Politics & Government - 13 December 2007

raising taxes on tobacco products to pay for them

2007-12-13 15:36:30 · 4 answers · asked by bobs1107 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-12-13 15:35:31 · 24 answers · asked by T.K. 1 in Military

They can't put everyone in jail, so what would the government do?

Wouldn't this be an ideal way to protest taxes?

2007-12-13 15:33:10 · 9 answers · asked by The Hell With This Constitution 7 in Government

send you to physical therapey ,but it was no better,then went to another doctor to find out you broke the main bone to foot .but i need to know is can you draw workers comp and unemployment,and this happened may 7.2007

2007-12-13 15:31:41 · 2 answers · asked by nastyboysam 1 in Law & Ethics

This is related to my first question. I know what I heard the interrogator say. If that is illegal, whether he said it being sarcastic or serious, it was still said.

2007-12-13 15:29:53 · 2 answers · asked by Sherri E 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-12-13 15:24:07 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Looks like it's over for the ol' Hillster.

2007-12-13 15:23:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

When you tell people that there are innocent people in jail or on death row and some people who are guilty but was found innocent they don't believe you. Although our justice system is pretty reliable there are still gliches. There have been studies showing that between 5 to 10 percent have been wrongly covicted. Even with forensic science there are still mistakes. There are cases that don't even have DNA to work with. People have been released from death row but sometimes they are only found innocent after they were executed. There are people who did the crime walking in the streets. I know these cases are rare but it can happen.

2007-12-13 15:21:10 · 11 answers · asked by nubian princess 2 in Law & Ethics

I am a 27 year old female.

2007-12-13 15:17:47 · 16 answers · asked by Laura P 1 in Military

At the final election why people vote and how electrorals use people's vote.

2007-12-13 15:13:58 · 11 answers · asked by sosol 1 in Elections

2007-12-13 15:11:52 · 5 answers · asked by massy 2 in Elections

I work as a cashier. I have been working there a year and a haft. about 6 months ago my boss's son's Girlfriend started working. Well I have went from 47 to 27 hours a week. And hers have stayed the same. My boss told me She was cutting hours because it was slow. BUT WHY keep that girls hours the same! I complain alot. Because I do alot for my boss. Ive been there when no one has. Heck, I was the only one working on thanksgiving. I have to support 3 people, Pay 350 in bills by the end of this month plus buy christmas. There is no way I can do it if im working 27 hours a week, for 6 in hour. If i got another job, I wouldnt have a paycheck till after Xmas. Im so angry, why cut my hours but not hers? I have been there longer and work better. Some uplifting words can help. I feel like im going crazy. AHHHHHHH...

2007-12-13 15:11:43 · 7 answers · asked by pjnut08 3 in Law & Ethics

2007-12-13 15:09:44 · 11 answers · asked by HT 3 in Law & Ethics

2007-12-13 15:09:05 · 8 answers · asked by Dan S 2 in Other - Politics & Government

recently i had arguments with some of my friends, i believe that is exist, but some of my friends said that, it just some bush political hoax to make people who call "terrorist"(still unclear status) lost their nerves... right now feel blurry by the media.

2007-12-13 15:08:30 · 12 answers · asked by Sienna 2 in Politics

Is there a certain piece of jewelery like a cross, other than a wedding ring than can be worn in uniform that is not considered to be "out of uniform?"

2007-12-13 15:08:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

If the election is based on electoral votes and not the popular votes why should I stand in line to vote. I know it is my freedom to vote but I am not voting for anything. Right? I mean the electoral votes are what counts. Why do we stay up late to watch the votes come in if the popular vote doesn't count. I have never missed a vote in 18 years but after the last election why should I vote at all??

2007-12-13 15:08:00 · 10 answers · asked by sueslangford 2 in Elections

2007-12-13 15:07:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I had a girlfriend in high school. I was a 17 senior, she was a 15 sophomore. we had been dating for a couple of months. on my 18th birthday she gave me my present. best present I've ever gotten? still can't figure it out? we had sex for the first time together. her birthday is EXACTLY 2 weeks after mine, and for her birthday I got her a gift and returned the favor. We continued doing this. We're no longer dating. I still see her around every once in a while, like when I wake up in the morning, eat breakfast, take the kids to school, get home from work, go to bed at night, etc. Point is, I married that girl. Love her with all my heart and our 2 BEAUTIFUL daughters. This is kinda stupid, but if we got divorced tomorrow, could she say something about having sex when I was 18 and she was 15? and Could I get in trouble for it and wind up on the sex offender list or not?

2007-12-13 15:05:53 · 53 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

I posted a question a while ago about double jeapardy which brought up new questionable aspects. I read up on it online and found this on wikipedia to be interesting.

"Double jeopardy is also not implicated for separate offenses or in separate jurisdictions arising from the same act."

The first question involved a case on a tv program called snapped in which a mother kills her daughters ex bf and is release on a technicality and then prosecuted by federal for the same crime.

I hear from people from the first question that they can do that if its not done by the same enity as the first judgement. but that still doesnt make sense. The constitutional law would supercede federal and state and would have to come in effect. She was tried for the same crime in the unitied states which adheres by the constitution even if by different entities of that same government which makes no sense. If the crimes were different like batter and racial crimes but it was the same exact crime.

2007-12-13 15:04:48 · 4 answers · asked by Aintitthetruth 3 in Law & Ethics

This is becoming a "hot" button issue with all the republican candidates and its not a "typical" carrot and stick tactic. This is real and very do-able and would be a far more tangible benefit to the citizens of the USA than the "health-care" or "baby fund" carrots that some politicians have to offer.

2007-12-13 15:02:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

against their knowledge or consent?

again i would like to restate: i am looking for possible consequences

2007-12-13 15:00:27 · 25 answers · asked by Fatticus 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-12-13 15:00:12 · 21 answers · asked by Put on your boxing gloves boys! 4 in Politics

A friend and I were stopped for speeding. Neither one of us had any kind of criminal record or warrant. After checking our liscense, the cops wanted to search our car. After searching, they found drugs. Of course we were taken in. After being interrogated, I asked the interrogator why we were searched in the first place, he said the vehicle that I was driving had been marked. The vehicle was my friends, it was a hummer, we live in a small town, so she is the only one that owns a black hummer. A few weeks earlier, she had an argument with another cop, threatening to file charges against him for illegally coming into her home and searching it. Her son and some friends were underage and drinking at her home while she was out of town and someone alerted them to it. So again, was it legal for a cop to mark or flag a vehicle to be watched by other cops for no reason other than that?

2007-12-13 14:58:24 · 4 answers · asked by Sherri E 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-12-13 14:56:06 · 6 answers · asked by deliilah 2 in Civic Participation

2007-12-13 14:55:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-12-13 14:55:13 · 22 answers · asked by HT 3 in Elections

2007-12-13 14:53:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-12-13 14:53:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Who hijacked the name Republican party.

Southern Democrats were: Christian fundamentalists/evangelicals, war hawks, loved Big US Govt., hated the liberal elite, didn't like the constitution much, & were about as racists as they come.

Kind of sounds an awful lot like today's "Republican Party" doesn't it. I just wish they had the balls to come up with their own orginal name and not tarnish the good Republican name.

2007-12-13 14:52:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics