Politics & Government - 30 June 2007

This weekend in the UK, we've had loads of bombs, presumably all by Al-Qaeda terrorists - are they ever going to stop? What's Great Britain going to do about it? And why isn't there more of a full scale war? Can someone tell me more about all this please - I'm a bit confused... ... And also worried.
Lorna

2007-06-30 06:46:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

story link to avoid the " possibility" of liberal whining.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070630/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_hispanics
Clinton said. "We're going to have to do a clean sweep because there has been a culture of cronyism, corruption and incompetence."

What about Bills culture?

- 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

2007-06-30 06:42:55 · 9 answers · asked by koalatcomics 7 in Law & Ethics

I think Bill Richardson is in a lot stronger position than some give him credit for. Hillary and Obama can't win a general election (IMHO). I also think Edwards is too far left to win the general election. I think Richardson is more moderate in his views and can appeal to the wider base. If Obama, Hillary and Edwards beat each other up, Richardson is going to be looking like a good alternative. Depending on what happens in the primaries, 2008 is shaping up to be a very interesting Democratic convention.

2007-06-30 06:42:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

2007-06-30 06:42:18 · 14 answers · asked by bob J 1 in Politics

It's like calling Moore anti-American because he points out problems. It's weird. I'm not American, but if someone pointed out problems in my country I wouldn't think it was meant to degrade my nation.. particularly if it was a person from my country. So why do so many people take it as a personal insult when Americans and non-Americans criticize the Iraq War, foreign policy, and health care system?

2007-06-30 06:42:13 · 17 answers · asked by MattH 6 in Politics

That THEY will decide to join the
Army to help their dear President
win HIS war in Iraq?

My Republican neighbor is all
rah rah with the Iraqi war but
won't let his 19 year old son join
the Army...(Just like Mitt Romney!)

Why is that?

2007-06-30 06:40:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Well they have tryed in past 2 days to Blow places up in the uk and Failed



How long will this last before one does not Fail !!!


Why cant we just have peace in this world ,

Also Muslims its up to you to contact the police as some of you normal muslims no whats going on !

2007-06-30 06:40:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Democratic Debate Part 3
June 29, 2007
Few errors, lots of dreaming.
Summary
We caught a few candidates off base at the third debate among Democratic contenders for the 2008 presidential nomination:

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson claimed one in five of "the African people" are infected with HIV/AIDS. That's not even close. The actual rate of infection for sub-Saharan Africa is 5.8 percent.
Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich claimed that "our tax dollars right now are being spent overwhelmingly on war and military buildup." In fact, all defense spending amounts to just 23.6 percent of the budget, or about half what is spent on Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement programs.

Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel claimed that 70 percent of prison inmates are African Americans. Actually, the figure is 40 percent

2007-06-30 06:37:07 · 2 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

Im sure it was alot..C students cant get in

2007-06-30 06:36:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-06-30 06:36:41 · 6 answers · asked by bob J 1 in Politics

There has been speculation that Bush might set up an invasion of Iran to coincide perfectly with it to make sure that there is zero media attention on the upcoming AIPAC Israeli spying trial this summer. Bush being the worst President in history and a slave for Israel, I wouldn't doubt he would be willing to invade. And we will soon see WWIII over the moron in the White House. There is no doubt we will be in a World War with Iran withing the coming years. Bush is pathetic. You have to be braindead and delusional to be among the 20% who still think Bush is doing fine.

2007-06-30 06:35:25 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

This man should be removed from this post There should not be any defence for trying to kill and mame no matter what this fool believes I do not recall him standing up for the people of the Irish Republic when the IRA was active so why give credence to these other factions

2007-06-30 06:34:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Terrorist ! Bring it on ! All you do is Fail Fail Fail ! HA HA

2007-06-30 06:32:54 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I just read Hillary Clinton's claim that we will see "corruption" from the Bush administration. Does anyone but me remember how she and Bill were caught taking things from the White House that weren't even theirs before they moved out? Does anyone remember what a disgrace they both were to this country? She and Bill had the gall to take furniture and gifts that were not theirs when moving out of the White House. Who is this woman to point the finger at others?

2007-06-30 06:31:22 · 21 answers · asked by Ambrosia 3 in Politics

My sister in law is addicted to pills. She has also smokes pot and crack. She is on prescription Xanax and adderoll (sp?) and takes whatever she can get her hands on. Her daughter, 15 years old recently also OD'd and was in a hospital for 10 days and custody was given to the dad. SInce then my sis-in-law has lost her other 2 kids to thier dad. She is a liar and a thief and talks often about hurting herself. She hit herself in the head with a hammer trying to get her ex arrested saying he threw her out of a car. She is crazy. She has not spoken to me or my husband( her brother) in 5 months b.c she thinks we had something to do with her getting her kids taken away. She has also threatened us and my then unborn child saying she would run me off the road. I never did anything she accused me of. Her mom won't help her and her brother doesn't care anymore. I want to have her committed but I am not an immediate family member. What do I do? I can't watch her kill herself.

2007-06-30 06:26:48 · 12 answers · asked by kcronin79 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

We still don't know what went on in the "energy policy conference" in the White house in early 2001, but the results are painfully clear. The records of that conference are the property of the American people, but they won't let us see them. Now Cheney claims that he isn't a part of the Executive branch of the government. Is he above the law?

2007-06-30 06:26:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-06-30 06:22:23 · 17 answers · asked by ellen s 1 in Politics

...stay at home and try to defuse the disastrous consequences his Middle East policy has made for community relations here?

2007-06-30 06:21:06 · 11 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Politics

I say yes! The U.S. was in an all out war with Japan. The Japanese were brutal warriors who often tortured and killed their captives, such as beheading U.S. POWs or death marches (Battaan). The Japs also sent air ballons to kill American civilians here. The Japs also didn't believe in surrendering, and would have fought all out if the U.S. had invaded the mainland of Japan. So, with such a brutal enemy that would have killed perhaps millions of American soldiers in an invasion, and with the availability of a new weapon, the A-Bomb that could save American lives and shorten the war, the dropping of the bombs was JUSTIFIED! Heck, even with the dropping of the bombs, the Japanese military did not want to surrender. It was the Emperor who finally decided to surrender.

2007-06-30 06:20:45 · 16 answers · asked by NAP BQ 5 in Military

Will a Jack Booted Corporate Society destroy America and the, "It's just a piece of paper" Constitution

2007-06-30 06:17:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://www.contracostatimes.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=6260144&siteId=571

The poll by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research found that 52 percent of Americans wouldn't consider voting for Clinton, D-N.Y.
Thursday's survey provides a snapshot of the challenges she faces, according to Larry Harris, a Mason-Dixon principal.

"Hillary's carrying a lot of baggage," he said. "She's the only one that has a majority who say they can't vote for her."

Clinton rang up high negatives across the board, with 60 percent of independents, 56 percent of men, 47 percent of women and 88 percent of Republicans saying they wouldn't consider voting for her.

2007-06-30 06:17:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-06-30 06:17:16 · 12 answers · asked by Don`tTreadOnMe 2 in Politics

Here is a video of her caught on tape:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkuguEJPMK0

By Art Moore
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com


Hillary Clinton greeted at August 2000 Hollywood gala and fund-raiser by Peter Paul and his wife Andrea (Courtesy Hillcap.org)
The full, five-minute videotape touted as "smoking gun evidence" of two felonies committed by Sen. Hillary Clinton has been released to WND.

As WND reported, the tape was submitted as evidence to a California appeals court yesterday in a civil fraud suit against the New York Democrat and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

WND reported in April the tape indicates Clinton -- despite denials throughout six years of investigation -- was directly involved with business mogul Peter Franklin Paul in producing a lavish Hollywood fundraiser in August 2000 that eventually cost Paul nearly $2 million.

Clinton's participation in the planning of the event would make Paul's substantial contributions a direct donation to her Senate campaign rather than her joint fundraising committee, violating federal statutes that limit "hard money" contributions to a candidate to $2,000 per person. Knowingly accepting or soliciting $25,000 or more in a calendar year is a felony carrying a prison sentence of up to five years.

Paul's complaint charges President Clinton destroyed his entertainment company to get out of a $17 million deal in which Clinton promised to promote the firm in exchange for stock, cash options and massive contributions to his wife's 2000 campaign. Paul contends he was directed by the Clintons and Democratic Party leaders to foot the bill for the Hollywood event.

In the tape, Clinton is heard via speakerphone thanking Paul, business partner Stan Lee and other colleagues for their efforts in putting together the fundraiser.

She also describes the role of longtime aide Kelly Craighead as assisting in day-to-day involvement in preparation for the event as her liaison with Paul and his producers.


Peter Paul and Sen. Hillary Clinton (Courtesy Hillcap.org)

Craighead, Clinton says, "talks all the time" with Paul, "so she'll be the person to convey whatever I need."

The aide's hands-on role is significant, because the law also implicates a candidate if any of his or her agents are involved in coordinating expenditures with a donor.

In another portion of the tape, Clinton is heard discussing her direct solicitation of a large contribution from the entertainer Cher. Paul's legal team, the U.S. Justice Foundation, argues the value of Cher's performance alone vastly exceeded the FEC limits.

The tape was one of 90 Paul was ordered to turn over to the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York in 2001 as part of the investigation in a related securities case against him. But it has never been used as evidence, despite its relevance to the key question of Sen. Clinton's involvement in the Hollywood fundraiser.

Sen. Clinton has claimed through her spokesman Howard Wolfson that Paul gave no money to her campaign, and her supporters have denied she had any anything to do with coordinating the fund-raiser or soliciting contributions directly from donors.

Clinton's campaign has counted the more than $800,000 of in-kind contributions it reported in a 2006 amended FEC report for the Hollywood Gala as indirect, or "soft money," given to the New York Senate 2000 Committee, a state account that was run jointly by Clinton, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the New York State Democratic Party.

The Clintons' longtime attorney David Kendall has not replied to WND's request for comment on Paul's videotape. Kendall previously has declined comment on the case, saying only to WND regarding the felony assertion, "Any such allegation is totally false and totally unsupported."

2007-06-30 06:16:23 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://yougov.com/archives/pdf/omi060101069_1.pdf
The above poll by the HIGHLY respected YouGov and taken in conjunction with Sky News shows:

1. 1/3 Brits want all immigrants to leave the country INCLUDING FAMILY MEMBERS BORN HERE.

2. MAJORITY want all immigration stopped.

3. When made aware of their policies (and not the lies common in the media) 20% would SERIOUSLY consider voting BNP.

2007-06-30 06:14:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Is there something they're hiding? Should we patriot act these people?

2007-06-30 06:11:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Hillary Clinton - President
Joe Biden - Vice President

I think Clinton will choosse Biden for his foriegn policy brillance and his intellect on diplomatic issues. And, especially, for this plan for the war and Iraq.

2007-06-30 06:06:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Anaphylactic shock, choking, suffocation and death are common among severe strawberry allergy sufferers.

Considering the dangers involved in the drugs contained in strawberries and their fatal effects in some humans - why are strawberries still legal?

Even worse is when one goes into the local Whole Foods and they have "the first one is free - then you're hooked" samples of strawberries out for toothpicking.

Considering many enjoy strawberries with no ill effects - but strawberry usage can be fatal in others - why don't we apply the same logic to strawberries that we do to other plant-based sources of enjoyment which are illegal, and illegalize strawberries?

2007-06-30 06:02:28 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

...that if and when burglars, robbers and muggers are caught that they should be forced to repay to the victim the cost of what they have stolen, rather than be sent to the prisons which are full up anyway? And how would you enforce this?
I would make them clean the streets and any other menial task until the whole debt, plus interest, is paid.

2007-06-30 06:02:13 · 9 answers · asked by Montgomery B 4 in Law & Ethics

deterioration and such... Doesn't it make more sense to start programs that would help us live on other planets or at least space stations, rather then spend so much money to only prolong the inevitable?

2007-06-30 06:02:00 · 5 answers · asked by TJ815 4 in Other - Politics & Government

Is it unethical for a 35 year old dentist to send sexually suggestive messages to an 18 yr. old high school student that works at his office?

2007-06-30 05:55:38 · 11 answers · asked by supermommy 1 in Law & Ethics