Politics & Government - 7 July 2007

why did the people support their kings in war?

2007-07-07 03:38:34 · 2 answers · asked by Make Love Not War! 4 in Military

Do you think that the legal system should be a place where people are able to settle their disputes and get justice at a reasonable cost and without arbitrary barriers to being heard?
When this doesn't happen, do you think the people who are denied justice become disillusioned? When the confidence in our legal system erodes, what effect does that have on public confidence in the fairness of our system of government?

2007-07-07 03:29:02 · 3 answers · asked by Pascha 7 in Law & Ethics

Less People Less Damage on our World, this is the Dark side
of the Global Warming agenda.

2007-07-07 03:26:25 · 18 answers · asked by Dr Doom 4 in Other - Politics & Government

It's such a great time to be living in America ! Diversity Rocks !

2007-07-07 03:20:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

U.S. (or really multi-national) corporations such as Drummond Coal and Chiquita Bananna have been supporting and financing militia groups that practice terror tactics in South America.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/colombia_coal_murders;_ylt=Aqa2Szir7JGcttBKGMv2Dk8DW7oF


What should the U.S. do against these corporate financers of terror?

2007-07-07 03:16:00 · 10 answers · asked by Steve 6 in Politics

2007-07-07 03:14:39 · 11 answers · asked by vakharwalaruchir 1 in Government

does this website allow you to take a citizenship test?

2007-07-07 03:13:54 · 0 answers · asked by doesntmatter 1 in Immigration

Also, if your stationed in Japan while enlisted in the Air Force, do you have to go to Iraq?

2007-07-07 03:13:08 · 15 answers · asked by risktaker 1 in Military

Dr. Rihab Rashid Taha al-Azawi (born 1957) is an Iraqi microbiologist who worked in Saddam Hussein's biological weapons program. A 1999 report commissioned by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) named her as one of the world's most dangerous women. [1] (pdf; p. 20) She was nicknamed "Dr Germ" by UN weapons inspectors. [2]

Taha first rose to prominence in the Western media after being named in a 2003 British intelligence dossier, released to the public by Prime Minister Tony Blair, on Iraq's biological, chemical and nuclear capability. The dossier alleged that Taha had played a leading role in the manufacture of anthrax and other biological agents. [3] It was this dossier that triggered the chain of events that led to the death of British UN weapons inspector David Kelly, who was accused of telling a BBC reporter that some of the intelligence had been manipulated

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihab_Rashid_Taha

2007-07-07 03:12:53 · 17 answers · asked by UMD Terps 3 in Politics

Running all those amps, lights, etc. uses a ton of electricity. Lots of people showing up will be drving environmentally unfriendly gas combustion engines. The people will be drinking out of environmentally unfriendly cups. On and on it goes.

2007-07-07 03:01:01 · 10 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4 in Other - Politics & Government

a country spends several million dollars each year supporting a public military college tha is open only to males. college officials say that a males-only policy is important to develop strong leadership skills. Recently, however, several highly qualified young women have applied to the college, but were rejected. The country does not support any females-only colleges. From the women applicants' point of view, is the country's support of the colleges fair?why and why not??????

2007-07-07 03:00:36 · 18 answers · asked by shariaah s 1 in Military

2007-07-07 02:59:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

he left when she was 2 months old and now she is 4, he hasn't seen or contacted me about her at all and he knows where i am.
My husband has been raising her since she was 1 and we are wanting him to adopt her, i didn't know if i would have to contact her "bio dad" or if there was someway around that since he abandoned her so long ago?
I know i will have to go through a lawyer but just wanting a heads up for what is in store.
thanks!

2007-07-07 02:57:12 · 12 answers · asked by 3 girls call me mommy 5 in Law & Ethics

Will you be riding your bicycles?

2007-07-07 02:56:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-07-07 02:51:48 · 9 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-07-07 02:50:18 · 38 answers · asked by Vic 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

I am just wondering if anyone actually learned anything in the middle of it all. If you don't learn from your mistakes they get repeated and I have serious doubts about the future of the united states because of the unwilllingess to do anything other than bully and call names. so someone prove me wrong please.

2007-07-07 02:46:31 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Was it from 1917 (beginning of Communist party rule) to 1956 (when some other Russian leader ordered the de-Stalinizations)? Please help!

2007-07-07 02:45:29 · 4 answers · asked by Yetislayer 1 in Government

saying that their leaders were not smart enough to make a educated decision? How can the Libs get away with this since they all voted for it anyway?

2007-07-07 02:44:08 · 22 answers · asked by georgedarookie 1 in Politics

Anyone who pays even the slightest attention to the health-care debate in this country probably knows that there are "44 million uninsured Americans." The figure was all but shouted from the rooftops during the recent Cover the Uninsured Week. It is standard boilerplate for John Kerry's stump speeches. Hillary Clinton, in her recent screed, was unwilling to round off the number: "Some 43.6 million Americans are uninsured, and the vast majority of them are in working families."
The existence of the 44-million figure is a tribute to Benjamin Disraeli's quip that "there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." If one accepts the Current Population Survey's numbers (the source for the 44-million statistic), there are in fact closer to 35 million uninsured Americans. Over 20 percent of the uninsured in this country are not citizens.
Yet there is good reason to be skeptical of the CPS's numbers. The CPS is intended to measure the number of people who have been uninsured for an entire year. One problem with the CPS statistic is that it includes both those who are insured for a short time and those who are chronically uninsured (defined as being uninsured for at least a year). Many people go without insurance for a few months often as the result of being between jobs. The CPS statistic of 44 million does not make that distinction.
Another drawback is that CPS asks respondents to recall their insurance status over the last twelve months, increasing the probability of sampling error due to respondents' memory lapses. Last year a paper from the Congressional Budget Office contrasted the CPS with two other surveys, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). MEPS and SIPP track their respondents every few months, so the error due to memory lapse should be minimized. Interestingly, MEPS reported 31 million chronically uninsured, while SIPP reported only 21 million.
Yet even the numbers reported by the MEPS and SIPP surveys overstate the number of uninsured. Some respondents who receive Medicaid may say they are uninsured because of the stigma associated with the Medicaid program. Studies suggest that this may result in an undercounting of the insured by 12 to 15 percent. According to the CBO, "the number of non-elderly people who are enrolled in Medicaid at any time during the year could be undercounted in population surveys by about 4 to 5 million."
Another wrinkle occurs in the definition of the uninsured. There are many people who are eligible for Medicaid but are not enrolled in the program. Some argue that they should be counted as uninsured, while others argue that they should not. The latter group seems to have the stronger case, since such people can receive Medicaid coverage retroactively for health-care expenses. At present, there is no exact data on the number of people who are eligible for Medicaid but not enrolled. The most recent study, from 1994, estimated that about 2.9 million children who were uninsured were eligible for Medicaid.
Finally, it is important to note that, according to the SIPP survey, over 18 percent of the chronically uninsured say that they have gone without insurance because either they have not needed it or do not believe in it. When the various factors are accounted for, it is possible that the true number of the chronically uninsured is 12 to15 million.
Does the actual number matter? Either way, one might object, there are still millions who lack health insurance. Actually, it matters a great deal, because those who are most likely to tout the 44-million-uninsured statistic also tend to be the advocates of wholesale reform of the health-care system, usually of the government-run variety. A larger number gives their arguments more weight.
Second, understanding the actual magnitude of the problem gives us better direction in terms of policy. Of those chronically uninsured, the vast majority are poor, but over 60 percent are under the age of 35. Thus, the uninsured may be a largely healthy population that could afford to purchase health-care in a more consumer-driven system. Indeed, many of those currently purchasing insurance with health-savings accounts were previously uninsured.
Whatever the solution, we should not let inflated statistics lead us into adopting misguided health-care policies.

2007-07-07 02:39:59 · 10 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

1. Tax Relief for working Americans. His tax plan saved me 7K last year. I used that money to keep my kids in Private School where they learn the 3 r's.....not about heather having 2 mommies or how to put a condom on a bannana. Like they did GM & Ford, the unions have destroyed public education.

2. Honor & Dignity back in the oval office. It's important for me that my kids can look at our president and be proud. In Bush's oval office you have to wear a suit and a tie. Under Clinton, any chubby 19 year old intern could come in wearing a g-string, knee pads and carrying some k-y jelly. You have to admit LIBS. It's kind of nice having a President who does not spend all his time in front of special prosecutors, Grand Juries and Impeachment Hearings!

(Unlike Clinton, NO Prominent ELECTED official, or Major RESPECTED news outlet is EVEN calling for Impeachment hearings or Grand Jury investigations of BUSH)

2007-07-07 02:37:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-07 02:36:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Bush/Cheney are extremely arrogant. So is Hillary.
Bush/Cheney operate secretively and think they are above the law. So does Hillary.
Bush/Cheney are unadaptable and unable to change course when needed. Hillary is the same way.
Bush/Cheney can never admit when they're wrong. Neither can Hillary.
Fortunately for us, Bush is dumb. Cheney is a cunning, conniving power broker, and so is Hillary.
Can someone explain why we'd be better off with an administration that's basically more of the same BS we've been having? (Other than, of course, we'd get out of Iraq).

2007-07-07 02:32:53 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

jobs but then refuses to deal with Communist Cuba?

2007-07-07 02:31:17 · 5 answers · asked by Second Son 2 in Politics

2007-07-07 02:29:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-07 02:27:40 · 4 answers · asked by Steve 1 in Politics

Are you aware in 1967 that their jets attacked one of our naval vessels, the USS Liberty? Killing 34 Sailors and wounding 171. They inflicted 821 rocket and and machine gun holes in the ship with planes flying as low as 200 feet and they claim that they thought it was an Egyptian vessel. Do you think it would have been that hard to tell the difference between an Egyptian and an American boat? Please check out the book "Assault on the Liberty ", by James M. Ennes, Jr.

2007-07-07 02:27:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2005 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households
111,090,617
+/-143,575
Less than $10,000
9,610,611
+/-57,542
$10,000 to $14,999
6,888,391
+/-44,009
$15,000 to $24,999
13,286,246
+/-53,659
$25,000 to $34,999
12,747,507
+/-56,907
$35,000 to $49,999
16,749,666
+/-72,044
$50,000 to $74,999
21,001,281
+/-84,354
$75,000 to $99,999
12,647,974
+/-67,479
$100,000 to $149,999
11,257,536
+/-64,728
$150,000 to $199,999
3,543,795
+/-30,202
$200,000 or more
3,357,610
+/-31,283
Median household income (dollars)
46,242
+/-104
Mean household income (dollars)
62,556
+/-133

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_DP3&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on

2007-07-07 02:23:34 · 10 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

Hi Every body,

Greetings to you!

How can we file a Public Petition in Chenai High court for the welfare of public common problem

With Regards

Albert Joel

2007-07-07 02:08:01 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

http://tinyurl.com/2ddsxz

Madonna, who seems to be on top of all her many business endeavors, has actually invested about $2.7 million dollars in companies that are creating the destruction that Live Earth is trying to raise awareness about. She has invested in several companies named as the biggest corporate polluters in the world.

http://tinyurl.com/2ddsxz

2007-07-07 02:07:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government