Politics & Government - 19 March 2007

What are the top few things you think each area of the government should be doing? After you answer these questions then think about what they actually are doing. How do these items compare to the powers granted to the government by the US Constitution and your State Constitution? You don't need to answer all of this on-line but I think it may be something very constructive for everyone to do. You may find your results to be very interesting.

2007-03-19 14:38:53 · 4 answers · asked by InReality01 5 in Government

I was arrested for 2nddegree attempted burglary I have no record or anything and i diddent go in i was just on the roof but i did shut off the power because i was pulled over and told to park my car and walk because i was drunk..so i went on the roof of a store to see if the cops were gone but anyways i diddent have tools or anything i just turned the power off so they wouldent see me i know i messed up bad but im only 20 and never done anything like this before i spent 5 days in jail and made $25.000 bail another thing is the store owner is saying i took apart his swamp cooler witch is not true at all it was alrdy like that so my finger prints WONT be on it but they said it dosent matter but anyways i hired a lawyer who did nothin and they said i had to take the ple or go to palimanary the ple bargin was 6 months in jail with a felony they wouldent give me a continuince so i fired my lawyer to get one i am lost on what to do because i look guilty but im not any advice would help thx

2007-03-19 14:38:43 · 12 answers · asked by jknlhjs g 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-03-19 14:38:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-03-19 14:38:27 · 5 answers · asked by mproctor26 1 in Military

How come they (Liberals) are the only ones that have got true pictures & have almost the same views about US foreign policies with people around the world?

What happen to the rest of US people today?

(My friends & I from other parts of the world - mostly aumni of MIT, Boston U, Northeastern U, UHA CT are wondering about this)

2007-03-19 14:36:47 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-03-19 14:36:27 · 14 answers · asked by schneid123 3 in Other - Politics & Government

I'm just a little curious on what people think after seeing the rallies against the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and the many requests for withdrawal.
Let's say if coalition forces do withdraw, wouldn't those two countries just break out into chaos? Wouldn't the situation there be worse for both Iraqis and everyone around the world since terrorism is bound to grow without the military presence.
Also, is it right for the troops to withdraw? Is it moral for us to obliterate the government there and then leave the countries in the state that it is now?

2007-03-19 14:35:50 · 8 answers · asked by Michael784 2 in Military

2007-03-19 14:35:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-03-19 14:33:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Seriously, with all the threats at present, insurgencies, rebellions, wars, nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction, the Eurovision song contest, illegal immigrants, mass importation of illegal drugs - personal limit of 500lbs of marijuana, being able to sue and imprison cops that shoot at you, do you really think Al could have handled all this?

2007-03-19 14:33:38 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

that our founding fathers orginally wanted?

Small Govt., no career politicans, no special interest groups, no pork, more accountablity.

2007-03-19 14:32:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

What freedoms have I lost? What negative impact has the Patriot Act had on the average American?

2007-03-19 14:32:41 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I am not nor have I ever been of any interest to the police. I live in a small rural parish in Central Louisiana. On Friday, I admit I ran a stop sign. Wrong, I understand but it is a very wide open highway and I could see nothing was coming so I did what we call a "rolling stop". One of our parish deputies pulled me over. As I said, I was guilty of running the stop sign. Before I knew it, 2 other deputies were there, and the deputy that pulled me over asked if he could search my car. I consented because I knew I had nothing to hide, but am wondering when running a stop sign made it a "reasonable search". As I said, I have never been in any trouble, there was nothing suspicious looking in my car. I always thought that they had to have a verifiable reason to search. Of course, the search turned up nothing, but I am concerned for people that travel through here. The South is already misunderstood enough without Deputy Dog making us sound
like we were off "My Cousin Vinny".

2007-03-19 14:30:54 · 20 answers · asked by Katrina M 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

) US acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.

2) US willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.

3) Develop the illusion that total disarmament by the US would be a demonstration of "moral strength."

4) Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.

5) Extension of long term loans to Russia and Soviet Satellites.

6) Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.

7) Grant recognition of Red China, and admission of Red China to the UN.

8) Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the Germany question by free elections under supervision of the UN.

9) Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the US has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.

10) Allow all Soviet Satellites individual representation in the UN.

11) Promote the UN as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the UN as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo).

12) Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.

13) Do away with loyalty oaths.

14) Continue giving Russia access to the US Patent Office.

15) Capture one or both of the political parties in the US.

16) Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions, by claiming their activities violate civil rights.

17) Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for Socialism, and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers associations. Put the party line in text books.

18) Gain control of all student newspapers.

19) Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.

20) Infiltrate the press. Get control of book review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions.

21) Gain control of key positions in radio, TV & motion pictures.

22) Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all form of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings," substitute shapeless, awkward, and meaningless forms.

23) Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."

24) Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.

25) Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography, and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio and TV.

26) Present homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as "normal, natural, and healthy."

27) Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch."

28) Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the grounds that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."

29) Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.

30) Discredit the American founding fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man".

31) Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of "the big picture": Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.

32) Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture - - education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.

33) Eliminate all laws or procedures, which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.

34) Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

35) Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.

36) Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.

37) Infiltrate and gain control of big business.

38) Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand or treat.

39) Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.

40) Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.

41) Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.

42) Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special interest groups should rise up and make a "united force" to solve economic, political, or social problems.

43) Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.

44) Internationalize the Panama Canal.

45) Repeal the Connally Reservation so the US can not prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over nations and individuals alike.

2007-03-19 14:30:22 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-03-19 14:29:12 · 1 answers · asked by HS Student 2 in Government

I am wondering if there is any anti-liberal groups out there that is free to join? Not that I am a hot blooded all out Bush loving conservative, I just can't stand Liberals, and their stupidity. Mostly their stupidity over this whole mess with the firings of those US Attorneys. Its mostly all Miers, Rove, and Sampson. Why the hell should Gonzales take the blame or fall for it?

2007-03-19 14:27:33 · 13 answers · asked by JourneyToTheHeart 2 in Politics

"Shall we follow the rule of law and do our constitutional duty no matter unpleasant, or shall we follow the path of least resistance, close our eyes to the potential lawbreaking, forgive and forget, move on and tear an unfixable hole in our legal system? No man is above the law, and no man is below the law. That's the principle that we all hold very dear in this country."

2007-03-19 14:27:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-03-19 14:26:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Is he the Artful Dodger or Fagin?

2007-03-19 14:25:47 · 2 answers · asked by nemesis 4 in Politics

a friend of mine was sentenced to 2 months at the detention center and we're trying to see if they offer anything to decrease the jail time like work release, good behavior or something.

2007-03-19 14:25:23 · 2 answers · asked by isooRock♥ 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

After going public this week with her skepticism over the official story of 9/11, Rosie O'Donnell has continued to address the issue in a Q&A with her readers on her website.

We reported yesterday that O'Donnell, who has for weeks now been tentatively trying to raise the issue of 9/11 truth on her ABC show The View, wrote a blog entry encouraging her readers to research 9/11, in particular the building 7 demolition.

O'Donnell wrote :

• The fires in WTC 7 were not evenly distributed, so a perfect collapse was impossible.
• Silverstein said to the fire department commander “the smartest thing to do is pull it.”
• Firefighters withdrawing from the area stated the building was going to “blow up”.
• The roof of WTC 7 visibly crumbled and the building collapsed perfectly into its footprint.
• Molten steel and partially evaporated steel members were found in the debris.

She then goes on to explain her thoughts on these facts.

Now, in follow up postings, O'Donnell has been answering reader questions regarding 9/11.

A section of the Q& A from her website http://www.rosie.com/ follows:

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Teri writes: Do you believe in many conspiracy theroy’s?
Do you think if you were not a celeb you would still suffer from depression?
Please don’t take offence to my ?’s they are ment well.

rosie: i believe there is more to 9 11 than we have been told
depression runs in my family - so yes

vicki writes: Have you seen BBC vid of reporter telling of collapse of bldg 7 with bldg 7 still in background and 20 minutes before it collapsed? Weird to the max. So much we don’t know. Truth will out. Peace.
rosie: i have
the plot thickens

Leslie writes: Bush’s reaction to attack on 9/11 should b compulsary viewing. He didn’t move a muscle, didn’t look at who gave him the news but it’s his expression that’s so alarming & it wasn’t shock

rosie: shock was the look on everyone elses face
that morning
not his

i agree

stacey writes: OMG!! Where have I been?? What is this third tower that fell?? Where can I read more information on this tower? Sharing your opinion on the veiw has opened my eyes to so much plz. reply!!!!!

rosie: building 7
there is a link on my home page

Jada writes: Do you believe the U.S. government is spying illegally on its own citizen and using invasive and convert tactics to silence dissent?

rosie: i do

Noelle writes: the towers,Bush was not behind that, are you kidding me?He isnt a good enough actor to pull that off. Remember his reaction at the school when it was whispered to him.real emotion. i check it out, tho

rosie: real emotion?
r u kidding me
he didnt move a muscle
after hearing we were under attack
HE DID NOT MOVE

Deb writes: 911weknow.com: If I trust this info, I must believe that my govt has murdered its own people 4 $ in the name of God. I literally vomitted! Why isn’t this info aggressively investigated? Hell on earth.

rosie: info is out there

This shows the worth of public figures such as Rosie O'Donnell talking about 9/11. Whether you like her or not, clearly her readers and viewers are relatively uninitiated as far as 9/11 truth is concerned. One even comments that she never knew a third building had collapsed that day, therefore she is introducing new people to these facts.

