Politics & Government - 5 August 2007

My boyfriend initially wanted to be a part of the Marines (really badly) when we first met. He is now planning on joining the ROTC Air Force program to get through college. He decided that he wanted to have a family and didn't know if being a Marine was a good idea. Any help? he wants to serve his country but what's the safest way and best way where he can stay with his future family?

2007-08-05 08:53:19 · 9 answers · asked by Scarlet Mary Jane 1 in Military

Why do so many people blame Bush for everything that is wrong when they are the people who put him in office in the first place?

2007-08-05 08:52:55 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Obviously, one man cannot stop people from throwing him out when he tries to abuse him. But if there is a culture who is trained to think it's moral to submit to whatever claims to be an authority, then you have masses of men with guns who will kill anyone who tries to stop the dictator. In the United States, these folks are called Neocons. What were they called under Hitler? He was only one man too. Who were all those mindless followers with guns who protected the Nazi state?

2007-08-05 08:51:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Obviously, one man cannot stop people from throwing him out when he tries to abuse him. But if there is a culture who is trained to think it's moral to submit to whatever claims to be an authority, then you have masses of men with guns who will kill anyone who tries to stop the dictator. In the United States, these folks are called Neocons. What were they called under Hitler? He was only one man too. Who were all those mindless followers with guns who protected the Nazi state?

2007-08-05 08:51:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I see marriage as something to do with religion, and should not have anything to do with government. My car insurance will give you a break if you're married, because apparently, married people are safer drivers.

Is this a violation? Am I being discriminated due to my lack of a religion? What if my religious beliefs (or lack thereof) dictate that I will never marry someone?

2007-08-05 08:50:58 · 9 answers · asked by Antonio Banderas 2 in Law & Ethics

A liberal feels it is ok for them to use their belief system to make decisions for the country. But conservatives must somehow not do the same.

When a liberal wants something, for the country, it is considered by them to be right and just. But when a conservative wants something, for the country, it is seen as dictating their beliefs on society.

Doesn't this seem like hypocrisy?

2007-08-05 08:49:59 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Young veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are having the welcome mat ripped from under them as they try to re-enter the job force, according to federal labor statistics, advocates and the GIs themselves.
“It all came real fast. One day I’m wearing green and the next day I’m signing out and I don’t have a job,” said Sgt. Dan Magoon, 25, of South Boston, who ended his active duty with the Army in May after completing three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.



Last year, the average jobless rate for veterans nationwide who have served their country since September 2001 was 8 percent, nearly double the 4.6 percent national average for all workers ages 16 and older, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. It seems most of the jobs go to illegal people in the country.

2007-08-05 08:47:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Here's a reference guide to show what our taxes support now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDP

Thanks.

2007-08-05 08:47:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

This article by Michelle Malkin outlines the careful immigration policies of our nation, from the moment of its inception and forward:
http://michellemalkin.com/2006/03/25/bushs-open-borders-platitudes/

They did not allow mass numbers of immigrants to enter our country and form an alien colony inside the United States, speaking a foreign language, and having a foreign patriotism and loyalty.
We give immigrants the same rights as any U.S. citizen. The only requirement, the only NECESSITY, is that they fully become Americans. That they learn english, have a first allegience and pride in the United States, and leave their foreign allegiances behind.

Anything less than full assimilation results in balkanization. "Multiculturalism" is a euphemism for colonization.

2007-08-05 08:45:33 · 20 answers · asked by Stiffler 5 in Immigration

Isn't democracy a clown mask to allow some people (currupt) to have everything while others have nothing?

2007-08-05 08:44:14 · 14 answers · asked by nekoendy 1 in Politics

2007-08-05 08:43:59 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I was wondering how Osama communicates his orders. Does he give and recieve his information by Camel back riders? To me it sounds ridiculous that we are going to gain a real advantage in the war on terrorsim by capturing Osama. Where am I wrong. Thanks

2007-08-05 08:43:58 · 11 answers · asked by Kuntree 3 in Military

- from which country do you choose them?

You can only opt for one!

Remember: you are at real risk of assassination; who would you want to protect you?

2007-08-05 08:43:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

This is a science question, but I've put it here in the political section for obvious reasons.

2007-08-05 08:43:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I NEED TO SUBMIT TO MY COLLEGE..PLEASE HELP ME...
I NEED A BRIEF ANSWER...SO THAT I CAN SELECT YOURS FOR PAPER PRESENTATION

2007-08-05 08:40:49 · 2 answers · asked by clinton j 1 in Law & Ethics

There is this false argument out there that I here often by Know-it-all liberals that "We support the troops but not the government or war in Iraq" this is by far the most unrealistic argument that I have heard. The people in the military did not volunteer to fight the wars that only Noam Chomsky would approve of but any war the government see fit. This would include the Iraq war. So in reality the people in the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force pledged an oath to support the President that you hate so much, so tell me how could you so called "Support them but not the war." So next time why dont all you war protesters and bush haters who try to pass as patriotic americans, just say that you hate all people in uniform. We all know that is really what you really mean.

2007-08-05 08:39:39 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-08-05 08:38:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-08-05 08:37:51 · 6 answers · asked by kira 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

why do people attack obama on stupid stuff like his name and race. rush limbaugh attacked obama's race by calling him the magic ***** and rupert murdock called him a terrorist. fox news accused him of going to religious elementary school. what ever happened to attacking peoples policies and not their name and race.

2007-08-05 08:30:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-08-05 08:29:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

No where in the amendment does it call for freedom from religion, actually it's quite the opposite.

2007-08-05 08:27:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

The iraqis do not see or think well, or what is it,Is Bush going to kill the whole iraqi population much like New Zealand where no natives survived the western invaders, either were killed to allow westerners or exterminated like dogs, is this the fate of Iraqis.
Think about it, Bush does not care for the lives of our troops, since no WMD's were found but the troops still being killed in iraq and staying there, does Bush really wishes well for iraqis?.
No Bush only cares to leave a legacy of oil dollars for the oil corporate , who is using all these oil in those nation where they have taken the American jobs, that's why we do not see any oil here and we pay more for oil.
Remember Bush killing machine is using more oil then all of us in America and we are subsidizing it. the cost is on our dollars, the oil corporate is not paying anything and using the lives of our children in the military without the real reason, our kid are in the military to defend our nation not Bush's oil greed.

2007-08-05 08:25:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-08-05 08:24:29 · 16 answers · asked by REAGAN REPUBLICAN 2 in Politics

This has been around for a bit, but I thought is was worth sharing and debating:

Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas is a fairly famous institution and for a variety of reasons:

1. John F. Kennedy died there in 1963
2. Lee Harvey Oswald died there shortly after
3. Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, died there a few years later by coincidence

On the flip side, Parkland is also home to the second busiest maternity ward in the country with almost 16,000 new babies arriving each year. (That's almost 44 per day -- every day)

A recent patient survey indicated that 70 percent of the women who gave birth at Parkland in the first three months of 2006 were illegal immigrants.' Crikey, that's 11,200 anchor babies born every year just in Dallas. According to the article, the hospital spent $70.7 million delivering 15,938 babies in 2004 but managed to end up with almost $8 million dollars in surplus funding. Medicaid kicked in $34.5 million, Dallas County taxpayers kicked in $31.3 million and the feds tossed in another $9.5 million.

The average patient in Parkland's maternity wards is 25 years old, married and giving birth to her second child. She is also an illegal immigrant. By law, pregnant women cannot be denied medical care based on their immigration status or ability to pay. OK, fine. That doesn't mean they should receive better care than everyday, middle-class American citizens. But at Parkland Hospital, they do.

Parkland Memorial Hospital has nine prenatal clinics. NINE. The Dallas Morning News article followed a Hispanic woman who was a patient at one of the clinics and pregnant with her third child -- her previous two were also born at Parkland. Her first two deliveries were free and the Mexican native was grateful because it would have cost $200 to have them in Mexico. This time, the hospital wants her to pay $10 per visit and $100 for the delivery but she was unsure if she could come up with the money. Not that it matters, the hospital won't turn her away. (I wonder why they even bother asking at this point.)

How long has this been going on? What are the long-term effects? Well, another subject of the article was born at Parkland in 1986 shortly after her mother entered the U.S. Illegally -- now she is having her own child there as well. (That's right, she's technically a U.S. Citizen.) These women receive free prenatal care including medication, nutrition, birthing classes and child care classes. They also get freebies such as car seats, bottles, diapers and formula.

Most of these things are available to American citizens as well but only for low-income applicants and even then, the red tape involved is almost insurmountable.

Because these women are illegal immigrants they do not have to provide any sort of legitimate identification -- no proof of income. An American citizen would have to provide a social security number which would reveal their annual income -- an illegal immigrant need only claim to be poor and the hospital must take them at their word.

My husband is a pilot for the United States Navy (yes, he fought in Iraq) and while the health care is good, we Navy wives don't get any of these perks! Car seats? Diapers? Not so much. So my question is this: Does our public medical care system treat illegal immigrants better than American citizens? Yes it does!

As I mentioned, the care I have received is perfectly adequate but it's bare bones, meat and potato medical care -- not top of line.

Their (the illegals) medical care is free -- simply because they are illegal immigrants? Once again, there is no way to verify their income. Parkland Hospital offers indigent care to Dallas County earn less than $40,000 per year. (They also have to prove that they did not refuse health coverage at their current job. Yeah, the 'free' care is not so easy for Americans.)

There are about 140 patients who received roughly $4 million dollars for un-reimbursed medical care. As it turns out, they did not qualify for free treatment because they resided outside of Dallas County. So the hospital is going to sue them! Illegals get it all free! But U.S. citizens who live outside of Dallas County get sued! How stupid is this?

As if that isn't annoying enough, the illegal immigrant patients are actually complaining about hospital staff not speaking Spanish. In this AP story, the author speaks with a woman who is upset that she had to translate comments from the hospital staff into Spanish for her husband. The doctor was trying to explain the situation to the family and the mother was forced to translate for her husband who only spoke Spanish. This was apparently a great injustice to her.

In an attempt to create a Spanish-speaking staff, Parkland Hospital is now providing incentives in the form of extra pay for applicants who speak Spanish. Additionally, medical students at the University of Texas Southwestern for which Parkland Hospital is the training facility will now have a Spanish language requirement added to their already jammed-packed curriculum. No other school in the country boasts such a ridiculous multi-semester (multicultural) requirement.

2007-08-05 08:18:52 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-08-05 08:17:57 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-08-05 08:17:54 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Are they more-so the problem, than the crooked politicians?

2007-08-05 08:17:08 · 5 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics

2007-08-05 08:13:56 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

yet they decided to go ahead and pass the bill, so they could go on vacation. What does it say that they value a day off, more than the Constitution?

2007-08-05 08:13:31 · 10 answers · asked by Jon B 3 in Politics

as muslims would have 2nd thoughts about the US wisdom, might, and compassion?

Versus leaving 20k troops there while sending 160k into Iraq...

2007-08-05 08:08:23 · 12 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics