Politics & Government - 1 November 2007

2007-11-01 12:15:54 · 3 answers · asked by dodger805 2 in Law & Ethics

Why is it the new thing for people???........It's so stupid! Most of them don't even know what real Libertarians believe.

Just because you smoke pot doesn't make you a Libertarian.

I'm for legalized drugs, big guns, killing the IRS, shutting down public education, and letting the oil companys do whaever the hell they want. But even all that doesn't make me a Libertarian.

2007-11-01 12:15:18 · 13 answers · asked by Evgeni 7 in Politics

I'm writing a paper on whether or not the US should make abortion illegal and I'd like to compare my views to the views of others. Are you for or against abortion and why?

2007-11-01 12:12:37 · 10 answers · asked by Alex 2 in Law & Ethics

I am talking about if you are a law abiding rule respecting nation and not one that chooses its own definitions.....what is torture in international law?

2007-11-01 12:08:52 · 5 answers · asked by ron j 1 in Politics

I am sure i was not the only one who though right before the war this will be a fast not many death war. But its been different.. I just recently joined the army btw. It's just hard to believe that america with all our technology and so well train soldiers is having such a hard time on this war, i notice that our total death count every month is getting lower and lower which is a great sign... and is also scary to think that if we have such a tough war with iraqi insurgent, how will we do vs a bigger nation....

2007-11-01 12:07:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

bill paid 1000 to susan in exchange for susans written agreement that if bill wished to purchase her house she would sell it to him for 100,000 any time before april 1. prior to april 1, bill said he wanted more time to decide and susan agreed to extend her agreement until july 1. on may 18, susan sold the house to teepe who was ignorant of the previous agreements. bill brought suit against susan.

my initial thought would be susan would win.
who would win this case and why>???

2007-11-01 12:06:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

That 97% polled stated their state should also adopt the same antillegal alien laws. my question is lou Dobbs "evil" as the mayor of New York said and is Oklahoma a "racist" state for protecting its border?

2007-11-01 12:05:19 · 12 answers · asked by R J 7 in Immigration

can someone sue you if they sign a document saying there name and last name, in pen, and saying they declare that they have absolutely no intention of prosecuting you (my name and last name) regarding the issue for why they are suing, and then they sign it (there signature)

2007-11-01 12:03:44 · 9 answers · asked by chris J 1 in Law & Ethics

What other reason would the new money be cashing out.

Like hedge fund managers will no doubt have to pay income tax in the near future.

2007-11-01 12:03:22 · 8 answers · asked by whirling W dervish 2 in Politics

why does the Chief Justice--not the President of the Senate preside over the impeachment trial of a president?
thank you

2007-11-01 12:02:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-11-01 12:01:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-11-01 12:00:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-11-01 11:58:00 · 12 answers · asked by cynicalk 3 in Military

China also raised prices to curb demand which is a ridiculous statement. Americans will pay how much more for e-coli products this year. Americans need to start realizing what effect this is having on our economy and what the greed ratios are.

2007-11-01 11:57:49 · 16 answers · asked by nsprdwmn 3 in Elections

2007-11-01 11:57:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-11-01 11:55:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

Can a person sue you if they sign a paper saying there name and last name saying they won't prosecute you in regards to the reason there suing.
he could be lieng, so i need 2 be sure? adivce

2007-11-01 11:54:45 · 3 answers · asked by chris J 1 in Other - Politics & Government

If things are so bad, why are they so good?

With all the gloom coming out of Wall Street, the Democrats on the campaign trail, and the mainstream media, a remarkable thing just happened: Real gross domestic product, the best summary report of the American economy, came in at a breathtaking 3.9 percent annual rate for the third quarter. In fact, following the 3.8 percent growth rate for the second quarter, the U.S. economy has posted its strongest quarterly growth in four years. The economy actually appears to be speeding up, following the relatively sluggish performance of the prior 18 months.

On top of this, the inflation rate is actually slowing down. The consumer spending deflator is reading 2.1 percent for the past year, compared to over 3 percent six quarters ago. The core inflation rate is down to 1.9 percent, below the Fed’s 2 percent target.

Even employment is holding its own. According to Automatic Data Processing’s private employment survey, which showed its strongest gain in four months, October looks like it will produce about 125,000 new jobs.

Meanwhile, rising exports of American goods and services are booming to such an extent that the deep housing recession is being cancelled out. And while many continue to predict a consumer collapse because of falling home prices and tighter credit, after-tax inflation-adjusted income is 4.1 percent ahead of last year, for a $344 billion gain, while the purchase cost of energy prices are flat. The little noticed factoid is that consumer energy use per unit of GDP has actually fallen by more than 50 percent in recent decades.

Again: If things are so bad, why are they so good?

The stock market roared after the Federal Reserve cut its target rate on Wednesday by 25 basis points to 4.5 percent. The rate cut was a small insurance policy, just in case the subprime credit crunch and the housing downturn take a larger toll on the economy.

But listening to the Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday, you’d think it was 1929 all over again. The litany of scare-talk complaints includes China trade unfairness, globalization, immigration, income inequality, stagnant wages, a shrinking middle class, the sinking dollar, and high oil prices.

Yes, there is home deflation on Main Street and loan deflation on Wall Street. It will continue. But what about the rest of the story? When you listen to the hedge-fund short-sellers and the liberal politicians as they attempt to discredit the Bush economic boom, you could almost fall for their bear-market seduction. But the seductress turns out to be an economic harlot — not a beautiful woman.

The true message of the strong economy is that we’re virtually guaranteed of a Goldilocks soft landing or better — and certainly not a recession.

It’s interesting that while the Bush tax cuts of 2003 continue to encourage investment and entrepreneurship, expanding national income and higher tax collections have brought the big bad budget deficit down to $160 billion, or roughly 1 percent of GDP. Using something called the primary deficit — which extracts net interest on the debt and can be used to measure fiscal stimulus on the economy — we actually have a 70 billion surplus.

These are all reasons why it would be foolhardy to embrace large-scale tax-hikes to allegedly fight the budget gap.

House tax chief Charlie Rangel’s great idea to reduce the corporate income tax is the first pro-growth tax-cut measure from a Democrat in many years, and hopefully his effort will spur a discussion of full-scale tax reform by the Republican and Democratic candidates. But looking to the rest of Rangel’s plan, there are ways to eliminate the alternative minimum tax that do not require big tax hikes on the most successful earners and investors.

For example, the Bush administration’s tax-reform panel, chaired by former senators Connie Mack and John Breaux, proposed a growth-and-investment plan with only three income-tax brackets of 15, 25, and 30 percent. The plan would repeal the AMT and reduce the corporate tax to 30 percent. Capital gains and dividends would remain at 15 percent.

Or there’s the new plan from Wisconsin House member Paul Ryan that would move to a 10 and 25 percent tax system while also eliminating the dreaded AMT.

In other words, there are a lot of ways to gently nudge tax rates lower while broadening the tax base that would keep the Bush boom going well into the future.

The print and broadcast media do not give President Bush much credit for his economic policies. But somehow I have to wonder whether low unemployment, strong growth, negligible inflation, and record stock markets do not deserve just a bit of praise.

It is still the greatest story never told.

2007-11-01 11:52:44 · 21 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

2007-11-01 11:52:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-11-01 11:52:22 · 11 answers · asked by Ali P 1 in Military

Or the glimershien. (spelling and meaning might be wrong) German for the refelictive shimmer on the edge of things moist with the dew.

2007-11-01 11:51:49 · 6 answers · asked by whirling W dervish 2 in Politics

I just noticed the button.

2007-11-01 11:51:17 · 7 answers · asked by Mitchell 5 in Politics

many in both parties seem to think both are the "ultimate evil in the universe"... and have all these crazy conspiracy theories about them...

I find it comical...

and I personally don't think either are particularly good leaders...

2007-11-01 11:49:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Or was it a liberal, just posted pro military question.

2007-11-01 11:49:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/11/11_of_18_in_bur.php

2007-11-01 11:49:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-11-01 11:47:27 · 6 answers · asked by cindel s 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-11-01 11:47:17 · 9 answers · asked by shawnp089 2 in Politics

Have you seen this picture?

http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/hannity-20071023-obama2.jpg

Don't always take a pic at face value, and research things before you jump to conclusions

2007-11-01 11:45:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

2007-11-01 11:44:36 · 13 answers · asked by Eleanova 3 in Elections

If it is a specific sex act for a something in return. What amounts to a sex act? Is touching a woman's leg a sex act, what about her chest, what about kissing, how do they determine this.

2007-11-01 11:43:06 · 2 answers · asked by V for Vendetta 1 in Law Enforcement & Police