Politics & Government - 26 December 2007

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2007-12-26 05:01:32 · 32 answers · asked by Buffman316 1 in Politics

2007-12-26 04:58:15 · 8 answers · asked by . 5 in Politics

Please understand that it's acceptable to enumerate negative accomplishments (e.g., failure to pass one bill or another) as well as accomplishments you view as positive.

Let's make this one fun - ok, kids?!?

2007-12-26 04:57:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

People in my neighborhood are ashamed to admit they have "or" will vote Republican in the future.

2007-12-26 04:57:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

I was wondering what's ethical or not in such situations. If you are the aunt/uncle/cousin/grandparent of a child, do you NOT have the right to help them stay out of harms way? Meaning you can't tell them to climb on the tv or bookshelf or run in the house or kick the cat, because you're not the kid's parents?

Or is it ok to warn them every now and then to make sure they don't get hurt? Do I make any sense?

2007-12-26 04:51:57 · 4 answers · asked by Butterfly 1 in Law & Ethics

What the f*ck was going through his head?

This happened in my community over a year ago and the person in question was found guilty last week.

He still denies the charges, even though forensic evidence proves his guilt.

What is the maximum sentence he will receive for a crime such as this in England?
(he is going to be sentenced next month)

Can an evil person such as him, ever be rehabilitated?
Should he be allowed back into society?

Thank you

2007-12-26 04:50:56 · 29 answers · asked by Miz Boons 6 in Law Enforcement & Police

I just finished AIT and was wondering what can I expect when I get into the "big army". What kind of lifestyle is it, how will I be treated as a new private. Some things I should know before I get there? I'll be an MP and going to Ft. Lewis, so was also wondering what chances I'll have as getting with a combat unit or will I be a post cop?

2007-12-26 04:50:51 · 5 answers · asked by Hjaduk 3 in Military

Like 5 million to hire a Hollywood movie set contractor to build a Japanese style bridge over a swimming pool made to look like a river in the Jordan desert.

Did we pay for that picture or did it come out of his pocket?

2007-12-26 04:49:59 · 9 answers · asked by Guerilla Liberal fighter 3 in Politics

-Oscar Wilde
What does this quote mean to you?
Do you think it shows a fatal flaw in the United States and its people?

2007-12-26 04:49:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-12-26 04:48:14 · 27 answers · asked by tee b 1 in Politics

2007-12-26 04:47:20 · 10 answers · asked by tee b 1 in Politics

2007-12-26 04:46:13 · 10 answers · asked by tee b 1 in Politics

im 18 and i dont have any form of identification. a few years ago my house burnt to the ground, and along with it any proof of my existance. ever since ive tried every way possible to get some form of id, but to get id you need a social security card and/or birth cirtificate and to get a social secrity and/or birth cirtificate you need id. im stuck i dont know what else to do.

2007-12-26 04:44:18 · 1 answers · asked by jamie c 2 in Other - Politics & Government

small or large problem that comes along?

Where did you get the idea that it is the governments role to come to your aid, hold your hand, give you money and make everything better for you?

I guess I'm trying to pick your mind. Why do you think government, whether it be federal, state or local, should rush to your assistance when things go wrong for you?

2007-12-26 04:43:49 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

returning to her rightful place on the throne?

And, as an extra, special bonus question for those of you who don't fancy the Queen's chances, which of the other wannabes from the Democrat Party do you think will win that party's nomination?

2007-12-26 04:42:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

http://www.impeachbush.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5054&news_iv_ctrl=1061

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2007-12-26 04:41:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

He was just a passenger. A passenger in a flight suit. I guess Karl Rove thought that idiots would assume that it was Hero-boy George at the controls. Well, he wasn't! Rove was right to assume people are idiots.

2007-12-26 04:40:29 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Chomsky/ChomOdon_Example.html

2007-12-26 04:32:43 · 6 answers · asked by . 5 in Politics

2007-12-26 04:28:48 · 31 answers · asked by tee b 1 in Politics

politics (n.)
1529, "science of government," from politic (adj.), modeled on Aristotle's ta politika "affairs of state," the name of his book on governing and governments, which was in Eng. 1450 as "Polettiques."
"Politicks is the science of good sense, applied to public affairs, and, as those are forever changing, what is wisdom to-day would be folly and perhaps, ruin to-morrow. Politicks is not a science so properly as a business. It cannot have fixed principles, from which a wise man would never swerve, unless the inconstancy of men's view of interest and the capriciousness of the tempers could be fixed." [Fisher Ames (1758–1808)]
Meaning "a person's political allegiances or opinions" is from 1769. Political animal transl. Gk. politikon zoon (Aristotle, Politics, I.ii.9) "an animal intended to live in a city; a social animal." Politically correct first attested 1970; abbreviation P.C. is from 1986.

2007-12-26 04:26:25 · 4 answers · asked by Guerilla Liberal fighter 3 in Politics

Seriously.

Lethal injections are not humane. They can lead to slow and painful deaths.

The guillotine was invented to make a humane way to kill people. Trouble is, that sometimes, the blade wasn't sharpened enough, and wouldn't cut the head completely off, leading to pain, or if it cut the head off, it led to "living heads".

But what about the firing squad?

You're lined up against a wall, and shot. Dead, just like that. I think this should be done with a 20mm autocannon to ensure swift death.

Of course, I myself do not believe in the death penalty. Some 14% of those executed may be innocent in the US.

Your thoughts?

2007-12-26 04:25:58 · 14 answers · asked by ch_ris_l 5 in Law & Ethics

Just curious for funny stories about the allegedly awfull NBC (gas) chamber at basic. I didnt think it was all THAT bad, terrible as may be, it was fun!!

2007-12-26 04:24:30 · 11 answers · asked by Cody B 2 in Military

and..... how can one "Man".(Fidel Ruiz Castro).have so much influence over 364 million people?...I mean Cuba is the only Caribean country to have 100% literacy amoungst their citizens!!..and..any child born in that country is "gauranteed" FREE EDUCATION from pre school to University..while in the U.S. is experiencing a 62% high school drop out rate!




birds brain

2007-12-26 04:21:43 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

IE. in 2000.

From an International Point of view...We know that he was cheated in Florida.

Could 9/11 and bogus wars with Iraq and Afghanistan have been avoided.

Would many 1,000s of American and other lives have been saved... and....

Would Treaties to so save the World's Environment have been Ratifyed by the USA?

2007-12-26 04:21:31 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Are they fairing as good as Scooter Libby or are they worse off than Scooter Libby following the Bush commutation of Libby's sentence?

2007-12-26 04:19:17 · 9 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics

Do good Leaders simply refuse to go through the Liberal Back stabbing it takes to become President?

2007-12-26 04:15:37 · 12 answers · asked by Clarance C 2 in Politics

The issue of global warming seems far less scientific than political to conservatives.

It is rigidly predictable. - the more politically conservative a person is, the more fiercely they deny global warming.

Can anyone explain why?

2007-12-26 04:13:53 · 27 answers · asked by Uhlan 6 in Politics

Have you ever researched these things?

2007-12-26 04:08:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

If you read any of the factual books about Hillary ("The Truth About Hillary"), are old enough to have been aware of her mis-steps in the White House, have heard some of the stories about her... Or, ever considered what would happen if Bill is caught doing what he has been doing for the past twenty five years, and Hillary has a world changing decision to make at the same time? Why does she even have the opportunity, or want to run?

2007-12-26 04:06:50 · 25 answers · asked by ggraves1724 7 in Politics

2007-12-26 04:03:08 · 4 answers · asked by Keith B 1 in Law Enforcement & Police