Politics & Government - 22 November 2007

The Philippines have experience unimaginable struggles in the past from the Spanish regime up until now more than any country in the world. And i believe this might be a cause of leadership factor. I'm just hoping, what if Dr. Jose Rizal has somehow manage to become a President, will it matter? Considering his strong leadership characteristics, he might become the greatest president of the Philippines ever. If you happen to be a fun of One Piece animated series, I'm sure you've seen the part where the King of Arabasta kingdom always proclaim, that "the country is its people and not the palace." However, up until now, can we claim One of our formers and current president to be the best? Why?

2007-11-22 20:03:32 · 2 answers · asked by JX Ocampo 1 in Government

2007-11-22 19:55:44 · 3 answers · asked by Morshidi S 1 in Government

2007-11-22 19:53:51 · 6 answers · asked by cponsfor 1 in Immigration

I was born and raised there. In 2001 I married my Canadian girlfriend and moved to Canada with her.
I am a transit bus driver. I was one in the USA too. When I left, my job started at $12.60 per hour (90%) and maxed out 5 years later at $14.00 per hour. Contacting those I left behind say today, 6.5 years later, the starting pay is $12.325 per hour (85%) which is actually LOWER today than it was then, but $14.50 after 5 years. Amazing! $14.00 in 2001 would need $16.52 today according to US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Starting wages are WAY down, and adjusted for inflation, top of scale stinks pretty badly too.
They used to have a half decent medical plan for $20 a week when I was there for a single person. Now it is $30 per week with a bigger deductible and co-pay.
When I moved to Nova Scotia, I got a job as a bus driver. At that time, it took $1.53C to make $1US. Now it takes $0.98C to make $1US. MY healthcare is FREE. My wages are over $19C per hour. I get more

2007-11-22 19:51:47 · 30 answers · asked by Mrs. Tammy Knows Better 2 in Politics

He wants to issue National ID cards, but when Republicans asked him how he would do that without raising taxes and enlarging the government, he said he would put Mastercard and Visa in charge of our national identities and let them print the cards and keep track of us...

Isn't that just brilliant?

2007-11-22 19:39:54 · 9 answers · asked by rabble rouser 6 in Politics

Where I live, there is a building that used to be a former school. I'm not sure what its used for now....but it's no longer a school (and is common knowledge in this small town of 20,000)

Anyway, the streets along side it are still marked 15mph. I noticed while everyone was pretty good about abiding by other school zone speed limits, NO one bothered to slow down from 30 to 15mph by this building.

The other day I saw a person pulled over, and I'm guessing it was probably because they were going the regular speed (30) in the posted 15mph but I'm not sure on that.

Is it still legal to have this street marked as 15mph school zone (it's a busy main artery) even tho the building is no longer used as a school? Just curious, thanks!

2007-11-22 19:30:41 · 5 answers · asked by Onyx Ninja 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

Choose up to 7 & why
Mr choices are, in no particular order

AC130U Gunship - excellant for for blowing sh*t up at night
A10 Warthog - a whole sh*tload of attitude
A1 Sandy - great weapons platform
F4 Phantom- great weapons platform, but faster
P51D Mustang - a great fighter/bomber escort (Merlin engine)
Supermarine Spitfire - although short range a fantastic fighter
Bristol Beaufighter - whispering death - the japanese hated this aircraft in the Pacific

2007-11-22 19:09:11 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

The Associated Press recently reported on a growing problem facing the Department Homeland Security, i.e. where to send all those people who have been ordered removed from the United States:


“China is refusing to take back an estimated 39,000 citizens who have been denied immigration to the United States and have clogged detention centers at federal expense, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said yesterday…. Currently, 687 Chinese are being held in federal detention facilities, at a daily rate of $95 each, while some 38,000 have been released on bond or under a monitoring program, such as wearing an electronic surveillance bracelet, the Homeland Security Department said later yesterday. Illegal immigrants can be held for 180 days before they are released.
Chertoff also said Homeland Security would open detention facilities in the next few weeks to house entire families of illegal immigrants who hope to bring their children along in order to avoid jail time. “It’ll be humane, but we’re not going to let people get away with this,” he said.
Chertoff’s remarks come as the Homeland Security Department aims to end its “catch and release” immigration policy by Oct. 1. After that date, all illegal immigrants will be held in U.S. detention centers until they can be returned to their nation of citizenry.”

2007-11-22 19:04:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Needing to obtain the suspect's signature seems to be a key area where the encounter is just more likely to deteriorate. Would it be a better idea to change the law to allow the dashcam to substantiate proper serving of the summons?

2007-11-22 18:56:38 · 2 answers · asked by knoodelhed 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

If you're 16 and your boyfriend is 18 and you're both in South Dakota, you're fine. But if you go to North Dakota, he could be arrested. This stuff makes no sense!

2007-11-22 18:53:05 · 5 answers · asked by foru0810 3 in Law & Ethics

The constant pressure from the President, the press, and immigration lobbying groups has finally forced the Senate to make some minor progress on the immigration . Though some of the prospects look promising it is important to keep one thing in mind: nothing is definite until it is signed into law. For now, the only thing that we know for sure is that the Senate is determined to build a giant wall along the border between the United States and Mexico. I’m not sure what this is supposed to accomplish though. Right now the border is a venerable death trap as it is with a survival rate so low that you would think it would be enough to deter most people from trying to sneak across the border. So why build a wall? Between the harsh reality of the unforgiving desert, the armed guards, and the untold other dangers that lie on the path between the United States and Mexico, if so many people are willing to face these dangers now, I am a little skeptical about the efficacy of a big wall

2007-11-22 18:52:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

There is a scene in a video on his site, where she is explaining why people should support him and it made me wish she was running...
http://www.barackobama.com/tv/?bclid=900480414&bctid=1317865535
I think she could be his best asset in this election.

What do you think of her?

2007-11-22 18:51:05 · 5 answers · asked by rabble rouser 6 in Elections

I want to send 20$ from turkey to my friend in usa on his birthday. Will he be able to recieve the amount if i send it together with birthday card by post. Also will it be counted in money laundering?

2007-11-22 18:47:04 · 1 answers · asked by Alex Mahone 3 in Law & Ethics

2007-11-22 18:46:58 · 17 answers · asked by ★ Vaginal Discount ★ 4 in Other - Politics & Government

San Fran approves ID cards for illegal immigrants
We've been talking a lot lately about driver's licenses and other forms of identification for illegal immigrants.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has tentatively approved a measure allowing municipal identification cards for all - including illegal immigrants. Of course, this surprises few people. San Fran is proud of its place as a sanctuary city for the undocumented. According to the New York Times, the city would become the largest in the nation to provide ID cards to anyone who asks for it.

From The Times story:

In San Francisco, supporters said that the ordinance was intended to make life easier for the large number of illegal immigrants working in the city, many of whom cannot get access to services because they have no formal identification. The city already has a "sanctuary" policy forbidding local law enforcement or other officials to assist with immigration enforcement.

"I think it's admitting the reality of the situation that we depend on, our tourist and hotel industry depends on, a labor force that's supplied by, for lack of a better term, undocumented residents," said Tom Ammiano, the supervisor who sponsored the bill. Mr. Ammiano described the measure as "a passport of sorts," to "take the kid to the library or open a bank account, or report a crime without being deported."

2007-11-22 18:43:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

"For the year 2007-08, I propose to step up the provision for the AIDS control programme to Rs.969 crore."

this is what finance minister of India announced during his budget speech, can somebody explain,

what happen to that budget allocation?

who and how that money is going to spend ?

2007-11-22 18:41:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

He managed to get Governor Davis recalled because of an $8billion State debt.
He promised to fix that. When he didn't, he promised that passing $50billion in bond issues ($100billion to pay off) would fix everything.
California still has a debt of over $8billion and growing plus the obligation to pay $100billion against his bonds, and budgets are still being slashed.
Who got the money?
You'd think California would have learned after the first fiasco with an actor that they don't know what they are doing.
Where is all the bond-issue money?????

2007-11-22 18:41:14 · 4 answers · asked by ? 5 in Law & Ethics

Okay, what is the Navy's role in the Persian Gulf? What are the sailors doing there? How safe is it there? If you are going off to the Navy would you be deployed there your first term if you are storekeeper? If so, how long will you be deployed? Six to nine months, perhaps? Is the US Navy getting more involved with the War on Terrorism?

2007-11-22 18:37:42 · 12 answers · asked by Moe W 2 in Military

2007-11-22 18:31:44 · 13 answers · asked by moderation 2 in Politics

Here's my situation- I have owned my current, brand new vehicle for 4 months. I got rear-ended on Nov. 6, and the guy's insurance company is from North Carolina. I'm in Arkansas. The insurance company says that they don't pay for the decreased value of a damaged vehicle in that state. They also want to send me a check to cover the repair bill instead of directly paying the shop who will fix my car. This check won't even come close to covering the cost, all they are going off of is a visual inspection with pictures that a guy took. And they won't send this small check until I sign a release stating that I release them from all future claims. I told the guy he was crazy and I wasn't signing anything until I found out exactly how much it would be to fix it. He said that is just the way they do it in North Carolina. Well, I was hit in the state of Arkansas, and I also live in the state of Arkansas. Don't they have to go by the laws of Arkansas? It's not my fault the guy is from NC.

2007-11-22 18:28:19 · 6 answers · asked by *~HoNeYBeE~* 5 in Law & Ethics

sometimes my mom works 7 in the morning till 3 in the midnight and everyday she will work 4 in the afternoon till 7 in the morning and she gets paid 16 dollers an hour and she told me working to much hours is illegal and im wondering why?

2007-11-22 18:23:42 · 3 answers · asked by claudia g 1 in Law & Ethics

He is. He did not accede to Kyoto talks and only does it in the name of Industrial progress. Bu...it

2007-11-22 18:22:30 · 10 answers · asked by Fauzi A 1 in Politics

2007-11-22 18:17:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

2007-11-22 18:15:42 · 6 answers · asked by Unoptrid1aq 4 in Other - Politics & Government

Ok here is the skinny as of late I have pretty much been self classifying myself as "governments toilet paper" the reason I say that is because it seems that every fricking government office as of late, have been either putting me on the back burner, throwing excuses at me to avoid me. So is there a way to get diplomatic immuntiy this way the government woulld leave me the hell alone

2007-11-22 18:13:39 · 5 answers · asked by bigjoev1982 3 in Law & Ethics

And will this continue?

2007-11-22 18:12:28 · 12 answers · asked by Jason N 2 in Politics

2007-11-22 18:11:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

this year my family and I were thankfull for the illegals who picked our fruits and vegis that filled our table and stomaches. we were also thankful for the turkey that was raised and slaughtered by illegals.

what were you thankfull for?

2007-11-22 18:10:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

All you have to do is tell them they will be attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger . It works the same way in any country."
Life repeats itself every time .
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.asp
http://www.rollye.net/copy.html

2007-11-22 18:01:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-11-22 17:52:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics