Politics & Government - 12 December 2007

His father apparently gets around $50K per speech (or used to after leaving office); Clinton gets 6 figures. Will Bush be in either one's neighborhood dollar wise?

2007-12-12 08:14:35 · 17 answers · asked by golfer7 5 in Politics

I've been voting for over thirty years and I don't recall an election like this one. I believe the candidates are discussing more real issues than ever before.

2007-12-12 08:12:42 · 4 answers · asked by Zardoz 7 in Politics

2007-12-12 08:12:03 · 2 answers · asked by jorge m 1 in Immigration

2007-12-12 08:11:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

this is just a question for an essay im writing. Why did Italian troops leave Iraq and why are Polish Troops leaving Iraq

2007-12-12 08:10:30 · 4 answers · asked by BlackMan 2 in Military

If this law was put into place where you live what would you do? and what do you think about it?
"No white can go into a black persons park, and no black s can go into a white persons park..."

and /or

whoever prints says or advertises equality between blacks and whites and agrees with intermarriage between races will be sent to prison for up to 6 days and a fine of 500$

(these were back in the 1900's (early))

2007-12-12 08:10:22 · 5 answers · asked by Mimi 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-12-12 08:09:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-12-12 08:09:47 · 6 answers · asked by Beth 1 in Law & Ethics

I just took the FSOT and cant wait to take the interview. I know recently Foreign Service Officers have made an uproar as to being forced to go to Iraq...I wonder how many more officers are needed to be adequately staffed ?

2007-12-12 08:08:51 · 1 answers · asked by Andrew 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

Britain plans to ban the sale of samurai swords because the weapons have been used in a number of serious, high-profile attacks. The Home Office (Britain's Interior Ministry) said on Wednesday the swords would be added to its Offensive Weapons Order from April next year, meaning they could not be imported, sold or hired. However collectors of genuine Japanese swords and those used by martial arts enthusiasts would be exempt from the ban.

Lets see, ban guns, nope violence still happening, in fact went up. Now swords. The stupid just never seems to end.

2007-12-12 08:08:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

This is something my friends and I debate a lot. Carbines are shorter and are for shorter range and smaller spaces like urban combat zones, therefore possibly a better chance for a hit whereas the rifle is longer, more powerful, and most often, a template for a carbine. (e.g. the M1 carbine & the M1 Garand or the M-16 and the M-4 carbine) Also, rifles tend to be more accurate than carbines. I stick by my guns (no pun intended) by saying the rifle is the better of the two choices but all my friends all say the carbine is the way to go for an infantryman. Can a veteran or someone currently serving settle this argument?

2007-12-12 08:07:38 · 19 answers · asked by DeanB 2 in Military

Why do libs care more about the cost and than the "lives" The only argument they have is the money

2007-12-12 08:05:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-12-12 08:05:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

I live in Fairfield CA. The other night me and 9 other friends of mine decided ot play Airsoft in an undeveloped area and 9 cop cars showed up with a K9 unit. We came down the hill and we had Shotties drawn on us. They told us it's illegal in city limits but we can go out to County. Anyone know where County is? Or whats to be considered county limits?

2007-12-12 08:04:42 · 3 answers · asked by XbigmanX 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

Whatever you have done to least of your brothers you have done to me-Christ

Do unto others as you would have done to you-Golden Rule

Screw that we do whatever gives the Bush Administration what it thinks it wants to hear,Genovea Convention and Christian morality be damned!- Hypocritical Bush Apologist

Last night O'reilly was in his comfort/spin zone balming "liberal indignation" for opposition to ineffective and hateful waterboarding? Why all the hypocriosy from a moral Catholic?

2007-12-12 08:03:16 · 17 answers · asked by Zinger! 3 in Politics

I was going home on the late train two nights ago, when I saw some bloke obviously trying to pickpocket a woman standing in the middle of the train.
I was about to shout 'hey' when he was spotted by a large builder-looking fella standing not far away.
He grabbed the pickpocket, who was a skinny runt of a guy - about 30, bit unkempt - and starting beating the living sh1t out of him. Then, what I suspect was his mate, joined in. They kicked the cr4p out of this guy.

The woman poked him with her umbrella, sort of joining in.

Anyway, next stop, they door opens at Queenstown Road and they literally throw this guy onto the platform where he lies in a heap.
Thing is - I'm now thinking, on reflection, shouldn't I have done something? OK - he was a thief, but they nearly(?) killed this guy. Shouldn't I have intervened, or called an ambulance or something.
I know it's stupid, but it's really bugging me.
What would you have done? Did I do the wrong thing to sit on my bum and just look?

2007-12-12 08:02:01 · 20 answers · asked by JZD 7 in Law & Ethics

2007-12-12 08:01:43 · 9 answers · asked by Alice Lockwood 4 in Law & Ethics

When you listen to just about any of the democratic candidates, you will almost certainly hear something like this: "....the failure of the current admininstration", "........the failure of the Bush administration" and similar lines. Don't they realize that the candidate they will be up against after the conventions won't be GEORGE W. BUSH?

2007-12-12 08:01:11 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

My sister was seeing a doctor for her baby blues and moodswings after the birth of my nephew. About two weeks before she ran out of medication she called the doctor to get a refil. She left numerous messages with the receptionist and on the answering service but he never returned her call. She also called in the refils to the pharmacy and they were not able to get ahold of the doctor either. Eventually she ran out of her medications and went on a downward spiral. She ended up having to be hospitalized for her condition. Does she have a legal standpoint to sue the doctor?

2007-12-12 07:59:59 · 5 answers · asked by Jaycee G 1 in Law & Ethics

I'm writing a persuasive speech and need opinions that I can quote.

2007-12-12 07:59:33 · 21 answers · asked by morganvalley2002 1 in Military

he swears that they always play the race card in every presidential election. it must be true, because sean wouldn't lie or exaggerate.

2007-12-12 07:59:26 · 17 answers · asked by tomjohn2 4 in Other - Politics & Government

As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee aggressively pushed for the early release of a convicted rapist despite being warned by numerous women that the convict had sexually assaulted them or their family members, and would likely strike again. The convict went on to rape and murder at least one other woman.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/04/documents-expose-huckabee_n_75362.html

2007-12-12 07:59:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

just been told yest that where i work our pay won't be in our accounts until the 28th Dec, every other year its always been the friday before christmas day but they have just decided to tell everyone that it will be after it, we don't have a union and its a small local company but some ppl are worried sick as they were counting on that pay for christmas dinner/presents etc, we wouldn't of minded if they had made/told this decision in october so we could prepare ourselves, what can we do (legally)?

2007-12-12 07:58:08 · 13 answers · asked by mizzmamma 5 in Law & Ethics

2007-12-12 07:57:31 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2007/12/12/2007-12-12_bill_clinton_to_aid_hillarys_campaign.html

2007-12-12 07:56:42 · 6 answers · asked by Yahoo Answer Angel 6 in Elections

Then why dont those who dont move to a country that has no freedom or democracy?
Why do ones who don't choose to bash the very people who allow us to have freedom of speech?
And why do cry babies report anyone who expresses thier opinion when it doesnt even violate community guidlines onYA?

2007-12-12 07:54:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

and several policies and or events in our economic lives whose cumulative effect may have acted like straws being piled on the backs of americans?

2007-12-12 07:52:36 · 6 answers · asked by ningis n 1 in Politics

You know, in "1984" where the government has torture performed in "The Ministry of Truth?" and the War Department is "The Ministry of Peace" and the slogans are:

WAR IS PEACE

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

and all that jazz?

2007-12-12 07:52:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-12-12 07:50:01 · 9 answers · asked by kunta kinte 1 in Elections

someone told me that since 9/11 the Government is tracking where you get mail delivered? They said that is is part of the open records and you can find out where people have had mail delivered for the past several years? Does anyone have any information on this?

2007-12-12 07:49:01 · 7 answers · asked by weemse 1 in Government