Politics & Government - 16 September 2007

Like if I meet someone cool in training and we become Friends is it guarenteed that we will work together or will i get a whole new set of people to work with?

2007-09-16 04:08:42 · 14 answers · asked by Trey 3 in Military

You would think with the Iraq issue at a critial juncture, stay the course or withdrawal, that Bush Sr. would be voicing his support of Jr's policy to help unify the nation behind it.

That is, of course ,if he believed Jr was making the right decision.

2007-09-16 04:06:57 · 28 answers · asked by Perplexed Bob 5 in Politics

i heard that that's official now, should keep long lines from forming and people getting disinfranchised...great idea! don't forget, democrats vote the day after the republicans.

2007-09-16 04:05:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-09-16 04:05:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

And will a mostly conservative evangelical US military still want to fight for a lib commander in chief like Hillary?

2007-09-16 04:05:11 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Read this and weep if you are a Workchoices supporter, It cuts both ways, Howard is set to lose his seat of Bennelong.
47% John Howard, 53% Maxine McKew.(Morgan poll).

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/pm-set-to-lose-seat/2007/09/16/1189881342275.html

My question is: How do you think i feel about that?
And how do you feel about that?

Oh, and there is a newspoll due out tonight (monday), do you think the results will be any better for Johnny?

2007-09-16 04:02:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

August 21, 2007
Congress Approval Rating Matches Historical Low
Just 18% approve of job Congress is doing

by Jeffrey M. Jones
GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll finds Congress' approval rating the lowest it has been since Gallup first tracked public opinion of Congress with this measure in 1974. Just 18% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, while 76% disapprove, according to the August 13-16, 2007, Gallup Poll.
That 18% job approval rating matches the low recorded in March 1992, when a check-bouncing scandal was one of several scandals besetting Congress, leading many states to pass term limits measures for U.S. representatives (which the Supreme Court later declared unconstitutional). Congress had a similarly low 19% approval rating during the energy crisis in the summer of 1979.
Americans' evaluations of the job Congress is doing are usually not that positive -- the vast majority of historical approval ratings have been below 50%. The high point was 84% approval one month after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, when Americans rallied behind the federal government. Since then, Congress' approval ratings have generally exhibited the same downward trajectory seen in those for President George W. Bush. Currently, 32% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing as president, a far cry from the record-high 90% he received in September 2001. Bush's current job approval rating is just three percentage points above his lowest.
There was a slight interruption in the downward trend in congressional approval ratings at the beginning of this year when party control changed hands from the Republicans to the Democrats following last fall's midterm elections. In January 2007, 35% of Americans approved of Congress, a significant increase from the 21% who approved of Congress in December 2006. That December rating tied the lowest in the 12 years the Republicans controlled Congress from 1995 to 2006.
But that "honeymoon" period for the new Democratically controlled Congress was brief, as its job ratings dropped below 30% in March 2007 and have now fallen below where they were just before the Democrats took over.

2007-09-16 03:59:57 · 11 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

Cousin went AWOL from the ARMY what will happen to them

2007-09-16 03:57:06 · 17 answers · asked by hot stuff 5 in Military

You like oil? Fine, pay for it, don't steal it.
Republicans seem to act like it's a basic injustice that people should control the resources in their own land.

2007-09-16 03:56:15 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I know there are problems with people who have no insurance but if we had a federal funded health care system the problems would be way worse than now with waiting lists etc. Plus every hardworking taxpayer would be paying for everyone else. Aren't our taxes high enough already? Besides it never fails to amaze me the amount of young women getting pregnant and then depending on medicaid to pay for everything. Where is the common sense? Maybe if medicaid wasn't so readily available to these people they would use their heads more and realize having a baby is alot of PERSONALand not GOVENMENTAL responsibility.

2007-09-16 03:53:33 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

If you compare them Romney has a much stronger record on everything. He was a business executive, turned around the Olympics, was elected Governor of Mass and enacted conservative solutions there, etc. On the other hand Thompson was a lobbyist, mediocre 2 term senator with a lot of liberal positions, and of course was an actor.

If you look at their positions, Thompson is more to the left than Romney on issues like marriage and immigration. Romney has a huge war chest and a large organization, while Thompson has been having organizational troubles for the past year and has gone through at least 3 different campaign mangers.

Romney also has video clips of all his positions easily accessible on his website, while Thompson only gives vague generalizations about where he stands. Romney has gone to all the debates and answers direct questions from people

Thompson is also extremely boring with a dragging monotone voice, while Romney is exciting, energetic and leaves people feeling good

2007-09-16 03:51:04 · 12 answers · asked by Tommy 2 in Elections

2007-09-16 03:50:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Why is it that Democrats always vote to raise taxes to support their social programs, and the Republicans are the ones paying for the programs?

2007-09-16 03:49:05 · 18 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

Nobody seems to be in any hurry to get rid of them, because big business wants their labor. The home countries get their money. What is the solution, since they are all staying put?

2007-09-16 03:48:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-09-16 03:48:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

.........only this time the enemy will follow our troops home...that
is if they aren't already here ahead of the troops! Sleeper
cells will awaken and all h** will break loose.....instead of
a bunch of 'hippies' playing dead in front of the Capitol
Building...emergency personnel will be scraping their
body parts off the walls!

2007-09-16 03:42:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Why don't people understand the fact that the Iraq war is not a war for oil.

However, it's part of the equation.

And why don't people understand the fact that at the end of the day, it's either the United States or the Islamofascists who have control of Iraq's oil supply?

Surely, we wouldn't want the Islamofascists to have control over it. They could tie up the world's economy.

You see LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, if the CRAZY PSYCHO LIBERAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS would let us drill for oil and shale, and have nuclear power, this country wouldn't have to worry about getting oil out of Iraq.

The U.S.A. has more oil than Saudi Arabia!

Continuing to rely on oil from the Middle East is a national security issue.

You think the liberals will ever see reality one of these days?

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

2007-09-16 03:41:10 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

So as long as the imperialists are in the Pentagon and not the White House, you're cool?

2007-09-16 03:39:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-16 03:39:06 · 29 answers · asked by alser 2 in Law & Ethics

A chief minister of a state which comprises of 85% Hindus, ridicules and mocks Hindu belief. He questions the Hindu faith about Ramar Sethu and says which college did Lord Ram graduate from? How did Rama become a structural engineer? When did he build Ram Sethu?

A senile degenerate like karunanidhi who is so corrupt and spoilt by his electoral success fails to realise as an elected Chief Minister he represents every citizen of the state and in turn has to respect all faiths and religions.
Faith needs no proof. If a flyover is built in Chennai during Karunanidhis tenure, the press and people would say Karunanidhi built the flyover. Does this mean he graduated in structural and civil engineering?

The idiotic and arrogant CM also degrades and mocks Hindus at any given chance.
Is it constitutionally right for an elected CM to mock the majority faith?

Is there proof for Kannagi whose statue he installed and garlanded?
Is this a civil debate for a CM ? Does he have no ethics?

2007-09-16 03:36:49 · 22 answers · asked by roughelement 2 in Government

left America at peace and left with gas at .86 a gallon.

Bush has DESTROYED every single one of those things just like SLUMLORD who sucks every drop of blood out of a property and then tosses it away like a piece of garbage.

I think it's time we put another CLINTON in office.

GB and his idiot supporters are all treasonous AND irreverent to America's future!

Ignore all Bush supporters!

2007-09-16 03:34:13 · 17 answers · asked by easy_game_101 2 in Politics

2007-09-16 03:26:09 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Or just somebody telling the truth.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2461214.ece

2007-09-16 03:25:44 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I think it's his unwillingness or inability to consider the contrary view - he simply cannot and will not tolerate dissent. Unfortunately, those around him know it, and, as a result, never question his approach. They're reduced to being cheerleaders for his policies. Fortunately, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I just hope W can hold it together for the next year and not screw things up any more than he already has. Obviously, the next President is going to be left with one hell of a mess to clean up.

2007-09-16 03:23:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Would they still demand the the Electoral College be done away with?

2007-09-16 03:23:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I just recently had an affair with a married woman in US. Can I be deported for adultery?

2007-09-16 03:21:19 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I would like to quote 2 incidences.
1. Two Pakistan trained terrorist entered Akshardham temple and first killed 35 innocent devotees. Later on "highly skilled" black cat commandos of Indian army took over the temple and started fighting with the terrorists. It took them an overnight get rid of them with a loss of 2 very experienced soldiers. How does it justify that you have fully trained units. you still need a full night to kill 2 semiskilled terrorists with a loss of 2 of your soldiers.
2. Pakistan army along with terrorists take over part of Kargil. Fully trained Indian army fights with them for nearly one month and finally push them out of the territory with a loss of 250 of the own soldiers and with loss of heavy ammunition. On the other hand US army defeated Iraq during first world war with out loss of more than 10 of its soldiers without even entering Iraq.
Israel is sourrounded by 7 arabian countries and still occupying territories of atleast 3 of them.

2007-09-16 03:20:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Recently i watched a video about the conspiracy about 9/11 attacts in US. I couldn't believe that US military & US government were the agencies that planned & excecuted those attacks.... Is it true that Military agencies, CIA & other agencies were involved in those attacks? Why government of USA not ready to reveal the truth about it? US needs a solid reason to attack Afganistan, & to establish their Military base in middle east....could this be the reason, for which US planned & carried out such a large scale attacks in their own land???

2007-09-16 03:20:40 · 23 answers · asked by K 1 in Government

but to allow her family to lead the charge for disgruntled family values. Why is it that Dems can't see that Guiliani is truly the middle of the road candidate that we need. He's probably gay and likes gun control. But yet were going along party lines to elect a real unaccomplished loser... PLEASE EXPLAIN!

2007-09-16 03:20:02 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-16 03:19:53 · 6 answers · asked by bwoo 2 in Law & Ethics