Politics & Government - 19 September 2007

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296712,00.html

Looks like the good people of America have finally come home, after being negatively influenced by the Democrats and their hate for the USA.

Welcome home everybody, glad you finally came back! (45% and rising!)

2007-09-19 10:14:04 · 36 answers · asked by patriot_watcher 1 in Politics

The answer is Yes. JUst find me if your brave enoth mr Chambers... Says God...

2007-09-19 10:12:42 · 5 answers · asked by magpiesmn 6 in Law & Ethics

Rather's complaint stems from "CBS' intentional mishandling" of the aftermath of a discredited story about President George W. Bush's time in the Texas Air National Guard.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070919/ap_on_en_tv/rather_lawsuit

2007-09-19 10:10:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-19 10:07:23 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I know that that is a subjective question but I'd like to know what the community thinks.

When I google it, mainly negative stuff comes up like the Iran Contra affair, the three trillion dollar debt he brought us into and his refusal to acknowledge AIDS until 6 or 8 years after it was discovered.

I know that these events are true, but I'm having trouble finding any positive things that aren't rebutted.

I read about how he was credited for bringing communism down in Russia. The thing is I studied abroad, economics specifically in Russia. That literature never mentions Reagan being responsible, it talks about Gorbachev and Perestroika and its political, economical and social reforms instead.

So I'm a little confused.

2007-09-19 10:05:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

In regards to abortion and gay rights. If abortion was murder, then why isn't against the law? People say it's murder because of their religious beliefs. Okay, that's fine, but what if I don't believe in your religion, now what? The same thing goes for gay rights.

2007-09-19 10:01:44 · 21 answers · asked by Liberal City 6 in Politics

Hi guys, I got a second offense DWI (Felony) a couple weeks ago. I am currently out on bail. I was wondering if I left state, what would happen? Would I be able to get a driver license in another state? And just be a fugitive of New York? Or what if I left the country? Would they check my records and see I am wanted and arrest me and send me back? Im curious to the out of state thing cause my father did it when he owed thousands in child support and is doing fine out of state. And my cousin did it when he had drug problems, he moved out of state to dodge the law. I think they caught him when he came back to NY though. I dont know but can you really move to another state and not come back to the one you were arrested in? Thanks

2007-09-19 10:01:29 · 13 answers · asked by Ertai2 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

It's worth noting, as well, that President Bush has committed significant resources to rebuilding our military after the draw-downs of the 1990s. In addition, this new era has also demanded far larger support for intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security. Our administration has met those urgent priorities. Yet we've also managed to bring this year's projected deficit down to 1.5% of GDP--well below its historical average over the past four decades.

2007-09-19 09:59:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I take the bus to school in the morning.
My busdriver forces us (( her first stop )) to leave the first four rows open.
Is that legal?
Just making sure it is.
Because if isn't, I would do something about it.

This is slightly off-topic, but there's a baby seat in the first row.
There's no baby in it, BUT, my friend said on her bus there IS a baby in it.
Our buses do NOT have seatbelts and such.
Does anyone have any idea WHY we have an empty babyseat on the bus? & Why the hell my friend's busdriver is so damned unsafe with her kid? =/

2007-09-19 09:59:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

The combined effects of recession and national emergency could have been devastating for America's economy. Yet President Bush's tax cuts--following through on a promise he had made to the voters--resulted in a shallower recession, a faster recovery, and a platform for growth that remains sturdy to this day. The fact is that in a time of unprecedented challenge, the United States has experienced nearly six years of uninterrupted economic growth and added more than eight million new jobs since August 2003--more than all other major industrialized nations combined.

The economic growth encouraged by the president's tax cuts is now producing sharply increased federal tax receipts--up by nearly 15% in fiscal year 2005 alone, nearly 12% in fiscal year 2006, and projected to rise nearly 7% in the fiscal year that will end this month. That is the highest growth in tax receipts in consecutive years since 1981.

2007-09-19 09:56:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Alan tells of his first meeting with then President-elect Bush on Dec. 18, 2000, at the Madison Hotel in Washington. I recall this breakfast meeting very well, especially Alan's comments on the state of the economy. The Fed chairman told the president-elect and our team that America faced the real possibility of a recession in the wake of the collapse of the late 1990s technology sector bubble. Alan's prediction proved correct: In the final months of the Clinton administration, the nation began an economic slowdown that turned into a recession.

2007-09-19 09:55:20 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

We had a president in the past who refused to sign a bill that would have provided widows government support. Such people turned towards charity, where they did find refuge.

Government health care isn't the best either. One just has to look at countries that practice it and see. Cuba for example.

I know now that it's already in place, it's harder to imagine being without it. But if we had to start over again, would you rather have it, or would it have been better that we kept government our of our health affairs and deciding what's best for us on a budget?

2007-09-19 09:55:11 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Especialy if its the God you believe in and caused you to walk/drive to the courthouse and wait almost all night in a dangerous area of town? Any advice would be welcomed thx in advanced even if no one answers :/

2007-09-19 09:54:48 · 9 answers · asked by magpiesmn 6 in Law & Ethics

Firefighters in Lansing, Mich., used a forklift Tuesday to extricate a 900-pound man from the second-floor bedroom of his home. Rescue workers were called in Tuesday by a visiting nurse, who determined the 33-year-old man needed medical help (Snip) The extrication took a little more than three hours.

2007-09-19 09:53:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-09-19 09:51:27 · 4 answers · asked by DAVID N 1 in Government

2007-09-19 09:50:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

whereas men have to moderate their mouthiness for fear of mouthing off to the wrong person? Does this give women an advantage in society?

2007-09-19 09:48:44 · 25 answers · asked by Diana 1 in Law & Ethics

My boyfriend is here in the US taking foreign studies course. He is an officer in the Azurbijan Army. I dont want him to leave me, can he just transfer to US Army? What options do we have? Please help!

2007-09-19 09:48:36 · 6 answers · asked by Lima Bean 2 in Military

2007-09-19 09:48:15 · 7 answers · asked by Kitty Powers 1 in Military

2007-09-19 09:47:20 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-09-19 09:47:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-19 09:44:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

This book shows how personal freedoms are taken away by the government and what happens. True scifi. I see this book being revelant in today's political discussions about personal freedoms being erroded. Not some patriot act mumbo jumbo that I don't see in my day to day life. Can you be honest here?

2007-09-19 09:44:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Is it because Liberals
A)Think a woman should have the right to get an abortion for any reason
B)Try to censor people with political correctness
C)Think it's ok to discriminate against White males with affirmative action
D)Make excuses for terrorists
E)Don't want to stop illegal immigration
F)Think that the United States is to blame for all of the problems in the world

2007-09-19 09:43:11 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-19 09:42:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

He's been here at Chas AFB for 4 yrs. He said ever since he's been here, all they ever do is deploy. He's a mechanic on C-17's. Is there any other Air base we can go to so that he wouldnt get so many deployments?? He feels like he's never home and we've found it hard trying to make a family.

2007-09-19 09:41:52 · 8 answers · asked by kimandkaitlyn2005 4 in Military

Bill Clinton is visiting a school. In one class, he asks the students if anyone can give him an example of a "tragedy." One little boy stands up and offers that, "If my best friend who lives next door is playing in the street when a car came by and killed him, that would be a tragedy."

"No," Clinton says, "That would be an ACCIDENT."

A girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a cliff, killing everyone inside...that would be a tragedy."

"I'm afraid not," explains Clinton. "That is what we would call a GREAT LOSS."

The room is silent; none of the other children dare volunteer.

"What?" asks Clinton, "Isn't there anyone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"

Finally a boy in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice, he says: "If an airplane carrying Bill and Hillary Clinton was blown up by a bomb, *that* would be a tragedy."

"Wonderful!" Clinton beams. "Marvelous! And can you tell me WHY that would be a tragedy?"

"Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an accident, and it certainly would be no great loss!"

2007-09-19 09:38:55 · 8 answers · asked by Graham 5 in Civic Participation

2007-09-19 09:38:14 · 6 answers · asked by king of stoupid questions 1 in Politics

It's full of holes, and there are far more credible versions all over the internet, support by very credible people....version often posted here. Why are some people SO ready to believe and defend the government which has lied so many time, everyone has lost count.

2007-09-19 09:35:28 · 27 answers · asked by amazed we've survived this l 4 in Politics

2007-09-19 09:32:41 · 31 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics