Politics & Government - 23 March 2007

I'm going to AF Basic hopefully around July and I want to know if I'm going to be required to wear BC's there. I do wear glasses only when I have to read far away, such as reading the board at school. But I see fine without them. In Fact , I don't even wear them at all, unless I really need to read distance.What's the vision requirements not to have to wear BC's?

2007-03-23 09:28:54 · 12 answers · asked by scalefingers88 1 in Military

If American Troops leave Iraq and our country is latter attacked by muslim extremist based in Iraq with a weapon of mass murder will Democrat leaders such as Nancy Pelosi , John Murtha and Harry Reid be hung or shot for treason?

2007-03-23 09:28:53 · 16 answers · asked by proffesorlibtardo 2 in Military

2007-03-23 09:27:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Today Bush spoke about vetoing any plan for defunding the war and setting a timetable. He said that he will not change the battle plan for anything. If congress had enough votes to override the veto, would president Bush and generals change the plans to take soldiers off the streets and create a new plan of training Iraqi's, or would Bush stick with the plan that would kill American soldiers off so that he could rev up his poll numbers and blame the Democrats for the lost lives? This is not probable because it is not likely that Republicans would vote for such a bill for another three to four years, but if they did come up with enough votes for the override, do you think bush would stick with his word that all the soldiers lives lost will be the Democrats fault and that the plan will never change, even if Barney the dog and his wife are the last two supporting the war?

2007-03-23 09:27:28 · 9 answers · asked by Alan M 1 in Military

I'm writing something, and it involves the use of my teachers' names. Is it illegal to use these names without permission if I am just going to submit the writing to a writers' club within the same school?

2007-03-23 09:27:24 · 4 answers · asked by MS 4 in Law & Ethics

Please help.
No matter what President Bush does, I don't give him any credit. I just can't figure out what's wrong with me.

When Bush insisted that North Korea continue with the six party talks, I ridiculed him like he was a country bumpkin, and laughed at him for not accepting North Koreas demands for bilateral talks. Now that his strategy has been proven correct, I won't acknowledge that he was right all along. I won't give him credit. I don't know why, I just can't credit him with a proven successful strategy.

When George Bush kept nominating minorities to important posts, and filled his cabinet with minorities, I chimed in with Kanye West and said he was racist. I guess the facts don't support my position, but I really like calling Bush a racist. Is this some sort of mental disorder, or just innocent fun?

He warned us the war on terror would be long and hard, but I figured he was just joking. Why can't I accept there's no quick victory? Why do I disrespect him so?

2007-03-23 09:27:16 · 16 answers · asked by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 in Politics

and is cheney a evil robot

2007-03-23 09:26:32 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

I don't know ANYTHING about the military, so I don't know what to expect. Is he going to be gone for months or years at a time? What will he be doing? I'm just worried that it's too dangerous and that I will never see him. Someone PLEASE tell me what you know about this. I'm stressing out because I really don't want him to join.

2007-03-23 09:26:17 · 5 answers · asked by Damon ♥ Elena 6 in Military

2007-03-23 09:26:17 · 16 answers · asked by DC Area Guy 2 in Other - Politics & Government

What can we do to get the citizens of Jupiter, Mars, Triton (Neptues Largest Moon), Enceladus (A Moon Of Saturn), Saturn, Pluto and Venus to start using alternative energy sources and fuels to prevent global warming?

2007-03-23 09:25:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

He said "The reason the Republicans lost the war...I mean the election, the reason the Republicans lost the election..."

Very interesting Freudian slip.

2007-03-23 09:24:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-03-23 09:23:36 · 16 answers · asked by DC Area Guy 2 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-03-23 09:23:28 · 5 answers · asked by whatever 1 in Other - Politics & Government

Giuliani was married to Regina Peruggi, who was his second cousin. Would you want this freak to run the country? I wouldn't want to marry my tenth cousin. I do know that FDR married his fifth cousin but, your second is too closely realted and extremely gross. In addition he has had three marriages. Would you want this guy to run our country?
Go to this site 6th paragraph.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070323/ap_on_el_pr/on_the2008_trail_29;_ylt=AgqOLOBP75u2Qv0.vY1II7Bpu6cv

2007-03-23 09:23:05 · 9 answers · asked by NFrancis 4 in Government

Do you, having answered a question, stop to spend time reading what others have written?

2007-03-23 09:23:04 · 14 answers · asked by Dr Watson (UK) 5 in Politics

I just saw a report on FOX NEWS, inwhich it shows a bunch of young Democrats holding up signs saying "Fusk the troops!" and burning fake soldiers and US flags. Is this the new Democrat party?

2007-03-23 09:22:47 · 5 answers · asked by Greg B 1 in Military

Supporting Israeli criminal policies definitely hurts America's interests around the world !

2007-03-23 09:22:20 · 12 answers · asked by DC Area Guy 2 in Other - Politics & Government

He was knockin' 'em dead in this little clip.

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

I think after his term is over he can definitely have a future in stand up. What do you think?

2007-03-23 09:22:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Here's the thing---------this question is not here for our normal rantings-----save that for my previous or next question. LOL

I am looking for honest intelligent people to share what they feel could be of benefit to the entire free world.

please read what I copied and pasted -----this blog I found in another yahoo answers question/answer-----it SURE did open my eyes up and I strongly suggest you share this info with everyone you know that values their future.

Remember some of these terrorists have higher education and are articulate enough to infiltrate yahoo answers with their dis-information and anti-American hate.




THE WAR

Please take the time to read the essay below by Dr. Chong. It is without a doubt the most
articulate and convincing writing I have read regarding the War in Iraq. If you have any doubts
please open your mind to his essay and give it a fair evaluation.

I had no idea who Dr. Chong is or the source of these thoughts... so when I received them,
I almost deleted them - as well-written as they are. But then I did a "Google search" on the
Doctor and found him to be a retired Air Force Surgeon of all things and past Commander
of Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio. So he is real, is connected to Veterans affairs
in California, and these are his thoughts.


This WAR is for REAL!
Dr. Vernon Chong, Major General, USAF, Retired
Tuesday, July 12, 2005.

To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is now facing the most
serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that we have faced in your lifetime and mine
(which includes WWII).

The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are very few of us who
think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who realize what losing really means.

First, let's examine a few basics:

1. When did the threat to us start?
Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United States is concerned is
1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following attacks on us:

* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;
* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;
* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;
* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;
* Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;
* Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998;
* Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998;
* Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;
* New York World Trade Center 2001;
* Pentagon 2001.

(Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide).

2. Why were we attacked?
Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks happened during the
administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton and Bush 2. We cannot fault
either the Republicans or Democrats as there were no provocations by any of the presidents
or their immediate predecessors, Presidents Ford or Carter.

3. Who were the attackers?
In each case, the attacks on the US were carried out by Muslims.

4. What is the Muslim population of the World? 25%.

5. Isn't the Muslim Religion peaceful?
Hopefully, but that is really not material. There is no doubt that the predominately Christian
population of Germany was peaceful, but under the dictatorial leadership of Hitler (who was
also Christian), that made no difference. You either went along with the administration or
you were eliminated. There were 5 to 6 million Christians killed by the Nazis for political
reasons (including 7,000 Polish priests). (see http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm...

Thus, almost the same number of Christians were killed by the Nazis, as the six million
holocaust Jews who were killed by them, and we seldom heard of anything other than the
Jewish atrocities. Although Hitler kept the world focused on the Jews, he had no hesitancy
about killing anyone who got in his way of exterminating the Jews or of taking over the world
- German, Christian or any others.

Same with the Muslim terrorists. They focus the world on the US, but kill all in the way --
their own people or the Spanish, French or anyone else. The point here is that just like the
peaceful Germans were of no protection to anyone from the Nazis, no matter how many
peaceful Muslims there may be, they are no protection for us from the terrorist Muslim
leaders and what they are fanatically bent on doing -- by their own pronouncements --
killing all of us "infidels." I don't blame the peaceful Muslims. What would you do if the
choice was shut up or die?

6. So who are we at war with?
There is no way we can honestly respond that it is anyone other than the Muslim terrorists.
Trying to be politically correct and avoid verbalizing this conclusion can well be fatal. There
is no way to win if you don't clearly recognize and articulate who you are fighting. So with
that background, now to the two major questions:

1. Can we lose this war?

2. What does losing really mean?

If we are to win, we must clearly answer these two pivotal questions. We can definitely lose
this war, and as anomalous as it may sound, the major reason we can lose is that so many
of us simply do not fathom the answer to the second question - What does losing mean?

It would appear that a great many of us think that losing the war means hanging our heads,
bringing the troops home and going on about our business, like post Vietnam. This is as far
from the truth as one can get.

