Politics & Government - 9 November 2007

2007-11-09 11:11:50 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

British and west divided and ruled over what was once only one Nation. Should they all become one nation and prosper?

2007-11-09 11:11:04 · 15 answers · asked by Raju 2 in Government

I hate pres. bush. has he done anything good for us?

2007-11-09 11:08:21 · 14 answers · asked by joshuclark 2 in Government

I live in Ohio, and i know someone who is going to bars the same night of the week. He gets plastered drunk and drives home. The same road etc everytime. Should I report him to the police?

2007-11-09 11:06:45 · 6 answers · asked by a_real_man3 1 in Law & Ethics

To Clarify, I see gas stations, Liquor stores, clothes stores, restaurants, even big companies, that are owned by people who are immigrants. I went into a Chinese owned store yesterday, I asked him a question and he didn't speak any English!!! NONE. I asked an English speaking cousin of his who the owner and manager is and he pointed to the non English speaker! I have nothing against this, I'm just wondering. I've inquired about immigration to Europe and new Zealand and found that English is required for permanent residency. Which brings me to the question, do new immigrants get perks that the average American does not? Or do they just pull their recourses together? Anyone have information on this topic?

2007-11-09 11:05:37 · 13 answers · asked by Shane W 2 in Immigration

Should Rush Lay Off Hillary?

CALLER: Thanks, Rush. Rush, I'm a conservative and I want a Republican to be elected president in 2008. So I think you shouldn't be attacking Hillary Clinton quite so much, because if you continue to do this, she'll probably end up losing the Democratic nomination for president, then the Democrats will be able to run a more electable candidate for president, like Edwards or Obama, and that's bad news for Republicans. So please, Rush, please lay off Hillary a little bit.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_110807/content/01125113.guest.html

2007-11-09 11:04:19 · 26 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

2007-11-09 11:03:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Political parties are made up of a coaliton of people who share similar interest. Since this is the case, I think it would be ridiculous to vote for somone from a party that does not share your interests. If they belived as you do, they would have joined the same team as you.

2007-11-09 11:02:01 · 10 answers · asked by MellowYellow84 2 in Elections

http://www.knbc.com/news/14551575/detail.html?dl=headlineclick

LOS ANGELES -- A plan by the LAPD counterterrorism bureau to create a map detailing the Muslim communities in that city was reported Friday to be angering civil rights groups.

At least three major Muslim groups and the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter yesterday to top city officials raising concerns about the plan, The New York Times reported.

2007-11-09 10:59:58 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-11-09 10:58:12 · 6 answers · asked by R J 7 in Elections

alady in my county was in jail she was beaten by an inmate.the jail told her they would let her out her boyfriend carried to the hospital.the bill was 70.000.dollars'they sent the bill to her dad.they put her back in jail .has anyone hear of this before?

2007-11-09 10:57:51 · 3 answers · asked by grayladygranny 3 in Law & Ethics

If a Colonel in the Army is put under arrest for murder/attempted murder (in another state) - does he stand trial where the crimes are committed, or does he get shipped back to his post to stand a military trial? (I am writing a story - need it to be believeable)

2007-11-09 10:57:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

my mother 79 years old is being bumped up to 40 dollars a month by her prescription carrier. does the VA cover spouses of veterans of that long ago?

2007-11-09 10:55:30 · 3 answers · asked by dan b 1 in Military

2007-11-09 10:54:31 · 6 answers · asked by . 5 in Politics

Is the a return to her power grabbing of the '90s that violated so many peoples civil rights?

2007-11-09 10:46:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

(in terms of a presidential candidate etc.)

2007-11-09 10:45:47 · 4 answers · asked by BarryBadrinath 2 in Elections

Hello
I was arrested on a minor charge which is Disorderly Conduct. The office stated Iam placing you under arrest for "Disorderedly Conduct then hand cuffed me and placed me in his squad and took me to the station. He printed me I posted $300 dollars bail and was released. My rights were also were not read to me in the station.

I realize each day we are losing our rights by stupid law makers on the bench passing new laws to take from us, but do they have to read me my rights if they tell me and place me under arrest?

Thanks for reading

2007-11-09 10:42:50 · 11 answers · asked by gooshyemail 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

i just got discharged, i have taken 4 pulmonary tests that where not in my medical records that where sent to MEPS and have a note from my doctor saying that i have no diagnosis of asthma is there any way i can get a waiver? I have not been to basic yet

2007-11-09 10:40:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

This is a friend of President Bush. Bush supports the President of Pakistan. Didn't Saddam do the same thing?

2007-11-09 10:39:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-11-09 10:38:50 · 6 answers · asked by Choco 3 in Politics

2007-11-09 10:38:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-11-09 10:37:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Ive always wanted to join the military and im 16. My mother says im not allowed to b/c i take ritalin, is this true?

2007-11-09 10:37:04 · 8 answers · asked by rufftuff187 2 in Military

“We have turned out the lights in the studio,” NBC’s Bob Costas told viewers of Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game, “to kick off a week that will include more than 150 hours of programming designed to raise awareness about environmental issues.” Discerning viewers with eyes keen enough to pierce the sanctimonious glare of Costas’s candlelit silhouette may have noticed that the stadium’s klieg lights still shone brightly.

On a typical game day, a large football stadium burns about 65,000 kilowatt hours of electricity and 35,000 cubic feet of natural gas. The cars driving to the game spew about 200 metric tons of CO2 (and that assumes nobody’s driving SUVs or RVs, which is like assuming tailgaters are eating only sushi). There’s also the electricity used to broadcast the game and to watch it. But thank goodness Costas turned off the studio lights for a minute or two.

NBC’s “Green Week” continued apace (well after this writing). Morbidly obese contestants on The Biggest Loser lugged piles of recyclable cans up ramps and into enormous collection bins. Of course, the cans were delivered to the stunt by diesel truck. So a lot of energy — and sweat! — that could have been used toward fermenting homebrew tofu, or whatever energy is supposed to be used for, was wasted on viewer schadenfreude. The winners of the challenge each received a hybrid SUV. Alas, one of the winners didn’t own a car to begin with, so the net result was one more car on the road and a little more CO2 in the air.

On Days of Our Lives, a fictional couple had a fictionally “green” wedding.

The cast of The Today Show burned massive amounts of jet fuel sending its hosts to the corners of the globe, leaving a “carbon footprint” larger than those left near the recycle bin on The Biggest Loser.

I could go on, but you’ve seen the tyranny of Green even if you’ve never turned on NBC. Green is everywhere. Every magazine feels compelled to sell some sliced tree-meat in a special “green issue,” but they feel so guilty about it, they ditch their glossy paper for pulp that gives it the feel of a hemp-commune newsletter that doubles as sustainable toilet paper. Food magazines have replaced “delicious” with “sustainable” as the highest praise. “Green is the new black” according to fashion writers who at least think certain cliches never go out of style.

Now, the predictable response to my caterwauling is that I just don’t get it. Of course, Bob Costas’s Dickensian studio lighting is just so much symbolism. But, they respond, NBC is “raising consciousness” and promoting “awareness.” We’ve heard this tone before, perhaps starting in high school, when we were told, “If we all work together, we can make this the best yearbook ever!”

And that’s why, on top of all the other reasons, Green Week — and the Green Millennium it hopes to usher in — is so annoying. It plays us all for suckers. First of all, you have enormously rich people at fantastically wealthy corporations seeking grace on the cheap with a few symbolic gestures that come at absolutely no cost, and often considerable profit.

You do know that the parent company of NBC is General Electric, right? You do know that for GE, green is first and foremost the color of money, right? As Tim Carney explains in vivid detail in his wonderful book, The Big Ripoff, GE’s “ecomagination” campaign is simultaneously a way to brand itself as a “progressive” company and a means of shaking the money tree — the most sustainable planting of them all — growing in Congress’ backyard.

When the global company launched the ecomagination campaign, guess where it held the launch party? Its D.C. lobbying office, of course.

While sipping from wine made at a solar-powered winery, the head of GE, Jeffrey Immelt, proclaimed, “Industry cannot solve the problems of the world alone. We need to work in concert with government.” Translation: The King Kong of the corporate world needs tax breaks, subsidies and favorable regulations in order to make green technology profitable. Indeed, GE has nearly cornered the market on the solar panels necessary to implement Kyoto-style reforms. Global warming hysteria is good for its bottom line.

Liberals and environmentalists love to whine about special breaks for corporations, and they work themselves into paroxysms of paranoia about how big corporations propagandize against action on climate change. The reality is exactly the opposite. GE, DuPont, British Petroleum, and countless other big corporations routinely propagandize in the other direction, largely to win governmental support they don’t need. But so long as environmentalists approve of the message, they’ve got no problem whatsoever with the messengers.

For GE and Bob Costas alike, Kermit the Frog was a liar; it is easy being green.

2007-11-09 10:36:52 · 6 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2 in Politics

Im 16, 5'7, about 140-150lbs. I work out alot, and I practice fighting on my own. I livein an envoirment where avoiding conflict is almost impossible, and its like that in school. I get into fights alot, and I was wondering I can become better. What type of punches should I use? What kind of trianing? Im not looking for a class to join, im not looking to win a medal in sportsman ship im looking to survive. So if you have any important information on street fighting, punchings tactics, how to train at home without all this equipment please tell me. Any website will do fine. Thanks...

2007-11-09 10:33:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

If Kosovo deserves to be independant so does Northern Spain, the land of the Basques, North Ireland, Darfur, Aserbaidshan, Tibet and many others (including Texas!). Why the double standard also of the government of the US?

2007-11-09 10:31:26 · 10 answers · asked by defender 5 in Government

If I knew people were killing other people in the name of my religion I would be the the first one there to oppose them...Now I don't want any haten going on I just want a decent conversation and answers here....

2007-11-09 10:30:25 · 15 answers · asked by diva102288 4 in Politics

In the last few minutes, a poster asked whether the dems, and leftists were using "Bushbashing" as a smokescreen. I attempted to answer that question, and before I was finnished, it was removed. Without one word of profanity, malice, vulgarity, intimidation, condesention, or even sarchasm, I was erased. Any thoughts?

2007-11-09 10:27:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-11-09 10:26:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-11-09 10:26:01 · 7 answers · asked by Not of This World Returns 3 in Government