Politics & Government - 31 October 2007

My grandfather served in the navy from october 1939 til November 1945, i am just wanting information about him. There are too many to list but I will name a few, Royal Arthur, Drake, Gloucester 2, Newcastle(Hopdall). I would be grateful for any help given.

2007-10-31 07:33:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Tying a person to a board, face up/head down inclined position, covering their face and pouring waves of water over their face.

Is that torture?

If you think it is and you only had minutes to find out information that would save hundreds if not thousands of lives, what would YOU do to get the information?

2007-10-31 07:31:52 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I had to call 911 for the first time in my life the other day. It was for something that happend on the highway (not with me). When I called I guess I automatically assumed that the man said "911 whats your emergency" so I started to say what was going on...... he interupted me and said Ma'am do you need the Police, fire truck, or do you have an emergency? I told him the police but it was an emergency too (this little chat lasted close to a minute), then he said "hold on I will transfer you" so after about 10 second I was transfered to the police dept.

My question is, is this normal procedures when you call? It really seemed like they wasted a lot of time.

2007-10-31 07:30:08 · 10 answers · asked by Rina 5 in Law & Ethics

2007-10-31 07:27:44 · 12 answers · asked by ztns9 2 in Civic Participation

I can't find any.

2007-10-31 07:27:08 · 8 answers · asked by Bill W 【ツ】 6 in Immigration

Don't you feel better that country wasted 3 years banning it instead of fixing real problems.

2007-10-31 07:27:07 · 11 answers · asked by Holy Cow! 7 in Politics

I made a post that (in a nut shell) was bashing Hillary (no different than the Bush bashing posts made by libs).
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071031110537AAOevKP&r=w
Sure enough, some lib called me a "NeoCon", without knowing a thing about my political beliefs.

I think this is more proof that they just react emotionally and have no idea what logic is.

2007-10-31 07:25:54 · 18 answers · asked by Mutt 7 in Politics

2007-10-31 07:23:07 · 3 answers · asked by ericstar2k 2 in Law & Ethics

"Evil-do'ers'," a term used by the Masked Avenger, a 1940's superhero to describe the bad-guys.Also, a term used by our current President, to characterize several rogue nations. So, did Bush listen to the Masked Avenger, on the radio, or is the President a closet Woody Allen fan, who saw Radio Days?

2007-10-31 07:22:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

This guy is a lazy, lying, douchebag.

2007-10-31 07:22:05 · 21 answers · asked by Unohoo 2 in Politics

We get so many free services from the gov., such as food stamps, streets pavements, education from K1 to grade 12. Don’t you think that these services are free lunches.

2007-10-31 07:21:16 · 42 answers · asked by best-doctor 2 in Government

I took one of those rediculous payday loans out and thought I had finished repaying. Anyway, I found out 2 weeks ago that I still owed them 2 payments (which should have only been about $300 but because of interest and late fees it double to $600)!!! They never sent me anything by mail nor called me prior to receiving a garnishment notice in the mail so I really didn't know I owed them anything. I called them after getting all my receipts together and attempted to make payment arrangements. They advised me that since the garnishment was in process I could either pay the balance in full to avoid the garnishment or just let the garnishment run it's course. Well, I don't have $600 right now so I decided on the latter. The first garnishment is due to come out of my check on Friday. Today, Wednesday, I noticed that they took a one month payment out of my checking account!!! Which overdrafted my acct. My question is, can they garnish my wages & deduct payments from my checking acct too?

2007-10-31 07:20:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-10-31 07:19:35 · 7 answers · asked by Liberal City 6 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-10-31 07:18:58 · 22 answers · asked by Zardoz 7 in Politics

The media supported bush unquestionably until rupert murdoch (owner of fox news and a majority of the worlds media) started supporting hillary...

I see so many people on here say that the media is liberal...
just because they support hillary now....

2007-10-31 07:17:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

The murder rate is unnaturally higher than other cities

2007-10-31 07:16:29 · 6 answers · asked by ǝɯɐuɹǝsn ɔıɹǝuǝƃ 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

Since when is enforcing laws a bad thing?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,303775,00.html?sPage=fnc.specialsections/immigration

2007-10-31 07:16:03 · 11 answers · asked by Yahoo Answer Angel 6 in Immigration

Is spin a modern phenomena or just what used to be called misinformation? (or to paraphrase Churchill, terminological inexactitudes)?

2007-10-31 07:13:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

The rest rooms are full. Why is that?

2007-10-31 07:12:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

The interrogation technique kown as waterboarding simulates drowning and can cause excruciating mental and physical pain; it has been prosecuted in U.S. courts since the late 1800s and was regarded by every U.S. administration before this one as torture.

2007-10-31 07:10:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-10-31 07:09:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Is it illegal to obtain insurance information before a patient is triaged in an emergency room? What are the regulations regarding EMTALA?

2007-10-31 07:09:25 · 7 answers · asked by petep623 1 in Law & Ethics

I support those locals enforcing the law. Kudos to Del Rio Texas and Larado Texas.

2007-10-31 07:08:27 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-10-31 07:08:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-10-31 07:06:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Keep in mind, that Iraq is the result of failed diplomacy.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_embassy

2007-10-31 07:06:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Who do you prefer? Out of these two only...

What do you like about one that you do not like about the other?

*(all answers are appreciated--thanks!)

2007-10-31 07:06:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

It happened last week and disrupted whole vacation plan, I am still horrified.The hotel told me, it happened a lot in many hotel, they only waiver those one night fee and pay for medical bill. Can I sue the hotel and ask some compensation?

2007-10-31 07:03:29 · 7 answers · asked by tom c 7 in Law & Ethics

Can't you recall this pandering fool, or don't you New Yorkers really care?

2007-10-31 07:03:28 · 5 answers · asked by niddlie diddle 6 in Politics

What war/battle was it that Israel lost to Egypt? The Egyptians mobilized troops periodically along the Egypt-Israel border. And finally struck when it was clear that the Israelis had become apathetic to the troops.
I think prior to that Israel had been winning the war.
Cited information is preferred.

2007-10-31 07:01:12 · 3 answers · asked by Thagenesis 2 in Military