Politics & Government - 5 August 2007

2007-08-05 13:22:05 · 23 answers · asked by daniel s 1 in Law & Ethics

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2007-08-05 13:21:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

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2007-08-05 13:17:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

The debate about the English smoking ban bats to and fro like a table-tennis ball. Smokers say this, non-smokers say that - tweedledee v. tweedledum.

I would like to see a reasoned argument. Can we examine the following points?

1. Approximately 23% of the UK population smoke tobacco.

2. Smoking tobacco is a legal indulgence.

3. What is the percentage of the users of drink-only public houses who object to smoking in drink-only public houses.

4. How many readers of this site have started to use drink-only pubs in England since the start of the smoking ban? ( I mean 'Rovers Return type pubs, not nightclubs), who had not used pubs before?

5. Where, on the Internet, can one find evidence that Government ( not ASH, not FOREST) has researched the above, and published it?

6. What is the age profile of a] smokers and b] non-smokers involved in the use of drink-only public houses.

Answers that simply state that'smoking stinks' or that 'smoking rocks' will be given short shrift by me.

2007-08-05 13:16:04 · 11 answers · asked by ? 6 in Law & Ethics

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This exercise is especially instructive, because it reveals where the "single-payer," universal coverage folks end up. Democrats who run the Wisconsin Senate have dropped the Washington pretense of incremental health-care reform and moved directly to passing a plan to insure every resident under the age of 65 in the state. And, wow, is "free" health care expensive. The plan would cost an estimated $15.2 billion, or $3 billion more than the state currently collects in all income, sales and corporate income taxes. It represents an average of $510 a month in higher taxes for every Wisconsin worker.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010374

Healthcare *USED* to be both affordable and readily available. The way to solve the problem is to remove government incursion. History both records it and proves it.

http://www.cchc-mn.org/privacy/hmoart.php3

2007-08-05 13:13:05 · 28 answers · asked by Cherie 6 in Politics

2007-08-05 13:12:31 · 8 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Government

Hi Mr Prime Minister, Its my belief we are giving potential terrorists too much information through the media, everytime their is a potential security gap,etc the media reports it..are we not just leaving ourselves open to attack?

2007-08-05 13:11:11 · 5 answers · asked by brodie75 1 in Elections

Tell me what its like. Work hours? Housing on base? Do you get certain times when you can take leave and visit family? When are you normally allowed to do that?

Thanks. I am trying to decide whether to sign up and go active duty or go reserves and finish college off.

2007-08-05 13:09:24 · 9 answers · asked by Metal 4 in Military

BEAR WITH ME! PLEASE ;o)

about a year ago a former coworker of my sisters started accusing my sister of sleeping with her husband. my sister somewhat knew him from when she did work there, which was over 3 years ago. he sent her 2 messages on myspace which she casually responded to. It never went beyond that & there was never even any flirting in them. SO somehow this girl got sis' # so she called and harassed her a few times. my sister tried to explain that she had a fiance who was in iraq that she loved very much & that she never even spoke to her husband on the phone.

Well a few months after, my sister went to pick up a take out order @ the place where this girl still works & again she started with my sister in the restaurant & her mother did too (she also works there). so once again my sister let her know, it was not true. my sister has since seen this girl & had no problems.

2007-08-05 13:08:03 · 4 answers · asked by MANDEE 3 in Law & Ethics

I meet a X lawyer from Hungry bussing tables in NYC

2007-08-05 13:07:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Things like education and healthcare?

2007-08-05 13:06:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Last time I looked we are at WAR against MUSLIMS - not MORMANS.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0807/Mitt_unplugged.html

2007-08-05 13:06:44 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I was listening to the radio the other day and a candidate was saying that he wants to keep families together. So, instead of withholding welfare from poor married couples and only giving it to single parents, he wants to make sure that even married couples get public assistance, to discourage people from seperating for financial gain. Any ideas?

2007-08-05 13:06:05 · 4 answers · asked by eldude 5 in Elections

Besides the fact that it is simple to do so....

If the popular vote is meaningless, why bother tracking it at all?

The only thing that matters is the electoral college vote, is it not?

Or if there is a tie in the electoral college vote, then does the popular vote come into play?

2007-08-05 13:02:53 · 7 answers · asked by powhound 7 in Elections

Would you rather elect a president who has good virtues, morals and beliefs at the possible cost of a negative trend in our countrys welfare, or elect a tyrant who you know will keep our nation safe by all means and gain more land, power, and wealth than any president who served in office before him? What is your opinion? Vicious or Virtues?

2007-08-05 13:02:20 · 2 answers · asked by Enlighten Me 1 in Elections

2007-08-05 13:01:38 · 3 answers · asked by john1989meur 2 in Military

BAGHDAD -- U.S. troops killed the al-Qaida in Iraq mastermind of the bombing that destroyed the golden dome of a famed sacred Shiite shrine last year and set in motion an unrelenting cycle of sectarian bloodletting, the military said Sunday.

Haitham Sabah Shaker Mohammed al-Badri, the group's Salahuddin province emir, was killed in a U.S. operation east of Samarra on Thursday, the military said He also was responsible for the June 13 bombing that toppled the Askariya shrine's twin minarets.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/8/5/115545.shtml?s=lh

2007-08-05 12:56:48 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-08-05 12:55:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Some people can't find the time on a work day to make it to the voting booths!

2007-08-05 12:54:52 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

(pls explain your Answer ; a simple yes or no is pointless unless you can provide an explanation that supports whatever initial answer your give.) This Q is focused on what you think is the proper role of gov't in relation to your chosen religion..

2007-08-05 12:47:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

We are a young family trying to purchace our first home and we only just quilify with an income of $86,000. With our other commitments of a car loan, child care ,schooling and the price rise of fuel and food something has to give.

2007-08-05 12:46:55 · 8 answers · asked by Craig B 1 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-08-05 12:44:14 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If that ball is rolling, we can't stop it by reducing at this point. The climate has changed quickly and radically long before we were even smelting bronze. It's something we may have to survive. Shouldn't surviving it be a more important issue than pointing fingers a day late/a dollar short?

2007-08-05 12:41:00 · 15 answers · asked by St. Toad 4 in Other - Politics & Government

I think that the political parties (Republican and Democrat) are not needed. I think Republican and Democrat, Liberal and Conservative, Left-wing and Right-wing should not matter.It is possible for a politician to have Liberal views on some issues, and conservative views on others.This was what Hillary Clinton was ACCUSED of regarding the war. I think its wrong to force her or anyone else of backpedaling. I think it should be ok if she (or anyone else) to run as one platform but maybe have the opposite view on some issues...your thoughts?

2007-08-05 12:36:16 · 6 answers · asked by phoenix70157015 1 in Politics

will they do their job or will they tow the line of the pope?

2007-08-05 12:35:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Im not trying to sound sexist or anything and for all the feminists out there im sure your all about the idea of a female president, but to have a female president of the U.S.? Wouldnt that in comparison to all other nations be a sign of weakness amongst our leadership? Im sure to get negtive feedback on this (opposing this question) since, afterall you all get the last word. So please...if your gonna be negative, BE BRUTAL!!! What do you think?

2007-08-05 12:35:20 · 22 answers · asked by Enlighten Me 1 in Government

....is a republican-perpetrated assault on the civil liberties of Americans? I saw a democrat congressman complaining that A.G. Gonzales cannot be left as the "gatekeeper of American Civil Liberties" as is now the case with the newest iteration of FISA.

If the new FISA puts us in such great peril as the democrats say, why did a democrat-controlled house and senate pass it in the first place?

Is it that democrats care about our liberties, but not enough to keep them from caving in to republican evil so they could go on their one month vacation?

...or did evil republicans somehow force enough democrats to vote for it to make it pass?

I'm really mystified how a party can pass legislation and then immediately turn around and gripe about it. Can someone please explain?

NOTE: "Bush Bush Bush Bush Puhtooooeee" is NOT an explanation.

2007-08-05 12:31:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

How have we come to valuing someone based on $$$ rather than substance of character?

Is this possibly why resentment in other countries of the world exists toward countries like the U.S.?? The leaders of the poorer countries feel disrespected?

2007-08-05 12:31:04 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Two men with muslim names were arrested in South Carolina near a naval weapons depot. The men had, what authorities are now calling a bomb and more material in their vehicle to construct explosive devices. CNN is casually talking about during the day but none of the major news outlets are talking about it, why not?

I would have posted a source if I could have found it.

2007-08-05 12:30:26 · 6 answers · asked by 3rd parties for REAL CHANGE 5 in Law & Ethics

afghanistan constitution

2007-08-05 12:20:40 · 3 answers · asked by powllrobert 1 in International Organizations