honda.

2007-02-28 11:21:58 · 9 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

So I was getting bored with the McJob, going nowhere, dropped in to a recruiter's office. I told him that I wanted something complicated and challenging (I was thinking air traffic control.) I went to MEPS, got a 97 on the ASVAB, and the Nuclear program is dropped into my lap.

Nuclear? Cool!

So, I'm looking to steepen my learning curve. I never took advanced math, chemistry, or physics in HS (I'm more than a couple years out). I honestly was an underachiever, because... well, my situation was very... bad. very bad. I know that they'll teach me everything I need to know in "A" school, I just don't want to have to play constant catch-up. Anyone have ideas about how to prepare? Thanks.

2007-02-28 11:21:22 · 9 answers · asked by serious troll 6 in Military

2007-02-28 11:20:40 · 11 answers · asked by mefeelsgreat9 1 in Politics