What losing really means is:

We would no longer be the premier country in the world. The attacks will not subside, but
rather will steadily increase. Remember, they want us dead, not just quiet. If they had just
wanted us quiet, they would not have produced an increasing series of attacks against us,
over the past 18 years. The plan was clearly, for terrorists to attack us, until we were
neutered and submissive to them.

We would of course have no future support from other nations, for fear of reprisals and for
the reason that they would see, we are impotent and cannot help them.

They will pick off the other non-Muslim nations, one at a time. It will be increasingly easier
for them. They already hold Spain hostage. It doesn't matter whether it was right or wrong
for Spain to withdraw its troops from Iraq. Spain did it because the Muslim terrorists bombed
their train and told them to withdraw the troops. Anything else they want Spain to do will be
done. Spain is finished.

The next will probably be France. Our one hope on France is that they might see the light and
realize that if we don't win, they are finished too, in that they can't resist the Muslim terrorists
without us. However, it may already be too late for France. France is already 20% Muslim and
fading fast!

If we lose the war, our production, income, exports and way of life will all vanish as we know
it. After losing, who would trade or deal with us, if they were threatened by the Muslims. If we
can't stop the Muslims, how could anyone else?

The Muslims fully know what is riding on this war, and therefore are completely committed
to winning, at any cost. We better know it too and be likewise committed to winning at any cost.

Why do I go on at such lengths about the results of losing? Simple. Until we recognize the
costs of losing, we cannot unite and really put 100% of our thoughts and efforts into winning.
And it is going to take that 100% effort to win.

So, how can we lose the war?

Again, the answer is simple. We can lose the war by "imploding." That is, defeating ourselves
by refusing to recognize the enemy and their purpose, and really digging in and lending full
support to the war effort. If we are united, there is no way that we can lose. If we continue to
be divided, there is no way that we can win!

Let me give you a few examples of how we simply don't comprehend the life and death
seriousness of this situation.

President Bush selects Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation. Although all of the
terrorist attacks were committed by Muslim men between 17 and 40 years of age, Secretary
Mineta refuses to allow profiling. Does that sound like we are taking this thing seriously?
This is war! For the duration, we are going to have to give up some of the civil rights we
have become accustomed to. We had better be prepared to lose some of our civil rights
temporarily or we will most certainly lose all of them permanently.

And don't worry that it is a slippery slope. We gave up plenty of civil rights during WWII,
and immediately restored them after the victory and in fact added many more since then.

Do I blame President Bush or President Clinton before him?

No, I blame us for blithely assuming we can maintain all of our Political Correctness, and
all of our civil rights during this conflict and have a clean, lawful, honorable war. None of
those words apply to war. Get them out of your head.

Some have gone so far in their criticism of the war and/or the Administration that it almost
seems they would literally like to see us lose. I hasten to add that this isn't because they
are disloyal. It is because they just don't recognize what losing means. Nevertheless,
that conduct gives the impression to the enemy that we are divided and weakening. It
concerns our friends, and it does great damage to our cause.

Of more recent vintage, the uproar fueled by the politicians and media regarding the
treatment of some prisoners of war, perhaps exemplifies best what I am saying. We
have recently had an issue, involving the treatment of a few Muslim prisoners of war,
by a small group of our military police. These are the type prisoners who just a few
months ago were throwing their own people off buildings, cutting off their hands,
cutting out their tongues and otherwise murdering their own people just for disagreeing
with Saddam Hussein.

And just a few years ago these same type prisoners chemically killed 400,000 of their own
people for the same reason. They are also the same type of enemy fighters, who recently
were burning Americans, and dragging their charred corpses through the streets of Iraq.

And still more recently, the same type of enemy that was and is providing videos to all
news sources internationally, of the beheading of American prisoners they held.

Compare this with some of our press and politicians, who for several days have thought
and talked about nothing else but the "humiliating" of some Muslim prisoners -- not
burning them, not dragging their charred corpses through the streets, not beheading
them, but "humiliating" them.
Can this be for real?

The politicians and pundits have even talked of impeachment of the Secretary of Defense.
If this doesn't show the complete lack of comprehension and understanding of the
seriousness of the enemy we are fighting, the life and death struggle we are in and the
disastrous results of losing this war, nothing can.

To bring our country to a virtual political standstill over this prisoner issue makes us look
like Nero playing his fiddle as Rome burned -- totally oblivious to what is going on in the
real world. Neither we, nor any other country, can survive this internal strife. Again I say,
this does not mean that some of our politicians or media people are disloyal. It simply
means that they are absolutely oblivious to the magnitude of the situation we are in, and
into which the Muslim terrorists have been pushing us, for many years.

Remember, the Muslim terrorists stated goal is to kill all infidels! That translates into ALL
non-Muslims -- not just in the United States, but throughout the world.

We are the last bastion of defense. We have been criticized for many years as being 'arrogant.'
That charge is valid in at least one respect. We are arrogant in that we believe that we are so
good, powerful and smart, that we can win the hearts and minds of all those who attack us,
and that with both hands tied behind our back, we can defeat anything bad in the world!

We can't!

If we don't recognize this, our nation as we know it will not survive, and no other free country
in the world will survive if we are defeated.

And finally, name any Muslim countries throughout the world that allow freedom of speech,
freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, equal rights for anyone --
let alone everyone, equal status or any status for women, or that have been productive in
one single way that contributes to the good of the world.

This has been a long way of saying that we must be united on this war or we will be equated
in the history books to the self-inflicted fall of the Roman Empire. If, that is, the Muslim leaders
will allow history books to be written or read.

If we don't win this war right now, keep a close eye on how the Muslims take over France in
the next 5 years or less. They will continue to increase the Muslim population of France and
continue to encroach little by little, on the established French traditions. The French will be
fighting among themselves, over what should or should not be done, which will continue to
weaken them and keep them from any united resolve. Doesn't that sound eerily familiar?

Democracies don't have their freedoms taken away from them by some external military force.
Instead, they give their freedoms away, politically correct piece by politically correct piece.

And they are giving those freedoms away to those who have shown, worldwide that they
abhor freedom and will not apply it to you or even to themselves, once they are in power.
They have universally shown that when they have taken over, they then start brutally killing
each other over who will be the few who control the masses. Will we ever stop hearing
from the politically correct, about the "peaceful Muslims"?

I close on a hopeful note, by repeating what I said above. If we are united, there is no way
that we can lose. I hope the factions in our country will begin to focus on the critical situation
we are in, and will unite to save our country. It is your future we are talking about!
Do whatever you can to preserve it.

After reading the above, we all must do this not only for ourselves, but our children, our
grandchildren, our country and the world.

Whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal and that includes the Politicians

2007-03-23 09:22:12 · 15 answers · asked by EZMZ 7 in Politics

QUIT HAVING SEX!

2007-03-23 09:20:43 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

So called leaders

2007-03-23 09:19:45 · 5 answers · asked by K. Marx iii 5 in Politics

2007-03-23 09:18:37 · 26 answers · asked by pelister56 4 in Law & Ethics

2007-03-23 09:18:36 · 7 answers · asked by Old (G) 3 in Politics

anyone know what the Army has to do in order for the US to win the Iraq war? What has President Bush said on these topics?

2007-03-23 09:18:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-03-23 09:18:25 · 7 answers · asked by pip 7 in Politics

By adding stipulations on the spending bill, not to mention some serious pork, it appears that in a greedy power grab congress is trying to violate the Separation of Powers. It is obvious Congress is trying to prosecute the war., which is clearly not their job.
"Just as the president cannot raise his own funds (by obtaining loans unauthorized by Congress, for example), the legislature cannot attach conditions to federal spending that would destroy the president's authority to direct the military's tactical and strategic operations. This balance makes perfect sense; if Congress could closely direct how the executive branch spends appropriated funds, it would vitiate the president's core responsibilities as chief executive and commander in chief, transforming him into a cipher. This outcome would fundamentally warp the Framers' entire constitutional fabric."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/15/AR2007011500970.html

2007-03-23 09:18:22 · 7 answers · asked by rmagedon 6 in Government

If undermining the President strengthens our enemy, what do you suppose questioning a sitting President under oath about his sex life does?

2007-03-23 09:18:09 · 17 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics

2007-03-23 09:18:00 · 10 answers · asked by DC Area Guy 2 in Other - Politics & Government

I know your there

2007-03-23 09:17:22 · 11 answers · asked by Greg B 1 in Elections

I already took the asvab test a month ago the only thing that keeps me moving on is the court order that my recruiter telling me that i have to get stating that i dont have custody of my son. DETAILS....i'm a legal immigrant, my son is in the Philippines right now with his mom. We never got married, we parted ways when he is still 2 yrs old....now he's 6. The thing is do i still need to get that court order even though his staying with his mom?

2007-03-23 09:16:51 · 3 answers · asked by warren 1 in Military