Politics & Government - 30 July 2007

How do you marry an asylum seeker in the UK

2007-07-30 13:49:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

so... is it right for the U.S. to use military force to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons by nations that pose a military threat?

2007-07-30 13:49:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Half the employees are under one name and the other half are under another name. One building, one business, but they go by 2 names. Someone told me they do that for tax reasons. Is that some kind of fraud?

2007-07-30 13:48:44 · 5 answers · asked by Katie12 2 in Law & Ethics

How many of you have ever passed a red light or drove faster than the legal limit? Last time I checked both are crimes right?
I have heard many of you call illegals criminals . I can assure you that for many illegals the only crime they have ever committed was coming here. So with that logic couldn't I call you a criminal? Heck let's take this a step further if you've ever told a lie couldn't you be called a liar?

2007-07-30 13:48:08 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I want to become a police officer. This one job i was looking at said that you work rotating shifts. like working 7-3 one week then working 3-11 another week. The week after that you work 11-7. then the week after that you go back to 7-3. Does all police officers do that?

2007-07-30 13:46:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Thank Goodness I decided to sit in my car for a little while in the morning because that evening when I was leaving, I noticed that my car had been hit. The next day, I found her car in the parking lot and she had paint on her bumper, the same color as the paint on my car. My car has silver paint on it's bumper matching the paint on her car and SHE DENIES HITTING MY CAR!! My job has surveillance of the parking lot but are refusing to show me the surveillance. They said the surveillance is not used for that purpose. What can I do?

2007-07-30 13:46:03 · 11 answers · asked by SmartyPants 5 in Law & Ethics

You are one of four members of the City Council of Adam. Tax and other revenues are down significantly due to an increase in violent crime and arson, which has caused a sudden unexpected exodus of citizens and businesses from the community. This has also caused a budget shortfall forcing harsh choices upon the Council. The police have requested funds to replace two members of the city’s four member force who have recently resigned and moved away. They also need to replace one of their three patrol units. The costs of recruitment, payroll and benefits for the two officers, plus the replacement patrol unit, are $200,000. The fire department needs to replace one of its two fire engines. The cost of the new fire engine will be $200,000. The City Orphanage partially burnt down in one of the arsons. Thirty orphans must now share an amount of space which, by law, can only have a maximum living capacity of fifteen. Cost to repair the orphanage is $200,000. All possible options have been considered by the Council. Only ONE of the items can be funded with the $200,000 left in the city’s budget. Question: as a City Council member, how will you use your one vote: do you choose to approve funding for new police officers and the patrol unit they will need, the fire engine, or the repairs to the orphanage? Why have you made this decision and how did you come to your conclusions?

2007-07-30 13:42:19 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

I couldn't believe it. I about fell out of my chair and I was in the next room!! Who is this guy?

2007-07-30 13:40:41 · 5 answers · asked by ndnquah 6 in Law & Ethics

In a time when unions are outraged with Democrats for their pro-immigration policies, big labor has launched an unprecedented lobbying campaign to force workers into unions. Labor unions are supposed to protect workers’ rights, yet union bosses want Congress to pass a law that actually robs workers of their democratic right to a private ballot.

In March, the House kowtowed to the unions and passed the so-called “Employer Free Choice Act.” Today the battle comes to the floor of the Senate. Union bosses will learn that the Senate isn’t going to roll over so easily.

I was a card-carrying member of the AFL-CIO Metal Lather union in my youth, and I understand the role that unions can play. But unionization is increasingly facing organizing challenges. Unions have seen a steady decline in membership, from 16.1 percent in 1990 to 12 percent in 2006. Right now they’re less interested in seriously defending workers’ rights than they are about simply holding onto their power. It seems obvious that big labor wants to rebuild its membership rolls — and its bank account — through a forced unionization process called “card check.”

What is card check and why is it so bad? The bill now before Congress would overturn a 72-year law that guarantees workers the right to cast private ballots in union organizing elections. Card check has always been an option, if employers voluntarily choose to recognize a union that way. But this bill mandates the recognition of a labor union as the exclusive employee representative if only 50 percent plus one of the workers signs a card expressing interest in a union. It’s automatic. No discussion, no hearing from both sides on the issue, no election.

What about the views of the other 49 percent? It’s very likely they would not even know an election is taking place. Union organizers only have to solicit cards in secret until they achieve a majority. That’s not a free and fair election. By voting in union-organizing elections, you are consulted about a decision that will require you to pay potentially thousands of dollars a year in union dues and may require you to support union actions, including strikes. Yet under this so-called “Employee Free Choice Act,” it is possible for nearly half of the workers to have no voice at all.

This isn’t about workers’ rights. This is about intimidation. Consider the pressure you would be under to sign a card if your coworkers asked. Workers and their families can be harassed at home, at church, at the shopping mall. A former union organizer testified before the House Education and Labor Committee that many workers “signed the card simply to get the organizer to leave their home and not harass them further.” Pressure often escalates to include threatening phone calls, vandalism, stalking, and even violence. In one 2004 case, a worker in High Point, North Carolina, who dared to oppose the United Auto Workers’ card check campaign, needed 24-hour security posted at his home.

The only protection workers have to exercise their freedom in union elections is the private ballot. A choice made under duress is no choice at all — it’s coercion.

A private ballot allows workers to make a decision without the union organizers, coworkers, or the employer looking over their shoulder. An employer wouldn’t know if you voted for the union, and the union wouldn’t know if you voted against the union.

Ironically, the bill’s supporters agree that secret ballot elections for unionization are a good thing — in Mexico! In August 2001, eleven cosponsors of the House card-check bill sent a letter to the Mexican government urging the adoption of secret-ballot elections as a basic right for Mexican workers for the very reasons we should protect this right here in America. Go figure.

Let’s be very clear that no one is denying the right of workers to organize unions. Unions, in fact, won more than half of the federally supervised organizing elections held in the last year. The right to join a union by secret ballot is time-honored. It is a right I exercised when I chose to be a card-carrying member.

But the right to decide by private ballot is fundamental in our democracy. Without it, union organizing is just legal conscription.

The Senate must stand up for American workers by defeating this bill.

2007-07-30 13:39:53 · 8 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

I current work a normal 40 hrs a week. I work OT occassionally as it is usually unlimited at my job. However some days I don't feel like it. My job made it mandatory for about 3 months about a year ago and then they stopped and made it only voluntary. Now because they aren't getting enough people volunteering, they are saying it may go back to mandatory. Is it legal for a job to force OT? Any websites or articles that prove it is illegal?

2007-07-30 13:39:07 · 8 answers · asked by Glamour Girl 2 in Law & Ethics

Today I was on my way home from school and I went through an amber light. Even though I had beaten the red light, I got pulled over. The cop bassically lied to my face telling me that the light was red for like two seconds.

I know that I'm innocent but there's no way to prove my case without proof that I didn't run that light.

It there a site that you can go to in order to access taping of traffic?

Thanks!

2007-07-30 13:37:42 · 3 answers · asked by Mizz_Britz 3 in Law & Ethics

Greed is the problem....so how do we fix the problem, without socializing it? This is a conversation that we need to be having if we are going to avoid socialized health care.

2007-07-30 13:33:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I just got notice today from a police officer that i had a returned check in dec 06 for $55.00 and must appear in court, even if i pay this in full before the court date i must appear in court. Whats involved with a 1st degree misdeam for passing a bad check? This wasnt done intentionally and i didnt know anything about it until this evening, please help me with this, im scared to death, ive never been in any trouble before, and im scared to death to go to court, please only serious answers only.

2007-07-30 13:30:12 · 4 answers · asked by luvdamonkey06 2 in Law & Ethics

It should be illegal to give random drug tests. What people do in the privacy of their own home should not be tested. It is a voilation of the 4th amendmant and I can not stand companies that practice that. How do they get away with it?

2007-07-30 13:29:58 · 16 answers · asked by LSU 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

It should be illegal to give random drug tests. What people do in the privacy of their own home should not be tested. It is a voilation of the 4th amendmant and I can not stand companies that practice that. How do they get away with it?

2007-07-30 13:28:31 · 11 answers · asked by LSU 2 in Law & Ethics

I'm looking seriously at both of them. I meet the qualifications and requirements. I'm just trying to weigh the benefits of both and see where I'd fit in the best. Any insight would be much appreciated.

2007-07-30 13:26:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Check coroners reports!!
Take notice next time you're out and about!

2007-07-30 13:24:46 · 16 answers · asked by BLUE MOON 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

Can you kick someone with a criminal background out of their house if they are renting section 8? If so how can you do this? A house in my neighborhood is rented out by section 8 and all the tenants have criminal backgrounds and are always having problems with other gangs, causing problems for the whole block. The most common thing is drive by's.....please help

2007-07-30 13:24:41 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

That geogre bush is screwing up.

2007-07-30 13:24:04 · 22 answers · asked by Flintstoner 4 in Politics

I can't find the answer to this question. I just need the name of who I call to report unfair treatment at a job. The number would be fabulous, but for now just a name would be helpful. This is in the state of Ohio

2007-07-30 13:23:14 · 5 answers · asked by Erimaca 1 in Law & Ethics

----I keep seeing Hilary as "Moe" in the three stooges, slapping the hell out of Edwards and Obama; and Edward's $300. haircut all frizzed up like Larry's.

2007-07-30 13:23:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

any branch including coast guard is ok

2007-07-30 13:21:56 · 8 answers · asked by exoxe2 2 in Military

My fiance left this morning at 11:30 to take a friend to the airport. This should have been a 4 hour trip, but he has been gone for almost 9 hours now. He would have called me if they stopped somewhere and traffic reports say that the highways are clear. I am extremely worried and don't know what to do. Please help!!

2007-07-30 13:19:28 · 14 answers · asked by brookeandjohn05 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

I have my SR22 insurance with one company andy my auto insurance with another company? Is this OK?

2007-07-30 13:17:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I would think that would be considered libel since he was acquitted in court. Do I think he did it? Heck yes...but I can't go around stating it as fact that he did it. It just doesnt make any sense. Yes, the families are entitled to money, but it seems that Fred Goldman is not only upset that OJ has gotten away scot-free he is using his son's death as a get rich quick scheme. Either way, I just want this stupid thing to end..its been what? 13 years....jeeze

2007-07-30 13:17:14 · 5 answers · asked by Eduardo the flying squirrel 1 in Law & Ethics

i.e. Should white people compensate black people because of slavery even though this generation had NOTHING to do with slavery?

Should Germans have to compensate the jewish culture becuase of what that sicko Hitler did?

Should the child of an axe murderer have to compensate for what his father did?

Just curious as to what you think.

2007-07-30 13:15:15 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

if you dont they can put any bad thing you do or say in it and the law says you can get and see you file any time you ask , if a manager gets on to you they can put in the file that it was averble warning and use it later. check your files people warning

2007-07-30 13:13:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Sounds like a good weapon against Islam.

2007-07-30 13:12:32 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-07-30 13:11:58 · 5 answers · asked by arthur_butler@sbcglobal.net 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-07-30 13:10:38 · 6 answers · asked by big dog 1 in Law & Ethics