Civic Participation

If it was 1774,with the coming of the American revolution around the corner,would you choose to be a loyalist or a rebel?

Really sit down and think about this one...Don't just say a rebel.Think about it.You'd been minding your own busniess raising your family up till then,living your exsistence.Would you support a revolt against the crown?Risk everything you worked for and built up till that point?

I realize it's difficult to put one's self in a time period in the past,but I'm curious as to everyone's viewpoints.Give it a good thought before you answer.

2006-12-16 19:33:38 · 13 answers · asked by Vtmtnman 4

I have never been to jury duty before, and now have been chosen to be apart of a jury. The case is not extremely serious, but again, I am only 21. So, my question is what should I wear? Most of my clothes consists of jeans and causal shirts. Is that alright? Should I wear a suit, or at least slacks and a tie? I mean, I do not want to be the only juror there who looks like he is on his way to a frat party while all of the other (and older) people are dressed more professional, serious, and appropriate than I am.

2006-12-16 12:15:25 · 24 answers · asked by Answer-Me-This 5

To my understanding, you gat paid $5 for jury duty for a half day of service and $10 for a full day. Well, in a average person’s salary (even with minimum wage) you make a lot more than this, right? Therefore, why do they pay you so little? Also, where did this come from or who made this up? I am new to this and have never been yet, but am just curious.

2006-12-16 12:07:50 · 12 answers · asked by Answer-Me-This 5

I know certain professions can make you less likely to be picked as a juror, such as being in any legal field of work. However, is there any job that makes you completely exempt from this? For example, is a judge or the President exempt?

2006-12-16 11:55:41 · 16 answers · asked by Answer-Me-This 5

I don't know if this is characteristic of fire departments in my area or if this is nationwide, however, I noticed that any fire station built around the 1960's has a loud annoying siren up in a tower or directly above the building. I have not heard the siren in about 15 years or so, however, I see them all over my area. What is the purpose of this siren?

2006-12-16 11:05:25 · 6 answers · asked by Joe K 6

2006-12-16 06:13:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

and confront the b@stards or shall i leave it till they have gone and just kickoff with my neighbour ?

2006-12-16 03:01:05 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

I refer specifically to the appallingly recist remarks being made in Civil Participation, 'I drove past a yellow door ...' which was posted a few moments ago.

In my opinion, all those who participated in this should be suspended from the site.

2006-12-16 01:37:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-15 22:55:25 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-15 22:37:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-15 18:38:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Many arguments are that Congress does not affect them much... they state that local and state government is the most impt to them, so how do I get them to care about the Senate and the House of Representatives, and what they do??

2006-12-15 06:49:24 · 6 answers · asked by Thomas G 2

I am just looking for a good psudonym to use for civil disobedience and to rally the people together for peacful protest and redress of greievences. Any ideas?

2006-12-15 05:36:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have Lithuania in mind, which was the last in the list of 101 countries by PERCEIVED corruption in 2006.

Lithuania backs EU constitution (2004): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4002555.stm
2006 Gallup Worldwide Corruption Index: http://cf.us.biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061204/phm002.html?.v=77
Complete list was available still several days ago from www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=25612 , but not shown now. Corruption?

May these two facts relate one which another?
In which way, if yes?
Why not, if not?
Your opinion, please.

2006-12-15 03:15:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have gas leak and one victim on column 150ft height can I make rescue first or wait until the gas leak stop
The proponent asked me to make the rescue (confined space operation) for the victim with BA first. And I said we have to make rescue after stop gas leaking, because we will lost the air in BA cylinder and victim maybe dead what the right operation in this case thank you

2006-12-15 02:37:27 · 6 answers · asked by sso 2

The government has started to demolish corruption in Indonesia by cutting some birocracy procedures but somehow they are hitting big walls. Please advise.

2006-12-14 15:11:21 · 9 answers · asked by Suparto Jaya kusuma 3

2006-12-14 15:00:16 · 34 answers · asked by Greg P 1

Common sence

2006-12-14 13:14:59 · 11 answers · asked by super_mega_ultra_chicken 2

Can the Asean members produce their own currency like Europe's Euro? eg the Asean dollars?

2006-12-14 10:46:30 · 3 answers · asked by gerdoncampos2000 2

2006-12-14 07:12:22 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-14 06:20:24 · 10 answers · asked by atlantindian 3

2006-12-14 00:58:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-14 00:51:05 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

In Australia I found a government site that talked about this issue, but not in the US.(BIG surprise-not!). There MUST be something somewhere..any clues?

2006-12-13 23:24:18 · 5 answers · asked by Mod M 4

if england will not give freedom than this is not happen

2006-12-13 21:20:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

If people can find information for themselves on the web and more and more information is becoming easier to access, what is the roll of a journalist?

2006-12-13 21:11:42 · 10 answers · asked by JackieCakes 2

2006-12-13 18:47:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've recently finished reading a book called A.W.O.L. You can find it on amazon.com if you want more information.

In it, it poses an interesting question. First let me explain a bit.

In the 50s, the majority of Ivy League college graudates joined the military, last year less than 1% joined from those same schools. The author reasons this was due to the Vietnam protestor generation teaching their children to hate the military. Also, the general opinion of service to country is that someone else can/should do it, rather than their sons or daughters.

Do you agree with either reason? What other reasons do you have? I'm not looking for anti-Iraq blabber, illegal this, lies that. I want real reasons why you feel it's not your responsibility to give something back to your country.

2006-12-13 16:26:06 · 22 answers · asked by justind_000 3

Here is a list of just a "few" of the crimes this President has committed....Can you name anymore? Or just leave comment. Thank you!

1) Seizing power to wage wars of aggression in defiance of the U.S. Constitution, the U.N. Charter and the rule of law; carrying out a massive assault on and occupation of Iraq, a country that was not threatening the United States, resulting in the death and maiming of hundereds of thousands of Iraqis, and thousands of U.S. G.I.s.

2) Lying to the people of the U.S., to Congress, and to the U.N., providing false and deceptive rationales for war.

3) Authorizing, ordering and condoning direct attacks on civilians, civilian facilities and locations where civilian casualties were unavoidable.

4) Instituting a secret and illegal wiretapping and spying operation against the people of the United States through the National Security Agency.


5) Threatening the independence and sovereignty of Iraq by belligerently changing its government by force and assaulting Iraq in a war of aggression.

6) Authorizing, ordering and condoning assassinations, summary executions, kidnaping, secret and other illegal detentions of individuals, torture and physical and psychological coercion of prisoners to obtain false statements concerning acts and intentions of governments and individuals and violating within the United States, and by authorizing U.S. forces and agents elsewhere, the rights of individuals under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

7) Making, ordering and condoning false statements and propaganda about the conduct of foreign governments and individuals and acts by U.S. government personnel; manipulating the media and foreign governments with false information; concealing information vital to public discussion and informed judgment concerning acts, intentions and possession, or efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction in order to falsely create a climate of fear and destroy opposition to U.S. wars of aggression and first strike attacks.

8) Violations and subversions of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, both a part of the "Supreme Law of the land" under Article VI, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, in an attempt to commit with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes in wars and threats of aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq and others and usurping powers of the United Nations and the peoples of its nations by bribery, coercion and other corrupt acts and by rejecting treaties, committing treaty violations, and frustrating compliance with treaties in order to destroy any means by which international law and institutions can prevent, affect, or adjudicate the exercise of U.S. military and economic power against the international community.

9) Acting to strip United States citizens of their constitutional and human rights, ordering indefinite detention of citizens, without access to counsel, without charge, and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the Executive of a citizen as an "enemy combatant."

10) Ordering indefinite detention of non-citizens in the United States and elsewhere, and without charge, at the discretionary designation of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Defense.

11) Ordering and authorizing the Attorney General to override judicial orders of release of detainees under INS jurisdiction, even where the judicial officer after full hearing determines a detainee is wrongfully held by the government.

12) Authorizing secret military tribunals and summary execution of persons who are not citizens who are designated solely at the discretion of the Executive who acts as indicting official, prosecutor and as the only avenue of appellate relief.


13) Refusing to provide public disclosure of the identities and locations of persons who have been arrested, detained and imprisoned by the U.S. government in the United States, including in response to Congressional inquiry.

14) Use of secret arrests of persons within the United States and elsewhere and denial of the right to public trials.

15) Authorizing the monitoring of confidential attorney-client privileged communications by the government, even in the absence of a court order and even where an incarcerated person has not been charged with a crime.

16) Ordering and authorizing the seizure of assets of persons in the United States, prior to hearing or trial, for lawful or innocent association with any entity that at the discretionary designation of the Executive has been deemed "terrorist."

17) Engaging in criminal neglect in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, depriving thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and other Gulf States of urgently needed support, causing mass suffering and unnecessary loss of life.

18) Institutionalization of racial and religious profiling and authorization of domestic spying by federal law enforcement on persons based on their engagement in noncriminal religious and political activity.

19) Refusal to provide information and records necessary and appropriate for the constitutional right of legislative oversight of executive functions.

2006-12-13 10:54:46 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

-AP- "Call it a sign of the times for Louisiana's embattled governor: A chance to dine with Gov. Kathleen Blanco fetched a winning bid of $1 at a recent fundraising auction hosted by a group of business leaders.

The president of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, in northeastern Louisiana, said she called Blanco's office Tuesday to apologize for a "poor joke gone awry."

"It's something we deeply regret," chamber president Sue Edmunds said Wednesday. "Our organization has worked very well with the governor. We have been pleased with her efforts on behalf of this community."

Dinner with Blanco was the last item up for bid at the fundraising auction last week. Edmunds said the bidding opened at $1,000 and dropped to $500 before the auctioneer accepted a $1 bid from bank executive Malcolm Maddox, a regional chairman for Capital One."

I hope she doesn't have this much trouble raising money for the next election.

2006-12-13 10:47:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous