Politics & Government - 8 August 2007

How many years is it going to take before ALL races will be able to stop being so touchy about jokes towards them?

2007-08-08 09:25:46 · 9 answers · asked by Lauren. 4 in Politics

Or wherever they're from.

2007-08-08 09:24:58 · 11 answers · asked by Paperdoll 1 in Politics

It was funny, " all she want's is the power". I think the House Leader would make a much better woman candidate for President.
Peace,

2007-08-08 09:23:29 · 8 answers · asked by George 3 in Politics

What would be some strong arguments reguarding this issue? I believe both are horrible for you....BUT....if cigs should be legal so should marijuana..I DONT smoke either, but I hate the fact that tabacco companys are allowed to kill 1000's of people daily...ONLY because the US cant tax marijaua because of illegal trade?

2007-08-08 09:22:23 · 10 answers · asked by RJ9 2 in Law & Ethics

So what makes me say that?
Well besides the fact that he wants to halt LEGAL immigration, the other day is said that he wanted to bomb Mecca in retaliation . Are you kidding me?If anything that would cause moderate Muslims to hate the US. And lord knows what it would cause the the radical Muslims to do.

source:http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/08/04/tancredo-bomb-muslim-holy-sites-first/

2007-08-08 09:22:17 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

If so, please give examples of your experiences and tell us why you believe discrimination applies in each example.

2007-08-08 09:22:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-08-08 09:21:59 · 28 answers · asked by Dude #2369™ 4 in Politics

2007-08-08 09:19:40 · 8 answers · asked by jimmy j 2 in Politics

should he do?

2007-08-08 09:18:38 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

If they were really concerned they would not be multi-millionaires they would live modestly and use the rest to further social causes instead of confiscating the dollars of the middle class.

2007-08-08 09:18:20 · 15 answers · asked by ? 6 in Politics

Winter Soldier Syndrome
It only be cured when the costs of slandering the troops outweigh the benefits.

By Michelle Malkin


The tale of Army Private Scott Thomas Beauchamp, the discredited “Baghdad Diarist” for the discredited New Republic magazine, is an old tale: Self-aggrandizing soldier recounts war atrocities. Media outlets disseminate soldier’s tales uncritically. Military folks smell a rat and poke holes in tales too good (or rather, bad) to be true. Soldier’s ideological sponsors blame the messengers for exposing anti-war fraud.

Beauchamp belongs in the same ward as John F. Kerry, the original infectious agent of the toxic American disease known as Winter Soldier Syndrome. The ward is filling up.

U.S. military investigators concluded this week that Beauchamp concocted allegations of troop misconduct in a series of essays for The New Republic. “The investigation is complete and the allegations from PVT Beauchamp are false,” Major Steven Lamb, a spokesman for Multi National Division-Baghdad, told USA Today. The New Republic is standing by Beauchamp’s work. But Michael Goldfarb, online editor and blogger at The Weekly Standard who first challenged Beauchamp’s writing, reported Monday that Beauchamp had “signed a sworn statement admitting that all three articles he published in The New Republic were exaggerations and falsehoods — fabrications containing only ‘a smidgen of truth,’ in the words of our source.”

To illustrate the soul-deadening impact of war, Beauchamp had described sitting in a mess hall in Iraq mocking a female civilian contractor whose face had “melted” after an IED explosion. “I love chicks that have been intimate — with IEDs,” Pvt. Beauchamp claimed he said out loud in her earshot. “It really turns me on — melted skin, missing limbs, plastic noses.” Beauchamp recounted vividly: “My friend was practically falling out of his chair laughing. The disfigured woman slammed her cup down and ran out of the chow hall.”

It wasn’t true. After active-duty troops, veterans, embedded journalists, and bloggers raised pointed questions about the veracity of the anecdote, Beauchamp confessed to The New Republic’s meticulous fact-checkers that the mocking had taken place in Kuwait — before he had set foot in Iraq to experience the soul-deadening impact of war.

Military officials in Kuwait tried to verify the incident and called it an “urban legend or myth.” Beauchamp’s essays are filled with similarly spun tales. How much of a bull-slinger was Beauchamp, an aspiring creative writer who crowed on his personal blog that he would “return to America an author” after serving (which he told friends and family would “add a legitimacy to EVERYTHING I do afterwards”)? The very first line of his essay “Shock Troops,” which opened with the melted-face mockery, was this: “I saw her nearly every time I went to dinner in the chow hall at my base in Iraq.”

“Nearly every time.” At “my base in Iraq.” Complete and utter bull.

Defenders of The New Republic, a left-leaning magazine infamously duped by another young and ambitious fabulist, Stephen Glass, say the Beauchamp saga has been 1) blown out of proportion; 2) perpetuated by sloppy, rumor-mongering bloggers; 3) used as a distraction from the troubles in Iraq; and 4) exploited by “chickenhawks” who deny that war atrocities happen.

But the truth is, you won’t find a single Bush Kool-Aid drinker among the military bloggers, embedded independent journalists, and active-duty troops who prominently questioned the Beauchamp sham. They know it ain’t all going swimmingly overseas. But unlike Pvt. Beauchamp, they’re committed to telling the whole truth about the war, not just approximations and embellishments that will score easy magazine gigs and future book deals with elite New York City publishers. The doubters of Scott Thomas know atrocities when they see them. But, unlike the TNR editors, they know steaming bull dung when they smell it.

Ever since John Kerry sat in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and accused American soldiers of wantonly razing villages “in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan,” the Left has embraced a small cadre of self-loathing soldiers and soldier wannabes willing to sell their deadened souls for the anti-war cause. Think Jimmy Massey, the unhinged Marine who falsely accused his unit of engaging in mass genocide against Iraqis. Think Jesse MacBeth and Micah Wright, anti-war Army Rangers who weren’t Army Rangers.

Winter Soldier Syndrome will only be cured when the costs of slandering the troops outweigh the benefits. Exposing Scott Thomas Beauchamp and his brethren matters because the truth matters. The honor of the military matters. The credibility of the media matters. Think it doesn’t make a difference? Imagine where Sen. John Kerry would be now if the Internet had been around in 1971.

2007-08-08 09:17:59 · 5 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

i paid for some replica purses, but i never got them, should i report this website or i would also get in trouble b/c i bought replica purses?

2007-08-08 09:17:49 · 2 answers · asked by lily 2 in Law & Ethics

My grandma owns a duplex in Washington, my cousins live downstairs. She wants them to move out but they say they are invoking thier rights to live there. What is the best course of action to get them out? Do they have rights if they give them 60 days to move out?

2007-08-08 09:17:17 · 5 answers · asked by Brooke 1 in Law & Ethics

What kind of rights does a father have over a child that was born out of wed lock. THis is a TN state issue, so if you know first hand in tennessee that would be great! My friend wants to know if she is able to leave her lousie boyfriend and move to a different state with their 3 month old baby. they were never married, and he has another kid. I know that marriage custody says you can not leave the state with out the fathers permission, but do the same rules apply if you were never married? BTW yes his name is on the childs Birth Certificate!

2007-08-08 09:16:10 · 10 answers · asked by Brittany M 3 in Law & Ethics

2007-08-08 09:15:40 · 5 answers · asked by Jeremy P 2 in Politics

My former employer is accusing me of trying to steal his customers more than a month after i left his company. He has showed up at my home accusing me of using his accounts, all my user names and passwords for everything was left on the computer i used while employed with him and anyone in the company had access to that information. What are my rights and options?

2007-08-08 09:12:14 · 6 answers · asked by walterandalaina 1 in Law & Ethics

A study conducted in Sweden comparing the test score of a control group who had never used the pill verses a similar group that had used the pill found that in each group of 100 compared that of the 75 groups through out Europe tested in each case the children born to parents who had used birth control pills had children who where 30% below the normal test scores of those who had not used the pill . The pill was introduced to Europe long after it was begun in the United states . Europe has developed the morning after pill and is promoting it to replace the American version of birth control because they are aware of the harm . Each generation exposed becomes --well--- dumber .

2007-08-08 09:11:56 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I hired a lawyer on a contigency basis since then he has told me he is in over his head and wants to call in a speciality lawyer he wants to hand the riens over to this guy and work with him. My question is I agreed to pay the first lawyer a percentage how is this other guy going to get paid? Do I have to give him a percentage as well or does it come out of lawyer #1 fees?

2007-08-08 09:09:24 · 4 answers · asked by mdjgirl7 4 in Law & Ethics

My wife has a law degree. Many years ago, when she was pregnant with my daughters it was recommended she get a 'scan' to rule out possible birth defects (I don't remember the type of 'scan', it could have been MRI, CAT, or something else).

We were referred by her ob/gyn to a radiologist. We called the radiologist to discuss concerned about subjecting fetuses to the scan. He said he 'normally would have no problem recommending the scan' and felt 'confident that there was no danger to the fetuses'. However, BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS A LAWYER he refused to do the scan. He flat out said he was concerned she would sue him if there were any problems or complications.

Is this ethical? It is acceptable for a doctor to edit their opinions or recommend against treatment because of the job their patients?

(We often wondered if we could have sued him anyway for making this statement)

2007-08-08 09:08:53 · 13 answers · asked by Wundt 7 in Law & Ethics

2007-08-08 09:07:50 · 17 answers · asked by scottfreefunny 2 in Elections

Is their any "real" evidence that the global warming earth is experiencing (no matter how minor it may be) is caused by man? I am so far unconvinced that man has started the destruction of the earth through the warming of the earth. What say you?

2007-08-08 09:07:49 · 15 answers · asked by You Ask & I Answer!!! 4 in Other - Politics & Government

In Newark before the citizens of the city became outraged. If the murder rate is so high over there and is up 50 percent then do something about it! Don't wait until something so messed up like a apparent robbery that turns into 4 people being shot execution style before it wakes the city up. The mayor, the people of the city, and the police need to grow some balls and start cleaning up that city!

2007-08-08 09:06:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

The friend was a captain and commando.I have a need to know since i wish to be in his honour guard when he passes away.He was Canadian Armed Forces,so canadian answers only please.His last regiment was 3rd PPCLI.

2007-08-08 09:06:45 · 6 answers · asked by spooky 2 in Military

2007-08-08 09:05:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-08-08 09:02:46 · 20 answers · asked by Dεad ƆɐtƵ Ʀulﻉ 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

Should I or Shouldn't I?
Can someone help me make a decision?
If someone fought in Iraq can you tell me about it?

2007-08-08 09:02:19 · 19 answers · asked by BamBam11 2 in Military

At my work we end up replacing our U.S. flag about every 3-5 months because of regular wear and tear from the weather. We have about 8 used flags in their original boxes because I know you aren't supposed to dispose of them. So my question is what are you supposed to do with flags after you're done using them?

2007-08-08 09:02:13 · 9 answers · asked by Kara 3 in Other - Politics & Government

The Social Workers for the DCFS or Children and Family Services or some of the highest paid State Jobs.The Department is hiring students even before they get out of school. The lies these people tell on families that is destroying families all across America. These Social Workers cannot be sued because they have amnesty, under the our Government. Is this Department being controlled by the ACLU, because this Department, has its own Government and Courts across
America. They are very secretive about what they are really
up to.When I saw this Department in action, I thought this cannot be happening in America, I knew immeditialy that something was wrong, what I saw was driven by evil. So I started to investigate what was going on myself. When you find
a Government and Courts hidden, by privacy. I began to cut articles and investigate on the internet what I could. This Department is covering abuse so bad, of experiments on children, by Drug Companies and other abuses.They have no voice

2007-08-08 09:01:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-08-08 09:00:16 · 16 answers · asked by critter 1 in Law & Ethics

Our standing in the world is dragged down by the greedy trash that is pillaging the nation and the world. Its never been about spreading freedom, thats a stupid childish excuse. It has always been about getting the billions!

2007-08-08 09:00:15 · 13 answers · asked by generationZ 4 in Politics