Politics & Government - 22 March 2007

What would your priorities be with domestic issues, foreign relations, the economy, and what would you change about how taxes are spent?

2007-03-22 12:39:54 · 8 answers · asked by wayfaroutthere 7 in Politics

I send things overseas regularly and like to put as many different kinds of stamps on the envelopes/packages as possible (not too much over the actual cost) as alot of my contacts like US stamps and their variety.

...Anyone know of a web site that, if you put in a postage amount, it will calculate the number of individual different stamp values, up to the amount needed...?

An example would be: postal cost is: $1.67. The stamp combination I could put on would be:
3X.39 + .23 + .15 +, .09 +, .02 +, .01 = $1.67
(just looking for some kind of automated calculation program that would/could give me the same answer..)

Thanks, Mike

2007-03-22 12:38:03 · 2 answers · asked by Mike 3 in Government

Did you see the video? Tipical police work. What a big pussy, to beat a woman, this policeman might lose his job. I heard nothing about his arrest . This guy should be hunted down by the public and have his *** kicked.

2007-03-22 12:36:24 · 7 answers · asked by nomadic searcher 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

Is the Marine Corps the hardest branch or is that just a myth?

2007-03-22 12:35:48 · 25 answers · asked by J5/Dozaimo/Pandalvr/Junk Yard Josh 2 in Military

What issues are important to you that your canidate is using in their campaign?

2007-03-22 12:35:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Hello, children, I'm back. I'm dying a slow painful death in a mental institution. They are taking my computer right away as they did in the battered women's shelter and pregnant I've recieved so many shots I want to die at this point. Do i have the right to ask for the death penalty?

2007-03-22 12:35:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

How ironic is it that today the democrats in the house pulled a bill that would have given congressional representation to Washington DC for the first time in its history. But in order to give them that representation they would have ended up giving DC back a constitutionally guaranteed right so the democrats pulled the bill. In other words the democrats were trying to give DC something it doesn't get under the constitution but pulled the bill to keep from giving them something guaranteed in the constitution,how ironic is that?Guess after 30 years of brutal murder rates they still don't want DC residents to be able to protect themselves and their homes.

2007-03-22 12:35:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-03-22 12:34:13 · 8 answers · asked by Kristykay41002 1 in Law & Ethics

my aunt from mexico wants to come here { chicago illinois} she is studing child phycology and is 19 years old. she is not a u.s citizen or resident . A Public notary told my mom that she needs to send my aunt 2 work letters { one of my dad and the other from my mom}. my mom will be paying for all the expenses {including plane ticket and whatever else she needs} My aunt will be staying at my house and will not be working or anything like that. the public notary told my mom also that she needs to write a letter inviting her here. does anyone know wat they letter has to say??? or have an idea???

2007-03-22 12:33:39 · 5 answers · asked by i FOUND MA PRiNCE CHARMiNG♥ 3 in Immigration

2007-03-22 12:33:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-03-22 12:33:00 · 5 answers · asked by lance r 1 in Civic Participation

The War For Your Mind

You may not realize it, but in addition to the wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq, there is another war being waged by radical Islamists -- a war for
Your mind that would make Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels proud.
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the good folks at the Middle East
Media Research Institute (MEMRI), this subversive campaign was recently
Exposed. Nevertheless, it continues and the damage is almost impossible to
Estimate.

The effort involves a “media jihad” of Islamists overseas using the
Internet to undermine American morale and support for the war. MEMRI has
Discovered talking points and action items on Islamist websites directing
Their followers to infiltrate American Internet forums and chat rooms with
False propaganda.

Just consider some of these excerpts:

-- “There is no doubt, my brothers, that raiding American forums is among
The most important means of obtaining victory in the fierce media war...
And of influencing the views of the weak-minded American …This American is
An idiot and does not [even] know where Iraq is…”

-- “Obviously, you should post your contribution... As an American... You
Should invent stories about American soldiers you have [allegedly]
Personally known (as classmates... Or members in a club who played baseball
And tennis with you) who were drafted to Iraq and then committed suicide
While in service by hanging or shooting themselves...”

-- “Also, write using a sad tone, and tell them that you feel sorry for
Your [female] neighbor or co-worker who became addicted to alcohol or
Drugs... Because her poor fiancee, a former soldier in Iraq, was paralyzed
Or [because] his legs were amputated... [Use any story] which will break
Their spirits...”

-- “Your concern should [only] be introducing topics which... Will cause
[them to feel] frustration and anger towards their government..., which
Will... Render them hostile to Bush... And make them feel they must vote to
Bring the troops back from Iraq as soon as possible.”

It is clear from these detailed instructions that our enemy understands the
Power of the media, and learned well a key lesson of Vietnam – America did
Not lose on the battlefield; it lost on the home front.

But if the last American retreats from Iraq in a helicopter from the
Rooftop of our embassy in the Green Zone, the jihadists won't be satisfied.
They will be emboldened, and from their new safe haven in the heart of the
Middle East, they will renew their strikes on America with increased
Ferocity.

Unfortunately, that is something the “cut and run” caucus in Congress
Evidently does not comprehend. If it did, it would not be insisting on
Timetables for “phased redeployments,” telling our enemies that America no
Longer possesses the resolve to “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any
Hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the
Survival and the success of liberty.”

2007-03-22 12:32:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-03-22 12:31:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-03-22 12:29:10 · 7 answers · asked by Studbolt Slickrock Deux 4 in Politics

I have 4 unpaid parking tickets because the university i go to has 30 minute meters, and it takes you that long just to get to class, and most of the classes are at least an hour, some are 3 hours!! I am just curious, how much trouble can i get into if i dont pay them right away? I got the tickets in 3 different cars, so do they know its all me???

2007-03-22 12:28:21 · 11 answers · asked by Me, myself, & I 3 in Law & Ethics

http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-26mar2003-55.htm

I thought you guys were against the use of violence?

2007-03-22 12:28:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Hi,
I'm a US citizen and i'm planning to go back to India and stay for few years. So, what is the maximum period that i can stay in India?
Please advise me.

Thanks.

2007-03-22 12:25:38 · 5 answers · asked by Venkat 1 in Embassies & Consulates

2007-03-22 12:25:11 · 5 answers · asked by calcutta200224 2 in Military

I work for an electronic lock company. Around 4 months ago, we sold 120 locks to a motel in Winter Haven, FL. As we agreed, 33% payment before shipping, 33% CoD, another 33% will need to be paid after the installation. So we send our installers to the property and found out the property does not meet our installation requirements. So we offered him a full refund, travel expense for our installers as our lost. We have been waiting for the motel to return those locks for over 3 months now, they want to get a refund before shipping the locks back. And I think for any company before they give a refund they need to have their products back first. So now the owner of the property is neither willing to send the locks back to us nor pay the rest of the balance. Hes not willing to answer the calls from us, on top of that hes threatening to damage our reputation.
So at this point, what should we do now? Get a local lawyer at FL or is there another way to get our products back? many thanks!

2007-03-22 12:23:13 · 5 answers · asked by Ray 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-03-22 12:23:02 · 15 answers · asked by Ejsenstejn 2 in Politics

2007-03-22 12:22:37 · 14 answers · asked by D.L. Miller 3 in Civic Participation

2007-03-22 12:22:25 · 5 answers · asked by Wayne M 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-03-22 12:21:59 · 5 answers · asked by Leonora R 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Didn't the Clintons screw this country enough when Mr. Hillary was president?

2007-03-22 12:21:45 · 13 answers · asked by jbhunter 2 in Other - Politics & Government

It’s been years and I don’t even care about whom but why? Was it because he was so immoral? Screwing around on his wife. Was it because he was screwing up social security? He really screwed that up. Wasting our tax dollars? Was it because was sucking up to the muslim nations? Was it because the election was a farce? Why keep it covered we all know the government had it done I just want to know why and how can they keep it covered now? It cant be national security only personal.

2007-03-22 12:21:41 · 6 answers · asked by spiveyracing 5 in Other - Politics & Government

It isn't the vote that gets me (as much). It is her four years of Iraq War cheerleading that I find disturbing.

2007-03-22 12:21:39 · 7 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics

2007-03-22 12:21:34 · 7 answers · asked by Deena B 1 in Politics

2007-03-22 12:20:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Did Valerie Plame Lie?


"If the Democratic controlled Congress is so hot to process a crime that has not been committed by trying to solicit perjury, why don't they go ahead and prosecute the one that has been committed by Valerie Plame, who has now been caught lying to the US Senate as revealed by her recent house testimony?" This is an interesting question. The first answer I'd offer is that it's Democrats that run the committees. Christopher Bond, senator from Missouri, is a member of the Senate intelligence committee. He said (paraphrased), "You know, we never heard anything about this junior underling that, phone call from Cheney's office, and somebody else walking by suggesting Valerie Plame's husband." There's a letter. Christopher Hitchens mentioned it. There's a letter you can get that shows that Valerie Plame suggested her husband to go on that trip to Niger. It's up to Democrats to do this. They run the House and the Senate, and I don't think there's going to be any interest on the part of Democrats to process Valerie Plame or put her through any kind of a perjury claim. You never know. The justice department is not going to do anything. It's partisan politics. It's the way it is. You have somebody who has told two different stories before two different committees (Gasp!) and nothing's done, and then you got eight people haven't done anything wrong. Rove has not lied, and he's going to be subpoenaed for the purposes of trying to trick 'em into perjury. There's no question.

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11171

2007-03-22 12:19:38 · 5 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Other - Politics & Government

This proud far right wing conservative also ran for Governor of his home state AND ran in two GOP Presidential primaries.

He pioneered the now common effort on the far right to camouflage racist ideas in hot-button issues like affirmative action and immigration, successfully appealing to race and class resentments.

Just who is this hero of the American right?

2007-03-22 12:19:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics