Politics & Government - 17 March 2007

I've heard that instead of reporting to your local police, you're supposed to contact the ATF when you catch someone stealing cigarettes or alcohol, is this correct? What happens if people don't follow this protocol, are they breaking the law themselves by not reporting a federal offense?

2007-03-17 04:20:16 · 8 answers · asked by vecergirl 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

I recently saw a news piece about making it law that we dont import US flags that are "made in china", I agree

But then I noticed how many "products" that I have that are "made in china", I understand lower labor costs make big profits etc. But my "Officially Licensed" Sports Attire. I remember when we took pride in Ford being American, now it too has fallen victim to the "foreign labor is cheaper blues"

What I'm confused about is that we seem to be "trading" profusely with countries that historically hates us, can anyone explain? Boycott or pressure our Lawmakers?

2007-03-17 04:17:33 · 11 answers · asked by pompanopete0 4 in Law & Ethics

Rush isn't even an elected offical like this guy is.Why do they continue to support him?

2007-03-17 04:16:37 · 24 answers · asked by BAARAAACK 5 in Politics

it could very well lead to greater, much greater instability in the area. Taliban, Iran, Shii'ite, Hezbullah, Al Qaeda, all grabbing some, pounding one another, creating more chaos, more instability, more civilian deaths, who, can want this?

2007-03-17 04:16:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

the Battle of the Little Big Horn fame?

2007-03-17 04:14:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

can it really happen?

2007-03-17 04:14:11 · 11 answers · asked by bowsgirl1 7 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-03-17 04:12:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

in lobbying on illegal immigration. I just think the church should decide if it wants to be a tax exempt church or a taxable lobbying organization.

However, I thought this was interesting.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/03/16/16catholic.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=52

What do you think?

2007-03-17 04:11:47 · 10 answers · asked by DAR 7 in Immigration

2007-03-17 04:10:47 · 21 answers · asked by eckzl 4 in Other - Politics & Government

itly -canda -Argentina

2007-03-17 04:09:43 · 14 answers · asked by youisf i 1 in Immigration

2007-03-17 04:07:53 · 5 answers · asked by Beaujock 1 in Military

itly -canda -Argentina

2007-03-17 04:07:18 · 11 answers · asked by youisf i 1 in Immigration

2007-03-17 04:04:09 · 1 answers · asked by Tommy G. 5 in Politics

2007-03-17 04:03:42 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Only 28% approval rating for Dubs.

2007-03-17 04:03:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

You can see it now with Tony Snow, Karl Rove and Co. and saying that they have "hazy memories" about the firing of the attorneys. You think that would be a big enough decision that would cause you to remember the details...unless you did for political reasons! Ronnie Reagan was good at "not being able to recall" or "not remember" too but, in his case, maybe I'll believe him!

2007-03-17 04:01:55 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I am a liberal and try to imagine this happening and am having a hard time with it...

2007-03-17 04:01:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Does this mean no more spam questions about the "event" happening across the nation? Can we hope not to have to give a deep sigh and roll our eyes at once again seeing these "advertisements"? What are your thoughts on the Anti-war protestors as well as the Gathering of Eagles?

2007-03-17 04:01:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

How these reasons fit into the context of british foreign policy?

2007-03-17 04:00:33 · 14 answers · asked by bigtaff51 1 in Military

"......Nor did the Palestinians err when they compared (George Bush's) statement to the Balfour Declaration (the British government's first world war promise to establish a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine) - even if they perhaps failed to grasp that the statement is liable to have implications yet more grave than the 1917 pledge, and will compel a substantive strategic change in their struggle.
And Sharon - will be surprised to discover that in Washington he was pushed into embracing an accelerated process of founding the state of Israel as a binational state based on apartheid. ...
"The day will come when believers in this illusion will realise that "separation" is a means to oppress and dominate... "
· Meron Benvenisti, Israeli writer, political scientist and former deputy mayor of Jerusalem.

So the questions is; Is Apartheid really dead?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1203181,00.html

2007-03-17 03:56:33 · 19 answers · asked by cognoscible 2 in Other - Politics & Government

A Republican presidential candidate is traveling the country campaigning for votes. He's traveling thorugh a rural area in a state that isn't known for it's support for Republicans. He sees an old farmer out in his farm yard working, so the candidate stops and gets out and walks up the the farmer. He introduces himself and says, "I'm a Republican candidate for president and I'm campaigning through your beautiful state." The farmer says, "Wait just a minute, I want to go get my wife because neither of us have ever seen a Republican before." The farmer runs off and soon returns with his wife. The candidate looks around for something to stand up on so he can give his speach and the only thing he can find is a big pil eof manure. So he steps up to the top of the manure pile and delivers his campaign speach to the farmer and his wife. When he finishes, he steps down from the manure pile and the farmer says, "That's the very first Republican speach I've ever heard."

2007-03-17 03:52:54 · 9 answers · asked by Spud55 5 in Elections

In 2005 Goldman Sachs turned a $5.6B profit yet the Senate chose to give them a $25M grant and a $1.65B bond. Which New York senator was at the forefront of that governmental largess, all on the tax payers nickel?

Is fascist corporatism the next phase of American degeneration?

2007-03-17 03:51:35 · 7 answers · asked by rmagedon 6 in Other - Politics & Government

http://www.freedomagenda.com/iraq/wmd_quotes.html

2007-03-17 03:51:22 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

in reply to bicballp i'm sorry your information is wrong a recent poll and three before that clearly indicated the majority of scots do not want to break up the u.k i agree with your thinking though alex salmond is a bloody embarassment no matter which assembly he sits on and he should be kicked out of politics his anti english rants are tiresome even to people north of the border

2007-03-17 03:51:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-03-17 03:50:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-03-17 03:49:27 · 19 answers · asked by Tommy G. 5 in Politics

Ahhh, the smell of sweet, sweet Republican corruption. (Kinda rhymes, doesn't it!)

2007-03-17 03:48:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

AP - A federal appeals court overturned, by a 2-1 vote, DC's long-standing handgun ban Friday, rejecting the city's argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applied only to militias...Judge Karen Henderson dissented, writing that the Second Amendment does not apply to the District of Columbia because it is not a state.

Hmmm...does that mean the rest of the bill of rights does not apply to DC, because it is not a state?

2007-03-17 03:47:49 · 8 answers · asked by ? 6 in Law & Ethics

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - A military panel found a 101st Airborne soldier guilty of three counts of negligent homicide but not guilty of premeditated murder in the deaths of three Iraqi detainees.

Staff Sgt. Ray Girouard, 24, smiled as he hugged his defense lawyer and family members after the verdict was read.

The panel, which deliberated for four hours, also found Girouard guilty of obstruction of justice for lying to investigators, of conspiracy for trying to conceal the crime. Girouard could be sentenced to a maximum of 21 years in prison, said his lawyer, The sentencing portion of the trial begins Monday.

Girouard was accused of telling his soldiers to release detainees they captured during the May 9 raid near Samarra, Iraq, and then shoot them as they fled. He is the last and most senior soldier from the 101st Airborne Division to face trial in the killings. Girouard stated he did it for the United States. This is the American way he replied.

2007-03-17 03:45:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Will they declare water to be a pollutant?
How about Nitrogen, will that be the next thing on their list.
I know, the lefties will declare that the internet is causing floods!

2007-03-17 03:43:07 · 9 answers · asked by Delphi 4 in Politics