Civic Participation

With 900 confidential files of political enemies, has Hillary used this information for her political gain?

2007-08-07 08:07:45 · 5 answers · asked by ? 7

Are you familiar with The Code of Hammurabi, or the Draconian Laws?

Do you know how law and order was kept in The South, or the Wild West?

If we are in a war on terrorism, are we moving toward the rule of martial law for all in the U.S. and the U.K.?

2007-08-07 04:50:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

don't you thik that people should get together for a better America

2007-08-07 04:40:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Consultation method

2007-08-07 02:15:59 · 2 answers · asked by Simone A 1

Finally peace keeping forces have been sent to Darfur but our government still has to give the situation there the importance it needs. Do you think a letter to one of your representatives can make a difference? I think it can. One letter, one voice, your voice, can reach someone with the influence to do something about the genocide, the violence, the refugees, the desolation.

Please take a second to write a letter to your representatives at Lifenets.net:
http://www.lifenets.net/dev/?q=node/15&refid=223

Thank you

2007-08-07 02:03:53 · 10 answers · asked by P 2

Even after 60 years of our Indian independence,is common people of INDIA really got freedom??

2007-08-07 01:49:36 · 3 answers · asked by Vishal 1

The response from various contributors to this site on the related issues prompts this question.

2007-08-06 18:09:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-06 18:04:13 · 4 answers · asked by PeguinBackPacker 5

I have an image in my head of working in a political campaign-- a zealous, proselytizing kind of vibe that I get from it. I would like to support a candidate for an upcoming election whose voice I respect. What is a good way to contribute to a political campaign while not trying to cram something down others' throats? And if this is a wrong way to look at the whole thing, please disabuse me of my point of view! Thanks.

2007-08-06 15:10:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

'Ron Paul Is a Big Problem'

by Burton S. Blumert

"Look, Blumert," the lawyer told me. "There's nothing complex here. Ron Paul is a big problem for you people." So I responded:


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BLUMERT: You can’t imagine how strange that sounds. Ron is a problem only to the moribund political establishment, and their cowardly media. At LewRockwell.com (LRC) we revere Ron Paul and regard him as a modern day Thomas Jefferson. Indeed, Ron’s even more principled than Jefferson, and he knows Austrian economics as well.

LAWYER: That’s my point. In the past few months, too many articles and blogs at LRC have cast a positive light on Ron Paul, and therefore on his presidential candidacy. LRC, and its parent, the Center for Libertarian Studies, are non-profit entities, and you guys cannot be involved with political campaigns in any way, shape, or form.

BLUMERT: The Center for Libertarian Studies (CLS) was chartered in 1975, and we have never been involved with electoral politics. The same is true for LRC, which has been around since 1999.

Now, Ron Paul has been a champion for freedom for his entire career, and we have been proud to publish his articles and speeches as important libertarian documents. By doing so, we dramatically raised his internet profile. But that doesn’t mean we are involved with any political campaign.

LAWYER: The fact remains that Ron Paul is now a real world candidate for president, and you guys are playing with fire every time you publish a positive article about him.

Sure, you might win the argument that you are not political, but you have some powerful enemies, the pro-war crowd, for example. They would love to destroy you, and if they can use the levers of power against you, they will.

And by the way, given the way you are legally structured now, you also can’t run articles or blogs that are critical of other candidates. No going after Hillary, Obama, Edwards, Giuliani, Thompson, or McCain.

So here are your choices as I measure them: You can stop publishing articles and blogs on Ron Paul and other candidates (and cross your fingers), or you can shut down LRC immediately. Total closure is what I recommend, and right now.

BLUMERT: Abandon Ron Paul? Never.

Close down LRC? You might as well cut off Lew Rockwell’s fingers.

I’ll pretend I didn’t hear either of your suggestions.

Look, LRC is too important to silence. It has become the most significant libertarian website in the world. Literally thousands of people, from all over the world, have told me that LRC has been key to their intellectual development, and a source of sanity in this Age of the Neocon.

Of course, we also get hatemail; we’re "anti-Semites" for opposing endless Mideast wars; we’re "traitors" for resisting the omnipotent executive; we’re "pro-terrorist" for fighting the police state; we’re "mean-spirited" for supporting the free market; we’re "conspiracy nuts" for criticizing the Federal Reserve; and we’re "anti-American" for working against the empire.

But even our enemies can’t stay away; vast numbers of people visit the site every day, to learn, to cheer, or to boo, because this is where it’s happening – for everyone dedicated (or opposed) to freedom and peace.

As to Ron Paul, we have some history here. In 1988 I was chairman of Ron’s first presidential campaign. Lew has been his friend and associate since 1975, and served as Ron’s chief of staff in Congress. We both know him very well, and, like all who know him, think the world of him, as a man of great integrity and as a leader. This is not political; it is supporting the ideas we have loved and promoted for decades.

Of course, it’s no coincidence that Ron calls LRC his favorite website. Bail on him? Never. Lew and I have worked all our lives for this moment. And we will keep working.

As Ron himself has said, "More important than the man is the message for liberty." And after today’s debates, primaries, and elections, are over, LRC will still be spreading that message.

LAWYER: Okay, okay, Blumert, I get the message. To protect both LRC and CLS, and you and Lew, you only have one prudent course of action. You must spin LRC off from CLS. The good news: CLS will stay as it is. The not-so-good news: donations to LRC will no longer be tax-deductible, though it still can be a non-profit educational effort.


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There was a certain surrealism in dealing with this tax attorney; profit vs. non-profit; tax-exempt vs. non-tax-exempt. These are state-created categories, and libertarians should never have to deal with such distinctions. Some libertarian purists refuse to use a state driver’s license. Others, on the fringe, don't want to travel a government built roadway. (And after Minneapolis, who can blame them?)

Still, Lew has sufficient challenge six days a week, every week of the year, without some bureaucrat peering over his shoulder determining whether an LRC article falls under regulation A (politically acceptable) or B (politically unacceptable).

So, on June 30, 2007, LRC seceded (an appropriate word for us!) from the Center for Libertarian Studies, which will carry on its scholarly work. LRC, now to become a 501(c)4, will continue as a popular educational endeavor, operating on a not-for-profit basis, but not tax-deductible.

That is, donations to LRC as of July 1, 2007 (Lew’s 63rd birthday), are NOT tax-deductible.

Frankly, this worries me very much. (Of course, to know me is to know that everything worries me very much.) Can LRC survive under this new regime? Will people donate to LRC if they no longer can claim a deduction on their taxes? Some people tell me No. Lew says Yes, we can. Frankly, I don’t know. What I do know is that our decision is the right one.

Our "Ron Paul Problem" has a price tag. It’s going to cost us at least $15K to set-up our new non-profit entity. In addition, since we started suffering with the lawyers, and stopped fundraising given the uncertainty, we have consumed about $30K of our reserves. Then we need about $25,000 to keep going for the rest of the year, and I’d like to restore our reserve so we are not perpetually on the knife-edge. So that is $70,000 in total.

Will you help? You have never failed us. And now LRC needs you more than ever.

I know I don’t have to remind you (but I will anyway!) that the neocons are smart, well-organized, and unscrupulous. They seem committed to one bloody war after another: Iraq today; Iran or Syria next; and then maybe China. They control wealthy foundations, powerful mass media, and part of the Bush administration. We have done them damage, so waving bye-bye to LRC as it sank beneath the waves would give them great pleasure.

After all, Lew has been fighting these "big-government conservatives," in one way or another, since the late 1960s. In the old days, they regarded him as a small dog nipping at their heels. Today, they fear him. And they really do want him to disappear. Especially now, thanks to Ron Paul.

In my 78 years, I have never seen a moment like this. The enemy has done serious damage. But their evil influence is vulnerable to a motivated, educated people in revolt, and using the ideas of Mises, Rothbard, and other great libertarians, Ron Paul has jump-started the revolution against all the statists who threaten us. And Lew Rockwell has been laying the groundwork for 40 years, to be ready for just this time.

I believe this is The Moment. Will LRC be able to play its essential role? Or will the neocons be toasting our demise? How I would hate to tell Ron we had to close our doors.


Please help. If you want us to keep fighting, please send your most generous donation. Keep LRC going. We have never needed it more.


PS: We owe it to the great men and women of our past, to Ron, and to the future, to never give in and never give up. Please help Lew keep fighting. How we need him.

August 6, 2007

Burt Blumert

2007-08-06 14:21:42 · 12 answers · asked by MIkE ALEGRIA 1

If you are against setting fires to keep firefighters busy and working, then you do not support our brave firefighters. Agree or disagree?

2007-08-06 10:44:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-06 09:56:04 · 14 answers · asked by Holiday Magic 7

2007-08-06 05:48:17 · 23 answers · asked by Percy Shower 3

I see so many topics on YA stating that the Bush Administration did this wrong, that wrong, all of these things wrong, it is endless. Not even pointing out the things this administration did right, I just want to know of a better strategy in Iraq. This question is a chance for you to validate your complaints.

