Politics & Government - 1 August 2007

2007-08-01 11:43:57 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

It's better than having an ignoramous in office who steals from his own people and send american boys to die in foreign lands so that we can briefly bring about democracy to land that's out of control, although we the USA do not control it and have no rights to it.

2007-08-01 11:41:02 · 7 answers · asked by AL v 1 in Government

2007-08-01 11:40:09 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

The media report every unsubstantiated allegation of a US Soldier's crimes and fail to retract them when proven false.

Today, the US military is helping to recover the bodies of women and children killed by Al-Qaeda in Diyala Province, and then buried in a mass grave.

I have added the press release to my blog and it remains on the RSS feed. Surely every reporter in Iraq as well as every news service in the world watches the CentCom press release feed. Why do they say nothing about the innocent civilians killed by AQ in Iraq?

To help in answering that question for those that care about our troops and the truth about the war, I've added an RSS feed from CentCom that gives the lastest press releases out of both fronts.

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-DfkctJU7dK5B7LcNROoyVQ--;_ylt=AvKCmn92W_FCk0ugZGetFge0AOJ3?cq=1
No politics. Just the groundtruth from a combat veteran that has been to both fronts in the War on Terror. National Security transcends party lines.

2007-08-01 11:39:29 · 11 answers · asked by John T 6 in Military

http://www.infowars.com/articles/militar...

2007-08-01 11:37:37 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-08-01 11:37:18 · 6 answers · asked by Erik Haaseth 1 in Elections

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662296/posts

2007-08-01 11:35:56 · 2 answers · asked by El Duderino 4 in Politics

Bush Outlaws All War Protest In United States

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

In one of his most chilling moves to date against his own citizens, the American War Leader has issued a sweeping order this week outlawing all forms of protest against the Iraq war.

President Bush enacted into US law an ‘Executive Order’ on July 17th titled "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq", and which says:

"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004."

According to Russian legal experts, the greatest concern to the American people are the underlying provisions of this new law, and which, they state, are written ‘so broadly’ as to outlaw all forms of protest against the war. These provisions state:

"(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.

(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.

All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken."

To the subsection of this new US law, according to these legal experts, that says "...the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit...", the insertion of the word ‘services’ has broad, and catastrophic, consequences for the American people in that any act deemed by their government to be against the Iraqi war is, in fact, supporting the ‘enemy’ and therefore threatens the ‘stabilization of Iraq’.

In an even greater affront to the American people are the provisions of a law called The Patriot Act, and that should they run afoul of this new law they are forbidden to allow anyone to know about it, and as we can read as reported by the Seattle Times News Service:

"The [Patriot] act also expands the use of National Security Letters, which are a kind of warrant that the Justice Department writes for itself, authorizing its agents to seize such things as records of money movements, telephone calls and Internet visits. Recipients of a National Security Letter are not allowed to tell anyone about them, and so cannot contest them."

It is interesting to note, too, that this is not the first time that the United States has unleashed the brutal power of their government against its citizens to further their war aims and stifle domestic dissent, as during the European conflict of World War I they enacted a law called The Sedition Act of 1918 and which "...forbade Americans to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, flag, or armed forces during war."

It is curious to note that after the enactment of this new law there has been no protest by any of the other political leaders in the United States, with the exception of the only Muslim member of the United States Congress, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, and who compared President Bush to the Nazi War Leader Adolph Hitler by stating the attacks upon the World Trade Center could be likened to the burning of the Reichstag.

Today, as the United States faces an imminent economic collapse, while at the same time its war bill has reached the staggering amount of $648 billion, one of the last freedoms the American people have had to protest their leaders actions against them, and other peoples in the World, has now been taken away from them, the freedom to speak and write in opposition to what is being done to them.

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.", said the great British writer George Orwell, but, and sadly, liberty has been lost to the once free people of the United States who are no longer allowed to tell their leaders, or each other, what they don’t want to hear.

With this being so, the American people should, likewise, contemplate their ‘new’ future, and as, also, stated best by George Orwell, "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever."

2007-08-01 11:35:29 · 5 answers · asked by gaia_fanatic 3 in Other - Politics & Government

and qualifications, as well as their stance on each issue? Wouldn't that give independents fair exposure?

2007-08-01 11:33:37 · 5 answers · asked by Dull Jon 6 in Politics

We are a startup magazine. I made a verbal agreement with a friend work for our publication for X amount for every issue. We never signed any agreements. She was the Fashion Dir. of the magazine. The other partners recognized this. She conducted photoshoots, contacted clothing vendors, found models for casting calls. She is even named in the masthead of a number of issues for the magazine. She was even offered partnership at one point for all her hard work and because we couldnt afford to pay her.

The partnership has gone sour and now the other partners are saying we don't owe her anything because there are no signed agreements. They say she was just "help" for the company. I don't agree with them and believe that we should pay her. I believe in doing whats morally and ethically right. If she were to sue the company I wouldn't lie about the agreement I made with her. By saying that she is telling the truth is that enough for the company to have to pay her what I agreed to?

2007-08-01 11:32:41 · 2 answers · asked by runnyBabbit 1 in Law & Ethics

I know you should arrive early for an interview but how long do you wait in the waiting area to be called in before you just get up and leave?

2007-08-01 11:32:18 · 8 answers · asked by oregonhoney30 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

im in Army Rotc and if i go into the army im going to be an airborne ranger but if i go into the navy im going to be a seal

2007-08-01 11:31:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Basically, we live in WI but want to go back to TN..he wants to know if he can switch to a different Reserve station there.

2007-08-01 11:30:00 · 6 answers · asked by TNGal 1 in Military

how do i copyright my bands name???
there is another band with the same name but they are not well known... will i get sued if i use the same name???

2007-08-01 11:28:15 · 4 answers · asked by Mr Mister 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-08-01 11:26:51 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I was wondering if the American during the Vietnam War used the standard AK47 and the AK47s (foldable butt)?

thanks in advance.

2007-08-01 11:23:52 · 12 answers · asked by Johnnie H 1 in Military

Then you're a fool. You have a couple examples in the White House right now.

2007-08-01 11:20:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-08-01 11:19:22 · 7 answers · asked by Pepe2 1 in Law & Ethics

The Bush Adminstration only has 18 months left, and by the time the deal is finalized, it would be even less. Why Arm the Saudis, just before leaving office?

2007-08-01 11:15:10 · 13 answers · asked by Dangerous 2 in Politics

I want to file a complaint against the Dallas Housing Authourity. What do i do, or where should i call?

2007-08-01 11:14:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I understand what an indictment is but what dies it mean if it is sealed?

2007-08-01 11:14:09 · 2 answers · asked by cc 1 in Law & Ethics

Under federal law, illegal immigrants aren't eligible for TANF, WIC, food stamps, or other forms of federally-funded assistance. They also can't get social security, medicare or medicaid. So someone please explain why they cost taxpayers so much?

2007-08-01 11:13:00 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-08-01 11:10:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

A guy who gives up millions of dollars to serve his country is trully a real hero. But.. was Tillman killed by his own soldiers? Was it accidental? Was it friendly fire or did Tillman actually do the job of a hero?
Or ... Was the Silver Star awarded because the White House was looking for a “Hero for the Day”?
The punishment of an Army General does very little to take away the appearance of a cover up in the death of Pat Tillman. But the key question is: does the trail lead to the White House?

2007-08-01 11:09:38 · 9 answers · asked by Wm 2 in Military

2007-08-01 11:07:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

I need any images of Lockheed Air Terminal, around & post-WWII but before any major renovation. Images of Burbank, California, circa 1948. The main hangars, entrances, streets. JPEGS, GIFs, no eBay items I must purchase. References to WWII websites that might have them?

2007-08-01 11:01:15 · 5 answers · asked by Kuato Amadore 2 in Military

are we abusing our jail system? is it right to send a kid who downloads music to jail or to get sued an unrealistic amount of money? its like the war on drugs and the war on terror, not matter how hard or what punishments you try to push on people, if people want to do something, they will find a way to do it, you cannot control human behavior to a certain extent.
is it right to put people in jail for non violent crimes? in no danger to themselves or others?

and should we learn from past mistakes and actions, and learn from them? if something hasnt worked efficiently, and theres more options, should we change those actions?

2007-08-01 11:01:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

If an Investigator has been subpoena to testify and the attorney ask to investigator not to show up. Can the attorney fill in for the investigator?

2007-08-01 10:59:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-08-01 10:57:53 · 22 answers · asked by herana 1 in Politics

Doctors providing the same level of customer service as the government-run DMV?

2007-08-01 10:55:50 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics