Politics & Government - 4 March 2007

2007-03-04 12:06:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

i think they are supplying them with oil and money from their profits dont you

2007-03-04 12:05:31 · 15 answers · asked by ? 2 in Politics

you work it out..lol

2007-03-04 12:03:08 · 15 answers · asked by raybbies 5 in Other - Politics & Government

Is it legal for someone to sell to third party a contract that they entered into with someone else? Are the details of the contract still applicable to that third party? Do you know an online resource I can look into this further with?

2007-03-04 12:02:51 · 4 answers · asked by Smiles :) 2 in Law & Ethics

well i got into an accident about 2 years ago and i went to therapy. My lawyer gave me $2000 from the accident and he said i cant use it until i turn 18. Well im 17 now and i was just wondering do i have to wait still or can i just use it? He also told me i was too young to use it soo.....Any one can answr??

2007-03-04 12:01:12 · 2 answers · asked by Jerald F 1 in Law & Ethics

Anyone who thinks Coulter is intelligent really needs to have THEIR head examined.

2007-03-04 12:00:56 · 16 answers · asked by blah 5 in Other - Politics & Government

1) how has the constitution shaped the economic system in the US?
2) what are 6 characteristics of a market economy?

2007-03-04 11:58:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-03-04 11:57:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-03-04 11:56:50 · 24 answers · asked by chelsea lunde 1 in Politics

2007-03-04 11:55:02 · 2 answers · asked by kanegdung 1 in Government

I am trying to apply a visa to go to Belgium but one of the requirements is to have an invitation letter from someone in the country. Well, my bf is going to make me one but we just dont know whether we have to mention that we are lovers or just friends and what are things should be included? Do you guys have any idea how to make one? please I need to apply by the end of this week and I dont want to ruin it just because the invitation letter doesnt make sense. Thanks for any input.

2007-03-04 11:53:43 · 5 answers · asked by sweetcherry 2 in Immigration

That was about the only time I felt proud that he was my President. The 1998 bombing of Baghdad Iraq had some fishy timing with that scandel going on.

2007-03-04 11:53:43 · 20 answers · asked by Slow Poke 5 in Politics

You know when a political party is dying when the supporters of the party drop to 30%. Another thing I noticed is that 30% left over have a focus on one particular issue. In almost all cases this issue does not affect them directly. It is something the Republicans think is morally wrong. It seems they just indulge in these questions to make themselves feel better than others. It makes them feel better about themsleves. They have no base or agenda in common. That is what happens when you have a group of people who only think of themsleves. The Republicans have degraded into something that makes the world ill. For the people of America the Republicans have only brought shame.

2007-03-04 11:53:12 · 20 answers · asked by George B 2 in Politics

So I have had a rocky past. I had a possession of marijuana charge when I was 16. I was into a lot of drugs when I was younger, but thats the only offense and it may have been dropped. I had an underage DUI when I was 19 and that was dismissed also, but shows up as being dismissed on my record still. I also had a misdeameanor petty theft when I was 19 and I had that expunged off my record about 3 years ago. For the last 6 years I have stayed out of trouble and been taking pre-med and nursing classes carrying a high GPA.. I really want to attend the police academy, but all the talk of polygraph tests and the fact that its already challenging to get a job scares me. Although my record is clean now (had it checked through FBI fingerprint)...I'm afraid I may be looked down upon when it comes time to get a job. What do you all think?

2007-03-04 11:52:41 · 9 answers · asked by kicker0927 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-03-04 11:51:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

First, realize the government supposedly sees freedom as being of greater value than money evidenced by the fact that in civil court (where the money of the defendent is at issue) a lower standard of proof is required, namely preponderance of the evidence. While a higher standard of proof is required in criminal court (where the freedom of the defendant is at issue), that being beyond a reasonable doubt. However, district/count attorneys (prosecutors) are permitted to offer a defendant freedom in the form of a plea bargin (pleading guilty to a charge that involves taking a lesser amount of freedom) in exchange for testimony that will likely lead to the arrest of a bigger fish (e.g. a drug supplier). But prosecutors are not permiitted to offer defendents money in exchange for testimony, even though money is supposedly held in lesser regard than freedom. It seems the government manipulates the value of money and freedom to whatever suits their needs without regard to logic or ethics??

2007-03-04 11:49:46 · 6 answers · asked by V for Vendetta 1 in Law & Ethics

The treasury dept. should take care of mony, taxes, social security
& etc. .... & not sending a dishonorable infiltrated yahudi(hebrew),
Zionist (Stuart Levey) by plane or on four feet all over the ,
world asking the world's financial institutions to cut business with,
Iran. !
I dout if he would have done this if he wasn't a dishonorable anti,
Iranian yehudi(hebrew) Zionist who is an" evil doer"againt the ,
sovereinty, property, lands, & the rightful defence system & the ,
people of Iran .
Today sunday Feb. 4th 2007 he held a serios meeting With His own kind The Zionst Olmert & The dishonorable Zionist chief Meir Dagan in Jeru...,
focusing how to get the world's financial institutions to cut business with Iran !
Any comments ?

2007-03-04 11:49:37 · 2 answers · asked by ILovemyoriginiranDheartofpersia 1 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-03-04 11:49:36 · 4 answers · asked by kentuckybuzz 1 in Government

going to a military ball soon & i need to know what i'm suppossed to wear. (Air Force)

2007-03-04 11:49:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

"free-thinking" gone amock?
or no thinking at all?

2007-03-04 11:48:44 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I mean really, Ann Coulter is known for making outrageous statements to get a rise out of people but the loopy leftys are really on a crusade here. They are furious about what she said concerning John Edwards. Yet they completely ignore what their darling Bill Mahar did on Larry King, outing Ken Mehlman. Is that act not just as dispicable, or is it OK when it's done to a Republican? It was so bad that even CNN (Communist News Network) had to take it down from their site.

To be truthful, she could have called Edwards an empty suit, which he is. She could have called him a Capitalist pretending to be a man of the people (from his 25,000 square foot home with indoor squash court) which he is. Heck she could have called him the most dispicable name in the book; AMBULANCE-CHASING-LAWYER, which he is, and gotten away with it. But she called him a bundle of sticks. Mahar on the other hand, has always seemed to be brain damaged but he outed a public figure and should be criticised as much.

2007-03-04 11:47:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I would so he can be the first minorty to be a president.As long as he does better than Bush.

2007-03-04 11:46:26 · 14 answers · asked by Mexichica01 2 in Elections

2007-03-04 11:43:50 · 4 answers · asked by lilbitcrazy 2 in Law & Ethics

Why aren't all presidential primaries on the same day? Doesn't having them strewn across several months disenfranchise the American voter?

2007-03-04 11:43:18 · 3 answers · asked by linkus86 7 in Elections

2007-03-04 11:42:48 · 15 answers · asked by mefeelsgreat9 1 in Politics

what is a nonresident alien?

2007-03-04 11:42:19 · 13 answers · asked by Maxx 2 in Civic Participation

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By CARLOTTA GALL
Published: March 4, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 4 — American troops opened fire on a highway filled with civilian cars and bystanders today, American and Afghan officials said, in an incident that the Americans said left 16 civilians dead and 24 wounded as they fled the scene of a suicide car bombing in eastern Afghanistan. One American was also wounded.

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Afghans shouted anti-American slogans Sunday to protest the deaths of civilians.

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A suicide car bombing was part of the violence, the United States military said.
The shooting set off demonstrations, with local people blocking the highway, the main road east from the town of Jalalabad to the border with Pakistan.

And there were differences in some of the accounts of the incident, with the Americans saying that the civilians were caught in crossfire between the troops and militants, and Afghan witnesses and some authorities blaming the Americans for indiscriminately shooting at civilian vehicles in anger after the explosion.

The United States military said the unit came under fire after a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car near their convoy “as part of a complex ambush involving enemy small-arms fire from several directions.”

The marines, who were on patrol near Jalalabad airfield, returned fire, and the civilians were killed and wounded in the crossfire during the battle, according to a statement from the military press office at Bagram airbase near Kabul.

“We regret the death of innocent Afghan citizens as a result of the Taliban extremists’ cowardly act,” Lt. Col. David Accetta, a military spokesman, said in the statement. “Once again, the terrorists demonstrated their blatant disregard for human life by attacking coalition forces in a populated area, knowing full well that innocent Afghans would be killed and wounded in the attack.”

Yet some of the wounded interviewed in the hospital by news agencies said the only shooting came from the American troops. A hospital official, who asked not to be named, said all the wounded were suffering from bullet wounds and not shrapnel from the bomb explosion.

Hundreds of Afghans blocked the road and threw rocks at police officers in protest afterward, with some demonstrators shouting “Death to America! Death to Karzai,” a reference to President Hamid Karzai, The Associated Press reported.

The shooting is a setback for American forces in Afghanistan, who have been working to contain the continuing insurgent attacks, in particular roadside bombs and suicide attacks, and win the support of the people with reconstruction and development projects. Deadly riots shook Kabul last May after American troops were involved in a fatal car crash and then opened fire on the crowd.

Among the dead this morning were a woman and two children in their early teens, said Dr. Ajmal Pardez, the provincial director of health, speaking by telephone from the Jalalabad city hospital. He said the hospital received 10 dead and 25 wounded people from the incident, with four people in critical condition, he said.

After the suicide attack, the American soldiers treated every car and person along the highway as a potential attacker, though none of the people showed hostile intent, Muhammad Khan Katawazi, the district chief of Shinwar, told The Associated Press.

“They were firing everywhere, and they even opened fire on 14 to 15 vehicles passing on the highway,” said Tur Gul, 38, who was standing on the roadside by a gas station and was shot twice in his right hand. “They opened fire on everybody, the ones inside the vehicles and the ones on foot.”

Some of the wounded interviewed by The Associated Press said the soldiers opened fire indiscriminately on passing cars and pedestrians on the busy main road.

“When we parked our vehicle, when they passed us, they opened fire on our vehicle,” said 15-year-old Mohammad Ishaq, who was hit by two bullets, in his left arm and his right ear. “It was a convoy of three American Humvees. All three Humvees were firing around.”

In other fighting, two British soldiers were killed on Saturday in southern Afghanistan, the British Defense Ministry said today. The men were involved in heavy fighting that has raged for three days in the town of Sangin, said Col. Tom Collins, a NATO spokesman in Kabul. Townspeople have fled the town and abandoned their shops as Taliban insurgents and British troops stationed there have been trading artillery and rockets, according to a resident of the area.

2007-03-04 11:41:34 · 9 answers · asked by wisdom king 2 in Military

Why was the main issue being put on the table that MINORITIES could not afford it ? Why is this an issue. Its a paid programing it isnt free, If they cant afford it the radio is free they can access that.

I think the merger is a good thing. If they dont allow the merger the cost per month will just go up. Then how will they afford it. I have both services so It would just be more user friendly.

2007-03-04 11:41:26 · 2 answers · asked by tammer 5 in Other - Politics & Government

I live in a condo that is a 2 family unit. My neighbor wants to reroof but as I was recently laid off and cannot find full time employment, I cannot afford to do this. He is threatning to have it reroofed adn put a lien against my unit till I pay it off. Can he do this?

2007-03-04 11:41:16 · 5 answers · asked by JIM D 3 in Law & Ethics

any important details i should know before i ship out? i leave aug 29th...let me know about their boot camp if you are in the navy! thanks guys!

2007-03-04 11:39:46 · 10 answers · asked by Princess Kellie 2 in Military