Politics & Government - 14 December 2007

is one of them painting everyone who supports anything they disagree with as belonging to one group? and is the other to say that those who disagree with you must be agents of some external enemy?

http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=britt_23_2

2007-12-14 10:38:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

when voting for presidents, does the popular vote even matter at all? the electoral college votes, and like the election of al gore vs. george w. bush, the popular vote was for gore and the the electoral collge voted for bush. bush won.
so, my question is: if you vote for president, does it even matter?
or is is just better to vote for local government? if you vote for mayors and such, they vote for senetors and governors, so you would want to start at the bottom with people who share your beiefs, right?

2007-12-14 10:38:22 · 4 answers · asked by Jaycie 3 in Elections

should they continue to claim there over inflated salaries and allowances now that they are rubber stamp jobbers? Do you think that they are more suited to this, in which case should they be on the minimum wage?

2007-12-14 10:37:06 · 20 answers · asked by Beau Brummell 6 in Government

I'm on a six months visit in the US, and I need to extend my visit for another six months, What's required to extend my visa and how long does it take? Thanks to all serious answerers.

2007-12-14 10:36:59 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2007-12-14 10:36:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Sharpton first gained national attention in 1987 when he supported Tawana Brawley, a 15-year-old black girl, who claimed she was gang raped by 6 white men, some of them cops, in the village of Wappingers Falls, New York. She fabricated the whole story, but Sharpton supported her till the end of the case. And he has never apologized for his involvment in the case. That was the beginning of his career, & hopefully this will be the end.

Rev. Al Sharpton is at the center of a federal investigation. The FBI & IRS want Sharpton's financial records dating back to 2001. The agencies' officials say they want to know whether Sharpton incorrectly stated the amount of money he raised during his 2004 presidential campaign. Officials are specifically investigating whether he fudged the figures in order to illegally obtain federal matching funds. Federal officials are also investigating claims of tax fraud, including whether Sharpton mixed funds from his non-profit group, National Action Network, with several of his "for-profit" ventures. As many as 10 of Sharpton's friends & employees have been subpoenaed; however Sharpton has not.

2007-12-14 10:26:37 · 10 answers · asked by James 3 in Politics

I'm going to ship out for basic training next month so I'm packing up right now. Can I bring any of the following items? My recruiter never gave me a list of things to get so I'm going by websites.

Cough Drops
Envelopes
Stamps
Pens, Sharpies, Mechanical Pencils, & Pencils
College Ruled Paper
Composition Notebooks
Memo Books

That's about it so far for what I'm asking.

2007-12-14 10:25:48 · 9 answers · asked by karmagfaqs 3 in Military

the voters have said no to the city each time, don't the city council represent us ?
how much money are they spending on something we do not want to pay for ?

2007-12-14 10:23:26 · 2 answers · asked by rcbean1 1 in Civic Participation

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071214/ts_alt_afp/unwarmingclimateusbritainnewyork

2007-12-14 10:22:36 · 10 answers · asked by ron j 1 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-12-14 10:22:19 · 16 answers · asked by bodie 3 in Politics

2007-12-14 10:20:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Simply round up all the nuts that buy into this "Global Warming" nonsense and blast them off to Mars -- that planet isn't going to need to worry about Global Warming anytime soon.

As an extra benefit to this plan, the United States will again become productive with hard working people striving to better their lifes, living the American Dream (Capitalism). Terrorists will be erraticated (automatic death penalty), taxes will go DOWN (since we're disposing of the slime via death penalty, there is no need to fund waste-of-space prisons) and life on Earth will drastically improve.

I can't see any flaws? We may get lucky and most of the space craft units will get lost on the way to Mars -- that way we wouldn't have to hear extraterrestrial communications moaning about "Global Colding"

2007-12-14 10:20:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Is it that a man with opinions is an easier target than the proven facts about Global Warming? If not then why are some people so afraid to face the hard facts of Global Warming?

2007-12-14 10:19:44 · 17 answers · asked by James E Lewis AKA choteau 7 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-12-14 10:17:28 · 2 answers · asked by jolofa36 1 in Embassies & Consulates

2007-12-14 10:17:07 · 4 answers · asked by MWAHXXX 2 in Law & Ethics

The state dept. states that Halburton can not be held accountable for what happens in Iraq because they are not held under either Iraqi nor American laws.

Her name is: Jamie Leigh Jones...they drugged her, violently raped her and then forbid her to use the phone or press charges after she went to the clinic and had a rape kit performed. THEN she was LOCKED into a cell! This is an American woman who was trying to make something of her life. It wasn't until a sympathetic guard let her use his cell phone and where she called her parents and told them what had happened that she was actually freed after her Dad's intervention.

The rape kit came back positive, but the Dr. for a short period of time "Misplaced" the kit because, "there are so many rapes of American woman in Iraq that they would have a hard time finding the rape kit."

http://pushingrope.blogspot.com/2007/12/jennifer-leigh-jones.html

2007-12-14 10:16:32 · 17 answers · asked by Fedup Veteran 6 in Politics

Britain has now overtaken America as the biggest donor to the world bank.Great! if you can afford it. But if we can afford it, why cant we afford to increase the budget, say,for Wales. and so make life better for poor people there? As the Welsh assembly have in real terms taken a cut in their budget. Or even give the Police a decent wage?

2007-12-14 10:12:10 · 5 answers · asked by trish 5 in Other - Politics & Government

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFsaGv6cefw

I think I have a headache, are those people telling the truth??? Or its just propaganda especially the GI house thingy, coz if I go out I want to have somewhere to live, then how come 200,000 veterans are homeless??? Please tell me the truth

2007-12-14 10:08:19 · 14 answers · asked by Cynical_beyond_belief 3 in Military

its controlled by meds

2007-12-14 10:05:16 · 6 answers · asked by Aqua-Man 2 in Military

2007-12-14 10:01:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

the wind is a changing and the people are a stirring. have we taken as much as we can stomach or are we just gonna roll over like dogs. We were once a nation of fighters but now we just take the crap for an easyier life. we need to take the streets back from the chavs and tell the goverment what they should be doing for us, not the other way round. tell yourself. " I'M AS MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE." maybe once again we can be proud as a country.

2007-12-14 10:01:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

It cannot be to alleviate world poverty because it has been shown that mass migration does not alleviate world poverty.

http://www.migrationwatch.org/

2007-12-14 10:00:45 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

none----------iraq, an enemy who we helped arm in the 1980's, had no terrorist attacks until bushs war. now we can't pour money in there fast enough.

2007-12-14 10:00:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

As its a huge drain on taxpayers money and waste on time and energy to let humans rot in a concrete building.....whats the most effective way to punish and educate at the same time...

2007-12-14 09:59:35 · 13 answers · asked by eaglekiwi_13 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

It seems to me like conservatives are very scared right now. They resort to silly, anti-humanist expressions so often that it just makes them bankrupt. Example: Jonah Goldberg saying we should "Give War a Chance": http://www.neoflux.com/archive/data/2001/1009-102400.shtml

Isn't this just frightened insanity? Why do the conservatives have to defend the status quo and the current system so vociferously? Was there really a possibility of getting rid of war that needed a defense of it?

My point is this: How afraid are conservatives that they have to defend inhuman, brutal, and violent practices? Whether peace or war is appropriate, I'd rather have my goal as world peace than "giving war a chance." That's cowardly.

Here's my criteria for who I'll give best answer to:
1. I'll give the best answer to anyone that disagrees with me in a reasonable way.
2. If no one does, best answer goes to the person who agrees with me the most reasonable way.
3. whoever mentions Bush most.

2007-12-14 09:51:57 · 31 answers · asked by C.S. 5 in Politics

2007-12-14 09:49:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anthony 1 in Military

My school was recently targeted in a mass shooting, and luckily the gunman crashed his car. I don't want to make any chances. Where can I find dragonskin armor? Thanks, your answers are always appreciated!

2007-12-14 09:44:20 · 7 answers · asked by Lucifer Sam 5 in Military

the democractic candidates take the gloves off in the 2008 elections. Republicans (with the media's duplicity) always get to come off like they are the tough ones. The arguments often make no sense - but they are tough. Then the democrats like Kerry (sigh) come off with a good argument but bring it like an intellectual wimp. Who wants to see a democratic woop a** candidate? Who do you think that person is? I think Obama, personally. What do you think?

2007-12-14 09:43:34 · 18 answers · asked by BoogyBoo 5 in Elections

While a U.S. senator for New York, Martin Van Buren created the first national campaign organization in support of Jackson's candidacy by


a. hosting the first party convention in New York City.

b.orchestrating state and local politicians, supervising a national newspaper campaign, and sponsoring meetings of voters to maintain public support.


c.downplaying the interests of state and local party officials; instead, devoting the party's efforts strictly to the national campaign for the presidency.

2007-12-14 09:42:54 · 1 answers · asked by confused 1 in Politics

2007-12-14 09:42:49 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics