Politics & Government - 4 September 2007

BUSH WINS AGAIN!!

2007-09-04 04:29:42 · 2 answers · asked by john 2 in Politics

I received a traffic ticket in Philadelphia last Friday (Aug. 31) for making a prohibited left turn. The cost is $117.50 and I am wondering if I should fight it. The "No Turns" sign was displayed next to the traffic light, but I just didn't see it. I live in NJ and usually commute via train, and so I was somewhat unfamiliar with driving in the city, and this intersection was the only one on my route (both daily and specific to that day) where you are not able to make the left turn, so without seeing the sign it didn't occur to me that the turn would be prohibited. The cop was kind of rude (though I know that doesn't really make a difference) and I was courteous and cooperative throughout the process. I have a 100% clean driving record since I started driving 6 years ago and this was the first time I'd ever even been pulled over. The cop did not even run my license to know that my history was clean.

Would you fight this ticket? If so, any advice for how I can do it? Thanks!

2007-09-04 04:29:36 · 16 answers · asked by Sarah 3 in Law & Ethics

Multi-linguasim would seem to run
counter to the American ideal
of cultural immersion

2007-09-04 04:28:43 · 20 answers · asked by J.R. 2 in Immigration

I live in Europe, and I can tell you that from here he seems to be the shame of your nation.

2007-09-04 04:28:05 · 18 answers · asked by Careyfan 3 in Politics

Here are two arguments. Which one do you believe was perceived from the rest of the world:
1. US troops slaughtering innocent civilans in a tiny Vienam, rallied more people to communism, then if they would have left things well enough alone.
2. US tropps fighting with the biggest war machine of all time the massive firepower of the bad, bad communits, saved the world in Vietnam.

2007-09-04 04:27:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-09-04 04:24:12 · 22 answers · asked by john 2 in Politics

okay this is 1 of those. question of the day. . from a website, im in.. the Q: the independence of decleration contains a list of grievences(englishactions against the colonies) 2 which the colonist objected,1 of those grievance was..?

" he has exited domestic insurrections among us, and has endoavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

A. what is the british king being accused of doing ??

B.is their a word or a phrase in this passage that is used to arouse the reader emotion ??

C.so. not just based on this. BUT are their other easons for the narive americans to attack frontier settlemnets??

2007-09-04 04:22:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Australia close to deal to supply uranium to Russia:
Australia could be supplying the nuclear element to Russian reactors as early as next year, and a pact could be signed when Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Australia in September for a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

2007-09-04 04:21:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Al Gore does as well.i am former military and i think the US is done for in the next election no matter who wins?

2007-09-04 04:21:44 · 16 answers · asked by stonewall j 2 in Politics

Thousands of illegal immigrants, including West Indians, have been granted a temporary reprieve when a United States federal judge prohibited the Department of Homeland Security from carrying out new rules to crack down on their employers.

The ruling in the Federal District Court in San Francisco has dealt a legal setback to a central part of the Bush administration's effort to increase enforcement of the immigration laws.

Judge Maxine M. Chesney also ordered the Social Security Administration to suspend a mailing, scheduled to begin Wednesday, of about 140,000 letters to employers advising them that some of their employees' Social Security information did not match the agency's records.

The U.S. government said illegal immigrants often apply for work with false Social Security numbers.

The mailings, known as 'no-match letters', were going to be accompanied by a two-page notice from the Homeland Security Department advising employers of the new rules, which give them 90 days to fire any employee who cannot show valid Social Security identification, or risk civil and even criminal charges for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.

New rules

The Bush administration an-nounced the rules in August, which were expected to take effect on September 10. Judge Chesney has scheduled a hearing on the matter for October 1.

The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the national labour union, AFL-CIO, several California labour groups and the American Civil Liberties Union.

The suit argues that because of errors in the Social Security Administration's database, many Caribbean-born American citizens and other legal immigrant workers could be dismissed because of the new rules.

The suit also claims the rules could lead to widespread discrimination against these workers.

Last week, Caribbean and other immigrants were given another setback when the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that immigrants with green cards without expiration dates must immediately replace them or face penalties

2007-09-04 04:21:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

in court , law and police facts what is a discovery? is it the evidence that the accussing part has against someone that has comited a felony ?

2007-09-04 04:19:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-09-04 04:16:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Meaning it only covered the wound or problem but didn't heal it?

2007-09-04 04:16:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-09-04 04:14:30 · 10 answers · asked by Texas Democrat 3 in Military

Last night, I was in my brother's car, and he was pulled over for speeding. He basically admitted it to the cop, waived his 5th amendment rights, and screwed himself.

The officer also claimed that I tossed something from the vehicle. He told me he was going to find it, and give me a summons, but found nothing. He then told me he had it on camera, but I seriously doubt my door was even in camera view judging by the angle of his car.

I didn't toss anything out the window. That's why he didn't find anything. What I think he saw was me flick the lit portion of a cigarette from the butt. I then put the butt in my pocket. The office4r didn't want to hear me out.

Instead he turned my brother on me by making him think that he had a chance to get out of the ticket, but because I wouldn't admitt to tossing something out the window, he was getting a $375 fine. My brother than said, "Just tell him you threw something out the window!"

I still would not admitt to it.

2007-09-04 04:10:00 · 6 answers · asked by Ryan 4 in Law & Ethics

I can't hear that idiotic argument anymore, that we have to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan, because the Terrorist would follow our troops.
That argument is getting so stale, its pathetic.
9/11 was a colossal failure of our inteligence (CIA, FBI), our non exciting airport security and Condo Rice, who was responsible for it.
The 19 turban wearing idiots, who caused the damage, would not have a snowball chance in hell today.
What's your opinon?

2007-09-04 04:07:08 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

When you don't work, Labor Day doesn't hold much significance.

Maybe it should be called Conservative Day so slothful people can show their gratitude to Conservatives who work and their taxes provide food, shelter and clothing for them.

2007-09-04 04:06:45 · 12 answers · asked by SEXIEST AVATAR™ is HERE. 6 in Politics

I recently took a friend of mine home in Inglewood, Ca. There was an accident on the corner of two streets blocking the two lanes to go forward, cops everywhere. My friend (an older man that has been driving for longer than I have been alive), said to go around, cause we needed to go straight. Now, I did think about that when he said it;cause there were no flares, no cones, and no police officers signaling traffic, nothing.. so I went around. As soon as I went around, I heard a cop yell at me to pull over, so I did. He comes around the passenger side and yells at me "in what world does it say its okay to drive on the wrong side of the street!?" My friend actually had to wipe the spit off the side of his face. Along with spitting in my friends face, he insulted my intelligence, and yelled at me cause I drove on the wrong side of the street for half a second. Is this going too far?

2007-09-04 03:59:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Can we substitute the word "terrorist" for "communist" and "witch" from previous eras? Is it a different concept altogether?

I don't profess a view on this matter. But I'm interested in yours.

2007-09-04 03:58:08 · 15 answers · asked by someg 6 in Politics

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/09/03/romney-fundraising-scandal-ignored-by-liberal-media-clinton-gets-hammered-over-hsu/
Romney campaign took a huge hit when it’s national finance committee co-chairman, Alan B. Fabian was charged in a 23 count indictment, including charges of money laundering, mail fraud, perjury and obstruction of justice. It’s reported Fabian, a former Bush Pioneer, allegedly ran a scheme that netted him millions of dollars which were used to purchase beach front property and travel. The Romney campaign said they would return Fabian’s $2,300 campaign donation, but not funds donated by others through him. Fabian stepped down from Romney’s campaign shortly after his August 9th indictment

2007-09-04 03:56:58 · 10 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics

Why were Republicans so fast to kick Congressman Craig to the curb? Is this what they call loyalty? After all, it was only a misdemeanor. Or is it because they really don't like pillow biters?

2007-09-04 03:56:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Obviously not their clients if they're brankrupt.

2007-09-04 03:53:49 · 7 answers · asked by Will 5 in Law & Ethics

Mohammed overtakes George in list of most popular names in the U.K.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/21/nnames21.xml

2007-09-04 03:47:43 · 15 answers · asked by PNAC ~ Penelope 4 in Politics

Travel to Iraq -- http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-473685-iraq_vacations-i

You need to apply for a visa from the Iraqi Embassy in Washington DC. But I've been unable to find the visa requirements.

2007-09-04 03:47:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Everything from violent protests in the streets to flattening the tires of vehicles designed to help indigent Republican voters get to the polling places in Milwaukee . I think it's time that responsible liberals take a good long look at what the Democratic Party has become , and not what it used to be .

What do you think ?

Here's what I think :

I get knocked down. . . but I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down . . but I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down

Pissing the night away. . . Pissin the night away
He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the goodtimes
He sings songs that remind him of the better times

"Oh , Danny boy , Danny boy , Danny boy-y-y-y"

I get knocked down . . but I get up, again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down . . . but I get up again
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA KEEP ME DOWN (smile)

What Say You ?

2007-09-04 03:45:16 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

why do people support this man? even corporations who don't build war machines are supporting him.i have had 3 e-mail accounts stolen in the last six months because the major providers are working with homeland security to take away all our rights.

2007-09-04 03:45:15 · 23 answers · asked by stonewall j 2 in Politics

The freedom to travel of more than 100,000 Americans placed on “watch” and “no fly” lists is being restricted by the Bush-Cheney regime.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/26399
Citizens who have done no more than criticize the president are being banned from airline flights, harassed at airports’, strip searched, roughed up and even imprisoned, feminist author and political activist Naomi Wolf reports in her new book, “The End of America.”
During one preboarding search, a TSA agent told her “You’re on the list” and Wolf learned it is not a list of suspected terrorists but of journalists, academics, activists, and politicians “who have criticized the White House.”

Another example of the land of the free becomming a police state?What will it take for the majorirty to wake up?

2007-09-04 03:44:45 · 10 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics

i want to use my mom's credit card, and she knows. it's ok with her if i forge her signature. if the store finds out, will i get myself into trouble? or is it perfectly fine since the cardholder knows about it?

2007-09-04 03:44:35 · 3 answers · asked by noanswer 3 in Law & Ethics

So many people leave Britain for various reasons. I'd like to know what the most common reason is.
I've thought about leaving with my family to live in the US, my reason is i can't afford to live in England anymore, ironic isn't it I am English (have been for over 25 years) but can't live in England.
The government have made it harder for the lower and middle class but made no changes to the rich.
I sometimes wonder if they are trying to get rid of everyone but the rich and make this a HIGH class society.

2007-09-04 03:44:10 · 26 answers · asked by Dan V 1 in Government

America was once nothing more than a series of insurgencies fighting a vastly superior military force for independence.

Do you think the Iraq War is about bringing freedom to Iraqis, or is it more about creating a vast market place for Bush’s cronies?

Has America lost her way? If so, where do you think we lost it?

2007-09-04 03:42:49 · 21 answers · asked by Incognito 5 in Politics