I was talking to my buddy the other day. He works with the FBI in hiring Field Agents. He told me a story of a man, who was overweight, but was muscular enough to pull his own body weight, run, etc. Medical tests showed that he was fine, passing with flying colors. Basically, he could perform better than the physically fit man.
Then there is a man, same age, who is very physically fit. Six pack abs, etc.
Both of these men applied for the job, and the thin man got the job, despite being less talented and educated than the other candidate. I understand that there are body resitrictions and weight restrictions, but both men passed them.
My question to you is: Who would you have hired?
2007-08-10 17:09:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government
2007-08-10 17:07:28 · 2 answers · asked by Jen 1 in Law & Ethics
I thought they loved freedom and a better standard of living for people ?
2007-08-10 16:55:16 · 21 answers · asked by betty_health 3 in Politics
I was thinkin the other day about this. What if there was a cure for cancer,aids,diabetes? What if there was a great leader who could slove all the problem of this great country? What if those people were victums of abortions? And now, we will never slove these problems because we killed the people who would have eventionally sloved them?
2007-08-10 16:46:30 · 15 answers · asked by sandra b 5 in Law & Ethics
2007-08-10 16:46:08 · 25 answers · asked by lovepets 6 in Law Enforcement & Police
I don't really see a difference between Cuba and China. Why do we allow ourselves to do business with such horrible countries. Also why are the Olympics there? Seems odd, why not a EU country?
2007-08-10 16:43:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government
I know they were both powerful leaders who wanted a new socialist government, but don't the liberals care about the innocent people who were killed ?
2007-08-10 16:40:48 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
2007-08-10 16:40:44 · 6 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics
Is this Legal? Her Checks come in her 2nd husband last name but every body says she can't do this legally. But she does. So she is honest with them. She remarried 20 years ago. But never lost her widows social security is this right?
2007-08-10 16:40:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics
--I mean, his father has only been in our government for decades now-- and like the others sidelining as an oil businessman.
2007-08-10 16:40:12 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
2007-08-10 16:36:39 · 24 answers · asked by the d 6 in Politics
Don't give me that "The Muslims are gonna follow us here and wage was against us" bullshit. I would prefer answers about what will happen in the region. IE: between Iran and Iraq and things like that. Educated answers please!
2007-08-10 16:35:41 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
The evil of homosexuality is that it degrades the value of life and the process of life. Homosexuality reduces the life process to one of selfish pleasure. Man is made for eternal life not just the physical life of the animals. We are made in the image and likeness of God and have been given the power of creation, the creation of eternal life. Homosexuality is an action in defiance of the intent of God and a miss use of His gift.
Homosexuality is a perversion of the intent of God. Homosexuality steals the pleasure that is intended for the act of creation of life.
2007-08-10 16:35:25 · 14 answers · asked by Tlocity 3 in Elections
Dear Mr. Ex President Clinton:
I recently saw a bumper sticker that said, "Thank me, I voted for
Clinton-Gore." So, I sat down and reflected on that, and I am sending my
"Thank you" for what you have done, specifically:
1. Thank you for introducing us to Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Monica
Lewinsky, Dolly Kyle Browning, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broderick. Did I
leave anyone out?
2. Thank you for teaching my 8 year old about oral sex. I had really planned
to wait until they were older to discuss it with them, but now they know more
about it than I did as a senior in college.
3. Thank you for showing us that sexual harassment in the work place
(especially the White House) and on the job is OK, and all you have to know
is what the meaning of "is" is. It really is great to know that certain
sexual acts are not sex, and one person may have sex while the other one
involved does NOT have sex.
4. Thank you for reintroducing the concept of impeachment to a new generation
and demonstrating that the ridiculous plot of the movie "Wag the Dog" could
be plausible after all.
5. Thanks for making Jimmy Carter look competent, Gerald Ford look graceful,
Richard Nixon look honest, Lyndon Johnson look truthful, and John Kennedy
look moral.
6. Thank you for the 73 House and Senate witnesses who have pled the 5th
Amendment and 17 witnesses who have fled the country to avoid testifying
about Democratic campaign fund raising.
7. Thank you, for the 19 charges, 8 convictions, and 4 imprisonments from the
Whitewater "mess" and the 55 criminal charges and 32 criminal convictions (so
far) in the other "Clinton" scandals.
8. Thanks also for reducing our military by half, "gutting" much of our
foreign policy, and flying all over the world on "vacations" carefully
disguised as necessary trips.
9. Thank you, also, for "finding" millions of dollars--- I really didn't need
it in the first place,
and I can't think of a more well deserving group of recipients for my
hard-earned dollars than jet fuel for all of your globe-trotting. I
understand you, the family and your cronies have logged in more time aboard
Air Force One than any other administration.
10. Now that you've left the White House, thanks for the 140 pardons of
convicted felons and indicted felons-in-exile. We will love to have them
rejoin society.
11. Thanks also for removing the White House silverware. I'm sure that Laura
Bush didn't! like the pattern anyway. Also, enjoy the housewarming gifts
you've received from your "friends."
12. Thanks to you and your staff in the West Wing of the White House for
vandalizing and destroying government property on the way out. I also
appreciate removing all of that excess weight (China, silverware, linen,
towels, ash trays, soap, pens, magnetic compass, flight manuals, etc.) out of
Air Force 1. The weight savings means burning less fuel, thus less tax
dollars spent on jet fuel. Thank you!
13. And finally, please ensure that Hillary enjoys the $8 million dollar
advance for her upcoming "tell-all" book and you, Bill, the $10 million
advance for your memoirs. Who says crime doesn't pay!
14. The last and most important point - thank you for forcing Israel to let
Mohammed Atta go free. Terrorist pilot Mohammed Atta blew up a bus in Israel
in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo
agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release
so-called "political prisoners".
However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands. The
American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State,
Warren Christopher, "insisted" that all prisoners be released. Thus Mohammed
Atta was freed and eventually thanked the US by flying an airplane into Tower
One of the World Trade Center. This was reported by many of the American TV
networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified.
It was censored in the US from all later reports. Why shouldn't Americans
know the real truth?
What a guy!!
SINCERELY,
A US Citizen
PS. Please pass along a special thank you to Al Gore for "inventing" the
Internet, without which I would not be able to post this wonderful factual
blog.
2007-08-10 16:34:54 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
i was just wondering if you go straight from MEPS to bootcamp or if you go to MEPS then go back home and then later on leave for bootcamp...?
2007-08-10 16:32:29 · 10 answers · asked by *Feel That Fire* 2 in Military
I'd realy like to know.
2007-08-10 16:28:25 · 18 answers · asked by Mkath 3 in Other - Politics & Government
My bud is an ATC in Cleveland Centre (was on 9/11,he transferred) and was on a scope next to the one handling the Penn Crash flight...it didnt crash,it was shot down when it tried to turn back to DC..the Gulfstream following it saw the F16's banking in on the missle run before they were ordered to turn off..he saw it all on the scope over the operators shoulder...so why are ya'll still harping on the "3 towers were blown instead of falling" and here is much bigger,much more witnessed news for ya'll to yammer on?....
2007-08-10 16:26:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
Can they be compared ?
2007-08-10 16:22:32 · 18 answers · asked by Teenie 7 in Politics
2007-08-10 16:20:56 · 17 answers · asked by YahooAnswers 5 in Military
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Friday the administration has to be “realistic about what this Congress is going to be willing to do” with regard to comprehensive immigration reform, all but pronouncing chances for a bill dead.
“I think that the leaders in Congress have decided that this is not something that they’re going to take up,” Perino told reporters. “And so I think the president, while he would like to have seen comprehensive immigration reform, does not believe that the Congress will be able to get that done.”
The administration had announced earlier that it would use new tools to curb illegal immigration, including tightening border security and imposing stiffer penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
Meantime, Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), a vocal critic of the White House immigration policy and long-shot presidential candidate, said that while the new initiatives look great on paper, he would follow them closely to see to see how they are carried out.
“In fact I think it would be prudent if we offered our own State of the State of the Border speech to keep them honest,” said Tancredo. “It’s not that we don’t trust them, it’s just that — well, we don’t trust them.”
The immigration debate had put a wedge between Bush and his loyal Republican base. While the president wanted a comprehensive bill with a guest worker program and a path to citizenship for people here illegally, many Republicans rejected such plans as amnesty and argued that a stronger border was the only solution.http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/white-house-signals-immigration-reform-is-dead-2007-08-10.html
2007-08-10 16:13:15 · 15 answers · asked by ShoeShine 1 in Immigration
2007-08-10 16:10:02 · 30 answers · asked by Teenie 7 in Politics
...assuming she hasn't gone through menopaus yet. That could be even more dangerous!
2007-08-10 16:09:17 · 23 answers · asked by Peanut Butter 5 in Politics
2007-08-10 16:06:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government
This will be fun - let's try and name them all!
2007-08-10 16:03:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
We have a major problem, the loss of the individual and our constitution. ANd no one seems to understand what TRULY is at stake with this election. The war is a side show, health care is a distraction. We are losing or god given liberties, and there is no one to watch our back, because the fourth estate is in on it.
Down with socialism, it is a failure.
2007-08-10 16:02:09 · 16 answers · asked by Trippy 2 in Elections
Bush war adviser says draft worth a look By RICHARD LARDNER
Fri Aug 10, 7:06 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Frequent tours for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have stressed the all-volunteer force and made it worth considering a return to a military draft, President Bush's new war adviser said Friday.
"I think it makes sense to certainly consider it," Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute said in an interview with National Public Radio's "All Things Considered
2007-08-10 15:59:11 · 11 answers · asked by cantcu 7 in Other - Politics & Government
2007-08-10 15:57:05 · 17 answers · asked by ~*Zaidens Mommy*~ 3 in Politics
2007-08-10 15:56:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
are u with or against the war in iraq
2007-08-10 15:55:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military
...why not HAVE THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE WAR JOIN? Why aren't YOU fighting since YOU BELIEVE IN IT SO MUCH? You come on here with your ridiculous statements about Democrats or "Liberals" not supporting the war, so go ahead and join. Those who have, I salute you, and this question doesn't apply to you.
A draft for Afghanistan to capture bin laden is one thing, and I would have supported it, BUT I DO NOT SUPPORT GOING TO IRAQ TO HELP the bush administration PROFIT OFF OF THIS.
2007-08-10 15:53:49 · 6 answers · asked by linus_van_pelt_4968 5 in Politics
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