Despite the customary ignorant name calling bloggers, the overall reaction to Rosie O'Donnell's stance has been positive. Some of the comments our article alone has recieved are as follows:

* never thought I would say it, but - "Go, Rosie."
* Its amazing, that rosie went public. More people are waking up, and hopefully more celebs will go public
* I gotta say I have a lot of respect for this woman now.
* Thank you Rosie! Please keep it up as this is the one issue that can blow this government wide open! You are a true American hero Rosie. It takes courage and you have it.

Rosie O'Donnell follows in the footsteps of other notable cultural figures who have spoken out on 9/11, such as David Lynch, James Brolin, Richard Linklater, Jesse Ventura, Matthew Bellemy, Ed Asner and Charlie Sheen.

Sheen, who went public with his views almost exactly a year ago now, was the first high profile celebrity to put his reputation on the line in the name of 9/11 truth and his courage should be saluted in opening the door for present and future individuals to follow his example.

Speaking exclusively to The Alex Jones Show on the GCN Radio Network at the time, the star of current hit comedy show Two and a Half Men and dozens of movies including Platoon and Young Guns, Sheen elaborated on why he had problems believing the government's version of events, stating "That we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."

Sheen then went on to appear at a specially organised 9/11 truth conference in LA which 1200 people attended.

Following on from Sheen more recently, actor James Brolin appeared as a guest on Rosie O'Donnell's The View and urged the audience to check out the website 911weknow.com, which is a website that purports to expose how the twin towers and Building 7, which wasn't hit by a plane, were brought down via controlled demolition.

Around the same time it emerged that film director and cult icon David Lynch had also made public his doubts about the official story behind 9/11. Lynch told Dutch television he thought WTC Building 7 was brought down via controlled demolition and that the Pentagon and Pennsylvania crash sites were suspicious due to the absence of evidence that a plane crashed at either location.

As we have noted before, it is important to stress that celebrity sound bites do not make a revolution, but it is important to remember that figures such as O'Donnell have an avenue to reach a lot of people. It is down to the discretion of her viewers to decide whether to look into what she is saying.

Should they do that they will discover that over the past few years, scores of highly regarded individuals have also gone public to express their serious doubts about 9/11. These include former presidential advisor and CIA analyst Ray McGovern, the father of Reaganomics and former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury Paul Craig Roberts, BYU physics Professor Steven Jones, former German defense minister Andreas von Buelow, former MI5 officer David Shayler, former Blair cabinet member Michael Meacher, former Chief Economist for the Department of Labor during President George W. Bush's first term Morgan Reynolds and many more.

2007-03-19 14:23:22 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

What has Islam done to Spain, Thailand, Russia, Philipines,
What is Islam doing to Islamic countries?
What is islam doing to its own followers?

2007-03-19 14:22:32 · 8 answers · asked by stauros 1 in Politics

2007-03-19 14:20:38 · 8 answers · asked by lvhammerhead 1 in Embassies & Consulates

If the reason we're in Iraq is to protect America... why are we bothering? America is nothing without her people's liberty. NOTHING. Anything worth giving up that easily is not worth fighting to "protect."

Time to leave Iraq. You have just defeated your own argument.

2007-03-19 14:19:58 · 24 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics

A. George Bush
B.Tony Blair
C.John Howard
D.Osama Binladen
E.Ozzy Ozbourne
F.John Clease

2007-03-19 14:19:25 · 20 answers · asked by kevin d 4 in Politics

congress sugest,we need our troops out now. They are like sitting ducks waiting to be picked off

2007-03-19 14:18:58 · 6 answers · asked by sugarpie 1 in Government

2007-03-19 14:18:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

GIVE ME A BREAK WITH THE CONSPERICY THEORIES,

I'M STARTING TO BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL FRIGIN NUTS.

DO THEY ACTUALY BELIEVE THIS CRUD AND IF SO ,WHY ARN'T THEY GETTING MEDICATION?

2007-03-19 14:17:34 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-03-19 14:17:07 · 6 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Government

It must be hard to be partay-ing with friends and then have to give a press conference befere you come down.

2007-03-19 14:16:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics