Politics & Government - 23 October 2007

who do you think will win the parish council elections. what do you think about the new govt' so far?

2007-10-23 17:13:54 · 1 answers · asked by bubbles 2 in Civic Participation

My bf says that his dog was on probation.... possible?

2007-10-23 17:09:49 · 4 answers · asked by squee 2 in Law & Ethics

heckofva job

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_re_us/global_warming_health

2007-10-23 17:07:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Is it realistic? Or pessimistic?

2007-10-23 17:06:43 · 20 answers · asked by zzzzap! 3 in Politics

The amount of birth defects in Iraq has gone up by something like 600% since the first gulf war, and yet the US military still used depleted uranium. How can this be justified?

Im interested in getting a perspective FOR the use of this ammunition that doesn't involve - "cause we want to kill lots of those sand *******" which is a pretty pathetic argument.

2007-10-23 17:06:40 · 9 answers · asked by Mr Anon 2 in Military

They are wrong,just ignore them.

2007-10-23 17:06:33 · 12 answers · asked by Give Pee a Chance 5 in Other - Politics & Government

for just a second. if you could name a song that best describes you as of right now. What would it be?

Mine is Enya's "The river sings".(Some of you might truly get as to why i say this. There are quite a few brilliant as well as philosophical individuals on here.).
Yours?

2007-10-23 17:05:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-23 17:04:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

I know it sounds crazy but can I request to go to Iraq? Im pretty sure it happens and you can but just to be sure? Military Service members please.

2007-10-23 17:02:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Iran has very heavy mountain terrain and they have a lot of their military and nuclear capability located there.

2007-10-23 17:01:12 · 30 answers · asked by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7 in Politics

*note: this is a very important question, please answer only with accurate answers.

Hi, I just applied for a new philippine passport since my passport is about to expire on November 7.

Now, I'm supposed to leave on December 16 and I just mailed my passport this previous week, October 19 to be exact. What I'm worried about is the length of time the process will take.
I'm really trying to rush the process as much as I could.

I would like to know how long the process takes, and if it's longer than 2-3weeks, I would also like to know if there's a way that I could cut it short. I really need to get my passport done by November. Thank you.

Please note that I'm applying for a Philippine passport and not a U.S. one so maybe anybody who had been in the same situation could share how he was able to resolve it. Thanks again. Any other useful information would be nice.

2007-10-23 17:01:08 · 5 answers · asked by 4612 1 in Embassies & Consulates

This makes no sense. And it applies to every political party, religion, race, gender, and orientation. Why do people who live in America and who absolutely hate this country STAY in the first place?

There's no one stopping them from immigrating to somewhere else so why don't these Americans move somewhere else if they abhor their own country?

2007-10-23 17:00:29 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." -----Theodore Roosevelt

"America must remain American." ----Calvin Coolidge

Also, What do you think the mainstream media would do if President Bush said the exact same words?

More information:

http://yankeecommentary.blogspot.com

2007-10-23 16:58:55 · 7 answers · asked by RICARDVS VII 3 in Politics

2007-10-23 16:55:50 · 3 answers · asked by adrian g 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Like with air strikes on Iranian nuclear industry plants?

2007-10-23 16:55:46 · 34 answers · asked by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7 in Politics

2007-10-23 16:52:35 · 6 answers · asked by Outtamyway 1 in Politics

The House of Representatives have twice had to choose a president. One was Thomas Jefferson. Who was the other?

I've searched on Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Ask.com, and every other website. Does any ******* person know?

2007-10-23 16:50:41 · 2 answers · asked by dwzigzag 2 in Government

I do. I dont care about Castro but I agree with him that Bush is evil anti-christ

2007-10-23 16:50:06 · 11 answers · asked by G 1 in Politics

What if...

it was General (President) Dwight D. Eisenhower, General George C. Marshall, General George S. Patton, General Douglas MacArthur, General Omar N. Bradley, and General Joseph W. Stilwell were the ones commanding and leading our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan?

it was Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Admiral William H. Halsey, Admiral Ernest Joseph King, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Admiral WIlliam Daniel Leahy and Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid commanding and leading our sailors in Iraq and Afghanistan?

it was General Henry 'Hap' Arnold and General Jimmy Doolittle commanding and leading our airmen in Iraq and Afghanistan?

it was General Alexander Archer Vandegrift commanding and leading our Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan?

2007-10-23 16:48:53 · 5 answers · asked by Air-Jordan 2 in Military

2007-10-23 16:45:43 · 9 answers · asked by BERNIE W 2 in Military

reason Americans are no longer "sheeple" and speak out against stupid things concerning them and their country? The media used to jump on anyone voicing an opinion about something they thought was bad for their family or the country, but not anymore. Is this what is waking up Capitol Hill?

2007-10-23 16:37:16 · 20 answers · asked by R J 7 in Politics

2007-10-23 16:35:37 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

I know you need to apply for and get a license to carry a concealed gun in the state of Kansas, but do I need to do anything for having one just for home defense? In this state we have the "Stand your ground" law where you may shoot someone if they intrude your home if you feel your life is threatened. I am going to be moving in a bad neighborhood so I figure time for me to get a gun if needed to defend myself. So do I need to apply for anything or get a license for having a gun just for home defense? Thanks.

2007-10-23 16:31:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Seriously, how stupid does somebody have to be to believe that the likes of Hillary Clinton are anti-war? Back in 2004, John Kerry ran on a platform that said that Bush had been too soft in the Iraq War, not that the Iraq War was an immoral and illegal, not to mention unnecessary War. Ron Paul followed the Constitution and voted against the Iraq War, while Hillary and the Democrats were voting for it.

Actually, if you look back, the Democrats (and the far-left Trotskyites who call themselves Neo-Cons) were actually the ones who wanted the Iraq War in the first place. If Bush hadn't attacked Iraq, the Democrats would be attacking him for not having gone after Saddam.

Why is it that people are accusing Ron Paul of adopting the Democrats foreign policy when the reality is that his rivals are the ones who have adopted the Democrats warmongering foreign policy.

2007-10-23 16:27:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Bill's scrapy for a little guy isn't he ?

2007-10-23 16:26:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

here is a copy of what it says:

Hello
Dear good day I am Mrs. marina abacha the ex-first lady of the federal republic of Nigeria .
Late general sane abacha was my late husband , the president of the federal republic of Nigeria.

He died on 8th of June 1998 and since after the died of my husband, they Nigeria government have refuse us not to have any assets to his properties this was urged by lifter cornel T. k abubaka he was the vice president during my husband regime .
he started by closing our family account in Switzerland which my husband deposited half
a billon pounds, both houses and order private asses was seal by the government.

But for all I know non of their effort will make my family to be poor again
my late husband has three oil well around the world to day these business has become in existence before he became the president of Nigeria and this establishment has been given my family , one hundred and fifty million U.S dollars $(150.000.000.00 .on monthly bases .

due these probeing I am under house arrest by the Nigeria government .
listen my dear there is a huge amount of money ,2.5billion dollars $ deposited by my late husband in a security company . only me and late husband know the security code .
since I can’t come out under house arrest and appear in person to the security company , so all I need from you is to inform me how capable and trust worthy you are to transfer this money into your own account . after the transaction I shall give you 20 percent of the fund deposited and 2 percent for your expenses. Then I will give you three account where the money will be spited please do reply to me if you can help me in these transaction .

Thanks
From Mrs. Marian abacha.

2007-10-23 16:19:19 · 5 answers · asked by agray1021 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-10-23 16:15:48 · 29 answers · asked by ibrueser 1 in Elections

I think its crazy that America invaded a country on the pretense of halting its WMD program. Or, to be specific, forcing that country (Iraq) to allow proper inspections. But in the end it was all about the fear of WMDs.

Now Iran is clearly working on some sort of nuclear program. Almost no one thinks its for purely peaceful purposes. With a superpower having invaded their next door neighbor, Iran will surely want to have nukes.

So now Iran has a much more obvious, and probably more advanced WMD program. And the US can do little about it having having squandered their resources and political power in Iraq - which posed no real threat to anyone.

What do you think?

2007-10-23 16:13:13 · 14 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Politics

I got pulled over in New York State by a State Trooper. If i plead guilty what type of fines and penalties am i looking at? Will i loose my license? How many points? how much money will i have to pay!? I was doing 78 in a 65 HELP!

2007-10-23 16:13:01 · 16 answers · asked by em 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-10-23 16:11:23 · 7 answers · asked by assh☺le supreme 3 in Politics