Politics & Government - 11 December 2007

They have candidates that they endorse that don't know what their staff is doing.

2007-12-11 10:55:45 · 19 answers · asked by R J 7 in Politics

$500.00
$1000.00
$5000.00
$21,000.00

If all workers were to pay equal cuts, what do you think it should be? Right now equal cuts of the bill for each worker is at $21,000.00 annually.

*I would be willing to pay $500.00 a year.

2007-12-11 10:55:43 · 3 answers · asked by vote_usa_first 7 in Politics

and is it even working? lack of attacks dont=security

2007-12-11 10:55:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

This is a three part question that being practice right now in the so called "Free World"
Is it ok for government and law personel to break the law to enforce the law in certain situations ie National Security?
Should people give up some freedom to have more Nationl Security or should people give up more National Security to have more freedom? (Remember 911 and London)
Also do you think public media is the governments tool to divert or distract attention away from the "Truth" of whats going on in the world around us. ie World's resources are being depeleated, civil liberties are being overlook in the name of national security, and were on a collision course to a one world government due to greed. Yet there are many people who reather watch their favorite televison show, complain about Bush and Blair and this whole Iraq deal (We need oil we like our cars and toys) and do nothing about it. Is this due to the media training us to be a polar society or do we really care?

2007-12-11 10:55:08 · 8 answers · asked by Go Vol 2 in Politics

2007-12-11 10:53:39 · 10 answers · asked by MR.LV 1 in Elections

Will this be the ruin of Bush's "Haves and the have more" society.

I can hardly immagine a New England Republican Aristocrat sending their children to a school that had poor people.

2007-12-11 10:53:05 · 6 answers · asked by Guerilla Liberal fighter 3 in Politics

well i need to know what the what each power represents (their is 8 powers) (1.chief of state/ 2.chief executive/ 3.chief diplomat/ 4. cammander and chief/ 5. chief administrator/6. chief legislator/7.chief of party/ and 8.chief citizen)

and i need to know how they have changed in the past 200 years(when the government was constructed)

my e-mail
guitarman48328@yahoo.comn

2007-12-11 10:50:30 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

when we get Osama, would the librals let us water-board him just for the fun of it? or does he also need constitutional rights?

2007-12-11 10:48:25 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-12-11 10:47:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

i met her in the internet, she reached me in a my space site but i'm afraid another kind of thing or dangerous behind her

2007-12-11 10:47:09 · 6 answers · asked by pronto a 1 in Immigration

IRS tax exemption status.

2007-12-11 10:45:25 · 6 answers · asked by Mike 4 in Other - Politics & Government

This is the 21st century for God's sake; shouldn't he (or anyone else who decides that they believe that the war in Iraq is illegal) have ben smart enough to do his homework before he jumped in head first to a commitment that he wasn't ready to abide by?

2007-12-11 10:44:57 · 7 answers · asked by ChildOfGod_1982 2 in Military

It seems like people are voting for Huckabee purely because his religion is the same as theirs. He started doing well when he ran as a "christian leader" in TV ads and in speeches. Obviously Romney can't change his religion, so he explained the place of religion in politics and that his religion wouldn't control him if elected.

Despite that speech Huckabee has continued to surge. Do people in Iowa care more about the personal religion of a candidate than their positions on issues or ability to win the general election?

Romney is much closer to them on every issue, including taxes and immigration and he's running ads in Iowa on immigration now.

What else do you think he can do to retake his lead there? What does he need to say in the debate tomorrow?

2007-12-11 10:44:00 · 7 answers · asked by Tommy 2 in Elections

Tue Dec 11, 2:47 PM ET

TORONTO (Reuters) - A teenager who was said to have clashed with her father about whether she should wear a traditional Muslim head scarf died of injuries late on Monday, and her father told police he had killed her.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071211/wl_canada_nm/canada_crime_hijab_ca_col_1

I have checked the C.A.I.R. website, so far there has been nothing in response to this heinous crime:
http://www.cair.com/Home.aspx

CAIR claims that part of their "mission" is to "protect civil liberties". Hmm...why do you suppose they wouldn't they be among the very FIRST to condem the brutal murder of a Muslim child? Isn't life itself the most important "civil liberty"?

2007-12-11 10:43:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

IRS tax exemption status.

2007-12-11 10:43:42 · 15 answers · asked by Mike 4 in Law & Ethics

What's good will he have to say.The economy is lousy, our soldiers are still being killed. People are losing their homes. Supermarkets prices are up. Gas prices are up. What gives?

2007-12-11 10:43:30 · 8 answers · asked by Sugar 7 in Government

2007-12-11 10:40:21 · 4 answers · asked by RHEAAAA 1 in Military

with all the taxes taken out ud think that would be the most important thing... i presume its because it would hurt companies that sell insurance in some kind of way... but im not sure... can any explain to me why? will it ever change? i think of all the things our taxes pay for ... it should at least pay for health insurance ...

