Politics & Government - 29 June 2007

what happens when this happens? The company had a certain time-frame to mail settlement ck by certified mail, but, haven't rec'd it.

2007-06-29 12:56:48 · 4 answers · asked by ccj 1 in Law & Ethics

the hospital is threatening to send me to collections even if I pay each month, but don't pay the amount they are requesting per a payment plan. I want to know if this is legal. It was my understanding that as long as you are paying something each month to the hospital, they cannot send you to collections.

2007-06-29 12:54:21 · 6 answers · asked by melswy 1 in Law & Ethics

im sooooo tired of hearing about that wrestler who killed his family! They interupt the story about the london car bombs to talk about it! its really annoying...not to mention how nancy grace freaks out when talking about it! i think i'll just go watch bill oreilly hes comming on in 10mins...

2007-06-29 12:51:45 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

He is as bad as Karl Rove. Wake up America.

2007-06-29 12:51:14 · 9 answers · asked by @#$%^ 5 in Politics

I am toying with the idea of moving to Europe, perhaps the UK or France, and am wondering if they accept immigrants. I work in the healthfield, so would be willing and able to work. How does one go about legally moving overseas?

2007-06-29 12:51:10 · 10 answers · asked by jesswilkins 1 in Immigration

2007-06-29 12:48:26 · 9 answers · asked by shrugger 4 in Civic Participation

It's the lowest it has been in ten years. Even lower than Bush's ratings are now.
Can anyone explain how the supposed super human hero's of the Democratic party have fallen so short in their graces?
I really, really want a straight answer. Not rhetoric or name calling. Just a viable realistic answer.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/

2007-06-29 12:47:18 · 13 answers · asked by scottdman2003 5 in Elections

Is obvious.....

2007-06-29 12:45:01 · 10 answers · asked by The Apostle 2 in Politics

Isn't the New York Post liberal? Correct me if I am wrong.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06192007/entertainment/movies/botched_operation_movies_kyle_smith.htm

2007-06-29 12:44:24 · 22 answers · asked by Liberal City 6 in Politics

Hamas has made their position very clear about Israel can never be recognised and must be destroyed completely by any means necessary. Fatah "seems" a little more refined which is one reason they are dangerous because they are more subtle and diplomatic in their terrorism. Who is worse, the enemy that openly declares themselves as one or the enemy that will shake your hand and kiss your cheek? Why?

2007-06-29 12:43:35 · 7 answers · asked by shrugger 4 in Military

2007-06-29 12:42:29 · 6 answers · asked by Mike 2 in Government

I think the germans had the over all best weapons who do you thimk had the best?

2007-06-29 12:42:14 · 17 answers · asked by can_i_have_a_snack 3 in Military

story link in clear anticpation of liberal whine.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_go_co/congress_subpoenas
quote:
"For the president to perform his constitutional duties, it is imperative that he receive candid and unfettered advice and that free and open discussions and deliberations occur among his advisers and between those advisers and others within and outside the Executive Branch."

quote 2
Those facts might have come out had the chairmen accepted Fielding's original offer to allow administration officials to testify in private, without a transcript, the president's lawyer pointed out Thursday. Lawmakers rejected that offer, however, demanding that a record be made of the interviews.

quote 3
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urged a pragmatic response to Fielding's claim of privilege, saying that if the committee accepted the private-interview offer it could always issue subpoenas later.

Since subpoenas can be issued at any time, whats the big deal to discuss it

2007-06-29 12:42:09 · 10 answers · asked by koalatcomics 7 in Politics

Soldiers’ Voices
Listen to what the armed forces have to say about Iraq.


Operation Arrowhead Ripper, as the latest American offensive is called, has successfully swept into al Qaeda-infested Baquba, the capital of Diyala Province northeast of Baghdad, killing and capturing hundreds of terrorists. The battles in Iraq and Afghanistan time and time again have resulted in significant, but often untold military successes. Realities on the ground often go unnoticed or under-appreciated.

The American soldier has often lacked a voice to articulate his mission and his successes amidst the cacophony of defeat in Congress and public opinion polls.

I invited warriors to weigh in with their perspectives, interviewing hundreds of soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, many on the battlefields of Iraq. Together, their interviews constitute much of War Crimes: The Left’s Campaign to Destroy the Military and Lose the War on Terror. And the picture they paint of their fellow citizens at home is anything but rosy.

“Every day, the enemy changes…only now, the enemy is becoming something new. The enemy is transitioning from the Muslim extremists to Americans. The enemy is becoming the very people whom we defend with our lives. And they do not realize it. But in denouncing our actions, denouncing our leaders, denouncing the war we live and fight, they are isolating the military from society…and they are becoming our enemy. Terrorists cut the heads off of American citizens on the Internet…and there is no outrage but an American soldier kills an Iraqi in the midst of battle, and there are investigations, and sometimes soldiers are even jailed…for doing their job…It is absolutely sickening to me to think our country has come to this.” —Sergeant Eddie Jeffers, U.S. Army

“Some of the American public have no idea how much freedom costs and who the people are that pay that awful price. I think sometimes people just see us as nameless and faceless and not really as humans…A good portion of us are actually scared that when we come home, for those of us who make it back, that there will be protesters waiting for us and that is scary.”—-Specialist Jason Gilson, U.S. Army

“What angers and hurts me as a soldier is that they parade their anti-war views in the face of my brothers and sisters who are recovering from the same battlefield that I fought on and am still fighting on as I type this e-mail. Is there no honor or dignity left in the antiwar movement? Do they have no shame? Do they have no integrity? Do they have no heart? Do they have no soul? I can answer that with a simple no! How can they say they support the troops but protest where they try to recover from war? You interviewed one gentleman, and I use that term loosely, who stated ‘If I was injured I would want someone to speak for me like this.’ Well let me tell him something, we do not want you to speak for us and we do not need you to speak for us!” —Sergeant Mark Leach, U.S. Army

“Compared to the shock of the instant, violent death of a squad-mate standing right next to me or the excitement of a child looking at my uniform, the constant barrage of partisan politics, runaway brides and the activities of Paris Hilton seem utterly devoid of importance. I have marines slowly recuperating at hospitals in San Francisco, Washington, Bethesda and San Diego. Who is telling their stories?” —Captain Rory Quinn, U.S. Marines

“We daily see the gross distortions. We can’t recognize the caricatures they [the media] scratch out, neither in our fellow soldiers, nor on the battleground. I know they claim to be objective but really they’re nothing more than accomplices in the face of this evil.” —First Sergeant Jeff Nuding, U.S. Army

“The troops’ number-one frustration has consistently been the media reporting. The way the press mishandled Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo had a tremendous negative effect on us. It inflamed the Iraqis at a time when we were making great progress in their support and willingness to help.”——Major Eric Egland, U.S. Air Force

“We are at war, Representative Murtha, and your actions and conduct give aid and comfort to our enemies…You have dishonored all of those who have fought and died up to the day you stood on the floor of the House of Representatives and demanded that we withdraw immediately. Representative Murtha, you have given aid and comfort to our enemies in a time of war. You have given them hope, which they have fast been losing, due to all of the victories and sacrifice by our sons and daughters on the field of battle in Iraq and Afghanistan. You have been honored by our enemies on the front page of Al Jazeera. . . ” —Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Stark, U.S. Army

Listen to these voices. Listen to their clarity and purpose. Have you heard anything lately from Washington, D.C., or in the mainstream media nearly as cogent?

As with all wars, America’s fate resides in the hands of the vocal elite manning the editorial desks, congressional offices, and studio back lots. As we approach the birthday of our independence, let us add another voice to the dialogue: the uniformed men and women who, then as now, granted and preserved our freedom. Our way of life is at stake, as is the plight of 25 million Iraqis. Shouldn’t we listen?

2007-06-29 12:32:15 · 12 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

Having a debate in work about the top Dictators, so thought I'd ask the rest of the Yahoo! Answers community :+)

2007-06-29 12:29:36 · 7 answers · asked by eyeswideshut 1 in Politics

Congress' approval rating is in the 25% range. Bush's approval rating is around 30%. More Americans currently disapprove of our government then approve of it, by a pretty wide margin. And I seem to remember from US history courses that only about a third of colonial America actually wanted to go to war with Britain. But I'm not sure of the number. Can anybody help me out? I'd like to know a historical estimate of the percentage of colonial Americans who felt that their government was so screwed up they needed to go to war to change it. I'd bet money that as a country we were happier under the British than we are with Bush and Pelosi.

http://www.pollingreport.com/CongJob.htm
http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

2007-06-29 12:29:26 · 3 answers · asked by Bigsky_52 6 in Politics

You may be brief.

2007-06-29 12:27:49 · 20 answers · asked by Paul 7 in Military

Clinton was a genius but he just wanted to get laid. If he had been a meglomainiac like Bush there is no end to the destruction he would have caused.

So see it worked out just fine.

2007-06-29 12:21:29 · 14 answers · asked by ? 2 in Politics

i lost my parking tickets and need to pay them, how can i do that?

2007-06-29 12:14:43 · 12 answers · asked by jessica_omeara 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

http://youtube.com/watch?v=znQe9nUKzvQ&feature=PlayList&p=F32244A8ACB999B6&index=13

2007-06-29 12:13:04 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Enforce our laws NOW & DEPORT!



http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003767408_immig29.html

WASHINGTON — The political battles that helped bring down sweeping immigration legislation in the Senate are sure to rage on, although the bill is all but dead until after the 2008 elections.

"Immigration is going to have to wait until we get a new president and a new Congress," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said after a 46-53 procedural vote Thursday derailed efforts to move the bill toward final passage.

2007-06-29 12:12:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/29/panama-city-fls-simple-plan-to-combat-illegal-immigration/


PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — The sheriff’s department has developed a remarkably effective — and controversial — way of catching illegal immigrants: Deputies in patrol cars pull up to a construction site in force, and watch and see who runs.

Those who take off are chased down and arrested on charges such as trespassing, for cutting through someone else’s property, or loitering, for hiding out in someone’s yard, or reckless driving, for speeding off in a car.

U.S. immigration authorities are then given the names of those believed to be in this country illegally.


Great Idea!

2007-06-29 12:10:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

The White House — echoing the senior Republican on the Senate panel — urged the chairmen to accept the administration's earlier offer to allow private, off-the-record interviews with current and former aides to President Bush.

"If the committees just want the facts, then they should withdraw the subpoenas and accept the president's offer, instead of this continued pattern of gross overreach and confrontation," said White House spokesman Tony Fratto.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_go_co/congress_subpoenas


Now, does it sound suspicious when the best argument put forward by the white house is ""If the committees just want the facts, then they should withdraw the subpoenas and accept the president's offer"?
The offer being "administration's earlier offer to allow private, off-the-record interviews with current and former aides to President Bush".
So they will explain everything ,but only OFF THE RECORD!

I see a little boy with his hand caught in the cokkie jar.

2007-06-29 12:10:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-06-29 12:09:30 · 11 answers · asked by Beauty&Brains 4 in Other - Politics & Government

I mean think about it. God is causing and allowing mankind to fight each other because he is too big a coward to come out of his hiding and say "I AM" and allow us to praise the one and only true God. Presently the world is filled with religious morons that are following their belief and condeming others for their religions because they do not follow the same God. Well how can anyone follow a God that would allow the suffering of humans, corrupt thir way of thinking, and threaten them (us) with eternal consequences just because we did not believe what other men had told us centuries before about what they had witnessed. If I would have landed in a hot air balloon in the time of Jesus Christ, do you not think that the people would have called me God, much like the Hawaiian called Captain Cook God when he came to the islands? This God of yours is more an antagonist than a LOVING Being because he will allow us to shoot each others sons a&daughters while losing our own to prove WHAT??

2007-06-29 12:05:21 · 12 answers · asked by YippyYahQQ 1 in Military

Maybe in a few years after all our jobs are given to foreigners and we grant visa's to 30 million illegals?

2007-06-29 12:04:35 · 10 answers · asked by jeb black 5 in Other - Politics & Government

story link to flatten liberal whining.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_el_pr/on_the2008_trail_48
quote:
I thought, I hate them for what they are doing to the country and I feel justified in hating them for it,"
Did he mean?

- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
apology?? HOW BOUT ANSWERS WHY THEY DID THIS?

2007-06-29 12:03:46 · 1 answers · asked by koalatcomics 7 in Law & Ethics

Excluding veterans (who have proven themselves), why does it seem there are so many people `talking the talk', but they are not over in Iraq `walking the walk', and fighting the war which they claim they so much believe in? If they truly believe that the primary reason the US is in Iraq is to fight terrorism, why aren't all these pro-war people over there fighting it? Why are there so many people in our country that expect OTHER people to step in front of bullets for them. If the Iraq war was a worthy cause of world freedom, instead of the greed driven, religious revenge, absolute fiasco that it is, I would be the first one over there. I would certainly never expect someone else to risk their life for me, unless I were right there fighting beside them.

2007-06-29 12:00:19 · 22 answers · asked by emcgman 2 in Military

Is it strange how our gov is letting illlegals enter and live in our country? Sending the guard there but tying their hands once they get there. What is going on? I really would like to know what you all think.

2007-06-29 11:57:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

My cousin works for the CIA, not sure what she does and so does her husband. I'm not sure what he does either except for being licensed to kill people. I'm really into forensic science and criminal investigations and even though im only 13, I'm still already studying law, criminal procedures, and DNA and all that stuff to.

2007-06-29 11:54:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics