Politics & Government - 20 September 2007

Oh wait they are hearing in on Larry Craig, the republican from Alaska when you have a big story here from the democrats.

2007-09-20 14:22:26 · 6 answers · asked by Jeremy P 2 in Politics

Everywhere you look there is someone talking about going Green. T-shirts, TV, etc... Is it that everyone really cares all of a sudden? Or that Hollywood & Oprah have started a trend?

2007-09-20 14:22:04 · 8 answers · asked by semantic_spaces 3 in Politics

2007-09-20 14:19:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

coined a snappy but senseless phrase that says people do the killing, not the gun, and unintelligent people accepted a nonsensical statement. Just because a person pulls the trigger does not cancel out the fact that the bullet from the gun killed someone. Guns kill. If there were no guns, would people use knives? A few would, but you have to get close to the person and that is risky. No guns in the country would save millions of lives over the years. YOU might get killed in the next few years, but your grandchildren would live longer when all the guns were finally irradicated. We know getting rid of all the handguns already in America could take two generations.
Don't be so selfish Americans! Think of your grandchildren! Let them live in a peace that you will never know personally.
(I know I am talking to a "brick wall" in many cases, and people who don't care about anyone but themselves.) But I say again, give your grandchildren a break, or even your great grandchildren!

2007-09-20 14:16:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

or will there still be this problem with reality that keeps causing him such difficulties?

2007-09-20 14:16:24 · 10 answers · asked by easy_game_101 2 in Politics

2007-09-20 14:15:52 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

That kid should've had bean balls shot at him. He was out of control. Regardless of political affiliation, he was given a lot of chances to behave himself, and he only got more and more out of control. He wasn't even what you'd call a crazy liberal, he was just CRAZY.

I don't feel sorry for him, really! Anyhow, I bet the Secret Service has put him on their lists after his rant!

2007-09-20 14:14:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

agree or not.

2007-09-20 14:10:18 · 12 answers · asked by San 2 in Immigration

2007-09-20 14:06:34 · 26 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics

Should the Jena 6 be charged with hate crimes in addition to assault and battery?

Personally, I believe so since the act (six young black men beating up a single young white man) was clearly along race lines in a racially charged situation (unrest among the area because of the nooses hung at the school).

Al Sharpton wants it to be a fair case, and I agree with him for once. It's only fair for the Jena 6 to be charged with hate crimes, since more-than-likely if six white men beat up a black man they'd be charged with a hate crime too.

2007-09-20 14:02:36 · 5 answers · asked by theREALtruth.com 6 in Law Enforcement & Police

The kid who was tasered by the campus police was tasered because he was being physically and vocally disruptive.

So here's my question: Do you also stick up for the freedom of speech of the people who shout out at Ann Coulter's speeches and throw pies at her, or do you only think there should be no rules for Republicans who disrupt speeches on college campuses?

2007-09-20 14:02:15 · 26 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics

Which country and what kind of food was it?

2007-09-20 14:01:37 · 20 answers · asked by ets2521 5 in Military

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119029577589633799.html?mod=djemalert

Federal prosecutors said in a criminal complaint that Democratic fund-raiser Norman Hsu pressured investors to make campaign contributions through him in order to raise his public profile -- then used his prominence to find more investors for illegal Ponzi schemes.

The three-count complaint was unsealed yesterday by the U.S. attorney in Manhattan. The complaint also says Mr. Hsu gave people money to make some donations, which is illegal.

• Fraud Charges: Prosecutors allege that Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu ran a phony business, and paid initial investors with money from newer ones.
• Election Law Charges: The complaint also alleges that Mr. Hsu donated money to politicians under other people's names -- or reimbursed them for their donations.
• Bottom Line: If convicted, he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on each of two counts of fraud, and five years on the election count

2007-09-20 13:53:51 · 10 answers · asked by charbatch 3 in Law & Ethics

In many states, the money used for the solar power credits is financed through an alternative fuels surcharge on regular utility customers. Is this an equitable action for governments to take?

2007-09-20 13:46:04 · 2 answers · asked by deep in thought 2 in Other - Politics & Government

It was Clinton's military that made quick work of conquering Afghanistan.

2007-09-20 13:45:41 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-20 13:45:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

I bid one billion for such and such government program.

I bid two billion and so on. And you know it is your money they are trying to buy votes with.

2007-09-20 13:44:56 · 6 answers · asked by Locutus1of1 5 in Politics

2007-09-20 13:41:46 · 15 answers · asked by prancinglion 5 in Politics

have everything while theres people hungry and cold, should goverment be forced with the rich to take care of another human being before his faces Jesus or even worse his father. do you want to take that chance

2007-09-20 13:40:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If you have, where is there mention of cost controls? I believe I missed that. Certainly she must have considered price controls. Without it, extending coverage just like giving a blank check to patients and providers which would drive even higher the share of our economy that goes to health care (which is now 16%). Even Bill Clinton stated in 1993 if health care costs went above 12% it would be an economic disaster! And of course if she doesn't limit utilization and consider costs, she would be forced to RATION health care and to impose government mandated and controlled managed care on all Americans.

2007-09-20 13:39:52 · 7 answers · asked by Cherie 6 in Politics

Am I in the Twilight Zone or what? The Clinton Team weighing in on MARRIAGE...this is not right.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/20/2007-09-20_top_hillary_clinton_backer_rips_rudy_giu.html?ref=rss

2007-09-20 13:36:17 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Ok, i know someone that lives in the projects (family members) and there is this cop living there (who knows why, guess to watch people and be nosy) anyhow is it legal for him to have a camera in his window?
What if that was my family member with a camera in their window would it still be okay or not?
Also in their lease it states that their is to be no firearms not even BB guns on the property but yet he packs in shot guns. I know he is a cop but when he comes home shouldn't he have to leave those guns outside that fence?
What if someone broke into his apt. and stole that shotgun and killed one of those kids down there?
Who's fault would it be then? The cop or the city that put him there at them apts?

Is any of this legal? what can people do about this?
Thanks

2007-09-20 13:34:00 · 7 answers · asked by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7 in Law & Ethics

Every Algebra 2 class in our school is allowed calculators but our one A level class isn't! Not because of the administration but because our professor believes we don't need one! This gives other students unfair advantage what can I do!

2007-09-20 13:32:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

On the National News in my country we were witness to yet another example of overuse of power by the US police force.

Our family were horrified to see a man held down by about 4 cops and given electric shocks.
His crime: the audacity to speak his mind at a university political lecture.
Is America the land of the free or the oppressed.
The police seem to be so brave with weapons in their hands

2007-09-20 13:31:38 · 22 answers · asked by Zed 2 in Law & Ethics

what are some of the causes of police brutality?

2007-09-20 13:30:44 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Is it because there aren't enough of the little war mongrels who are willing to put their lives where their mouths are, so the military doesn't have enough support to let the troops spend some time home?

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/senate-blocks-bill-on-iraq-combat-tours/n20070919181409990035
Senate Blocks Bill on Iraq Combat Tours - AOL News

2007-09-20 13:29:15 · 9 answers · asked by Crystal Blue Persuasion 5 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-09-20 13:28:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-09-20 13:25:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

without getting arrested

2007-09-20 13:25:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

My father-in-law was killed from injuries resulting from a car accident in May. They had him packaged and immobilized when they got him to the hospital. They should have flown him from the scene because it was a rollover accident. I'm an EMT and I know that's what I would have done. Anyways...I was working in the Intensive Care Unit that day. I didn't find out he was in the ER until about 6 hours later. In the ER they said he was combative because of all the pain. They said he wouldn't let them near him with meds. I know he was just scared of getting morphine because it put him on a ventilator last time there. He supposedly "made" them take him off the backboard. They had him sign an AMA (Against Medical Advice). I've never heard of people signing that to get off of a backboard. They said they offered to sedate him, put him on a ventilator, and fly him out. They should have went ahead and sedated him and sent him out.

2007-09-20 13:23:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics