Politics & Government - 6 September 2007

I think he is a great man. I like his views although I am not a Republican.

2007-09-06 13:39:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Because befor marijuana became illegal, everyone was ditching alchohol for marijuana. The brewers were outraged, they were losing money, as was the government. So what did they do? Banded together. Outlawed it. Look it up. IT was a tax scheme. There was no moral or medical reasoning to initally outlaw marijuana. Look it up, It's part of history!

2007-09-06 13:35:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

A pregnant woman was tried and convicted to serve no less than 25 years in a federal prison. The court ordered her to have the baby in prison and the baby will stay in jail with the mother until maturity at age 18. After age 18, the child can leave 'home.' At age 18, the child who was a girl is now suing for the wrongful imprisonment of being raised in jail.
Has this ever been done?

This is a hypothetical question. If this ever happens does the child have a case?

2007-09-06 13:33:59 · 9 answers · asked by Yafooey! 5 in Law & Ethics

2007-09-06 13:33:07 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

But we are there now. Why would you want America to take a defeatist position and weaken ourselves in the face of the world by not finishing the job of stabilizing Iraq and attempt to give them a leg to stand on?

2007-09-06 13:33:02 · 13 answers · asked by Sparkle 2 in Politics

2007-09-06 13:31:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

is it the nature that shapes the person or the social environment that shapes them ? and why

2007-09-06 13:29:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Please explain in detail and cite sources. Thank you.

2007-09-06 13:28:04 · 9 answers · asked by fslcaptain737 4 in Politics

She's endorsing Obama, politically.

What do you think about that?

2007-09-06 13:27:56 · 19 answers · asked by Glen B 6 in Elections

I am a freshman in high school and am lightly considering a career in the AF. I get good grades, pretty much straigh A's. how hard is it to get in the AF? someone told me that you have to have perfect eyes to get in...i don't know if my eyes are perfect...when can you enter the AF? anytime? is it better to enter when you're young? does anyone have any regrets about joining? I want to join to serve my country, and frankly, flying F/A-18s sounds like a hecka lotta fun :). so how fast can you be a pilot? or do many people who want to get in to be a pilot end up not making it? how long do you have to go to school?
sorry so many questions. i'll probably get directed to a web site...
any info would be helpful! thanks!

2007-09-06 13:25:23 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

How do you end oppressive and self-destructive government policies if the supporters of each party claim to support half of the bigger scheme and attack the other half?

For example: The war on drugs and the war on poverty.

In reality, its the same war. It uses welfare, HUD, and prisons to keep the poor and minorities in their place.

Conservatives will attack welfare and HUD, but will always come out pro- law & order and for whatever increases 'safety' and 'security' and 'order.'

Democrats will attack the war on drugs occasionally but they will defend HUD and welfare to death even if the net result of it is growing ghettos and a growing gap between rich and poor.


Politically speaking, if the goal of our government is to oppress the poor and minorities by playing on the best intentions of the voting population, they've won.

Otherwise, if their goal is to actually trying to represent our wishes, they're just screwing everything up.

Which is it, and which is worse?

2007-09-06 13:24:27 · 1 answers · asked by freedom first 5 in Other - Politics & Government

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk39Yctu928

This Romanian immigrant to Spain lit himself up with gas to bring attention to himself and his hard times. I think he is Gypsy.....

2007-09-06 13:23:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Tonight on the news they had a Walmart parking lot surveillance video of a child dropping money and a few seconds later a guy walking by and picking it up. The headline said, "Man swipes money from child".
The man then was seen sitting in his SUV counting the money as the little boy frantically ran past.
Now they are asking for any leads and this guy could face a misdemeanor.
Ok, where do you draw the line from being a bad Samaritan and breaking the law?
The guy might NOT have seen the boy drop the money and is very likely that he didn't see the boy run past his vehicle.
If you are in a parking lot and see a penny or dime on the pavement is it ok to pick it up? What about $5 or $10? What amount is it a misdemeanor to pocket it?
I once found 20 bucks on a party store floor and asked the people around me if anyone lost money. Was I suppose to give it to the clerk? If I lost money I would just assume that it was gone and my bad luck.

2007-09-06 13:22:13 · 7 answers · asked by kana121569 6 in Law & Ethics

I want to go to the Navy, but my Dad says that I'm not tough enough, how do I become more tough?

2007-09-06 13:21:20 · 15 answers · asked by tomsingsdumpweed 1 in Military

... he the wheels, then decided to break ''our'' skateboard halfway through, would I be entitled a compensation or something? Would the law be on my side? What would happen?

2007-09-06 13:20:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

…to their own political agenda of making it a racist issue when it’s all about the terrorists?

That is what the whole illegal immigrant issue is over. It's not all about Mexicans. The Democrats have managed to spin it into a racial issue and so many people have fallen for it…

Have we all forgotten?

2007-09-06 13:20:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1283041,00.html

What are the Reds trying to do here?!

