Politics & Government - 14 July 2007

My aunt was laid off after working over twenty year, ever since she was 17 she has worked. Yet she was told unemployment was limited to six months, no chance for an extension, so she had to take a crappy job just to have an income. Yet a lazy welfare pig who has never worked a day in their life can collect indefinitely, especially if they keep popping out illegitimate kids. Shouldn't a person that has worked (and was really trying to find a good job) be entitled to at least the same a some lazy slob that refuses to work?

(And by the way, she was laid off because the place she worked for went out of business. She had trouble getting a job because places said she was "over-qualified", meaning they did not want to pay for her knowledge and experience.)

2007-07-14 08:58:21 · 10 answers · asked by Lady Bug 1 in Law & Ethics

They turn up 4 days after you report yobs smashing your windows?

2007-07-14 08:55:13 · 35 answers · asked by Jill B 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Under Bush, we have become a very polarized nation.

Isn't it time that we liberals and you conservatives stop the name calling and try to communicate with each other? Can't we try to hammer out some type of compromise?

It used to be more common, and we can do it again if both sides just have the will to lay down their verbal attacks and sit down at the negotiating table.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

Can't we just agree to disagree and actually start a productive dialogue?

For the sake of this country that both sides profess to love?

Patriotism is uniting the country, not dividing it.

2007-07-14 08:53:53 · 16 answers · asked by daibato 2 in Politics

Aren't the middle class in this country richer than the rich of nearly every other country?

2007-07-14 08:51:17 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Is North Korea finally co-operating? Are they finally giving in and giving up on the their nuclear ambitions?

2007-07-14 08:48:55 · 6 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Politics

I want to be the best in boot camp, I want to stand out and I want to move up in ranks as fast as possible. I am joining infantry, but im not sure what is the best way to move up besides volunteering to do things. How can I become guide in boot camp?? What does the guide do??

I just want to be the baddest ************ I can be and want to move up to lcpl asap. I know im gonna start as private, how do I get to first class, and then to lance??

2007-07-14 08:47:03 · 7 answers · asked by heatstream44 1 in Military

All I can find online are the requirements for pilots (which has to be correctable to 20/20). I know the requirements for the military are that vision needs to be correctable to one of the following:

20/70 in one eye, 20/40 in the other
20/30, 20/100
20/20, 20/400

Is the coast guard similiar? (I have vision correctable to 20/20 in my right eye and 20/30 in my left eye).

2007-07-14 08:44:51 · 3 answers · asked by rfiskt 2 in Military

I come from a fairly religious and conservative family. They think I'm crazy and heading down the wrong path because I think gay marriage should not have any government interference. I said that I see no reason why prostitution is illegal, and I think marijuana should be legalized. They are worried sick about me because they think I'm gay, they think I'm prostituting or considering it and they think I do drugs. I am not gay, I don't do drugs or prostitue. I just don't see why the government is so focused on these petty things when there are far more important things to focus on. What can I do or say to make them realize that a difference in opinion does not make me a nut or a bad person?

2007-07-14 08:44:22 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

This doesn't actually apply to most BlueStaters.

2007-07-14 08:43:45 · 10 answers · asked by ? 2 in Politics

Who is with me?
What kind of solutions can we make instead of waiting for our politicians?
The time has come!
People must be united by the web comunity!
Join it!

2007-07-14 08:41:27 · 6 answers · asked by Marcello Moschen 1 in Civic Participation

2007-07-14 08:38:24 · 5 answers · asked by GUS R 1 in Law & Ethics

I am a Vietnam vet, I was a Sergeant and i fought in Vietnam for 6 and a half months and was given a purple heart, so last week I went down to the veterans home to visit some of my old war buddies from Nam, we I entered I realized that half of the people were on one side and half were on the other. After I talked to the Vietnam vets for half an hour I went to the other side of the room and not a soul would talk to me!!!! They just ignored me completely and I made several attempts.... believe me they just wouldn't talk, I don't get it!!!! I think they are mad because we didn't win the war, well I'm sorry we didn't just nuke Vietnam like they did to Japan, I just want to know why they wouldn't talk to me, I just don't get it!!!!

2007-07-14 08:36:54 · 19 answers · asked by james peters 1 in Military

I LOST A SMALL CLAIMS RULING FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR BUT THE JUDGEMENT SPELLS MY NAME WRONG WHAT HAPPENS??? THERE OFF BY ONE LETTER THEY USED A N NOT A M ,,AM I STILL RESPONSIBLE???????

2007-07-14 08:34:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

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(humm. that's if he doesn't find some reason to declare Martial Law of course)

2007-07-14 08:30:17 · 15 answers · asked by rare2findd 6 in Politics

2007-07-14 08:29:18 · 17 answers · asked by Jerky M 1 in Politics

2007-07-14 08:27:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Do you know what those goals and strategies are?

Zawahari (Al-Qaeda #2) released a video on the 4th of July 2007 which in part stated their goals. He also made statements concerning Iraq.
In my article entitled "Know Your Enemy-101" I highlighted those goals and strategies. http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-DfkctJU7dK5B7LcNROoyVQ--?cq=1

Can you tell me what they are?

If you are unwilling to research what the enemy wants, can you say that they don't effect you?

2007-07-14 08:27:12 · 3 answers · asked by John T 6 in Civic Participation

My wife has been working part time Monday to Friday for a company on a self employed basis for over two years now. She has an exemplary record, but has been told, out of the blue, that her services are no longer required, with immediate effect. Is that lawful?

2007-07-14 08:20:01 · 17 answers · asked by I tell you whut! 6 in Law & Ethics

I'm was soooo close to finishing it! I have 4 weeks to go and have already done 10 mo. The problem is, I think my urine test is gonna come up pos. for booze. The only time I've drank in 10 mo! If it does, they're gonna set me back a few months. I've been working a double shift as a caretaker and running(yes, actually running) to this program 5 days a week, 3 hrs. a day, and I dont know if I can keep up that schedule too much longer. I've already done a month of house arrest for this incident last year. Also, I ws supposed to contact my probation officer every 3 months until I finish the program and I have not, nor have the courts contacted me. Is this something that I will get screwed with if they contact me later on and I have not completed my court obligations? I would hate to start from scratch, I feel that I've worked too hard already, and sacrificed so much time and effort. I've been clean as a whistle and feel that I totally messed up over a few glasses of wine over dinner.

2007-07-14 08:19:56 · 12 answers · asked by Lisette G 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-07-14 08:15:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

To cut a long story short - My tenancy ended on 23/06/07. The landlord has had the place professionally cleaned and billed me for it, when I had cleaned the place myself from top to toe (I left it SPOTLESS) - an inventory was even carried out and NOWHERE was it marked that anything needed attention with regards to cleaning. Everything was agreed as clean and in good condition.

SO my questions are:

1) Havent I done my part as a tenant?
2) What is the law with regards to my deposit - can the landlord charge for things so petty, and things which it seems are more centered on his taste and opinion?
3) Should I not have been informed that I was going to be charged for these things before the landlord went ahead and got these services at my expense? Should this have not been discussed with me so that perhaps I could have atleast found cheaper services? (if I agreed this wasn't complete rubbish)

WHAT DO I DO? :(

2007-07-14 08:14:48 · 15 answers · asked by Layla 1 in Law & Ethics

correct me if I'm wrong?

just look at Hollywood.

2007-07-14 08:13:25 · 5 answers · asked by Jeremy P 2 in Politics

In Arizona alone. According to yesterday's CNN they bring in $29 billion in Arizona alone. Business owners love them in Arizona, and say all these bills are racist agendas against Hispanics.
Yes illegals waste $1.9 billion which is what the racist, anti-illegals are always crying about. But the benefits outweigh the price.

What do you think??

2007-07-14 08:12:57 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Is there any progress being made on the fence? I thought funding was in place. What is the hold up?

2007-07-14 08:12:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I am asking this because, Dr. MLK stated in his letter from Birmingham jail that civil disobedience is justified in the face of unjust laws, and "One has a moral right to disobey unjust laws."
I want to know if there have been other unjust laws, besides ones before the civil rights movement, that have been broken.

2007-07-14 08:11:14 · 2 answers · asked by aidepalacios88 1 in Law & Ethics

or is the USA taking over Mexico?
What does a Walmart in the sacred ancient city of Teotihuacan mean?
Why several American schools and bussinesses are located in Mexico?
Why more than 2,000,000 U.S Citizens moved to Mexico?
Why are all of them learning Spanish and Mexican culture?

2007-07-14 08:03:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

CANON CITY, Colo. - A unit of 25 military paratroopers landed inside the perimeter of a state prison, but not to quell a riot or attempt some movie-script breakout. They just goofed.
he paratroopers, armed with exercise rifles that shoot rubber bullets, landed in a corn field outside the Fremont Correctional Institute early Thursday, Colorado Department of Corrections spokeswoman Katherine Sanguinetti said.

Guards escorted them off the grounds with no violence, she told the Rocky Mountain News.

Sanguinetti said she did not know which military unit was involved. She said an investigation is under way but it appears guards handled the inadvertent intrusion correctly.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070714/ap_on_fe_st/odd_prison_paratroopers

How do you not know......? Good exercise for an upheaval in a detention camp...

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55923
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56022

2007-07-14 08:03:07 · 5 answers · asked by Cookies Anyone? 5 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-07-14 08:02:36 · 14 answers · asked by Page 4 in Politics

300 million people and no one is in Washington DC protesting Congresses lack luster proformance.

2007-07-14 08:00:25 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2 in Politics

2007-07-14 07:59:02 · 32 answers · asked by clair_daniel1 1 in Military