Politics & Government - 26 July 2007

Maybe it never did but I am sick of the lies and more lies. Our government is a joke at this point.

2007-07-26 10:31:24 · 17 answers · asked by Cindy P 4 in Politics

I work with a guy who has outstanding warrants for sex crimes. He has managed to avoid the police for quite a while now. I asked him what he would do if he got pulled over while driving. He said he would tell the officer that he doesn't have his Drivers License with him & then he would use the identity of a friend (as far as giving a social security number & DOB etc) He drives his friend's car which has valid insurance papers under the friend's name. Is it this easy for a wanted criminal to fool the police? Does anyone know?

2007-07-26 10:31:11 · 8 answers · asked by Ashley 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

I need to drive from California to Oregon and I dont have a valid physical license right now. I was just wondering if when I am about to cross from Cali to Oregon if they are going to check and I am going to get hasseled. Please someone educate me!

2007-07-26 10:28:00 · 17 answers · asked by tangerinegirlie2@sbcglobal.net 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-26 10:26:13 · 11 answers · asked by MaJaK 2 in Elections

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=3416856&page=1

Steven Spielberg, under pressure from Darfur activists, may quit his post as artistic adviser to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, unless China takes a harder line against Sudan, a representative of the film director told ABC News.

China, Sudan's largest oil customer and perennial defender, has come under renewed scrutiny in the lead up to the Olympics, as the country juggles its need for cheap energy with its desire to host a trouble-free games.

2007-07-26 10:23:51 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

George Carlin's solution to save gasoline:

The BEST way to save gas to is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants. If you do the math that will be 11 million less people using our gas. Thus, the price of gas comes down.

Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the border. When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand them a canteen, a rifle, and some ammo and ship them to Iraq. Tell him if he wants to come to America then he must serve a tour in the military. Give him fair soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it. After the tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended the country. He will also be registered to pay taxes and be a legal patriot.

This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq, as well as the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves.

If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway - but without the canteen, the ammo, or the rifle.

Problem solved.

2007-07-26 10:23:16 · 6 answers · asked by Karma 6 in Politics

2007-07-26 10:22:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

not everyone thinks that war will help but the people who do end up running the country

2007-07-26 10:22:03 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Have any of you seen the movie..... i think "Kill Point" where a bunch of ex-military guys go out to rob a bank......

Well in that movie, the robber gave a speech about the war....

It included very nice thoughts, that i agreed with, and some statements that i liked. These included:

-he asked why the government didn't issue body armor to everyone in the army, because the government deemed it "not necessary"

-He made a statement that..... He wanted every person who voted for us to go to war with Iraq to GO TO WAR with iraq.

he mentioned alot of things that i dont remember.... but i believe that the people in the army should decide whats necessary, and what should be done, not the people sitting at home for moral support (no offense to x-army or army families)

or the government, when half of them have never been to Iraq.

2007-07-26 10:21:42 · 9 answers · asked by jstewart92 2 in Military

Judge: FBI Helped Frame 4 Men for Murder

The FBI encouraged perjury, helped frame the four men and withheld for more than three decades information that could have cleared them, U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner said in issuing her ruling Thursday.

She called the government's argument that the FBI had no duty to get involved in the state case "absurd."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QKC7PG0&show_article=1&catnum=0

After Waco, Ruby Ridge, TWA 800 and OKC. Seems like withholding info and not interviewing witnesses is standard operating procedure.....

2007-07-26 10:21:16 · 17 answers · asked by Cookies Anyone? 5 in Politics

2007-07-26 10:21:00 · 11 answers · asked by tom the plumber 3 in Elections

2007-07-26 10:19:36 · 20 answers · asked by tweety1 1 in Law & Ethics

1) Seal the border to the point where illegal inflow is down to a crawl.
2) Fine employers so that those who hire illegals pay hefty amounts….like $20,000 for each illegal found working for you.
3) More raids on large employers suspected or possibly hiring illegals
4) Force employers do more due diligence to ascertain legality of employees, such as checking with a database to make sure the social security # is a real approved social security #.
5) Force social security and IRS to compare social security numbers of workers to make sure that only good social security numbers are working and paying payroll taxes, and refer bad social security numbers found to be working to the immigration for raids, and employer crack down.
6) Pass law requiring that to be a citizen when born in USA your mother must be a legal resident at time of your birth

2007-07-26 10:19:19 · 11 answers · asked by ez f 1 in Politics

2007-07-26 10:17:07 · 8 answers · asked by americanhero_aa 2 in Military

HOW CAN THEY GET AWAY WITH THIS?

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2645989120070726?feedType=RSS&rpc=22&sp=true

HAZLETON, Pa (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday struck down as unconstitutional a local law designed to crack down on illegal immigration, dealing a blow to similar laws passed by dozens of towns and cities across the country.

U.S. District Judge James Munley said the city of Hazleton, 100 miles north of Philadelphia, was not allowed to implement a law that would fine businesses that hire illegal immigrants and penalize landlords who rent rooms to them.

"Federal law prohibits Hazleton from enforcing any of the provisions of its ordinances," Munley wrote in a 206-page opinion following a federal trial in which Hazleton's law was challenged by civil rights groups.

The city of 30,000 blames a recent rise in illegal immigration for boosting crime and overburdening social services. The law was passed in July 2006 but was not implemented because of a court injunction won by opponents.

2007-07-26 10:16:48 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

What next? Selling our ports, airports and railway system to the Chinese?

Ooops, wait! It's done already.

Great job, Cons. Al Qaida must be jealous.

2007-07-26 10:15:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

im in the military have to be off work for a month with no pay can i claim any type of unemployment.

2007-07-26 10:14:52 · 4 answers · asked by mike r 1 in Military

in reviewing the failure of Americans to know much about politics, identify and discuss three possible causes for the failure
-any suggestions??

2007-07-26 10:12:17 · 5 answers · asked by revroadmoviefan 1 in Civic Participation

This study said that having overweight friends makes oyu more likely to get fat. What do ya thinnk?

2007-07-26 10:10:42 · 15 answers · asked by Jack 5 in Politics

I have been hearing a lot about Alquaeda lately, and I hear Bush gave a 29 minute speech a few days ago that mentioned ALquaeda 120 times.

Isnt' the aim of terrorists to frighten us? and to make us really scared so that we change our way of life? Is Bush combatting them or helping them to frighten us?

2007-07-26 10:09:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

What's the relative merits of each location? UK nuclear boats seem to be basically US designs with UK reactors but why move the dive planes?

2007-07-26 10:08:09 · 6 answers · asked by David W 1 in Military

What would to take? any thing you whant

2007-07-26 10:07:41 · 14 answers · asked by unkownkilla 1 in Law & Ethics

Among other things, my ex boyfriend threatened me after we broke up, impersonated me to have things like utilities and my cell phone shut off and continuously called harrassing me after we broke up. I finally had to change phone numbers and email addresses. He is now in prison on a parole violation (surprise to me) and is continuing to contact my friends, family, etc. and have his family call me. Can I get a restraining order? What is the process since he is in prison and can't appear in court? I don't want to have to face him in court to get one.

2007-07-26 10:06:46 · 4 answers · asked by . 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-26 10:03:25 · 12 answers · asked by Dangerous 2 in Politics

it isn't hurting anyone and no one is losing money from it.

some hispanic citizens of the united states are trying to learn english through school, programs, and people

so why do people complain when they see signs in english and spanish and other related instances?

just ignore the spanish half if it bothers you so much, right? some people say "we shouldn't have to accommodate to them"

well, those signs are not forced on people to be made. stores and businesses make them so that they can attract business of all kinds of people. some signs beware people of danger so that no one will get hurt.

its not illegal to not know english, but many people are trying hard to learn it.

els classes are supported through volunteer work (i know i have some at my church) and bilingual classes do not cost extra, because if it was not there, another english class would be there costing just the same (i know, my mother is a bilingual teacher)

2007-07-26 10:02:07 · 23 answers · asked by sdavila19 3 in Immigration

2007-07-26 10:02:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

He gave testimony yesterday that has been refuted not only by documentation, but the head of the FBI. I see perjury charges coming down the pipe.

2007-07-26 10:01:32 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I have read all the opinions of how everyone on yahoo answers thinks bush is bad and ya de freaking da.....Bring home the troops, quit getting them killed and so on and so on....mainly they hate him because of Iraq, you protest and what not but how about showing us in Iraq, the people who support bush a little respect......guess what he'll be out of office soon enough than you can vote for who ever you want, mabee even run for president yourself.

2007-07-26 10:01:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

You ALL said America is the land of opportunity and anyone can succeed.

Why don't liberals ENCOURAGE those on generational welfare to TRY to succeed instead of giving them handouts their whole lives. Look at the Katrina mess. Those people did not work before Katrina hit and did not know what to do when forced to do things on their own. They were basically paralyzed by fear of having to rely on themselves and not the Government.

2007-07-26 09:59:54 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Using the 20 mph wind as my excuse?

2007-07-26 09:58:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police