2007-09-06 13:12:45 · 14 answers · asked by CanadianFundamentalist 6 in Politics

Money was loaned to a friend in another state. Money was sent via cashier's check in the mail, so single place of dispuit. They were making payments until recently. Many emails to prove responsibility. But where do I make a claim?

2007-09-06 13:10:20 · 4 answers · asked by chiquita_bob 2 in Law & Ethics

My husband has been in the Army as a SPC for only a year. Trouble is that he is no spring chicken (mid-30's) and has badly injured his shoulder. He has been on profile now for about three months. My question is, how long does a soldier have to be on profile to get sent to MEB? What is their process?

They have done x-rays, scheduled his MRI today and it specifies on his profile that he can't lift more than 15 lbs and cannot wear a helmet or plates. However, his unit is scheduled to be deployed in November to Baghdad. How is this possible with his injuries? What is going to happen? His ETS is more than 2 years away.

PS Note that since he has a administrative MOS his injuries do not interfere with his daily work aside from not being able to do PT.

2007-09-06 13:09:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-09-06 13:08:59 · 3 answers · asked by Jessica A 1 in Government

Here it is in a simpler way.
20,000,000. illegals in USA. = 20,000,000. legals after legalization= about 10,000,000. job vacancies= 20,000,000. MORE ILLEGALS. Go to "Here it is" and start over........ Get the point?

2007-09-06 13:06:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Is it difficult to get hired? I've just gotten out of the Army after 6 years, and weighing my options.

2007-09-06 13:04:25 · 5 answers · asked by The JZA 2 in Military

http://www.rantburg.com/warticle.php?D=2007-09-06&ID=198173&HC=5

I think that if you are not from the USA, generally this is funny.
If you are from the USA, you would most likely want to go to war with the country of Comedia.

(trust me, they cant find their own country on a map)

2007-09-06 12:57:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-06 12:55:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I realize this was asked before. But more specifically, would it be upheld in court in a case for "breach of contract" lets say if one spouse cheated on the other, or other various instances that may happen in a marriage. Could you sue your "former" spouse beyond a divorce further for breach of contract?

2007-09-06 12:55:02 · 5 answers · asked by blanquettedeveau 4 in Law & Ethics

I can tell you it wasn't legal. Family of honor. Right.

2007-09-06 12:50:07 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

such as Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda and the Taliban who supported them and are now making a serge in that country? The entire mission is at risk and this president is worried about Iraq where there the Iraqies are dealing with Al Qaeda themselves.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070906/wl_nm/nato_afghan_dc

2007-09-06 12:48:45 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

The following are facts about persons defined as "poor" by the Census Bureau, taken from various gov­ernment reports:

* Forty-three percent of all poor households actu­ally own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage, and a porch or patio.

* Eighty percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, in 1970, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.

* Only 6 percent of poor households are over­crowded. More than two-thirds have more than two rooms per person.

* The average poor American has more living space than the average individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens, and other cities throughout Europe. (These comparisons are to the average citizens in foreign countries, not to those classified as poor.)

* Nearly three-quarters of poor households own a car; 31 percent own two or more cars.

* Ninety-seven percent of poor households have a color television; over half own two or more color televisions.

* Seventy-eight percent have a VCR or DVD player; 62 percent have cable or satellite TV reception.

* Eighty-nine percent own microwave ovens, more than half have a stereo, and more than a third have an automatic dishwasher.

As a group, America's poor are far from being chronically undernourished. The average consump­tion of protein, vitamins, and minerals is virtually the same for poor and middle-class children and, in most cases, is well above recommended norms. Poor children actually consume more meat than do higher-income children and have average protein intakes 100 percent above recommended levels. Most poor children today are, in fact, supernour­ished and grow up to be, on average, one inch taller and 10 pounds heavier than the GIs who stormed the beaches of Normandy in World War II.

While the poor are generally well nourished, some poor families do experience temporary food shortages. But even this condition is relatively rare; 89 percent of the poor report their families have "enough" food to eat, while only 2 percent say they "often" do not have enough to eat.

2007-09-06 12:45:57 · 12 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

Today when I was at school(Community College) I was walking in the parking lot back to my car with my friend and I stopped to read a lost dog sign on a pole when some lady pulled into the spot getting very close to me and honked. i just went off on her, I was so mad it just set me off. So after yelling at her she just walked off laughing. I got into my car and drove by her car. When I did I splashed old coffee on her back window like a little bit there wasnt much. Now I feel bad and am worried on what could happen to me( No i'm not worried about getting my a** kicked I can handle my own). I am worried about charges or something. I am a really good law abiding person I just messed up. What could happen or am I ok and just need to handle myself next time.

2007-09-06 12:40:47 · 21 answers · asked by BrandyJo 3 in Law & Ethics

I saw a question on here a little while ago about Reintegration briefing and I have a question about it also....How far in advanced do they usually hold a Reintegration briefing for the spouse before the soldier is scheduled to come home? Is there a set time line? My husband is deployed and we are having a briefing soon too, but we have no idea when they are coming back...does this briefing mean we are getting close to the end of the deployment?

2007-09-06 12:38:55 · 7 answers · asked by Missy_K 1 in Military