Politics & Government - 14 April 2007

In the past, liberals were dedicated to leveling the playing field so all people had equal opportunity to succeed. They fought and won battles against racism, sexist bias, robber barons, and ignorance. The ideal was to give each person the means to rise up out of poverty through their own efforts.
The notion supported by many people who call themselves liberals today is far from the selfless ideals of liberals in the past. Many so-called liberals today believe simply because they pay taxes they should get free services from the government. The idea of government providing for basic needs is socialism. The idea that the government needs to insure that people are educated and provided skills to succeed is liberalism.
The idea that the average American can earn enough money to buy the services they need is liberalism. The idea that theses services should be provided by the government is socialism.
Liberalism is a noble concept. Socialism is a selfish concept, in my opinion.

2007-04-14 02:13:36 · 4 answers · asked by Overt Operative 6 in Politics

Examples:
Terrorists, Nazis and Liberals: Want there religion to be the only established government religion in the world. Consevatives: you can have and practice any religion you want even Islam and liberalism, even if it offends others, as long as it does not harm another person.

Terrorists, Nazis and Liberals: Want no citizen to have have guns of any kind for any reason except them. Conservatives: Every legal citizen not convicted of a fellony can own firearms in the USA.

Terrorists, Nazis and Liberals: Only freedom of speach for those who agree with their views.
Consevatives: Freedom of speech for all.(even if they disagree with Conservatives.

Terrorists, Nazis and Liberals: Special rights and treatment based on race and color of skin.
Conservatives: No special treatment for anyone.

Terrorists, Nazis and Liberals: Indoctrination of children through the school system with propaganda video
(I.E. "an inconvenient truth")
Conservatives: stick to the 3 R's

2007-04-14 02:07:06 · 16 answers · asked by jack_scar_action_hero 3 in Politics

I know I would.

2007-04-14 02:04:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Just this morning, 66 more Iraqis were killed in bomb attacks.
For those who still don't get it, terrorism in Iraq is like a water balloon.....squeeze it on one end, and it just gets bigger on the other. Two months into the surge, and it's business as usual for the bombers.
There is no possible triumph in Iraq and very little hope left.
This is the pandora's box that Bush/Cheney opened. And now, it can't be closed.
We can't save the Iraqis, but we can save our troops.....by getting them out.....just like we did during Vietnam.
It's a pity politicians don't study history.

2007-04-14 02:01:42 · 17 answers · asked by opjames 4 in Politics

What do i do?? Im with three.

2007-04-14 01:58:10 · 10 answers · asked by John 2 in Law & Ethics

Is democracy being undermined in the United States,

(If you are one of those flag burners or soldier spitters dont answer. Patriots only, Republicans, Democrats, neo cons and liberals only.)

2007-04-14 01:48:30 · 15 answers · asked by Proud Michigander 3 in Politics

1. The original theory holds no ground what so ever. All the first ape human bones were a hoax!
http://www.evolutiondeceit.com/chapter9.php

2. The missing link to proving humans were apes is missing still today!
http://www.evolutiondeceit.com/chapter10.php

3. The variations in human skulls does not mean that those skulls evolved from apes. All these classifications are really only variations and unique races in the human family. The difference between them is no greater than the difference between an Inuit and an African or a pygmy and a European.

4. Scientist are confused as to what is true and what isn’t:
Most of the participants at the Senckenberg conference got drawn into a flaming debate over the taxonomic status of Homo erectus started by Milford Wolpoff of the University of Michigan, Alan Thorne of the University of Canberra and their colleagues. They argued forcefully that Homo erectus had no validity as a species and should be eliminated altogether. All members of the genus Homo, from about 2 million years ago to the present, were one highly variable, widely spread species, Homo sapiens, with no natural breaks or subdivisions. The subject of the conference, Homo erectus didn't exist.

5. I have supplied you with evidence that blows Evilution out of the water. It’s taken on faith, the proof is not solid, and questions are not answered. Now lets consider the REAL truth. God created us. I will give just one example. Our eyes. Here is what the founding father of EVILUTION had to say about the human eye. DARWIN: “To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree.”

2007-04-14 01:47:14 · 14 answers · asked by J D 2 in Law & Ethics

I am at Hohenfels...very small, you can go around the PX in 60 seconds or less....which base should I visit today...looking for the one with the best PX?

2007-04-14 01:33:32 · 6 answers · asked by Courtney 3 in Military

(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
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> (B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians Per year are 120,000.
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> (C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.
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> Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services.
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> Now think about this:
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> Guns:
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> (A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. (Yes, that's 80
> million)
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> (B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is
> 1,500.
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> (C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.
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> Statistics courtesy of FBI.
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> So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous
> than gun owners.
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> Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."
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> FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.
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> Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors
> before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!
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> Out of concern for the public at large, I withheld the statistics on
> lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical
> attention!
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2007-04-14 01:29:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

why is that most of you on this section are blaming mexicans for everything bad that happens , I been reading some of your questions and most of them are about racism ,discrimination and all , somethings like " yeah . they dont pay taxes . they come here to kill my family , they are here to take our jobs ,my inssurance went up because maxicans", bull ++++ they do pay taxes , just like you and me , everyone kills , what about Timothy Mcveigh , and Terry Nichols. oklahoma bombers if you did not know , oh by the way those two are Americans , they are not to take nobodys job , just those that we dont want to do , minuteman go and pick up strawberrys for 1 day and see.if you can handle it, insurance goes up because . you are driving drunk . speeding , young teens recklessly driving I mean there is so many things man . lets just stop racism and discrimination . no one is taking our country .if we try to kick them out who is going to pick up those veggies you are about to eat today dah.

2007-04-14 01:24:04 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Does a bear sh*t in the woods?

2007-04-14 01:20:20 · 1 answers · asked by flushles 3 in Politics

My son was charged with a sex crime...turns out girl wanted her boyfriend jelous....we went thru a year and a half of court dates ,alot of missed work and school and we had all the evidence to prove she lied right from the beginning( school security tapes....her friends statements...even the boyfriend new it was a lie....but we still had to go thru all the court dates. WHY is it that we were ion court every month and she never once had to step foot there. Is there anything that can be done to her now? and who do I contact ? I would like to know why it is that " YOU ARE GUILTY UNTILL YOU PROVE YOURSELF INNOCENT" any help would be appreciated ...thanks

2007-04-14 01:19:36 · 22 answers · asked by smokey56441 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-04-14 01:18:36 · 26 answers · asked by Roovs 3 in Politics

In nations where we are constantly bombarded by the words "freedom" and "democracy" (even in those which are Republics) is the mandatory slavery law known as conscription contrary to our creed?

For instance if a nation says that it runs off of the will of the people, would it then make sense to say that if persons are not willing to volunteer in a specific military campaign that they, they people have spoken?

If the power to drag individuals into war, with or without their consent lays solely in the hands of politicians - what is the difference between our forms of state and that of dictatorships and other totalitarian systems?

In reality it would seem that the people have very little input into what actually goes on in terms of law, and indeed policy.

So if we had monarchy as opposed to "democracy" for instance.. It would not even be a big change.

2007-04-14 01:10:28 · 2 answers · asked by Max Stanton 4 in Law & Ethics

Which would you rather have done to you?

2007-04-14 01:02:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-04-14 00:55:32 · 4 answers · asked by Joe 4 in Military

2007-04-14 00:48:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Before Bushes, CIA was intruging everywhere and American soldiers weren't much involved in the dirty business of non-American interests. But now they are dying in Iraq. All because of the new American Foreign Policy of Preemptive Strike which seems to be a policy of non - American capital owners who want immediate results and who use American government and American army for its own interest..

2007-04-14 00:43:01 · 6 answers · asked by James God 2 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-04-14 00:37:25 · 21 answers · asked by george s 1 in Government

Dont just say any country only because it is your country.
Answer broadmindedly and give reasons to your answers

2007-04-14 00:31:57 · 19 answers · asked by abc 2 in Government

2007-04-14 00:27:51 · 12 answers · asked by abc 2 in Government

There is this guy that I have never seen before. I can see him through my window. He is sitting in my patio. Is it legal to shoot him right away?

2007-04-14 00:23:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-04-14 00:19:48 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

WHy is it the liberals YA have to ask why Bush is in Iraq 100 times over? Can they not read the facts in the newspapers, TV, even here with a lot of YA users being very well-informed and educated beyond the propaganda the leftist media churns out to cause dissension and division amongst Americans. Please: Explain Liberals, what about this IRAQ Sunni-Shia infighting for a hundred years-war don't you get?

2007-04-14 00:15:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Because it seems with every passing month, a new scandal involving the White House seems to embroil it for a time--before a new one pops up!

2007-04-14 00:07:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Nov. of 2005, Reid practically shut down the Senate asking where is Part II report. Republicans said two weeks... it is still not done. It was to investigate if intelligence was used properly that took us into Iraq. Such an important item, especially if we were misled into an unnecessary war. Could there be any higher crime? How can we get Congress to investigate this and provide the Part II report?

2007-04-14 00:03:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government