2007-12-11 10:37:50 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I have always wanted to be a liberal while growing up. I've read about martin luther king jr and his achievements. It was one of many accomplishments that liberals have made in the past that has inspired me to become one. Unfortunatly many years have passed since the great dr. martin luther king jr was the face liberalism. Now the fights that are waged by liberals have made me veire away from becoming one. Standpoints like rights and benefits for illegal immigrants. fighting for humain treatment to those who attacked us or planed to harm us. where has the true liberals gone? where are the liberals who have fought for Americans rights in the past to make our country what it is today? where are the liberals who made me want to become one when I was a young boy? As I've gotten older it seems they have disappeared, and the only place you can find one is in a history book. Why is this? why can't liberals of today inspire me and others like me as thev'e done in the past?

2007-12-11 10:37:48 · 17 answers · asked by Tea Party Patriot 6 in Politics

2007-12-11 10:37:39 · 2 answers · asked by Howard C 1 in Government

2007-12-11 10:35:42 · 1 answers · asked by esperar14 3 in Embassies & Consulates

No longer have them?


It seems as if many candidates these days know how to present idea's, but never talk about how to do it.

2007-12-11 10:33:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Time's Joe Klein: So Nancy Pelosi Knew About Waterboarding, So What?
By Ken Shepherd
Created 2007-12-10 11:14

Quickly reacting to the December 9 Washington Post's [1] front page revelation yesterday that some Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew about waterboarding interrogation techniques YEARS ago, Time's Joe Klein sought to silence criticism of Democratic hypocrisy.

Klein's excuse? Democrats were swept up by post-9/11 fear and paranoia [2]:

Now, there is going to be a lot of shouting and breast-beating over this. Republicans will say, "See! See! The Democrats knew all along!" Some of the more extreme elements on the left-wing of the Democratic Party will lapse into their traditional wailing about the Bush-appeasing weakness of their party leaders. But the Washington Post reporters and their sources make clear that these briefings took place in the months after the September 11 attacks. There was fear that we would be attacked again by terrorists, and on a regular basis. Few were thinking clearly about the nature of the threat and how to deal with it. (By the time Harman was briefed, in 2003, people were thinking more clearly--hence her letter of protest.)

So does Klein think that the risk of America being attacked is now extremely remote? If so, what share of credit would he give to President Bush for that fact? Oh wait, that would cut against his persistently negative drumbeat about the Bush presidency and how it has supposedly harmed American security and foreign policy interests in the long-term, particularly in the Middle East.

As much as Klein wishes to dismiss Democratic knowledge of waterboarding as an interrogation technique, hypocrisy and political opportunism IS a huge issue here, particularly given one crucial tid bit the WaPo article disclosed to readers. Politicians briefed about the interrogation techniques wondered if the CIA was being too, how shall we say, polite to detainees (emphasis mine):

Among the techniques described, said two officials present, was waterboarding, a practice that years later would be condemned as torture by Democrats and some Republicans on Capitol Hill. But on that day, no objections were raised. Instead, at least two lawmakers in the room asked the CIA to push harder, two U.S. officials said.

"The briefer was specifically asked if the methods were tough enough," said a U.S. official who witnessed the exchange.

While Klein excuses Pelosi's silence in the aftermath of 9/11, doesn't that suggest that the liberal San Francisco Democrat didn't have the courage of her convictions to "stand up" to President Bush when liberals would argue such leadership was most needed: the aftermath of 9/11? And doesn't that suggest that liberal Democratic haranguing on the issue now is nothing more than a cynical sop to the party's left-wing anti-war base, and a concerted effort to undermine the Bush administration specifically and the war on terror generally?

Apparently not to Joe Klein, who can't be bothered with such questions mucking up his preferred storyline.

2007-12-11 10:32:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

...a comet striking the Earth are about the same...Do NeoCon chickenhawk cowards support a global pre-emptive war against space-roaming comets ?

2007-12-11 10:29:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Or someone you know? Lot's of people come on here telling us UK prisons are "cushy" like a holiday camp. I don't believe a word of it. I know I wouldn't like to be there!

Did the prison experience make you vow to turn over a new leaf?

2007-12-11 10:29:04 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

I think her pastel pantsuits make her look like a clown, she should should dress more business like as she desires to be president. Good president or bad president I think she will look unprofessional and silly. If she wears her yellow number she will be the Chicken -in - Chief.

2007-12-11 10:25:05 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

The final judgement, when Lucifer(the Devil) and Hillary tangle over what benefits / rights those in hell, will have?

2007-12-11 10:23:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I told him Id rather be an Air Force Pararescue Jumper rather than a professional athlete or a male pornstar. Im i crazy???? Opinions pleaze....

2007-12-11 10:21:24 · 10 answers · asked by me yo 2 in Military

Japan, Singapore, England, Wales, Australia, Spain, etc.

All countries with either outright bans or very restrictive access and miniscule homicide/ suicide rates compared to the US.

And mentioning Switzerland isn't an answer to my question - it's just avoidance of it.

2007-12-11 10:20:12 · 20 answers · asked by Dastardly 6 in Politics

rather than frighten them?

Put in perspective, terrorism is a trivial threat to most Americans..

Breaking the bank to fund a phoney war on the other hand, is not.

2007-12-11 10:19:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics