Politics & Government - 17 April 2007

I read the following story today, and found myself sickened by what I am reading. Especially since our government has a hard time passing budget bills to support our troops overseas. You can bet that there would never be a scenario where their own spending might be suspended due to lack of budget agreement!

Read the article here - http://www.examiner.com/a-675671~Congressional_junkets_picking_up_steam.html

I wonder if a watchdog group shouldn't gain rights to a website called - wastefulspending.com maybe? If we don't keep them honest, nobody will!

2007-04-17 04:27:56 · 7 answers · asked by loving father 5 in Politics

2007-04-17 04:27:48 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

soldto registered gun owners only
and in limited supplies

2007-04-17 04:27:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

In the aftermath of tragedy, small minded people always try to allocate blame. I suppose it’s part of the healing process. As a rationally minded individual, I generally tend to blame the person responsible. In the case of yesterday’s atrocity, that person was the murderer. If, however, we MUST direct blame to a certain group, then I propose the Gun Control Lobby.

By restricting guns all across America, they’ve turned Americans into herds of defenseless victims like sheep to the slaughter. I'm a combat veteran, a taxpaying citizen, and I have a concealed carry permit. If more people with concealed carry permits were at VA Tech yesterday, much of the tragedy could have been averted. Alas, even people with permits can’t legally carry on a college campus. Thus, only criminals (i.e. Cho Seung-Hui) will have guns. We’ve all head the “if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns” cliché. In this instance, I think the proof is in the pudding. Any thoughts?

2007-04-17 04:26:53 · 14 answers · asked by godofsparta 2 in Other - Politics & Government

If they were able to get it across that much distance.

2007-04-17 04:26:35 · 14 answers · asked by World Security 2 in Military

I own a handgun for recreational shooting and a shotgun for hunting. My guns are kept locked away. I do not keep bullets in the house. My children have been educated on gun safety and the dangers of not being responsible with guns. I allow my children to shoot the guns at a safe firing range with adequate supervision. I do not believe everyone should own guns. I feel it should be the right of law-abiding citizens to choose to own a gun if they want.

DO I SOUND LIKE A NUT?

2007-04-17 04:26:05 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

First I must say that I'm absolutely disgusted in my fellow Americans who are using this TRAGEDY and LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE to further or promote their political ideals !!

Making this a 'political issue' is beneath decent humanity .
And it's disgusting to see people do that OVER THE DEAD CORPSES OF OUR YOUTH !!. . . .Now you know my opinion .
Anyways , a reporter has just called into a local radio show and given a very possible reason for the College and Police to have acted the way they did . He reports that there's a strong possibility that this was part of a 'love triangle' consisting of 2 Asian men and one woman . He says when police first arrived they received evidence that an Asian man had been the perp and he had been seen fleeing the scene . They even had descriptions of him and somehow knew who he was and possibly the description of his vehicle . So police pursued this individual and later found out that he was a third party not involved in the shooting, but a by-stander(cont)

2007-04-17 04:25:49 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Anyone else think it's socially irresponsible for the NRA to fight against every form of gun control proposed? Be it tougher laws on illegal firearms, or more money to fund government agencies in charge of regulating firearms like the ATF?? Are they not partially responsible for the massacre that occured in Virgnia?

I know the NRA is supposed to be about responsible gun owners, but some of their policies are making it easier for deadly weapons to get into the hands of dangerous people.

2007-04-17 04:24:33 · 7 answers · asked by truthspeaker10 4 in Law & Ethics

Why do you think this?

2007-04-17 04:23:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

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2007-04-17 04:20:54 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Will VA. Tech be bragging about it's gun free campus?

2007-04-17 04:20:39 · 16 answers · asked by papaz71 4 in Politics

random acts of violence like VA Tech can't be solved by banning guns, but rather identify why people are going apesh**. So does it make sense that those who want to withdrawal from the Middle East also want to ban guns?

2007-04-17 04:20:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

That we should NOT amend the constitution to ban guns? I mean, personally, I don't own a gun because I don't feel I need one. But the choice is there for me if I wanted one. I have a choice. However, if we start messing around and amending the constitution to ban guns - that would scare me - because to me, that would mean they could amending it to eliminate our other rights. Does anyone else agree with me?

2007-04-17 04:19:50 · 12 answers · asked by f w 4 in Other - Politics & Government

Friday the 13th- My boyfriend (of 5 years and father of my 4 year old) and I had plans to go out on the town. We stopped by our neighbor’s house. The kids were in the back bedroom playing, my girlfriend neighbor and her boyfriend were sitting on the couch, and I was on a chair.

My boyfriend grabs me a beer- I see him open it, and then walks into the kitchen as to throw the twist lid away. I take a drink, and what do I find in my beer: Half a pill. I did my own research and found it was half of an Ambien. Of which my boyfriend had a prescription to.

The major irony of all this, I had spoke to my mother a few months earlier and confided in her that I thought my boyfriend was drugging me. There were some weird cases where I would wake up the next day and not remember anything of the night before. And I’m 30 years old. So to confirm my suspicions, I actually find a pill in my drink.

Now what. My (now x) boyfriend and I live together. I told him to get out or I’m pressing charges. Of course he denys having anything to do with the pill in my drink. Thinks I should press charges to prove that he had nothing to do with it, or to sue the bottling company. Come on, I’m not stupid. It is pretty obvious he did it. I need some insight? He is making me out to be crazy on this whole ordeal. I want him out of my life!!! How should I proceed?

2007-04-17 04:16:26 · 15 answers · asked by Anbarblue.com 2 in Law & Ethics

With all the stuff that has happen at Virginia Tech on Monday April 16th. Do you think we need to have tighter gun control measures in universities?

My personal belief is that we do not need MORE gon control we need less and start enforcing the gun control laws already on the book. I would be all for college professors and graduate students to take a conceled gun classes and get a license for it. If they carry them on campus it should be up to them.

2007-04-17 04:16:16 · 15 answers · asked by ? 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

This is a real shocker, the news media is blaming the police and school officials for not locking down a 2600 acre college campus with over 26,000 students. Maybe instead of calling 911 somebody should have called Nancy Grace and this whole thing could have been avoided. She would have locked down the campus leaving the gunman with nowhere to hide. I know the news media is nothing but a bunch of monday morning quarterbacks but this is even low for them. Maybe they should be a little more responsible in their reporting. All day long it's been referred to as a new record or the largest shooting spree in history. You know some loser at home watching is planning a way to break the record.

2007-04-17 04:15:54 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

I put my son in a home daycare. I signed a contract that stated that I would give her a weeks notice and pay before taking him out. I walked in last week to pick him up early nad found her screaming at my 2 year old cursing him and telling him to shut up while he screaming scared in the corner. Needless to say; I took him home and never took him back there again. Now she claims I still owe her 100$. She cant take me to small claims court for that little of money can she? I reported her abuse and I dont really want to pay her.

2007-04-17 04:14:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Does anyone know how to file a complaint against a postal worker? Very hostile.

2007-04-17 04:12:51 · 2 answers · asked by Karla Marx 3 in Law & Ethics

how could someone be so crul and shoot that many people.. and not to tell them until 2 hrs. after the first shooting.. does anyone know why he would do that................

2007-04-17 04:12:25 · 4 answers · asked by grinsxgiggles 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-04-17 04:12:15 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-04-17 04:12:05 · 7 answers · asked by meister 1 in Military

Is not true, that our police train endless amounts of hours for these kind of situations?
Eyewitness Matt Kazee said that it was a full two to three hours after the shootings began that loudspeakers installed around the campus were used to warn students to stay indoors and that a shooter was on the loose.
Quite how the killer was afforded so much time before any action was taken to stop him is baffling, especially considering the fact that the campus, according to Kazee, was crawling with police before the event happened due to numerous bomb threats that had been phoned in last week.
The shootings came three days after a bomb threat Friday forced the cancellation of classes in three buildings, WDBJ in Roanoke reported. Also, the 100,000-square-foot Torgersen Hall was evacuated April 2 after police received a written bomb threat, The Roanoke Times reported.
CNN quoted a student who was outraged at the delay in identifying and stopping the killer.

2007-04-17 04:10:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Once Again!!!
I'm 99.9% certain that the number of people kill each year by the use of guns CAN BE AVOIDED. So why can't congress abolish all guns to the general public? Don't give me the 2nd admentment crap either...freedom to bare arms (you still have your knives and baseball bat). Also for you hunters out there, you can establish a "rental" system at desinated hunting grounds. "its not the gun that kills people, its the person"....some say. I say BS! 6 months ago - 18 answers -

Note: You are still not guarantee tobe safe from people who uses guns...cause of wackos, and of smugglings of the weapon. but you are guarantee the "limited" access, and amount of guns out there. Freedom to bare arms was a law establish for the citizens in case their government goes insane and kills its own people. Chances are low for that to happen in the US. And no, its not a good feeling the you don't have a gun, and someone out there do...lets hope that someone is a cop, or in the military.

2007-04-17 04:10:38 · 21 answers · asked by Dr.True 2 in Law & Ethics

Should we not mandate that serial numbers be located on several parts of a gun, and difficult, if not impossible to erase? Imagine my surprise when I learned the NRA has fought against this very same idea! Why do we need to track handguns?, its not like people use them to murder 32 people in a crowded classroom!

2007-04-17 04:10:13 · 5 answers · asked by truthspeaker10 4 in Politics

in ontario, canada

2007-04-17 04:09:17 · 6 answers · asked by girl 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-04-17 04:05:39 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Does it mean that there will be no more terrorism in the world? Does it mean that a certain number of people will be killed?
If Iraq ever achieves a stable government, have we won the war on terror?

2007-04-17 04:05:28 · 10 answers · asked by Handsome Boy Modeling School 3 in Other - Politics & Government

Please make the US households free from guns & deadly weapons.Please only allow guns for rarest of rare that too with a monthly inspection of the weapon & in order to less risk the brutal or misuse. Please ensure the safety & security of the people in general.

Your say?

2007-04-17 04:03:49 · 6 answers · asked by DJ101 3 in Law & Ethics

What a bunch of idiots clinging to your guns like pacifiers.

Is there a stupider more uneducated inept country in the world?

2007-04-17 04:03:00 · 32 answers · asked by ? 1 in Politics

so the trooops can come home
in a miserable FAILED WAR

2007-04-17 04:01:53 · 8 answers · asked by impeachbushnoww 1 in Politics