Politics & Government - 9 July 2007

it is the safe haven for the antisocial elements to hide their ill gotton wealth. why the society allows it.

2007-07-09 02:56:36 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

During the 2000 presidential campaign, Soros sponsored two so-called “Shadow Conventions,” held at the same time and in the same cities as the Republican and Democratic Conventions, in Philadelphia and Los Angeles respectively. Their purpose was to promote campaign finance reform. John McCain gave the keynote speech at the Philadelphia “Soros Convention” (as columnist Robert Novak dubbed it), while Russ Feingold did so at the LA event.

2007-07-09 02:54:03 · 2 answers · asked by UMD Terps 3 in Politics

I thought that was said at least a year ago.

I'm asking because Iraq's foreign minister said a quick pullout will incite a civil war.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070709/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

I thought that was already happening....

2007-07-09 02:53:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

As an American who has had dealings with Brits, I feel I must ask this.

Most Brits I have encountered have an affection for tea. They even put it in their adult beverages (e.g. Pimms, numbers 1 through 4). Is this because they cannot think up new names for their tea and alcohol mixes?

2007-07-09 02:53:20 · 3 answers · asked by Toby Keith 2 in Politics

i mean to think after boot camp and all that, they would be respectful, responsible gentlemen... but i know so many male Marines who are so freakin immature.

it's so hard to believe they are Marines. I mean i thought Marines were supposed to be known as the best.

but so many of them are still immature. it's crazy. it's hard to believe these are the Marines who everyone has so much respect for.

& i'm not saying all Marines are immature, but alot are.

2007-07-09 02:52:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

If the man has a clear thinking conscience, like me, he must surely be in turmoil. After all, in today's world, there are ample reasons for all clear thinking people to be flagrant pessimists, like me.

We know from Blair that Bush willfully invaded Iraq without a care as to what the outcome would be. We know this from our clear thinking, and not from anything that Bush has said or any written policy. The invasion was undertaken without a care, not a care in the world, as any clear thinking person can see. Do not listen to republicans who might list reasons, or quote from speeches. They are obviously not clear thinkers.

2007-07-09 02:46:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I have been working for my current employer for 2 months and although I have been given my contract and it states one month notice period, I have never signed this...

I want to leave this current employment ASAP and wonder where I stand on the matter, I am still within my probationary period and am not happy and have been offered a new job- where do I stand in terms of my pay I am due and also legally - ie can they force me to work the one month notice when I never signed my contract and also I work in recruitment and am going to work for another recruitment agency thus I believe this may be regarded as the "competition" although moving into a different sector ie from IT to Legal???? Any help would be much appreciated before I plan my next step??

2007-07-09 02:43:48 · 11 answers · asked by Scots lass 2 in Law & Ethics

Fort Lauderdale's Republican Mayor Jim Naugle wants to spend a quarter million dollar on a robotic toilet that is supposed to make it more difficult of gay people to have public sex on the beach. This is clearly homophobic of him, as he stated "We're trying to provide a family environment where people can take their children who need to use the bathroom," he said, "without having to worry about a couple of men in there engaged in a sex act."

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/07/mayor-fights-ph.html?csp=34

My questions for this joke of a mayor:

1. You think three minutes is sufficient time to go to the bathroom? You don't have young kids, do you?
2. According to your plan, the stall's door opens after three minutes, so that those outside can see in. Using your logic, wouldn't this expose more people to seeing gay sex occur?
3. I never knew gay people were the only ones that had sex in public restrooms. Do you have a bit of inside knowledge of that?

2007-07-09 02:43:11 · 9 answers · asked by guess 5 in Law & Ethics

US Veteran just made this claim

"The lame duck was in office for more than a year, and everybody that told him the truth about Iraq, not possessing weapons of mass destruction were shot down by the dictator wannabe."

Can you name ONE - JUST ONE -Person with a reputation to lose, elected officials, Newpapers ect... Who said "Mr. Bush - Iraq has NO WMD's NONE, ZERO, You are lying". Mr. Veteran this should be pretty easy for you since you said 'Everyone told him'.

Here is what I remember;

John Kerry > January 23, 2003
"Without question we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator leading an impressive regime. He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. And now he's miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction. His consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction."

2007-07-09 02:42:30 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I was wondering if any of you folks out there think Hillary has any feminity about her at all?

2007-07-09 02:40:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

As an Englishman who is currently in the USA i fell i must ask this.
Most Americans i have encountered seem to drink shandy, is this because of the brain issue?

2007-07-09 02:36:07 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

They believe that the present level of consumption (thus production) is "unsustainable" though they've thought this for generations and consistently been proven wrong.

They believe that the present methods of production are unsustainable in the long run - but neo-classical economists don't disagree with that. It's just that the price mechanism has always rewarded those who invented new methods and told producers when they had to switch to those new methods, let's use these ones while they're still the most efficient.

They believe in a zero sum game - that if there's a growing income gap it must be that some group is losing out - even though the numbers clearly show otherwise and that, for the most part, the 'groups' aren't even permanent, the differences are between experienced and inexperienced workers.

The only reason I can think of to argue with the appropriateness of the term "Malthusian" to describe the Democrats is that, in the end, Malthus admitted he was wrong.

2007-07-09 02:35:25 · 4 answers · asked by truthisback 3 in Politics

So some people have words on a plane and the FBI rolls? You people better behave yourselves out there. Somebody is watching you...

2007-07-09 02:34:58 · 4 answers · asked by MIKE F. 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

Whether it be high skilled over stays or simple border crossers, in your opinion are American jobs or wages being affected negatively?

Lets keep it polite and not attack each other please.

Thanks

2007-07-09 02:27:10 · 34 answers · asked by Rabid Frog 4 in Immigration

2007-07-09 02:25:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070709/ap_on_re_us/naacp_convention;_ylt=Aq2afIaoShJEtHJFxXX7Q2xvzwcF

Personally, I do not. The NAACP is struggling today because they are trying to fight today's problems with 50s and 60s era solutions.

2007-07-09 02:20:55 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

public places meaning resteraunts and others, not outdoors

I thik it's a great idea

2007-07-09 02:20:06 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

About 7 in 10 Americans is "concerned about the income gap" and the wealth gap, as well as the "declining size fo the middle class" but they also thought that government's role should not be to tear down the wealthy or give handouts but rather ensure that there is upward mobility.

Except that the data show that there is upward mobility - more so than in past generations. Indeed the "gap" is not between one group with declining income and one with rising income, just between two groups whose real incomes are rising at different rates - - - and more importantly, for the most part it is between older, more experienced workers and younger, less experienced workers (most of who will one day be in the other, higher income category), the gap growing as we move to a knowledge-based economy. The "middle class" is in fact moving up.

People's concern seems a concern for others - as in, I'm OK, everyone I know is OK, but the media have convinced me that untold millions aren't.

2007-07-09 02:19:37 · 1 answers · asked by truthisback 3 in Politics

I have a serious question I would like to ask you. Is there such law or ordinance for those who keep bothering me? I am talking about the next door neighbor. I found a beer bottle thrown at my back yard yesterday. Then, I they seems to be ALWASY spying on me. If I do something enjoyable or make up a home improvement, they always do something to catch up with me or check my things out, etc. They do it in such a sneaky nasty way, you can not prove it, but my heart knows what they have been up to. That kind of harrassment. I do not feel safe living here, unhappy since day 5 I moved to this place. I moved here to get settled in after giving myself a thought for 5 years giving up my 5 acre w/ a house in Groveland to be closer to Karate. I love the house, and the location, but hate the neighborhood. The new people just moved in directly across from my bad neighbor is nice and quiet, but they belong to "red neck" kind where they have beat up cars, and 4, 5 cars parked in frond yard. The bad

2007-07-09 02:18:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I hear Al told his private jet pilot to keep it under 550 MPH to save gas

What more proof do we need to see that Al is "real" on Global Warming ?

Hey.... Those LearJets can really suck up the gas when doing 600 MPH !!!!
I'm soooooo proud of you Al !

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

(and why do people say ONLY Bush lied?)

"People can quarrel with whether we should have more troops in Afghanistan or internationalize Iraq or whatever, but it is incontestable that on the day I left office, there were unaccounted for stocks of biological and chemical weapons."

-Bill Clinton on "Larry King Live" 07/23/2003

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/07/23/clinton.iraq.sotu/

(CNN) -- 2004 -- Former President Clinton has revealed that he continues to support President Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq but chastised the administration over the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/06/19/clinton.iraq/index.html

Hillary Clinton: No regret on Iraq vote

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 Posted: 10:10 AM EDT (1410 GMT)


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she is not sorry she voted for a resolution authorizing President Bush to take military action in Iraq!


http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/21/iraq.hillary/

2007-07-09 02:16:32 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Because that's what a successful impeachment will get you!
Good thinking, hippies!!!

2007-07-09 02:15:52 · 2 answers · asked by bradxschuman 6 in Politics

2007-07-09 02:11:23 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Embassies & Consulates

Are their diagnoses therefore unsafe ?

Are the IT immigrants the next sleeper cell ?

2007-07-09 02:10:25 · 9 answers · asked by Arthur P 2 in Immigration

Do you vote based on who is the best person for the job?

2007-07-09 02:09:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I hear and read a lot about pulling out but rarely do I see or hear anthing above the "stay the course" rhetoric to back up the rationele and justification for staying (i.e. how will staying in Iraq further U.S. interest and long term safety?). What is the end point and ultimate goal?

2007-07-09 02:09:18 · 15 answers · asked by etchasketch547 1 in Military

the United Nations Millennium Project – a global war on poverty designed to transfer wealth from rich countries to poor ones. Sachs is currently demanding that American taxpayers turn over $140 billion per year to his global welfare bureaucracy.

2007-07-09 02:05:27 · 4 answers · asked by UMD Terps 3 in Politics

I heard on T.V. we lost 3600 soldiers so far in the last four years. WHAT HAVE WE GAIN FROM THIS???

2007-07-09 02:05:07 · 24 answers · asked by rydfsanta 1 in Military

Just an LOL I just received, but it made too much sense. not to share...
...Build a moat across the Mexican border, use the dirt to up land levels in New Orleans, use the moat to put the alligators that are on the rampage in Fla.
Best I've heard so far, anyway...LOL

2007-07-09 02:04:44 · 4 answers · asked by MsET 5 in Immigration

IMHO..the complaints of lost rights is a concerted effort to falsely trump up impeachment charges..setting the stage for political chaos..

On the political front, Soros has poured massive funding into such groups as the ACLU, which uses lawsuits to hamstring the War on Terror. Soros also funds Amnesty International, whose US executive director has called for the arrest of President Bush as a war criminal. Another Soros-funded group, The Center for Constitutional Rights, has drawn up detailed articles of impeachment against the President.

By posing as ordinary Democrats, Shadow Party candidates trick mainstream voters into supporting them..

Soros writes in The Age of Fallibility, “[T]he Democratic Party does not stand for the policies that I advocate; indeed, if it did, it could not be elected.”

2007-07-09 02:03:10 · 6 answers · asked by UMD Terps 3 in Politics