Politics & Government - 16 October 2007

Since our government is having a hard time getting us behind bombing Iran, do you think they are going to do some of the things it proposed in Operations Northwoods?

In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92662
PRETEXTS TO JUSTIFY US MILITARY INTERVENTION IN CUBA
http://killtown.blogspot.com/2006/04/operation-northwoods.html

Suchs plan would permit the evaluation of individual projects within the context of cumulative, correlated actions designed to lead inexorably to the objective of adequate justification for US military intervention in Cuba).

Also, download examples of government sponsored terrorism before 9/11 "010725alexjoneswarns911b"
http://www.archive.org/details/911_44

2007-10-16 16:07:38 · 7 answers · asked by Soul Man 6 in Other - Politics & Government

I'm pretty sick of 1000% focus on ill gotten wars. Wouldn't it be refreshing to have new ideas in DC versus having the same "old dogs" pull their same "old tricks"?

Isn't everyone fed up with the status quo? Why would you elect more of the same?

2007-10-16 16:06:27 · 24 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics

2007-10-16 16:00:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Or Sean Hannity? What about Michael Savage? Surely, Ann Coulter will get one, right????

Funny, I can think of a few "libs" with Nobel Peace Prizes (MLK, Carter, Gore), but draw a blank on the neo-cons...

2007-10-16 15:56:22 · 20 answers · asked by freewainwright 2 in Politics

2007-10-16 15:55:17 · 12 answers · asked by seafish 1 in Politics

my wife and i are splitting up how do we write up a seperation agreement is there a form to fill out or can it just be typed up on the computer . we live in central new york

2007-10-16 15:51:54 · 1 answers · asked by heavyduty3158 1 in Law & Ethics

You hate Clinton's version of her health care bill and believe poor people should pay for their own children's care. At the same time, you are totally against abortion. You say Democrats don't care for the unborn, but it seems to me many Conservatives don't care about them once they ARE born. They grow up in an uncaring world and then do harm to someone, so now they are executed, which is something else many Conservatives believe in.

Can someone explain the thinking in this process?

2007-10-16 15:50:47 · 18 answers · asked by linus_van_pelt_4968 5 in Politics

How is it that the US government feels that their 18 year old citizens are too young and immature to consume alcohol but will accept and train them to kill another human being. They are trained and qualified in six short months to travel to another land, take the lives of others or bear witness to great tragedies. When they finish their service they are expected to return home and behave normally. My position is that no one under the age of 21 should be legally trained and permitted to take another life. Yes, I have honorably served.

2007-10-16 15:48:33 · 10 answers · asked by Me 3 in Law & Ethics

Who would it be and why?

My pick would be Obama

2007-10-16 15:47:48 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I personally think that they are dangerous, especially when they run the wrong way on the road, or when they run through neighborhoods. They're just dangerous all the time. I think it's stupid that they chase someone for miles just for running a stop sign or red light. Or just having a tail light out, or an expired sticker. It doesn't make any since. I do understand if the person has just robbed a store at gun point, or if they just invaded someones home at gun point. But chasing some one and risking lives of everyone else for an expired sticker or running a stop sign is ridiculus.

2007-10-16 15:47:24 · 16 answers · asked by Dude 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

She refuses to divorce him.

I'm worried that the scum bag will show up and mess with her retirement benefits, medical coverage and when the time comes, he will have the authority over her "end of life" decisions.
She also refuses to discuss a living will or anything else that would put me (or my siblings) in charge of her affairs when, and if, she becomes disabled/dies.

I've asked her about it, and told her my fears about my dad, but she just starts yelling that after so long, he doesn't have any authority, and will not listen to anything different.

So, anyone know?
Also, does anyone have any advise in talking to a difficult parent about this?

2007-10-16 15:46:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I want to do the 2 year plan but one day i'll be like yeah I so want to do this then another day ill be like wow I definitely don't wanna join the army, its really annoying. Im 17 years old right now and will be turning 18 next september and hopefully we will be mostly pulled out of iraq by then but who knows. I wish I could just stop having so many second thoughts, what got you guys to finally join? What do you suggest I do to clear my mind and make the decision?

2007-10-16 15:46:16 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-10-16 15:44:34 · 1 answers · asked by Andreu 2 in Elections

2007-10-16 15:44:01 · 3 answers · asked by rare2findd 6 in Law & Ethics

In that talk he said or something along similar lines. Americans will walk on the moon by 1970, Mars 1980 and Alpha Centuri in the year 2000. How come this was never fully realsied. I know that the logistcis are quite indepth and detailed but isn't it amazing how quickly it took them to land on the moon. What a difference a charismatic leader can make to rally the country to a dream.

