Politics & Government - 10 October 2007

I say that’s cool… complacency kills.

I would rather be prepared than dead. When you say it can’t happen to you, that is exactly when it does.

What say you?

2007-10-10 11:24:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-10 11:24:11 · 3 answers · asked by roytoy5656 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-10-10 11:23:55 · 6 answers · asked by cara25 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Don't give the whole solution only 50%, someone might collect on the 50 million plus reward.

2007-10-10 11:21:38 · 12 answers · asked by SilentDoGood 6 in Military

It sounds like a fast-food grudge match: Taco Bell is taking on the homeland of its namesake by reopening for the first time in 15 years in Mexico. Defenders of Mexican culture see the chain's re-entry as a crowning insult to a society already overrun by U.S. chains from Starbucks and Subway to KFC. "It's like bringing ice to the Arctic," complained pop-culture historian Carlos Monsiváis. The company's branding strategy — "Taco Bell is something else" — is an attempt to distance itself from any comparison to Mexico's beloved taquerias, which sell traditional corn tortillas stuffed with an endless variety of fillings, from spicy beef to corn fungus and cow eyes. Taco Bell, a unit of Louisville, Ky.,-based Yum Brands, made its name promoting its menu to Americans as something straight out of Mexico. But it's a very different dynamic south of the border. Here, the company projects a more "American" fast-food image by adding French fries — some topped with cheese, cream, ground meat and tomatoes — to the menu at its first store, which opened in late September in the northern city of Monterrey.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003937804_tacobell100.html
Defenders of Mexican culture see the chain's re-entry as a crowning insult to a society already overrun by U.S."......Is this a joke?...and defenders of American culture see illegal Mexicans as a crowning insult to a society overrun by Mexico.

2007-10-10 11:20:57 · 16 answers · asked by You Are Here 1 in Immigration

2007-10-10 11:20:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

or do they use "neocon" because it sounds cool

neo·con·ser·va·tive (kən sʉr′və tiv)

adjective

designating or of an intellectual, political movement that evolved in the late 1970s in reaction to liberal and leftist thought, advocating individualism (senses & ), traditional moral standards, anti-Communist foreign policy, etc.

2007-10-10 11:20:08 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I have been receiving foodstamps from my state for a few years now due to being disabled. But I have recently been approve to start receiving Social Security Disability, and Suplemental Security Income. Furthermore, it turns out that Social Security owes me back-pay dating back those few years while I was receiving foodstamps. I have recently applied to receive Qualified Medicare Beneficiary which is also carried by my state. Now, my Welfare caseworker wants me to hand over all of the docements that Social Security has sent me in connection to my benefits, and all information about my back pay benefits. Can my Welfare caseworker turn around and demand me to pay back Welfare for the foodstamps they gave me for those few years? My caseworker and I have a history of arguments about her attitude toward me, and the way she handles my case. So I need to know from you, if you think or know whether or not what she may be thinking about doing is legitament and legal.

2007-10-10 11:19:09 · 6 answers · asked by gabe 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-10-10 11:18:50 · 1 answers · asked by kdmt2006 1 in Law & Ethics

The situation is this you are a police officer responding to a 911 call where there is a history of violent disturbances. when you arrive the mother of a teenage boy has been assulted and is in tears and the teenage boy is aggresive towards you despite attempts to calm him down. he brandishes a blunt object and threatens to kill you and his mother. you unholster your weapon and warned him several times to drop the weapon, he charges at you. The object is a old fashion iron with the tip made of metal conforming to a sharp point and weighs around 9 lbs. (it is a weapon that can do serious damage) you shoot and end up killing the teen. are you wrong??

2007-10-10 11:13:54 · 10 answers · asked by James 4 in Law & Ethics

if they were the fine hard working people that they are supposed to be, why dont they stay in their own country and work hard to bring the standard of living up to our standards. instead of running away to get easy money here in england?

2007-10-10 11:07:38 · 26 answers · asked by kati 6 in Immigration

2007-10-10 11:03:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I see more and more the funding from the government depleeting the americans are not happy over all, we are at war, and it just seems things are spinning wildly out of control.

2007-10-10 11:01:23 · 16 answers · asked by Bonnie K 3 in Civic Participation

Pretend you are Patty Solis-Doyle. How would you have run the Hillary '08 campaign? SO far and from now on?

2007-10-10 11:00:41 · 4 answers · asked by Mele Kai 6 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-10-10 10:57:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-10 10:55:41 · 6 answers · asked by colt 1 in Government

we were talking about the illegal mexicans going into america and she got all touchy and mad at me. i didnt say i didnt like them or did i say anything unture it was all fact. how does she have the right to be mad at me? if anything she should be mad at the aleins for giving mexicans a bad reputation!

2007-10-10 10:55:34 · 18 answers · asked by Micheller♥ 3 in Immigration

why would you vote for Hillary? why would she be a good choice for office?

2007-10-10 10:55:06 · 11 answers · asked by dagashikashi! 2 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-10-10 10:53:45 · 3 answers · asked by colt 1 in Law & Ethics

When and why did they use quotas?

2007-10-10 10:52:02 · 6 answers · asked by colt 1 in Other - Politics & Government

Why didn't the USA & UK mention
(during the build-up to invading Iraq),
that the Israeli intelligence services had reported,
during the 1990 Gulf war,
the WMD were "loaded onto planes..."

(For a transcript of the 1990 Gulf war, and this complete quote, see: http://www.the-alternative-org.uk
Full Book
Chapter 13: War).

Perhaps if someone intelligent had asked: Where were the planes heading? the war might not have gone ahead using the WMD as justification?

2007-10-10 10:51:22 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-10 10:51:13 · 19 answers · asked by james p 1 in Politics

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300626,00.html

Looks like its over for them.. Theres no way that America could ever have a first lady that killed someone in a auto crash. Oh well, maybe time liberals!

2007-10-10 10:49:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-10 10:49:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Gun advocates always say that, it's not the gun that kills, it's the people that kill, and that we should fix the people by helping them. On the other hand, this same audience typically favors invading a country with force before trying to work it out diplomatically. So, where are these kids going to learn the right lesson about guns?

2007-10-10 10:48:55 · 13 answers · asked by Not so looney afterall 5 in Politics

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300738,00.html

I cant believe that democrats are playing politics with our security. However, this battle they will surely lose. Bush is gaining momentum on this, and at the same time making dems look weak weak weak on terror! Yes!

2007-10-10 10:46:05 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-10 10:45:14 · 48 answers · asked by Not so looney afterall 5 in Politics

It's called "Nike Park" now,near Addison,Illinois,60101 on route 53 about the 3N-20/21W map grid.I used to live down the street.

2007-10-10 10:44:40 · 5 answers · asked by Kenneth George Houdek 3 in Military

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300666,00.html

Laura has accomplished more than Hillary, as First Lady. Laura reads to the children, and is fighting for freedom in the South Pacific! What did Clinton ever do? Well?

2007-10-10 10:41:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

1) The Republicans would have had the first black president in 1996 if Colin Powell had accepted the invitation. At the time the polls showed he would have beat Clinton easily. (Clinton was running for his second term.) How is that possible if the Republicans are as intollerant as the left claims?

2) The Republican party is generally pro-life, but a frontrunner, Rudy Gulianni, is pro-choice. So, the Republican party allows a pro-choice cadidate to be a frontrunner, but the Dems will NOT allow a pro-life candidate to be a frontrunner. Isn't that intollerance on the part of the Dems ?

After all was not Abraham Lincoln the first Republican president, the man who freed the slaves? And did not the Democrats who use to reign supreme in the south maintain there segragationist laws?

2007-10-10 10:40:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections