Politics & Government - 29 October 2007

I was told that in some states, if u dont live in the stat that gave u a speeding ticket and it comes time to mail the payment in. U just make it out for more money and the stat will mail u back a refund check. If u never cash it then it will never compleet your ticket and it would never be on any record or what not.

2007-10-29 16:49:47 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-10-29 16:49:40 · 22 answers · asked by Cyrus 2 in Politics

A State Supreme Court Judge has ruled that Buffalo discriminated against 13 white firefighters who were passed over for promotions.

There's only one thing that makes you fit for the firehouse says Buffalo Firefighter Gene Margerum.

"You want the highest trained, most qualified guy showing up, not someone who's getting a paycheck," he said.

So Margerum hit the books, studying for two years to become a lieutenant. He passed the test, but never got promoted. According to court documents, that's because of the color of his skin.

"I know what it's like to be discriminated against now, and it hurts and it makes you angry," he said.

So what happened? According to court papers, the city let the promotions list expire so it could promote more African American firefighters. That list is the subject of a federal lawsuit claiming it discriminates against women and minorities. The city's attorney, Adam Perry, says that's why Buffalo needs to address the issue of racial imbalance in the fire department.

2007-10-29 16:47:31 · 9 answers · asked by canam 7 in Law & Ethics

This doesn't this seem SIGNIFICANTLY more idiotic than saying they hate the troops and want the terrorists to win...in fact, isn't this the logical conclusion if they hate America so much?

2007-10-29 16:47:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-29 16:45:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I think he still has a decent shot.

I firmly believe that people will start to move away from Gulianni. He's the frontrunner, and there is just so much to make people think twice about him. He's no conservative, that's for sure.

Also, Romney will be seen as unelectable in the end.

That leaves McCain.

An American hero.

A fighter.

A warrior.

A true conservative.

Can he do it?

I say YES?

Who's with me?

2007-10-29 16:41:38 · 23 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Politics

Just want to know what is under the serious errors on driving tickets

2007-10-29 16:41:07 · 3 answers · asked by Megan 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-10-29 16:39:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

What is the difference between sending a terror suspect to another country who might torture him and sending a gangster to threaten a KKK member with death to get him to reveal where the victims were buried? I don't much difference, but I guess Libs would have preferred the civil rights activists would have remained buried?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_re_us/mob_fbi_agent

2007-10-29 16:38:49 · 12 answers · asked by plezurgui 6 in Politics

I recently got a ticket and while looking into it I found that the person that wrote the ticket put down wrong info. I do know that the only way to void a ticket is if its a major error, When I was looking for resource it did say that if the model, color, or year of the car was wrong on the ticket i do have the right to get it void, is this right?

2007-10-29 16:36:44 · 4 answers · asked by Megan 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

I live in an apartment complex and there's a mexican that lives next door to me and frequently has friends over. He's constantly playing music with lots of bass and the rumble really gets on my nerves. I complained to office about 20 times at least, called the police about 5 times, and it has gotten somewhat better, but not much. I can't afford to move and it's bothering me so much i'm considering going to office once more and telling them that if they don't do something I will take matters into my own hands and leave it open for their imagination or maybe slashing his tires or breaking one of his windows to make him paranoid that someone tried to break into his apartment and maybe hell move. Any suggestions??

2007-10-29 16:36:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

and will she at least get a good price?

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=278291149224647

2007-10-29 16:36:02 · 11 answers · asked by WJ 7 in Politics

Also, where are you able to obtain it.

2007-10-29 16:35:27 · 4 answers · asked by RC 1 in Military

I am thinking about joining the military as a reserve. I have not picked a branch yet but im leaning towards the Coast Guard or Navy.

2007-10-29 16:34:09 · 10 answers · asked by darthoink the cool 2 in Military

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is hot for 54.

2007-10-29 16:31:16 · 11 answers · asked by NONAME 2 in Politics

A) Convert to Scientology and I vote for you
B) You'll my man!
C) I prefer Hillary over you
D) Who are you?

2007-10-29 16:30:05 · 8 answers · asked by ali 6 in Elections

in your opinion, what group of immigrants that came to the united states put most influence on american history? (ex. english or whatever) please explain

2007-10-29 16:27:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I've read articles that the personal income tax is completely unconstitutional, the 16hth amendment was never ratified, and that some people actually got away with not filing personal income tax in state supreme courts of law, based on these and other facts, not known to the general public.

Also, income tax paid goes directly to pay off the automatic debt incurred from printing every dollar in the United States. This is because the Federal Reserve Bank is a private enterprise, and it charges interest to the goverment of the United States for every dollar it prints out.

Is this true?

2007-10-29 16:25:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

It was my typing eror and not the mistake of the litle girl that wrongly identified the Bushbaby, The question should have read, Who was the 43rd president?.

2007-10-29 16:25:06 · 3 answers · asked by sSuper critic 2 in Politics

2007-10-29 16:24:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

In California, if 3.5 million illegal aliens moved back to Mexico, it would leave an extra $10.2 billion to spend on overloaded school systems, bankrupted hospitals and overrun prisons. It would leave highways cleaner, safer and less congested. Everyone could understand one another as English became the dominate language again.

* In Colorado, 500,000 illegal migrants, plus their 300,000 kids and grand-kids—would move back “home,” mostly to Mexico. That would save Coloradans an estimated $2 billion (other experts say $7 BIL) annually in taxes that pay for schooling, medical, social-services and incarceration costs. It means 12,000 gang members would vanish out of Denver alone.

* Colorado would save more than $20 million in prison costs, and the terror that those 7,300 alien criminals set upon local citizens. Denver Officer Don Young and hundreds of Colorado victims would not have suffered death, accidents, rapes and other crimes by illegals.

* Denver Public Schools would not suffer a 67 percent drop out/flunk out rate via thousands of illegal alien students speaking 41 different languages. At least 200,000 vehicles would vanish from our gridlocked cities in Colorado. Denver’s four percent unemployment rate would vanish as our working poor would gain jobs at a living wage.

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* In Chicago, Illinois, 2.1 million illegals would free up hospitals, schools, prisons and highways for a safer, cleaner and more crime-free experience.

If 20 million illegal aliens returned “home”—

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No more push ‘1’ for Spanish or ‘2’ for English. No more confusion in American schools that now must content with over 100 languages that degrade the educational system for American kids. Our overcrowded schools would lose more than two million illegal alien kids at a cost of billions in ESL and free breakfasts and lunches.

We would lose 500,000 illegal criminal alien inmates at a cost of more than $1.6 billion annually. That includes 15,000 MS-13 gang members who distribute $130 billion in drugs annually would vacate our country. In cities like L.A., 20,000 members of the “18th Street Gang” would vanish from our nation. No more Mexican forgery gangs for ID theft from Americans! No more foreign rapists and child molesters!

Losing more than 20 million people would clear up our crowded highways and gridlock. Cleaner air and less drinking and driving American deaths by illegal aliens!

Drain on America’s economy; taxpayers harmed, employers get rich

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At least 400,000 anchor babies would not be born in our country, costing us $109 billion per year per cycle. At least 86 hospitals in California, Georgia and Florida would still be operating instead of being bankrupted out of existence because illegals pay nothing via the EMTOLA Act. Americans wouldn’t suffer thousands of TB and hepatitis cases rampant in our country—brought in by illegals unscreened at our borders.

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Over one million of Mexico’s poorest citizens now live inside and along our border from Brownsville, Texas to San Diego, California in what the New York Times called, “colonias” or new neighborhoods. Trouble is, those living areas resemble Bombay and Calcutta where grinding poverty, filth, diseases, drugs, crimes, no sanitation and worse. They live without sewage, clean water, streets, electricity, roads or any kind of sanitation. The New York Times reported them to be America’s new “Third World” inside our own country. Within 20 years, at their current growth rate, they expect 20 million residents of those colonias. (I’ve seen them personally in Texas and Arizona; it’s sickening beyond anything you can imagine.) By enforcing our laws, we could repatriate them back to Mexico.

High integrity, ethical invitation

We invite 20 million aliens to go home, fix their own countries and/or make a better life in Mexico. We invite a million people into our country legally more than all other countries combined annually. We cannot and must not allow anarchy at our borders, more anarchy within our borders and growing lawlessness at every level in our nation.

2007-10-29 16:23:43 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

**DISCLAIMER – Keep in mind that am not a Christian fanatic. In fact, I'm an agnostic. This is just a objective observation.**

I just saw a commercial—it had Santa, Christmas trees, other decorations, and nothing to demonstrate any other holiday. But the word "Christmas" was not mentioned once; instead "holiday" was used around 5 times. Then I thought... this is actually the case for pretty well every single Christmas commercial I've ever seen in 15 years.

Why? Is it not okay to say the word "Christmas" in any instance whatsoever by any secular organization? I heard that something like 96% of us celebrate it... I don't celebrate Halloween and there are other holidays around October 31 but we still hear the word "Halloween" associated with actual HALLOWEEN things...

Is the word itself—Christmas—taboo?? Like the F word or s hit? Is it THAT BAD?

2007-10-29 16:22:29 · 6 answers · asked by Neighborhood dude 4 in Politics

Do you think the Chinese are putting lead, in commercial products being shipped to the U.S.A. Is there a conspiracy, to make Americans sick, especially are kids?? I mean, there's lead in there toys. The world knows lead is deadly, are the chinese trying to kill are young, to prevent, the next generation of American freedom fighters!
Remember they're commies, and hate the U.S.

2007-10-29 16:21:33 · 16 answers · asked by Jeff R 2 in Politics

navy reserve

2007-10-29 16:18:50 · 8 answers · asked by Jeff 3 in Military

2007-10-29 16:18:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I'm writing a paper and need to mention something about I think what is called trail of evidence. I took a class on search and seizure a while back and something was said about how if police use an informant they need to keep him in their sight the entire time to keep a trail of evidence? Is that the right term? I googled it and nothing is popping up. Also, on a side not if you've gone to law school how difficult is it? Would you recommend it?

2007-10-29 16:18:06 · 2 answers · asked by chillinginchicago 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

After a terrible experience with a computer company we'll call "Apple", I never received my laptop. After about a week, they finally decided to just ship me a replacement. Shortly after, the missing laptop arrived.
After further investigation, I saw that Apple didn't even ship the "missing" laptop until after I had received the replacement. I contacted Apple and they sent me a new shipping label.

I started thinking about the problems I had had with them and called Apple back and asked if they would just give me the laptop as a gesture of remorse for the problems I had with them.
I was informed (quietly) that state law states that if they ship me something in error, I am under no obligation to return it.
He also stated that they have already charged me for the first one and they couldn't charge me again.
Their website does show they are expecting me to return it.

For an accurate answer, I live in Oklahoma.

My question is: Can I legally keep this laptop without consequences?

2007-10-29 16:17:27 · 7 answers · asked by Chris 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-10-29 16:16:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I'm doing a project where I need to know the battle that had the most casualties for us forces during each war from WW1 on. I've looked around and been having trouble finding out which ones held the most significant losses. Thanks for your help.

2007-10-29 16:14:24 · 8 answers · asked by fluffernutter 1 in Military

I am signing all the paperwork for a new job in a research group and one of them is a "Deed of non-disclosure in relation to personal information", what would this be about?

If it were not in legal mumbo-jumbo it may be more apparant, but it just keeps reffering to "the information" and then giving rediculously all-inclusive definitions. What information are they likely to be trying to protect?

It's seperate to the usual confidentiality agreement (the gist of which is that they keep all the IP).

I probably don't have any room to negotiate, and i wouldn't turn the job down based on it. I just want an idea of what i am signing, for what rules they wil expect me to follow.

I know this is not offical legal advice, i'll investigate further before i take any actian on what you say.

2007-10-29 16:13:39 · 2 answers · asked by K 3 in Law & Ethics