Politics & Government - 10 December 2007

It's not the first time the Bible God has done it. He's done it and he's ordered his followers to do it as well.
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/children.html
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Dr. Park Dietz said Deanna Laney believed God ordered her to kill her children last Mother’s Day weekend. “She struggled over whether to obey God or to selfishly keep her children,” Dietz testified.

Laney, a 39-year-old stay-at-home mother who homeschooled her children, has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to charges of capital murder and serious injury to a child in the deaths of 8-year-old Joshua and 6-year-old Luke and severe injury to then-14-month-old Aaron.

Dietz said that Laney, who is deeply religious, had a series of delusions on the day of the killings. He said she saw Aaron with a spear, then throwing a rock, then squeezing a frog and believed God was suggesting she should either stab, stone or strangle her children.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4625603/

2007-12-10 03:37:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-12-10 03:37:08 · 26 answers · asked by Locutus1of1 5 in Politics

ohh lets see,,,,,,,,,,,,,they too have oil and rain forest rich in mineral wealth.........so americans are only intrested in human rights of countires with oil iraq, iran and mynamar,,,,,,,,what about the rights of native indians which the u.s has been vetoing since the U.N was formed?

2007-12-10 03:37:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

im not really sure i trust him yet..... somethings fishy about him..

im also sick of oprah thinking that we all care what she thinks.... i think it should be private.

2007-12-10 03:36:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

What can we -citizens of U.S and also other countries - do to change the belligerent and domineering policies of U.S to make it a friend and well-wisher of all the countries of the World ?

2007-12-10 03:33:47 · 8 answers · asked by Chidambarank R 2 in Other - Politics & Government

Still manage to find a job in the US? Wouldn't kicking them all out create a HUGE void?

2007-12-10 03:33:15 · 12 answers · asked by delina_m 6 in Immigration

What is Camp Liberty, IRAQ like?
My husband is currently over there & I miss him terribly.

Can anybody give me insight what its like there in particular for the soldiers?

*PLEASE answer this respectfully & seriously

2007-12-10 03:32:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-12-10 03:31:36 · 10 answers · asked by akssalam 1 in Politics

All the polls show Obama trouncing the Republican candidates in a general election by much wider margins than Hillary would.

All they seem to see is color when they look at him.

2007-12-10 03:30:42 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Charities know that aid is being skimmed off the top but say if SOME aid gets through it's better then nothing at all.

2007-12-10 03:29:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-12-10 03:28:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Civic Participation

I recently heard this as a suggestion from a prominate Psychiatrist.

Let's face it, Reagan would have been suffering from the early stages of alzheimers at some time in his presidency; Clinton from some obsessive compulsive behavior; George W. from some form of alcohol induced mental deficiencies, perhaps.

In many professions or positions containing a high level of stress demands upon the person performing their duties, psychological testing is routine.

Why not for the most important office in the land!

2007-12-10 03:28:47 · 11 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5 in Politics

I'm in my early 20's and I keep hearing that there will not be any social security for my generation when we get old.

Why is this?

I'm busting my butt and paying into this and I won't even get anything when I get older. How does that work?!
Hopefully the government can come up with something to help my generation.

2007-12-10 03:28:16 · 4 answers · asked by Let's go Red Sox! 4 in Government

2007-12-10 03:26:15 · 3 answers · asked by jellybean'smom 2 in Government

2007-12-10 03:25:12 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-12-10 03:24:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Last year there was this mangy looking dog in my front yard. Every time I tried to go out my front door, the dog would growl at me. I called the police. I was told, by the Chief, that they only take care of stray dogs on Thursdays. Since it was Monday, I said "so what should I do, stay home from work until Thursday?" (I bet my boss never heard THAT one before)

He replied "Well no, maybe feed it so it doesn't try to harm you."

Gee, thanks alot. Did you go to officers training to get that logic?

About a year later there is this little Taco Bell type mutt in my yard. I know who owns it but they have a restraining order on me (another unfair story but we'll save that for another time) so I call the police to come and get the ratty thing. The police officer tells me that I will have to catch it because she is allergic to dogs!

And then what should I do with it, besides, of course feed it.

2007-12-10 03:23:28 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-12-10 03:23:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

"The manner in which the Americans relate to the intelligence report on Iran is similar to the way in which they viewed those reports they received during the Holocaust on railways transporting hundreds of thousands of Jews to their death at Auschwitz," Minister Yitzhak Cohen of Shas said during a security cabinet meeting Sunday morning on the Iranian nuclear issue.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3480595,00.html

First of all, to compare Iran's muscle flexing with the attrocities at Auschwitz is senseless. Secondly, why is this America's problem?

If Israel has a problem with Iran, shouldn't they handle it, since both countries are in the same hemisphere? Why not ask the European Union to help out? Or Russia or China?

Why the US? Don't we already support Israel enough? Otherwise what is the $3 billion in aid per year for? Another Starbucks in Jerusalem?

2007-12-10 03:22:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-12-10 03:22:03 · 8 answers · asked by piyu 1 in Other - Politics & Government

Why do Dems coddle criminals and do little to protect innocent citizens?

Don't Dems care about victims?

2007-12-10 03:21:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Enhancing judicial discretion to reduce the disparity between sentences for crack and cocaine powder.

What do you think about this decision by a conservative Supreme Court?

2007-12-10 03:20:04 · 12 answers · asked by wooper 5 in Politics

Combine that with the NIE and it looks like no attack on Iran for many years to come!

2007-12-10 03:17:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Anybody else recognize the inherent problem here? THAT is not a god of goodness or benevolence. It is a god of revenge.
And does anything else other than something of pure goodness and benevolence warrant worship?

2007-12-10 03:12:27 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s1odqQTKyU

Do you think Mr. President Bush is kinda cute looking?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-oMlBSiX3g&feature=related

2007-12-10 03:12:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Is it a lack of patriotism, or maybe they realised it was just another unnecessary war.

Bill Clinton included :)

2007-12-10 03:12:08 · 14 answers · asked by . 5 in Politics

2007-12-10 03:11:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

I don't think so, at all. If not, wouldn't African American folks still be 3/5's of a person?

2007-12-10 03:11:07 · 4 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5 in Politics

The Letter

Dear Chairman Conyers

I am writing in support of H. Res. 799, the Articles of Impeachment which were referred to the committee relative to the Impeachment of the Vice President of the United States of America.

Recent reports indicate that the Vice President is attempting to shape the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran to conform to his misperceptions about the threat Iran actually poses. Much like his deceptive efforts in the lead up to the Iraq war, the Vice President appears to be manipulating intelligence to conform to his beliefs.

If the reports are true, they add additional weight to the case for impeachment. I believe impeachment remains the only tool Congress has to prevent a war in Iran. This information relates directly to the Article III charges in the resolution. I urge your timely consideration.

Sincerely,
/s/
Dennis J. Kucinich
Member of Congress

2007-12-10 03:10:39 · 2 answers · asked by Enigma 6 in Politics

Doesn't it seem to you?...lately more and more people are being killed by guns, like the kid that opened fire at the mall last week and now in Colorado. How can we control this "gun business", who is providing these children these guns?! Who is to blame?! Why have all these shootings done by teenagers that have a history of depression?
Think about it, is antidepressant drugs to blame?
What do you think of this? : http://www.newstarget.com/022330.html (please read!)
Psychiatric drugs studies: http://cchr.org/index/5276/6939/9409/

Parents, it's very important you read these links above!
http://cchr.org/index/5276/19459/7754/

2007-12-10 03:10:21 · 9 answers · asked by Sabine 6 in Law & Ethics