Politics & Government - 17 July 2007

The cats out of the bag now. Clinton and Edwards should have turned off their mics when talking about their plans. We all know who will be running with her.

2007-07-17 05:27:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

My sister told me that in Texas you don't have to give a reason to quit your job you can just quit. So if that was true why would it matter to a company why I didn't give my previous job a two week notice?

Oh and not sure if I put this question in the right place...

2007-07-17 05:25:33 · 10 answers · asked by emeraldZombie 2 in Other - Politics & Government

In the wake of the scandal involving Senator Vitter, Wendy has chosen to stand by her husband throughout this time. When the Lewisky scandal broke, former First Lady and current NY Senator Hillary Clinton chose to do the same. I haven't heard of nor have I witnessed any backlash against Senator Vitter's wife for the decision that she made, yet when Hillary made that same decision there was backlash against her for choosing to stand by her husband. Doesn't that sound rather hypocritical?

2007-07-17 05:23:56 · 13 answers · asked by iwannarevolt 4 in Other - Politics & Government

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2007-07-17 05:23:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

This town is providing ID cards to illegals.
ROTFLMAO!
That'll never happen in Georgia where I live.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070717/ts_csm/anewhaven

2007-07-17 05:21:48 · 6 answers · asked by scottdman2003 5 in Elections

Connecticut town offering ID cards to illegal immigrants.............

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070717/ts_csm/anewhaven

2007-07-17 05:20:48 · 13 answers · asked by Lil's Mommy 5 in Immigration

2007-07-17 05:20:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_saudi;_ylt=AvfAkB.h1fX7nxbEyK3a.rELewgF

2007-07-17 05:20:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

We have a representative government and if the majority of Americans decide on taxes and government spending, then quit-yer-griping - it's not your money anymore.

2007-07-17 05:19:51 · 13 answers · asked by oohhbother 7 in Politics

2007-07-17 05:19:51 · 19 answers · asked by Einheart 2 in Other - Politics & Government

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LaY8wzwxWTc

2007-07-17 05:19:43 · 4 answers · asked by AntG 3 in Elections

Shouldn't a president be chosen based on ability and beliefs?

2007-07-17 05:19:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

will not get any???

I bet he won't even get one.
What say you?

2007-07-17 05:17:29 · 19 answers · asked by Page 4 in Politics

Poligamy is against the LDS rules yet the people that was excammunicated for that reason has started a religion PROMOTING poligamy how can that be legal (They are giving the true Mormons a bad name)

2007-07-17 05:16:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

The useless pinko do-gooder touchy-feely namby-pamby Labour poncers have "misplaced" enough of our tax dollars to buy another nation.

Labour has the highest tax revenue of any UK government in history.

Where the bloody hell is it then?
Essential services, like the Air Ambulance having to survive on donations from the public?

Not good enough.

Rise up John Bull and take back your nation from the pink-knicker snow-droppers and hangers-on.

Burn the Lefties and heat the Poor!

2007-07-17 05:15:31 · 8 answers · asked by B.o.B 2 in Other - Politics & Government

Could we have spent the money for better results and less waste?

2007-07-17 05:13:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I don't know why some people still believe that we need to keep our troops in Iraq when they keep dying everyday for an unjustified war. It has become painfully clear that it is a failed war that is only creating more anti-american sentiment and a breeding ground for terrorism. Of course politicians(Republicans mostly) keep saying that if we don't keep throwing more funds at this war we are not supporting our troops and label us as unpatriotic. What really bothers me is that there are regular people out there who ACTUALLY BELIEVE this crap. when will we wake up and realize that they are spilling innocent blood (both Iraqi and American) to protect their vested interest in that country's oil. They could care less about our troops if they didn't need them to achieve their objective. It is so clear. How can people still not see this and question OUR love for our country?

2007-07-17 05:12:08 · 16 answers · asked by Mizar 2 in Military

Several reports out today claim that inequality now is much worse than 20 or 30 years ago. One tool that the government hoped would tackle the opportunity gap - SureStart - also came in for criticism. MPs said it was failing to target those who most need it. So what is the government doing to tackle the problem

2007-07-17 05:10:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

So why all the guff when I ask when's he going to catch him ?

2007-07-17 05:10:24 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

And how do you feel about this?

2007-07-17 05:06:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Since you CONS seem so down on handouts, why did Bush sign off on a Plan that we cannot pay for? Will you cons go home tonight and yell at your grandparents for accepting this handout?

Could it be because Seniors are a great area of voter support for Bush? Nah, he wouldn't approve handouts just be cause of that.

Source: Massive Medicare debt that will never be paid without an increase in payroll taxes.

2007-07-17 05:02:40 · 5 answers · asked by Le BigMac 6 in Politics

How will they respond to the latest NIE??
Obama denied al qaeda was in Iraq last week.

2007-07-17 05:02:17 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

are idiots running that agency?

2007-07-17 05:00:06 · 11 answers · asked by ? 6 in Politics

The US media eagerly joined this deception, even though 95% of Iraq’s resistance groups had no sympathy for bin Laden’s movement. Watch any US network TV news report on Iraq and you will inevitably hear reporters parroting Pentagon handouts about US forces "launching a new offensive against al-Qaida."
Al-Qaida in Mesopotamia didn’t even exist before 9/11, but that didn’t stop President Bush from trying to gull credulous voters. He simply ignored the 2006 National Intelligence Estimate that found US-occupied Iraq had become an "incubator" for violent anti-American groups.
If the US were to withdraw from Iraq tomorrow, the nation would be split between warring Shia, Sunni and Kurdish parties. The fake Al-Qaida in Iraq would end up at the bottom of the totem pole, or be wiped out by other Iraqis. Even Osama bin Laden and his number two, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, have blasted the phony al-Qaida in Iraq and called for an end to its attacks on Iraqi civilians.
But Americans are increasingly leery of the White House’s crying wolf. Many are also asking how Bush could claim "steady progress" was being made in his wars when it appears the al-Qaida movement is back to pre-2001 strength, anti-American groups are popping up across Asia and Africa, and Iraq is a bloody mess.
After six years of conflict, 3,600 dead and 25,000 wounded American soldiers, expenditure of $610 billion, tens of thousands of dead Iraqis and Afghans, collapse of Mideast peace efforts, and a Muslim World enraged against the US, nothing positive seems to have been accomplished by a leader who likes to style himself, "the war president."
As the White House now ponders an attack on Iran, we would do well to recall the famed words of King Pyrrhus of Epirus, "one more such victory and we are ruined."
ONLY DR. RON PAUL WILL STOP WAR : like he said : Send our troops home now

2007-07-17 04:56:34 · 16 answers · asked by MIkE ALEGRIA 1 in Other - Politics & Government

I mean isn't it so that to be politician is to fight for something you truly believe in, in terms of serving justice, speaking up and fighting for morals etc.

But why are the politicians drawing big salary and perks while their main responsibilities are to serve the people?

2007-07-17 04:54:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-17 04:52:08 · 34 answers · asked by wooper 5 in Politics

2007-07-17 04:51:11 · 8 answers · asked by Bill W 【ツ】 6 in Law & Ethics

England's chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, has called for a system that assumes everyone is a potential organ donor - unless they expressly request not to be.

Surveys have indicated that as many as 70% of people want their organs donated after death, but only 20% of the population are on the NHS Organ Donor Register.

So, is creating a system where you have to "opt out" of organ donation the best way to tackle the problem of donor shortage?

And is this kind of "soft paternalism" the best way to make an apathetic nation engage with the issues affecting our lives? What else might we be automatically enrolled into?

2007-07-17 04:50:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

They could get scanned everywhere they go so we can keep track of the possible bad guys. Our rights should not be trampled on.. but the people with the crazy fundamentalists can handle it.. I think..

2007-07-17 04:50:13 · 14 answers · asked by not_omniscient_enough 1 in Politics

"Sanctions are penalties imposed on those who break the law to ensure compliance and conformity with the law." To what extent is the above statement a true reflection of the role of civil and criminal sanctions?

2007-07-17 04:49:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics