Politics & Government - 3 October 2007

I am in my schools German Club (Students who are enrolled in german class), and we every year have sold German gummi candy (Haribo Roulette). And we got word that we could not this year, supposedly b/c it is "unhealthy", where as the school store, which sells everything from t-shirts to contact paper, can sell things like 3 Muskateers, and Blow Pops, even Fruit Roll-Ups! Is this right? Is there anything that we can do about it?

2007-10-03 08:32:06 · 4 answers · asked by wwarren92 1 in Other - Politics & Government

My man just left for his Army training. He won't be home until Feburary. He's in the Reserves and is Military Police. I'm a little worried about deployment though. I don't know the chances of him being deployed and how soon. He was told that it isn't a matter of "if" but a matter of "when". But I'm stressing over how soon when is. I mean, will it be a few months, a couple years? I hate living with these questions.

Does anyone have expierence with this and can let me know what I might be in store for in the future?

2007-10-03 08:31:41 · 9 answers · asked by an_army_wife23 1 in Military

2007-10-03 08:31:38 · 12 answers · asked by schaidog 3 in Civic Participation

People say there's no way to win a war against a religious based ideology nor an enemy that blends in with the rest of the cultures.
This idea really isn't true. The people of the USA are just not willing to do what it takes to rid the planet of these terrorist. That being wage the war exactly like WWII, massive death and destruction.
These terrorists weren't the first to fly airplanes into targets and blow themselves up just to kill others. The Japanese did exactly the same thing during WWII. The Japanese had exactly the same notion in their heads that they would go to a special place in heaven if they sacrificed their lives to kill the enemy.
In the last year of the war in Europe, just the Allied aerial bombing alone killed almost 700,000 civilians in Germany and left tens of millions homeless. This type of death and destruction is what takes the will to wage war out of the population of the enemy.
This surgical war they are trying to wage against terror will not work. All it will do is bring more people into the enemy's fold. The middle-east, particularly the radical countries like Iran, Syria, Jorden, Pakistan, and mayeb even Saudi Arabia, need to be bombed into the stone age. Every city needs to be leveled. Massive civilian deaths must occur. Only this way will the people of that area want peace, just as the Japanese did after a few atoms bombs fell from the sky.
The people of the USA can't live with that much death on their hands, however.

2007-10-03 08:30:49 · 36 answers · asked by Perplexed Bob 5 in Politics

I have made previous posts so all you have to do is read my earlier question for a briefing on this subject. However in short, I went AWOL from the army 3 years ago. I was only in the army for about 5 months I never made it to my unit. Since then I have regretted my decision but I have had to live with it. I am constantly depressed even though I have terrific friends and family around me and a good job. During these 3 years of being awol or whatever I have been pulled over and ticketed had to go to court. I have bought a house, filed taxes, paid off the 800 dollar debt that I owed the govt for paying me after I left the army. So after recieving a lot of helpful answers these past 3 days I called the GI Rights hotline today, and then called the army deserter line. The E-4 specialist told me that when he entered me into the computer that there was no felony or warrant out for me??? He said that when he searched for me using the web locator of the armys that I come up seperated 2004???

2007-10-03 08:30:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-10-03 08:30:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

In my town there was just a horrible house fire....supposedly a 10 year old boy set a fire..."it was intentionally set but the outcome was not"...resulting in 3 children(mother is still alive, childless) and his own mother and sister dying in it. He was in a house of "supposed" drug addicts and his father just died in July from full blown aids...They are trying him with 5 counts of murder and 1 count of aggrevated arson...my question is what do you think his punishment should be? Keep in mind he is 10 and most of us has been curious about fire when we were younger...

2007-10-03 08:30:11 · 4 answers · asked by Stephanie 2 in Law & Ethics

for not thinking ahead, for not looking towards the future, but instead rewards them for their short comings..... Will people learn from their mistakes? Will future generations learn responsibility if their irresponsibility is rewarded by hard working tax payers? If all of a sudden the government provides for everyone who has made bad decisions and didn't use their heads, where do you think we'll be 50 years from now.... IF we can survive?

2007-10-03 08:30:02 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

need to know if kenneth c dugan has a criminal record in sacramento county and was it a felony or a misdemeanor

2007-10-03 08:29:24 · 1 answers · asked by Jo Anne NOZISKA 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

I was just wondering, since my school is charging $1 for a temporary ID (valid for that day only) AND for the first offense you get lunch detention; second a referral, etc. And for a NEW ID it is 5 dollars.

Isnt there some law about it being unlawful for the school to charge students for something that they require you to have?

2007-10-03 08:29:04 · 10 answers · asked by wwarren92 1 in Law & Ethics

I'm just curious what you think. I don't have an opinion about who's better or anything.

2007-10-03 08:28:39 · 15 answers · asked by secretservice 5 in Politics

I just got an email from Howard Dean cause I'm on that email list when he sends out the emails to the public asking me to write my congressman about the Bush vetoing the kids health care thing.

Does he think I am stupid?

These politicans they do this kinda stuff all the time to get the base all whiped up into a frenzy.

Its like this bill, it covered more kids than were in need, its not a good bill it costs too much money.
So Bush vetoes this so the democrats can get us all worked up and bent out of shape,
and the bill wanted to raise cigarette taxes,

so now Republicans are running around like chickens with their head chopped off saying heh look at us we faught a tax cut!

Its like flag burning, they waste their time on flag burning and then go home and campaign on the issue.

Meantime, how many poor kids really are without health insurance?

How about we get a decent piece of legislation for them?

2007-10-03 08:28:38 · 12 answers · asked by Spartacus 3 in Politics

Will you howl on YA! all day but do nothing? What can we do?

2007-10-03 08:28:06 · 1 answers · asked by The President 3 in Politics

I think even John Wayne's characters would be fried and served for dinner in the current atmoshere.

2007-10-03 08:27:11 · 15 answers · asked by mamadixie 7 in Politics

and I dont expect you to agree with me. But enough with the Diana conspiracy theories already.

Do you think if you thought someone was trying to kill you by faking a car accident you might have put your seatbelt on?

I admit I think the Royal family are totally outdated concept and am frankly embarassed at the bowing and scraping. Doesnt mean I wish them dead, of course I dont', I don't wish anyone dead. I think we need to move one from the sovereignty idea but I digress.

So my question is: Diana - no seatbelt died in a car wreck that should may have survived if she wore one. Therefore unless MI6 or 5 removed her seatbelt it had to be an accident and we should leave it be and get over it. Yes or no?

2007-10-03 08:26:16 · 28 answers · asked by Ice Queen 4 in Law & Ethics

Of the bill to raise the income level of those who can get free health care, they fail to mention WHY he vetoed it. No where in the article does it mention that it raised the income level of eligibility well above $80,000, effectively changing what the bill was intended to do in the first place: help families who make too much to receive medicade but don't make enough to afford quality health care.

Hanoi Reid even went as far as to say that "President Bush is denying health care to millions of low-income kids in America."

When did making over $80,000 a year equate to "low income"?

Why does that figure seem to be conspicuously absent from news articles?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071003/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_children_s_health

2007-10-03 08:26:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-03 08:25:40 · 12 answers · asked by Robert C 3 in Other - Politics & Government

"WASHINGTON - President Bush, in a sharp confrontation with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance."

This guy really don't think about the future and health of the next generation. If you want productive country, then you can't have with disabled nation and its citizens.

2007-10-03 08:25:08 · 8 answers · asked by Jola 2 in Politics

2007-10-03 08:24:46 · 32 answers · asked by Jaime M 2 in Immigration

Where can I find him?

2007-10-03 08:23:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

We know that mainstream media doesn't cover war protests, because it is their job to "sell" the war.

We know that the police are arresting people for no reason and are becoming more and more violent and confrontational these days, making protests potentially dangerous places to be.

We know that there are people hired to make trouble at popular protests (provacatours).

We know that you need a permit to protest and those are often denied for no reason.

And we also know that "free speech zones" are set up to be aware from the general public and that kind of defeats the purpose of a protest altogether.

So is this more spin to make people think that there are not that many people who are willing to protest the war?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071003/ts_nm/usa_iraq_protests_dc

2007-10-03 08:23:15 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

The underdog that wins in 2008?
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

2007-10-03 08:22:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I have not even been qualified yet to do my job on my own. I can not get a high epr because I am unable to do the job in a quick manner. I am not sure what to do. Any help would be great. Oh I am a mechanic.

2007-10-03 08:22:01 · 4 answers · asked by identicalsnowflake 3 in Military

that a person when they turn 18 can legally enter a contract ie loan, lease, etc., buy cigarettes, vote criminals or potential criminals into office on local state and federal levels, be tried as an adult, and serve in the military, but are not mature enough to buy alcohol?

2007-10-03 08:20:47 · 5 answers · asked by bored 2 in Law & Ethics

I am 19 and plan on joining the Navy. Question is, does the Navy have an Aerial Gunner position like the Airforce, you know riding in a SH-60 Seahawk hanging out the door with an M60 or Mini-Gun or something similar? I was really interested in this Job. If not i still plan on joining and being a Master at Arms, K9 officer or Ordanceman.

2007-10-03 08:20:15 · 7 answers · asked by lebron23dwade3 2 in Military

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2007-10-03 08:20:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-03 08:19:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I will be going out with some liberal friends this weekend.
I know, but I'm very lonely and must take what I can get.
At any rate, I'm heaing I should bring plety of money because I'll have to foot the bill and also, try to find a restaurant in a safe neighborhood because if we were attacked by a mugger , they would turn and run.
Should I keep the date or cancel and hopefully, down the road try to find some conservative friends?

2007-10-03 08:18:16 · 27 answers · asked by Nvr2soon 6 in Politics

We got a temporary fix in Michigan. But folks can't afford to live here. Jobs disappeared. People are leaving in mass exodus. Taxes keep going up and income is going down.
Where are those blue states that are flourishing so well?
If you live in one tell me how wonderful it is........

2007-10-03 08:18:15 · 16 answers · asked by Moody Red 6 in Politics

1. because NYS needs the additional funds in the DMV and;

2. Then illegals will be able to get insurance, thereby lowering the cost of the uninsured fund.

There will be a question that follows, however I want to point out this is liberalism at its finest:
Create a problem so immense, do nothing about it until it is such an overburden on tax payers and then just move to legalize the illegal activity in the name of helping the average citizen.
Does Spitzer realize (a) illegals can get a valid license from their own country and then (b) transfer that license to an international license thereby making themselves legal to drive here, and purchase insurance?
Because you know damn well the driving test in NY will be given in Spanish, which for the life of me I don't understand because all our road signs are STILL WRITTEN IN ENGLISH.
So why is it that the liberal way of dealing with an illegal activity is to just legalize the activity?
Why, if anyone knows, is Gov. Spitzer SELLING US OUT?

2007-10-03 08:18:04 · 3 answers · asked by Wayne G 5 in Politics