Government - December 2006

Or maybe you know but just don't want to admit it?

2006-12-29 05:43:50 · 5 answers · asked by Crypto Jew Boy 1

2006-12-29 05:27:16 · 18 answers · asked by olds_alero2000 1

2006-12-29 05:25:59 · 3 answers · asked by xhetal09x 3

........that we never questioned anything at all, ever when it comes to govt integrity.Is this an accurate assessment do you think?

2006-12-29 05:04:32 · 8 answers · asked by Paul I 4

Is not seeking truth and justice by asking questions part of what made America great in the first place?

2006-12-29 04:58:03 · 9 answers · asked by Paul I 4

Regarding the death of president ford...rip...I need to know this because I may have to call the babysitter aka grandpa lol

2006-12-29 04:44:55 · 3 answers · asked by haytayy182 1

by the Iraq War.Why does our administration have Americans believing we're over there fighting for our freedom? Whose threatens us? We never went after the persons responsible for 911, they aren't in Iraq. Why does everyone think our freedom is at jeopardy?

2006-12-29 04:37:37 · 2 answers · asked by Thirty-five 2

Published on Sunday, April 11, 2004 by the King Features Syndicate
White House Hindering 9/11 Probe
by Walter Cronkite

Last week, this column trod, perhaps too softly, on the issue of the veracity of President Bush and his administration.

Since then, questions concerning their truthfulness -- or, at the minimum, their candor -- have multiplied alarmingly.

In this regard, the independent commission investigating 9/11 has smoked out the Bush administration as nothing has since George W. came into office pledging to return integrity to the White House. From the beginning of the commission's work, the White House has thrown in its way one roadblock after another regarding funding, duration and its access to people and documents. And time after time the White House has relented in the face of political pressure, but only as much as needed to reduce that pressure.

We recently witnessed a tug of war over National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, who refused to appear before the panel (whose members have top-secret security clearance), under oath, to answer questions raised by Richard Clarke, both in his book and his testimony. It was, Rice and the White House insisted, a matter of principle that a presidential adviser not be so required -- the principle being the independence of the executive from the legislative branch and the president's right to protect the confidence of his advisers.

The fact that this commission was not a congressional body caused a lot of people to question the applicability of that principle, but be that as it may, it was the basis, we were told, of the president's stand -- until the pressure built up again, raising fears it could undercut the president's re-election campaign. Once again, the White House relented.

Then came the news that the administration had withheld from the 9/11 commission thousands of pages of counterterrorism documents (two-thirds of the total) from the Clinton administration that presumably reveal what the Democrats had done and, more importantly, what they had passed on to the incoming Bush administration.

President Bush's spokesman, Scott McClellan, trying to explain the White House policy, was quoted by The New York Times as saying some documents had been withheld because they were "duplicative or unrelated," and others because they were "highly sensitive." McClellan added a comment revealing the arrogance of the White House toward this whole investigation, saying, "We are providing the commission with access to all the information they need to do their job."

Well, that created a new firestorm, and the following day the White House backed down again, or seemed to. Members and some staff of the commission can go and read the documents in question, McClellan says, but he wouldn't say whether the White House would actually hand over copies. Furthermore, commission members and others felt that this raised a question about whether the White House has withheld similar Bush administration papers.

Once again, the president and his team have resisted cooperation with the commission, claiming principle, budget constraints, secrecy, irrelevance, duplication -- everything but the kitchen sink -- as its reasons, only to relent under pressure. The entire history of this investigation raises the question of whether the administration recognizes any principle higher than re-election.

There is no reason why this commission of important and responsible leaders from both sides of the political aisle should have to accept these continued insults to its integrity by an administration that demonstrates repeatedly its own lack of integrity so flagrantly.

When the commission's work is done, will the nation feel confident that it knows what can be known about how and why 9/11 happened, and what truly needs to be done to prevent a recurrence? Not at this rate. That assurance might have to await an assessment by a future body unhampered by the meddling of an administration whose resistance arouses suspicions that it has something -- perhaps much -- to hide in failing to protect the nation on 9/11.

Walter Cronkite was anchor of "CBS Evening News" for 19 years.

© 2004 Walter Cronkite

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2006-12-29 04:27:27 · 5 answers · asked by Paul I 4

WELL I WILL SAY THIS, AS A RETIRED MARINE WHO WATCHED ALOT OF HIS FRIENDS GET DRAFTED BY THE ARMY IN THE LATE 60S TO EARLY 70S I WILL HIDE MY KIDS,, THEY WILL NOT GO TO THIS UNJUST VIETNAM AGAIN WAR, I DID ENOUGH MARINE FOR MY WHOLE FAMILY,,SO NO THEY WONT GO, ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT

2006-12-29 03:46:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-29 03:39:15 · 16 answers · asked by rozzell j 3

more jobs
better schools
less crime

2006-12-29 03:36:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Looking for a link to the breakdown on where taxes come from!
Neo-cons all claim how much the wealthy pay in taxes, but dont most taxes come from alchol and tobacco

2006-12-29 03:11:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anarchy99 7

2006-12-29 03:08:24 · 10 answers · asked by postaldronechb 1

2006-12-29 02:54:46 · 23 answers · asked by swanred52 1

2006-12-29 02:54:25 · 25 answers · asked by koldsweat l 1

if i sent President Bush a letter do you think he would reply?

my friend sent him a letter and he replied

does it only matter about the subject?

2006-12-29 02:50:33 · 5 answers · asked by ·.·•ς๏ς๏•·.· 1

2006-12-29 02:49:34 · 2 answers · asked by morgan0308 3

This is the most corrupt White House since the days of Richard Milhouse Nixon (the crook).

Tax dollars are going to support greedy corporations like Halliburton and Raytheon, and they just rip off the government.

Bush and his regime have lied to the congress, and mis-led them into thinking that war is the answer and diplomacy shouldn't even be considered.

75% of Americans are living well below the poverty level, and there are even hundreds of thousands of American children that go to bed hungry, not to mention the huge problem with homelessness.

Why is America so worried about how others live in the world when we need to clean up our own White House first?

2006-12-29 02:49:27 · 5 answers · asked by Brotherhood 7

WAIT
Before you go into this in detail, I suggest you take a look at these pics
No, I haven't use photoshop on them
Here is the link - http://www.freewebs.com/parasit-e/index.htm?post=bush

2006-12-29 02:43:56 · 12 answers · asked by Don 2

Some rich countries pretend to assist others wheras they are finding ways to exploit the underprivilegde countries, take for example what is presently happening in Africa by China, USA, Japan, etc. in order to have influence in the country in question. Why should the rich not help to train poor countries and not give direct loans which end up in private pockets. Foreign influence help to maintain a president in power for a long time, thereby abusing the principle of democracy. Take the case of one man serving at least 20 years in office as president. Why does this not happen in western world only in Africa?

2006-12-29 02:22:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Friends,
today rich is richer and poor is poorer.....
r u agree or not friends???

2006-12-29 01:20:46 · 8 answers · asked by friendship.. with.. sky.. 1

2006-12-29 01:08:03 · 18 answers · asked by uberchrist33 1

who needs friends like that

2006-12-29 00:22:20 · 16 answers · asked by barry t 3

Today we made our final payment for the cost of the second world war. How much has Germany paid towards the cost of the war they started.

2006-12-29 00:16:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

tell me what would you do if you become a prime minister of england for 1 day?

2006-12-28 23:16:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes I feel like they only want war when it's to protect the interests of rich Americans and corporations. I think the whole "fighting to preserve freedom and liberate people" thing is all an excuse and that they don't really care.

2006-12-28 22:56:51 · 12 answers · asked by AL IS ON VACATION AND HAS NO PIC 5

2006-12-28 22:40:10 · 18 answers · asked by gazoo 1

Why was that young senator yelling for Spot Resolutions?

2006-12-28 22:31:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-28 21:08:39 · 6 answers · asked by vel m 1

As a further mark of respect to the memory of Gerald R. Ford, the thirty-eighth President of the United States, NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, in honor and tribute to the memory of Gerald R. Ford, and as an expression of public sorrow, do appoint Tuesday, January 2, 2007, as a National Day of Mourning throughout the United States. I call on the American people to assemble on that day in their respective places of worship, there to pay homage to the memory of President Ford. I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in this solemn observance.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.

GEORGE W. BUSH

2006-12-28 20:51:03 · 3 answers · asked by Crzypvt 4