Politics & Government - 2 July 2007

Electric fence at the border, landmines, sharpshooter, sex offenders to have their way with whomever makes it across. Last I checked, wasn't MURDER a crime which we, by our own laws, classify as a FELONY?! Crossing the border is a misdemeanor. We scream & cry about these "criminals" among us yet we want to stop the misdemeanor with a felony. And this is about JUSTICE right? A law is a law is a law. Right? Your thoughts?

2007-07-02 17:41:05 · 22 answers · asked by Pamela 5 in Immigration

What can we do to follow the Constitution more closely and have you thought of what our founders did when they set this country up in the way they did?

2007-07-02 17:40:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-07-02 17:40:09 · 4 answers · asked by 123..WAIT! 5 in Government

2007-07-02 17:38:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

As we all know people say stupid things and joke in times of happiness, times of stress and anxiety. However, I think joking about the death of your child so you can profit is henious and I am appauled. If a soldier dies in Iraq, the family or dependent gets 400,000. Who would want blood money? Who would want to see their son die so they could make some quick money? Who would joke about that in front of people, especially your son? Am I over reacting or is this over the top?

2007-07-02 17:36:55 · 16 answers · asked by kelly m 1 in Military

If we all protest by refusing to purchase these vehicles it will force the automakers to change their ways. My 4 cylinder vehicle sits in the garage most of the time while I ride my bike. What about you?

2007-07-02 17:35:53 · 24 answers · asked by Honey Girl 3 in Politics

2007-07-02 17:35:34 · 3 answers · asked by marky_ohh 2 in Other - Politics & Government

Black High School Students in Louisiana Threatened With Lynching
By Rick Perlstein
TomPaine

In September 2006, a group of African American high school students in Jena, Louisiana, asked the school for permission to sit beneath a "whites only" shade tree. There was an unwritten rule that blacks couldn't sit beneath the tree. The school said they didn't care where students sat. The next day, students arrived at school to see three nooses (in school colors) hanging from the tree....

The boys who hung the nooses were suspended from school for a few days. The school administration chalked it up as a harmless prank, but Jena's black population didn't take it so lightly. Fights and unrest started breaking out at school. The District Attorney, Reed Walters, was called in to directly address black students at the school and told them all he could "end their life with a stroke of the pen."

Black students were assaulted at white parties. A white man drew a loaded rifle on three black teens at a local convenience store. (They wrestled it from him and ran away.) Someone tried to burn down the school, and on December 4th, a fight broke out that led to six black students being charged with attempted murder. To his word, the D.A. pushed for maximum charges, which carry sentences of eighty years.

2007-07-02 17:34:52 · 13 answers · asked by Habitus 4 in Law & Ethics

Find the "Paris justice" satisfatory?

Find the "Scooter justice" satisfactiory?

Please elaborate.
Please elaborate really well, add your personal touch here now. I'm really interested in your own particular take on how this law and order and justice stuff all really fits together now.

I'm a little enthusiastic we may get some interesting stuff here beyond a rubberized kind of lockstep thing/response.

Is there something sincere about law and order and justice anymore?

Personally, I think I'm probably going to feel a little angry about this news soon (mayby a lot angry) but I've just had a good day today -an unusually good day, in fact. And I haven't quite got angry about it yet. I thought I'd put up the question first.

I guess maybe I'd like to feel like I don't even HAVE to get angry about it. At least not for the next few days would be nice.

2007-07-02 17:33:07 · 4 answers · asked by roostershine 4 in Politics

At home - ?Are you pleased with his domestic policy's ?

Foriegn policy are you pleased with that ?

Any other things he may or may not have done Are you pleased with that ?

2007-07-02 17:28:57 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I live in a country where the Prime Minister (equivalent to president) has to get up every day in Parliament and justify his actions to representatives of the people.

Citizens can (and often do) have their representative ask the PM directly what's going on. He has to answer on his feet on national televison.

It amazes me how the U.S. President only shows up in Congress once a year.

The rest of the time he's virtually unaccountable and in fact seems to run a government which ignores voters.

Most of the time the main issue in America seems to be "who's in charge here?"

So my question is: would America get better government if the President had to show up in Congress to account for his actions?

2007-07-02 17:28:20 · 11 answers · asked by V2K1 6 in Government

Even if it meant Al Gore would be President.

2007-07-02 17:28:00 · 7 answers · asked by G O 5 in Elections

how Ron Paul is the only candidate that cares about the Constitution?

Just because the man carries a pocket Constitution in his suit jacket to pull out at opportune moments doesn't mean that he's the only candidate who cares about our Constitution. I don't really know of any candidates, Democrats or Republicans, who don't have the utmost respect for our Constitution. The only ones these days who seem to have a problem with it are those in the current Administration, who have always seemed to think it nothing but a nuisance and an impediment to getting what they want.

Sorry, but I'm just not buying it that Paul is the only true blue American who reveres our Constitution. It's nothing but bunk as far as I'm concerned.

Thoughts?

2007-07-02 17:26:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-02 17:20:37 · 17 answers · asked by Honey Girl 3 in Politics

SO WHAT WILL HAPPEND NOW WILL I HAVE WARRNT OUT FOR ME?OR CAN I CALL THE COURT AND ASK THEM TO RENEW COURT DATE ? YO THINK THEY WILL GIVE ME NEW COURT DATE?WHAT SHOULD I SAY ABOUT MY MISSED COURT DAY? i think i'm in trobul.amiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii?

2007-07-02 17:19:50 · 3 answers · asked by amit v 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Will he be spending ANY time in jail?

2007-07-02 17:18:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Think about it. Where does oil come from?

2007-07-02 17:18:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-02 17:16:24 · 3 answers · asked by saiful 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-02 17:15:51 · 17 answers · asked by gonecrazybacksooninky 4 in Military

2007-07-02 17:13:36 · 24 answers · asked by 123..WAIT! 5 in Government

1) Richard Armitage leaks Plame's name.
2) Fitzgerald is appointed Special Prosecutor.
3) His first day on the job, Fitsgerald knows all the facts of the case, including Armitage being the leaker.
4) Fitzgerald decides Armitage broke no law because A) Plame wasn't covered by the law because she wasn't undercover, and B) Armitage didn't leak her name intentionally.
5) Fitzgerald, knowing no laws were broken, continues his investigation for two years. Fitzgerald was trying to catch someone in a lie.
6) Libby's testimony conflicts with a television journalist's. Libby is indicted and convicted of lying. He is sentenced to prison and a fine.

And now you know the facts. Libby wasn't the leaker.

http://tinyurl.com/2zb55y

2007-07-02 17:10:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Libby does not testify and does not call Chaney as a witness. Gets his appeal attempts paid for and if that fails his sentence is commuted. The state est moi.

2007-07-02 17:09:33 · 6 answers · asked by sSuper critic 2 in Law & Ethics

If you stare at them long enough will something come out in their eyes, maybe? Something that you can't just quite understand but its something you know just isn't quite right?

Does anyone else get that feeling when looking at those guys? Or am I just crazy?

Heres' the guy i'm talking about:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465481&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

2007-07-02 17:08:51 · 8 answers · asked by Nickoo 5 in Politics

Every other post is some whiny lib wringing their hands and gnashing their teeth over this. Most can't even get the facts straight (par for the course). I don't even have to defend it, because there's not a darn thing libs can do about it, except what they do every day anyway, whine.

2007-07-02 17:08:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

according to you,wat is the main objective of a politician? plz give ur views............

2007-07-02 17:08:40 · 5 answers · asked by allen 2 in Politics

The law makes reference to minors being allowed to consume alcohol when in the direct supervision of their parents, but does this only allow them to drink alcohol in their parents' home or can the parents also order alcohol for their child at a restaurant or bar?

2007-07-02 17:08:14 · 19 answers · asked by Patrick N. 1 in Law & Ethics

Do you believe that u.s should not iunterfere at all with the world or still interefere. Details are helpful thanks

2007-07-02 17:06:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-07-02 17:05:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Seriously?

2007-07-02 17:04:35 · 13 answers · asked by 123..WAIT! 5 in Government

2007-07-02 17:03:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics