Civic Participation

2007-10-09 20:03:33 · 5 answers · asked by jaydee_ravalo 1

REPUBLICANS: States should determinte their own sets of laws without federal interference. Higher income, higher intelligence. Unfortunate life circumstances, not my problem. My taxes should not pay for your misfortune. If you just leave things alone, leave people to their own achievement levels, things will be fine. Everyone is born with the same opportunities. If they don't make the most of them, they deserve what little they get. DEMOCRATS: Some acts are so clearly despicable, the federal government should make them illegal nationwide. My income is as high as yours. So is my intelligence. If you don't care about those less fortunate, you have no conscience. If you leave things as they are, leave people to their own achievement levels, never intervene or act for improvement, wouldn't America too easily be run by an unsavory ilk?

If Republicans are generally of higher intelligence and Democrats of lower, how to explain stupid Republicans and smart Democrats?

2007-10-09 19:22:13 · 6 answers · asked by Dinah 7

I also want to know what qualifications I need and how to go about getting the whole process started?

2007-10-09 16:25:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

The purpose is to encourage people to petition their respective governments to give priority and importance to the endeavor exclusive for the Scientific Research by appropriating half of the State Funds for such.

2007-10-09 14:10:16 · 2 answers · asked by Ramy 1

2007-10-09 14:03:10 · 4 answers · asked by oksananyc 1

late president marcos was deposed from malakaniang palace because of this and other reasons which were not clearly proven to be correct.the point is there is ahuge capital involve with this case.late pres, marcos did invest huge capital in other countries and the maturity value will be for the welfare of the philippines and its people!but his removal from presidency seems tricky and might had some hidden interest for this wealth certificates!i think this requires more investigations to find out the motives of the person or country who did such scenarios in the philippine politics!i think this is broader sides than looking the anomalies of the present regimes of a woman president cause the root cause will be pinpointed and the involved persons,institutions or countries will be revealed including their motivations,desires and interest!(if you want something new and real dont remove this question!)

2007-10-09 12:31:21 · 2 answers · asked by aqruipnos888 4

Isnt it funny how right wing americans are so afraid of letting people talk?

I got violation notices for saying the US has torture camps. Just pointing out reality is so frightening to them!

I have no doubt they will try to get this removed as well!

How hilarious! What scared little kittens these right wingers are. They can't face the light of day!

Have americans faced this kind of ludicrous censorship as well?

We don;'t have anything as preposterious up here, thankfully. In Canada people are actually allowed to express their views. And no one up here would ever DREAM of trying to defend torture. Makes me glad Im not an american, I tell you!

2007-10-09 12:29:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Seems to me a phase out of the existing Social Security programs, allowing people to invest at least a small portion of their current contributions into their retirement accounts would be a much better option than this ponzi scheme.

And what's with the 'you don't have to work to get this' crap?

2007-10-09 07:33:49 · 6 answers · asked by thegubmint 7

Do you think that American's today should abandon Christorpher Columbus Day? This holiday was created during a time when America (mainly everyone) was extremely racist towards native americans (and many other nationalities); referring to them as savage beasts. So, it's no surprise that they exalted Christopher Columbus as a national hero.But, here we are in the 21st century and we are not ready, as a nation, to except our sins and put this shameful "hella- day" to rest and apologize to Native Americans for the offense and for making them relive that horror every year. Throwing it in their faces as if nothing wrong happend. Are we that cold hearted?Mass murder and slavery commited by Columbus and his Conquistadors occurred hundreds of years ago, and wiped out the Aztec Nation (millions) from this planet, those actions has a great impact on Native Americans to date. It's a shame to condone this.How are we to hold our heads up high and proclaim to be "Leaders of the Developed World"?

2007-10-09 06:31:51 · 22 answers · asked by inalignmentwithlife 2

2007-10-09 03:09:33 · 10 answers · asked by Ajay S 2

2007-10-08 20:09:21 · 3 answers · asked by starone 3

Please not any "Because that Hottie Bono had a concert and...."

Did an incident that affected you made you interested? Was it because of a wrong done by a family member or freind? Was it a book you read or a conversation you had with someone? Do tell.

2007-10-08 19:01:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm in a local government unit. I want to help the barangay in their planning. Where should we start our planning?

2007-10-08 18:57:36 · 2 answers · asked by Dencel 2

1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few...and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity."

3) "(We)...can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."

4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own...in order to create this common ground."

5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."

6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."

2007-10-08 15:34:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

The fundamental idea that politics and religion should not intersect or overlap is flawed. It sounds great in theory; however, in reality I would suspect that most people do not divide their worldview into secular and sacred. For better or for worse, the marriage of politics and religion will not be undermined by political correctness or even the laws governing the seperation of church and state.
We as a society must be mature enough to realize that although we all come to the table of brotherhood, we all do not sit on the same side. All Christians, Muslims, and Jews did not come to the table of America via the same journey, parentage, cultural perspectives, or starting points. Naturally we will not all share the same views on social or political issues. How someone understands his or her faith and how a person uses his or her vote are part of a total picture of how we as a collective people create our world views. The IRS should not seek to antogonize churches for participating in the democratic process. Yes, the church is an institution that is a community of faith, but the church is also an institution that is a community of concerned citizens who usually share the same or simular values and worldviews.

What people vote for or against is usually an extension of what they believe on a sacred level.

Therefore, I do not see anything wrong with like-minded people who happen to belong to the same institution discussing and exercising their right to vote for or endorse a particular candidate.

2007-10-08 10:06:00 · 8 answers · asked by Andre L 1

2007-10-08 05:13:16 · 22 answers · asked by Matt 1

It has been my ambition to bring awareness to the realities of a long ignored and confused debate. That of WMT's profiteering from and aid to the COMMUNIST regime in China in order to undermine domestic labor and avoid living wages with BOTH Clinton's indepth participation for over 20 years. They have equipped the largest standing army ever arrayed to oppose human freedom o this earth in today's PLA from an ineffective, illequipped and unorganized force only 15 years ago! Hillary in particular has had a most prominent an unseen role in enabling this to happen, a fact I am aware of as a 20 yr WMT insider. How would you tell this story? Thank you for your consideration and suggestions.

2007-10-08 04:22:47 · 6 answers · asked by DAVID MICHAEL 1

2007-10-08 02:12:28 · 7 answers · asked by starone 3

I was recently elected president of my school's student council, and our next meeting is on Tuesday, and I'm am trying to think of things to put on the agenda. We just had elections last week, so we haven't really discussed any plans for this year, and I know we need to discuss things that we've done in the past and things we need to do in the future, but I need more things to put on the agenda.

Thanks!

2007-10-07 15:12:16 · 3 answers · asked by Little_Miss_Honkytonk 2

2007-10-07 14:13:55 · 11 answers · asked by magpie 6

Media reports of the day listed the COMMUNIST PLA woes of the early 1990's due to COMMUNISM'S historically proven failed economics and a nearly bankrupt central government. Boots for every other soldier, guns for half their men with only 5 BULLETS PER GUN, no real navy and precious little effective air forces. Command was antiquated as were communications, nuclear capacity and field armor with moral was tanked due to nonpayment of salaries throughout the conscripted service of the P.L.A. The student uprising of 1989 by unarmed citizens seeking FREEDOM nearly defeated the PLA but was repelled with an excess of 10000 MURDERED students in the streets of China's capital. Point is, the people nearly won. 1994 saw the realization of the dream of capitalizing from tyranny while undermining freedom and avoiding living wages by a small group of Arkansas traitors when Clinton, acting as a WMT lawyer while President of the USA, extended "favored nation" trading status to the enemy of freedom

2007-10-07 12:44:07 · 5 answers · asked by DAVID MICHAEL 1

Media reports of the day listed the COMMUNIST PLA woes of the early 1990's due to COMMUNISM'S historically proven failed economics and a nearly bankrupt central government. Boots for every other soldier, guns for half their men with only 5 BULLETS PER GUN, no real navy and precious little effective air forces. Command was antiquated as were communications, nuclear capacity and field armor with moral was tanked due to nonpayment of salaries throughout the conscripted service of the P.L.A. The student uprising of 1989 by unarmed citizens seeking FREEDOM nearly defeated the PLA but was repelled with an excess of 10000 MURDERED students in the streets of China's capital. Point is, the people nearly won. 1994 saw the realization of the dream of capitalizing from tyranny while undermining freedom and avoiding living wages by a small group of Arkansas traitors when Clinton, acting as a WMT lawyer while President of the USA, extended "favored nation" trading status to the enemy of freedom.

2007-10-07 12:42:03 · 4 answers · asked by DAVID MICHAEL 1

2007-10-07 11:58:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who sees the corruptness that is happening all over the world? Especially in the US

2007-10-07 08:44:49 · 15 answers · asked by sarah 1

2007-10-07 08:38:45 · 19 answers · asked by sarah 1

I can't help but notice that since funding the war in Iraq (now at ($600,000,000,000.00), that there are more and more pleas to American citizens to provide donations to many causes that I believe we already pay taxes to fund. Examples: natural disaters, the fight on poverty, cancer and other health needs. Since studying how many TIMES a dollar we earn is actually taxed, I believe we have the responsibility to request more be done in the areas of tragedies, medical research, health care and the war on poverty here in America. I am interested in other views on this topic. I already vote and sign petitions. How else can we make our voices heard? Do people out there see the issues I mention?

2007-10-07 07:17:15 · 3 answers · asked by Cub6265 6

Did you know that Albright was hidden in SERBIA -because SERBS had protected JEWS from nazi's-for two months in Vrnjacka Banja by one SERB family?
Madeleine Albright spent much of her childhood in Belgrade, both before and after the war. Her father was Czechoslovak ambassador to Belgrade after the WW II

2007-10-07 04:23:16 · 7 answers · asked by vivet 7

2007-10-07 04:19:41 · 2 answers · asked by vivet 7

2007-10-07 04:17:49 · 8 answers · asked by vivet 7

They don't recognise the state in which they live and work ( SR Serbia):
- refusal to serve in the army
- non-participation in the elections
- non-payment of all state taxes and duties
- the establishment of "parallel schools", exclusively for the members of the Albanian national minority

It represents a violation of the provision 37 of the Final Document of the 2nd Meeting of the Conference on Human Dimension of the OSCE (Copenhagen, 1990), and of the Para.9 of the Preamble, of the articles 20 and 21 of the Framework Convention of the Council of Europe on the Protection of National Minorities.

At the same time, the Albanian minority uses all the benefits given by the state and the system they do not recognize, but which are suitable for them:

- health insurance
- employments in public and private sectors
- all rights in the field of information
- passports
- vaccination of the population, etc.

Don't you think, they are asking too much ?

2007-10-07 04:12:37 · 5 answers · asked by vivet 7