Politics & Government - 30 March 2007

If Bush rolled back the slavery laws. How many would you own???

2007-03-30 12:31:35 · 6 answers · asked by ? 2 in Politics

I am going to Fort Jackson, SC

1. lotion (i always apply skin moiturizer before applying lotion, can i bring both?)


and what "unofficiallly" tolerated items are there for Fort Jackson?

For example, my recruiter told me to take my phone because they might let us use in on Sundays, even though they're not on the official list of what to bring.

2007-03-30 12:30:45 · 10 answers · asked by ultragermkiller 2 in Military

Barack Obama accused Bush of not respecting the constitution. Responding to Obama's comments, Dan Ronayne, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, said, "Senator Obama needs to understand that at this level words matter and he will be scrutinized."

What are they trying to do, frighten him into submission?
Obama should tell them, "Bring it on".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_el_pr/obama_prosecutors

2007-03-30 12:27:07 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Explain your answer in a mature way

2007-03-30 12:23:54 · 14 answers · asked by ublion 1 in Politics

I Believe By adding the spending with the pullout date the Dems. Know that if Bush Vetoes it, it Looks Like He Doesn't Support Our Troops, and if he signs it they win, either way The Democrats Make Themselves Look Better

2007-03-30 12:20:44 · 13 answers · asked by pdale33 2 in Politics

action speak louder than words.

2007-03-30 12:19:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

O.K. that we invaded Afghanistan to get the terrorist, but not Iraq? Everyone was behind Iraq when we first started that invasion, but now it's wrong. Just because we didn't find any WMD"s? How is it we are hurting the Iraqi people but the citizens of Afghanistan don't matter to you? I never hear any of you showing concern for that group of people. And if you are such big Humanitarians then Why would you want to leave Iraq so that the terrorist can take over that country and torture them endlessly? I think before you jump to conclusions perhaps you should think about other humans instead of what's best for your pocket.. You complain an awful lot about how high our deficit is and all the funding we've used for our military.. Answer me this, how has it effected you directly?

2007-03-30 12:16:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-03-30 12:14:39 · 9 answers · asked by short minivan 1 in Politics

A Nation is in decline when the population through false patriotism is not prepared to hold to account it's corrupt and criminal government;

Despite the fact that the very same Government is acting against the best interests of you the population.

2007-03-30 12:13:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

whatever reason because they sent all the money home to wife, gf, family, army, etc.--and NOW What?Dear John

2007-03-30 12:09:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

1: Oil/petrodollars
2: Israel
3: Pressure to close US bases in Saudi and the 'need' for more permanent bases to replace them in order to maintain US military hegemony in the middle east.

2007-03-30 12:09:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

This is a real question and I really would like to know what you think.

For me it is a personality disorder with narcissistic tendency’s!

Why would anyone ly to his parent's about the manner of his death? Did he think no one would find out?

I know Bush will say he was never told. For a President people seem to always keep things from him! I can see no 4 star general keeping this information from the president!!

AP: Gen. tried to warn Bush on Tillman
By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer 14 minutes ago
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Just seven days after Pat Tillman's death, a top general warned there were strong indications that it was friendly fire and
President Bush might embarrass himself if he said the NFL star-turned-soldier died in an ambush, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
It was not until a month afterward that the Pentagon told the public and grieving family members the truth — that Tillman was mistakenly killed in Afghanistan by his comrades

2007-03-30 12:08:26 · 19 answers · asked by cantcu 7 in Politics

New York City to Reward Poor for Doing Right Thing." They're going to raise some private money. Now, that's all well and good, fine and dandy, but they don't need private money. There is so much tax money that is being raised in New York that they don't need to go ask the private sector for this. They're going to do it anyway. The program is going to reward people for showing up and doing what any responsible person would do. "Seeking new solutions to New York's vexingly high poverty rates, the city..." Why do you think there's such a high poverty rate in New York?

Why is there such a high poverty rate in New York? You have eight million people there. In many ways it's the capital of industry in the country. Why is there so much poverty in New York City? Well, you're partially right about that. New York is its own welfare state in addition to the welfare state created by the federal government. You couple this with the high taxation, plus all the giveaways that have come up. If you give away poverty -- this is the best way to understand this. it's just human nature. If you give away poverty, in other words, if you're willing to give everybody $20,000 a year in benefits, the poverty line in this country is 20 grand. If you give some people 20 grand, that's fine with them, they'll accept it, which is one of the primary problems with liberalism. It destroys ambition; destroys potential; creates dependency in people who are otherwise totally qualified and capable of going out and being more.

It is because of the institutional contempt for average people that the American left has. They don't think they're capable of anything. They don't want them to be capable of anything. They don't want them to be capable of learning anything. We had the story about Chicago schools earlier this week, where mostly poor and minority kids can't pass tests -- and they're being passed anyway, moving up grade after grade after grade. I wouldn't be surprised if part of this is done on purpose. Liberalism requires ignorance. For liberalism to prosper, as many people as possible must be ignorant. That's why they'll accept all these conspiracy theories. If they're not taught science, for example, if they're not taught biology they'll believe all this propaganda about global warming. If they're not taught basic civics, they won't understand the way government works.

If they're not taught economics, they certainly won't understand even the most simple economic terms, such as low taxes equals high revenue and high employment. If instead they're inculcated with class envy, taught to despise the person who has a dollar or more than you, and live on the basis that life's unfair and you're getting screwed and then rely on liberals and Democrats to come along and level the playing field, bammo! That fits the bill for them precisely. Then you create a legion of voters that will keep voting. "Yep, if you're gonna give me poverty, I'll vote for you and accept it." That's one of the problems with New York. They are giving away poverty, and they're doing it under the guise of compassion.



All during the mid-eighties, late eighties and early nineties, some of the solutions to homelessness were abominations. "Well, we're going to give 'em shopping carts." Well, that's really compassionate. That's really going to help. Give them a shopping cart so they can wheel their meager possessions around. Or we're going to give them e-mail accounts or we'll produce videos to teach 'em how to dive in dumpsters for leftovers. I mean that was really compassionate. But yet it was. It was treated that way. It was described as compassionate. "These people trying to help the homeless." They weren't doing anything more than sustaining the circumstance.

"Seeking new solutions to New York's vexingly," they're not vexing at all to me, "the city is moving ahead with an ambitious experiment that will pay poor families up to $5,000 a year to meet goals like attending parent-teacher conferences, going for a medical checkup or holding down a full-time job, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday." Well, now, they're already getting what they get from New York in the welfare state. Then if they go get a full-time job, they'll be rewarded $5,000 for doing that in addition to whatever they get paid in the full-time job. If they attend parent-teacher conferences, they'll get paid five grand. If they go for a medical checkup or something like that, they'll get five grand. Now, folks, this is what normal people do every day. It's called life. They don't expect $5,000.

Well, I take that back. They're going to now, because if you're going to tell one group of people, "Hey, we'll give you five grand to go to doctor. We'll give you five grand to go to a parent-teacher meeting." Well, a lot of people could use five grand and say, "Why not me? I already do it. Why not reward me?" This is paying for the bare essentials. This is the bare minimum: go get a job. You know, every time the homeless discussion came up, I would advocate, "Why don't we train these people to go to work?" Boy the libs would freak.

"Easy for you to say! Why, you have no heart."

"What do you mean 'easy for me to say'? What's wrong with work? Work is a defining thing in most people's lives. It's the center of their passion. It's achievement. There are goals that can be met. There are all kinds of great things that can result from work. Where would we all be if we all said, 'Screw work'?" So now we're going to basically pay five grand to New York on top of whatever else poverty payments are for mediocrity.

"Under the program, which is based on a similar effort in Mexico," and that's really working, isn't it? This similar program in Mexico, that's really keeping people in Mexico, isn't it? Under the program, "parents would receive payments every two months for family members meeting any of a series of criteria. The payments could range from $25 for exemplary attendance in elementary school to $300 for a high score on an important exam." This is a disaster waiting to happen. We're now going to compensate and reward people who are just in the process of pursuing things that are normal: doing well on a test; showing up when you're supposed to show up. Some brilliant guy said, "Eighty percent of success is showing up on time." Well, some people can't, so we're going to pay 'em 300 bucks or $25 to do that.

Thank you, New York. This is really going to fix it.

2007-03-30 12:05:36 · 6 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

2007-03-30 12:04:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

With the new bill in Congress that will make the troops withdraw of Iraq by March 2008, what will happen to Iraq? Iran has always been a threat even more than Iraq was and they actuallly have nuclear weapons. Ahmanidejad is a force to be reckon with and I don't think he is going to sit on his behind when we leave. Can anyone admit that Iran will invade Iraq and probably ally themselves with the Shiite majority. Is withdrawal this early really good and beneficial for the Middle East? I'm against the war but I think pulling out is going to make us weaker. I hope the Democratic Congress can see this and come up with another plan.

2007-03-30 12:04:21 · 4 answers · asked by cynical 6 in Politics

have a plan to get out of Iraq?

2007-03-30 12:01:02 · 18 answers · asked by PROUD TO BE A LIBERAL TEEN! 4 in Politics

In my view they got a huge punishment with huge casualties of their military and civilian population through firebombing, Hamburg and Dresden come to mind, the gigantic war they had with Stalin's Russia, destruction their country suffered and the political division that lasted forty-five years. Of course, most Nazi leaders committed suicide, put on trial, and sent to be hanged when found guilty, or sent to prison to serve their sentence. What is your opinion?

2007-03-30 11:59:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

we all live in ca and he works and then he says he dont then his friend told me he uses his dads ssn for buying cars and renting aptm and stuff like that he is making $ on the side with selling things but tells the css he has no job

2007-03-30 11:59:01 · 8 answers · asked by ez-goin 4 in Law & Ethics

I'm curious to see what people think the us SHOULD have done after 9/11.

And what would you have done if Intelligence reports claimed there were WMD in Iraq?

2007-03-30 11:58:01 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

My step-grandfather died in december.The will was never read.My step-father recieved some money that had drawen interest and was in his name only.There are four kids and one lived in the house, one in a trailer on the land, one in Illinois, and us (we moved three times).My dad would go and work and wouldn't be feed or offered a drink and when it was lunch time they would eat in front of him.We have been very very poor since like forever.No car or anything.With the money we bought two cars and my dad got some new clothes.Simple stuff that we needed.The family is threatening us to get the money back anyway possible.Supposebly the money was to pay for the son who lived at home.If it was for him then wouldn't it be in his name?The family is cheating him out of what is rightfully his.He is the underdog who is treated like crap and never gets credit for the work he done for them.I'm 16 and this is ruining my parents marriage.Who deserves the money?Why should they get the right to hurt my dad

2007-03-30 11:53:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

And what about the signs -- to they go a little TOO far? And why are the pictures only found in blogs??

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24853_Leftists_Supporting_the_Troops&only

2007-03-30 11:53:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

if you are a congressman or woman and same with the senate if you get convicted of a crime and go to jail or thrown out of office .you still get paid should they get the same treatment as you or me if we go to jail ?

2007-03-30 11:53:23 · 8 answers · asked by one_rambling_redneck 1 in Other - Politics & Government

nerdy, white guy with a nickname like, "Scooter" is going to have a particularly hard time of it in the general population of a maximum security, federal prison?

2007-03-30 11:53:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

My friend and her family got a eviction notice from their apartment manager and it does not say what they are being evicted for. They just got it a week ago, and they have been trying to get in contact with the manager, but no luck. So they have 60 days to leave the apartment. They just want to know what rights they have as a renter. What could they do to stop being evicted because they know they are being evicted for nothing.

2007-03-30 11:53:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

So the neighbors daughter is about to ship for Recruit Training, the one question she forgets to ask her recruiter is.. What's the protocol for saying Aye Ma'am, Yes Ma'am? What if half the platoon says Yes Ma'am and the other half says Aye Ma'am? How will she know the difference? thanks!

2007-03-30 11:51:45 · 7 answers · asked by Milmom 5 in Military

Americans used to be the rebels of the world. We were respected because we rebelled against aggression and stuck up for the weak.

Now we've become the same thing we fought against during the revolution.

2007-03-30 11:50:54 · 24 answers · asked by bustinguts_1974 1 in Other - Politics & Government

I got a ticket for using my cell phone while driving, which is against the law in Chicago. I didn't even know that at the time. My court date is in May. What should I say to be found not guilty?

2007-03-30 11:49:39 · 23 answers · asked by KPalm 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

NEW YORK - Eighteen-year-old Chen Tsu was waiting on a Brooklyn subway platform after school when four high school classmates approached him and demanded cash. He showed them his empty pockets, but they attacked him anyway, taking turns pummeling his face.

He was scared and injured — bruised and swollen for several days — but hardly surprised.

At his school, Lafayette High in Brooklyn, Chinese immigrant students like him are harassed and bullied so routinely that school officials in June agreed to a Department of Justice consent decree to curb alleged "severe and pervasive harassment directed at Asian-American students by their classmates, but the case is far from isolated.

2007-03-30 11:48:16 · 11 answers · asked by Gazhan 1 in Law & Ethics

hummm.........no actual military and/or war experience.

2007-03-30 11:47:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I would like to hold a sign in my hands, stating "My Opinion: STOP Racism at (company name)." And i would like to give out flyers to people passing by, telling them why I think that this company is guilty of racism.
Do I need to have a permission for that? I know that I cannot stand on the company ground, but is it ok to simply stand on the public pavement near the company building?
What happens if the police comes? Can they remove the sign/ myself? I don't mind getting arrested, but I would like to know, if they are allowed to do so, since I am not causing nuisance to any member of the public.

Oh, by the way. I am in London/UK. Might be important to get an answer related to the local laws...

2007-03-30 11:46:19 · 18 answers · asked by Andy0123 1 in Law Enforcement & Police