Politics & Government - 17 March 2007

if so, please explain your experiences and how u deal with them.

i have had times when my brain wakes up when im in bed, but none of my muscles can move! i try to scream or say something, but i can't! its so scary! and then i even have hallucinations and i know its not a nightmare or a bad dream, its a hallucination cuz my brain is wide awake and my eyes are open. i looked this up and hundreds of pages tell me its called "sleep paralysis". do any of u have this? what have your experiences been like? how do u deal with it?

2007-03-17 21:21:26 · 10 answers · asked by waterlily750 4 in Other - Politics & Government

We hear alot about of hype about Global Warming, but hasn't Overpopulation done just as much damage?

The United Nations states that:

Almost all growth will take place in the less developed regions, where today’s 5.3 billion population of underdeveloped countries is expected to swell to 7.8 billion in 2050. By contrast, the population of the more developed regions will remain mostly unchanged, at 1.2 billion.

2007-03-17 21:20:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

i know they're bad. but why or how bad?

2007-03-17 21:19:27 · 5 answers · asked by har har 1 in Government

So far Iraq has two million refugees, some are being allowed to come to the United States, how many of them are terrorists? I would think the majority.

2007-03-17 21:17:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If the roles were reversed and you were impoverished, living on a few dollars a day next to the richest, most prosperous country in the world, would you not risk your life to go and live there? Even if it meant commiting a felony and living in the shadows as undocumented?

2007-03-17 21:16:20 · 21 answers · asked by curlygirl 2 in Immigration

His approval rating is down to 28% now.

2007-03-17 21:13:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

people use the word hippocrit to justify their mistakes

2007-03-17 21:12:55 · 3 answers · asked by Socrates 3 in Other - Politics & Government

i completed my b.tech in 2005 itryed for f1visa twice but my visa has been rejected ,rightnow iwant to try for H1b visa(software) is any problems occurs and what is my chances of getting visa,

2007-03-17 21:12:00 · 3 answers · asked by maddy m 1 in Embassies & Consulates

2007-03-17 21:00:59 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

When compared to Keynesian economic policies, tax cuts for the rich do not work. You see much greater growth under FDR, JFK/LBJ, and Clinton then you see under Reagan and Bush Jr. For the record, JFK did not cut taxes. It was LBJ who signed the tax cut and it was next to nonexistent. Plot real tax revenues versus time.

Percent increase in real GDP
FDR 177.51% (from 32' to 45')
FDR 88.14% (from 32' to 41', without WWII)
KEN/LBJ 46.00%
CLINTON 33.81%
REAGAN 30.63%
BUSH JR 16.55% (from 00' to 06')
http://www.bea.gov/national/xls/gdplev.xls

Percent increase in inflation adjusted tax revenues:
FDR N/A
CLINTON 57.91%
KEN/LBJ 37.63%
REAGAN 20.16%
BUSH JR 4.44% (assuming predictions up to 2008 hold)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/sheets/hist01z3.xls

Percentage point change in poverty:
FDR N/A
KEN/LBJ -9.40
CLINTON -3.50
REAGAN +0.00
BUSH SR +1.80 (88' to 92')
BUSH JR +1.30 (00' to 05')
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/hstpov2.html

2007-03-17 20:58:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If yes, why? If not, why not?

2007-03-17 20:51:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Harrumph!

2007-03-17 20:48:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Chavez does not hate Americans. In fact, he has sold millions of dollars of heavily subsidized oil to poor Americans. He has also said that while he opposes Bush, he considers the American people "our friends."
http://usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-21-us-chavez_x.htm?imw=Y

He was indeed elected into office. Not only were the elections monitered and certified by the Organization of Latin American States, the Carter Center, and the European Union (since when did we ever have moniters in our elections), and accepted by the main opposition candidate, Rosales, numerous foreign polling companies had Chavez winning with about 60% of the votes versus 25 to 30 for the opposition.

Here are some:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/24/ap/world/mainD8LJICRO1.shtml
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/07/america/LA_POL_Venezuela_Poll.php
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/24/america/LA_GEN_Venezuela_Chavez_Poll.php

2007-03-17 20:47:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-03-17 20:46:46 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Is Meth illegal because of the so called damage it does to families or is it illegal because the government can't figure out a way to make a profit from it and control the makers. If you are claiming "damage" how about the damage liquor does and the long term affects it can have on the members as well as the innocent victims of lets say a drunk driver killing someone or a person that has many DUI's and has lost his/her license but continues to drink and drive and hurts someone, or the pain it can cause from a violent drunk, or the continued jobs being lost from being drunk, all of which can be said to some degree of a Meth user, so why is Meth illegal and liquor legal

2007-03-17 20:45:01 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-03-17 20:41:27 · 17 answers · asked by tedwilson2 1 in Government

Ok, I think it goes without say that we need to secure our borders. But, even if we built a wall a mile high that extended from the Pacific ocean to the Gulf (and also one across the northern border with Canada), we still have to figure out a solution for the 12 mill or so people that are already here.

