Government - October 2006

Aide says he reported Foley 3 years ago
By DEVLIN BARRETT and DAVID ESPO, Associated Press Writers 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Dennis Hastert's political support showed signs of cracking on Wednesday as Republicans fled an election-year scandal spawned by steamy computer messages from former Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record) to teenage male pages.

At the same time, Foley's former chief of staff said in an Associated Press interview that he first warned Hastert's aides more than three years ago that Foley's behavior toward pages was troublesome. That was long before GOP leaders acknowledged learning of the problem.

Kirk Fordham, who was Foley's top aide until January 2004, said he had "more than one conversation with senior staff at the highest level of the House of Representatives asking them to intervene" several years ago.
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2006-10-04 18:00:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-04 17:39:26 · 3 answers · asked by eric_lubenow2007 1

2006-10-04 17:08:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was arrested when I was 17, they waited to prosecute me till I was 18. Marijuana for sale. I took a plea bargain, at the end of probation it was to be set aside. I have since found out that the felony still exists. What can I do? I have written the state where it happened they say they find no record of it. How do I find out if it does or doesn't exist? And how do I rectify this?

2006-10-04 17:00:37 · 10 answers · asked by blackdiamondsandroses 2

2006-10-04 16:57:56 · 3 answers · asked by James D 1

I would like some honest opinions on the estate tax. I am not a republican, so I know I'm supposed to be all for them, but I'm far from that. Here is my view, please read and then give me yours.

If my father works his entire life and pays taxes on every penny he makes, those funds have already been taxed. Because he leaves them to me, I am, according to the government, getting "NEW INCOME" that should also be taxed (At a much higher rate than anything I earn from a job mind you). However, I don't see it this way.

The money is not new income to my family. It has been in our family since my father began working. Being a part of the family, directly related to him by birth, it would seem to me that they are double taxing this money (property, assets..etc).

Why does the government deserve to take more of the money that they have already collected taxes on? Some families who run businesses often times lose their business because they cannot pay the taxes on the business's value.

2006-10-04 16:47:18 · 8 answers · asked by iswd1 5

Do they make more money off busting people with pot (possesion only) than they do spending to Enforce the law (AD's, Police, Processing,) if not why do we still have the law. Would a Conseravtive or a Big Spender be in suppport of a decrim law? 2 Questions in one kinda.

2006-10-04 16:42:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you have to shower with other men? Is basic training hard? Can I still smoke? Are there any reasons I shouldn't? Do the people who rank above you yell at you like in all the movies? Is the pay good? Do I get to pick where I am stationed? Do I get to pick my job?

2006-10-04 16:37:19 · 23 answers · asked by cryptique_keeper 1

Currently dealing with supervisor's untrue allegations about my conduct and have appealed allegations for a hearing.

2006-10-04 16:25:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anthony K 1

Of the $320 Billion Total Cost So Far:

All the $ pay to the soldiers is sent back to their families in the USA, families who then spend that paycheck in their local towns or cities. If the Average Yearly Paycheck is 30K (which is a fair average for the differing ranks that compose the US forces), and there is 150,000 soldiers in Iraq and 20,000 in Afghanistan (170,000 total) drawing such pay, the yearly cost to pay the Soldiers is $5.1 Billion USD. Which would be about $25.5 Billion since the start of the war.

All the equipment to replace damaged vehicles is bought from US corporations, which means that money comes back to the US factories that make the stuff in the form of pay for the workers who produce it. Thats $275 Billion that went into replacing equipment, buying body armor and protecting soldiers.

Only $18.4 Billion is slated to be spent locally in Iraq and Afghanistan on reconstruction projects.

So if all this money comes back, why complain about the cost?

2006-10-04 16:01:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can remember when if you undermined the efforts of the country to fight an enemy, especcially during time of war, that you risk being tried for treason. It used to be punishable by death (which might be extreme), but even if the sentence were only a stretch in prison, it should still be done. We are in an extremely dangerous time in history and national security is most important now more than ever. We are fighting a dangerous enemy that could destroy us and the entire free world as well. Why are there so many idiots out there doing everything they can to undermine the war in Iraq? Even some polititioans are selling out to the enemy. Don't they understand that we as a country are in grave danger to be annialated ? If we don't defend ouselves overseas we will have a bigger mess than we had on 911 right here in America and even more Americans will be killed than are being killed in Iraq.

2006-10-04 16:01:16 · 8 answers · asked by reba m 1

What kind of freedoms do americans have that the rest of the world doesnt, and what made Americas vision of freedom unique when it was founded? Plz no "America sucks, period" posts and cite sources

2006-10-04 15:31:32 · 14 answers · asked by Docktor Worm 2

in the '80s in Afghanistan... and then they came and attacked us

and now they are fostering terrorists in Iraq

2006-10-04 15:20:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I"m a citizen of the U.S. Why are U.S. citizens only refered to as Americans? Mexico ,U.S.,and Canada,all share North America. Are we not "fellow Americans"?

2006-10-04 15:07:05 · 25 answers · asked by ? 6

WASHINGTON - Speaker Dennis Hastert's political support showed signs of cracking on Wednesday as Republicans fled the fallout from an election-year scandal spawned by steamy computer messages from disgraced Rep. Mark Foley to teenage male pages. At the same time, the congressional aide who last week counseled Foley to quit said in an Associated Press interview he first warned Hastert's aides more than three years ago about Foley's worrisome conduct toward pages.
Is it worse to be made aware of risks to young people and say nothing, or to be the perpetrator of abuse?
Watching Foley's speech in Congress 6 minutes after sending a "lurid" email does not show him to be under the influence of alcohol as his lawyer claims!

2006-10-04 14:56:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why the hell is Bush trying to unite everything? d(>.<)b

2006-10-04 14:25:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

kthanks.

2006-10-04 14:11:45 · 5 answers · asked by jessi 2

As we see from current events we are depending on a body to take care of us and they cant even take care of themselves

2006-10-04 13:58:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should there be a larger California vote turnout in this election of 2006 then in the last election of 2004? Why or why not.

2006-10-04 13:33:09 · 4 answers · asked by Super S 1

you call him the terrorist of the world

2006-10-04 13:28:31 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

are they to scared to admit it, that the U S A government pland the attack to kill thousands of people so that they could start "new world order" and kill thousands more Innocent people
new motto for the bush administration "new world order bringing death and distruction to a cit near you!!"

2006-10-04 13:25:41 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has anyone come across any good articles on this?

2006-10-04 13:23:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-04 13:23:06 · 13 answers · asked by Lt h 1

2006-10-04 13:21:44 · 3 answers · asked by Me 1

2006-10-04 13:21:13 · 12 answers · asked by xX_0o_Xx 3

2006-10-04 13:20:30 · 7 answers · asked by Me 1

Are you participating? Are you aware of the downtown gatherings of American citizens who HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF BUSH AND HIS GANG and who want him and the world BOTH to know that Americans DO NOT SUPPORT TORTURE, WAR CRIMES, BLIND SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND ITS MISDEEDS, WAR ON CIVILIANS, LIES AND BETRAYALS.

Do you know that Bush is trying to merge the USA into a union with Mexico and Canada in which we have only one of three votes in the goverring tribunal and the US Constitution will become a city ordinance? (See links below and that is just one of 700 files I have showing the Bush Gang to be TOTAL TRAITORS!!)

Visit the website and then state here what you are going to do on October 5 in YOUR hometown. OK?

2006-10-04 13:13:34 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

all the evidense is there and so many questions go unanswerd also did you know 30% of ammericans dont know what year 911 happened

2006-10-04 13:03:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't know anything about any of this. I don't know who he is, what he did to get all this media attention. I am wondering what happened.

2006-10-04 13:01:06 · 10 answers · asked by One Race The Human Race 5

2006-10-04 12:54:04 · 6 answers · asked by oughboy1 2