Politics & Government - 27 September 2007

2007-09-27 08:49:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Am I wrong to see it as a way to keep power in the hands of the elite?

2007-09-27 08:47:42 · 11 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics

Fathers died for, like Human Rights, the Constitution, the Soverienty of other nations, etc.? What is it with these bozos?

2007-09-27 08:46:26 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

There are several questions I raise about the death penalty, and this goes for both those who support it and those who oppose it.

1st: The excuse of "if you do x, y, and/or z, you deserve to die". While that can be used to justify the death penalty, it also brings into question, "why do we put limitations on what the state can do to them?" Based on the rationale, we could bring back the gallows, or instate burning, gassing, garroting, or the such "because they deserve it".

2nd: The United States is one of several countries that still have the death penalty. With that said, we're one of the few countries that uses it regularly. Perhaps we could find a medium, a short few crimes that is punishable by capital punishable by capital punishment? Already on the table, as far as I'm concerned, are multiple murder, kidnapping and rape, meaning both serial and repeated offense. Someone can be framed, but not for some 10 different cases, that's unbelievable to me. Also, shouldn't there be

2007-09-27 08:45:12 · 7 answers · asked by Huey Freeman 5 in Law & Ethics

2007-09-27 08:44:59 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-09-27 08:44:38 · 18 answers · asked by D G 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

As a socialist, I am constantly surprised and irritated when in political discussions I hear or read this. Do they think that acknowledging any problems with capitalism at all helps socialism (even liberal-style "yes, but…" acknowledgments), or are they just the right-wing equivalents of the intellectually lazy liberals who like to call conservatives "fascists"?

2007-09-27 08:43:19 · 21 answers · asked by Dont Call Me Dude 7 in Politics

... On those rare occasions where she isn't given a softball question in a debate, she cackles and gives that "You're SO dead" laser-beam stare to the questioner. Can't her handlers do something about that? It's very off-putting.

2007-09-27 08:42:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7137080

"A massive immigration demonstration in Irving is resonating in Central Texas. More than 2,000 protestors turned out to demand an end to a police program that's led to a high number of deportations.

Now Austin is enacting that same program.

Irving started participating in the Criminal Alien Program last year. It allows police to check the immigration status of anyone they pull over and send people here illegally straight to Immigration and Customs Enforcement."

What do you think?

Do these protests help their cause?

2007-09-27 08:42:17 · 17 answers · asked by DAR 7 in Immigration

Please, feel free to state your opinions......

2007-09-27 08:41:08 · 15 answers · asked by Unknown Caller 2 in Military

2007-09-27 08:40:12 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

If you support the war in Iraq, would you be willing to pay for it through a tax increase? If not, what would you cut in order to finance the millitary? Remember, military spending is over 50% of the budget, and welfare is less than 1%...if you cannot answer this question, will you still blame the next president for raising taxes? or would you be willing to look at this president's record spending and the cost/benefit analysis of this war in Iraq as the real issue?

2007-09-27 08:39:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://santiago.indymedia.org/news/2007/09/73154.php
73,846 US troops dead I thought it was like 3,500. What evidence do we have to verify these kinds of things?

2007-09-27 08:38:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

,deliberatly voting uninformed or to put it extreme.If someone was to toss a coin and vote that way,would that be OK with you?Thoughts opinions?

2007-09-27 08:35:33 · 21 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics

,,just curios to what others think,,, IS OUR COUNTY JUST IN SHAMBLES!!! SHOULD WE LOCK THE BORDERS???? OR JUST KEEP THEM OPEN LIKE OUR GOVERMENT IS DOING???? I AM CURIOUS TO HEAR THE PUBLICS COMMENT,, and i'm sure i'm not the only!!! PLEASE,, Dont hold anything back on you comments

2007-09-27 08:34:28 · 20 answers · asked by whitebizzle 2 in Other - Politics & Government

It's amazing that many Americans don't understand own history and therefore can't understand/fully appreciate the present. I'm reminded of U.S. history when there were vehement debates concerning federalism/anti-federalism. It's not unlike the discussions occurring in/about Iraq now regarding decision dealing w/ provincial & central governments...

your thoughts...

2007-09-27 08:33:25 · 7 answers · asked by AILENE 4 in Government

Until drug use is treated as an addiction, it will not go away.

2007-09-27 08:32:27 · 33 answers · asked by Lou B 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

Hello,

Does anyone know if it is legal to record the conversation of someone whilst you are speaking to them on the telephone?

Thanks,
Jason

2007-09-27 08:30:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

compromise is the answer to our political woes in the US, (which means neither side get everything they want ) or should it be a 'to the victors goes the spoils' process?

The later seems to inspire a constant pendulum process.

2007-09-27 08:29:27 · 6 answers · asked by angibabi113 3 in Politics

If you watch the video of Saddam's execution, you can hear his executioners chanting "Moqtada, Moqtada!" They were VERY obviously 'Sadrists,' members of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army. To give you a short history lesson, the Mahdi Army has killed hundreds of US troops since the war began, many with Iranian-designed IEDs and EFPs.

Why did Bush allow Mahdi Army members to execute Saddam? Why did US military officials hand-pick Mahdi Army members to do this work? Does it just come down to raw incompetence? These are some of the very LAST guys in Iraq you'd want to carry out the execution.

2007-09-27 08:28:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I notice that no one is talking about this.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/27/border.security/index.html

2007-09-27 08:22:35 · 14 answers · asked by <Carol> 5 in Immigration

now I was out of the country then and have no recall as to this, is this correct and can someone tell me what happened. boy am I out of touch!

2007-09-27 08:18:34 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

If God forbid a Christmas tree is displayed in public?

Actually, today it's 89 days until Christmas. But I meant to post this question yesterday.

So, let's see all of the names of the pinko communist liberal lawyer's groups who are going to try and steal Christmas from us.

By the way, stay tuned every 10 days for my questions about saving Christmas.

I'm having a 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 1 day countdown.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

2007-09-27 08:16:52 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Holy Poo! I have to admit Dubya did a good deed.

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration imposed economic sanctions against senior officials of Myanmar on Thursday, condemning the military-run government's crackdown on protesters.

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The Treasury Department announced the sanctions against 14 senior officials of Myanmar, also known as Burma.

"The world is watching the people of Burma take to the streets to demand their freedom, and the American people stand in solidarity with these brave individuals," President Bush said in a statement.

"We feel admiration and compassion for the monks and peaceful protesters calling for democracy," Bush said. "Every civilized nation has a responsibility to stand up for people suffering under a brutal military regime like the one that has ruled Burma for too long."

2007-09-27 08:16:50 · 6 answers · asked by Global warming ain't cool 6 in Politics

2007-09-27 08:15:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I used to be for labour now i hate them with a paaion as much as the tories read this article from a foreign newspaper and see if you can still defend labour afterwards!

http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20070611_106150_106150

2007-09-27 08:15:23 · 9 answers · asked by Agent Zero® 5 in Politics

they gotta do something i dont think they should ship everyone back home, but i do think that they gotta get some way to know who is here and seal the borders to stop the prob in its tracks.

2007-09-27 08:13:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Cops are out of control! A cop arrested a guy for assault after he coughed! What is this place coming to? These cops are out of control and a menace to society!

2007-09-27 08:09:30 · 15 answers · asked by MrKnowItAll 6 in Law Enforcement & Police

Don't we have the right to privacy to take a dump? Was Craig set up by liberals. What is a lewd gesture response?

2007-09-27 08:07:07 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Tend to be the people who spit in the face othe the people who supply them the freedom they enjoy.

San Fran is without a doubt the most liberal place on the planet. I am not jsut talking politiacal affilation here. I am talking life style. They exercise freedoms that people from other countries could only dream of. they take freedom to the limits which is OK, but to then spit in the people's face who provide the freedom they enjoy I think is going too far.

They target the military with their hate and single them out and treat them like dirt. They want people to respect their veiws and yet calling themselves liberal they are some of the most close minded people I have ever seen.

I think we should pull goverment funding from them as punishment for their discrimination of our military. If they did the same to blacks or women we would be outraged why do we allow them to do it to our military.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=i_team&id=5673526

2007-09-27 08:01:51 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military