Mass Deportation and kicking out out these people is not going to happen, so we might as well go to plan B. People seem to be against amnesty, but I'd just like to know viable solutions for those that constantly attack amnesty resolutions.

Serious, unhateful answers only please.

2007-03-17 20:41:23 · 18 answers · asked by curlygirl 2 in Immigration

Lets not elect someone just because they are White, Black, Man, Woman, Rich, or member of a wierd church. We are at war and need a proven leader who understands the world around him/her. Who can guide us through war , and lead us in peace. Who can heal the wounds of the past and will not be beholden to special interests or religious nutcases. I Nominate Colin Powell and or Condoleeza Rice.

2007-03-17 20:36:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

My boyfriend and myself would like to be married, due to a recent heart attack while in county, He's 55 I'm 50, The sheriff has said no, can we be married by phone or by proxy instead?

2007-03-17 20:32:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

and democrats want bigger government?

2007-03-17 20:25:44 · 7 answers · asked by Socrates 3 in Other - Politics & Government

Also, how or where can I show my idea so that it can possibly be in text books oneday as a theorem? Or any other information that I can benefit the most from my idea? Oh, it has to do with mainly math and possibly science.

2007-03-17 20:24:38 · 18 answers · asked by Marvin 2 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-03-17 20:22:02 · 16 answers · asked by Why_so_serious? 5 in Immigration

I think reading this in 5-7 minutes would be better than listening to the news in a lifteime.Plz don't think I'm a very old person.Just 18.A university student studying English who just cannot sit back and hope.
My question is: what percentage of what I say is acceptable to you?
This article has three parts: 1.Cultural and general info 2.music and 3.political, so plz read it from the top to the bottom.
Hi.I'm Iranian and I live in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I understand that they have totally wrong ideas about Iran.I just wrote this article to correct you.
The first thing they accuse our government of, is that they don't let you be free.Actually, Iranians would be some of the most liberal people in the world (liberal meaning not obeying laws that they don't like).Thousands of millions of strict rules in other countries, don't even exist in Iran.Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa.That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws.In Iran every single house has a sattelite. Sattelite channels had a serious influence on people, they wear very fashionable clothes.Maybe it's a kind of immitation, but still it's got an unique Iranian style.You'll see lots of beauty qeens on the streets that are just like models advertising fashionable clothes! Most part of their hair is out and they put on to much make up, also wearing scarves is a part of our culture.Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmics (which is bad for our economy)! People do whatever they wish to and some of the things they do, don't fit our culture at all, however it's normal in Iran.You'll be surprised seeing the difference between what you imagined before and how the real Iran is! It's wonderful.Everything's so great if you don't take unemployment and air pollution into account. Many things have changed so far.I can't even compare Iran with 5 years ago, let alone comparing it with 30 years ago!!!! After all, nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is considered the new generation (The youth) and they've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran! Women are overtaking Iran. They're treated very well.They're the winners in most cases: They get into the best universities cos they're so clever.They get the best jobs cos they can do jobs much better than men.They've got rights that have made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women will have the right to ask them a great amount of money which most husbands cannot afford, so they'll be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's just because IN IRAN, such places are usually full of cheeky guys who would cheek girls.I don't think girls would go there, even if they're allowed to do so.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery.Have you ever asked yourself they relate to how many years ago?Just for your information, those are from Afghanistan which was once ruled by those freaks (Taliban).I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are SEPERATE COUNTRIES! and that we're Persian and some Turkish not Arab! And I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other countries in the world.There's nothing mysterious about it!(The media is very good at making scary titles: BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!! IRAN UNDERCOVER!!! This would be enough to scare people away! Iranians are much more educated, intelligent and open-minded than what you think!!! I'm sure you don't know that there are lots and lots of Iranian geniouses and scientists that are all under 25.You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. A small example is this 17 year old boy who's invented 72 amazing inventions.You don't know that Iranian students and sportsmen are winning gold and silver medals in different compotitions in the world all the time such as robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the media talk about them?Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few weeks ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and now it's signing treaties with other countries to export it.I digged the news on the internet, but there was no single sign of that.What I found instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!" The media are injustice.They'd put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they would never talk about facts! Some interesting facts:
Iran is the pionier in medicine and genetics and Iranian surgens have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects and many other diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the the best brain and heart surgens are Iranian surgens.The head of Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian.One of the best designer of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian.Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian.Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering.Holds the second place in building dams.The 4th highest tower (Milad tower) in the world is in Tehran (which you can visit in the second link).The champion weight-lifter is Iranian.The woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. And as you all know, Iranian girls are famous for being terrific.Persian rug and Persian literature, many Persian poets and scientists that are so famous.Persian culture is now westernised and only a little has survived! According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world for foriegners with Dollars of course not for us! (Cos our rate is different: one Dollar=about 950 Tomans!) Who do you think is building Dubi?Arabs?No my friends, Iranian architectures, engineers and traders funding them, cos they don't think building the same things in Iran would be beneficial for them, Since the media scare tourists away from Iran.There are many other things.And also, Iran is a very independant country.It has nearly all the developed industries and technologies and doesn't need other countries to survive! That's why the unfair U.N sanctions don't bother us! The list is endless.
Some charactristics of Iranians would be: Proud, greedy, hard-working, intelligent, ambitious, not realistic, not so religious, not so generous, not punctual, impatient, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly and hospitable.

