Politics & Government - 12 July 2007

9/11 Heroes Vs. Rudy Round One
The firefighters in New York City have put together a video explaining their opposition to Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign. It's a powerful video in which firefighters discuss how Giuliani's decisions while he was mayor put them at risk.
http://democrats.org/a/2007/07/firefight...

2007-07-12 11:12:05 · 27 answers · asked by david c 4 in Politics

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9/11 Heroes Vs. Rudy Round One
The firefighters in New York City have put together a video explaining their opposition to Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign. It's a powerful video in which firefighters discuss how Giuliani's decisions while he was mayor put them at risk.
http://democrats.org/a/2007/07/firefighters_sp.php

2007-07-12 11:09:54 · 2 answers · asked by david c 4 in Politics

2007-07-12 11:09:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

I've been reading a lot of questions on here, and I have found a somewhat aggravating trend....whenever someone talks about a democrat, the first thing a lot of conservatives is call them a socialist.

What is wrong with helping people out? And the cold war is over...so why do I feel like we still live during the red scare?

I just don't understand. If you look at countries who are mildly socialist (such as, dare I say it, France) ...citizens there are generally a lot happier then Americans. Why do we fear change here?

2007-07-12 11:08:57 · 22 answers · asked by Amy 2 in Politics

No insults please, I just want to see how many people would vote for Borat.

2007-07-12 11:07:54 · 10 answers · asked by Dr. Beemer 4 in Elections

seriously how crazy is this guy and his church? if you replaced the word black with white he would be considered a racist and an outcast but because it says black he can be a presidential candidate. And then he lectures on race? is this serious, what is happening to this country.

2007-07-12 11:06:17 · 8 answers · asked by blktan23 3 in Elections

No matter what the Democrats do, neither President Bush, nor anyone in his administration, is going to be accountable to anyone.
Should the Democrats just move on?

2007-07-12 11:05:40 · 7 answers · asked by ? 5 in Other - Politics & Government

Angry residents of the Amin district — many of them Shiites who fled to Baghdad from Baqouba, where U.S. troops are waging an offensive against insurgents — accused U.S. helicopters of striking buildings during the fight with gunmen and killing civilians. The U.S. military did not immediately comment on the fighting.

Among the dead were at least one woman and two children

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

2007-07-12 11:03:14 · 15 answers · asked by bbbbriggs04 3 in Politics

2007-07-12 11:03:08 · 9 answers · asked by Toic 2 in Civic Participation

Okay, the election is tomorrow. Chuck Norris is running head to head against Obama. Who would you vote for and who do you believe would win?

2007-07-12 11:02:00 · 10 answers · asked by egg_sammash 5 in Politics

2007-07-12 11:01:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-12 11:00:36 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

At the moment there are so many people in this country, UK, that are unemployed. Yes, some of those are lazy or junkies, etc.. that don't want to work but there are a large proportion that want to work but keep coming up against immigrant workers that will work for less money than we legally can. Its not a case of uk people not wanting to do these jobs, its a case of the employers being too greedy and not wanting to pay them fairly.

2007-07-12 11:00:11 · 20 answers · asked by chuppalil 2 in Immigration

I mean honestly, have you guys read about this? I don't like Bush at all and have not voted for him but i see no grounds for impeachment. Then again, i didn't for Clinton either.

2007-07-12 10:59:49 · 9 answers · asked by the 2nd woody 3 in Politics

Think again, now they are doing a sneak attack, attaching parts of the amnesty to other bills.

I guess it is time for us to talk to Congress again.
http://www3.capwiz.com/caps/issues/alert/?alertid=10009191

2007-07-12 10:59:32 · 7 answers · asked by rmagedon 6 in Politics

I am just wondering, we see gas go up 10 to 20 cents with a flooding.. in 1993 there was a giant flood in the midwest and I dont remember gas prices suddenly rising, but now, since its a norm, they rise when a fly sneezes on a pipeline.. why is this!

2007-07-12 10:59:26 · 12 answers · asked by kiara2425 2 in Politics

2007-07-12 10:59:11 · 15 answers · asked by Bobby A 3 in Government

2007-07-12 10:58:39 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

You are abandoned on a deserted island. You had to choose from the two, Ann Coulter and her sarcasm or Rosie ranting. Who would you choose to keep you company and why?

2007-07-12 10:58:17 · 10 answers · asked by egg_sammash 5 in Politics

2007-07-12 10:56:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-07-12 10:55:56 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

We mostly agree in this country(U.S.) that something major has to be done to stem the tide of illegal immigrants from flooding our country and bogging down our judicial, welfare, and legislative systems. I just wonder if any of our citizens can come up with a decent idea to work with since our lawmakers can't, and maybe we can submit the best ideas to our state representatives, although it is highly unlikely they will be competent enough to review them adequately...lol

2007-07-12 10:55:53 · 13 answers · asked by jbbrant1 4 in Civic Participation

I keep hearing conservatives complaining about how Democrats are taking so much in taxes out of everyone's paycheck (actually, cons only care about their OWN paycheck, not anyone else's)... yet Bush hasn't done anything about this. So why not?

2007-07-12 10:54:44 · 7 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics

I doubt if I have a truly accurate idea of the ramifications of Presidential decisions, but it's not hard to imagine that the issues the president deals with have ripple effects in many directions. A fairly clear example: help the kurds in Iraq and make the Turks mad. They are both important to us and helping one is certain to cause trouble for, and with, the other.
Or, for instance, cutting tariffs on South American agricultural products would be a good thing for most everyone but American farmers. So you have their lobby putting you in their sights. And who knows if american lobbys form alliances; "you support our cause and we'll support yours"? I don't know, but it wouldn't surprise me a bit. So every action, perhaps, has some undesirable consequence. It might be a terribly difficult job evaluating pros and cons in the hopes of coming out ahead overall. Though I really mean well toward everyone, elect me president and you might have a disaster. can you do better

2007-07-12 10:53:33 · 4 answers · asked by Robert K 5 in Politics

i know someone who used to work as a bailiff and she said that they do anything they can to find the person in question, even pose as the police. If this is true isnt that something like organised crime?

2007-07-12 10:53:08 · 12 answers · asked by getgunanniy 1 in Law & Ethics

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070712143530AAQCJgR&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMiTBXVwv_FmSWrx1MFxdoFVdUIZrYI7d01l.a4dzQXdfT8sVl9Aw.LyUQKLI6nK_.rQ--&paid=answered#EMwqXDS_UzO.G6v_WkZt_C4qConwpfw.Aymddhpn1dvPlX572SRY

2007-07-12 10:51:02 · 18 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics

2007-07-12 10:50:21 · 11 answers · asked by getgunanniy 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-12 10:50:12 · 3 answers · asked by amanda k 1 in Law & Ethics

Would I have to give up our American citizenship?

2007-07-12 10:49:07 · 18 answers · asked by Dana W. 1 in Immigration

My fiance works at a disturbution center in Louisville Kentucky. He has been there for about 4 months or so, he is full time and in the union. He has tendenitis (sp) in both of his arms. He has known about it for a whil but not had insurence until recently to go to the doctor. He has not have a day off in over 3 weeks, his arms are hurting him so bad he can barley lift anything ( which it the major part of his job) He called in today to tell them he was going to the doctor today to have his arms looked at. his boss said " well are you going to be at work?" my fiance told him he didnt know it was all up to what the doctor said. so his boss told him if he did not come in today even if he went to the doctors office and got a doctors note then he was fired. My fiance has never missed a day of work and is one of there better employees. Are they able to tell him he can not miss one day even for a health problem?

2007-07-12 10:46:52 · 12 answers · asked by SheSimplyWillNotDie 2 in Law & Ethics