Politics & Government - 13 July 2007

WASHINGTON, July 13 — Two leading Republican senators said today that President Bush should seek a new war authorization and present a plan to Congress by Oct. 16 outlining contingency plans in Iraq. Those plans, which would include reducing American forces, should begin by the end of the year.

About time the republicans caught up with what the rest of the world has known for some time eh? Slower traffic keep "right".

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289254,00.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/13/washington/13cnd-cong.html?ex=1341979200&en=b0e3bcaac570de5f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

2007-07-13 15:36:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Do you realize that in order for your right to free speech to be "infringed," it has to be the GOVERNMENT preventing you from speaking? You'd have to be arrested, or otherwise punished, BY THE GOVERNMENT, in order for your First Amendment rights to be infringed.

Do you understand this, or are you one of those people who thinks that someone objecting to a statement you make is an infringement of your freedom of speech?

2007-07-13 15:35:02 · 8 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics

2007-07-13 15:32:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

The basic Republican theology is less taxes, more military and no wealth fare. The thing I can't get is why many so people who come from poor backrounds vote republican. It's like they don't even think about how they're voting. Less taxes means less public services and worse public education. The only people who would benifit from that are the people who have enough money to send their children to private schools. And if you have less taxes, then how can you have more military if the military funds are all tax based. Anyone with half a brain wouldn't vote Republican unless they're a rich oil tycoon trying to defend every single dollar they make. And then the Republicans you idiots elect give out tax cuts to the rich. How is that helping the Average American? What ever happened to the American Dream? The idea that someone from the bottom of the social ladder can rise to the top.

2007-07-13 15:30:05 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Obviously, if Rosie ran for President, she'll win by a landslide. We all know this. We all agree. It's common knowledge. However, the exact reason why she was denied election after election to run for President escapes me. They say it is because she is lesbian, but the real reason is because they KNOW she'll win. How is that fair? Are we a country that makes up excuses because we are afraid? We criticize other nations of being corrupted and yet we fail to realize that our government is too?

2007-07-13 15:25:14 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

and why did he betray our biggest ally Israel?

2007-07-13 15:24:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I have been doing a lot of searching to find out what I want to do with the rest of my life, I'm 20 so I need to figure it out sometime soon! I'm really interested in air traffic control even though I know it can be stressful especially in a busy air space... So I was wondering what a day in the life of an air traffic controller was like, as well as the best way to become one. I have some years of college under my belt and I want to finish my degree but i'm willing to take a break or finish it in the air force!

2007-07-13 15:23:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Try to answer without partisan sarcasm. I'm curious what people really believe "victory" would look like. What is it that we're trying to do, and how will we know when it is done?

2007-07-13 15:22:43 · 27 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics

i know we have to pay our taxes, but is it the constitution that forces us to pay?

2007-07-13 15:22:31 · 15 answers · asked by Honor 2 in Other - Politics & Government

Do American women need help to get pregnant?

2007-07-13 15:18:26 · 18 answers · asked by Centurión Tolteca 2 in Immigration

I found my eyes opened by watching Bill Moyer's journal tonight on WNET (PBS). I had no idea the extent of the misdeamanors or the extent to which impeachment is seen by the founding fathers as the REMEDY to a constitutional crisis; that the issue is one of flouting the checks and balances of the Constitution. If you saw the program, what did you think? If not, it repeats this Sunday (July 15) WNET at 7PM EST. Write to say what you think. I am all energized by this!!!

2007-07-13 15:18:06 · 12 answers · asked by gilpers302 3 in Civic Participation

okay, so most of you people say that you hate the illegal immigrants for the fact that they broke the laws.. which, even I, think is an understandable argument..

but I believe that most americans only look skin deep when it comes to this issue..
if it was a problem with canada: twenty-million english speaking white people conveniently moving themselves and their families into our country, would you care? or would you even notice?
I think that a lot of you people really need to look past the language barrier and the color of skin and you will see that the latino immigrants are just looking for a better life.. one that they can't afford to get legally because of the horrible wages of their home countries...
I'm all for the amnesty movement.. they want what everyone else wants... a better life...

2007-07-13 15:17:48 · 23 answers · asked by Anita [arriba las chivas] 1 in Immigration

The House voted last night to withdraw our troops from Iraq by April of next year, leaving behind "a small force to train Iraqis, protect US assets, and fight terrorists" - and certainly to be slaughtered wholesale Mogadishu style. If the dems think the war is wrong and unwinnable, why leave any troops behind at all? Is it in the hopes that images of these troops being dragged through the streets of Bagdhad will turn Americans against the war once and for all? Or is it that they just don't have the political backbone to call for a full retreat?

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/07/13/as_bush_stays_firm_house_votes_pullout/

2007-07-13 15:16:31 · 11 answers · asked by Eukodol 4 in Politics

But they fought us.

2007-07-13 15:16:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-07-13 15:14:20 · 5 answers · asked by G O 5 in Law & Ethics

How do you fell about the way Congress tried to use the threat of cutting off the money for our troops?

2007-07-13 15:13:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-07-13 15:12:55 · 5 answers · asked by rovin 1 in Immigration

http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A1Sec8.html
I KNOW you have to pay the income taxes, but i hear that the constitution cant force us to pay taxes.
someone please explain.

2007-07-13 15:12:05 · 10 answers · asked by Honor 2 in Politics

Cons hate libs, libs hate cons, why not become two seperate countries? The blue states can be one and make as liberal a laws as they please, while the red states be as conservative as they please. As long as it's fairly peaceful, maybe it would be for the best.

2007-07-13 15:10:28 · 12 answers · asked by Chance20_m 5 in Government

Prior to 2004, a fence could only be built if it were 30 feet in from the property line in our area. Several fences were built on the property line during this time without permission. In 2004, the code was changed to allow a fence to be placed 12 feet in from the property line. Considering the fact that the fences were against code when they were built and they are still against the current code, are the fences considered "grandfathered" simply because the code was changed?

2007-07-13 15:08:17 · 5 answers · asked by G 1 in Law & Ethics

anything????

2007-07-13 15:07:26 · 22 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics

someone i know has been charged with assualt against another male, can the "victim" now refuse to testify???

2007-07-13 15:06:32 · 7 answers · asked by Nessa G 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-13 15:05:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Do you think it is a fair answer to crime or merely a way of turning ourselves in the very killers we are trying to put down?

2007-07-13 15:05:08 · 13 answers · asked by Sasha 3 in Law & Ethics

Putting the Social Security trust fund back together is definitly the right move. It is currently in the general fund and they are blowing it, I have heard that it would have trillions in the account if it had been left in a trust and not blown thru these years.

2007-07-13 15:01:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

i stole 20 dollars from my work.. and i got caught for it.. my boss may or may not press charges.. and i figure if he does.. it would only be a misdemeanor. im only 16 so i've got 2 years untill i join the navy im just worried if this will effect my chances in the navy. i live in mchenry county illinois..

2007-07-13 15:01:47 · 10 answers · asked by Amanda 2 in Military

And that person being sued only has $100 in his name in savings and assets, what happens if the judgement is for the plaintiff?

2007-07-13 15:00:44 · 1 answers · asked by 6th Finger 2 in Law & Ethics

Haven't we been prisnors of these maniacs long enough!!!

2007-07-13 14:56:09 · 17 answers · asked by supressdesires 4 in Politics

... other than raising the minimum wage (that will help 12 million Mexicans).

Is there another issue I missed?

I might vote for her if she continues to not overturn anything Bush has instituted.

2007-07-13 14:52:22 · 9 answers · asked by junglejoe 2 in Politics

for someone who is currently serving in Iraq, is it Operation Iraq Freedom still or is it Operation Ensuring Freedom.

I'm having a pipe cabinet made for my fiance and just need to know which it is so that the engraver doesnt mess up on the cabinet.

thanks much

2007-07-13 14:49:04 · 6 answers · asked by yv060183 3 in Military