Politics & Government - 7 November 2007

My sister's ex is trying to get custody of their son. He has 3 felonies (domestic abuse on a previous girlfriend), sells pot, has been seen beating up my sister in public. He has never spent more than 2 hours alone with his son. Oh, he's also a first year law school student.

Any way, my sister has a lawyer now and the lawyer told her that she has every right to keep the baby from her psycho ex. She's been printing the nasty emails he's been sending her and documenting everything. This morning the psycho ex left her a message saying that he had filed an ex parte for emergancy joint custody of the baby because he's "concerned for the well being" of the baby.

If he's so concerned, why did he only file for temporary joint custody? And then, doesn't it sound like he doesn't have a lawyer?

I digress. I just want to know what the chances are of them getting joint. He's a unfit and he's doing this is because my sister is leaving him (she found weed where the baby could get it).

2007-11-07 05:53:51 · 2 answers · asked by isobel 2 in Law & Ethics

I am waiting to hear from the Air Force on if they are going to accept me as of yet. I do have my GED but have very high scores on my ASVAB overall as well as in each catagory. I have already taken my physical as well as passed the DLAB and the EDPT. Does anyone know how long it takes to find out?

Please no comments on how hard it is to get into the airforce with a GED I am well aware and did intense research before speaking with my recruiter but I cannot really get a straight answer on how long it will take to find out.

Thanks!

2007-11-07 05:52:37 · 4 answers · asked by aplesauce_cheese 3 in Military

If you did, thank you for execising your francise, NO MATTER how you voted, the rest of you 'merrikens who didn't, shaddup already complaining about the government.

2007-11-07 05:51:34 · 5 answers · asked by momatad 4 in Politics

2007-11-07 05:51:18 · 4 answers · asked by Louis N 1 in Military

2007-11-07 05:49:19 · 6 answers · asked by realitycheck 3 in Politics

A family member was struck and killed by a reckless (but not intoxicated) driver. The driver merely lost his license for a short period of time. To my knowledge, no criminal charges were brought against the driver. Who - if anyone - do I contact about following up on this issue? Also, I should mention that this occured in the state of IL.

Any guidance would be much appreciated!

2007-11-07 05:49:17 · 1 answers · asked by sanicmu 1 in Law & Ethics

Tell a high schooler to do something and they won’t. Tell them not to and they’ll suddenly want to (apologies for the stereotyping, but stay with me on this…)

If anything, having your books banned is a boon for an author. But is it censorship?

The Supreme Court has ruled that “community standards” dictate what is obscene, not any dictum from the federal government. So if a small town decides for themselves that Pat Conroy’s writings violate their local standards and don’t want the library to carry them, that, according to the Supreme Court, is permissible.

If the community is not permitted to decide for themselves, then doesn’t “anything go?” Why shouldn’t the library stock Penthouse magazine or some racist rantings, for instance, as well?

Talk amongst yourselves.

2007-11-07 05:49:09 · 4 answers · asked by DeeDee Cortez 2 in Law & Ethics

Will the neocons tell the families of US dead and wounded service people who served in Iraq that their loved-one's sacrifice was in vain?

http://www.boneheadcompendium.com/

2007-11-07 05:48:32 · 6 answers · asked by spay&neuter-all-republicans 3 in Politics

2007-11-07 05:47:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

well i want to go to the airforce. but someone told me since im not married and i have a son that ill have to give up custody to the dad..im ok with it because weve been together since iwas a freshman and i am now a senior in highschool but what if something happens? so is it true .. and also do you really have to stay 6 months will 3 or so phoncalls no cell no computer and some visits till you graduate from bmt?

2007-11-07 05:47:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-11-07 05:44:00 · 10 answers · asked by realitycheck 3 in Politics

We can do this peacefully or by means of class-warfare.Start with ultimate rule & control over money "like congress currently has"! End representative government, make them fire at will employee's managed by our seniors who have good to excellant FICA scores etc.

2007-11-07 05:42:45 · 13 answers · asked by bulabate 6 in Other - Politics & Government

The resolution said that Cheney, "in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of vice president," had "purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the use of the U.S. Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests."

2007-11-07 05:41:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

if they side with one country over the other? how does this work?

2007-11-07 05:39:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I was wondering what happens? Probably something minor like filing a false police report but personally I think if someone intentionally accuses someone of something that's not true they should have to serve the maximimum sentence that the person falsely accused would have had to serve. Also, can people sue false accusers?

2007-11-07 05:38:44 · 11 answers · asked by chillinginchicago 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

Hillary says she will "undo the Bush tax cuts" and raise capital gains taxes as well. Translation: " I promise to increase taxes across the board."

Is that a good thing?

I predict I will get a lot of "we have to because...."

No we do not have to.

2007-11-07 05:35:56 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

A local agengy paid the bulk of it via check. We actually paid less than the regular rent. But it is what they sued for. We paid it. I can't move rght now. Even if they won't fix things up around here.

2007-11-07 05:34:39 · 1 answers · asked by QueencityKell 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-11-07 05:34:10 · 4 answers · asked by The Oracle 2 in Law & Ethics

The dictionary defines them both the same

Conservative - "disposed to preserve existing conditions", "tending to oppose change", "resistant to change"

Obstructionist - "a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress", "someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take"

2007-11-07 05:33:26 · 12 answers · asked by buffytou 6 in Politics

2007-11-07 05:29:21 · 7 answers · asked by nocturnal_monk 2 in Military

2007-11-07 05:28:59 · 32 answers · asked by evil e 1 in Law & Ethics

Especially with all the people who disagree with your politics.

I feel more irrate after coming on this board.

2007-11-07 05:28:06 · 8 answers · asked by civil_av8r 7 in Other - Politics & Government

I'm referring (with a not well informed point of view) to the Electoral College.

2007-11-07 05:27:39 · 15 answers · asked by Arthur 2 in Elections

One day a guy called from a phone company and convince us to take a long distance phone plan? then he told us that we will receive a call from their company soon after we can activate the plan, but we havent received any phone calls from that company and later 3 months, we received a bill saying that we are using their service, and ask us to pay the bill, we called them and spoke to them that we are not even aware about that we are in long distance plan, so we made a request and ask them to cancel the plan , soon after two months again samy problem they were sending us the bill, in that case as a genuine consumer, what i have to do, i have not even signed any agreement with them, all because of a anonymous phone call from that company? please can anyone help me to solve this.

2007-11-07 05:25:36 · 2 answers · asked by smares m 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-11-07 05:25:25 · 20 answers · asked by Revo 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

My sister's dog has disease which can be life threatening if the dog eats something it shouldn't. The dog was playing in the yard when he found a dead rabbit's head and grabbed it. We yelled at the dog, but he refused to drop it so my sister spanked him until he let go. She did not beat or punch him, she just spanked his butt and said "drop it!" until he did. (sometimes he won't listen)

The neighbor saw and said she was going to call the police if she caught us again. I tried to explain our side to the stupid lady but she did not let us talk. She screamed at us then left. My sister feels horrible about spanking her dog, but if she let him eat that rabbit he may have been killed. If it were my dog I wold have done the same. Which is worse, a spanked dog or a dead dog?

If she does report us and a police officer comes to investigate, we plan on telling the truth. But is spanking a dog considered animal abuse and can my sister be arrested for it? She is pretty scared and sad.

2007-11-07 05:25:25 · 53 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11072007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_truth_on_trade_424240.htm

Sure looks like it according to this article.

2007-11-07 05:25:20 · 10 answers · asked by Uncle Pennybags 7 in Other - Politics & Government

If everything that America did she did as a truly upright nation, other nations would respect us and would follow our lead. Would I trust China under those conditions? The answer is yes I would. Yet, I would do everything with caution and full knowledge, trusting in God and his goodness.

Look at Bush's war and the error of his ways and look at the statement made by the Methodist Church.

Bush, Cheney, and Hilary are Methodist as am I. Giuliani is a Catholic and Obama is UCC. Ron Paul, if I remember correctly is a Baptist. Bush is a born-again Christian, a living son of God through Christ! People need to question him about Iraq and keep him accountable and honest.

http://chinatownhawaii.com/methodist.txt
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2007-11-07 05:24:59 · 2 answers · asked by peacenegotiator 3 in Politics

I enlisted into the military back in 1999, my enlistment paperwork says in the comment section "that due to a glich in the system I did not recieve my enlistment bonus." I don't know who I should talk to , because all I've been getting is the run around.

2007-11-07 05:24:31 · 1 answers · asked by pmjen6 1 in Law & Ethics

I just saw a question about immigration (illegals from Mexico vs. Canada) and while I did not agree with the questioner, a young lady's answer was something along the lines of "you are disgusting and I reported you". Since when did we report people for having a different view point? Last time I checked, we have freedom of speech! If someone isn't blatantly violating guidelines, don't report them! I found her comment more of a violation (insulting him) than his simple question which contained no curses, insults, or offensive language. I wonder when reporting people became a substitute for providing an intellegent, well thought out answer to a question that you don't agree with! If you can't handle opposing views, perhaps you should stick to the beauty section answering questions from 14 year olds like "Am I pretty enough to model?" Let's grow up, people!

2007-11-07 05:24:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics