Politics & Government - 30 August 2007

Is it because Bush cut and ran to Iraq before the mission was accomplished?

"Violence is soaring in Afghanistan despite years of counterinsurgency operations by international troops and millions of dollars spent in equipping the country's army and police units."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq

2007-08-30 11:11:24 · 10 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics

I am interested in joining the military (either navy or coast guard i think) and I will have a bachelors degree in communication by december. I was wondering what the rank and other benefits would be by going in with an education?

Also, I am single and have a dog that I am very attached to. I could not possibly give him up, although I do have family who will watch him during training and and short deployments. so my question is will this work out? can I have a dog and be enlisted (will having a higher rank allow me to live off base?) and for the navy, how often and for what length of time are ships at sea?

Thanks so much!

2007-08-30 11:10:37 · 11 answers · asked by SeAwAvEs 3 in Military

the tiem....is it illegal and over looked or what?

2007-08-30 11:09:09 · 8 answers · asked by ideame 3 in Law & Ethics

It's been found that Iraq has hit 3 of 18 benchmarks set by THE WHITE HOUSE, now tony snow is going on about how benchmarks are not the only way to measure results... If there was another way to do it, why didn't the white house include it in the benchmarks.... Doesn't it tell you something when the people who set the benchmarks say they don't matter? If you still support the war in Iraq, how can you look at this and not be angry?

Please don't tell me anything about them "following us home" I might believe it if the people that made this prediction had predicted even one thing right in the entire Iraqi war, but they haven't so that argument holds no water.

2007-08-30 11:08:31 · 8 answers · asked by crushinator01 5 in Politics

can you send him north to Canada. We could use an honest politian with a great track record like his. Its rare to ever listen to a politian and feel hope, its too bad mainstream media does not give him any airtime except to say strippers are supporting him and laugh.

2007-08-30 11:07:33 · 14 answers · asked by Edge Caliber 6 in Politics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_el_pr/democratic_fundraiser

2007-08-30 11:07:17 · 7 answers · asked by Samm 6 in Politics

2007-08-30 11:04:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-08-30 11:04:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-08-30 11:00:12 · 2 answers · asked by colt 1 in Government

she has been waiting 1.5 years for an appointment and will have to wait 3 more years until it comes they say, all this time she has been in mexico and in total will have waited 4.5 years then at the appointment she will be told she cant return or reapply to enter the USA for 10 years, after that she can reapply and wait another 4 years to see if they will let her be with her husband in american, if i go to live with her in mexico we both will be poor and cant reapply because of low income level, if we have a child in mexico it must wait 10 years also to come to america but then i must provide DNA test to prove its mine, between the baby and my wife the total time will be 28.5 years to wait to see if she can come home with me, now folks im a real american citizen and if they would do this to me and my family god help us all, 7 years iv' been married to her she only wanted to be with me so she came undocumented and then returned to mexico, if it where you what would you think about it?

2007-08-30 11:00:09 · 28 answers · asked by JALISCO 2 in Immigration

According to the Supreme Court decision, it denies test drugs to dying patients. In what ways does this event affect the government???

2007-08-30 10:58:57 · 8 answers · asked by Vote # 3 1 in Law & Ethics

Just wondering, is there one?

2007-08-30 10:55:20 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

services or cancer?

2007-08-30 10:54:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

my daughter has felonys and since these has change her ways.
she want to go back to school but she is unsure of what options she has due to her felons on her record..

2007-08-30 10:53:23 · 5 answers · asked by powerlessme 1 in Law & Ethics

i have been whitnessed that i was smoking a cig on the bac of the work van whyle filling plant machines with deisel but all the staff @work knows i stopped smoking the day the ban came in to place but the bosses dint no i stopped but the point is i had a white pen in my mouth

2007-08-30 10:53:09 · 5 answers · asked by taz@btinternet.com 1 in Law & Ethics

Someone who will remain nameless as well as clueless made untrue and hateful comments about Romney's religion. So much for the first amendment.

2007-08-30 10:52:41 · 18 answers · asked by Ethan M 5 in Politics

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I&mode=related&search=

2007-08-30 10:52:19 · 14 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics

thats right , CNN VIEWERS OVERWHELMINGLY CHOSE RON PAUL AS THE WINNER OF THE GOP DEBATES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5hQoTAxgqI

2007-08-30 10:51:42 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

I mean, did we not learn the first time?

2007-08-30 10:51:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

And since the Federal Reserve is no longer tied into the gold standard, what are they basing these loans on? Credit worthiness of the US?

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070830/fed_borrowing.html?.v=2

2007-08-30 10:50:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-08-30 10:50:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Do we seriously need to reconsider our Trade Agreements to FIX the illegal immigration problems?
http://www.votehillary.org/CMS/node/1425

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/06/19/pf-4273694.html

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_51/b3863008.htm

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2007-08-30 10:49:18 · 10 answers · asked by Dog Tricks 4 in Immigration

I thought dems were supposed to be the sexual deviants while the repubs took the "moral high ground." So why do you suppose then that there is so much "deviancy" on the right side of the isle? Theres Sen. Vitter (R, LA)who keeps getting caught with prostitutes while presenting himself as the Candidate of Family Values and the Sanctity of Traditional Marriage (ironic, no?). And Sen. Larry Craig (R, ID) busted trying to get busy with an undercover cop in a public toilet - tsk tsk Senator.... And who can forget Rep. Mark Foley (R, FL) who was not only looking for gay sex, but gay underage sex. Yikes! Oh and James Guckert (aka Jeff Gannon) who was a gay prostitute right before he became a White House Press "Reporter." And have you heard yet that Alberto Gonzales has been accused of covering up a sex scandal involving teenage boys and the guards at the Texas Youth Commission? Oh how the list goes on. Heres a link with many many more if your interested...

http://www.armchairsubversive.org/

2007-08-30 10:48:08 · 16 answers · asked by slushpile reader 6 in Other - Politics & Government

I wanna complain about how he should make cigarettes illegal. Even though it's good money, who cares about materialistic things..? What's more important health, or money? Seriously..

2007-08-30 10:48:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-08-30 10:43:54 · 11 answers · asked by BeautifulDevil 3 in Law & Ethics

2007-08-30 10:43:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

good grief...i cant imagine the holiday dinner table and the finger pointing....lmfao

2007-08-30 10:38:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

In the UK you are considered an adult from 18 years of age. How is it then that Tesco's won't sell alcohol go anyone under 21? I think Morrisons have the same policy.

2007-08-30 10:37:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Esp. when they air and answer on national TV inane "debate" questions from the youtube nuts like the melting snowman? We have in the Democrats only children running for president.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K8GVAAOzMk

2007-08-30 10:36:59 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

well, it's been one week since my recruiter put in my request to ship out in september.
is this normally supposed to take that long?

2007-08-30 10:36:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military