Politics & Government - 22 August 2007

Your thoughts please.

As for me I could go both ways on this one, and obviously I don't mean literally bring back communism, but merely make Russia a superpower based on military force again.

2007-08-22 16:05:38 · 6 answers · asked by 29 characters to work with...... 5 in Military

I'm not affiliated with a political party. I'm a moderate conservative who demands reform of Congress and the executive branch.

I will not vote for Clinton, and I will not vote for Mitt Romney.
Romney rubs me the wrong way something fierce.
I don't support Giuliani but I would versus Clinton. I don't support McCain but I would versus Clinton. But if it is Obama versus Republican, I vote Obama. if it's Clinton versus Republican, I vote for Republican. if its Clinton versus Romney I vote for Donald Duck and hope he wins, too.

Donald Duck has a platform I believe in. He will spend his entire day in the oval office, on a piece of paper. He will not sign bad bills into law. He will not start wars of aggression. He will not lie to any of us or get hummers from fat interns.

He won't swear in front of little children, and he will have slightly better diction and clarity than George W. Bush. Plus he hates Nazis.

Vote Donald Duck (Independent) in 2008.

2007-08-22 16:05:28 · 15 answers · asked by askthepizzaguy 4 in Elections

2007-08-22 16:04:29 · 2 answers · asked by fireburn 1 in Politics

iowa. we looked at this cool little house and loved it. my husband made it very clear that he already had to foot the bill in previous years before, and he wanted the sellers to get the septic inspected and if needed they pay for the material and he would install it. the sellers and realtor knew that a new septic was suppose to be in and dome by aug. 2006. when my husband went to sign the papers he stressed again about the septic.(everyone in the whole small town had to install up to date stuff) he doesn't read very well so the realtor read the contract back to him, he signed it and now we got a letter aug. 1, 2007 saying we have have this all done by aug. 30, 2007 or be fined. they got us pretty good on this one. does anyone know if it would do us any good to contact a lawyer or just step back and pay?

2007-08-22 16:04:12 · 5 answers · asked by bvfarrington 1 in Law & Ethics

My brother is campaigning for his High School President Elections. What are some slogans that my brother can use that will be very catchy, while meaningful at the same time? Please Help! He Needs The Best Slogans and Catchphases to WIN! THANX!

2007-08-22 16:01:02 · 12 answers · asked by TJ2007 2 in Elections

-Traditionally its always been a man and a woman?

-For religious reasons?

-Other?

2007-08-22 16:00:33 · 10 answers · asked by Serpico7 5 in Law & Ethics

What are the requirements to go straight from civilian life into the Army as a Warrant Officer?

2007-08-22 15:56:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

My wife had a check she needed to deposit into our accout, and I wasn't around so she signed it.

2007-08-22 15:56:45 · 7 answers · asked by George P 2 in Law & Ethics

-Both were/are guerilla wars that the conventional US military had/have a lot of trouble fighting.

-Both were limited wars where the US couldn't do everything that it wanted to do to defeat the enemy.

-Most of the causlities were/are caused by booby traps/IEDs.

-Both wars got the US caught up not just in their war but also civil wars going on at the same time.

-In both wars the US couldn't secure the borders which allowed enemy men & supplies to pore into the country.

-In both wars the US was dealing with a weak National Govt. that couldn't even control it's own country.

-Both wars had/have Texas Presidents with "Alamo" syndrome that made it impossible for them to admit defeat.

-Both war killed 1000s of innocent civilians & US troops.

-Both wars took over 6+ years of not winning before Congress finally pulled the plug on funding.

-In both wars US troops did their jobs well but were undercut by US politicans, their commander in chief & their own generals.

2007-08-22 15:54:55 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-08-22 15:53:28 · 8 answers · asked by dc 3 in Military

i want to know the procedure of what the cop does and how he does it.

a short cop about 5'6'' driving on the street, sees a truck speeding, the truck is customly lifted to look like a monster truck and it has big wheels and tires. the cop pulls him over, obviously the cop's head doesnt reach the driver's window, how does the short cop get the speeder's license and insurance card? or even find out if he has his seatbelt on? or even if the guy has a weapon on his lap or hand? does he ask the driver to step out of the vehicle? if the windows are tinted, how does he find out if there are more people in the back seat?

this goes out to short female cops as well.

2007-08-22 15:53:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

I ask this from the standpoint of someone who does not smoke pot, but has many friends who smoke pot and claim it to be non-addictive and not as bad as cigarettes and beer. I would like to know your own personal reasons for opposing marijuana.

2007-08-22 15:52:58 · 7 answers · asked by myfairashley 1 in Law & Ethics

What information is a potential employer allowed to ask when contacting Social Security about the work record of a potential employee? And what information can Social Security divulge?

2007-08-22 15:51:59 · 1 answers · asked by CB 2 in Law & Ethics

just asking thx for the answers :)

2007-08-22 15:48:12 · 37 answers · asked by ? 5 in Immigration

It seems to be a vicious cycle. It also seems like we are just creating more and more resentment towards the West, which was really a big part of the Jihad's beef with the US and the West in the first place. Our involvment just seems so counter-productive.

2007-08-22 15:48:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I hear this term thrown around a lot on military.com forums and yes I'm too darned lazy to look it up, I feel like awarding someone ten points. What really are they? Humor appreciated.

2007-08-22 15:46:37 · 11 answers · asked by Milmom 5 in Military

battalion.I was able to find him through a flukey nature.I bumped into him on the street.Iwent to his place and found out that he has chronic PTSD,I need him for a court case of mine.The PTSD worries me however.At the mention of supeona,he became very agitated and was freaking out,hearing the sounds of battle and hearing his troops dying in a friendly fire incident in afghanistan involving 2 F-16s who bombed them during a live fire exercise.I need this guy for referance in my own sitrep. Is the PTSD that he has going interfere with his day in court in defence of me.He knows the truth but I dont wish to further agitate him as he's in bad shape.Would exposure to the courts throw him back into the same reaction?

2007-08-22 15:44:03 · 4 answers · asked by spooky 2 in Military

We're an unsigned band who was just offered a deal for a remix to be made of our song. The problem is, the DJ is in a club in Berlin. We have a contract that we made written up, but we obviously can't have him sign it and through mail. How can we make a contract that is legally binding internationally.

2007-08-22 15:42:02 · 1 answers · asked by Nate 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-08-22 15:38:46 · 5 answers · asked by feb_maryann 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-08-22 15:38:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

bring about their downfall and the Democratic Landslide in 2008 - doesn't that amply prove exactly who's side God is on?
Go Liberals.......

2007-08-22 15:36:54 · 15 answers · asked by Your Teeth or Mine? 5 in Politics

What are 5 non-democratic nations??

2007-08-22 15:35:41 · 2 answers · asked by Mrs. Ryan Sheckler 4 in Government

The Epic has begun to end

The grand destruction incident of September 11, 2001 (which wrote the awesome opening chapters of millennium epic) and the upcoming incident of 2008 Beijing Olympics (which is being marketed as an epic in itself) have a common link as far as their target is concerned.

I would not like to keep the suspense go on to the last line keeping you guess what their target is. The target is simply the power politics which could retain their esteem as an unopposed world power in the future. Don’t you think they are interlinked in this manner with each other if not on their conduct as the former is directly linked to terrorism and the latter to goodwill? Again I am not going to reveal anything about the terror threat to the Beijing Olympics. But like the September 11, Beijing Olympics is also a threat to the world. To know how? You have to go into the past as well as the future.

It will not offend me if this idea is bitterly attacked as an affliction of my mind on the first hand. Yet it has got lots of sense to sound sagacious despite its attempt to yoke two identically different magnetic ends by unnatural force though. It may seem, in view of general perception, out of sync on the surface when we keep in mind the crucial ends of the terror-torn Arab world and the divisible Asian society under inimical issues like unresolved border-disputes, religious fundamentalism, transborder terrorism and overlooking of the global fears to protect the planet. However, a keen sight, which must be seriously taken into account as an effect to see through the deceptive surface to x-ray the credibility behind acts backed by both America and China under the shadow of above stated events, can help us understand the sacred gameplan to sweep the world order under their sceptre in near future.

The U.S. after the crash of twin towers celebrated the pro-American wave in the whole world. It got support even from those countries which had always seen it as an imperialistic state—a state that could prove as a threat in number of ways like economic, diplomatic and cultural.

So it was the best time to utilise the moment actually availed by destiny. America squandered no time and deployed its forces in Afghanistan with the help of Pakistan to paralyse the Taliban regime and Al Qaeda network. Everyone knew it was like a trout fighting against the mighty shark whale. But the U.S. strategy was something different. It wanted to establish its permanent base in Asia and there could be no place as perfect as Afghanistan is. From there it is capable to keep a closer vigilance on its adversaries—Russia, India, and above all China. It was also necessary from America’s point of view as the nuclear arms race in Asian countries and their undeterred arsenals had unveiled the inability of American security agencies. Its espionage agencies had been a laughing stock for the world community after they had failed to suspect India for its nuclear tests conducted at Pokharan in 1998 during AB Vajpayee’s regime. Later on Pakistan also followed the suit, although it’s a different question that America did not try to stop it deliberately after having known the reality.

So what could have been the best time than the time when there were ready-made pro-American feelings running through the minds all over the globe? It would be ridiculous to regard America’s victory against the Taliban regime as mere victory. Rather it should be called as American occupation of Afghan regions to run its military activities against the Asian giants—China and India—having installed on throne a puppet ruler, Hamid Karzai. It is not just an emotional analysis but truthful comprehension. If it was not so, why is America prolonging its stay in that part? Do you really think that America has been facing problems in the hills to track down the remaining Taliban supporters? In fact America does not want to track them down so instantly so that it could stay there and have installations to serve its anti-Asian agenda to enfeeble the biggest continent.

It is everything under the impression of September 11 pretence. Having faced no problems in Afghanistan it was time to create pressure on Iraq and more directly on Saddam Hussein and its Bath party which had crammed the minds of Iraqis with anti-American sentiments. It had been for long a nuisance to the U.S. So the Bush administration in view of undeterred intrusion in Afghanistan started imputing Saddam for keeping weapons of mass extermination. It sent the UN officials to Baghdad to find out traces of such kind. But it led to no clues as America had been bragging to get the international favour. Finally it launched attack on Iraq with its cronies under wide international opposition. The U.S., however, found no weapons of mass destruction on whose basis it had waged a war against Iraq. Now Saddam has been executed, to the delight of Bush and Blair, the former British premier and Iraq is looming in the dark alleys of uncertainties and militant violence.

Thus, the September 11 made America intrude the South Asian region; and further this victory encouraged it to make the Arab world paralyse too. The only difference is that in its first campaign it had pro-American feelings and in its second unpopular campaign anti-American feelings. However, the undeniable fact is it has been successful in utilizing the famous crash whose historical significance moves up to the level of the French Revolution in the world history.

It’s the first side of the coin having discussed America’s unruly and arbitrary behaviour after what it experienced on September 11. But don’t we find China keeping on close heels with the U.S. the way it has started exploiting the fruit of 2008 Olympics. China knows the importance of this huge event to be held in Beijing in the summer of 2008. It wants everything accomplished beneath the Olympic apparel that can’t be conducted otherwise without international opposition.

To shape its mammoth intentions it started digging its border land skirting India. First of all it built up the railway line penetrating Tibetan region from Shanghai to Lhasa. Now it has announced officially to build up a highway close to the base camp of Himalayan Mt. Everest under the pretence that the Olympic torch will be taken to the highest point. So the highway to Mt. Everest will be constructed in the period of only four months.

No doubt, China has displayed its great capability to engineering having built up roads, bridges, skyscrapers, railways in the highest regions, and many other state-of-the-art institutions that the world can envy for. But it does not mean it has attained the unilateral right to play with nature. The projected highway which will straddle upto the base camp of Mt. Everest is posing a great threat to the environment as it will increase the flow of people to that part.

We have already observed changes into the Himalayan ecosystem in recent years that are threatening the Asian future. And the Asian future lies in the Indian subcontinent.

Most of the rivers—the Indus, the Mekong, the Yangtze, the Yellow, the Salween, the Brahmputra, the Karnali and the Satluj—that flow in this part are fed by the Himalayan snowmelt in the highland. If this highway is built up, it will lead to the warming of Everest. And the water conflict will spur in Asia. Apparently it looks that the highway is just an attempt to throw Asia particularly India into huge water crises in the future.

The Olympic Games are just nothing but a storehouse to manipulate its vicious ends. Just think awhile if the torch is not taken to the base camp what difference is it going to make to China’s reputation? Have not there been Games before in other countries? What have they done special to make them historic? Games are played to spread the goodwill message. The goodwill message can only be carried by the thorough involvement of the participants in the games. They are not meant to create conflicts especially by threatening nature.

Many Indian experts believe that the highway is a threat to Indian security. But my belief that intuitively portends a bleak future not only for India but for the entire world is instilled in its being inimical for the fragile Himalayan ecosystem.

Isn’t China prone to the U.S. in its manhandling the world in order to occupy the power that could retain their status as an unopposed world power in future? If America is disrupting the world order on its past event—the September 11—by creating chaos in the South Asian region and the Arab world, China is disrupting the world especially Asia on its future event—the 2008 Beijing Olympics—by playing wantonly with nature.

The former event, undoubtedly, can be considered as the bleak beginnings for a dark epic with its added and against-the-world action in parts of the world. But the latter event, if not confined to its original purpose in time, will surely take this epic not to a tragic dénouement but to a catastrophic one, with no spectator left to experience its “catharsis” (if it is concluded with this Aristotelian term).

2007-08-22 15:34:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

..... I know all about dat.

2007-08-22 15:32:19 · 23 answers · asked by James 2 in Politics

Why is it that the support the military/troops stickers are almost on everyone's car yet the majority of those people could care less about them and given the chance wouldnt even help a veteran or service member. Most dont even send cookies or care packages overseas, and for the business people they dont even hire veterans, or help a veteran if there car breaks down. Most just get the sticker because paul down the street has it. Stop using those stickers if you do nothing to support them. Every civilian can do something, no matter how small or big.

-decorated proud vet thats sick of seeing baseless slogans

2007-08-22 15:28:35 · 22 answers · asked by Captain Kid 3 in Military

I have heard a lot of horror stories about MySpace and internet dating programs. How safe is this from child sex offenders and
nut cases from stalking or pursuing someone for the wrong reasons?

2007-08-22 15:26:47 · 3 answers · asked by traderted37 1 in Law & Ethics

The NAU, NAFTA, FTAA and so on and so on.

2007-08-22 15:24:49 · 14 answers · asked by Ethan M 5 in Politics

2007-08-22 15:17:18 · 13 answers · asked by Mike H 2 in Military

Or is the U.S. weaker as a society, and more divided than ever?

2007-08-22 15:16:19 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

i am going to the navy next summer and i was thinking about buying an apartment in waco for like when im not on duty could this be possible or i will be stationed where ever they put me when im not on duty

2007-08-22 15:12:45 · 6 answers · asked by dimboazz 2 in Military