Politics & Government - 4 September 2007

He was an ally even after he gassed the Kurds and used chemical weapons against Iran. We knew of his domestic brutalities for decades. We were perfectly fine with his regime from Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush I (until Kuwait), Clinton, Bush II (until 9/11 which Saddam had no part in) So why all the moral outrage over his deeds now, after we invaded and found no WMD's?

Is it just a case of "any excuse will do" because we want to control the Middle East and have a permanent military presence there? If so, then why would we not expect other ME countries to aid the insurgency and try to get us out of their region. Or develop nuclear weapons like Iran ( the U.S. doesn't mess with countries that have nukes...)

If Mexico or Canada were invaded, wouldn't we send them weapons and aid their fight against an occupier on our border?

2007-09-04 06:23:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

My sister is going through the process of legalizing her husband. I am not exagerrating when I say she's paid more than $6,000. She started the prcess in 2004 and she just recieved thier final packet. Plus she'll need more money. This is for just 1 person can u imagine a wole family?Plus, you have to have someone legal in the U.S to sponser u. A lot of peolpe dont have anyone. You can't wait and let your family starve to enter legally. I guess thats why some people do it illegally. If the government wants to legalize they've got to make it simplier and faster.

2007-09-04 06:22:44 · 13 answers · asked by pinkkitty 1 in Immigration

If pit bull terriers are illegal why are scoucers exempt from the laws of the land? You can buy drugs. guns.dangerous dogs, almost anything you want in liverpool and where is the law ?
sat in their ivory towers and turning up after the event has happened is this a way to run the country?

2007-09-04 06:22:32 · 5 answers · asked by mickjack 5 in Law Enforcement & Police

What services that government now provides would you agree to have eliminated or slashed? Here are some suggestions: medicare, medicaid, infrastructure repair, defense, education, environment, sanitation, police, fire fighters, pensions for government workers, anti-terrorism.

If you want to cut taxes, you have to cut spending too. And don't forget the price of all those deficits we run: over $350 billion dollars per year to pay off the interest on the debt.

2007-09-04 06:20:13 · 14 answers · asked by Stephen L 6 in Elections

"When Bush refuses to answer one way or the other, he comes off as a shady politician who cannot be trusted," said Robert Novak of CNN's The Capital Gang. "He also comes off as an insane mass murderer who kills lots of people and eats them."

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28609

what is the time limit if someone is found conspired to murder? Not aying anyone did, just curious if someone is associated with a mass murder.

2007-09-04 06:19:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I've got a 2007 Chevy that went that turned out to be trash. Anyway, I found an attorney and gave him my case a few months ago back on June 24 and it took him until August 25 to get a first response/offer from GM which was crap. Basically they offered me less money than my attorney would get in fees and an extended warranty. My attorney agreed that it was crap, so he rejected the offer. The thing is, from June to Aug, he never spoke with me, I always speak to his assistant and when I asked to speak with the attorney, he only promisses me that he will call me back, and NEVER does. So I called on Aug. 25 and told them that if I don't get a call back from the attorney to find out what in the hell is going on, then I'm going to find another attroney. He then called me back and told me that he got an offer from GM.....what a coincidence, they day I threaten them going to a different attorney, he calls back and gives me this shitty offer, that even he told me not to accept. Back to The waiting game again. Since Aug 25, he hasn’t gotten back to me. Is there something wrong with my lawyer or is this lemon law process normal. What should I do?
Thanks!

2007-09-04 06:17:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I work in a restaurant in Edinburgh. Recently we have been informed that due to taxi fares now being taxed we can no longer have a staff taxi home when on a night shift. When i asked the owner wasn't it the law to provide staff with a way to get home after midnight he said no. I always thought it was. Does anyone know for sure?

2007-09-04 06:16:29 · 7 answers · asked by Katy W 3 in Law & Ethics

Fox News Killing left wing CNN

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/

Total viewers:

Total day: FNC: 712 | CNN: 380 | MSNBC: 239 | HLN: 155 | CNBC: 133

Prime: FNC: 1,340 | CNN: 612 | MSNBC: 432 | HLN: 270 | CNBC: 155


CNN is not real news anyway. It's totally fake and it's viewers are least informed americans.

2007-09-04 06:15:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

So what? Why should any of this be a crime? He may have done something wrong to his wife and family, but is this anyone else's business? And if he's judged to be a hypocrite by the voters (an anti-gay politician who seeks gay sex) isn't that simply an issue for the voters? Where are all you libertarians screaming out how wrong it is to criminalize these kind of activities?

2007-09-04 06:13:57 · 20 answers · asked by Stephen L 6 in Other - Politics & Government

if you are married to someone at the time, they cheat on you and have a baby by someone other then yourself, and the blood test comes back stating that you arent the biological father of the child, does that mean that you are still the responsibility of the child? By the state of Ohio. And if so, then what happens if you were to get a divorce, is the child still your responsibility?

2007-09-04 06:09:01 · 4 answers · asked by angelagilbert83 1 in Law & Ethics

my brother has a case in child support he gave his tax return with employer, but he also works in the side. the other partie ask for him to sign a form 4509 to get copies of all his return
in the one he filed with the outside jobs shows more loss the earnings, that is why he did not give it in the first place, this is his first time , what will happend when they see the real w-2 with losses and the side jobs. will this affect the support oder? in other his ex spouse is married and she is filing head of house hold single. my brother is always filing in the correct way.

2007-09-04 06:07:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I'm writing a paper about the bans on "sagging." I'm worried that a guy out on parole, who has given up drugs and committing real crimes, could go back to jail if he is convicted of sagging. Is that possible?

2007-09-04 06:04:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

I will already be in school on the day I have to report. I have classes every day, Monday through Friday. I wrote all of this down in the "other" section of the reasons for excuse.

2007-09-04 06:01:48 · 10 answers · asked by LSN 2 in Civic Participation

So much hot air.... Isn't the weather out there hot enough for you?

2007-09-04 06:00:47 · 32 answers · asked by Dream Realized 2 in Politics

2007-09-04 05:58:37 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I just moved to Virginia Beach Virginia from new york and they say it's a commom wealth state,but what do that mean?please help

2007-09-04 05:58:17 · 4 answers · asked by Sabrina B 4 in Law & Ethics

Sheriff Jim Pendergraph first noticed the changes in his jail population early in the decade, as illegal immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries poured into Charlotte and elsewhere in Mecklenburg County, N.C., to find jobs in the robust North Carolina economy.

In Butler County, Ohio, Sheriff Richard K. Jones became so frustrated with the swelling population of undocumented suspects in his jail a couple of years ago that he symbolically billed the federal government for his incarceration costs and posted a big yellow sign near the jail reading: "Illegal aliens here."

Pendergraph and Jones are part of a growing national debate over how to handle undocumented criminals, a debate that's flared anew with the arrest of an illegal immigrant in the execution-style slayings of three college students in New Jersey.

Criminal aliens, as the federal government classifies them, constitute more than a fourth of the inmates in federal prisons. Those still at large often fall between the cracks of an overburdened and uneven enforcement system, escaping detection and deportation.

More than 300,000 criminal aliens are expected to be placed in state and local jails this year, according to a forecast last year by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general. Most might remain in this country after serving their sentences because the federal government lacks the resources to identify, detain and deport them, the audit said.

The suspect in the Newark killings, Jose Carranza, is an illegal immigrant from Peru who was out on bond on assault and child-rape charges. Authorities said they were unaware that Carranza was in the country illegally, largely because local policy prohibits officers from questioning suspects about their immigration status.

Newark is one of dozens of cities with "sanctuary" policies designed to keep local law enforcement officers from racially profiling suspects...

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/19392.html

2007-09-04 05:56:13 · 16 answers · asked by Untied States Of Latina 2 in Immigration

Driving down the road,a cyclist gives one the finger.The driver stops to question the cyclist.The cyclist then turns around the bike and peddles off very fast,after shotting the motorist the finger for nothing.I think the cyclist of city lake rd.in blue is a coward.Do you.The driver of the vehicle is a well to do man small in size.Very nice guy.

2007-09-04 05:55:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-09-04 05:52:50 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

It's why they won congress... so why don't they do it?! Are the lobbyists making too much money through war profiteering? More campaign funds?

2007-09-04 05:52:49 · 36 answers · asked by raven7night 4 in Politics

2007-09-04 05:50:33 · 12 answers · asked by sojo 2 in Elections

2007-09-04 05:49:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Is rape ever right? What about murder?

For those who count yourself among the liberals, do you believe that there are any absolutes? Is the search to be right always the first step to hate, crime, and injustice?

Is the cure to discrimination to be entirely indiscriminate? That is, to never use your knowledge to try and do what is right? Doesn't any rational person have to employ discrimination in any decision he or she makes?

2007-09-04 05:48:55 · 14 answers · asked by replicant21 3 in Other - Politics & Government

'A' purchases a car and enters into Hire Purchase agreement with 'B' on a particular date and pay the first instalment in time and the said car was stolen and even after regsitering and investigating by the police 'A' is unable to traceout the car. Except the car 'A' do not possess any movables or immovables. 'B' threatening 'A' to settle the matter. What is the remedy to 'A' who is now doing labour work to maintain his family?

2007-09-04 05:46:53 · 3 answers · asked by Samar 2 in Law & Ethics

First of all, let me say that I have nothing against smokers. However, I have to say that, like a lot of other people, I don't enjoy having my eyes or my nostrils burn thanks to secondhand smoke. Of course, that's not to mention the fact that studies have conclusively shown that secondhand smoke causes cancer. And anyway, it's not as if people have been completely forbidden to smoke. Rather, it's only in certain public places. I understand that the smoking ban probably inconveniences a lot of people, but can't smokers understand the fact that some of us don't want to breathe in their smoke?

2007-09-04 05:46:34 · 23 answers · asked by tangerine 7 in Other - Politics & Government

I will try to make this simple.
I have been getting child support from my daughter's father for 12 years now. For 7 of those years, I got $151 (he was in college) and now the last 5, he pays us $522/month.
I had another baby last year and got married (to a different man, obviously.)
Since my wedding in November, my daughter's dad has given me the hardest time about paying the support. He thinks it is up to my new husband or something. I support (from MY money, not my husband) my daughter and mother and rely on that $522 to help pay rent and groceries. He has been trying to give me $100 here, $200 there, instead of the full amount at the 1st, which is court-ordered. I let it slide a little since he just got divorced from his wife (he has infidelity issues..) and is now paying alimony and 4 more kid's support. This ex-wife doesn't have to work for a dime, and all her expenses are taken care of. Now my ex is giving me such a hard time.

2007-09-04 05:45:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-09-04 05:41:43 · 2 answers · asked by Ktcyan 5 in Politics

because conservatives stand for moral values and they love to make a point when a conservative is caught being immoral. Since you libs over look the immoral behavior of many of your liberal dems in office, does that mean you have NO MORALS??

2007-09-04 05:39:43 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I sold a house, completion in Late july however I have today had a phone message from the Estate AgentsSaying that the new owner is unhappy with some rubbish left at the property and having it removed, the bill coming to me. There were some items left which I considered useful to the property or to the new owner, I'm sorry he never saw it that way. I may have a legal obligation to compensate him however I dont feel like it and would rather force him to act through his solicitor. Which would cost him money. What advice would you give me to do this. PS yes I am a worm I'm sure. no abuse thanks.

2007-09-04 05:39:30 · 6 answers · asked by exploding_pants 2 in Law & Ethics

That stupid court. It does not get it. You want the so-called illegal immigrants to be legal. I want you to come right out and say you are racists and use the immigration issue like criminal politicians do. Oh! darn that Supreme Court. They just don't get it and so many people respect them and "THE LAWS" thatt so many racists respect but accidently forget to mention when Mexican immigration comes into the picture. Oh, what's wrong with picking and choosing laws anyway. Everyone does it. Some ppeople even shackup when they are not married. Shame.

2007-09-04 05:38:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration