Politics & Government - 12 August 2007

I do think that each culture needs its own space wherby they can practice their own beliefs and cultures without fear of "offending" someone. I am specifically referring to America. In saner days, people came to this land and assimilated. Now, their culture is forced upon Americans.

2007-08-12 05:37:36 · 16 answers · asked by mountaindew25 3 in Immigration

2007-08-12 05:37:16 · 16 answers · asked by Willowjac 5 in Military

two years ago when i was 17 i was driving home from school when i rear ended someone (not major) who had stopped all of a sudden to take a left turn. the damages cost $500 to repair my end. i dont think it cost any more on her part. anyway, she had left to take a turn, it was a busy street, and i had too. say there was a police there and he had pursued action or she had complained and a witness was there. now if i agreed to pay her damages as well, would i still go to court and jail? or would i get off? thanks. btw i live in massachusetts

2007-08-12 05:36:44 · 5 answers · asked by Thesheet 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Conservatives are called such because they don't act like a bunch of baboons every time something happens. Most of us sit quietly and wait for the elections. Libs always clam the elections are rigged if they don't win, they don't realize that the conservative/republican party is a sleeping giant that only awakes when necessary.

2007-08-12 05:33:49 · 19 answers · asked by TJ815 4 in Politics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx5YyiyWOH4&mode=related&search=
Should paper votes and proof of citizenship be required? Which country is counting the US electronic votes? Why?

2007-08-12 05:32:53 · 7 answers · asked by Naturescent 4 in Elections

Just a few who don't seem to have any real chance to win any nomination-like Kusinich, Paul, and Gravel.
We have to change this country drastically for the better. We need someone with totally new thoughts, someone who isn't afraid of anyone, and some true honesty!

2007-08-12 05:31:49 · 13 answers · asked by Cindy P 4 in Elections

people who can afford to goto the doctor and get antibiotic, or those who can't?

If the rate of contact between people who can afford health care, and the people who can't goes down by extending Healthcare access to those who can't afford it, do you think that your chances of getting sick from them would decrease, and reduce your own medical expenses?

Children and adults in families with incomes below or near
the federal poverty level have worse health than those with
higher incomes (see Appendix II, Poverty for a definition of
the federal poverty level). Although, in some cases, illness
can lead to poverty, more often poverty causes poor health
by its connection with inadequate nutrition, substandard
housing, exposure to environmental hazards, unhealthy
lifestyles, and decreased access to and use of health care
services
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus06.pdf#summary

2007-08-12 05:28:47 · 2 answers · asked by avail_skillz 7 in Politics

In a USA national election, in your opinion, which block of voters have the most clout?

Also, if you wish to answer these...

Do Woman tend to vote similiarly regardless of Race?

Is the so called "Black vote" fairly predictable in terms of direction despite gender?

Thank you.

2007-08-12 05:28:17 · 6 answers · asked by Middy S 2 in Elections

With the success of the surge in Iraq becoming more evident with each passing day, a new ailment has gripped the Mainstream Media and the liberals: Surge Derangement Sydrome (SDS). The earliest known case of SDS occurred on April 23 when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid responded to a question by CNN's congressional correspondent Dana Bash about whether he would believe General David Petraeus if he reported that the "so-called surge" is working:

REID: No, I don't believe him, because it's not happening. All you have to do is look at the facts.


Well, as we do look at the facts that the surge is working, the MSM and the liberals are showing more signs of severe SDS. Some of these SDS signs have been noted in the August 9 edition of Investor's Business Daily, 'Surge' Critics Perhaps Were Bit Premature:

Do Democratic opposition leaders keep blaming each other for voting for the Iraq War? Or are they now talking about expanding military operations to other countries?

Sen. Hillary Clinton once was damned for voting to authorize the war in Iraq. But her even-more-liberal rival Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., now expresses his own willingness to invade nuclear Islamic Pakistan.

...we have heard from the House's majority whip, Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. He's worried that Gen. Petraeus' good news about the surge might be "a real problem for us" — "us" being anti-war Democrats. And at a congressional briefing, when Gen. Jack Keane reviewed the positive signs from the surge, Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., walked out on the testimony.

She complained that there was "only so much that you could take . . . after so much of the frustration of having to listen to what we listened to."


The SDS symptoms in the media have ranged from shock to feigned apathy, both of which examples were chronicled yesterday by NewsBusters Senior Editor Tim Graham. In the category of SDS shock is the stunned reaction on Wednesday of CNN American Morning anchor John Roberts when he heard Senator Dick Durbin state that there is military progress in Iraq:

But hold on. Let me back you up there. You said you did see military progress?


When Durbin confirmed that there was military progress with the caveat that there was little political improvement in Iraq, Roberts remained flustered:

I understand all of that. But Senator Durbin, everybody in the Democratic Party is saying that the surge has failed. Senator Casey, do you agree with your colleague that there are some signs of military progress here?


Unfortunately for Roberts, Senator Bob Casey was unable to ease his severe SDS with his confirmation that there was military progress in Iraq. In fact, Casey might have made Roberts' SDS even worse when he ridiculously suggested that now that the surge is working, it is time to change course from successful military policy in Iraq:

The problem here is that the President of the United States continues to insist on stay the course policy, no change in direction, no sense that the American people can determine that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. That's why I think there's a bipartisan agreement right now to change the course. I think the president should listen to the will of the American people.


In the feigned apathy category of SDS, we have the example of Matt Lauer. During his questioning of Senator John McCain on yesterday's Today Show, Lauer came up with this SDS gem:

There are some people who say, Senator, that the momentum, right now, in Congress is so strong to pull the troops out of Iraq that it doesn't matter what's in that report, in the middle of September from General Petraeus, or even in reports that follow that. Even if we start to change momentum in Iraq and start to see more success, the momentum in Congress is already so strong that it's unstoppable. How do you feel about that?


So now that the surge seems to be successful, Lauer is claiming that it doesn't really matter. His SDS is making him portray a successful surge as an obstacle to the liberal goal of leaving Iraq as quickly as possible. It is almost as if some commentator in 1944 stated that the successful landing in Normandy didn't matter. Of course, that didn't happen because no one suffered the equivalent of SDS in 1944.

What is the future prognosis for this severe ailment among the left? SDS will most likely continue to worsen until it reaches a fever pitch when General Petraeus makes his report to Congress on the progress of the surge in September. Shock, anger, and feigned apathy will be among its many symptoms as SDS takes its toll among the left.

2007-08-12 05:22:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

law with prison sentences etc?

Now consider this. What is hate?1. to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
2. to be unwilling; dislike: I hate to do it.
–verb (used without object) 3. to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility.
–noun 4. intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
5. the object of extreme aversion or hostility.

Christian churches tell their parishoners about themselves and others, that if you don't swear and know that Jesus is the Only Begotten Son of God, then you go to some eternal damnation whether you were a nice and good person or not!

Folks, we are talking infinite torture here by their definition. They claim that if you don't do what they tell you to, you will be separated from God forever! What more hate could there be? Who could be taught to wish you more abandonment/hate than that?

2007-08-12 05:22:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Can we get the movement started here?

2007-08-12 05:20:57 · 16 answers · asked by mountaindew25 3 in Other - Politics & Government

Almost all of the Dem Presidential candidates, incluling Hilary, have now stated that US troops will stay in Iraq for MANY years.

So can the Democrat party still be called the cut & run party or aren't they as neocon as the neocon GOP?

2007-08-12 05:20:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Khatri fail to pack the furniture correctly. He packed it with cardboard instead of wood pallets and all was damaged during transit in the container. He probably did not even buy insurance. He now does nothing and the Shipping Cargo Globelink is rejecting the claim. Need help in this matter. Thanks

2007-08-12 05:18:39 · 13 answers · asked by kmamamoo 3 in Law & Ethics

On one hand you have the Dems who are socialist, hate religion and have created a holocust (50 Million dead in the womd) just like the Nazis did and on the other you have the Republicans who have George Bush, I strong leader who kind of looks like Hitler without the mustach. Which party most resembles the Nazis?

2007-08-12 05:16:59 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Gordon Brown said...
"I want to lead a government humble enough to know its place - where I will always strive to be - and that is on people's side" He goes on to say,"One of my first acts as prime minister would be to restore power to Parliament in order to build the trust of the British people in our democracy.
If MPs return to duty 10 days before Gordon Brown signs a final treaty agreement in Lisbon on October 18-19,does it simply show up the undemocratic nature of the exercise.?
Can such an important issue as this be debated in just 7/8day's?
Rejecting referendum calls, the Prime Minister will then press for parliamentary ratification without proper scrutiny by MPs.
"On people's side"? "Trust of the British people in our democracy."? I don't believe it for a second!

2007-08-12 05:12:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Currently it's being proposed for immigrants
http://www.livescience.com/technology/060531_rfid_chips.html
But what would you do if it was compulsory for all Americans?

2007-08-12 05:12:26 · 16 answers · asked by mick t 5 in Government

2007-08-12 05:11:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Please give an example in this case. Thanks!cp

2007-08-12 05:10:30 · 2 answers · asked by strongrn 1 in Law & Ethics

Or is it just a ploy by the media or politicians to make Americans think that the problem is lessening? It seems strange that if this story is true, that "Mexicans are increasingly giving up on the American dream and staying home" that why did politicians try so hard to pass the shamnesty bill? Why did they try to shove it down our throats? Americans were not fooled.

2007-08-12 05:09:09 · 17 answers · asked by mountaindew25 3 in Immigration

2007-08-12 05:08:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I think it's about time to rid the nation of well known corporate puppets.

2007-08-12 05:07:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

health is to promote universal health care?

2007-08-12 05:07:12 · 13 answers · asked by turntable 6 in Other - Politics & Government

Does anybody know how many American vehicles there are in Iraq? And do you know what type of vehicles they are?

Thanks.

2007-08-12 05:05:44 · 5 answers · asked by worldthoughts 2 in Military

2007-08-12 05:05:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

I recently watched a Michael Moore movie about Flint, Michigan called Roger and Me. I talked about how devastating a GM plant closing was on the Flint community. The movie was ok, albeit quite biased for a documentary. Most of it involved the evictions, unemployment, and poverty caused by the closings. Michael apparent thought that he could solve these problems by getting the chairman of GM to come see the situation. Of course he didn't succeed. The city of Flint also tried opening entertainment centers in the hope of attracting tourists and creating new jobs for the impoverished. The centers went bankrupt in months.
Now, I want to ask you, if you were the mayor/leader of an area that has suffered a catastrophe like that of Flint Michigan. (any event that results in deaths, damages, umemployment, etc like a hurricane or business closing), what would you do to fix the situation? Who would be responisble for taking care of the damage costs and the poor? The rich? The middle class?

2007-08-12 05:05:11 · 4 answers · asked by smartmonkey3 2 in Law & Ethics

Ok I'm not sure what it's called for an officer, so I just said enlisting. But I'm debating on whether or not to enlist or go to OCS. My reason for wanting to enlist is, I can keep enlisting (as in, serve a commitment, take a break, and do it again)... can I do that as an officer?

2007-08-12 05:04:48 · 6 answers · asked by rfiskt 2 in Military

Marge makes a written offer to Homer to sell her car for $10,000. In the offer Marge states “this offer will remain open for acceptance for 5 days”. Two days later Marge contacts Homer and tells him she has changed her mind and is withdrawing the offer.
would the contract count if if Homer had paid Marge $100 to keep the offer open for the 5 days?

2007-08-12 05:02:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

you the vote and even if you do not beleave their is anyone voting for, you can always vote Independant. Even if they do not make a difference, please we women fight everyday for simple things like,childcare,cancer drugs, equal pay. What do you think?

2007-08-12 05:01:44 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Why are Democrats protecting illegal-immigrants?

Are you aware we have two democrats that are pro-illegal immigration?

Please help me contact those two and demand that they stay out of the way.



Dianne Feinstein
http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index...

“The administration's approach is a Band-Aid that will not stop the looming crisis American agriculture will face this fall,” said Feinstein, D-Calif. “The crisis is that crops will not be harvested.”

Senator Kennedy
http://kennedy.senate.gov/senator/contac...

“Sadly, the administration's proposal would make our immigration crisis worse. Without strong new laws, the administration's plan will do little to enhance our security and will hurt millions of immigrant families who are contributing so much to our communities and our economy,” said Kennedy, D-Mass.

2007-08-12 05:01:29 · 14 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

Which reminds me... when was the last time Jews or Israelis rioted over such cartoons?

2007-08-12 05:01:02 · 15 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4 in Other - Politics & Government