Politics & Government - 27 March 2007

Maybe not the end of our country, but a very weakend United States in the end.

Will a war waged against Iran trigger the end of western civilization?

We do not have the numbers in the armed service to wage a war on three countries? And we will eventually be bankrupt trying to finance yet another conflict.

With a majority of the world against our foreign policy we would have a limited amount of support and a vast majority of countries sending combatants.

I fear that our government has put us in a position that we've not seen since WWII.

2007-03-27 17:15:49 · 16 answers · asked by Malthusian 3 in Military

Interestingly, the burden of proof is no longer on the "conspiracy theorists" but on those who have stood by the government's official claim that 19 hijackers with plastic box-cutters financed by Bin Laden, out smarted the CIA, FBI, NSA, FAA, The Pentagon, and our Multi Trillion Dollar High Tech Military by crashing 4 planes without any intervention.

The following is fact and is irrefutable:

FACT: Bin Laden is NOT wanted by the FBI for the 9/11 attacks. Check out the FBI web site. Reason? They don't have sufficient evidence to convict him. Perhaps this is why Bush said he really doesn't care if we catch him or not.

FACT: There are hundreds of televised claims from the morning of the attacks saying that witnesses heard or felt explosions prior to the collapse of the towers. These include firefighters, police, news reporters, security guards, employees of the WTC and civilians.

FACT: 47 story - WTC 7, we are told, collapsed from fire alone. This was unprecedented for a concrete and steel frame building. Furthermore, it fell symmetrically at free fall speed. Science and deductive reasoning will easily support the cause of this collapse as DEMOLITION. Fire does not have the energy to do this. Besides, Larry Silverstein declared on TV that they “pulled” building 7.

FACT: The steel from WTC was shipped overseas before an investigation was even opened. This is the greatest destruction of evidence and malpractice in the history of forensics.

FACT: Thousands of first responders have been afflicted and some have even died from respiratory failure. The government will not support investigations into the many reports which show that these heroes have micronized steel, glass, and concrete in their lungs. Fire, and the collapse from gravity would not produce this type of dust. Demolitions, however, supports the evidence.

FACT: We were told that NORAD didn't intercept any of the planes that day. This spans from about 8:24 A.M, the time of the first report of a hijacking, to 10:06, when the last plane crashed in Shanksville Penn. NORAD has a prior track record of intercepting planes within minutes. Standard Operating Procedure was not followed that day. The Bush Administration changed their story several times. We must also look at the fact that President Bush ordered Cheney to take control over NORAD the morning of the attacks.

FACT: The investigation into 9/11 was initially opposed by the Bush Administration. The 9/11 families pressed for one. They got it, but with remarkable conditions. The total costs of the investigation, including the NIST report, was only $16 million. The cost to investigate the Space Shuttle crash - $50 million. The cost to investigate Clinton - $42 million. In other words, the greatest failure of our defenses deserved less money than the shuttle and Clinton's perjury. What an insult to the 9/11 families and the loss of their loved ones.

FACT: No one has been fired for the failures of 9/11.

FACT: Right before the attack a spike in “put options” on Boeing, United Airlines, and American Airlines increased dramatically and was never investigated. Millions are still unclaimed. This indicates people knew in advance. Why didn’t the FBI check out these leads?

FACT: In August 6, 2001 A Public Daily Briefing Memo that was titled BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO STRIKE IN THE US was brought forward. Yet prior to its declassification, we were told by Rice and Fleisher that there were no warnings. Had this news been made public, couldn't travelers, law enforcement, and airline workers have been a little more guarded or informed to notice something that day? Wouldn't we have guessed right away that the first report of a hijacking was indeed a terrorist? Or would we have dismissed it as "one bad pilot" and continued to read "My Pet Goat" while America was attacked?

FACT: When the United States is under attack the first measure is to secure the President.
The entire nation knew 2 weeks in advance that President Bush would be at Booker Elementary Grade School. Why did his body guards and secret service men let him remain at this location for 20 minutes after the attack? Holding the book “My Pet Goat” upside down while he tried to address a bunch of 5th grade students?

The bottom line is - If the deaths of 3000 people occurred under the control of a corporation, people would have been brought up on charges of criminal negligence. Immediately! Despite the growing movement and mounting evidence into the WTC collapses, the government still has made up its mind that it is fire that brought these buildings down and that 9/11 was simply a failure of imagination. They feel no one is to blame. This was the conclusion they had prior to the investigation. What the 9/11 Commission produced is the anti-thesis of the scientific method. Much of the evidence was outright omitted. Since they determined the conclusion prematurely. Do you understand?

If you were an underwriter at an insurance company, or an architectural engineer, or a fire marshal, wouldn't you want to know what really happened in these buildings? If you were a pilot, or an FAA employee, wouldn't you want to know which NORAD employee stood down, failed to requisition intervention or just plain messed up that day?

To dismiss the overwhelming evidence that explicitly shows how hundreds of questions remain unanswered suggests a cover-up by our government. Conservative thinking has taught us to keep government in check 100% of the time.

More and more people are joining the 9/11 truth movement. We are unstoppable. To deny the smidgeon of facts presented here and the many others unmentioned is akin to being like those who have denied the Holocaust. It's intellectually dishonest.

Go ahead and give this a thumbs down if your Patriotism is of the cheapest kind. Yours is the kind that our forefathers would have laughed at. They demanded that we question authority, as they did. Our Constitution provides us with the means to explore the truth and to keep the government in check. But even the Constitution has been threatened as of late.

So, give it a thumbs down if you wish to cling to your Cheap Patriotism and your unconditional loyalty to a President and a Government that has demonstrated nothing but contempt for Accountability, Truth, Constitution, and most importantly - the 9/11 victims, their families and surviving rescue workers who continue to suffer the loss of their loved ones.

Peace, may the truth be brought forward and the guilty be brought to justice.

2007-03-27 17:15:30 · 23 answers · asked by Surfer Dude 2 in Politics

Do you think we should have it, or not?
I personally feel we should allow them the legal benefits of marriage. It does not have to be through the church, as marriage was originally and will always be between man and woman to the church (as it says in the Bible). Any arguments for or against this?

2007-03-27 17:14:34 · 26 answers · asked by Deutscher Eishockey Bund 3 in Law & Ethics

I live in Texas. My mother in law is a waitress, and she out under docter's care. She has a docters note saying she can NOT return to work until 4-6 weeks after she has a surgery. She has a female problem, and has to have surgery, or she could bleed to death. Her boss called today and told her that they have to replace her, and that they wouldn't fire her replacment when she was able to return to work. Is there anything she can do?

2007-03-27 17:14:29 · 11 answers · asked by fuknannoyin 2 in Law & Ethics

and a test becomes available to let expectant mothers know if their, "fetus," is predisposed to homosexuality, should that mother be allowed to abort the "fetus," on that basis? If she would abort a "homosexual fetus," does that constitute a "hate crime?" Does preventing her from doing so impose on a woman's right to choose?

2007-03-27 17:13:11 · 19 answers · asked by Liberalism is a Social Disorder 1 in Other - Politics & Government

Is real U.S Marine basic training as hard as it is portrayed in movies like "Full Metal Jacket". I heard it was like that way back then, and it has gotten less "tough" if im correct, why?

I plan on being a U.S Marine in about 5-6 years.

2007-03-27 17:13:10 · 16 answers · asked by D.O... 3 in Military

The person owing the debt has a name very, very similar to mine. But I am not that person and I do not owe the debt. This person has been able apparently to skip paying perhaps because the collection agencies do not ever actually contact the person. In cycles I get phone calls from nasty debt collectors. I give them the information I have about the person they need to contact. I've written letters to collection agencies. I've contacted my state's attorney general. Now tonight I have gotten another call from a past collection agency trying again. After at least ten years, wouldn't you think they would get the message that they have the wrong information? I don't think this can be called identity theft because they have the debtor's name and social security number. They do not have mine. What can I do to stop these people from calling me?

2007-03-27 17:11:38 · 11 answers · asked by firstyearbabyboomer 4 in Law & Ethics

why do we spend public monies on maintaining memorials to those that have died in order to preserve and spread our way of life? Should we no longer fund these projects?

2007-03-27 17:11:30 · 3 answers · asked by Liberalism is a Social Disorder 1 in Other - Politics & Government

My son wants to join the millitary. Always has. He had always talked about joining the Marines - he's kind of b@lls-to-the-wall and loves physical challenges - the more challenging, the more he thrives. But, lately he's been told by a lot of people if he goes Marines, he'll go straight to Iraq for four years and there is no other alternative. He's also been told the Marines have no "career training" and that he'll never leave the Marines and go into a good job. His friends and co-workers say he should go Navy or Air Force because it will keep him out of the desert and teach him a real skill that can traslate into the career world of the civilian. Since he's in a serious relationship and is thinking about marriage and kids (no time too soon I hope!) he's starting to abandon the idea of the Marines. I don't know which is the "better" branch (if such a thing exists) but want him to pick what will make him happy. He's asked my advice and I just don't know ...

2007-03-27 17:09:59 · 25 answers · asked by janine_says 2 in Military

2007-03-27 17:08:47 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-03-27 17:08:04 · 8 answers · asked by Pretty_Bad_Logic 3 in Military

2007-03-27 17:07:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

what is a refugee?
what is an asylum seeker?
How many refugees did australia accept in 2006?
From what countries do refgees in Australia mainly come?

2007-03-27 17:07:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-03-27 17:07:13 · 3 answers · asked by sensusbr 1 in Other - Politics & Government

More and more people are joining the 9/11 truth movement. We are unstoppable. To deny the smidgeon of facts presented here and the many others unmentioned is akin to being like those who have denied the Holocaust. It's intellectually dishonest.

Go ahead and give this a thumbs down if your Patriotism is of the cheapest kind. Yours is the kind that our forefathers would have laughed at. They demanded that we question authority, as they did. Our Constitution provides us with the means to explore the truth and to keep the government in check. But even the Constitution has been threatened as of late.

So, give it a thumbs down if you wish to cling to your Cheap Patriotism and your unconditional loyalty to a President and a Government that has demonstrated nothing but contempt for Accountability, Truth, Constitution, and most importantly - the 9/11 victims, their families and surviving rescue workers who continue to suffer the loss of their loved ones.

Peace, may the truth be brought forward and the guilty be brought to justice.

2007-03-27 17:05:36 · 17 answers · asked by Surfer Dude 2 in Politics

there is a word for what the Grandfather Clause was, but i can't remember it, can you tell me what it was? You know it was a legal law, but exempt African Americans from voting

2007-03-27 17:03:31 · 3 answers · asked by Zoe M 2 in Law & Ethics

funny, funny, stuff.

No question, just found it funny and wanted to share... although if you happen to be a republican you find it that more funny.

2007-03-27 16:58:07 · 8 answers · asked by Dina W 6 in Other - Politics & Government

putting a withdrawal date and 20 Billion in pork on a bill to fund troops as well. Knowing their base will point at the veto coming saying Bush wont fund the troops. Its so obvious it cant be anything but a slap in the face of their base...

2007-03-27 16:55:55 · 15 answers · asked by CaptainObvious 7 in Politics

2007-03-27 16:55:11 · 9 answers · asked by mehboobafridi 1 in Politics

2007-03-27 16:55:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Embassies & Consulates

In the wake of Bush's illegal war in Iraq, does America need a constitutional amendment ensuring that our military is only used for self-defense, and may never be deployed to another country without explicit UN authorization?

2007-03-27 16:55:04 · 17 answers · asked by Longhaired Freaky Person 4 in Politics

I mean, come on, we will just build tunnels under it and if it comes down to it, we'll blow a hole in it and come in yelling "Libertad" and "Muerte al imperialismo!!!"

And anyway, it's not going to get built, the U.S. has too much money invested in the drug industry.

2007-03-27 16:54:31 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-03-27 16:53:24 · 15 answers · asked by duck 2 in Politics

1960's Vietnam, 1970's Afganistan, 1990's Iraq. What next ?

USA is rich, there's no poverty, good education, decent democracy, self sufficient. Exactly what the rest of the world is striving for. What makes USA do the things it does ? I am from India and I dont get it !

2007-03-27 16:52:40 · 13 answers · asked by sting 2 in Politics

FDR cheated on Eleanor AND HIS KIDS by having an affair with "Lucy."

FDR's MOM warned him that she would disown him if he continued to see Lucy or deserted Eleanor and the kids.

It seems pathetic for a world leader to be taken behind the woodshed like that by his mother for his actions.

Is that what leads Dems to call him "great"?

2007-03-27 16:51:18 · 12 answers · asked by duck 2 in Politics

I have seem to have forgotton the name of the general that would always disagree with Alexander's battle plans. His disagreements allowed Alexander to see what the enemy would do in the situation therefore allowing him to create a counter attack. He was one of his favorite generals because his other generals would always agree with his battle tactics. This general was briefly mention in an episode of "Military Showcase" on the Military Channel. This episode went over a battle between Alexander the Great and Persia.(If anyone reading this has Tivo it would be especialliy helpfull if you answered this).

2007-03-27 16:51:14 · 2 answers · asked by Italian Stallion 2 in Military

like how realistic is it???
any misperceptions??
examples??

2007-03-27 16:50:51 · 1 answers · asked by soccerboi716212 1 in Law & Ethics

You wake up to the sound of tanks grinding men marching and gun shots ringing shouts in a distant language and enemy air craft streaming over head artillery booms and explosions

what would you do?

2007-03-27 16:50:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-03-27 16:50:33 · 6 answers · asked by Orange? 4 in Government

Is any old enough to remember the USA Communist symapthizers decades ago? Everywhere i look nowadays i see caucasions absorbing themselves in Middle east culture (Granted, I live in southeast Michigan, the largest of the population). Reading about their religion, their politics, wearing their clothes, sympathizing with their politics. I see many caucasions becoming at one with their culture, joining their religions. I am not anti-middle eastern. They can be just as dumb as the dumbest blacks or dumb whites-they go to the same schools. I can't help but associate whats going on in the middle east with what happened during the so called Red Scare or the Hitler Sympathizers.

2007-03-27 16:49:50 · 5 answers · asked by westphalia1 2 in Politics