Politics & Government - 24 July 2007

A month ago, I was stopped by a police officer in New York City while driving in Brooklyn. He asked me if I knew why I was being stopped and I had said no, then he said it was because I was using a cell phone and my boyfriend who was sitting in the passenger seat wasn't wearing a seatbelt, both of which was not true. I told the officer to check my cell phone that I had not made or receive any calls within the past hour and he said he would not check my cell phone. As for the seatbelt, he said my boyfriend just put it on while he was walking up to our car. We were both shocked and knew he stopped us because he needed to meet his monthly quota. In the end he said he'll only give us one ticket, which was the cell phone one because it would not give me any points on my license.
Today I went to court to fight the ticket, there were 4 other people whom this cop had given tickets to, everyone was either given a ticket for cell phone or seatbelt. How can I file a complaint on this liar?

2007-07-24 08:23:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Please provide a source if you have one.

2007-07-24 08:22:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I already am refused the same tax breaks that people with children have, now I have to fund their children's education too? Any other conservatives with me on this one?

2007-07-24 08:21:58 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-24 08:20:29 · 7 answers · asked by blackberry j 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-24 08:19:18 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

"Fairness doesn't just happen. It requires the right government policies."

Somewhere when reading the constitution I missed the part about fairness. Is this a new leftist right?

2007-07-24 08:17:50 · 15 answers · asked by rmagedon 6 in Politics

We have a large kitchen diner with 2 windows, one of which looks directly into our neighbours kitchen (left side of the room) (so the blind is always closed), then one on the right side that looks into the garden. The neighbour on the right has just built a conservatory with normal windows all the way round.

Because the conservatory has been built about 3 or 4 foot from the 3foot fence (which belongs to the neighbour and has been erected in our land, not where it should have been), her windows look directly into our kitchen, into the only window that we could open the blinds on. The woman next door owns her house, we rent ours from the council and she hates us for it. She has told me that we are council scum because we don't own our house, so we can't speak to her about anything. She's really nosey and is always looking in now.

Is there not a law about invasion of privacy? The council are not helpful, as usual, so I need to give them the facts! Trouble is, I don't know them yet!

2007-07-24 08:16:38 · 22 answers · asked by keiraebony 3 in Law & Ethics

if i graduate early 11th grade will i be able to join the marine corps then or i will i have to wait till im 18?

2007-07-24 08:15:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I'm a 22 year old college student, and my Dad co-signed my car. I parked in a no-parking zone, received a ticket, and paid it by check. My wallet went missing so my bank and I put a hold on all transactions. I called the Municipal court and they said it looked like my check had already cleared. I'm balancing my checkbook last week and it appears it had NOT cleared. I called the court today and they said it had been returned and that I now had a court date-- rather, my DAD had a court date plus a returned check fine. I'm very much okay with paying the returned fee (I feel badly about that situation), but my Dad is in Europe on business. They said that I could try to appear for him at 1:30 any day this week although the judge might not approve it, but otherwise were not very kind with me. I'm distraught because I don't know what to do, and I don't want my Dad to suffer because I parked poorly, especially to have to appear in court because of something I did. Will they arrest? Please help

2007-07-24 08:14:54 · 13 answers · asked by rileyandlola 1 in Law & Ethics

will she have problems coming back to the US? She has a visitors visa and we want to marry now here in the US while she is visiting me, but we will go back to her Country and get married, will there be a problem when we come back to the U.S.?

2007-07-24 08:14:22 · 7 answers · asked by Sebastian 1 in Immigration

through YouTube?

Because I really want to watch that debate.
Thanks.

2007-07-24 08:11:46 · 5 answers · asked by SweetBrunette 5 in Politics

I am trying to write an essay on The Juvenile Justice System, which is due tomorrow and I am suffering from writer's block. Please help!

2007-07-24 08:11:45 · 2 answers · asked by star 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

I have a big problem, my ex-boyfriend had moved out of a house we lived in together for almost 2 yrs, Than when he moved into an apartment he lived in for almost a year, the landlady evicted him for some strange reason, so being the kind person I was and remembering things he had helped me out with, I told him he could live in the house I had continued to rent after he left. Now he's been here almost a whole year or a little more, and he's creating dangerous living conditions. He walks around with a loaded shotgun (to protect the chickens I have outside he says), he is drunk every night, smokes marijuana, has stolen licence plate and sticker for expiration, as well as inspection sticker on his automobile. He is a very dangerous person to cross, and I want him gone from my home as my daughter is expecting and he's been fighting with her while my husband and her fiance are at work. He's even faught verbally with our fellas. My name is the principal name on the lease, not his.

2007-07-24 08:11:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

being harrassed almost everyday for the past 7 months, my superior put this person on "notice" 3 times already.

2007-07-24 08:11:02 · 11 answers · asked by mrsdol 2 in Law & Ethics

This was the debates with the Youtube questions. The snowman makes a good point about how his race is trheatened by global warming.

DRAGON 2008
"I BELIEVE IN U.S."

2007-07-24 08:10:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

since i am 18, and if i have to be in a court case, do my parents have liability over me or since i am 18 can i represent myself and not have parents be in the case?

2007-07-24 08:10:37 · 4 answers · asked by breakaway1298 2 in Law & Ethics

How has the Patriot's Act affected the Bill of Rights since 9/11?
Has it taken our rights/freedoms? What ones? How?

What other laws/acts has passed since?

Please include links from where you found your information.
Thanks!

2007-07-24 08:08:37 · 4 answers · asked by Allora 4 in Law & Ethics

Nobody against the war in Iraq is debating the fact that Saddam Hussein was an evil, ruthless, maniacal tyrant, but why him? Why not any of the other evil dictators in the world, like the ones in Africa, South America, or Asia? Why not Kim Jong Il who actually HAD WMD's, admitted it, and isn't planning on getting rid of them anytime soon?

These are some of the responses I often hear, and my reply is quite simple,

"Other dictators have done that too."

Killed and tortured a ton of his own people.

Invaded another country.

Ignored the UN on something

Had WMD's at some point.

Supported some form of terrorism.

2007-07-24 08:08:08 · 30 answers · asked by ThatOneDude 3 in Politics

2007-07-24 08:06:37 · 9 answers · asked by ali f 1 in Elections

2007-07-24 08:06:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Hi, i was told by someone that it is possible to get a credit card written off if you entered into it being under the age of 21... I have a card that i got when i was 18 and the interest rate is 28% and im 24 and the balance just keeeps goin up.. its horrible... so if this is true and anyone has information for me that would be great!! Iv never gotten another credit card since then!! ALso, i live in Mississippi, so im not sure if it varies by state....

2007-07-24 08:03:46 · 8 answers · asked by MandiGurl M 2 in Law & Ethics

and the nation.Is this a Family Value that republicans love,worship and teach their children before running off to Church?

2007-07-24 08:03:26 · 7 answers · asked by Your Teeth or Mine? 5 in Politics

It doesn't seem like there is any direct threat to their way of life. This is not a rhetorical question. I really want to know.

2007-07-24 08:02:41 · 43 answers · asked by amancalledj 4 in Immigration

Is it actually possible for individuals to purchase conventional weapons, tanks and warplanes, and all the other things that constitute a nation's military from the private defense industries or somewhere else?

Not that I want to (anyway, it would be way too expensive, costing in the millions and billions), but I'm just curious to know, seen as though I'm currently learning about the arms trade. .

2007-07-24 08:02:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

When we cannot even get rid of a despotic, anti-constitution, leader that 71% of the nation doesn't want???????????

I mean...we should be able to get rid of Bush...now...by any means necessary...right? Wouldn't that be democratic? I mean...the current methods are not really democratic, are they?

Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.

2007-07-24 08:00:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If you know that what you are doing is breaking the law by parking in the wrong area, and you also are aware that by so doing this, you are subjecting yourself to getting a ticket from the Traffic Warden, why the hell do you people still do it, and why do you hate someone that is ONLY enforcing the traffic laws?
I asked this question, originally to see what all the comotion was about regarding these traffic wardens, and ALL of the replies that I got were from people that had knowingly broke the law. Do you also hate police officers for enforcing the laws? How about the mail man delivering the mail? The milkman or the Dog Catcher, is no public servant safe from being hated by the public?
When you knowlingly break the law and get caught and fined for doing so, rather than accept your punishment and not do it again, you take out your unjust anger on the person whoes job it is to enforce these laws and give you a ticket, when you should b mad at yourself for doing such a stupid thing!

2007-07-24 07:59:59 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Would you keep it, or report it? The reason I ask is because if you report it, they will likely go to foster care... not good...

It may be best to keep the state out of a child's life...

2007-07-24 07:59:30 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Did Vinnie Ocean and the whole crew get convicted in any RICO cases?

2007-07-24 07:58:20 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-07-24 07:57:34 · 16 answers · asked by Ray Eston Smith Jr 6 in Law & Ethics

I have heard that the Spanish dictator Franco
had a plot to allow Nazi and Japanese forces to strike at US from his South American colonies if Britain had fallen.

2007-07-24 07:57:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government