Politics & Government - 31 March 2007

I received an open container ticket in Las Vegas. The ticket was a 5 point violation on my license but according to the New York DMV out of state tickets cannot add points to your license. Las Vegas is now saying I have to take 3 traffic classes or I could have my license suspended or a warrant for my arrest. Can they really suspend my license if I am out of state?

2007-03-31 10:09:46 · 7 answers · asked by lauren s 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-03-31 10:09:10 · 9 answers · asked by Gshock 2 in Politics

We all know he has experience with dealing with Iran and hostages! LOL

2007-03-31 10:08:32 · 9 answers · asked by NO SOUP 4 U! 1 in Politics

Sacrifice a few men to drift into Iranian territory - get them arrested and give your country a good reason to side with the USA in another war.
This time more than a million people won't march against the war but for it.

2007-03-31 10:05:56 · 16 answers · asked by Qi 3 in Military

Just a theory I had. I want to see if this plays a role in making the presidency admit that it's erred. This would mean that this is a pattern over time that has taken its worst turn in Bush's Iraq war policy. Give examples please.

2007-03-31 10:04:07 · 3 answers · asked by dandaman 3 in Elections

Americans, did you know:

British politics are not the same as American when it comes to terminology....

There are some strange people on here who spit the term liberal as if it's the biggest insult heard to man!

I dont like the war in Iraq, but when I get called a "liberal cry baby"...do they not realise in the UK that means nothing?

In the UK we have:

Conservative
"New" labour
Liberal democrats (not to be confused with your liberal parties)
Green party
UK Independance party
Socialist workers party
British national party

to name but a few!! the rest are listed here:
http://bubl.ac.uk/uk/parties.htm

think on when calling a non-american "liberal" like it's dirty!! it may be an insult to you but it means nothing to the rest of the world!

2007-03-31 09:58:15 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Can anyone explain this?

2007-03-31 09:57:46 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Hi, I am an Italian student and i need some suggestions for my thesis.
I am conducting a research about the influence of latin in English, mainly
from the legal point of view. For this reason I am looking for a legal text
( it could be of any kind, an act, a bill...) which could be of help and
which I can use as an example for my theory.
Could any of you give me recommendations about where I could find it or
interesting details about this subject?
Many thanx

2007-03-31 09:57:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I am not pro-war or anti-war - I am just interested after todays big lorry bomb killed 152 people

2007-03-31 09:53:51 · 17 answers · asked by craig_billinghan 1 in Military

100 years ago it was the Republicans who were more liberal and Democrats were mostly from the south and more conservative. Then after the great depression, WWII, Civil Rights Era, etc a lot of people switched parties and also the parties' views changed over time. Is this type of change happening again but in some other form? Like for example we now see a lot more pro-business Democrats and more pro-immigration Republicans.

2007-03-31 09:49:02 · 3 answers · asked by AL IS ON VACATION AND HAS NO PIC 5 in Other - Politics & Government

welfare,goverment supplied healthcare, emminent domain,taking assets from the wealthy, religous persicution. looks troubling.

2007-03-31 09:40:16 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-03-31 09:37:12 · 6 answers · asked by thomas sts 1 in Military

May be Houdini was the pilot ?

2007-03-31 09:21:03 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-03-31 09:17:34 · 19 answers · asked by Fraser T 3 in Politics

I always like to see groupthink in action: it’s like Lord of the Flies, but with grown ups. And there's no place better to see it than politcal debate.

Here’s a stat: the number of soldiers who’ve died defending this country in Iraq (standing as of today at 2,646 (I’m not counting non-combat deaths)) is almost the same as the number of people who died in 9/11 (2,973)? By the way, if you’re keeping count, 60,000+ Iraqi civilians (yes, non-coms, not soldiers) killed so far).

So the questions:
1. Now that the body counts are almost equal, can we all agree that both Clinton (9/11) and Bush (Iraq) are equally f-d up? Blowjobs/perjury and cocaine/questionable motivations for war aside...?

2. Will Americans ever put down their divisive dogma and stop drawing imaginery battle lines over tax rates and gun control and maybe even have an opinion ?

3. Finally - curious: list some things you DISAGREE w/your political party about (scary if you can't).

Let the circus begin.

2007-03-31 09:10:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Some of them are soooo cute like my boyfriends! I am so confused. What should I do?

2007-03-31 09:00:00 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

yea that be cool if you guys could help me aout... im suppost to do and essay about this.. please help .thank you

2007-03-31 08:59:26 · 22 answers · asked by leinad_0000 1 in Law & Ethics

I have been over paid at my job for 6 months, since my first paycheck and i had no idea because i didnt know the diffrence, well now they want it back and i was wondering can i fight this in court since it happened from my first paycheck, also our checks dont say how much we make a hour.

2007-03-31 08:51:51 · 11 answers · asked by libbylee 3 in Law & Ethics

He is Mexican, he has 8 kids, he is married, and he likes to go on here a lot. I cannot find him, because my accounts stop working then I need to make a new one. I do not want him to think I do not like him anymore. I still like him. I only talk to him on the internet. I am so confused. What should I do?

2007-03-31 08:48:27 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Should they surprise him with tough questions about his role in ordering torture?

2007-03-31 08:44:56 · 10 answers · asked by Timothy M 5 in Politics

I ask this question because recently a lib asked me,

"Since religion is the most dominating cause of wars throughout history, shouldn't I want to destroy it?"

So my question is, when the liberals wake up and realize that people wage wars, not religion, just like people kill people, not guns kill people, will they just try to destoy all people?

2007-03-31 08:44:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Well, now we have proof!

Recently, Rosie O’Donnell, a co-host of ABC talk show The View, made comments on the show that renewed controversy over the collapse of World Trade Center 7. While saying she didn’t know what to believe about the U.S. government’s involvement in the attacks of Sept. 11, she said, “I do believe that it’s the first time in history that fire has ever melted steel.

2007-03-31 08:42:33 · 19 answers · asked by George D 3 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-03-31 08:40:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

what is the likley future for the war on terror? and why do you believe that?

2007-03-31 08:39:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Have the Iranians taken the Democrats anti-war stance as a sign of weakness? Will other terrorists be emboldened also?

2007-03-31 08:38:08 · 21 answers · asked by SnowWebster2 5 in Military

Multiple Choice:

If the United States military came home from Iraq, Patriot Acts I and II and Military Commissions Act were repealed, and the CIA, FEMA, and Department of Homeland Security were disbanned...

a. Americans would be safer.

b. Americans would be just as safe as they are now.

c. there would be another attack like 9-11.

d. America would be overcome by Islamo-fascists.

2007-03-31 08:31:39 · 13 answers · asked by einzelgaenger08 3 in Government

In Bush's memoir, A Charge to Keep, he writes of a time in his college days when he was arrested for stealing a Christmas wreath. The way he describes it, he says they "decided to liberate" the wreath (page 47 in the hardcover). So when he says we're trying to liberate Iraq, are we going to steal it and put it in our frathouse? And is it really true then that the Iraqis did greet us as liberators (thieves)?

2007-03-31 08:28:48 · 2 answers · asked by Dan X 4 in Politics

CHICKEN HAWKS are on this yahoo answers board?

2007-03-31 08:27:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

My friend,(J) had a public defender and it just seems like he messed the whole case up. (J) was told if he wrote out a statement and agreed to testify against the other person he wold get 6-14monthes. So (J) agreed to do it. Then at the next hearing his P.D. states that he is looking at 11 1/2 to 36 months. Then the P.D. would change the time range and it went higher everytime. The P.D. even messed up in the court room, by thinking he was someone else and stating that other persons case, then the Judge had to correct him. The P.D. even told (J) if it was up to Him (meaning the P.D.) he would put him (meaning J) away. The crime was a robbery, but was pressured by another person whom the police never talked to. We talked to the P.D. office and they wouldn't let us change lawyers. Now J is in jail and we want to redo the whole case with a real lawyer, but we arent rich. Are you or do you know a lawyer that will be willing to accept our case and receive payments?

2007-03-31 08:24:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

WTC 7 Collapse
CLAIM: Seven hours after the two towers fell, the 47-story WTC 7 collapsed. According to 911review.org: "The video clearly shows that it was not a collapse subsequent to a fire, but rather a controlled demolition: amongst the Internet investigators, the jury is in on this one."

FACT: Many conspiracy theorists point to FEMA's preliminary report, which said there was relatively light damage to WTC 7 prior to its collapse. With the benefit of more time and resources, NIST researchers now support the working hypothesis that WTC 7 was far more compromised by falling debris than the FEMA report indicated. "The most important thing we found was that there was, in fact, physical damage to the south face of building 7," NIST's Sunder tells PM. "On about a third of the face to the center and to the bottom--approximately 10 stories--about 25 percent of the depth of the building was scooped out." NIST also discovered previously undocumented damage to WTC 7's upper stories and its southwest corner.

NIST investigators believe a combination of intense fire and severe structural damage contributed to the collapse, though assigning the exact proportion requires more research. But NIST's analysis suggests the fall of WTC 7 was an example of "progressive collapse," a process in which the failure of parts of a structure ultimately creates strains that cause the entire building to come down. Videos of the fall of WTC 7 show cracks, or "kinks," in the building's facade just before the two penthouses disappeared into the structure, one after the other. The entire building fell in on itself, with the slumping east side of the structure pulling down the west side in a diagonal collapse.

According to NIST, there was one primary reason for the building's failure: In an unusual design, the columns near the visible kinks were carrying exceptionally large loads, roughly 2000 sq. ft. of floor area for each floor. "What our preliminary analysis has shown is that if you take out just one column on one of the lower floors," Sunder notes, "it could cause a vertical progression of collapse so that the entire section comes down."

There are two other possible contributing factors still under investigation: First, trusses on the fifth and seventh floors were designed to transfer loads from one set of columns to another. With columns on the south face apparently damaged, high stresses would likely have been communicated to columns on the building's other faces, thereby exceeding their load-bearing capacities.

Second, a fifth-floor fire burned for up to 7 hours. "There was no firefighting in WTC 7," Sunder says. Investigators believe the fire was fed by tanks of diesel fuel that many tenants used to run emergency generators. Most tanks throughout the building were fairly small, but a generator on the fifth floor was connected to a large tank in the basement via a pressurized line. Says Sunder: "Our current working hypothesis is that this pressurized line was supplying fuel [to the fire] for a long period of time."

WTC 7 might have withstood the physical damage it received, or the fire that burned for hours, but those combined factors--along with the building's unusual construction--were enough to set off the chain-reaction collapse.

2007-03-31 08:22:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics