Politics & Government - 15 June 2007

2007-06-15 11:31:47 · 20 answers · asked by moviegoer 2 in Government

OK, so why does Lebanon lets itself be intimidated - even "governed" by Syria? From this far away, it looks as if Lebanon has no friends, no allies or no backbone

2007-06-15 11:29:45 · 3 answers · asked by robert43041 7 in Other - Politics & Government

Many people would refer to this behavior as hillbilly'ish

2007-06-15 11:29:00 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I just finnished processing at a MEPS center and I'm set to be a machine gunner in the Marine Reserves (shipping in May of next year). I asked the MOS guy if I could be MCSF and he said I had to be active duty for that. He also said I could volunteer for it, so I'm a little confused... Can anyone clear this up for me? Thanks.

2007-06-15 11:26:49 · 3 answers · asked by Blibber Blabber 1 in Military

2007-06-15 11:26:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I am from el salvador and I have a u.s. tourist visa but not a canadian one. but thats not the point, my question is:can I just go inside canada through the niagara falls, which is a customs-free area or should I go to the canadian embassy and get a tourist visa and then while i stay there we get married? would it be a problem if I just go in there as a tourist and then get married or do i have another option?

please i need advise on this, we know that over there gay couples have the exact same rights as the straight ones, but would it be a problem if i come in through the customs-free area (niagara falls)?

2007-06-15 11:25:18 · 3 answers · asked by Musaraña Incoherente 4 in Immigration

Supposedly the Senators are going to be passing this bill next week. They have sold out to the highest bidder - big businesses!

Start watching who you will need to replace in the upcoming elections!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061400919.html?hpid=topnews

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_110_1.htm

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes.xpd

2007-06-15 11:23:23 · 6 answers · asked by Naturescent 4 in Immigration

WOW! Amazing how many people are taken in by this woman

2007-06-15 11:23:07 · 35 answers · asked by abigail t 1 in Politics

And Mike Nifong has resigned from District Attorney don't you think the 'stripper' who willingly and knowingly falsly accused the players of rape be tried for perjury?
Shouldn't she be held accountable for breaking the law by lying on the stand and making up stories just so she could inprison some upper class white males?
Even Bill Clinton who was President of the United States paid the ultimate price for lying on the stand.
So shouldn't someone who'se a mere stripper be held to the same standards of the law as the President?
What are your thoughts on this matter?

2007-06-15 11:21:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Why would you want your state identified with a murdering, alcoholic slob?

2007-06-15 11:21:51 · 6 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4 in Elections

my sisters ex boyfriend keeps calls me at least twice a week, from midnight till 3 a.m. leaving long messages talking crazy about my sister and complaining about things he can't control. is there a way to get him to stop? like resraining order, order not to contact? i', in alameda county CA. I Really don't want to change my phone number..

2007-06-15 11:21:35 · 6 answers · asked by ccpermillion@sbcglobal.net 2 in Law & Ethics

Ideally I'd like to be able to trace this soldier - but any information you might be able to give in relation to whether he was a British Soldier / American / Canadian....etc and what type of soldier /regiment / army / navy / airforce...etc he might have been in.

I've uploaded a picture - link is below. Please let me know if you can't access.

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/andyfrow/detail?.dir=/4db2re2&.dnm=1978re2.jpg&.src=ph

(apologies, but the photo is at least 60 years old)
thanks.

2007-06-15 11:20:58 · 19 answers · asked by The Unknown Soldier 6 in Military

hahahhha ,i can see how sick you minds are ,mind you english cant be every one language,there are over million languages ,ask your self how many of those languages can you write and speak? check this out www.snaid.com
i guess cos most of you just wasted your time depending on social or too busy fighting the fight of immigration and the job is been given out to immigrants ,if i were you i will rather fight to get me those job by aquiring proper education ,dont you think so? the truth HURTS hahahahahhahahh

2007-06-15 11:17:53 · 5 answers · asked by bob b 1 in Immigration

What is the most powerful currency in the world?

2007-06-15 11:17:37 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

It is very clear that they are not very welcome there anymore... especially in South Africa...

2007-06-15 11:17:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Some 45% of all Republicans report being very happy, compared with just 30% of Democrats and 29% of independents. This finding has also been around a long time; Republicans have been happier than Democrats every year since the General Social Survey began taking its measurements in 1972. Pew surveys since 1991 also show a partisan gap on happiness; the current 16 percentage point gap is among the largest in Pew surveys, rivaled only by a 17 point gap in February 2003.
Could it be that Republicans are so much happier now because their party controls all the levers of federal power? Not likely. Since 1972, the GOP happiness edge over Democrats has ebbed and flowed in a pattern that appears unrelated to which party is in political power.
For example, Republicans had up to a 10 and 11 percentage point happiness edge over Democrats in various years of both the Carter and Clinton presidencies, and as small as a three and five percentage point edge in various years of the Reagan and first Bush presidencies. Also, we should explain here a bit about how our survey questionnaire was constructed. The question about happiness was posed at the very beginning of the interview, while the question about political affiliation was posed at the back end, along with questions about demographic traits. So respondents were not cued to consider their happiness through the frame of partisan politics. This question is about happiness; it is not a question about happiness with partisan outcomes.
Of course, there's a more obvious explanation for the Republicans' happiness edge. Republicans tend to have more money than Democrats, and -- as we've already discovered -- people who have more money tend to be happier.
But even this explanation only goes so far. If one controls for household income, Republicans still hold a significant edge: that is, poor Republicans are happier than poor Democrats; middle-income Republicans are happier than middle-income Democrats, and rich Republicans are happier than rich Democrats.
Might ideology be the key? It's true that conservatives, who are more likely to be Republican, are happier than liberals, who are more likely to be Democrats. But even controlling for this ideological factor, a significant partisan gap remains. Conservative Republicans are happier than conservative Democrats, and moderate/liberal Republicans are happier than liberal Democrats. Hmmm, what other factors might be at play? Well, there's always...
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/301/are-we-h...

2007-06-15 11:16:31 · 16 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

2007-06-15 11:14:33 · 9 answers · asked by vegaswoman 6 in Politics

Member states are allowed to run their own affairs, to retain sovereignty, only where the EU does not.!! How kind of them!! Jurisdiction from Brussels is specified in transport, energy, trade, competition, agriculture, fisheries, space exploration, social policy, public health,(NHS?) employment policy, consumer protection, asylum, immigration, criminal justice and foreign affairs. No wonder our politicians talk about schools so much. It’s pretty much all that’s left!
The Treaty is available online.( PDF file)

2007-06-15 11:13:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Democrat voters I cannot help but feel pity for, the Democrat Politicians are against everything God stands for.

2007-06-15 11:12:56 · 10 answers · asked by abigail t 1 in Elections

2007-06-15 11:09:23 · 7 answers · asked by Robert O 2 in Military

2007-06-15 11:07:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I've been scoping out YA on the politics front and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of questioning going on.

Usually, somebody with some pretty strong polical beliefs asks a leading question, such as "why do [conservatives/liberals] have to [do something that the asker feels is completely stupid]?"

Often times the "best answer" to these types and other political questions are not ones that challenge the asker's beliefs or get the asker to consider the other side in a new light but are rather along the lines of "I'm totally with you, bro."

It is mathematically impossible to be right, all the time. So sometimes liberals are wrong and sometimes conservatives are wrong, yes? Both camps have some good values and some not so great values, yes?

Does anybody feel that it's pretty insane the way conservatives just go after liberals, or vice versa, as if they are one big group and dismiss anything this other camp offers?

What does this mean to our democracy?

2007-06-15 11:06:56 · 16 answers · asked by skeeter j 1 in Politics

I really want to know what do American people expect from foreigners living in the country and willing to be assimilated.

2007-06-15 11:06:12 · 18 answers · asked by CSR Man 2 in Immigration

2007-06-15 11:06:07 · 6 answers · asked by rena 2 in Law & Ethics

I have been too busy lately to learn about the republican presidential candidates. I know the names of who is running, but I am not sure of what they stand for???? I am a conservative, so I am wanting to know things like what their stand is on abortion, stem call research, etc.

2007-06-15 11:01:51 · 7 answers · asked by mikeysmom 3 in Politics

Martin Luther King Jr. was all about non-violence. He said about using nonviolence to enact social change:
"Christ showed us the way and Gandhi showed us it could work."
So why then, do American politicians pretend to honor MLK on his birthday and speak of him almost sacreligiously when in fact, the actions that they often take go against everything he believed in?

2007-06-15 11:01:36 · 16 answers · asked by norton2628 1 in Other - Politics & Government

He blamed the state government for the lack of response to Hurricane Katrina. What did george W.bush accomplish as Governor of Texas?

2007-06-15 10:51:47 · 7 answers · asked by .................... 2 in Politics

Bush admitted that Iraq had no WMD's and that it was not connected with 9/11. He also mentioned a "Freedom Agenda for Middle East" whatever that was or is. Before someone calls me a Liberal, I am neutral and ask this question because our troops were deployed to topple a stable/secular regime in a pretty unstable region, Why?

I was told WMD's and terrorists (something I couldn't swallow).

-Bush's admission is in this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-c8Bf8LWWk&mode=related&search=

2007-06-15 10:49:27 · 20 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5 in Military

The laws we now have will correct the immigration problum, if we would just enforce them.

If the 12 million get away with this whats next ? demanding wage increase's ? telling us how to run our own country?

Please write to your Conngressperson/Senator, tell them to stop this OUTRAGE !!!

2007-06-15 10:48:48 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I have another friend with a considerable amount of money. I am still trying to pay off my student loans from college. He offered an undetermined amount of cash(As in he told me but I am not telling you), to to cause some type of ruckus at the North Korea / South Korea DMZ during the tour we will be taking next month. I have done research on this after he asked me because I have little knowledge about the two Korea's, besides the war. I see hostility is strong and it seems the wrong move could cause a MAJOR INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT up to including a WAR! I brought this up to my dad's friend, who was in the Korean war. He told me that if I did that, North Korea would shoot first and ask questions later. And obviously, if the North fired into the South, the South would return fire and well, the US Military would get involved. According to him, a firefight escalating into an all out heavy gun battle including tanks and stuff you would see on GTA 3 would result.

2007-06-15 10:44:38 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military