Politics & Government - 13 July 2007

We seem to have "patriotic" Americans shouting we bailed your asses out in world war2 etc

But America fought and helped Britain out in World War 2 (on the ground) for two years?

Britain helped America out in this one for four (or five)..years.

- we also helped in the struggle against communism for forty five years..

You didn't forgive us the debt (lend lease agreement).We paid it off in full last year.

(repaid in full with interest).

Casualty figures don't come into it, we didn't know how many casualties there would be (and neither did you in Iraq).

We would have paid any "blood price" in Iraq..
(bearing in mind modern armour and medicine make casualty figures a hell of a lot lower in modern warfare as opposed to world war2 etc).


So morally.. Republicans - bearing all this in mind..Are there some that still feel Britain owes you anything, or that British people should feel endebted to americans.
Do you now think Britain and America are basically quits

2007-07-13 08:53:23 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

a note about the recently arrested Florida republican Bob Allen:

First elected in 2000, Allen is the chairman of the House Committee on Energy. He received the Rainbow Democratic Club of Orlando's worst possible rating.
In March, he co-sponsored HB269, the Lewdness and Indecent Exposure Bill, which proposed enhanced penalties for "offenses involving unnatural and lascivious acts or exposure or exhibition of sexual organs committed within specified distance of certain locations." The bill never made it to a vote.

2007-07-13 08:52:28 · 14 answers · asked by politicallypuzzeled 3 in Government

Should these people be deported, even though their children were born here. Or should they be allowed to stay and care for their children? Or should they all be deported together, because of the illegal actions of their parents?

2007-07-13 08:52:20 · 32 answers · asked by michaelgamboa_80 2 in Immigration

The Democrats and increasing numbers of Republicans are saying enough's enough: four years of a failed policy is enough to determine that we cannot succeed. By that standard, shouldn't we reexamine other policies that have been around much longer with similar success records?

Including:

Government education (100+ years and almost no improvement in the nation's illiteracy rate)
Medicare and Medicaid (40+ years, costs out of control, draining the medical system of its assets and squeezing the middle class)
Social Security (70+ years and no one under 40 will ever see a dime of what we put into this Ponzi scheme)
War on Drugs (25+ years and we can't even keep drugs out of our own prisons, much less outside our borders)
War on Poverty (i.e., welfare, subsidies for poverty...after 75+ years, the poor are still poor)

Thoughts?

(Serious discussion only; please, no name calling or ad hominem.)

2007-07-13 08:50:44 · 10 answers · asked by Martin L 5 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-07-13 08:49:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

Here is the definition of "satisfactory" that the Bush administration used in its report to Congress. Is a satisfactory grade some progress, or is it just double talk?

"As measured from a January 2007 baseline, do we assess that present trend data demonstrates a positive trajectory, which is tracking toward satisfactory accomplishment in the near term? If the answer is yes, we have provided a 'Satisfactory' assessment; if the answer is no, the assessment is 'Unsatisfactory.'

2007-07-13 08:49:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Like Lincoln's Cold Creek, or D-day

Now people want the troops to be safe and sound. Has America turned Blue?

2007-07-13 08:48:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

if a person went in to a back handed the teller a paper that read "give me XXX amount of money in the vault and do not alert the police or security etc."

the person had no gun and posed no threat physically....

the teller did what the note said and the person left

would that be considered stealing????

2007-07-13 08:48:33 · 6 answers · asked by Poosocks 6 in Law & Ethics

For or against?

2007-07-13 08:47:54 · 21 answers · asked by Kain 5 in Government

2007-07-13 08:47:16 · 7 answers · asked by bwuny 3 in Other - Politics & Government

If our state and feds would give bigger rebates, we could all get off the grid, I want to do this but iam not rich, any tips???

2007-07-13 08:46:50 · 7 answers · asked by julianne s 2 in Other - Politics & Government

The NAACP held a forum/convention yesterday for all of the presidential candidates, Democrat and Republican. All of the Democrat candidates showed up, only one Republican did.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1642959,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

What gives?

2007-07-13 08:45:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Is sex really that bad?

2007-07-13 08:44:31 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

own dirty laundry being aired?

2007-07-13 08:43:07 · 5 answers · asked by generationZ 4 in Politics

Its a Navy base, in a another state, will I be able to stay in their lodging?

2007-07-13 08:41:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

How do you correctly blouse your ACU pants?
Any body got a picture? I'm not the type of guy that can visualize things myself so I don't know what the hell they're talkin about when they say "or bloused using the draw strings at the bottom of the trousers or commercial blousing devices."

Huh?!

2007-07-13 08:38:06 · 8 answers · asked by memphis_rayns 1 in Military

we are paying people to kill innocent people yet right here in yor on backyARD WE CAN;T HAVE A FREE PRESCRIPTION FILLED.tHIS WOMEN HAS SEIZURES right after another when she can't get her medcine and she tries to work and get laid of because of her condition she get turned down at every clinic when they find out she is broke ,my charity has no funds not even for our target which is homelessness,do anyone no of any charity that helps these kind of people don't say the drug companies tried all them.

2007-07-13 08:36:34 · 15 answers · asked by howaboutit99@sbcglobal.net 2 in Military

Should we be free to pay as much as the Government pays for the same items. So America's ecomomy is strong.

2007-07-13 08:36:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-13 08:36:05 · 11 answers · asked by Shanks 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

Can you really order any prescription drug online without a prescription and it is legal to be delivered to your home?
I do not believe it, but lots of people tell me it is true..
You can get things such as Painkiller, Antibiotics, Inhalers without having a prescription from a doctor and it is legal.
Seems a little dangerous and slack of government control doesnt it?

2007-07-13 08:33:47 · 0 answers · asked by sara w 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

People can say tons of things about the liberals yet we dont. Wat makes liberal more outspoken than us right wingers?

2007-07-13 08:32:30 · 12 answers · asked by ❀❤Lexi✞Loo❤☺✰™ 3 in Politics

APress
July 13,07
WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON
President Bush, defending his troop surge in Iraq, insisted Thursday that the insurgents attacking US troops in Iraq "are the same ones who attacked us on Sept. 11."

Bush was speaking at a White House press conference on the same day an interim progress report on his troop surge in Iraq was released. Asked for proof of the connection between insurgents in Iraq and the 9/11 hijackers, Bush said both had pledged their allegiance to Osama bin Laden.
"The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq are the ones who attacked us on Sept. 11," Bush said..
...." well look fellow Americans. Ya see I gotta blame this mess we're in - heh heh - that's the mess I put us in btw -- on someboy..ya know what I mean? So, ya see these 'insurgent' fellas' well they's the same ba----ds that did us in on 911. You better believe it." So ya see, we gotta keep up our "viglance". and we gotta stay there and do our duty on the 'terrowists"
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2007-07-13 08:29:14 · 5 answers · asked by rare2findd 6 in Politics

2007-07-13 08:25:52 · 8 answers · asked by ICE raider 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

Now that he is the official Tory candidate for this post, opposing Ken Livingstone, how do PPL think he will do if he wins?

2007-07-13 08:22:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

There are many ways that the poor are provided for. However, we need more solutions. There are still many people suffering from poverty. If you were the President of the United States what would you do to provide for the poor?

What kind of law could be enacted to provide for the poor?

Having compassion for the poor is the way it is supposed to be. The only alternative is selfishness, self-centeredness, and greed. If everyone cared about the suffering of other human beings, there wouldn't need to be laws enacted.

Note: I am not poor. This is a general question, not a personal one.

Thank you in advance for your answers. I have great respect for the many people who share their intelligence in this forum.

2007-07-13 08:21:37 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Remember how OJ tried on those gloves at his trial (I assume they were the gloves the killer used) and they didn't fit which I guess played some sort of role in the not guilty verdict. I was just thinking why couldn't they just take the fingerprints from the inside of the glove and try to find a match.That may be a stupid question, but I have no idea how fingerprinting works and what materials can or cannot be tested.

2007-07-13 08:20:45 · 8 answers · asked by purplepurplesage 1 in Law & Ethics

I know the immigration bill did not pass, but, Barack and Hillary voted against the amendment to the immigration bill demanding deportation of felons and child sex offenders. Seems like they agree with what happened in Washington State today. What do you think about the actions of these two "candidates"?

2007-07-13 08:18:54 · 14 answers · asked by B0NER 3 in Immigration

And why did RedsStater President Eisenhower warn us about them.

2007-07-13 08:18:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I mean, I am keeping up with the Boulder, CO, case on a child abuse that ended up taking a 2 onth olds life. Well it took almost a year after the Coroner determined it was a homicide to bring charges up against the Parents. The Father's, father owns a lot of land in Boulder and has lots of money. Also in the stebic missing wife case in Illinois, the husband is just a person of interest although they were going through a divorce, and he has no alibi, that I have heard of. He is swimming with the reporter covering his case. The police have said he has offered little cooperation. Yet he walks a s free as a bird. Is this not a problem?

2007-07-13 08:18:08 · 14 answers · asked by Later than Sooner! 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-13 08:12:29 · 15 answers · asked by Petals 2 in Politics