Politics & Government - 1 August 2007

we all know that illegal immagration will never end because when there's a will there's a way....but I don't understand why Mexico is the only country being targeted. It seems like Terrorist, crazy nuts, or anyone,... can come in through Canada. Why give them that chance? Doesn't that seem like the government is being more racist rather than protective?

2007-08-01 01:15:57 · 17 answers · asked by yazmin21 3 in Immigration

Digital Music copyright? If you had an MP3 that was downloaded it is illegal yes, ok so If the MP3 stream was reversed so that song played backwards. Is it still illegal?. At what point does the file become illegal. Surely the same goes if the MP3 was encrypted into a file, would it be illegal still because it is just a jumble of 0's and 1's until it gets decrypted.

Just a thought!

2007-08-01 01:13:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I just found out that our galaxy, the MilkyWay, is about to collide with the Andromeda galaxy. The two galaxies are approaching each other at hundreds of kilometers per second. Most scientists agree that the root cause of this impending collision is gravity.
Obviously, it is something that humans are doing to increase gravitic pollution and cause this undue attraction and it is time that we started to stop this stellar wreck.
So, with that in mind, I have created Uncle Joe's Gravity Preservation Corporation, the UJGPC. The UJGPC will have gravity offsets for sale (at a nominal fee) to anyone who wishes to be 'gravity neutral' and therefore save the galaxy.

Any takers?

2007-08-01 01:12:09 · 20 answers · asked by credo quia est absurdum 7 in Politics

2007-08-01 01:10:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

You could make a start by voting on this issue at http://www.myverdict.net, an excercise in direct democracy. Its free, anonymous, carries no ads and doesn't sell anything.

2007-08-01 01:09:42 · 14 answers · asked by Taffd 3 in Civic Participation

Or will he get a commendation from 5-D Cheney (our "president") for his patriotic deceit and incompetence?

2007-08-01 01:09:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Why not give them their own state?

The best thing we ever did in Canada, was give the French their own state where they could be independent and develop their own identity.

Quebeckers have gone from being 2nd class citizens, scorned as backward and uneducated Roman Catholic peasants, to being one of the most dynamic and prosperous economies in North America. By having the opportunity to do things their own way and be masters of their own house, free from discrimination.

Today, Quebec exports a huge supply of hydro-electric power, has diverse agriculture and manufacturing, and the lowest university tuitions in North America.

States rights has always been a means for different people to have their own culture and economy.

2007-08-01 01:02:38 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I stayed in a hotel this past weekend. When I first made the online reservation the price was $1649. I dropped a day but the total room rate changed dramatically giving me a charge of $647. After I noticed a larger pending charge on my credit card, which was eventually charged $945, the online past charges showed $1154 to be charged.

I am going to call this morning after my class but what can be done about this if not easily fixed? I have three confirmations, all with different total amounts and different room rates ($199, $329, $349), to which the $349 was what I was charged. I did not get a receipt from the hotel.

2007-08-01 01:00:47 · 6 answers · asked by seriouslysanibel 3 in Law & Ethics

ANNUAL AMERICAN DEATHS CAUSED BY DRUGS

TOBACCO ........................ 400,000
ALCOHOL ........................ 100,000
ALL LEGAL DRUGS ................ 20,000
ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS .............. 15,000
CAFFEINE ....................... 2,000
ASPIRIN ........................ 500
MARIJUANA ...................... 0
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Source: United States government...
National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Bureau of Mortality Statistics

source:
http://www.legalizationofmarijuana.com/

2007-08-01 00:57:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I find a lot of truth in the old adage about politics, "if they're not crooked when they get in they will be crooked when they get out." Personally, I believe the problem is only politicians have the connections and inside resources to be elected. I am a high school principal and so often in my profession it is the people outside the profession that makes the decisions for everyone to follow - not really knowing what is best since they are outsiders to the profession. Politicians are too concerned with personal concerns that don't really care to do what is best for the respective states or the U.S. in general. I would love to run, but do not have the finances, resources, or connections to spend my time doing so. The American dream adage, "anyone can become president" is a farce. Show me a normal/average citizen that has become the President in recent times. Wanna help me become president?

2007-08-01 00:54:56 · 10 answers · asked by Ray D 1 in Elections

Or is she too divisive?

2007-08-01 00:54:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

*looks at Giuliani*

2007-08-01 00:48:20 · 9 answers · asked by guess 5 in Politics

2007-08-01 00:43:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

i have tattoos on my forearms, can i still get in?

2007-08-01 00:38:12 · 2 answers · asked by that_guy 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

Puerto Ricans have repeatedly rejected independence from the United States, and neither does it seem like PR will be admitted into statehood any time soon.

Can the US unilaterally decide that it is severing its ties to Puerto Rico and making it an independent state?

2007-08-01 00:31:49 · 6 answers · asked by PoliSciFi 4 in Government

2007-08-01 00:30:11 · 3 answers · asked by cptmurf 1 in Military

How many liberals just hit the panic button?

2007-08-01 00:28:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Everytime there`s a major scandal, all that happens is the outed say sorry, won`t do it again.

Geez! Poor Paris Hilton had to spend a month in the clink, and went bonko whilst there.

Where is the fairness????

What should happen is that there should be major investigations and on a par with the Nuremberg tribunals (which weren`t much, if you read the historians) to uproot the evils of privacy invasions and/or manipulations as many of these experiments resulted in personal tragedies for many people.

2007-08-01 00:26:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Where do people get off thinking johnny actually created our economic prosperity, improved the lives of most australians?
Do any of you aussies actually read and listen to him and have any knowledge to back up any argument.
I say good ridence to the old man in November

2007-08-01 00:22:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

2007-08-01 00:21:56 · 2 answers · asked by Virginia L 1 in Embassies & Consulates

2007-08-01 00:00:49 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Do you think that it is a good idea to look at those men and women in the POLICE force and try to find out who they are
individually just because you are nosy about the lives that
they lead...After all outside of their jobs they are just as talented --- if not more so than anyone else

2007-08-01 00:00:48 · 18 answers · asked by gorglin 5 in Law Enforcement & Police