Politics & Government - 30 March 2007

2007-03-30 07:57:57 · 10 answers · asked by majid s 1 in Military

What is the most intellectual, fact based, and most objective political TV show – “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart or “The Colbert Report” with Steve Colbert?

2007-03-30 07:56:30 · 5 answers · asked by Mr. Beef Stroganoff 6 in Government

1. 80% of all votes in America are counted by only two companies: Diebold and ES&S.

2. There is no federal agency with regulatory authority or oversight of the US voting machine industry.

3. The vice-president of Diebold and the president of ES&S are brothers.

4. The chairman and CEO of Diebold is a major Bush campaign organizer and donor who wrote in 2003 that he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."

5. 35% of ES&S is owned by Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, who became Senator based on votes counted by ES&S machines.

6. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, a long-time friend of the Bush family, was caught lying about his ownership of ES&S by the Senate Ethics Committee.

7. Senator Chuck Hagel was on a short list of George W. Bush's vice- presidential candidates.

8. ES&S is the largest voting machine manufacturer in the US and counts almost 60% of all US votes.

9. Diebold's new touch screen voting machines have no pap

2007-03-30 07:54:05 · 21 answers · asked by free thinker 1 in Government

my bofriend started a new job, after 2 weeks his drug test come back positive, so they had to let him go. How will this affect his cdl licence?

2007-03-30 07:53:29 · 4 answers · asked by tonidee88 1 in Law & Ethics

I just watched this in the news, what do you think. Do you agree that this could protect US citizens or is this just another excuse to turn the US into a police state.

2007-03-30 07:53:08 · 20 answers · asked by gangstawannabe1 2 in Law & Ethics

I keep hearing people talk about how the terrorists will attack here if we leave Iraq. Aside from the fact that that's utterly ridiculous (if they were prepared to attack us, they'd have done so by now), why would we LET them? Why aren't our borders secure enough to prevent another terrorist attack? Clearly, the people saying this have no faith in our national security, so I guess my question is, shouldn't we be spending money on protecting ourselves, rather than spending money on "building democracy" in Iraq?

2007-03-30 07:49:10 · 8 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics

Look at the answers to this question. Do the answerers who clearly did not vote for Bush affect your decision in any way?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ak8QKGkUlkupYJXpTwLamfjY7BR.?qid=20070330113234AAck6SZ

2007-03-30 07:43:00 · 22 answers · asked by Shrink 5 in Politics

With all of the torture that has been reported in Iraq and Guantanamo, Why would Iran or any of the other Middle East nations even worry about pressuring for statements by using torture? This is the Can of Worms that BushCo has opened!

2007-03-30 07:41:35 · 14 answers · asked by controlac 3 in Government

2007-03-30 07:40:35 · 2 answers · asked by Darth Vader 6 in Politics

Can we please start funding the FDA so they can do their damned job?

2007-03-30 07:39:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Anything the President does is spun to make him look bad --so will GW get any kudos or will the story be ignored completely?

http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp

2007-03-30 07:39:14 · 7 answers · asked by Cherie 6 in Politics

Why should that have been a factor? Why won't they release them?

2007-03-30 07:37:33 · 16 answers · asked by Surfer Dude 2 in Politics

2007-03-30 07:30:34 · 25 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics

Will it take the beheading of one of them before he realises the only thing the iranians understand is violence and that there is gony be less iranians alive at the end than there was at the start.If it was U.S. sailors you think they would be rotting in an iranian cell ?

2007-03-30 07:29:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

It’s pretty obvious that Iran is trying to start a confrontation with the West by their actions. And this is the same country that is slowly building a nuclear arsenal. I wish that westerners would put aside their political differences for just a moment and realize that attacking Bush and Blair is not the appropriate response to the Iran “hostage” situation. We need to stand firm and say the actions of Iran are completely uncalled for.

People like to compare apples and oranges, but you cannot compare the captured British soldiers to those detained at Guantanamo:
1. Guantanamo detainees were caught on the battlefield fighting against Coalition forces, the Brits were kidnapped by Iran in Iraqi waters.
2. Gitmo detainees are catalogued so we know exactly where they are, unlike the Brits.
3. Gitmo detainees are allowed to be visited by the Red Cross, Red Crescent, and other human rights organizations, unlike the Brits.
4. Gitmo detainees are not paraded on tv and forced to read statements

2007-03-30 07:28:53 · 21 answers · asked by baqq2cali 2 in Military

2007-03-30 07:28:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anastasia L 1 in Politics

i'm just wondering in 10 years from now when we look back on this debacale and i'm sorry if you try to aruge that it's not but it is..plain and simple..i cant recall this much crap from this many angles all under one idiot hence debacale, will they say yes we messed up?








and honestly that's my #1 problem with all of this stuff is that nobody is taking anysort of responsablity for thier screw up anywhere it makes me sick that was one of the first things my parents taught me is that if you screw up and get caught the gig is up and might as well confess becuase anything less is
as about as low-down as you can get,not even as bad as lying or stealing or whatever elese is in the first place

2007-03-30 07:23:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-03-30 07:21:08 · 6 answers · asked by ? 7 in Government

2007-03-30 07:19:32 · 9 answers · asked by Zarohm Z 1 in Military

Does Iran actually think we're going to believe anything coming out of the hostages mouth? How stupid is that leader? Is this the muslim way? Wise up Iran, get with the rest of the world. All youre doing is bringing down the muslim religion. Way to go, you people are so smart!! What a joke!

2007-03-30 07:18:17 · 17 answers · asked by smokindoggy 2 in Politics

what is lobbying

2007-03-30 07:18:17 · 3 answers · asked by Ezinne U 1 in Government

2007-03-30 07:16:37 · 9 answers · asked by willowmcgrath 1 in Government

The technology is now here. A microchip can be implanted under your skin that would allow doctors to access your medical history in the event you had an accident and arrived in the emergency room unconscious. It would also allow you to make purchases like a credit card by simply waving your right hand under a sensor. It would solve the identity theft problem because it would be hard to lose. If your kid or grandparent gets lost it would have the ability to instantly locate them anywhere on the planet. If everyone was required to have one it would practically eliminate crime because it would give the cops the ability to track everyone at once. Imagine a bunch of teenagers spraying grafitti late at night. The cops would be able to see who was in the area at exactly what time. No more Illegal Immigration. No more smuggling. Terrorists would have nowhere to hide. So, would you let Big Brother chip you and your kids and live happily ever after? The technology is now here.

2007-03-30 07:10:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

And don't say you have never heard this before, unless you have been on answers less than a week.

"Is the U.S. ready for a black president?"
"If you don't want to vote for Obama, you must be racist", etc.

Well, he is just as much black as he is white, so why call him a black guy? I say "just another whitey in the white house"

Now, Conid Rice is black. Both of her parents are black, so she is officially "black"

But Obama is just half black. So from now on, I wanna hear:

"Are we ready for a half-black President?"

Do you agree?

2007-03-30 07:08:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

I was driving down a two lane road. I'm in the fast lane the left lane a car thats in the right lane gets over runs me into oncoming traffic I had to weave in and out of traffic. suprisinly I didnt die. When we got to the stoplight I was so upset that I got out of the car and went to his car and asked what is your problem? Because for 1.) if I wouldnt have moved over he would of hit me and 2.) I was going into traffic head on. Then some car comes out of the middle of no where and they get out of the car a guy and girl and they wanna fight. I'm just like omg. I really could of got out of the car and hit the girl so hard but I was like this isnt worth it. why are they freaking out on me are they the ones that just got ran into oncoming traffic. Like what are they freaking out about. Was I in the wrong for going to his car?

2007-03-30 07:05:57 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-03-30 07:05:50 · 15 answers · asked by Lisa W 1 in Other - Politics & Government

I have been pulled over twice today. each time rusulting in a ticket over 100 dollars. I was not going too fast the first time. i was going 78 on the interstate and people were whizzing by me. 116 dollar ticket. the second time was because apparantly my car is not inspected and the registration is expired. I dont pay attention to this stuff all the time. 100 dollar ticket. Is my hate justified?

2007-03-30 07:05:28 · 30 answers · asked by Carley B 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

i won a lawsuit when i sued a woman for hitting me while i crossed the street and was wondering how much money is going to be taken out. the settlement was 75,000 but i will end up with 30,00 after lawyer fees and hospital bills. how much taxes are gonna be taken out? i live in california.
thanks for any help!

2007-03-30 07:02:13 · 2 answers · asked by Lacey 4 in Law & Ethics

who thinks weed is bad

2007-03-30 07:00:20 · 4 answers · asked by Tim W 1 in Law & Ethics

Obviously there is a lot of stuff that we don't like about our government, and the constitution is her backbone, so what the weaknesses which are either driving or simply allowing these corruptions and problems?

2007-03-30 06:57:11 · 12 answers · asked by Andy 4 in Government