Politics & Government - 11 June 2007

The more languages you speak, the more opporunities to succeed in America you have!
Whites, Yellows, Browns, Blacks, Reds, or Pinks, or Blues in California agree that Spanish Language is our official Second Language.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution :
This amendment established the constitutional basis for the educational rights of language minority students.
Guaranteed that no State can make or enforce any law abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens; nor deprive any person of life, liberty or property, or equal educational opportunities, without due process of law; nor deny equal protection of the laws.
In 1967 Governor Ronald Reagan signs SB 53, the legislation allowing the use of other languages of instruction in California public schools.
This bill overturned the 1872 law requiring English-only instruction.

Do you know the current laws in regard to Bilingual Education in CA ?

2007-06-11 06:36:39 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Every other question I read on here is blame mexicans for this, blame mexicans for that. Even when people say they're mexican, Or even freakin' say something pro mexican, you take off your clan hood so you can type better and sit there and say
"Well Boy, why dont you done go back to your own damn country" which actually was a real answer, but i took out the spelling mistakes.

2007-06-11 06:36:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

for the good of our country? Do you think he understands that he has a sworn duty to uphold a government for the people, by the people and of the people? I am really confused as to what is going on in our beloved USA. Please explain your answer for my own sanity and those who are similarly situated as myself. Thank you.

2007-06-11 06:28:33 · 19 answers · asked by Belen 5 in Government

My high school was half Mex and the rest was white on Patty day the Mex would try and beat up the whites nothing was ever done about it,We learned how to stick together and fight Now that I think about it can we have a Dem/lib day It would be so much fun!

2007-06-11 06:27:28 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I'm a democrat, and though I like my party's frontrunners, all three of them, I'm realistic enough to realize they don't have much of a chance. Hillary's a woman, and I don't know if this country is ready for a president that isn't male and white, which also excludes my personal favorite, Obama. John Edwards and his 400 dollar haircut or whatever have neatly put him into the punchline catergory. That's what beat Kerry in '04.
Agree? Disagree?
The most open minded, intelligent answer gets 10 points.

2007-06-11 06:20:31 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Looking to name my Dodge Ram something amazing. I want people to cry when they hear my engine getting closer to them. I want to give it a name, one that will bring fear to the hearts of children, and bring villagers to their knees in prayer. I want to first gather a list of suggested names, and then have people vote on those names.
So far the suggested names are:

The Black Satyr
The Beast
Venom
Lucipher


Suggestions will be greatly appreciated. (btw, it's black)

2007-06-11 06:20:29 · 21 answers · asked by choirgirl1987 2 in Military

Is it out of ignorance? Or is it religious beliefs teaching them to hate someone different from them?

2007-06-11 06:17:46 · 15 answers · asked by Dastardly 6 in Politics

Pro death penalty, pro school prayer, pro preemptive war, and pro life?

2007-06-11 06:16:35 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-06-11 06:13:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Do you like him Or hate him.

2007-06-11 06:13:41 · 17 answers · asked by indigochic101 2 in Elections

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on immigrants and being an AMERICAN in
1907.

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or
origin. But this is predicated upon the persons becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag.
We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

Isn't he still right?

2007-06-11 06:11:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Terri Everett, Senior Procurement Executive of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, is quoted as saying "70% of the total Intelligence Community budget is spent on contractors." (some $34 Billion and many not even US companies)

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/01/intel_contractors/index_np.html
http://www.vsb.org/docs/valawyermagazine/vl1206_foreign-own-def.pdf


Do you have any personal feelings on the matter? Is this the reason we're safe? Do those contractors have any accountability to US citizens? If it's working should we just leave it be or is it classic government overspending...the proverbial $100 hammer?

2007-06-11 06:09:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

FOR EVERY 10 AMERICAN SOLDIERS THERE ARE 7 BLACKWATER TERRORISTS WHO DONT FOLLOW THE RULES OF WAR....GENEVA CONVENTIONS DONT APPLY TO CONTRACTORS BEING USED BY U.S.GOVT

HERE'S THE CLUELESS SHRUB TRYING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THREE YEARS AFTER THE WAR BEGAN:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A6Z1tevub9I

2007-06-11 06:09:21 · 11 answers · asked by dude s 2 in Government

My son was sent to Kuwait before being transfered to Baghdad. I have only heard from him once letting me know that he arrived ok. I also got one e-mail telling me that his orders had been changed and he's going to Baghdad instead of Al Assad. How do you not go crazy waiting and waiting, I guess I'm just not very good at the waiting game. Just wondered if anyone else was going through or has been through the same thing?

Worried Army Mom

2007-06-11 06:09:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Early on in a visit to the $27 million dollar institute of non-learning, the "Answers in Genesis Creation museum museum", each visitor is given advice on the proper mind frame to have for the visit:

“Don’t think, just listen and believe”. [..] Human Reason is the enemy and God’s Word is the hero. Descartes represents Human Reason, saying “I think, therefore I am”. But God tells us there no need to waste your beautiful mind, for God says “I am that I am”.

So logic, reason and science are Bad; blind faith is Good right?

Is this the conservative mindset?

http://crazytalk.typepad.com/bluegrassroots/2007/06/fun_at_the_crea.html

2007-06-11 06:05:07 · 19 answers · asked by captain_koyk 5 in Politics

The ticket you think would just blow away the competition. Give me one realistic combination and another combo that is unlikely but not in the realm of impossiblity.

My realistic dream ticket: Clinton/Obama
My unlikely ticket: Clinton/Powell

2007-06-11 06:05:07 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale, and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged."

President Lincoln said that and I happen to agree. Isn't our Congress guilty of this?

2007-06-11 06:04:29 · 35 answers · asked by ? 6 in Other - Politics & Government

Do you vote blindly repub or dem or do you actually listen with an open mind to each candidate, and each issue?

2007-06-11 06:04:10 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

2007-06-11 05:57:48 · 33 answers · asked by Reserved 6 in Law Enforcement & Police

As you may recall, on Memorial Day, some Liberal protesters were burning the American flag in my town. I walked over toward them and when I got near them, one of these dirtbags, wearing an old Clinton-Gore T-shirt, got too close to me and sorta brushed up against me . So, I reached back and smacked the taste out of his mouth. When the police saw what happened, they rushed over and I told them I feared for my safety.

As you know, the Lib was charged with assaulting me even though I smacked him silly! Haha. Well, the court hearing occurred today. The officer, of course, was there and we had a good conversation. The prosecutor was a cool guy as well. They were being flirtatious.

Well, the Lib tried to plead "not guilty." LOL. He said I used the event as a pretext to whack him and that he had no intention of doing any harm to me. He was found guilty of misdemeanor assault, among other things, fined $300 plus court costs, and sentenced to 40 hours of Community Service!!!

2007-06-11 05:57:32 · 31 answers · asked by Kim 1 in Politics

This is my question about politics. I am just curious as
I have never been completely happy about any of them.

2007-06-11 05:57:32 · 18 answers · asked by animalperson00 1 in Other - Politics & Government

I just received a letter in the mail about a parking ticket that had a penalty added to it because apparently I had a parking ticket on May 4 that I wasn't aware of. I sometimes get parking tickets for "overtime parking", meaning I leave my car on the street overnight. I'm not debating that fact, but the cop who issues the ticket often fails to secure it to my car, resulting in the wind blowing it away. It's happened before, and I got another parking ticket last week that I would not have known about if I didn't happen to be standing outside when the wind blew it up the sidewalk.
I can either pay the ticket (an extra $30, not a huge deal, but it's the point of the thing) or go to traffic court to dispute it. I am unable to go because it coincides with my work hours, and I can't afford to do that right now. Could I maybe send them a written complaint? What's the best thing to do here? Thanks for your opinion!

2007-06-11 05:55:14 · 11 answers · asked by Veridian 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

Is it a life at birth? At the second trimester? At viability? At conception? When is abortion justifiable? BEfore implantation? Before viability? Anytime? Or are you against abortion because you believe that all of it is murder?

2007-06-11 05:54:55 · 34 answers · asked by hichefheidi 6 in Politics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_on_re_us/teen_sex_case

A Georgia judge ordered the release Monday of a man sentenced to 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17.

The judge threw out Genarlow Wilson's previous sentence and amended it to misdemeanor aggravated child molestation with a 12-month sentence, plus credit for time served. Under the new ruling, he will not be required to register as a sex offender.

Wilson, now 21, has been behind bars for more than two years.

2007-06-11 05:54:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

my last two account is example of two face of the "democratic states" that they claim as they have" "freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of action". so, I don't belive the western democracy any more

2007-06-11 05:54:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

personally, i say NOTHING!! ZIP!! NADA!! zilch!! but some think the employment numbers are good thanks to him! ha!! the only jobs are part time jobs at minimum wage and bush should not get credit!!

2007-06-11 05:53:16 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I was flipping through the channels and came across CSPAN where the British House of Commons was in session. Some dude or lady approaches the table and says something, a bunch of people yell, then Tony Blair responds. What is going on here?

2007-06-11 05:51:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I got a ticket in new jersey for 42 mph in a 40 mph speed zone is this legal? is it worth fighting in court?

2007-06-11 05:50:03 · 14 answers · asked by mark v 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

I work at the buckle, and its very competitive and we get scheduled by our progress and sales. I've been left off the schedule for 3 weeks now, and he hasnt fired me.. he just wont schedule me. Is it illegal for him to do that? Is there anything i can claim since i've applied at other places (but since it is summer, no one is hiring)?

2007-06-11 05:49:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Murder is a legal term. The average citizen is not qualified to determine whether or not something is "murder."

Since the government has deemed that abortion is not murder, could one of you hysterical pro-lifers who constantly screeches about how it is please provide the legal statute defining abortion as murder?

Not your interpretation - a currently valid legal statute put into place by our government.

2007-06-11 05:48:18 · 27 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics