Politics & Government - 23 May 2007

2007-05-23 15:47:29 · 8 answers · asked by thomasmackey@sbcglobal.net 2 in Immigration

I'm taking a Mass Communication & Journalism class in college right now, & one of the subjects that came up was terrorism. When you think of a terrorist (most people, not all) the most common type of person will be someone from the Middle East. But according to the defenition(s), wouldn't the US be considered terrorists?

The US has defined terrorism under the Federal Criminal Code:

activities that involve violent… or life-threatening acts… that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State and… appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and… (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States… [or] (C) occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the US

It was a good topic & I want to know what you think

2007-05-23 15:45:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Do they have truly electable State,Local,or Federal Canidates?Are their ideas realistic?

2007-05-23 15:45:06 · 10 answers · asked by drokk 2 in Elections

My goodness, the man made a decision to go to war on the flimsiest of evidence (there was more evidence to convict O.J.). When Tenet gave him what they had, Bush said, "Is this all there is?" How hard is it to understand that he is the commander-in-chief and has the ultimate responsibility in taking us to war and is responsible for his own actions. A soldier's job is to fight (and possibly die) to protect this nation. A poltician's job is to make sure he never has to. If helicopter pilot's are responsible for making mistakes that result in friendly fire incidents, why is it such a big stretch for some of you to understand that the buck stops with the president when it comes to waging war??

2007-05-23 15:43:20 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

is it true us becomign legalized for people 18 and older in a few months?

2007-05-23 15:40:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

it's too late to present a black box now.for us to know what was said in the pilots area during 9/11.however i am apalled to the amount of lives,money and time it has taken tofight a group of people that are rebels.it says that rebels could possibly do the same thing in the u.s.a.
it would have been easier to send all the people of iraq to a refuge,the destroy all the places where the insurgents areand use their oil money to rebuild.
audio and video tapes of bin ladin are not enuff.it's all he say she say..what is on that blackbox should have been shared with the public as proof to who was involved..people paid dearly for something they did'nt have to pay for.

2007-05-23 15:38:04 · 14 answers · asked by premio s 1 in Military

As in the case in Iraq.

2007-05-23 15:37:54 · 8 answers · asked by will travel h 1 in Military

Is this why he posts all the time in Y!A?

SYDNEY, Australia -- Snoop Dogg has been refused entry into Australia because of his extensive criminal record, the immigration minister said Thursday, the second time this year the rapper has been barred from entering another country.
Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., was due to fly into Sydney this week to co-host the MTV Australia Video Music Awards.
Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said Snoop Dogg's visa was canceled because he had failed to pass the country's strict character test, which takes criminal convictions into account.
"He doesn't seem the sort of bloke we want in this country," Andrews told Sydney's Macquarie Radio.

2007-05-23 15:36:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-05-23 15:36:19 · 8 answers · asked by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 in Immigration

Have you ever felt so uncertain about the way this country is headed?I honestly never have.The gov. is too worried about future voters and $$ then the devastating consequences of this absurd bill.It scares me to think what this country will be in 20-30 years.Am I blowing this out of proportion?

2007-05-23 15:35:32 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

HI! I recently left my husband and he filed fraud charges against me of some sort regarding our credit card debt.
there are about 4 cards taken out in either his name or both our names and I used those cards myself and paid on them myself. He took some out and I did too. Now he supposedly filed charges with the police dept of "forgery" of sorts. That he didnt know what the credit card activity has been for the past year when he just took out a home loan to pay some of these debts off in January this year and in that home loan was a list of "ALL" our debts. We both signed those papers only 3 months before I left him. How can he make such charges against me? Hes played head games with this debt since I left him. What are the odds that these charges will hold? I dont have a clue? I am makeing arrangements with the companies to pay them off. I wrote the states attny office incase there is an investigation and explained the situation. Hes my husband COME ON!

2007-05-23 15:35:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I heard he was naming the soldiers killed each week to a six pack of beer while cursing the "terrorists".

2007-05-23 15:35:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Looking back at our American history Thomas Jefferson was the first to Identify as a republican.He was vehemently opposed to the federalist papers and ideas he was a deitist and didn't believe in organized religion(science and knowledge is truth religion is tyranny).He also would never have supported a standing army or sending our troops overseas.The republican party of lincoln was from the north and supported equal rights hence the emancipation of the slaves.religion wasn't part of the party until if I remember right lincoln was slipped a part about god in the gettysburg address.Now the party has none of the lincoln northern states and is almost overrun with conservative federalist.Would it be proper to say Jefferson is the true republican and todays should have to give up the name because they falsely represent the true republican values.Kinda like a false advertising lawsuit.

2007-05-23 15:34:31 · 17 answers · asked by Amy m 6 in Politics

Personaly im sick of the rich and privlaged being placed in office because of money , when was the last time an average american ran for office? Who would vote for an average american with nothing more then good ideas and common sense? Or is that concept dead like our constitution?

2007-05-23 15:34:15 · 6 answers · asked by johnywinslow 3 in Government

2007-05-23 15:30:17 · 12 answers · asked by Justin G 1 in Military

The Republicans don't stand a chance of winning in 2008. I think they would be better off saving their money to run a formidable challenge in 2012?

2007-05-23 15:29:39 · 23 answers · asked by Duffman 5 in Elections

My friend and I tried to go to a local bar we frequent last weekend, but we were turned away at the door because her ex works there and says he has a restraining order against her. She was never notified of this, so is it true? And can we go to the bar if there isn't a restraining order? Or if we go and he claims that there is one, doesn't he have to prove it?

2007-05-23 15:28:50 · 9 answers · asked by marshallgurl2000 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

Don't tell us who's ahead in the polls. Tell us where the candidates stand on the issues.

2007-05-23 15:27:26 · 5 answers · asked by Duffman 5 in Elections

does anyone know the first era of democratic domination and the era of republican domination and the second era of democratic domination

2007-05-23 15:27:02 · 1 answers · asked by cdawg892007 2 in Government

Price is too high paying for everyone else,,,,How did this happen?

2007-05-23 15:25:31 · 9 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Immigration

If your name was say...Snoop..and you were say, African American! And I was finding every article I could, to cut and Paste onto Y/A showing every African American male who committed a violent crime and then stated that because of this, my opinion was that all African Americans were criminals! Would I not be a racist! And would I not be stereotyping an entire race based on a miniscule bit of information?

I know I should not even respond to this moron but maybe, just maybe he might get a clue that most police officers are good as well and only a handfull are corrupt!

2007-05-23 15:22:38 · 11 answers · asked by T-Bone35 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-05-23 15:20:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

like Bush?

2007-05-23 15:20:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

The current core beliefs of the 2 parties tend to support either extreme conservatism or extreem liberalism, it's all very black or white. While the reality is that most of our people live in a much more gray world that employees a balance of both view points. If we are truely a representative democracy what will it take for our political leaders to become much more of a mirror of our views and our lives?

2007-05-23 15:16:33 · 11 answers · asked by Timothy B 2 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-05-23 15:16:26 · 22 answers · asked by Lovelle 2 in Politics

i live in vt, my 16 year old daughter had sex with a 31 year old man. i was told there was nothing i could do because she was of legal age of consent. is this right

2007-05-23 15:16:21 · 15 answers · asked by sherry c 1 in Law & Ethics

taxes as in income tax.

not food or clothing tax.

how do they go about paying these taxes. just curious does anyone know?

2007-05-23 15:16:21 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-05-23 15:15:54 · 10 answers · asked by Atlas 2 in Other - Politics & Government

have u been to prison? have u seen death row and its inmates? have u seen the court records? wat was let n at court and wat wasnt? some things r very important and they were not let n. thats not fair, some of these ppl need help. not killed. alot of these ppl have been victims at one time themselves and no one was there for them. until uve been there how do u really know the death penalty is the right thing?

2007-05-23 15:15:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Welcome to the Republican Party...

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself a very liberal Democrat and was very much in favor of redistribution of wealth. She was ashamed that her father was a staunch Republican.

Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes and the addition of more government welfare programs. He responded by asking her how she was doing in school. She answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, with no time to go out and party like other students. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend.Her father listened and then asked, "How "How is your friend Audrey doing?"


She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA She is so popular on campus, college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over.

"Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree! She played while I worked my tail off!"

The father slowly smiled and said gently, "Welcome to the Republican Party"

2007-05-23 15:15:09 · 33 answers · asked by deedee2qu 3 in Other - Politics & Government