Politics & Government - 21 July 2007

There was this smirk on his face he couldn't seem to wipe off during the whole press conference. Is this going to be like the 9/11 widows? They could say any ridiculous Bush-deranged garbage they wanted. Any time someone responded in-kind, their response to the widows was not rebutted on its' merits. Anyone who responded to the widows was simply called "mean".

Is Elizabeth Edwards now an unassailable human-shield for her sleazeball husband because she has cancer?

If she dies before the election, who will he use next?

Can anyone answer this question without calling me "mean"?
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2007-07-21 05:07:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

The Republicans haven't approved of the Democratic controlled Congress because Democrats now have the majority. Democrats don't approve of Congress because they have done almost nothing to stop George Bush and the Iraq war.
It's obvious that if Congress wants approval they will stop this war. I would think that since Congress is pretty much doing what Bush wants them to do that the Republicans would approve of the job they are doing. But instead they foolishly keep pointing out that Congress has a low approval rating. Hmmmm....why is that ? The more critism Congress gets the more willing they will be to take action against the President's policies. They won't lose much Republican support ( because they have very little right now), BUT they will gain a lot of Democratic support.
Shouldn't you Bush supporters be approving of the fact that Congress is letting Bush have his way ?

2007-07-21 05:06:35 · 14 answers · asked by ? 6 in Politics

ok, i have a huge problem with americans adopting from other countries when in the u.s. we also have a ton of american children needing homes. i also have a major problem with opera giving so much money to other countries to help the poor childern when the u.s. has plenty of poverty and needy childern and we also have several schools who could use money for reconstruction and new learning material...........does anyone agree with me??

2007-07-21 05:05:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-07-21 05:03:25 · 9 answers · asked by SANAT 5 in Government

Why do they welcome al-qaida and mexican invaders with open arms?

2007-07-21 05:03:24 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I know after the 9 weeks of basic training,he has graduation but then he has AIT I don't know if he'll go straight there or get to come home,also when he goes for his AIT will I get to stay with him?

2007-07-21 05:02:46 · 14 answers · asked by WaitingOnMySoldier 1 in Military

I see stalkers are filing bogus abuse reports against similar questions, so get your answers in fast.

2007-07-21 05:01:32 · 15 answers · asked by ? 7 in Politics

This had any effect on any descisions he made while in office?

2007-07-21 04:59:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-21 04:59:00 · 13 answers · asked by nofear_intrepid40 1 in Politics

2007-07-21 04:58:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Al Gore III faces felony drug charges
Former vice president has little to say today about son's arrest.
City News Service

MISSION VIEJO – Former Vice President Al Gore's son faced drug charges today in Orange County as his father faced the media while preparing for an international music festival to highlight global warming.

Al Gore III, 24, a Los Angeles resident, was driving a blue Toyota Prius south on the San Diego (5) Freeway about 2:15 a.m. yesterday when a sheriff's deputy stopped him at the Crown Valley Parkway exit for speeding, said sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.

The deputy smelled marijuana and searched the car, finding less than an ounce of pot, but also the prescription drugs Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, Soma and Adderall, which is used to treat attention deficit disorder.

The Harvard graduate said he did not have a prescription for the drugs and admitted smoking pot shortly before being stopped, Amormino said.

However, authorities did not book him on suspicion of DUI because they decided Gore was not "impaired" by the marijuana, he said.

He was arrested on suspicion of drug possession -- and speeding -- and booked into jail in Santa Ana on $20,000 bail. One of his sisters, reportedly Sarah, posted his bail and he was released about 2 p.m. yesterday.

Appearing on NBC's "Today" show for a previously scheduled interview, the former vice president -- who is one of the organizers of this weekend's "Live Earth," a 24-hour, seven-continent concert series to promote the battle against global warming -- was asked about the arrest.

"Well, we're dealing with it as a private family matter," Gore said, "and we love him very much, and we're glad that he's safe, and that he's getting treatment, and we're going to leave it as a private matter."

Possessing less than an ounce of pot is a misdemeanor, but illegal possession of prescription drugs is a felony.

Gore is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 1. Prosecutors have not decided whether to file felony charges against him, said Susan Schroeder of the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

Orange County offers three drug diversion programs that allow people to undergo treatment instead of going to jail, but participants must meet certain qualifications, she said.

Among the qualifications for the "Drug Court" program operated by the Orange County Superior Court, a participant must have no record of violence, drug trafficking or possession of drugs for sale, said court spokeswoman Carole Levitzky.

It is aimed at people with a second or third offense, and there "has to be a willingness" to go through drug treatment programs, such as attend a 12-step program, she said.

"It's hard -- they get tested frequently," Levitzky said.

Schroeder said the programs basically require participants to enter guilty pleas. Under a drug diversion program put in place by the Legislature, the defendant enters a guilty plea, but the plea is not entered as a judgment and it is never recorded if the person successfully completes a program.

Under the Proposition 36 program passed by voters, a person pleads guilty and is sentenced to treatment instead of jail, she said.

The son of the former vice president was charged with marijuana possession in Maryland in 2003 after police stopped the car he was driving for not having its headlights on. In February 2004 he entered a substance abuse program as part of a plea agreement.

Gore was ticketed for reckless driving by North Carolina police in August 2000 for allegedly driving 94 mph, and in September 2002, military police arrested him on suspicion of drunk driving near a military base in Virginia.

2007-07-21 04:58:10 · 11 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

Me and my friends like doing something...

Everytime we see a cop car we point at it and quickly run away and the cops think that we hav done something bad so they chase us. We pretty much do it for the exciment/thrill cause there nothing better to do in this city..

Anyway, if a cop were to catch me and they didn't find anything on me and I truthfully admitted that we were running away from them as a joke could they charge me with anything??

2007-07-21 04:56:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Did they come from Siberia and cross the Bering Strait landbridge? If this is true why do the people who support illegal immigration use the Native Americans in defending why breaking the law is okay?

2007-07-21 04:52:51 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-07-21 04:50:59 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-07-21 04:49:54 · 23 answers · asked by manu 2 in International Organizations

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_o...

All of the news articles I found, only talk about colon cancer, etc, focusing their attention on the medical aspect, and Not on political aspect...

Look at what happened when Cheney took over NORAD on 9/11 running exercizes pretending our planes were hitting buildings LIKE the twin towers

2007-07-21 04:49:24 · 18 answers · asked by Kacy H 5 in Politics

I shouldn't be surprised, given that it comes from the gang who thinks an island where '59 Chevys are a luxury provides better health care than the U.S.

2007-07-21 04:48:59 · 12 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-07-21 04:44:50 · 11 answers · asked by Page 4 in Politics

i mean going back to iraq.....they kill themselves or hire a hitman to shot them so they cannot return.

there was a soldier here at one rochester ny colleges saying they would rather kill themselves then go back.

then yesterday inside editon had a soldier hire a hitman to shot him in the leg so he would not have to go back.

THINK IF YOU DI NOT WANT TO SERVE IN THE WAR WHY DID YOU SIGN UP FOR THE MILITARY IN THE FIRST PLACE?

and getting really sick and tired of seeing stories like that you dishonoring military members

2007-07-21 04:39:16 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Honestly I still don't understand it. Please answer as this has always baffled me.
All races please answer.

2007-07-21 04:37:49 · 25 answers · asked by mary 4 in Law & Ethics

Yes life was tough- but bloody hell we were too and not mincing namby-pambies neither.
And complete unafraid for being right rude to Johnny Foriegner.

No Blair, no ASBO's, no PC, no Chavs, no Lager louts and loutettes, no pervs, no pedos, no knifings, no hoodies, no speed cameras, no congestion charge, working trains, walk where you please, hoon about in a proper car (British) no seatbelts, lead toys, lead paint, leaded 5-star all the way, eat dirt, eat snails, mum shooed you out the house and you weren't allowed back in till dusk, Dad's baccy, always on the run from adults who weren't afraid to grab you by yer ear and haul you back to mum and dad for a bloody good smack, gran always forcing tea down your throat, where's yer vest?

2007-07-21 04:29:51 · 18 answers · asked by B.o.B 2 in Other - Politics & Government

all my mothers wrongful death suit went to atty and fees they just dont stop out of the 300.000 they got approx 218,000 and that was 140'000 for fee the rest was cost now then i got a attorney to to register my will and he cost 15,000 so i am hardly achieving any money from this wrongful death that my mother went through and the mental anquish now of them taking all the money .help .please and this attorney knows the atty from pittsburgh isnt their a law about such misabuse of a clients money and know i cant get receipts for nothing ive asked 2 months ago and i am still waiting

2007-07-21 04:23:17 · 4 answers · asked by mch15666 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for the government's disaster relief agency discouraged officials from pursuing reports that trailers housing hurricane victims had dangerous levels of formaldehyde, according to documents released Thursday.
The House committee unearthed documents in which one FEMA lawyer advised: "Do not initiate any testing until we give the OK. ... Once you get results ... the clock is running on our duty to respond to them."
Paulison said FEMA's lawyers were trying to protect the agency from lawsuits, but he now realizes FEMA should have been more aggressive in dealing with the concerns about formaldehyde. "We simply did not have a grasp of the situation at the time," he said.
http://www.enn.com/med.html?id=1565

2007-07-21 04:21:27 · 6 answers · asked by bruce b 3 in Law & Ethics

Inspired By: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArDOL89r8V0WxKeDvBmW1WDsy6IX?qid=20070720143618AAZPzJH

2007-07-21 04:18:24 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If they vote on us to help them, it gives us legitimacy, if not, we can and should leave. We went there in part to help them obtain a democracy. Let's have them vote on this most important issue.

2007-07-21 04:15:10 · 3 answers · asked by pmffleury 1 in Elections

1. Some are more consumed by Realty TV than what is actually happening in the world.
2. Some are more consumed with Paris Hilton and what is happening than what is actually happening with their country being led by Bush and Corruption.
3. Actually you need these ignorant and uneducated people as they make good lemmings or commonly called Bushies.

2007-07-21 04:14:45 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

killer here from Jamaica on amnesty. He's here cause he'll get killed in his own country. But good for someone like that! How the heck is this fair we're paying this guys welfare and medicare and he's never paid rent been evicted 5 times this year, he tried to kill someone today .... I MEAN WHAT THE HELL????? i KNOW MANY DESERVING KIDS ARE OUT THERE AND WERE TAKING IN TRASH

2007-07-21 04:14:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I think so.

2007-07-21 04:13:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

A. as long as they have a blank search warrant
B.if the person is carrying the evidence outside his or her home
C.that they find in a legal search, even though it is not the evidence for which they were searching
D.that is in plain view

2007-07-21 04:11:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

I have a judgment against husband and wife
they are broke but he works and they have a new car
i believe car is registered in wifes maiden name - and i believe they own it clean as a gift from her parents
Im in california
If I go to dmv and fill out request for vehicle information i must state a reason and dmv sends a copy to the registered owner
now they are on notice that i'm going after the car
If they then give the car back to her parents does that make it judgment proof as regards her debts?

question 2
how do i seize something that is regestered in her maiden name? do I need to go back to court and amend the judgment or something like that to establish a claim on it?

2007-07-21 04:09:49 · 4 answers · asked by Richard K 3 in Law & Ethics