Is there a better solution to bring about a stable government in Iraq that our administration is not currently doing? I don't think early withdrawl is the best solution since it will leave the young Iraqi government without strong support, and they will be quickly overthrown and replaced with yet another anti U.S. government.

What are your solutions? Please provide reasons on why you believe your solution to be the best solution. This is not a forum to continue slander of our nations leader so don't. What I would like to see is positive moves that this administration or the next can begin to transition into place.

2007-08-06 05:07:57 · 20 answers · asked by theCATALYST 5

do you think that our government, usa, gets on here and sees any of our answers and takes into consideration any of our answers or questions about the war and how we feel about it? the american people are getting tired of hearing about our troops getting killed over there everyday. and they are getting tired of hearing about how much us dollars is spent on countries that don't care one way or the other wheather we live or die over there.it seems to me like we are fighting a losing battle..if they do get on here i wonder if they if they really pay attention to what they are reading in our questions and answers.

2007-08-06 03:09:17 · 10 answers · asked by morningstar6707 5

I mean is some 80 yr old dude trolling through parking lots really making a difference?

2007-08-06 01:41:12 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

thoughts....

2007-08-05 20:22:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

can you get out of jury duty by saying your predjudice agianst all races?

2007-08-05 20:19:13 · 8 answers · asked by new age racer kid aka cop killa 1

2007-08-05 11:03:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-05 08:29:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can remember a time of sacrifice, and stamp rationing,and yes the black-market also, but for the most, we obeyed our leaders, and helped to make sure the boys at the battle-front got the best of what we were blessed with and had control of, with very little prompting or government control to give. Too young to fight, no! I remembered the hitler youth camps, and how the nazi's taught their kids to hate other race, and the jews, and how as the last, put them in uniforms ( the people of that time in Germany, had to respect a uniform) and sent them in to be murdered under the third reich banner. We spanked some of the youngest, and held them for their mothers, and fed them also. As I look at things now, I see a bunch of asleep sheep, too silly minded and caught up with silly people in sports, hollywood, and yes the congress idiots, that check and govern by the poles! To silly and ignorant of facts to be effective in winning this war, against the brain rotted enemy.

2007-08-05 05:56:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-05 04:26:07 · 2 answers · asked by Dr.S.Suneel 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan_Khashoggi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghaith_Pharaon

2007-08-04 22:41:41 · 3 answers · asked by Village Player 7

2007-08-04 21:34:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 18:34:08 · 13 answers · asked by samiran_bandyopadhyay 2

2007-08-04 17:59:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

and the U.S. Patriot Act that takes away your basic civil rights?

Have you seen the movie Fahreneheit 9/11 ??

Teachers go to www.MichaelMoore.com

2007-08-04 16:03:29 · 11 answers · asked by jon 2

Recently I was asked by a patriotic American what she could actually do to support the troops. More than just a bumpersticker.

I have answered that in my Article "How Can You Support the Troops?" I have also added two letters to the "From the mouths of soldiers series" to demonstrate how this small way effects Soldiers so greatly.

In my "Hardened Warriors" series, I show you just what kind of men our Soldiers and Marines are.

I also have several articles on the enemy, their history and their intentions, as demonstrated by their own words.

NO, I do not get paid for this. It is not my job. My only hope is that if Americans know the truth, they will support us and our mission.

War on Terror Blog, http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-DfkctJU7dK5B7LcNROoyVQ--?cq=1
No Politics. Just the Groundtruth from a combat veteran that has been to both Fronts in this war, backed up by history, independent research and real war stories from others and me.

2007-08-04 14:18:21 · 8 answers · asked by John T 6

...so DEPENDENT on government for THEIR exsistence, that they are frightened of his promotion of INDIVIDUAL constitutional based freedom & RESPONSIBILITY? Are these people that say Ron Paul is unknown so insecure at leading their own lives, that they hope that their propaganda will defeat representative Paul? Have these people become so weak knee'd that they look at big government/politicians as their parents & gods? How do people become this frightened of taking charge of their own lives & enjoying true constitutional freedoms as our fore fathers pened in ink??? For the life of me I could NEVER imagine myself groveling at Hillary or Giuliani's feet BEGGING for them to help me out with another social program or hand out. But, maybe that's it, like so many Americans, but NOT all, have become "beligerent beggers". It took a while but I think I have hit the nail on the head with the before mentioned. What's YOUR take on this, like fact or truth, it's gotta be one or the other.

2007-08-04 13:37:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

A lot of Americans get outraged by our current administration's desecration to the U.S. Constitution but what can we expect when most of us have apparently forgotten our Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities?

2007-08-04 09:54:35 · 19 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5