Politics & Government - 23 September 2007

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=881584

interesting account from a tax attorney.

and it goes against common thoughts on the subject. imagine that.

2007-09-23 10:00:49 · 16 answers · asked by brian 4 in Immigration

I;ve just found out from a council electoral worker that EU migrant workers can VOTE in the election..WHAT!! is this country gone absolutly bonkers.. what right do they have to vote to decide the government of the country.. diversity, diversity my A***
What do answers think of this?

2007-09-23 09:59:58 · 15 answers · asked by wildwood081 2 in Elections

2007-09-23 09:59:42 · 5 answers · asked by KT 1 in Government

2007-09-23 09:59:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

It's been going on for a while now, and i was just woundering what you thought about it? I just had to put a chicken carcass from our roast in to the bin today, Knowing it wont go till a week friday. As it was just collected friday gone. Thats now got to sit in there for 12 days. Surley that isnt good.

What's your opinions?

2007-09-23 09:58:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

Do people elected with the help and support of a Party represent the people who elected them or the Party that keeps them in office? Do they toe the Party line out of political necessity or are the representative of the people back home?

2007-09-23 09:58:10 · 5 answers · asked by amazed we've survived this l 4 in Politics

On February 10, 2004, the French Parliament voted 494 to 36 to approve a legislative bill which bans all conspicuous “religious” articles of faith from public schools. The bill passed France's national legislature and was signed into law by President Jacques Chirac on March 15, 2004. The law disproportionately affects those for whom the wearing of “religious” articles is considered an obligation, not a choice—an obligation that cannot change, whether the practitioners are in public or private spheres.

Does that mean that the French said they could NOT wear religious things or they HAD to? I have to write a paper. Please help me understand!

2007-09-23 09:57:42 · 3 answers · asked by Kelsey 3 in Law & Ethics

More Stars for the same question but in; Atlantic theater, Pacific theater.

2007-09-23 09:57:27 · 2 answers · asked by dee dee dee (mencia) 3 in Military

When thier republican congress grew government larger than ever and the Dems have held pretty good to thier promise. Citizens Against Government Waste, in its annual "Congressional Pig Book," released this week, reports $13.2 billion in pork-barrel spending for the current fiscal year, down from $29 billion in 2006
In other words the Dems have already halfed earmark spending, truth kicks your backside doesn't it cons.

2007-09-23 09:55:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Barack Obama is the only black Senator (and he is 50% white and Cherokee).

And if Gay people represent 10% of the population - then why are there only 0.0022% gay people in the House of Representatives (Barney Frank is the only one)?

And now that Larry Craig has resigned, there are no gay people in the Senate either.... so that's 0.00%

Yet Republicans claim that the minorities are trying to make "everything" about them....

2007-09-23 09:52:47 · 23 answers · asked by rabble rouser 6 in Civic Participation

Why is the Bush administration sending 160,000 troops to Iraq vs. 10,000 to Afganistan? Why did Bush switch focus to Saddam when Bin Laden is still at large? What is his logic behind these decisions?

2007-09-23 09:52:27 · 8 answers · asked by Phil 3 in Military

i've been living with my British partner for lats 2 years in the UK. he suggest that I can get British passport a year after when we marry. My passport is good enough to let me go to any EU country without visa but I still need visa for USA and so on.. but im well educated person with a good job so it's not an issue but only hassle... some say it's important to have right passport to be successful.. I'm confused. I'm not desperate to get a better passport or to be a British. but would having a British passport improve my life?

2007-09-23 09:51:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

could any name a law that has been passed that is not for the common good

2007-09-23 09:51:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Can I ever get any kind of law enforcement job.

2007-09-23 09:50:29 · 13 answers · asked by roach_309 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-09-23 09:49:45 · 8 answers · asked by badchick610 1 in Law & Ethics

I don't mean sth like Pero's bullshit, but a party that has beliefs and values.

2007-09-23 09:48:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I think the Oil-for-Blood scandal is quite a bit larger, don't you?

2007-09-23 09:47:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Does this make any sense whatsoever. Who cares how much taxes are on cigarettes? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070922/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush;_ylt=AvvLpgq3NIm3IdBOWHUDYAkD5gcF

2007-09-23 09:47:06 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If so why? Please be specific about your anwers.

2007-09-23 09:45:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-09-23 09:45:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

supremacy clause
three-fifths compromise
unicameral legislature
virginia plan
writ of habeas corpus
writ of mandamus

from the list above, what were the 3 that supported this thesis --------------------->>>>(some constitutional experts believe the framers represented only the interests of their own economic class.)?

2007-09-23 09:42:27 · 1 answers · asked by *believe_it* 4 in Government

2007-09-23 09:42:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Iranian Pres.'s ►major goal ◄ is to wipe America off earth and Columbia university invites him over for a speech??? What do they want to hear from him???

How disgusting! What a spit into America's "face"!!!

Do the liberals have any dignity at all?????

2007-09-23 09:42:11 · 16 answers · asked by ♥ FairLady ♥ 5 in Other - Politics & Government

"Holiday"

Say, hey!

Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)
The shame
The ones who died without a name

Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
And bleed, the company lost the war today

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday

Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protester has crossed the line (Hey!)
To find, the money's on the other side

Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday

"The representative from California has the floor"

Sieg Heil to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang bang goes the broken glass and
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just cause, just cause, because we're outlaws yeah!

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives

This is our lives on holiday

2007-09-23 09:40:44 · 2 answers · asked by KittyCatFishApe 3 in Politics

Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance companies provide 68 million Americans with health care financing. The blues paid billions of dollars for care attributable to illness related to tobacco use. In attempt to recover some of this amount, the Blues filed suit in a federal district court against tobacco companies and other tabacco products. The conspiracy involved misrepresentation about the safety of nicotine and its addictives properties, marketing efforts target children, and agreements not to produce or market safer ciggaerettes. As a result of the defendants' efforts, many tobacco users developed lung, throat, and other cancers, as well as heart disease, stroke, emphysema, and other illnesses. The defendants asked the court to dismiss the case on the ground that the plaintiff did not have standing to sue. Do the Blues have standing in this case? Why or why not?

2007-09-23 09:33:39 · 6 answers · asked by mikeym_84 2 in Law & Ethics

A guy friend and I were discussing terrible pranks one could pull that would be really horrible. He suggested the following:
Go to a neighborhood where you see someone new is moving in. Then go door to door introducing yourself as the new person moving in and explain to them that you are a registered sex offender and have to notify everyone. Word will spread that the new neighbor is a sex offender.

Cruel, eh?! Well, this hypothetical led to quite the legal debate. What laws are being broken? You're introducing yourself as the sex offender and are only claiming to live in that house. So I don't see how it would be slander unless you claimed to be THAT person. So, philosophical legal types, let's hear it. How is this prank illegal?

2007-09-23 09:29:39 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I have an ongoing court case, a car was given voluntarily back to the company but they are trying to say they repossessed it. I am fighting this in court and go back in November. The company gained a judgment against me but I am disputing this and the judgment against me. At the last hearing the court discharged the judgment as to quantum. What does this mean?

2007-09-23 09:26:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-09-23 09:23:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-09-23 09:22:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-09-23 09:21:40 · 19 answers · asked by enbilotta 1 in Military