Politics & Government - 5 July 2007

Something got on the collar and along the front of the dress. What could it be?

2007-07-05 16:08:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

the mom came to meet up with her husband, but when she got here he was living with another woman. She is now stuck. She has no more money and not a good shot of making it here. What do we do? Morally - legally

2007-07-05 16:07:32 · 44 answers · asked by bethanyclark30 1 in Immigration

2007-07-05 16:07:23 · 14 answers · asked by goalie4413 2 in Other - Politics & Government

ok i have a question...
i am a us citizen born and raised here. i support illegals to an extent ok. yeah they came here the wrong way but they came here for an honest living in which more then 90% of you would do the same.
yeah i understand some do not pay taxes and are on warefare but..
niether do drug dealers and lazy americans that do not want to work and make a living for them self.
yeah they take up room in school but more white kids drop out then illegals do yeah illegal girls have babies at a young age but they suppor them and work even with a illegal documents also americans do it too.
and why is it a big issue any wayz i have seen more lite skin killers then brown you kw why b/cuz they get away with it and still we worry about illegals they are even scared to call the police for help due to deportion i don't think they would commit all those so called crimes lets think about people not skin color we are all created equal

2007-07-05 16:06:20 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I posted a wig on craigslist. Lacefront, never worn. Lady conatcted me from another state asking if i would consider shipping, take paypal, and drop the price by $25. I aggreed. After the fact learned paypal charges for transaction so i only made $118, down from the $150 i posted the wig for. I emailed the lady pics of the wig, exact measurements, gave here the website I had purchased the wig from and everything. She wanted the wig. Once shipped she emails me saying it is longer than what she expected and does not fit the way she would like and that she is sorry but can't keep the wig and wants a refund. Am I obligated to refund her money? I never said it was a final sale, but i also never said I would give refund. Plus , I went out of my way to get her this wig, i was only looking for a local sale. I originally paid $400 for this wig and never wore it and she got it for only $125. She got the better end of the deal. So do i legally owe her a refund?

2007-07-05 16:06:06 · 11 answers · asked by raindrop_110880 1 in Law & Ethics

"Libby's friends and supporters have raised more than $5 million to cover legal fees and were continuing to raise money " so as to allow Libby to be hurt only with $250,000 fine? Is American Leadership suggesting that it's okay to betray this nation as long as one has rich friends and supporters and that money erases all crimes? Are the powerful rich in America suggesting that the American Public should uphold the reasoning that only friends of the wealthy have a right to commit crimes and still walk the streets?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_libby

What has happened to real moral values in America? aawe are heading to the filthy old plantation days where the rich and the powerful could commit crimes without having to be punished for them.

2007-07-05 16:05:33 · 7 answers · asked by United_Peace 5 in Law & Ethics

What Advancement would you like to see in our military? Maybe like cybernetick amour that would prevent any bullet for hurt our troops which would America an superpower again. But what advancement would you like to see in our miltary?

2007-07-05 16:03:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Besides politics?? I am curious if people only hang out in this section. Even if you do not ask or answer, are there sections you read questions/answers in?

Thank You.

2007-07-05 16:03:32 · 23 answers · asked by Supercell 5 in Politics

Ya know, I grew up always hearing about how "awesome" America was. How "powerful" it was. I understand America has a poor history in certain areas, and so does its leaders. But so do a lot of other countries. However, I do know we were known for our diplomatic and political savvy. Now what are we known for? Dare I even say? How many years did it take for us to realize that just maybe..we made a mistake with who we chose..twice..as our leader? Why do we still let it go on? I understand its almost over, but the fact that we let it go on as long as we did, that shows something has changed in our "great" country. We've never been a completely equal country, with a scale based on the upper, middle, and lower class and all that jazz. But something seems far worse now. I may only be seventeen, but that will change. And what have I learned from all this? Who I would not want as my leader. This country cannot afford another Bush.

2007-07-05 16:00:07 · 23 answers · asked by kalistburg 2 in Politics

I hang out with a lot of Vets. Most of them are Marines. Yes we all obsessed with our Marines. We sit around my campfire and drink a few. I'm not a former Marine, I'm former Army. And I'm proud of it. However at the end of evening several of them will say "Semper Fi" I know what it means. But I'm not a Marine. Is it appropriate for me to say it back? I never have. I have too much respect for it. Just ignore the question if you think it's too silly.

2007-07-05 15:56:47 · 19 answers · asked by Milmom 5 in Military

Also,
how has Bush restricted or limited opportunities for freedom in the USA?

2007-07-05 15:55:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

i got a misdemeanor for possession of under an ounce of marijuana, if i plead guilty will i be put on trial or will i just pay the fine after i plead guilty?

it was my first offense

2007-07-05 15:54:34 · 8 answers · asked by doug s 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-05 15:52:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Romney criticized for hotel pornography By GLEN JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
Thu Jul 5, 5:01 PM ET



BOSTON - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, who rails against the "cesspool" of pornography, is being criticized by social conservatives who argue that he should have tried to halt hardcore hotel movie offerings during his near-decade on the Marriott board.

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Two anti-pornography crusaders, as well as two conservative activists of the type Romney is courting, say the distribution of such graphic adult movies runs counter to the family image cultivated by Romney, the Marriotts and their shared Mormon faith.
"Marriott is a major pornographer. And even though he may have fought it, everyone on that board is a hypocrite for presenting themselves as family values when their hotels offer 70 different types of hardcore pornography," said Phil Burress, president of Citizens for Community Values, an anti-pornography group based on Ohio.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a leading conservative group in Washington, said: "They have to assume some responsibility. It's their hotels, it's their television sets."

During a recent Associated Press interview, Romney said he did not recall pornography coming up for discussion while he was on the Marriott board from 1992 to 2001. Despite being chairman of the board's audit committee, he also said he was unaware of how much revenue pornography may have generated for the hotel chain.

Romney said his current concern is not about pornography per se, but children unwittingly stumbling upon it on the Internet or television.

"I am not pursuing an effort to try and stop adults from being able to acquire or see things that I find objectionable; that's their right. But I do vehemently oppose practices or business procedures that will allow kids to be exposed to obscenity," the former Massachusetts governor said.

Pornography is a lucrative business for various hotel chains. Estimates vary widely, up to $500 million annually industrywide by one opponent, John Harmer, who served as California's lieutenant governor under Ronald Reagan.

Marriott and other major hoteliers say they offer pay-per-view pornography because their customers demand it and entertainment service contracts require it to underwrite first-run movies and free television.

"It certainly would have been wrong to impose his own personal beliefs if they were contrary to the financial interests of the company," Marriott spokesman Roger Conner said of Romney.

Marriott had a contract with On Command Corp. for its television and movie services during Romney's board tenure. Conner said the contract was signed in 1991 — the year before Romney joined the board. He served until 2001 and was paid $25,000 annually, plus stock.

When Romney left to take over the 2002 Winter Olympics, a Marriott statement described him as an "active, hands-on director."

Marriott refused to say if its contract with On Command was ever discussed or voted upon by the board, saying the directors' votes and meeting minutes are proprietary.

Marriott now contracts with LodgeNet Entertainment Corp., which bought On Command last year.

Gary Glenn, president of American Family Association of Michigan, a conservative group, said: "The Marriott Corporation may be tap dancing around this subject, but a candidate for president should not be able to."

Marriott International has more than 500,000 hotel rooms and annual revenues exceeding $10 billion. While the Marriott name is on more than 2,800 buildings, the corporation owns only about a dozen hotels. The rest are owned by franchises, lessening corporate control over their activities.

Romney, 60, has close links to the corporation, which opened its first hotel in 1957. Not only did he serve on its board of directors, but his given first name — "Willard" — is in honor of the hotel chain's founder, J. Willard Marriott. Marriott and Romney's father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, were friends and rose through industry together.

In June 2000, J.W. "Bill" Marriott Jr., the son of Marriott's founder, defended the distribution of pornographic movies, saying they were inseparable from the rest of the chain's TV offerings.

"The in-room entertainment operators who provide our systems rely upon a certain volume of movie types in order to be economically viable," Bill Marriott wrote to Bill Johnson, executive director of the Michigan-based American Decency Association. "If we were to eliminate the 'R' and non-rated offerings, the systems would not be economic."

No all hotel chains have the same policy. Omni Hotels announced in late 1999 it would no longer offer pay-per-view movies in its rooms. Ritz-Carlton, the hotel name synonymous with luxury, also does not offer in-room pornography — even though it is owned by Marriott International.

Daniel Weiss, media analyst for James Dobson's "Focus on the Family," said this week in a radio broadcast to Focus members: "If (Romney) made money off pornography in the past, is he going to turn a blind eye to it if he's president? Because as chief executive of the nation, it's his responsibility to make sure our nation's obscenity laws are efficiently and vigorously enforced."

Romney linked the prevalence of pornography to the Virginia Tech shooting spree that left 33 dead.

"Pornography and violence poison our music and movies and TV and video games," Romney said May 5 during a commencement address at Regent University, the evangelical Christian school run by Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson.

"The Virginia Tech shooter, like the Columbine shooters before him, had drunk from this cesspool."

2007-07-05 15:49:10 · 8 answers · asked by ὀκτάπους 5 in Politics

No he didn't.

She did 1 /1/2 years in federal prison for refusing to testify against Clinton. because she said Ken Starr was a witness tamperer who tried to dictate her testimony and she refused.

Clinton pardoned no one who was involved with him in the White House in questionable acts which might have implicated Clinton himself.

Clinton's pardons are not comparable to Bush commutation of Libby's sentence.

2007-07-05 15:46:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Just saw something on TV showing young men and women entering the Naval Academy in Baltimore. Those who were wearing glasses seemingly weren't wearing their own -- they each had HUGE glasses on. What's the deal? Thanks.

2007-07-05 15:45:36 · 9 answers · asked by BreadCollision 1 in Military

Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths about the liberty of a democratic people. The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people
tolerate the growth of a private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. (FDR: message
to Congress proposing the monopoly investigation, 1938)


Like the bourgeoisie.

2007-07-05 15:45:03 · 7 answers · asked by Psyengine 7 in Civic Participation

2007-07-05 15:42:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Am I the only one!?!? Why are all but one of the Republican candidates neo-cons??? Why are all the Republican talk show and radio hosts all neo-cons??? (Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Larry Kudlow)

Thanks to the neo-cons and Mr. Bush, the image of us Republicans is ruined. America will be paying higher taxes after the next election thanks to the neo-cons who ruined everything. Thanks a lot.

2007-07-05 15:39:59 · 16 answers · asked by RockiesFan 2 in Politics

I keep reading where others think marriage is a religious issue,and the government is only involved for the best interest of the children. I say neither is true. I wasn't married in a church yet i feel my marriage is very valid. The courts don't worry about the children,except in child abuse cases,which has nothing to do with marriage. In custody cases the court is only interested the money they can make off child support,not the children. Can anyone explain this?

2007-07-05 15:39:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

From the Christian Science Monitor

"This get-tough attitude with businesses is growing across the US. As of April, 40 other states had introduced 199 bills related to employment of undocumented workers – the top subject of immigration-related legislation in the states, according to a report for the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Although Arizona's new law is apparently the harshest so far, Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Tennessee, and West Virginia are still in the process of enacting legislation to force employers to verify their workers' legal status, cautions Dirk Hegen, an expert on immigration policy at NCSL. Now that federal immigration reform has stalled in Congress, more states are likely to act, he adds."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070705/ts_csm/asanction_1

2007-07-05 15:39:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

It's Sen. Pete Domenici, REPUBLICAN member of the defense appropriations committee. Suddenly he became a liberal, and French too, apparently. He follows Republicans Richard Lugar, John Warner, and George Voinovich in calling for withdrawal. How many more Republicans are secretly liberal traitor bed-wetting commies who hate America?

2007-07-05 15:39:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Is there anyone that is more offensive and repulsive than her? How does her wife deal with it? She is a fat, disgusting pig with a personality to match, just like the Donald said. Dontcha just wish she would die?

2007-07-05 15:38:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

There is so much hate in most of these answers. Why? I am sure if most of them digg a little bit in their past they will find out that their parents or grand parents came here illegally. Even Lou Dobbs. I understand that they came here illegally,which is bad, but they are not the only ones. I think people should not say all kind of bad things about, like Lou Dobbs is doing on CNN every day. He speaks so bad about illegals, but he is getting millions just for talking about illegals. He should love them. Because he is making a living by talking about them all day.

2007-07-05 15:34:55 · 28 answers · asked by Diamond C. 3 in Immigration

Nobody that Clinton pardoned was covering up for any Clinton administration misdeeds.

HUUUGE difference.

2007-07-05 15:33:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I know someone who says he was an officer (well, detective) on a police force (Canada) for years. There are quite a few details that he shares that just don't seem to add up to me. Just for my own personal knowing of whether to take him seriously or not, is there an archive that I can access to see if he was, in fact, an officer (detective)?

2007-07-05 15:32:19 · 7 answers · asked by emilee 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-07-05 15:31:48 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I park my new car in my company's parking lot. Every week, a lawn mowing company mows the lawn around the parking lot and gets grass all over my back bumper (I park head out far enough from the cement stop so that my back bumper is not over the grass).

I usually don't mind the mess although it is very difficult to remove - not to mention, technically ruins my paint.

I just washed my car yesterday. I had a very long day at work today and I find my car dirty with hard-to-remove-paint-damaging-grass.

Do I have any rights here in terms of maybe someone paying for my carwash? I think it's silly of me to escalate this but I am very careful to not get in the way of those mowing the lawn for them to just be inconsiderate and aim the cut grass at my car. Who would be responsible - my company or the lawn mowing company? and how would I go about getting a free car wash, if possible?

Thanks!

2007-07-05 15:31:33 · 5 answers · asked by Jason 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-05 15:29:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-07-05 15:29:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections