Politics & Government - 20 October 2007

Ex-POWS struggle with torture debate
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap_on_re_us/pows_torture

2007-10-20 13:16:54 · 7 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics

I want to go back with him to his country, but also marry him here in the us. We are planning a family.We have been together for a year and have cried at the thought of separation. Sucks. Any advise?

2007-10-20 13:16:01 · 12 answers · asked by Feistychucken 2 in Immigration

Would the residents of zimbabwe rather be residenst of rhodesia?

Would the residents of zimbabwe be better off as residents of of rhodesia?

Just askin

2007-10-20 13:14:30 · 10 answers · asked by P P 3 in Government

I got home tonight and there was a ambulance, a small fire truck and a huge pumper truck outside my apartment building!

I thought maybe there had been a fire. Getting out I saw the Fire Department were in the restaurant across the street. Looking in the window I saw the paramedics aiding an elderly woman having trouble breathing.

I've never been able to figure out why on such calls they send the big pumper trucks when they might be needed else where if there were a fire somewhere.

2007-10-20 13:12:36 · 11 answers · asked by aac729 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

The obvious answer would be Guiliani because he's a Republican...

But Guiliani also is a three time divorcee, committed adultery, is pro-choice, has marched and DRESSED in gay pride parades, and has children that do not talk to him anymore.

2007-10-20 13:12:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-20 13:11:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

The TIMES would rather have a right hand chopped off than write the phrase “Illegal Immigrant” and they would rather go into convulsions on broken glass that write “Illegal Alien”.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-brotman20oct20,0,6590435.story?coll=la-home-center
Brotman Medical Center, a key healthcare provider serving Los Angeles' Westside, is expected to seek protection from creditors in Bankruptcy Court as early as next week, according to three executives familiar with the matter.

Administrators at the 420-bed hospital in Culver City have tried for months to avoid filing a bankruptcy petition but have continued struggling to pay its growing debt.

Brotman became the center of a firestorm last month when state health inspectors released a report finding that doctors and nurses failed to provide proper care to a mentally disabled woman, who died after a series of medical mistakes.

The medical center is expected to file under bankruptcy provisions that will give management more time to fix its financial problems.

Since 1996, more than 70 community hospitals have closed across the state, with a disproportionate share -- more than 50 -- in Southern California. Regionally, 14 emergency rooms have closed in the last five years, including 10 in Los Angeles County.
"Since 1996, more than 70 community hospitals have closed across the state, with a disproportionate share -- more than 50 -- in Southern California. Regionally, 14 emergency rooms have closed in the last five years, including 10 in Los Angeles County?" And does anyone know why? AnyoneThat's right! Because illegals continue to receive medical care and do not pay for it! And we can all thank GWB for refusing to enforce the immigration laws, refusing to fine employers who hire illegals and refusing to secure BOTH borders.

2007-10-20 13:10:44 · 7 answers · asked by You Are Here 1 in Immigration

2007-10-20 13:08:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

What I mean do you think the crime rate might drop if the citizen was responsible for the safety of his house hold and the people who reside in it or with him. AND THEN use the police as a back-up? What would that tell the criminal element??

2007-10-20 13:08:22 · 3 answers · asked by J. 3 in Law & Ethics

2007-10-20 13:07:02 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Living in Pak

2007-10-20 13:06:37 · 4 answers · asked by alpha n 1 in Immigration

I understand that it made elections simpler back before votes were submitted by computer, but isn't it kind of moot to have it now? Especially since there's a possibility that (as in the 2000 election) the candidate that receives the majority of the popular vote won't win? It seems like the electoral college just makes things more complicated.

2007-10-20 13:06:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I chose Engineering, but i want to get a government job in the CIA or FBI after becoming an officer in the Navy, thej engineering job seems way too service oriented (Construction). Help please. Thanks

2007-10-20 13:05:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anarchy 1 in Military

Bush said an order he signed would direct the Commerce and Interior departments to further build up stocks of striped bass and red drum, by working with state and local officials to prohibit sales of the fish caught up to 200 nautical miles out in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush;_ylt=AkwqoZwdwoBDWrCPco_1lpus0NUE

Peace

Jim

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2007-10-20 13:04:56 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1112-12.htm

2007-10-20 13:04:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

if you can even own a ak47, what do you have to do to get a license

2007-10-20 13:00:40 · 5 answers · asked by americansavage18 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-10-20 13:00:07 · 12 answers · asked by Hi 1 in Politics

I am a Dem but I am beginning to think that in the long run it is wise to keep some of these countries "in check" to protect America and others.

2007-10-20 12:59:13 · 10 answers · asked by Triumph 4 in Politics

A couple were sentenced Friday for their roles in a scheme in which state Department of Motor Vehicles workers in Oakland accepted bribes for providing bogus identification documents to illegal immigrants.

Jose Ramirez, 25, of San Leandro was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and his wife, Raylynn Brooks, 29, received five years of probation during a hearing before U.S. District Judge D. Lowell Jensen in Oakland.

The two worked with DMV staffers at the Claremont Avenue office in Oakland in 2005 but were not employees there. Each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit honest services mail fraud.

Ramirez recruited clients willing to pay $1,000 to $1,500 to obtain a fraudulent California driver's license, and Brooks obtained bogus receipts for clients from then-DMV worker Marla Robinson, authorities said.

The couple bribed Robinson to process the licenses, authorities said. Robinson pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and was sentenced to a year and a day in prison.

Brooks accepted responsibility for her role in the scam so she could focus on caring for her two young children, said her attorney, Assistant Federal Public Defender Jerome Matthews.

"She desires to put this unfortunate episode behind her and devote her energies to becoming and remaining a responsible parent," Matthews wrote in court papers.

Four other DMV workers in the Oakland office were convicted in the scheme. Frances Aliganga received a 38-month sentence, and Leneka Pendergrass was sentenced to 27 months. Brachelle Fifer was sentenced to six months of home detention, and Stephanie Davis received a sentence of seven months in prison and seven months of home detention.

The charges were the result of a 20-month investigation in which agents followed employees, dug through one suspect's trash and spied on the Claremont Avenue office.

There, undercover FBI agents acting as clients were steered by brokers to specific windows where a bribed DMV worker was waiting to process them, authorities said.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/20/BAJ5ST501.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

2007-10-20 12:58:38 · 4 answers · asked by You Are Here 1 in Immigration

This will be my first time voting for the Presidential Primary November 2008.

I have a candidate in a party that I like very much and would hope to see them win the nomination but am wondering what I can do?

I am not too familiar with the caucus (Iowa, etc,) and what it means for the nominee. Does that particular State vote for them? Is there a way I can?

Please list the best actions to take.

Thank You

2007-10-20 12:57:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

i find liberals when debating espically the farther left you go...tend to be very demening and sarcastic. and often times attack the person not the argument, does anyone else see it this way. of course i consider myself a conservative so maybe i see it differently than a liberal...if your a liberal and you feel conservatives do the same thing, or are tired of being called "unamerican" let me know what yall think out there...

2007-10-20 12:57:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Does anyone know of any organizations or groups that offer this kind of program ......

2007-10-20 12:56:54 · 4 answers · asked by Leesa 1 in International Organizations

2007-10-20 12:52:32 · 42 answers · asked by Michaela 2 in Law & Ethics

I am 21 i have my own passport i dont want my parents to know now, maybe ill tell them before i leave however, theres this biggggggggg application where should I put my family memobers list them all and their cell phones .. dunno what to do dont wanna take any risk with them tho

2007-10-20 12:51:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Embassies & Consulates

Look at the pie chart:

http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/Spending.asp

2007-10-20 12:50:08 · 17 answers · asked by Zardoz 7 in Politics

2007-10-20 12:50:07 · 6 answers · asked by michelle a 4 in Government

We have a two term president that has restored Honor & Dignity back to the White House after the impeached Clinton.

Saddam Dead

No Terror attacks on USA soil since 9/11

Unemployment a VERY VERY low 4.6%

9 Million good paying jobs created since 2003

Terrorists flocking to Iraq (Not the USA) to be slaughtered by our patriotic troops.

I am so proud to be a conservative American.

2007-10-20 12:47:20 · 16 answers · asked by PNAC ~ Penelope 4 in Politics

As far as I know it used to be one of the mainstays ( and worldwide admired ) of American Democracy.
I know things have changed recently ( for security's reason ).
But still I've seen questions posed and answers given which would make the Marquis de Sade blanch.
Yet, they get away with it, Buk never does !!
Could he sue. or is Yahoo above the law !

2007-10-20 12:47:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

i've only had the vegetarian ones so i haven't tried too many.
i really like the spicy penne pasta.
also which is your least favorite?

2007-10-20 12:46:44 · 15 answers · asked by Gina D 5 in Military

2007-10-20 12:44:28 · 9 answers · asked by magonzetcetcetc 1 in Immigration