Politics & Government - 15 October 2007

they tell us what they think we want to hear

2007-10-15 04:48:13 · 18 answers · asked by ktrxw 1 in Politics

We have "adopted" a US soldier stationed in Afganistan through anysoldier.com and have sent care packages to him & his men.
I have sent small pre-packaged nuts, dried fruits, pretzels, beef jerky, non-chocolate protein bars.

I have been careful to stick to the rules and not send any unapproved items; but they guys are requesting real chocolate. I have a business willing to donate a case of locally made pre-packaged fine chocolates. If I sent them, would this be bad?

2007-10-15 04:47:51 · 18 answers · asked by YesIDid 4 in Military

Let me just start off by saying my mom and sister are the worst pieces of crap ever. My mom has an alcohol blower on her car b/c of her extreme DUI and my sister is 18 and already has a suspended license from many car accidents. Well my sister was driving around my mom, because my mom was drunk and she got into a car accident. The car had no insurance on it. When the cops came, they said that my sister was me. I am a responsible driver with nothing on my license and car insurance and my own car. (I don't associate with these losers.) I live in AZ and I just found this out because they were trying to bribe me, telling me if I go along with it, they will give me money. How do I report this? Do I just call the non emergency police number or what? Anyone have advice?

2007-10-15 04:47:20 · 14 answers · asked by Kristen 6 in Law Enforcement & Police

would i be able to drive to pick my son up

2007-10-15 04:47:10 · 2 answers · asked by cwb1333 1 in Law & Ethics

qualification of a politician.......................

2007-10-15 04:46:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anirudha M 2 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-10-15 04:43:30 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

weather or not a key can be removed from a forklift?

2007-10-15 04:38:25 · 4 answers · asked by christyg0680 2 in Law & Ethics

Can you give me some examples of how we, as a country, have strayed from the original intent of the creation of our country. Good examples can refer to the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and even quotes from our founding fathers. But don't be limited to just those.

2007-10-15 04:35:58 · 8 answers · asked by Rob 3 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-10-15 04:34:28 · 4 answers · asked by Yahoo Man 1 in Government

The US's failure to control Kurdish separatists who are attacking Turkey from their havens in Iraq OR

Congress' resolution to condemn killings by the Ottoman Empire?

2007-10-15 04:29:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

i was in the 1srt air cav blackhawck division

2007-10-15 04:29:25 · 2 answers · asked by epy c 1 in Military

whether pertaining to illegal spying on americans, torture, or perhaps pushing for a war that they knew was not justified. I am not saying they have. I am saying IF ...IF it was proven that a democratic led or a republican led presidency ever did such a thing, would you as a citizen be willing to wink and nod and say..."well at least they were doing it to make us feel safe" wink, and say forget about it..lets move on?

Or do you think that regardless of the party that committed such acts, those guilty should be punished to the fullest extent of our laws..as an example to any other future would be or wanna be tyrants?

2007-10-15 04:28:46 · 23 answers · asked by ningis n 1 in Politics

2007-10-15 04:27:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Saddam Hussein was executed for crimes against humanity. However, the weapons that he used to invade Iran and murder the Kurds were all supplied to him by the NeoCons of America. This makes them accessories to Saddams crimes, the main culprit being Donald Rumsfield. Should these criminals face charges for their roles in helping Saddam carry out these crimes? Isn't it ironic that they later turned against their former friend Saddam?

2007-10-15 04:25:36 · 10 answers · asked by Sean D 3 in Military

I'm not for any current proposed form of Healthcare . Although I'm also a realist and see some form of Healthcare as an eventual inevitability . So why don't we start figuring out how to do it right?

I propose the following. . . . .. Mandate that each and every one who uses Healthcare Benefits , also must do some type of community service in return for the benefits . Now before any of you get bent out of shape and say the sickest people aren't capable , I would also exempt the bed-ridden and highest tier of the ill . Afterall they are the smallest fraction of our society . But what I'm talking about is the vast majority of all doctor visits . . . . . . physicals , stitches , the flu , broken bones , concussions , etc. etc .
Kids under 16 could either be exempt or better yet , hold the parents accountable for community service . Community Service could be identified and listed as anything approved that helps our country .
Basically what I'm calling for is PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

2007-10-15 04:24:35 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Basically I have met with two different lawyers and they have both said I have a really strong case unfortunatly they work for big firms and it is their policy to obtain a large retainer before anything happens. if anybody has any ideas please contact me as I don't know what to do next.

2007-10-15 04:19:10 · 6 answers · asked by liam601 1 in Law & Ethics

There are videos of police brutality taking place and nothing is done about it.Why?? They should be punished as well. It is ok to abuse a person that committed a crime nobody cares but when an officer gets shot then it's OMG a big stink!! Why is that? a person speeds and gets a ticket. Who tickets an officer when they speed?? Everyone has to obey the law, but why do the police break the law everyday and nothing gets done about it. then you have the commissioner covering them up???

2007-10-15 04:18:46 · 20 answers · asked by jpoveda2000 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

A grand total of $180 and did ZERO work. Didn't even take out the garbage once. Yesterday I threw all his stuff out on the driveway and he still hasn't gotten it yet. He was only supposed to be staying there a few days in the beginning and then it turned into excuse after excuse. I found one of his pay stubs and realized that he's been full of **** this whole time and probably saving money. He didn't even buy groceries once in 11 weeks.

So am I right about this or what? Thoughts?

2007-10-15 04:17:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I have been very disappointed in the way that the U.S. Supreme Court sits in lofty debate on other issues while avoiding constrasting 2nd Amendment rulings at the circuit court level.

Resolve the issue and be done with it. This is their job and they owe it to all Americans.

2007-10-15 04:15:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

On a related note, should elected officials be accountable to thier constituency directly, or should they be given room to make their own judgement?

Before you answer, consider the intelligence of the majority of Americans.

2007-10-15 04:10:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Someone sees two kids in someone's elses property drowning and he enters the property to save them is he still trespassing. Or is there somthing that says is ok in this case because he was doing it to save someone, or what not?

2007-10-15 04:05:44 · 4 answers · asked by gabriel m 1 in Law & Ethics

"All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression." - Thomas Jefferson

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to ... remain silent." - Thomas Jefferson

"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day." - Thomas Jefferson

2007-10-15 04:02:23 · 16 answers · asked by Think Richly™ 5 in Elections

I am sure that you see these little shits on the corner of your street drinking and abusing people as they walk past. I think that the time has surely come to get tough with these yobs so come what should be done?

2007-10-15 04:02:17 · 20 answers · asked by The Attack Of The Giant Ants . 1 in Other - Politics & Government

What powers would you give them?
Where would they live when visting the country?

2007-10-15 04:00:56 · 12 answers · asked by rrctbgwr 2 in Government

Do you think the politicians running would be taken more seriously by the general American population (says this tongue planted firmly in cheek) if after the primary/conventions were over and party nominees decided, if one opted for Paris Hilton and the other Britney Spears as running mates? It is sad, but more Americans are concerned with who those two flakes are sleeping with than with what is going on in the world from either a liberal or conservative bent.

2007-10-15 03:58:50 · 10 answers · asked by momatad 4 in Politics

I wonder how deep into this week we're going to get before some Democrat candidate for president comes up either (a) a new entitlement program designed to make people even more dependent on government; or (b) another proposal for increasing taxes on the evil, putrid, menacing, nasty, filthy, crooked rich?

Does anyone want to take a guess?

2007-10-15 03:58:05 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Most of the world's top scientists DO NOT subscribe to global warming. Gore's movie, 'An Inconvenient Truth' is full of lies. So how did he ever end up with a Nobel prize for it? This says something for the Nobel society, is it still a valid society?

Interested in your views. Mine is that Gore is full of crap, just like his lying, pathetic attempt at film making. His movie is so full of lies it is not allowed to be shown in British schools any more. (Please...don't mention the polar bears. I live in Canada and know about them....their numbers are higher than they have ever been except the west coast of Hudson's Bay, where issues not related to warming have caused a decrease.)

2007-10-15 03:57:08 · 10 answers · asked by davem 5 in International Organizations

Details: 6-25 in NYC, a 93 year old woman drove into and totaled my parked car. I had just gotten into it. The door was not fully closed when she struck the edge of the nearly closed door, totalling my car.

I called ther NYC police. There were no witnesses to this accident on a residential street However, the 93 year old lied to the cops in private and told them I opened the door. I was in fact, closing the door to drive to a doctor's appointment some 40 minutes later. I am also a senior citizen.

The police report came out stating the " As car door open, driver ( The old lady) hit the parked car. Her insurance compnay refuses to pay a cent, So I am in small claims court in 2 weeks.

I wrote and filed a civilian accident report correcting the police report, but cops refuse to change anything,. The cop who wrote the report was in the police car the entire time. It was the other cops who inter

2007-10-15 03:55:22 · 5 answers · asked by Legandivori 7 in Law & Ethics

6-25 inNYC, a 93 year old woman drove into and totaled my parked car. I had just gotten into it. The door was not fully closed when she struck the edge of the nearly closed door, totalling my car.

I called ther NYC police. There were no witnesses to this accident on a residential street However, the 93 year old lied to the cops in private and told them I opened the door. I was in fact, closing the door to drive to a doctor's appointment some 40 minutes later. I am also a senior citizen.

The police report came out stating the " As car door open, driver ( The old lady) hit the parked car. Her insurance compnay refuses to pay a cent, So I am in small claims court in 2 weeks.

I wrote and filed a civilian accident report correcting the police report, but cops refuse to change anything,. The cop who wrote the report was in the police car the entire time. It was the other cops who interviewed me some 20 feet away.

How to deal with this all in court.

2007-10-15 03:54:04 · 9 answers · asked by Legandivori 7 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-10-15 03:50:43 · 4 answers · asked by foxfoxcar 1 in Government