Politics & Government - 8 June 2007

2007-06-08 07:27:53 · 30 answers · asked by ? 5 in Politics

I am 15 and in 3 months i am going to be 16. I am pregnant with my boyfriends baby. Hi and i have been together for a year. I want to marry him; but i think my parents would stop me. Could they do that? I mean if i want to marry him could i just go to city hall and have just his mother sign for us right? Is it necessary to have both of our parents; please give me advice. Don't judge m. I'm doing whats best for My baby.

2007-06-08 07:27:10 · 16 answers · asked by Denise . 1 in Law & Ethics

ok another hypothetical question that just poped in my head this morning on the way to P.T...
If an American is in America on the Mexican border with a high powered rifle and shoots a Mexican , who is across the bnorder in Mexico, would the American go to jail? if so where?

2007-06-08 07:26:46 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

From ABC News:

NATO officials say they have caught Iran red-handed, shipping heavy arms, C4 explosives and advanced roadside bombs to the Taliban for use against NATO forces, in what the officials say is a dramatic escalation of Iran's proxy war against the United States and Great Britain.

"It is inconceivable that it is anyone other than the Iranian government that's doing it," said former White House counterterrorism official Richard Clarke, an ABC News consultant.

NOTE: Richard Clarke is hardly a Bush mouthpiece. He has been openly critical of the Bush/Cheney administration and their rush to judgment on Iraq. He carries a certain amount of credibility.

2007-06-08 07:23:09 · 9 answers · asked by Martin L 5 in Other - Politics & Government

It is 2:30 am; a man makes a left turn doesn't use a signal. Officer behind him pulls him over smells alcohol; after a field sobriety test, and breathlizer man is arrested for DUI, BA of .09
5 days later this man goes before a judge (with an attorney he has to hire) pleads no contest and takes his penalty. No one is hurt, every thing went smooth right?
Now what if I tell you this man was 21 years old had just come back from deployment from Iraq. Hasn't been home since he was 18. Was drinking at a bar 2 blocks from home and driving his friend home who passed out and was unable to walk. This young man gets the following;Suspended liscense.
Court ordered DUI prevention, MADD, and several other classes. Court ordered interlock device for 1 year. court ordered 96 hours community service,He paid the attonery $2000, the court $700 after all is said and done,and the interlock company gets a total of $ 1000,Plus his commanding officer gives him a dishonarble and fines him 30days pay.

2007-06-08 07:22:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

We all agree that what the government did to the Japanese Americans was very wrong. They took away their freedoms without just cause. And upon the prisoners' release, the government has taken away all of their properties and businesses, rendering most of the Japanese Americans to start from square one.

The problem here is not a racial one. It is not a conservative or a liberal one either. The problem lies in the ill treatment of Japanese Americans described above. Any American with a sound mind and a good heart will understand what the US government did to them is unjust. Michelle Malkin, however, supports the Japanese Internment camps of WWII. Cleary, she is one of the true anti-Americans simply because she has no heart for humanity and has the slightest intention to follow American values.

She also supported the Minutemen Group at the border, many of whom were carrying Confederate flags and were extremely racist. August 15, 2005

Michelle Malkin is a human being? hardly

2007-06-08 07:22:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

He is a mini-McCain, yet everyone seems to think that he is the conservative savior. It appalls me that people will trash McCain one minute and fall in love with Thompson the next.

Neither one is my first choice, but I would be ok with either getting the nomination. There just seems to be way to much blind following on this. Because Thompson is from the South, has a southern drawl, and is older and an actor like Reagan was, we are supposed to think that he is a "true" conservative. Don't believe the hype.

What are your thoughts?

2007-06-08 07:20:46 · 6 answers · asked by sbay311 3 in Elections

How do you feel regarding the anniversary of the Falklands war? (Maldives war to you I guess).

2007-06-08 07:18:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

A man was given a two way radio to use for work use only and if he quit or was fired, he was to return his radio back to his employer........So can you hold a persons check for this?

2007-06-08 07:17:34 · 14 answers · asked by c_nino_3 1 in Law & Ethics

Yet the illegals get no punishment at all, when their crime is much more offensive to citizens.

2007-06-08 07:15:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I have received a JOB OFFER in NIGERIA with NOVOTEL HOTELS, PLC as an Asst. Manager - Customer Care with a Salary worth US$21,920.They have also sent me the Offer letter. But now they are asking for US$1450 for VISA & WORK PERMIT Fees. Also the same has to be paid to someone named Dr Mike Ademolo who claims to be the Immigration Officer. Has anyone received a similar offer?Pls tell me as what should I do.Am I to believe this ??

2007-06-08 07:15:00 · 9 answers · asked by Deep N 1 in Immigration

My boyfriend is due to be released soon on tag. But the prison he is in is 4 hours away. What happens on their day of release? Do they bring him here? Because one probation officer said that I have to stay at home that day....because they will be fitting his tag when he gets here???

2007-06-08 07:14:27 · 7 answers · asked by Danielle D 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-06-08 07:14:13 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I have noticed that more and more individuals are looking for other individuals to take care of them or to place blame with. I was raised on the idea that you get what you put into it. In other words, if your effort is lacking, you will have nothing and will not achieve anything. I know this will eventually will be turned into a rich versus poor debate. One little note before I go. It amazes me how people believe you are suppose to live off welfare. The reason you can't live off welfare is because the system was never intended for that reason. The systemwas created to help revive a dead economy. The powers to be was warned if they created the program, people would eventually quit working and try to live off the program. Imagine that, they called 50-60 years ago.

2007-06-08 07:13:27 · 12 answers · asked by wainwater27 1 in Civic Participation

to the biatch, will they let me out? What is I say that I am having a nervoud breakdown and can't handle it?

2007-06-08 07:12:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/2/23/11431/2093

Rudy Giuliani was a 9/11 Failure
by davefromqueens
Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 09:15:17 AM PDT
It's September 10th, 2001. Rudy Giuliani is so unpopular in New York that he couldn't be elected dogcatcher. Having raised middle class taxes/fees, presided over the continued decline of one of the worst public school systems in America, worsened the state of health care in NYC, and doled out corporate welfare to his fat cat buddies, Giuliani was mostly a failure as Mayor. (As have most mayors of both parties been.) Sure crime fell (but it did nationwide and NYC was still safer in the 1960s than it was in 2000 so Giuliani's statistics are misleading) and Manhattan was cleaner (I'll give him that) but this is the same imbecile mayor who tried to close down a museum over a picture he personally disliked and who encouraged the kind of behavior that resulted in tragedies like Amadou Diallo and Abner Louima. Oh and I haven't even mentioned his personal behavior because Giuliani actually makes Brittney Spears seem tolerable.
davefromqueens's diary :: ::

But Giuliani's biggest failures as mayor stems from 9/11, both prior to and afterward. I live here, was in Manhattan on that day, so if you're not from NY, take it from those of us who live here first.
GIULIANI'S 9/11 FAILURES
A. PRIOR TO 9/11
1. IGNORING THE FBI - When the WTC was attacked in 1993 and we had a President who actually captured and killed EVERY person responsible for those attacks, the FBI released a series of recommendations to NYC to follow in the mid 1990s. But Giuliani, by that point replacing a competent Bill Bratton with an incompetent Howard Safir (and later third grade detective and door holder Bernie Kerik) put his ego (Giuliani is an incompetent leader and only feels secure around people even more incompetent) ahead of security and snubbed his nose at the FBI. Had these recommendations been implemented, more American lives in NYC would have been saved on 9/11.
2. FIREFIGHTER EQUIPMENT - Part of those recommendations were to give the firefighters radio equipment to communicate from ground to air. Those on the ground knew that the WTC would collapse 15-20 minutes down the road. IF the firefighters had the proper radio equipment, they would have been told to get out. Instead, they climbed to their death.
3. The COMMAND CENTER IN THE SKY - Only an idiot builds a command center 23 stories in the sky next to a major target of terrorists AFTER being told by the FBI NOT TO. Had there been an operational command center on 9/11, more lives would have been saved.
4. COORDINATION OF DEPARTMENTS - Again Giuliani the incompetent ignored the FBI recommendations to coordinate police with fire and EMT. Instead, we had a bunch of people running around not knowing what to do. This indecisiveness and confusion cost lives on 9/11.
B. GIULIANI ON 9/11
1. INTRODUCTION - Of the 3 categories, Giuliani will get his highest marks here by default. What Giuliani does best is speak to the camera and he did that well. But giving press conferences as opposed to taking meaningful actions are two different things. And keep in mind that with Bush reading My Pet Goat, ANYBODY would have looked good compared to Bush.
2. RUNNING AROUND, DOING NOTHING - From 8:46 am to 10:00 am was the time for Giuliani to be a leader. And Giuliani failed. He spent the time wandering the streets of lower Manhattan aimlessly not knowing what to do. He was lost and clueless. (The press conferences came later.)
3. SCREWING THE FIREFIGHTERS - Giuliani and his brass had the opportunity to save lives but didn't. Instead they got word that the WTC might collapse. Instead of captains taking 2 extra minutes to help their sailors, Giuliani decided to jump ship without the thought of trying to send word to the firefighter to get out of the buildings.
C. AFTER 9/11
1. EPA CORRUPTION - Giuliani and the Bush administration concealed environmental hazards and air conditions at 9/11 basically sending rescue workers to their deaths down the road. This is shameful.
2. LAWSUITS - Instead of helping the victims of 9/11 recover, Giuliani and Bush have been preventing these plaintiffs from getting what they are entitled to. Hero my ***.
3. PROFITTING OFF 9/11 - It's been well documented how Giuliani has exploited this tragedy for personal profit. The thing is Giuliani didn't do anything.
4. STEALING 9/11 VICTIM FUND MONEY - This is the one that should destroy Giuliani. To have the chutzpah to take money meant for the widows of 9/11 and redirecting it to his cronies is unforgivable.
5. TRIED SUSPENDING DEMOCRACY - If the terrorists hate us for our freedom, they sure must love Giuliani for Rudy tried to extend his term as mayor for 3 extra months.
6. IGNORING BIN LADEN, PRAISING BUSH During the 2004 convention, Giuliani said "Thank God George W Bush is our president." (I'd love for Democrats to make a commercial out of that in 2008 if Giuliani did get the nomination.) But what pissed New Yorkers off most is how Giuliani didn't give a flying __ about capturing Bin Laden and instead being a cheerleader for unrelated policies. New Yorkers want Bin Laden dead and Giuliani gave us a big middle finger.
CONCLUSION
The record as a whole shows Giuliani to be a miserable failure on 9/11 and his status as some kind of hero is completely mythological and driven by the corporate media. Somewhere in a safe house in Afghanistan, Osama Bin Laden was probably saying to himself, "Thank Allah George W Bush is President, Thank Allah Rudy Giuliani is Mayor of New York City. The death toll would never have been as high without them."

2007-06-08 07:11:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Where did our "equal rights" go?

2007-06-08 07:03:01 · 13 answers · asked by JR 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-06-08 07:02:33 · 14 answers · asked by kyle_robinson_10 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-06-08 07:02:09 · 26 answers · asked by Me 6 in Elections

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/2/23/11431/2093

Rudy Giuliani was a 9/11 Failure
by davefromqueens
Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 09:15:17 AM PDT
It's September 10th, 2001. Rudy Giuliani is so unpopular in New York that he couldn't be elected dogcatcher. Having raised middle class taxes/fees, presided over the continued decline of one of the worst public school systems in America, worsened the state of health care in NYC, and doled out corporate welfare to his fat cat buddies, Giuliani was mostly a failure as Mayor. (As have most mayors of both parties been.) Sure crime fell (but it did nationwide and NYC was still safer in the 1960s than it was in 2000 so Giuliani's statistics are misleading) and Manhattan was cleaner (I'll give him that) but this is the same imbecile mayor who tried to close down a museum over a picture he personally disliked and who encouraged the kind of behavior that resulted in tragedies like Amadou Diallo and Abner Louima. Oh and I haven't even mentioned his

2007-06-08 07:01:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

You know this is not fair at all and it just makes me upset to see how money manipulate the laws!!. I wonder what would happend if all those people that had to serve time for DUI, ask the NEW! Hilton priviledge? I think she needs to be equal as every idiot that decides to ignore the law! It wouldn't be fair at all that she gets out! who agrees with me? and how come MADD is not protesting?

2007-06-08 06:59:53 · 11 answers · asked by alma c 3 in Law & Ethics

He had great people around him Cheney,Chalabi,Rumsfeld. He had the evanfgelicals praying for him. No wmd's...insurgency in its last throes.... greeted as occupiers...Turkey invading northern Iraq....admit it Bushies...the biggest goof in our countries history.

2007-06-08 06:58:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

That only a five year old would block users that disagree with them? I mean, what is the point of only letting people through who agree with you? Why even come on here if you don't want to hear opposing viewpoints. I could just talk to myself.

2007-06-08 06:52:38 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Did the Constitution's promise of no cruel or unusual punishment ever matter? Was it all just a bunch of empty words? Were the soldiers and sailors who fought to protect the Bill of Rights fools wasting their time for a people who never even cared about their Constitution? Or has America simply outrown the Bill of Rights now?

2007-06-08 06:49:51 · 17 answers · asked by jxt299 7 in Elections

They are trying to charge us for an insurance charge, which was for the previous tenant. And they didn't inform us that our rent was due, and now have charged us interest. Plus when we ring them they are rude and uninformative. Does anyone know what our rights our and who we can complain to?

2007-06-08 06:44:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

i have just recieved another lottery notification that i have won obove 500,000.dollars in u.s. funds and need to know once and for all if they are for real.

2007-06-08 06:42:35 · 12 answers · asked by chaluppa 3 in Law & Ethics

So a woman can choose to have an abortion and the "father" says he wants the baby. he files an injunction and is denied because he gave his sperm to her, it is now hers and not his.

(As I recall correctly, this did actually happen)

and she gets her abortion.

So, if she chose not have an abortion and he didnt want the kid, could we argue that the sperm is now hers alone and she is solely responsible for the child as thats exactly what she would have argued if she had chosen abortion?

Or is it just a double standard????

2007-06-08 06:42:27 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-06-08 06:41:29 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-06-08 06:40:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

because it is dependent upon its host
therfore not life...
shouldnt all babies be able to be aborted in thier mindset?
since a breastfed baby cannot feed itself...
a bottle fed baby cannot feed itself either...
they are dependent upon thier parents.. does this mean by thier definition that they are not life??

2007-06-08 06:39:33 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics