Politics & Government - 17 July 2007

This is for the supporters of Fred Thompson, why do you like him so much? What has he accomplished? What does he stand for? What has he done other than Law and order? serious answers only please I'm curious and don't know much about him.

2007-07-17 14:04:32 · 8 answers · asked by crushinator01 5 in Elections

i saw an interesting e-mail and aggree if welfare people had to take drugg test bet there would be less on welfare and those who truley need it could get it so im not saying evryone on welfare is a druggie just pointing out i think a portion do druggs and should be subject to same ruls as those who work why should i have to support there habit ??

2007-07-17 14:03:30 · 12 answers · asked by getbyone 3 in Government

I have particularly noted, especially from the latin community, that there is no hesitation to fly flags from their country (Cuba, Puerter Rico, and Mexico) as well as speaking their native language blatently in public.

What happened to the respect for the country you live in? My great, great, grandparents would role over in their graves if I was out in public blubbering Italian and hanging Italian flags from my balcony and car.

2007-07-17 14:03:19 · 16 answers · asked by ? 6 in Immigration

2007-07-17 14:02:11 · 7 answers · asked by ? 3 in Politics

2007-07-17 14:00:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

AT PRESENT I AM WORKING AS MASTER IN MERCHENT NAVY,CAN SOME BODY ADVISE ME THAT WHICH TYPE OF JOB I CAN GET IN UK.

2007-07-17 13:59:39 · 2 answers · asked by avra shipping m 1 in Military

Giuliani? Nope.

Fred Thompson? Nope.

McCain? Nope.

Romney? Nope.

The answer is..... nobody. 23% of Republicans won't back a candidate, and only 21% back Giuliani.

What's even more interesting is the number has gone up from June - when it was 14%.

All is not well in Republican Land.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_on_el_pr/presidential_race_ap_poll;_ylt=AiUYFvhzcw2Gj.tllLcuVQDMWM0F
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2007-07-17 13:58:38 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

they have an investment property foreclosed on? I have a family member in this situation right now. Before you guys attack me that she is scum for not paying, without going into the whole long drawn out story, let me say that she had renters who did her WRONG & she has just gone through a bout of cancer & a long hospital stay. She is single & lives paycheck to paycheck & can't afford to pay this debt back. Is there any other option for her to come out of this besides bankruptcy?

Ok, so really 2 questions:

1) Can a 2nd mortgage company on another house legally put a lien on her primary residence?

2) Is there any way for her to avoid bankruptcy?

Thank you for your time & response to this.

2007-07-17 13:52:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

my mom was arrested with posseion of drugs and she went to jail she was bounded out and she went to court then they put her on probation then the are lawyer called a four months later and said her probation was squelched. know my understanding of be convicted as a felon is minimum of 1 year in jail in illinos

2007-07-17 13:46:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

I am planning to buy some property in India and for that I need power of attorney. Can some one give me details of how to get power of attorney from indian consulate Houston. Please provide me all the details step by step. Thanks in advance for the help.

2007-07-17 13:45:58 · 2 answers · asked by MS - Believe in Ek Oankaar 6 in Embassies & Consulates

An employee had cancer, also severe allergies. After all the chemo, this employee was unable to work 12 hour shifts. The doctor would only allow 8 hour shifts. This department works a 12 hour swing shift. This employee was working 8 hours shifts on the swing. This employee would only get 24 or 32 hours a week. A new employee was hired, during the first months she was allowed to work 8 hour shifts, because of babysitting problems. But was allowed to work 5 -8 hour days a week, giving her 40 hours every week. Could this be a prima facie case?

2007-07-17 13:39:28 · 4 answers · asked by SweetCheeks 2 in Law & Ethics

i was just wondering for some one who is religious and it is against their religion to cut their hair or shave would the armed forces reject them?

2007-07-17 13:36:34 · 18 answers · asked by aaaaaa 3 in Military

WASHINGTON — One of two known Al Qaeda leadership councils meets regularly in eastern Iran, where the American intelligence community believes dozens of senior Al Qaeda leaders have reconstituted a good part of the terror conglomerate's senior leadership structure.
That is a consensus judgment from a final working draft of a new National Intelligence Estimate, titled "The Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland," on the organization that attacked the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The estimate, which represents the opinion of America's intelligence agencies, is now finished, and unclassified conclusions will be shared today with the public.
The classified document includes four main sections, examining how Al Qaeda in recent years has increased its capacity to stage another attack on American soil; how the organization has replenished the ranks of its top leaders; nations where Al Qaeda operates, and the status of its training camps and physical infrastructure.
The judgment that Iran has hosted Al Qaeda's senior leadership council is likely to draw some criticism from those outside the government who doubt Iran plays a significant role in bolstering Sunni jihadist terrorism. Iran's Shiite Muslims are considered infidels by the Salafi sect of Sunnis that comprise Al Qaeda.
While there is little disagreement that a branch of Al Qaeda's leadership operates in Iran, the intelligence community diverges on the extent to which the hosting of the senior leaders represents a policy of the regime in Tehran or the rogue actions of Iran's Quds Force, the terrorist support units that report directly to Iran's supreme leader.
In the estimate's chapter on Al Qaeda's replenished senior leadership, three American intelligence sources said, there is a discussion of the eastern Iran-based Shura Majlis, a kind of consensus-building organization of top Al Qaeda figures that meets regularly to make policy and plan attacks. The New York Sun first reported in October that one of the Shura Majlis for Al Qaeda meets in the federally administered tribal areas of Pakistan, one of the areas the Pakistani army this week re-engaged after a yearlong cease-fire. Both Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, participate in those meetings.
The other Shura Majlis is believed to meet in eastern Iran in the network established after Al Qaeda was driven from Afghanistan in 2001.
Following that battle, a military planner trained in the Egyptian special forces, Saif al-Adel, fled to Iran. Mr. Zawahri then arranged with the then commander of Iran's Quds Force, Ahmad Vahidi, for safe harbor for senior leaders.
The three main Al Qaeda leaders in Iran include Mr. Adel; the organization's minister of propaganda, Suleiman Abu Ghaith, and the man who some analysts believe is the heir apparent to Mr. bin Laden — one of his sons, Saad bin Laden. The locations of the senior leaders include a military base near Tehran called Lavizan; a northern suburb of Tehran, Chalous; an important holy city, Mashod, and a border town near Afghanistan, Zabul, the draft intelligence estimate says.
In 2003, Iran offered a swap of the senior leaders in exchange for members of an Iranian opposition group on America's list of foreign terrorist organizations, the People's Mujahadin.
That deal was scuttled after signal intercepts proved, according to American intelligence officials, that Mr. Adel was in contact with an Al Qaeda cell in Saudi Arabia.
In the aftermath of the failed deal, Al Qaeda's Iran branch has worked closely in helping to establish the group in Iraq. The late founder of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, had multiple meetings with Mr. Adel after 2001. In the past year, the multinational Iraq command force has intercepted at least 10 couriers with instructions from the Iran-based Shura Majlis. In addition, two senior leaders of Al Qaeda captured in 2006 have shared details of the Shura Majlis in Iran.
"We know that there were two Al Qaeda centers of gravity. After the Taliban fell, one went to Pakistan, the other fled to Iran," Roger Cressey, a former deputy to a counterterrorism tsar, Richard Clarke, said in an interview yesterday. "The question for several years has been: What type of operational capability did each of these centers have?"
A senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Iran expert, Vali Nasr, said he did not know that the Shura Majlis had reconstituted in eastern Iran, but he did say his Iranian contacts had confirmed recent NATO intelligence that Iran had begun shipping arms to Al Qaeda's old Afghan hosts, the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Mr. Nasr, however, said Iran's recent entente with Al Qaeda could be simply a matter of statecraft. "Iran and Al Qaeda do not have to like one another," he said. "They can hate each other, they can kill each other, their ultimate goals may be against one another, but for the short term Iran can unleash Al Qaeda on the United States."
Mr. Cressey said the Iranian regime's relationship with Al Qaeda is one of tolerance as opposed to command and control.
"I think the Iranians are giving these guys enough latitude to operate to give them another chit in the game of U.S.-Iranian relations," he said.
An intelligence official sympathetic to the view that it is a matter of Iranian policy to cooperate with Al Qaeda disputed the CIA and State Department view that the Quds Force is operating as a rogue force. "It is just impossible to believe that what the Quds Force does with Al Qaeda does not represent a decision of the government," the official, who asked not to be identified, said. "It's a bit like saying the directorate of operations for the CIA is not really carrying out U.S. policy."
Some intelligence reporting suggests, the source said, that the current chief of the Quds Force, General Qassem Sulamani, has met with Saad bin Laden, Mr. Adel, and Mr. Abu Ghaith.
The link between Iran and Al Qaeda is not new, in some cases. The bipartisan September 11 commission report, for example, concluded: "There is strong evidence that Iran facilitated the transit of Al Qaeda members into and out of Afghanistan before 9/11, and that some of these were future 9/11 hijackers."
According to the commission, a senior Al Qaeda coordinator, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, said eight of the September 11 hijackers went through Iran on their way to and from Afghanistan.
In 2005, both Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns and the then ambassador at large for counterterrorism, Cofer Black, disclosed that America believes that senior Al Qaeda leaders reside in Iran.

2007-07-17 13:35:04 · 20 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

I think this is a slum lord situation.I am at fault for trusting and not having my paper work.However,i am getting a 3 day notice,what is the process if i am going to fight this.The landlord says i will give you a day notice then another notice to leave after 5 more days.I live in california.Help me please

2007-07-17 13:30:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I have been looking to enter the US Navy but I have been rejected by them.

I have a physical disability but it does not limit me with anything. I have shorter limbs.

2007-07-17 13:27:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Do the Democrats have anything to do except jump in front of the camera for a publicity stunt?

2007-07-17 13:20:07 · 18 answers · asked by rosi l 5 in Politics

While Republicans focus on the dangers posed by al Qaeda in Iraq, our long-term national-security interests in the Persian Gulf, and the warnings that the United Nations and the Baker-Hamilton Commission are issuing on the potential consequences of withdrawal, Democrats will spend the next 24 hours acting out what their staffers have referred to as a “publicity stunt.” They are staging a modern-day version of Jimmy Stewart’s round-the-clock filibuster from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington to wear down opponents of a firm deadline for withdrawal. The only problem: They are, in effect, filibustering their own bill.

For people who might be scratching their heads, a little background. Yesterday Republicans asked that a 60-vote threshold be used for a vote on the Levin Amendment to the defense-authorization bill. The Levin Amendment is a controversial proposal calling for withdrawal from Iraq by April, and the standard procedure for amendments like it has always been the 60-vote threshold. As the Democratic majority leader said earlier this year: “In the Senate it’s always been the case you need 60 votes.”

So why the theatrics? Democrats are feeling the heat from the antiwar base that gave them the majority in both Houses of Congress last November.

Meanwhile, President Bush offered his own change of course. He announced a new Iraq strategy in January to deploy several additional brigades to Baghdad and battalions to Anbar province. By securing the capital, he said, American and allied troops would have a good shot at tamping down sectarian violence and creating the conditions for political progress that everyone says are needed to create stability in Iraq. The president chose General David Petraeus to lead the mission, and Senate Democrats confirmed him by a unanimous vote.

The president’s new plan was devised in consultation with America’s top military commanders in Iraq and the Iraqi prime minister. And it had the backing of a co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group, James Baker, who told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in January that they should give the strategy a shot: “The general that you confirmed the other day, 81 to nothing, this is his idea,” Baker said of General Petraeus. “He’s the supporter of it. He’s now the commander on the ground in Iraq. Give it a chance.”

Yet despite this plea, Senate Democrats declared the surge a failure before it began. Senator Barack Obama spoke for many in his caucus when he said in January, “The president’s strategy will not work.” So it surprised no one that soon after confirming General Petraeus, Democrats repeatedly tried to pass a bill that would have limited the General’s mission. Their only claim to success was a bill that funded the mission they claimed to oppose. And even that took more than three months to pass before being vetoed by the president because of language that set a date for withdrawal.

In response to the veto, Democrats resubmitted the vetoed funding bill without the timeline, infuriating their antiwar base and setting up this week’s debate — and the threat of a bad Jimmy Stewart impersonation. Not coincidentally, today’s stunt was announced in conjunction with an antiwar protest on the Capitol grounds.

The real question, of course, is not who’s in the driver’s seat of the Democratic strategy for Iraq. It’s why Democrats would allow themselves to pull a self-described publicity stunt like this in the first place on an issue as serious as the war. Democrats seem to have forgotten that they voted 80 to 14 to give General Petraeus until September to report on the strategy they sent him to Iraq to complete. That was the framework we agreed to, and signed into law, for the conduct of this debate. But then, they voted to send General Petraeus to Iraq even as they declared his mission a failure.

Our troops and our top military commander deserve better. At the very least they should be able to expect that we will stick with our pledge to give General Petraeus until September to report back on progress and the law which a majority of the Senate voted for in May.

This war, and its potential consequences, are too serious for anything less. Our enemies aren’t threatened by talk-a-thons, and our troops deserve better than publicity stunts.

2007-07-17 13:19:38 · 21 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

2007-07-17 13:19:04 · 5 answers · asked by re 1 in Military

2007-07-17 13:18:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

be detailed

2007-07-17 13:17:41 · 6 answers · asked by CDJ J 1 in Military

Do you believe that the us military would have been so quickly involved in Iraq.? If the president himself knew what a combat situation and ACTUAL army life was like would he have gon into Iraq?

2007-07-17 13:15:51 · 14 answers · asked by Natashya K 3 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-07-17 13:13:41 · 7 answers · asked by mebailey2001 1 in Civic Participation

I just had to say that.

2007-07-17 13:08:19 · 16 answers · asked by Enigma 6 in Politics

Recently my company went through some changes and my tittle was changed. Now part of my salary is commission based, as I am in Sales now. To prevent me from losing income, my manager told me my old salary would be in effect for an additional 6 months, giving me time to establish a customer base and cover any base salary loss with the commissions. Since these changed went into effect my salary has been reduced. In other words, I was told that my pay would remain the same for 6 months and it hasn't. I am making 12K less per year! I feel like they lied to me! Do I have grounds to sue?
Thanks!

2007-07-17 13:07:52 · 5 answers · asked by justaskingtoknow 1 in Law & Ethics

We have a problem in our condo which started with a contract being signed by a previous Bd Of Directors. In April of 2006 the old Bd signed a contract with the property mgt com for another 3 yr term. In June 2006 , the Pres of the new Bd fired the property mgt co and hired a new one. The old property mgt co accepted severance and then sent us a lawsuit for $200,000 for the duration of the contract we did not honour.
Our Pres at the time was in for 5 months and then we got a new Pres. Our new Pres hired a condo lawyer to help us out.
Now the lawsuit is application filed, defense filed, reply given and no action to go to trial. I am worried about it as it will be $300,000 or more when we go to court. Our Bd is thinking we might make some money if we win. How do I try to get this thing resolved without going to court??? No one seems to be giving me ,an Owner , any info accept wait. I don't want to wait for years on this issue. Can a mediator help??? What is the answer?

2007-07-17 13:07:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Iraq would be better but they would keep complaining on how Bush screwed it up... It would make the USA united again both sides would be happy, the America haters would be glad to leave and the rest of us would be glad to see them leave. But then they would start to love America for some reason?

2007-07-17 13:07:13 · 12 answers · asked by JohNy 2 in Politics

2007-07-17 13:04:41 · 32 answers · asked by The Apostle 2 in Politics

2007-07-17 13:04:32 · 4 answers · asked by thatgirl90 2 in Law & Ethics

It seems like the police wouldn't want non-police listening in?

2007-07-17 13:02:23 · 21 answers · asked by george3 5 in Law Enforcement & Police

if your on social security can you just own one property?

2007-07-17 12:58:29 · 3 answers · asked by magaly r 1 in Law & Ethics