Some people think, Iran's a desert! Iran's a modern country with very beautiful nature and lots of historical places to visit.Please take a look at the following links and see if Iran looks like what you think or not! (Surely it doesn't!)
This is a photo of Tehran: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Tehran-2-1600.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hope you like them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills_south_west_of_Sanandaj_near_the_village_of_Kilaneh.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jhcfjuhfuvfjhyf.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dariushhotel2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kish-island.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dariushhotel3.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran


Some people think music is forbidden in Iran.Did you know that Iranian pop music has won the prize in France in 2005? All Iranian songs are current pop /Trance/ DJ music.I send them to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all admit that it's the best music they've ever heard.They specially love the beat.
You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them.You'll love Iranian style.It's nothing like what you expect! You can read the translations in here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuU3bcYBNN27yv44GHQIAqwAAAAA?qid=20070303111508AAXhVyi
(I just want you: pop&Trance 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Irani/Mansour/Crazy/Delam%20Faghat%20Toro%20Mikhaad(www.Bia2Music.com).MP3
(The rain: pop&Trance 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Irani/Siavash%20Ghomayshi/Sunset%20to%20Sunrise/64/Siavash%20Ghomayshi%20-%20Sunset%20to%20Sunrise%20-%2005%20Baroon%20(www.Bia2Music.com).wma
(Farangis "A female name": pop&Trance 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Irani/Siavash%20Ghomayshi/Sunset%20to%20Sunrise/64/Siavash%20Ghomayshi%20-%20Sunset%20to%20Sunrise%20-%2001%20Farangis%20(www.Bia2Music.com).wma
(The window: pop&Trance: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Persian/128KB/Siavash%20Ghomayshi/03_%20Panjereh.mp3
(Stop world:pop 2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmusic/Persian/128KB/Reza%20Sadeghi%20-%20Vaysa%20Donya/01_%20Vaysa%20Donya.mp3
(Hold my hand:pop 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic/Persian/128KB/Mansour%20-%20Beautiful/09_%20Dastamo%20Begir.mp3
(The wind's kiss:pop&Trance 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Persian/128KB/Siavash%20Ghomayshi/01_%20Boosaye%20Baad.mp3
(Keep me in your memory:pop 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Persian/128KB/Siavash%20Ghomayshi/07_%20Yaade%20Man%20Baash.mp3
(Reveal your visage:pop 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Persian/128KB/Mohammad%20Esfahani/04_%20Talab.mp3
(It's beautiful:pop 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic/Persian/128KB/Mansour%20-%20Beautiful/02_%20Ghashangeh.mp3
(My bride: DJ 2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmusic/Persian/128KB/Mohsen%20Chavoshi%20-%20Im%20Sorry/01_%20Arouse%20Man.mp3

It's now 2007 and people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns!!!!
See how the media are fooling people? None of the things you hear on the media about Iran are true.If you think I've been admiring Iran too much, that's because you'd do the same thing if you were looked down nearly everyday for some false reasons.

I think it's better to clarify some political issues as well:
Some of the Americans I chatted with, said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The media are good at putting comments.It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the T.V screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us.For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life?The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it agaisnt Iran. like picking up some specific sensitive phrases from among a long speech (without reffering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and putting so many bad comments on that.No sane person would take it serious.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone.If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad.Is it? We hate neither Jews nor Americans.They're both nice people.If their media are fooling them, it's not their fault.If I were in their shoes, I would hate Iran too regarding all the terrible lies they keep hearing about it nearly everyday.Although ordinary Iranians don't care about world affairs, I've got to say that for us Israel is not equal to Jews! Israel is a govt.Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians.No difference.And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force the others to convert to Islam?Have you ever found a Muslem knocking at your door asking you to do so?That's so funny. Christians and Jews are both God believers and respectful to us.I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred.In Iran, religion would be the least important thing. It means that where you come from and what your religion is, are not important to us at all.And I wonder why some Muslem countries think there's a problem between Shiites and Sunnies. It doesn't make sense in Iran.

I wonder Iran is a threat to whom? Which logical rule admits that it's logical to say a country is guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that she's going to do something wrong?!!!! Has Iran ever attacked any countries?There's no proof on that.That's even what nuclear agency says.Only Iran's oppositions are pulling Iran's leg.What we're doing is legal.What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal and nonsense.Iran is a peaceful country.Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could invade the countries in our neibourhood just as what Seddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relationships with all of them.It could be a good example to some countries that just follow their interests.What is interesting is that the countries which accuse Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! This could be a modern and innovative form of philosophy and logic!

Some say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? If you know a little literature, you know that it's a passive sentence.He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! And he wasn't talking about destroying Israel.He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they both could live in peace.They've only told you this phrase not the rest of it and it's mistranslated deliberitely.Iran's always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.While some countries which have nukes are clearly threatening Iran to nuke her! Good, isn't it?

Some say he's said: Holocaust is a myth! again this is a single phrase from among a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so.If 6000000 Jews were killed, that's so terrible, but those 300000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all! Over 650000 Iraqi people are killed and it's not important! When Fox News simply says: America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing all Iran's 69000000 population within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima & Nakazaki and vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a mith.Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind?

Obviousely, some countries are using Iran as a victim to put the blame (their own faults) on Iran.And which country is better than Iran to be a victim?They've made the whole world believe that Iran isn't a peaceful country and represent false image of Iranians by making insulting movies like "300" .
I know Americans don't like these either, but what can they do?They can't control what the media says.I hope someday the media would end all this instead of playing a negative role in the world.

This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America": 1.America means the U.S govt not the people 2.The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfreids/boyfriends! Strange.Isn't it? 3.Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake.right?) 5.The U.S govt helped Seddam to attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians 6.America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason 7.It's always botherng Iran by sanctions, displaying false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away from Iran and is always harmful to our economy, development and credit 8.It's always despised the Iranians who travel to the U.S at their arrival (even ordinary ones, university students, sportsmen, scientists etc)
To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days: 1.It's related to so many years ago and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be cheos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy.Aren't they? 2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and keeps denying that they're diplomats.Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom.It's exceeded the level of tit for tat.

It's better for both countries to forget about the past conflicts and to have peaceful relations.The two govts are like 10 year old children jumping at each other verbally, but we as the people of these countries MUST NOT have any conflics.You know something?All govts are hateful.I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about 444 hostage taking and I keep being silent.So sorry for that.I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think?I can't wait to see both nations in peace.It'd be marvelous!

Thanks.

2007-03-17 20:19:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-03-17 20:16:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Citizens and Legal Residents its time to take a stand. We must defend this country. The greatest threat this Country has ever faced is the issue of illegal aliens....In "Clinton" type fervor our people and government are ignoring this.... Wake Up People....Take a STAND....Be an American!

Your Country NEEDS YOU!.... Will you be there?

2007-03-17 20:14:18 · 5 answers · asked by usstand 2 in Immigration

I'm a minuteman and was just wondering how much support was here so maybe we could think about organizing a nation wide project/ protest.

2007-03-17 20:12:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-03-17 20:05:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

All I know about him is first and last name,date of deployment and rank.I called HQ in Washingt. and ask,but nothing.Can any Marine give me an answer.Thanks,ANA

2007-03-17 20:04:18 · 5 answers · asked by ana l 1 in Military

Im just trying to prepare myself. I've only got a few months left so if anyone has had experience in marine bootcamp please let me know.

Anything I should know?

2007-03-17 20:02:16 · 21 answers · asked by kennedy77777 2 in Military

http://haiku.blogs.com/celebrity/files/WMD_Bushs_Big_Joke.wmv

2007-03-17 20:00:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military