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i have been with employer for 3 years, started off as part-time, then slowly went to full-time. it's a small based business that does not offer benefits to begin with. can i ask to go part-time or should i just tell them? the reason being is that i don't want to pay $200/month for after school child care in addition to having her stay at school an extra 2.5 hours every day after school. The other reason is that I would like to qualify for medicaid for the maternal expenses I will be incurring with my pregnancy. I am a single mom which seems that part-time hours/pay would most benefit my child now and the coverage of my child to be born. What are my rights? Thank You.

2007-08-20 12:41:53 · 11 answers · asked by Mary R 1 in Law & Ethics

Both Bush and Hitler had wars that were going well, Bush in afganistan, and Hitler on the western front. Then both of them made the mistake of attaking a neutral country. Hitler attacked the USSR and this is one of the main reasons he lost WWII, Bush attacked Iraq and Al Qaeda recovers it's strength... So Hitler had his two Fronts and Bush has his two wars, Maybe Bush is a fan, or maybe he;s just too dumb to realize learning history can help us today.

2007-08-20 12:39:46 · 10 answers · asked by Chuckles 4 in Politics

I recently got called in for Jury Duty for August 27th. I've never had to do this before. Could someone explain to me what's going to go on when I go up there on the 27th.

I don't think it would matter, but I'm in Texas.

Thanks :)

2007-08-20 12:37:41 · 8 answers · asked by Evymisa 2 in Civic Participation

what issue do you believe would become the new platform of the election?

2007-08-20 12:36:49 · 17 answers · asked by hooked_ona_8SecondRide 2 in Elections

I would rather pay more for products to ensure the safety and quality of them and preserve job availibility rather than offshore jobs to save a buck. Anybody agree?

2007-08-20 12:32:52 · 15 answers · asked by MyMysteryId 3 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-08-20 12:25:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

i know it's near san diego, but is it in Oceanside,Ca or San Clemente, Ca?

2007-08-20 12:24:23 · 8 answers · asked by Kaitlyn 1 in Military

Her "anchor baby" couldn't keep her here forever. I know it's just one of millions, but at least it gives me hope that our government isn't a total joke. Hey, it's only one, but it's a start.

2007-08-20 12:24:08 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

"For the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, VAN O C has yet put a formal request for military style aid?
In Military - Asked by up420oz - 0 answers - 2 days ago- (Question has been removed)"

I would like to know EXACTLY what I posted was so wrong that Yahoo pulled it?
Having been employed in the Canadian Forces Air Defence, I know that there has not been a request for any olympic support. I didnt put any secret or confidental info down, did not put any nasty or profane language down, did not do anything that should warrant this type of responce!
Unless I wook up in a dictatorship, I want to know what the heck is going on!

HOW ABOUT YOU!!!
Copy and send this to Yahoo, demanding an answer!

2007-08-20 12:17:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Rep. Bob Filner Charged With Assault on Virginia Airport Worker
Monday, August 20, 2007

WASHINGTON — California Rep. Bob Filner was facing charges Monday for allegedly assaulting an airline worker at Dulles International Airport after becoming upset that his luggage had not arrived at a baggage carousel.

Filner, 64, is slated to appear in Loudoun County, Va., General District Court on Oct. 2. Court officials could not say whether the San Diego Democrat had been served the summons yet to show up on that date.

According to law enforcement officials, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police were called to the United Airlines baggage claim office at about 6 p.m. Sunday evening for a report of an incident with a passenger regarding his baggage.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293834,00.html

2007-08-20 12:16:47 · 5 answers · asked by Lavrenti Beria 6 in Law & Ethics

Say a government is elected in a country by a large mandate - say 65% of the vote. This government is very much anti-US; they do not want US corporations keeping their people in poverty with low wages, they are against US foreign policy and so on. This country otherwise is democratic, with free speech, freedom of religion and so on.

Would the US be justified in overthrowing this government due to their anti-US stance? (either directly through force, or indirectly by proxy - funding opposition guerillas to start a coup for instance)

2007-08-20 12:15:29 · 1 answers · asked by Mordent 7 in Government

I would have to say that blacks are more discriminated. People classify white women as minorities as blacks but really they cant be considering the fact that there have been way more white women governors and that a white women has a better chance of being a us president than a black.
Also it has been shown that even though white women did not have as much power as a white male, they were given certan protections.
1. Not being forced to fight in a war and almost never being sent to death row for capital crimes in the past.
Lynching have never been used on white women no matter how serious of a crime they was charged with.
Also from since the 1950's it has been proven that decisions made in divorce such as almony and child custody have proven to benefit women of all races, including white women.
And then another example of this double standard is that white women such as mary letourneau and debra lafave who sleep with boys are not punished as harshly as vice versa.

2007-08-20 12:10:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

As mr Burger prepared for testimony before the 9/11 Commission he took top secret documents from the national archives. He stuffed the documents in his pants and socks. Now, some of the documents have come up missing. We feel that Mr. Burger's abuses of National Security and gross abuse of his power, is treason. We are asking to charge Mr. Burger and those who knew what he did and not bringing this to the forefront with treason. We, the Undersigned, understand that this is a very serious charge that is punishable by death. However, this is a VERY serious breech of National Securty, he must be made example of, so people who have the same idea will not repeat the same mistake.

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?sbt2004

Treason
1. a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state.
2. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.

2007-08-20 12:05:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

Will all of your "Affermative Action" laws to protect "minorities" still be fair game, or is this something you GENIOUSES are going to have to re-think AGAIN???

2007-08-20 12:05:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1153513,00.html

Mark Townsend and Paul Harris in New York
Sunday February 22, 2004
The Observer
Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters..
A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.
The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies. The threat to global stability vastly eclipses that of terrorism, say the few experts privy to its contents.
'Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life,' concludes the Pentagon analysis.

2007-08-20 12:04:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Liberals Discover Family Values Matter




RUSH: I love this story. "'Family Ties Key to Youth Happiness' -- So you're between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock 'n' roll. Maybe some cash, or at least the car keys. Turns out the real answer is quite different. Spending time with family was the top answer to that open-ended question, according to an extensive survey -- more than 100 questions asked of 1,280 people ages 13-24 -- conducted by The Associated Press and MTV on the nature of happiness among America's young people. ... Nearly three-quarters of young people say their relationship with their parents makes them happy. 'They're my foundation,' says Kristiana St. John, 17, a high-school student from Queens in New York. 'My mom tells me that even if I do something stupid, she's still going to love me no matter what. Just knowing that makes me feel very happy and blessed.' Other results are more disconcerting." And, of course, what AP story would not be complete without this next finding. "While most young people are happy overall with the way their lives are going, there are racial differences: the poll shows whites to be happier, across economic categories, than blacks and Hispanics." (Laughing.) Even in a what-makes-you-happy poll, woman, minorities, poor, et al, are the hardest hit. "You might think money would be clearly tied to a general sense of happiness. But almost no one said 'money' when asked what makes them happy."

Now, let me sum this up. All of the things that conservatives have been fighting liberals over for the last 50 years: strong family ties, controlled sex, religion, faith, parents, according to this poll, were right, and they, the liberals, are wrong. The old-fashioned things that we fought to save and they've fought to destroy in the end are what make kids happy, secure, and healthy individuals. You know what I didn't find? I read the whole story. I didn't find one kid that said government makes them happy. I didn't find one kid that said, "Yeah, my senator makes me happy." I didn't find one kid, one answer here that said, "My congressman makes me happy." I didn't see anything in here about a village making kids happy. Parents, yes. God, yes. Friends, yeah. Sex did not show up that much in terms of providing happiness. Now, this is going to be buried, but if it were not buried this would turn liberal education theory and feminism, sociology, the Democratic Party platform, and MTV on their ears. They'll adjust this to these conservative fuddy-duddies, and they'll start promoting religion, parents staying together for their kids -- yeah, right. I don't think we'll get that kind of promotion from them. At any rate, I found the whole thing just invigorating.

We got a sound bite from Hillary Clinton coming up here in which she says she's been fighting those people, meaning us, for 35 years. When I saw that, it got me to thinking, who has she been fighting and for what? I got to thinking, do we fight them? I think, yeah, we do, but there's a fine-line distinction. For example, this program. This program is aimed at you, the people. We conservatives engage in an intellectual pursuit. We want you to be intellectually understanding of conservatism, be able to apply it, be able to learn it so well you can explain it and be persuasive. In the process, when we are attacked by people like Mrs. Clinton who admits doing it for 35 years, we will then jump to the defense of ourselves and others and point out things about them. But the fine-line difference is that they are doing the exact opposite. They are not trying to expand the minds or the opportunities of the people they want to vote for them. They are trying to destroy their enemies. I say it's a fine line. I wouldn't mind politically destroying the left, but we do it in much different ways.

So you have a story here about childhood happiness, or youthful happiness, and you find out that basic traditional values are what bring it about, especially in this day and age. In fact, this poll actually doesn't surprise me, folks. Given all of the pitfalls and the decay, the perversion, and the destructive nature of pop culture and the way it's reported, these were pretty heartening results, especially when the sponsoring agencies here are AP and MTV. It's one of the reasons why I'm always optimistic. I always think the future is bright. In the midst of all this turmoil and angst and chaos and the perception that the younger generation is going to hell in a handbasket, which every adult generation always thinks, by the way, there are real signs of optimism out there. For young people to say what they said here, it means they have a pretty solid foundation, a pretty solid understanding of what gives life its real meaning, and real meaning in your life, that's something that a lot of people never grow up to find or they find it pretty late. So I was encouraged by it.

2007-08-20 12:01:31 · 19 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

I want to become a helicopter pilot as my career. Not neccessaraly a coast gaurd. But in order for me to get the most and the best expierence, this is the way to go. So I want to know the fastest way to get my pilot licence, and finish my service.

2007-08-20 11:58:54 · 4 answers · asked by Jason V 1 in Military

2007-08-20 11:58:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-08-20 11:56:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

shouldnt he have been an E7 by now

2007-08-20 11:56:24 · 7 answers · asked by Baina 2 in Military

i think it will. and that means it does belong right here in elections. quit the censorship talk. freedom and democracy.

2007-08-20 11:54:22 · 13 answers · asked by soperson 4 in Elections

google, dictionary

2007-08-20 11:52:21 · 4 answers · asked by k_ashif400 1 in Politics

They, then, need to appear in court to be recognized by the accused. What a waste of manpower most needed on the streets.

2007-08-20 11:51:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Oil is one of the most precious commodities in the world. But do Oil companies really have as much power and control as the liberals would have us believe? Do they really influence elections, have certain politicians on their payroll, obstruct the development of the electric car and are they really buying up all the renewable energy companies?

Or is this all conspiratorial liberalist bullshit?

2007-08-20 11:49:27 · 13 answers · asked by damo_mc_legend 2 in Politics

How likely is a draft to occur?

2007-08-20 11:46:26 · 14 answers · asked by Chara Pointshot 4 in Politics

"Weak mindedness is the state of being easily impressionable or possessing a weak sense of self-will, judgement or conviction. A weak minded individual's opinion may be easily swayed by propaganda or emotional manipulation tactics, as they do not possess an adequate ability to judge or discern the quality of an assertion, or they may exhibit a lack of discipline."

Does that not perfectly describe a liberal?

2007-08-20 11:46:14 · 22 answers · asked by Gottlos VII 1 in Civic Participation

I don't really know where I belong. I feel the democrats have a lot of good causes. I think gay people should be able to get married, and I think abortions should be legal. But democrats also care about the enviornment a lot don't they? I can't say that I support that too much. I'm not saying I want to cut down all the rainforests, but I think we shouldn't spend too much money on the enviornment when there are more important things. I don't support the war. I think all of our troops should come home. I also believe in individual gain. I want to be rich when I grow up but in 8th grade, I took a politics test and just because I said I would rather have more money for myself then work for the enviornment, It qualified me as a republican! Also, what is up with these democratic candidates for the 08 election? Barrack Obama just said he would pass a bill to send more troops to Pakistan! Four of them are against same-sex marriage! Will a democrat win the election?

2007-08-20 11:44:30 · 12 answers · asked by Gavin D 2 in Elections

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