Politics & Government - 11 July 2007

In the last 6 years, there has been many changes to the way the government functions and the executive branch in particular. Topics like the Patriot Act, writ of habeas corpus, executive orders, executive privilege, and signing statements have re-shaped the scope of the executive branch.

This question is not meant to start a debate on these topics, but raise a hypothetical question. If a Democrat wins the next presidential election, and the Democrats continue to control Congress and the House, do you want the executive branch to have the same powers as now? For example, would you support a Democratic President in a warrantless wiretapping program? Suspending habeas corpus for "enemy combatants"? Etc?

I ask this question to conservatives because they are more likely to support Bush on these topics, but anyone can answer. Or if you don't support them now, would you support them for a Democrat (for democrats)?

2007-07-11 06:11:10 · 12 answers · asked by Take it from Toby 7 in Other - Politics & Government

Care too? Give up 95% of what you have could you buy free healthcare?

2007-07-11 06:09:55 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-11 06:09:04 · 2 answers · asked by moony s 2 in Politics

If you have a permit and it's not concealed?

2007-07-11 06:06:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-07-11 06:05:23 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Is he trying to set the world record for the most neck meat?

2007-07-11 06:04:21 · 25 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4 in Other - Politics & Government

Why or why not?

2007-07-11 06:04:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

A boat load of Fatladies Landing in France for the trek to find Good Choclate and expose Greedy American Choclate producers skimping on adding Choclate!

2007-07-11 06:02:46 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

As Bush and Cheneiv minipulated the intellegence to fraudlently take America to War what was he thinking.

I'll Lynch me a couple Saddams and the rest of them A-rabs will tow the line.

2007-07-11 05:59:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Do you agree?

2007-07-11 05:59:10 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Two parts to this question:

Which of these do they CLAIM to be, and which one of these are they ACTUALLY implementing?

2007-07-11 05:57:08 · 16 answers · asked by trovalta_stinks_2 3 in Politics

I agree with all of his views on everything but I am confused. Some sites list him as Republican, some as "libertarian Republican" and some as Libertarian. Which is the correct term for him??

2007-07-11 05:56:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

2007-07-11 05:55:59 · 21 answers · asked by heavens_fairys@yahoo.com 1 in Military

we wanted him to install Ikea cabinets, repair walls,paint, and lay tile. He didn't repair our walls. He put our cabinets and they weren't balanced. he couldn't figure out how to install the drawers and shelves in our ikea cabinets. my husband had to do that. he charged us for an electritian to install a ceiling fan that was never installed. tile was cut un-even and placed on the back splash un-even. we ask him to redo it. he refused. the drywall was is sagging and uneven. we did all the demolition work(tore down partitian walls, pulled up old flooring)we ask him to redo it he refused. he was to start on a friday and never showed untill the following sunday. he told us the work would be done when we came back from vacation which was 14 days. it was not done, infact he was just getting to the cabinets. we ask him if he could handle the project, he said yes but that was not the case. I had enough and told him he was fired. now he wants to take us to court for $2000. what should we do

2007-07-11 05:52:20 · 13 answers · asked by JandJ 1 in Law & Ethics

Signed,your Canadian friend who cares.

2007-07-11 05:51:13 · 24 answers · asked by tom2day 2 in Military

I bet those oil CEOs need bigger Castles in Europe.

2007-07-11 05:49:48 · 19 answers · asked by Mr. USA U 2 in Politics

I think this question is a no-brainer in this day and age. Don't officers (during a traffic stop for instance) have the right to ask you anything they might have suspicions about? If a officer smells (or thinks they smell) alcohol they can search my car, so, if an officer has suspicions about my citizenship shouldnt they be able to ask for proof? Why are people even arguing about this?

2007-07-11 05:48:18 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

i know what diplomats are but, why would it say that they are ok?....i'm confused???

2007-07-11 05:48:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

I got into a domestic dispute and convicted of larceny. The judge said that if I did community service and kept out of trouble for a year it would be taken off my record. So does this mean that I do not have to put that I have been convicted of a crime on applications and school applications?

2007-07-11 05:46:21 · 14 answers · asked by rose_darling_sue 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

I am just wondering, because I have written some children's Christian songs that are to the tune of other songs.

I'd like to get them put into a book that could possibly get published.

Can you copyright lyrics you wrote that you put to the tune of other songs?

Thanks for the help!

2007-07-11 05:46:20 · 7 answers · asked by Chris' Sweety 3 in Law & Ethics

This is the beginning of the age of terrorism in the western world. There have been terrorist attacks everywhere else. With the advancement of technology, the terrorist's technology and intelligence will increase as well.

Since we are in Iraq right now, we are only creating more hatred against the US.

Think of it like a spring. We are applying more and more pressure. The second we let go, it will be a massive retaliation on us.

We have two solutions, keep the pressure down so the spring is held down or let go now and face the consequences.

You could say break the spring, but that would be wiping out every last person in the mideast who hates us and would attack us (basically a nuking, very unethical)

With each passing day, the consequences will only get worse. Once the dems have power, the spring will release and America is gonna get attacked HARD. At that moment, many conservatives will say "well we should have stayed in Iraq, those limp wristed dems screwed America"

2007-07-11 05:46:06 · 13 answers · asked by PSU840 6 in Politics

2007-07-11 05:46:02 · 6 answers · asked by akb4udie 2 in Civic Participation

Statistically speaking, we're roughly three percent of the entire population . . . how is it that we manage to control everything? And if you believe we control everything - the media, the government, banking, etc., how is the other 97% of the population dumb enough to fall for it? Thank you in advance.

2007-07-11 05:46:01 · 7 answers · asked by CHARITY G 7 in Elections

I received a parking ticket while I was staying over at my boyfriend's house a few Saturdays ago. The ticket stated that I was being fined for parking overnight (2AM-6AM). I will be meeting the officer who gave me the ticket this Friday to contest the ticket based on the street sign which states that parking is prohibited for more than 4 hours at a time EXCEPT on weekends and holidays. Apparently my boyfriend's village has this weird (to me) law that people who don't live there aren't aware of, namely no overnight parking on the street. (The city I live in has no such rule, I park my car outside of my house all the time.)
How do I properly reason with the officer so he waives the ticket? I don't want to go into a wordy discourse, which I am prone to doing, and don't want to do anything to tick him off. Help?

2007-07-11 05:44:57 · 5 answers · asked by Kit K 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

I had read this in a blog and couldn't believe it.
So I looked into recent voting records

(http://www.vote-smart.org)

Constitutional Amendments

(http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html)

And Laws

(http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml)

and couldn't anything. I would think something like this would raise a big flag.

2007-07-11 05:44:34 · 6 answers · asked by tyut2 2 in Government

2007-07-11 05:42:38 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If not, then why don't they do a new investigation through an independent panel of experts and professional before all the evidense is gone or destroyed?

If it isn't an inside job, then what is there to be scared of.

The intel and reports are not of any top secret value. We already know these so-called terrorists made it through airport screening and hijacked planes with box cutters, so what is there to hide.

The Pentagon is the most secure building in America and must have hundreds of exterior and interior cams, so we should be able to look at the footage from the cams and see a plane hitting. We could also look at the tapes the Secret Service took from the Bank and the Quick Mart across the highway that would have caught the images of the plane coming in.

What I am saying is that there is so much evidense from that day that we could end this and find out the TRUTH once and for all.

Why don't we just have a new investigation so we can all move on?

2007-07-11 05:40:58 · 18 answers · asked by scottanthonydavis 4 in Other - Politics & Government

My father is currently hospitalized due to a severe lung problem brought on by an improperly treated (due to the county healthcare system) chronic infection. He is 63 and does not yet qualify for medicare, so the hospital contacted me and set up an interview with SS Disability to apply on my father's behalf.

Despite the hospital's statement to the SS office that I would act on my father's behalf (since my father is still in ICU and unable to speak clearly), the SS office refused to take the application from me.

I was told I need "a document" that "authorizes you to act in your father's behalf". I repeatedly asked the SS rep what document, and she said that it just needed to authorize me to act on his behalf.

I'm not sure if just a simple signed statement in plain english would work, or if I need some specific legal form.

Does anyone know what I need for this?

2007-07-11 05:39:24 · 6 answers · asked by lotherius 3 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-11 05:38:03 · 13 answers · asked by flying eagle 2 in Civic Participation

I had a female roommate and my boyfriend would stay at my house all the time. The female roomate contacted someone who knows all of us mutually and told them that my boyfriend that he had been doing sexually explicit things to her over time. He continues to deny it and is emotionally upset about the accusations. The girl moved out of my apartment willingly last night (the same day she made the accusation) . What can my boyfriend do to protect himself legally, seeing that the situation is her word against his. There is no evidnce and her story doesn't match up because I was in my home when these things happened. Also she paid her rent at the beginning of the month, now she is demading to get it back. I told her that since she left voluntarily I am not legally obligated to give it back to her. What should we do? She plans on taking me to court and may press charges against my boyfriend. May I also include that this girl has lied before so that she could get what she wanted. Thanks

2007-07-11 05:37:13 · 3 answers · asked by ricky 1 in Law & Ethics