2007-10-16 15:41:06 · 2 answers · asked by Bru 6 in Civic Participation

I can agree with that.

Does that mean tho they're stupid and many of the other things I've heard people say about them? Such as they're mostly High School dropouts. How many of you go to Private schools or have gone? Why not....why did you go to public schools? No money for private ones perhaps? Did you know other countries don't have FREE schooling? So isn't that kind of mean to compare their education to yours? Wouldn't that be kind of like Prep school kids looking down their noses at your "Public School" kids?

I'm not defending those here illegally for their act of being illegal but dang some of you make terrible comments concerning them. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes once. Don't call them stupid or half the other things I've seen on here. They're illegal yeah...but not useless human beings.

Can we at least agree on that?

2007-10-16 15:39:28 · 18 answers · asked by Dog Tricks 4 in Immigration

I have some repeated insurance violations, and my registration was suspended coz i didnt get my emmisions done I have already turned the tags in on that car but on my other car i have some insurance issues i have been pulled over and have gotten some tickets now i have to go to court they told me to get a lawyer or a public defender do i really need one i am not trying to dispute any of the violations i wanna bring everything up to date do i still need a lawyer??? I LIVE IN MARYLAND

2007-10-16 15:38:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

saw one on the cop shows, pistol shoots plastic bullets and will stop a person, but not actually kill , does this weapon actually exist?? needing for my concealed weapon permit, and i would not wanna kill, just stop the person from advancing

2007-10-16 15:37:07 · 7 answers · asked by batman9722 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-10-16 15:35:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Russia has made it clear that an attack on Iran is going to have a lot of consequences

Will Bush go ahead and provoke China into decimateing the US economy and provoking a massive nuclear power like Russia into a possible last world war


Or will Bush back off and shut up ?

2007-10-16 15:32:37 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-16 15:28:30 · 3 answers · asked by vatolocowinmx 1 in Embassies & Consulates

how do they scan the scene for evidence which are very tiny and sometimes can't be seen with the naked eye without a microscope? a black light can see visible amounts of saliva,etc but won't it overlook a droplet of blood on a carpet or wooden floor or on a object? do skin cells contain DNA? do they use a lint roller or mini portable vacuum device to pick up evidence on the carpet or what devices to gather them without destroying the original form? I'd like to hear from people who are familiar with this or experienced it first hand or know people, who are in the industry to give information in your own words.thanks.

2007-10-16 15:20:48 · 6 answers · asked by polly-pocket 5 in Law Enforcement & Police

I believe we are heading down the path into a future where America will not be recognized by those of us who grew up in the last two decades and will be as foreign as Ole Mececo. Unfortunately politics and the liberal guilt will have destroyed what many of our forefathers fought and died for in
World War 1 and 11, Korea, Viet Nam. Ancient Rome fell partly because it failed to control its borders and left much of its defense to mercenaries. My wish is that Americans and its government will finally awake from this sleep and mount a last ditch effort to throw this invasion back to mexcio before its too late.

2007-10-16 15:20:41 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-10-16 15:20:36 · 10 answers · asked by leprecola 2 in Military

Please answer this question ONLY. Let's see if there is a Republican out there that can answer a question about their own party without mentioning the Clintons.

2007-10-16 15:18:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I am trying to join the NAVY, but I am concerned that I may not be able to join. I have in the past been diagnosed with scoliosis but the back problem is much better and I rarely even feel it anymore.
Will the NAVY except me?

2007-10-16 15:15:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I see it a lot on here, now that I think about it...

like I just noticed one a second ago that that's what made me think about it...

for example: it was a conversation about immigration, and a guy said he didn't understand why today's immigrants are different than previous immigrants...
why they all don't learn English immediately and all want government handouts...

now, if something doesn't make sense to me, that's the FIRST CLUE that something may be wrong with what I'm thinking...

except it seems like Republicans just kind of shug, and don't bother looking into it or even try to make sense out of it and just keep believing what they believe?

same with poverty... racial differences (like why white people earn more, go to jail less)...

most just seem to use some stock answer like "they're all lazy"... but does that even make sense? when people from one area are 5 times more likely to be poor, is that because they are just all magically more lazy from that area?

2007-10-16 15:15:01 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I was reading Hillary Clinton's what she would do for America...and one thing was strengthing middle class. What is middle class?

2007-10-16 15:14:43 · 8 answers · asked by Katherine 2 in Other - Politics & Government

BAGHDAD - An explosives-laden sewage truck blew up near a police station and a car bomb struck an Iraqi army checkpoint Tuesday — attacks that bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida and showed extremists can still hit hard despite recent gains by U.S.-led forces.

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A U.S. military spokesman said the terror network is on the run in some areas, but it "obviously remains very lethal."

The bombings and a series of shootings mainly targeted Iraqi security forces and tribal leaders facing internal rivalries, but bystanders also were struck. At least 25 people were killed or found dead nationwide.

The deadliest attack occurred when a car blew up near a gas station across the street from an Iraqi army checkpoint, killing four civilians and two Iraqi soldiers and wounding 25 others.

Flames shot out from a military pickup as ambulances raced to the scene, driving past a long concrete barrier that recently was decorated with murals by local artists in an attempt to beautify the city.

It was the latest in a series of car bombings in the capital despite stringent security measures put in place as part of a U.S.-Iraqi military operation — now in its ninth month — and celebrations marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

In the northern city of Mosul, a suicide bomber in a sewage pump truck detonated his payload as he approached a police station recently rebuilt after four previous attacks, police said.

The blast collapsed most of the building, killing at least four policemen, including the station chief, and wounding 75 people, police said. A police spokesman, Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Waqqa, said several nearby shops and cars were damaged.

Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, has seen a rise in violence that many blame in part on an influx of militants who fled the Baghdad security crackdown.

Nobody claimed responsibility for the attacks, but both bombings bore the hallmarks of Sunni Arab insurgents, particularly al-Qaida in Iraq. The terror group had promised to step up attacks during Ramadan, which ended over the weekend with the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Gunmen also killed a Sunni tribal leader who recently turned against al-Qaida in an ambush west of Baghdad that also left his son and another relative dead, police said.

A Shiite tribal chieftain was killed in a drive-by shooting in the southern city of Nasiriyah, the latest victim in violence between Shiite groups jockeying for power in the oil-rich region.

U.S. commanders have said the increase in troops ordered by President Bush in January — and the increased operations that followed — have left al-Qaida fractured and pushed militants into remote parts of the north and south. Additional operations have been going after those pockets of fighters.

Officials have cited a drop in suicide bombings, from more than 60 in January to some 30 a month since July, along with a decrease in the flow of foreign fighters across the borders. But they acknowledge they have been unable to stop the car bombings and suicide attacks usually blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq, which is sometimes referred to by the initials AQI.

"We are not ready to declare anything other than that we have done significant damage to AQI and it is on the run in many areas," said Col. Steven Boylan, a spokesman for the top U.S. commander, Gen. David Petraeus.

Al-Qaida in Iraq "obviously remains very lethal," Boylan said.

Another U.S. spokesman in Baghdad, Rear Adm. Greg Smith, noted the numbers of car bombs have dropped significantly and are causing fewer casualties since the security operation began.

"We have certainly taken a great deal of the network down, a lot of leaders, facilitators, financiers," he said. "But it's clear out here we've got an enemy that's got a lot of fight left in him."

Iraqis have enjoyed periods of relative calm in the past, particularly after the killing last year of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, but the group has proved resilient in finding new recruits and tactics to maintain its attacks.

Smith was optimistic that recent success in turning tribal leaders and other citizens against extremists would have a long-term effect, but he cautioned it was still early to declare victory.

"The trends are in the right direction," he said. "But to call it anything other than what it is — which is a tough fight — would be irresponsible at this point."

The U.S. military announced the arrest of several militants on both sides of the sectarian divide, including one of five extremists believed to be behind last week's rocket attack that killed two American soldiers at Camp Victory, the headquarters for American forces in Iraq.

The suspect was detained along with three associates early Monday by U.S. soldiers, who rousted them from the Agriculture Ministry in Baghdad where they were hiding, according to a statement.

"We have reason to believe that, through two intelligence-driven operations over the last few days, we now have detained all of the leadership and the key operatives of the indirect fire cell that attacked Victory Base last week," said Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, deputy commander of Baghdad operations.

The statement did not identify the militants, but the Agriculture Ministry is run by Shiite Muslims with a heavy influence by the Mahdi Army militia that is loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Separately, the military announced the capture in southern Baghdad of a suspected al-Qaida-linked militant believed to be a key leader in a car bomb network that was trying to re-establish itself after being disrupted by the U.S.-led security crackdown. Nine other suspects also were detained in that raid and others in the Baghdad area.

2007-10-16 15:08:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

I know that speech writers love them and Campaign Managers love to show that their guy or gal has a sense of humor, whether they do or not.

But it seems to get candidates in trouble more than anything else due to the hypersensitive waiting for ANYTHING to pounce on. What do you think?

2007-10-16 15:08:19 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections