Politics & Government - 13 August 2007

This is a serious question. I hear Rush Limbaugh speak of the atrocities of the drive by media every day that I listen to him, yet, when I open a paper or turn on the TV, the news (to me), seems to have a conservative twist. ie, Fox News. So what is it?

2007-08-13 07:37:17 · 16 answers · asked by Chris E 3 in Politics

I have a rant to make.

There is a general impression in the US, particularly among the left, that anyone who has amassed great wealth has done it sneakily, possibly illegally, and if nothing else, by exploiting the poor and middle class. Consequently, their wealth should be seized and redistributed to the working and impoverished classes.

I think that's foolish. The whole idea is foolish. Wealth is not something that you accumulate on luck alone. It's a mindset and an attitude. If we took a rich man and a poor man, and divided the rich man's money equally between them, I bet more than anything in a few years you'd see the rich man emerge still a rich man if not richer, and the poor man remain poor. Money, to me, does nothing but grant you power. How you use the power is what determines your status.

My point is that wealthy people, in general, have probably become wealthy through their own means.

2007-08-13 07:36:52 · 15 answers · asked by replicant21 3 in Politics

someone might of broke someone else's nose in a fight that the other person started. is there a certain amount of time that can pass before the po po can't make an arrest? thanks

2007-08-13 07:36:28 · 1 answers · asked by bvfarrington 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

#1 "I want you, to hear directly from me what is at stake for America in the Persian Gulf, what we are doing to protect the peace, the security, the freedom we cherish, why we have taken the position we have taken...Those who have questioned the United States in this moment, I would argue, are living only in the moment. They have neither remembered the past nor imagined the future...Saddam Hussein's regime threatens the safety of his people, the stability of his region and the security of all the rest of us...And some day, some way, I guarantee you, he'll use his arsenal.

#2 "If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction."

#3 "One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."

2007-08-13 07:35:20 · 19 answers · asked by ? 6 in Politics

2007-08-13 07:34:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

How can they be properly identified if their faces are fully covered up. Does their ID card identify them as muslims and thus allowed to keep their faces covered? Isn't these silly requirements from the muslim religion, including having a place to wash their feet and interruptions from public prayers four times a day, getting out of hand?

2007-08-13 07:34:12 · 5 answers · asked by Don S 5 in Politics

Two very mean folks

2007-08-13 07:33:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

seriously, it seems the movies of government lies and deceptions are almonst sugar-coated when compared to whats going on in the real world. I want to join the military but would never in my right mind put my life on the line for a familys wealth and possession of oil, I want to to join to help in the growth of america and what we are doing is clearly putting us in the corner of the room facing the wall with no friends

2007-08-13 07:32:03 · 9 answers · asked by TRIPPER JONES 1 in Military

I'm tired of hearing these people say the Dems were misled about going to war. They had the same intelligence that President Bush had and came to the same decision he did. PLAIN AND SIMPLE!

So, if I may play devil's advocate for a moment, let's say they were misled, just for sh!ts and giggles. With all of the Dems and Libs saying President Bush is so stupid and so ignorant and so unintelligent, would you really want to elect someone to the office of President of the United States that can be misled by such an intellectually inferior person? Wouldn't that make him smarter than all of congress?

Do you see the conundrum here?

2007-08-13 07:31:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

serving in Iraq? Romney made this comparison. He stated that his sons are serving the country by helping his presidential campaign. He strongly favors our staying in Iraq and pursuing present policies. Would he still feel the same way if all five of his sons were over there?

2007-08-13 07:30:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

2007-08-13 07:28:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Age difference 4 years

2007-08-13 07:28:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I know this is kind of a retro topic, but I was watching some Hollywood movie the other night and a character in the film was bashing America for being needlessly obsessed with Clinton's "B.J."

Really, where does the blame really lie for this scandal?

Clinton did it, and the same media that carried him for years beat this dead horse until the end of his second term in office. How can one blame the average American for that?

Stupid Hollywood.

2007-08-13 07:27:19 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

He spent less money than Brownback and everyone was forecasting a Romney-Brownback finish.

2007-08-13 07:24:04 · 5 answers · asked by Ajay B 1 in Elections

I hate how the liberal media bashes the hell out republicans and make it look like its the right choice. Through and through you can never get a straight answer out of a demmy and furthermore why are so many people voting democratic when all they do is tax the hell out of working people to support people who could care less if they went out and actually worked? Im sorry but anywhere in america there is a way to get through school. Go to college and get a good job, you just have to have the will power and most don't and why are we supporting them??? I work/worked my *** off to be where I am today and yet I'm getting every check taxed to hell. P.S. the Iraq war will pay itself off with the oil we'll be getting in the coming years ; ) why do you think the surrounding areas are so pissed we're there, its all politcal and coming down to money.

2007-08-13 07:23:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-08-13 07:21:38 · 4 answers · asked by Don S 5 in Politics

Hmmmm. Bill J. Clinton-- B. J. Clinton............

What a name.

2007-08-13 07:20:04 · 25 answers · asked by SEXIEST AVATAR™ is HERE. 6 in Politics

2007-08-13 07:19:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-08-13 07:15:40 · 1 answers · asked by omnimog 4 in Politics

There is a principle which is a bar against all information,
which is proof against all arguments
and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance.
That principle is contempt prior to investigation.

Herbert Spencer



The price of liberty is eternal vigilance

Thomas Jefferson


"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all"

Thomas Jefferson

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light

Plato



Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Mark Twain


"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act

Gilbert K. Chesterton




When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home

Sir Winston Churchill



To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public

TEDDY ROOSEVELT



Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

"Laurence J. Peter"

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
Benjamin Disraeli

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.
Edward R. Murrow

During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.
Howard Thurman

2007-08-13 07:12:10 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

2007-08-13 07:11:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

my mom and i went to dallas because i had an appointment with my neurologist. our lawyer had already made reservations and paid our stay.the employee of the hotel tells us that there is no reservation for us so we use up the money we had to eat and for gas to stay at another hotel because the guy said they didnt accept cash either only credit cards. my mom calls the lawyer this morning complaining about the incident and he reasurez her that eveything was paid for so he calls the hotel and comes to the conclusion that it has to do with our race and that they discriminated us what can we do and has anyone been in this same situation before???????????// help

2007-08-13 07:09:22 · 16 answers · asked by Intense 1 in Law & Ethics

Like the Coast Guard. They are different from the Navy because they are not based on combat. What other groups or branches are there like this?

2007-08-13 07:09:17 · 12 answers · asked by shawn. 2 in Military

Or will they forever remain the "right" hand of Bush and the neo-con agenda?

2007-08-13 07:09:11 · 30 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics

and if a verbal move in agreement is valid, wouldnt a verbal move out agreement be valid?

2007-08-13 07:05:24 · 11 answers · asked by ARTIE LANGE 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

The question is really simple.. once again... How did the most beautiful country on this planet (go, go, go USA!) vote for this "president" and his friends?!!

2007-08-13 07:04:19 · 17 answers · asked by Daniel R 2 in Government

Can a person who has gotten out of prison and is on parole travel out of state for vacations and stuff? Or is that against the rules in most states?

2007-08-13 07:03:10 · 5 answers · asked by ╚╦DREW╦╝ 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

I see cops on the highway ALL THE TIME cruising along at speeds that would get me a ticket.
I mean, if they are going somewhere in an emergency, they use the lights and what not, I get that, but when they are just cruising, sometimes I wonder why some police officers feel they are above the law.

2007-08-13 06:54:00 · 12 answers · asked by ♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫ 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-08-13 06:53:19 · 4 answers · asked by ImmoralAmbulance 1 in Government

I already know 911 was a false flag

2007-08-13 06:52:54 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics