Politics & Government - 13 October 2007

WASHINGTON — Retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, who led U.S. forces in Iraq for a year after the March 2003 invasion, accused the Bush administration Friday of going to war with a "catastrophically flawed" plan and said the United States is "living a nightmare with no end in sight."

Sanchez described the current troop increase in Iraq as "a desperate attempt by the administration that has not accepted the political and economic realities of this war."

2007-10-13 13:59:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071014/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_russia_rice

notice that when the illuminati are dealing with big guys their actions are restricted to defamation and character assassination, with small guys they use force. This is how bullies operate - they never attack someone who can defend themselves.

2007-10-13 13:59:05 · 7 answers · asked by Z 1 in Politics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071013/ap_on_re_mi_ea/sanchez_iraq

If he was praising how good the Iraq war going, would this news last even 2 minutes in Yahoo News?!

2007-10-13 13:58:39 · 15 answers · asked by Samm 6 in Politics

Hillary wants to do that .

2007-10-13 13:58:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Hi,Im indian national and my fiance is british.I was refused Fiance visa to Uk on the grounds that my fiance then was still legally married to her Ex husband.(was undergoing divorce)
We were suggested to apply for a Appeal by a solicitor.
Now she is divorced her final decree has come through.
We feel that the ECO had prejudices becoz of our age difference,which is about 25years.
Is this difference too much? we are genuinly in love with each other for two years.She has visited me over 13times in this span,and we have a million letters and emails etc..
What are the chances our appeal is given in our favour?
We both have been under going severe depression for past 1 years becoz of this,We were denied visa on9th may2007,still under going appeal.which is likely to happen on 15th oct.
Please help

2007-10-13 13:43:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

If so, what's better about it?

2007-10-13 13:41:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

I applied for my passport a few weeks ago and got it in a timely manor. Now my problem is my last name is spelled wrong. Will this cause problems for me in my travels? Do I have to get a new one? Will they make me pay for a new passport if I need my name corrected? Help!

2007-10-13 13:37:36 · 13 answers · asked by lindsbishop 1 in Immigration

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071013171901AAwLehH&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMiDZWUiZt0d.Q8IRrvsxAjmHygTBpr7XpNA--&paid=answered#Q4dSGE_2WE.NnYXfeLvi

2007-10-13 13:36:42 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

NOT the health person working in a hospital, im talking about the person who works in a professional school and NOT college

2007-10-13 13:20:07 · 1 answers · asked by benedict9312 1 in Law & Ethics

is that a fair compromise?

people would still be able to protect their homes from invaders

it would be difficult/impossible for criminals to rob people on the street, burgle homes (because the rifle is so big)

the sickos who like to kill animals for fun will still be able to kill for fun

no concealed weapons on the streets

2nd amendment isn't violated. you still have a right to bear arms.

less crime, of course

the list goes on and on. of course there would have to be some exceptions, like law enforcement. they would still be allowed handguns and SWAT would still be allowed the more powerful guns.

2007-10-13 13:19:01 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

just got a new car and want it to scare away any potential assholes.

2007-10-13 13:18:18 · 9 answers · asked by Water's Away 3 in Law & Ethics

gov't job training programs, for using government to fight poverty, pensions for the elderly, safety nets for the blind and lame, and be against the death penalty and still be a "classical liberal"?

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TAX ONLY THE RICH
"We are all the more reconciled to the tax on importations, because it falls exclusively on the rich, and with the equal partition of intestate's estates, constitutes the best agrarian law.. Our revenues once liberated by the discharge of the public debt, and its surplus applied to canals, roads, schools, etc., and the farmer will see his government supported, his children educated, and the face of his country made a paradise by the contributions of the rich alone, without his being called on to spare a cent from his earnings."
--Thomas Jefferson to Thaddeus Kosciusko, 1811. ME 13:41
http://www.constitution.org/tj/jeff13.txt

2007-10-13 13:17:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

do you know any other ones?

2007-10-13 13:14:40 · 14 answers · asked by macmanf4j 4 in Politics

i left my previous employer due to the fact i was sexually harassed by my female supervisor. i wrote a statement to the district manager and to h.r. and no one cared, they ignored it, and didnt help me, so i chose to quit the job. i went ahead and filed for unemployment and made a discrimination complaint with my state, now all of a sudden the employer is calling me up and wants me to go back to work, they said they will accomodate me in any way. what is this companys thinking at this point??

2007-10-13 13:13:47 · 4 answers · asked by loudiesel30 1 in Law & Ethics

When women (and quite a number of them) made claims of sexual misconduct towards President Clinton, Hillary refered to them as "Bimbo Eruptions."

While I understand she might have been conflicted in the matter, didn't she abondon her principles by not supporting these women?
How can she now say she supports other women when they make claims against other men?
Is this another example of Liberal double standards?

2007-10-13 13:13:10 · 11 answers · asked by prancinglion 5 in Politics

Is another world war inevitable and will it be nuclear?Are we destined for a Mad Max type of society?

2007-10-13 13:11:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

layout. after becoming an officer from an ROTC program, i would like to either become a special investigator for the air force/flight career, a navy diver, army police officer. anything in the diving or law enforcement field. i know most of those jobs are for enlisted ppl, my question is how do you become an instructor at an A school. ,

2007-10-13 13:10:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I vote Hilary Clinton vs. Al Gore!

2007-10-13 13:10:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

And would I, as a 6 foot 2 inch 270 pound American die of heatstroke within minutes of getting there if I were to join the Singapore army (or do they take it easy on the easily-overheated foreigners)? I don't know why, but I've always been intersted in the Singapore Army...

2007-10-13 13:08:35 · 3 answers · asked by Evanhn 1 in Military

You know, I am so sick and tired of this Liberals are "anti-American" BS. How am I anti-American? I love my country and I only want what is best for America. I support my troops, I mean my own cousin is in Iraq, but this war was not based on the truth. We did not find what we were looking for but we continued to stay there. I am not sure what our government was thinking at that time... that we could completely wipe terrorism out of Iraq without finishing the job in Afghanistan? We also let our attackers get away into Pakistan where they are building strength because no one can get them there. We had no real goal there and now that we realized we made a mistake we just need to clean it up the best we can and leave. This is what 70% of Americans think and this is what I think. Conservatives who are for this war, what is SO wrong about the simple acknowledgment of these facts, just because they prove that things are not as dandy as you want them to be? Are all Americans who want the troop

2007-10-13 13:04:31 · 13 answers · asked by Lindsey G 5 in Politics

Yes or no. simple description why.

2007-10-13 13:02:41 · 19 answers · asked by tristan_jay33 3 in Elections

didn't our gov't admit to have tested the effect of radiation on school children?!
didn't they experiment on their African American soldiers by infecting them with syphilis?
Iran/contra scandal? Oliver North said it was a fact; didn't he?
please give me more examples:

2007-10-13 13:01:00 · 8 answers · asked by macmanf4j 4 in Politics

Have you read his speech --- June 5, 1944?

It should be required reading of every American --- especially every Liberal.

Today's liberals would have court-marshalled him to private for making the greatest speech in history.

2007-10-13 13:00:52 · 10 answers · asked by junglejoe 2 in Politics

Americans' patents are worth over $55 trillion.

2007-10-13 12:58:24 · 11 answers · asked by a bush family member 7 in Politics

I'm talking about 205,000 Iraqis killed during the Gulf War, after U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie told Saddam the U.S. had no position on his conflict with Kuwait.

I'm talking about 1 million Iraqis who died from preventable disease and starvation due to sanctions. Only the U.S. and Britain refused to lift these sanctions, even though Iraq had already destroyed its WMD and complied with the UN ceasefire.

And I'm talking about the 655,000+ dead in Bush's unprovoked war of aggression, which violates the UN charter and US and international law.

Somebody in the future is going to have a lot of apologizing to do.

2007-10-13 12:55:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I think we should pass a law that will strip citizenship from American-born convicted felons. What do you think?

2007-10-13 12:53:26 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Hi,

I have a major shoplifting problem. I was arrested once before and vowed never to do it again and I did stop for a while but just recently I tried to steal item from a grocery store and was caught yet they just asked me not to come in the store again. I was relieved yet still ashamed.
My question is can they if no id was taken but asked me not to come in thier store again still arrest me. I am currently seeking counseling and suffer from depression which is no excuse for what I did but would like help but thier is none around here in my area. Are there online groups that I could join for help. I am really scarred the cops are going to show up at my door and arrest me.

2007-10-13 12:52:50 · 1 answers · asked by mel13760 1 in Law & Ethics

what about the liberals? ....

2007-10-13 12:52:40 · 11 answers · asked by nicollette 2 in Politics

2007-10-13 12:52:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Under international law, isn't the occupying force (the U.S.) responsible for the defense of the occupied country (Iraq).

But as NATO allies, aren't the U.S. and Turkey forced to come to each other's aid?

2007-10-13 12:50:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics