Politics & Government - 19 December 2007

my teacher, who is a retired cop told me that if you run a red light and your face is unclear or not shown, they cant give you a ticket.. is this true?

2007-12-19 15:54:50 · 11 answers · asked by xsammon 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

I pulled up to a red light where there was NOT a "no turn on red" sign. I made a complete stop, looked at the cars across from me (no one was going) l looked left at the cars coming from that direction (no one was there) so after stopping for a couple seconds and looking, I turned right. A police officer pulled me over and gave me a ticket for "running a red light" because he said that the people across the way from me had a green arrow.

If no one was going, how am I responsible for knowing that? Also, how can you give a person a ticket for running a red if they very clearly made a complete stop and then just turned right?

I want to fight this ticket, I just wanted to see if anyone knew what argument the cop might have against me in this.

2007-12-19 15:49:16 · 5 answers · asked by lwa519 3 in Law Enforcement & Police

If I used the wrong "there" who cares
if that renders u incapable of comprehending the question then dont answer
thanks

2007-12-19 15:47:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/dpc-new2.cfm?doc_name=inv2

1) Halliburton billed taxpayers $1.4 billion in questionable and undocumented charges under its contract to supply troops in Iraq, as documented by the Pentagon’s own auditors.

2) Parsons billed taxpayers over $200 million under a contract to build 142 health clinics, yet completed fewer than 20. According to Iraqi officials, the rest were “imaginary clinics.”

3) Custer Battles stole forklifts from Iraq’s national airline, repainted them, then leased the forklifts back to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) through a Cayman Islands shell company — charging an extra fee along the way.

2007-12-19 15:46:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071220/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_qaida_interview

I personally ask him... "If you were born someplace else and not instilled with Islamic beliefs... do you actually think you would be supporting Al-Qaeda?"

kind of a nice question... i doubt he would answer it though

2007-12-19 15:45:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Its so stupid to kill people. So why do people do it. I watch Court TV and all these crazy people, what are they thinking? I see people kill their wives for life insurance. You know your going to get caught. I see people who kill their children so they don't have to pay child support even though the other parent never was going to go after child support from the father.

2007-12-19 15:43:36 · 21 answers · asked by Sadie C 4 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-12-19 15:43:33 · 12 answers · asked by kobedabest 2 in Law & Ethics

My fiance is looking for a job that wouldn't have any deployment, or as small amount as possible? Is there anything like that?

2007-12-19 15:43:07 · 12 answers · asked by Meghan 2 in Military

In other words, if a person loses his/her license in one state, does that mean that they can't drive in other states as well? I would assume that it would take affect in other states as well, because one a person's license is suspended and is deemed unsafe on the road, then why should he/she have the driving privilege in another state. I don't know, i am just speculating here. Any sort of feedback or assistance, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

2007-12-19 15:42:49 · 3 answers · asked by Lovemylifefriendsfamily 4 in Law & Ethics

'Soldiers from UK who suffered appalling injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan were verbally abused as they swam in a public swimming pool. During a weekly rehabilitation class at a council leisure centre, 15 servicemen – including several who have lost limbs or suffered severe burns – were heckled and jeered by members of the public.'

See link - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=495910&in_page_id=1770

Question - What are your thoughts on this blatant disrespect ?

2007-12-19 15:40:14 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-12-19 15:39:57 · 6 answers · asked by Thomas 2 in Military

In other words, what is the process in order to get clemency from a president, and why does the president do this? I always wonder about this. Any sort of assistance would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

2007-12-19 15:39:56 · 3 answers · asked by Lovemylifefriendsfamily 4 in Law & Ethics

ok my brother in law has talked grandpa into sighning over the whole familys land and inheritence to him the old man has been incompitent for awhile before he done that and he is now telling me hubby and my 2 month old daughter we have to leave our home and land and that he is building a horse pature dear husband had a verbal agreement with his grandad that this was our land. we own our home but the land is the problem is there anything we can do to protect our home and inheritance, if so who do we see or what do we do

2007-12-19 15:39:17 · 2 answers · asked by cryssi16 2 in Law & Ethics

Can someone give me a very short description of why we went to Vietnam and what happened in a nutshell please?

I know theres a lot to say, sorry. Please don't give me any anti-war answers/complaints. I'm not asking for personal opinions, more so of personal knowledge on the topic please.

Thanks

2007-12-19 15:36:07 · 9 answers · asked by Doc Brown 2 in Military

thats just like encouraging the people to run. i think u just have to take the chance of innocent drivers getting injured

2007-12-19 15:35:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

explain how gerrymandering is a civil rights issue.

2007-12-19 15:35:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Me and my friend want to stay together while we are in the army.
is this possible or can we only stay together through out boot camp?

2007-12-19 15:33:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-12-19 15:32:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

If someone offered you power to pretend to love someone and you know they could deliver would you take it?

2007-12-19 15:31:29 · 1 answers · asked by ? 6 in Law & Ethics

TASER electronic stun guns are a form of torture that can kill, a UN committee has declared after several recent deaths in North America.

"The use of these weapons causes acute pain, constituting a form of torture,'' the UN's Committee against Torture said. "In certain cases, they can even cause death, as has been shown by reliable studies and recent real-life events,'' the committee of 10 experts said. Three men, all in their early 20s, were reported to have died in the United States this week, days after a Polish man died at Vancouver airport after being Tasered by Canadian police. The man, Robert Dziekanski, 40, fell to the ground and died after the police officers piled on top of him.There have been three deaths in Canada after the use of Tasers over the past five weeks. The company that makes the weapons has said that similar deaths have been shown by "medical science and forensic analysis'' to be "attributable to other factors and not the low-energy electrical discharge of the Taser".

See link - http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22814674-5001028,00.html?from=public_rss

Question - What are your thoughts ?

2007-12-19 15:30:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

This is for my Ethics class, I need to make this question into an argument and I need specific examples to either defend the use of public cameras or oppose it.

2007-12-19 15:30:29 · 7 answers · asked by malayalistar17 1 in Law & Ethics

Why or why not??

2007-12-19 15:29:32 · 23 answers · asked by confused<3 4 in Elections

Just a year more when America won't be held hostage to ineptitude.

2007-12-19 15:29:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-12-19 15:29:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

What impeachable offenses have they committed?
If Congress had the political will to proceed with impeachment, are their "high crimes and misdemeanors" that are well-documented enough to justify it?

2007-12-19 15:27:48 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-12-19 15:24:32 · 3 answers · asked by gan 1 in Law & Ethics

I am asking because I am curious to see if anyone really knows the answer.
I hear right-wing media claiming me to be liberal, while I hear left-wing media claiming me to be conservative. lets see if anyoen on yahoo really knows more than the media. i give a desiption of my beliefs and you tell me what I am, politically.

- all liberals have no clue on how to run a government, because they don't understand what needs to be done. It doesn't help that they are socialists.
-I believe in traditional moral values
-I don't believe in gun control
- I believe that a strong central government is natural and invitable, and a strong military should be used to revive traditional moral values within America, and promote the American way of life overseas.
- I believe that if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear from a strong central government.
-there is no "we or them", with power come responsibilities, and one of those is to make sure that there is no "them".

2007-12-19 15:24:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-12-19 15:21:57 · 21 answers · asked by !Alyssai 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-12-19 15:17:29 · 19 answers · asked by callAspadeAspade 2 in Elections

2007-12-19 15:16:54 · 11 answers · asked by Mal 2 in Law & Ethics