Politics & Government - 14 August 2007

Like "Why are all liberals cowards?"

or "Why are all republicans liars?"

Why do democrats hate america?

Why sre all conservatives racist/sexists?

I see question like this all the time....


here's one


What's the point of these rediculous questions?

Are you just looking for some sort of reaffirmation of your own rediculous one sided close minded opinion?

Why ask a question if you don't intend to learn anything from it?

2007-08-14 11:29:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I hear each days that the American soldiers fight in Iraq for our freedom?!?

2007-08-14 11:28:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

How do you cope when your fiancee is in the navy, and he just went onto deployment?

Just curious. It hurts so much cuz he's all the way across the country, literally, and I can't go see him.

2007-08-14 11:27:53 · 8 answers · asked by darkangelz01 2 in Military

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama received about $1.5 million in contributions this year from college professors and others in the education field, outpacing the party's front-runner, Sen. Hillary Clinton, who got $940,000 from academics.

Still, Clinton's near-$1-million second-place finish was almost as much as academia's total combined donations to leading Republican candidates Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain

See link - http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200708/POL20070813c.html

Question - What are your thoughts ?

2007-08-14 11:27:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Accomplishments only please.

2007-08-14 11:25:50 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

He's also said that he will give his 400,000.00 a year presidential salary to charity, if he wins the Oval Office.

Why? Why would anyone spend millions and millions of dollars, and give up their salary... to be President?

And please... don't say, "love of country". Try to be realistic.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/13/romney.wealth.ap/index.html

2007-08-14 11:25:16 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If you know the answer then please elaborate on why some unmarked cars have several antennas and some have none?

2007-08-14 11:22:47 · 15 answers · asked by BossofBosses 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

we both have legal custody 4 my kids but his the physical custody with theme im going to vessit my family in out of the country would like to take my kinds my family cnt wait to see my kids but the father would not gave me authorize to take my kids

2007-08-14 11:22:37 · 4 answers · asked by varga 1 in Law & Ethics

From the Financial Times:

"LEARN FROM THE FALL OF ROME, US WARNED"

The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country’s top government inspector has warned.

David Walker, comptroller general of the US, issued the unusually downbeat assessment of his country’s future in a report that lays out what he called “chilling long-term simulations”.

These include “dramatic” tax rises, slashed government services and the large-scale dumping by foreign governments of holdings of US debt.

Drawing parallels with the end of the Roman empire, Mr Walker warned there were “striking similarities” between America’s current situation and the factors that brought down Rome, including “declining moral values and political civility at home, an over-confident and over-extended military in foreign lands and fiscal irresponsibility by the central government”. ...


... “Our very prosperity is placing greater demands on our physical infrastructure. Billions of dollars will be needed to modernise everything from highways and airports to water and sewage systems. The recent bridge collapse in Minneapolis was a sobering wake-up call.”

Mr Walker said he would offer to brief the would-be presidential candidates next spring.

“They need to make fiscal responsibility and inter-generational equity one of their top priorities. If they do, I think we have a chance to turn this around but if they don’t, I think the risk of a serious crisis rises considerably”. "

2007-08-14 11:22:26 · 21 answers · asked by Sangria 4 in Other - Politics & Government

No prejudice here, but do you think a Female or an African American will become President first?

2007-08-14 11:22:02 · 4 answers · asked by twiztid_ditzwit 2 in Politics

2007-08-14 11:21:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I know that this is "Monday night quarterbacking," and is therefore a bit unfair to Pres. Bush because he did not know the future, the advantage that we have now with 20/20 hindsight. But so many people seem to strongly believe that the president has blundered every step of the way, and seems to think that they could have done a much better job.

Take the top issues which appeared in these last eight years, including a failing economy, 9/11/01, Al Qaida taking refuge in Afghanistan, Iraq/Iran/N. Korea challenges, New Orlean's hurricane disaster, social security failure in progress, and domestic security issues, to name a few. You don't have to justify yourself, but just briefly describe how you would have resolved these very challenging issues and how much better off the USA would have been with your solutions.

2007-08-14 11:21:11 · 4 answers · asked by Andy 4 in Politics

2007-08-14 11:21:04 · 9 answers · asked by eldude 5 in Politics

We are so screwed up right now

2007-08-14 11:20:56 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I bet Hillary's gonna love it when he steps up.

2007-08-14 11:20:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

It was a conviction 3 years ago and I've had no other prior arrests or convictions.

2007-08-14 11:16:35 · 9 answers · asked by Ryan 1 in Immigration

What would be a good character for her to play, I thought that a revision of the sixties TV program Mr. Ed would be perfect, and she could play Mr. Ed, what are your Hollywood choices?

A horse is a horse of course.......

2007-08-14 11:16:31 · 4 answers · asked by anthony p 3 in Civic Participation

their own terrorists? It frustrates me that the perception of most Muslims in the Middle East being uncivilized and violent people, isn't effectively challenged by those of them that aren't these things. I keep waiting for a Middle East leader to speak up to the masses and call for peaceful Muslims to bond together and stop their religion from being perverted by madmen. Is that ever going to happen? And if no, why not? Does that mean those who are peaceful are just willing to let those who are violent represent them to the world?

Sadly, I think the answer is no, they will never do anything about it, but I'd like to hear opinions on this.

2007-08-14 11:16:15 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I
What are your comments?

2007-08-14 11:15:01 · 8 answers · asked by Serpico7 5 in Politics

If you've served in the US military I'm sure you know that there's no shortage of dumb people.

Once my battalion XO said "Every now and then I get a soldier that makes me wonder 'What the hell was the recruiter thinking?'"

We once had one guy get wasted, and he was a newbie at alcohol. He blacked out, jumped out his second floor window of his barracks. He didn't know what happened until he woke up in the hospital.

In Korea, three guys in my battery were on a public subway, and for some odd reason, one pulled his manhood out of his pants while another one took pictures of it. (These guys were both straight and completey sober.)

We had a drill sergeant in AIT, who decided it was okay to sleep with female recruits. He would have gotten away with it until he got one pregnant.

Another guy got hammered and got caught by the MP's trying to take a dump by the post gate.

That's just a few, but you got any stories similiar to these?

2007-08-14 11:13:14 · 18 answers · asked by ThatOneDude 3 in Military

Ok since doc who 2000 say they are only employing bilinguals in his State . so can we start calling thing by it's name ? like Joaquin en la Caja . for Jack in the Box, and Marranos for McDonalds. and so on?

2007-08-14 11:12:33 · 7 answers · asked by El Chile 3 in Immigration

followed or enforced at all levels throughout our country? Are there pockets of the nation where the laws are being enforced?

2007-08-14 11:11:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Magnificent celebrations of the 60th Independence Day came in full swing—in a befitting manner—all-over Pakistan Monday with a greater pledge by the nation to make the marvellous homeland still more strong and affluent—by all perceptions, free from all types of alien dependence in any mode or style.

2007-08-14 11:11:05 · 11 answers · asked by Bo 3 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-08-14 11:11:05 · 53 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I told my friend that I was thinking about joining the Navy for personal reasons and she was like, "At least wait until a Democrat is in office to do it."
I said, "Why? Just because someone's in the military doesn't mean they support the current President or the war."
To this she responded, "Well you're still supporting the idea."

Hm...

2007-08-14 11:10:15 · 18 answers · asked by GiGi 2 in Military

2007-08-14 11:09:41 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

So you are against capital punishment, but for abortion on demand, in short you support protecting the guilty and killing the innocent?

Is that right?

2007-08-14 11:09:40 · 27 answers · asked by PNAC ~ Penelope 4 in Politics

2007-08-14 11:09:27 · 1 answers · asked by Peggy R 2 in Embassies & Consulates

2007-08-14 11:08:20 · 18 answers · asked by Dave D 1 in Military

Or will she just share with Bill if they are still married?

2007-08-14 11:05:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections