Government - August 2007

2007-08-30 02:51:41 · 24 answers · asked by Brotherhood 7

I believe that government is inherently inept and inefficient for this reason, no one person or group is held accountable for their actions like in the private sector. If I am a buget director for my company and I draw up a annual buget that goes over by a hundred percent I get demoted or fired. If people in government do it they usually get promoted and they just raise our taxes. I think this is the fundemental reason why government botch up every institution they run ex SS Welfare Medicare, yet their are people clamoring for the government to run the grandaddy of all system health care what is your opinion?

2007-08-30 02:42:21 · 8 answers · asked by Ynot! 6

2007-08-29 23:58:38 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can the State Department refuse to recognize her credentials and declare her persona non grata?

2007-08-29 23:25:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have never seen any other party come close, only the Republicans and Demarcates, do you think any other party will ever stand a chance?

2007-08-29 22:21:24 · 4 answers · asked by Doug favors universal insurance! 3

If you were appointed to a think tank, what would your reasons, solutions be?

2007-08-29 22:18:41 · 4 answers · asked by Doug favors universal insurance! 3

to the benefits agency, yet are in receipt of benefits - ie Income support, DLA, Council Tax Benefit, Housing Benefit, etc etc.

Is this fraud and is it "reportable"?

2007-08-29 21:12:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Don't give that BS that it's illeagal and blah blah blah. If they get paid so little don't you feel guilty for being a doosh to them? And before you start saying stuff, some do pay taxes, own houses and stuff.

2007-08-29 21:04:32 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

This really grabbed my attention the other day when I was watching the news. A person had won the powerball drawing which was, I think, $330 million. Anyway, the news reporter said after taxes, if this person chose the lump sum payment, would be roughly $146 million.
My question is, after paying over a million dollars in taxes, should that person ever have to pay taxes again?
How can they justify taking over $100 million in taxes from someone and still demand them to keep paying taxes after that?
I personally think it's insane to take that much from someone and still demand more after the fact.

2007-08-29 20:08:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Seems like America just gets worse and worse. I've never seen this nation in such shambles before. How does such a nation spread democracy when democracy allows pig-headed idiots to ruin it? Patriot act, justifying human rights abuses, etcetera, are we becoming less of the America we once were and more like Kingdom of Saud (to a much lesser degree)?

2007-08-29 20:05:04 · 2 answers · asked by AO099 2

Arguments?

2007-08-29 16:27:59 · 18 answers · asked by Glen B 6

I mainly want to know who replaced the senator who died in the summer and when his term ends.

Thanks

2007-08-29 16:16:55 · 4 answers · asked by kiwi chick 1

Or a colored president for that matter?
I'm sick of those arrogant, southern drawled douchbags who feel compelled to LIE LIE LIE. Personally, I think its time for a change..what do you all think?

2007-08-29 16:15:18 · 16 answers · asked by ♥Beezy♪ 2

2007-08-29 16:14:33 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have seen this guy..american jihadi on liveleak. He provides solid evidence of the 9/11 inside job. How can it be denied?

Proof of demolitions here:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7f78636e38&p=1

Firefighter ear witnesses describe 50 consecutive charges:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c104ba615e

World Trade Center Building 7 collapse - never even attacked:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=acdfae1820

BEST video evidence of the charges of all...
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4ad38995cd&p=1

Also some pictures of the NO BOEING at the Pentagon:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3de6032576&p=1

You don't have to be afraid. We are not lying to you. The mass media is lying to you. Stop being afraid. Why do you give one liner insults instead of intellectual responses? R U afraid of open and honest discourse. We won't laugh at your ignorance. How can you vote well if you didn't know the war of terror is a farce? Think of Iraq as an business acquisition. No threat 2 U

2007-08-29 16:04:06 · 15 answers · asked by the truth and nothing but 1

Offended??? This is no worse than people dragging George Bush's wife, children and parents through the slime some of you think are witty comments.

2007-08-29 15:29:26 · 3 answers · asked by TedEx 7

is it the same as the margin required to convict a president which is 2/3

2007-08-29 15:23:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

"the Mayflower Compact was in essence a social contract in which the settlers consented to follow the rules and regulations of the government for the sake of survival. The government, in return, would derive its power from the consent of the governed."
I was researching on the Mayflower Compact and I find that last sentence pretty difficult to understand. So if anyone can please help give me briefly on what that phrase means. I'd appreciate that.

2007-08-29 15:02:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

One group denies the facts about the past the other denies those about the present. Are they the same?

p.s. I don't think they are, but can't find a reason why they aren't.

2007-08-29 14:44:57 · 9 answers · asked by C.S. 5

2007-08-29 13:48:02 · 8 answers · asked by xdokhtareh.tirip 1

Last night I heard that a**hole Glen Beck on CNN going on about how it is not a big deal that we're ranked 37th in the world for Health Care because even if not everyone is covered, the people that are covered get superior care than that of other nations - he then proceeded to say that who cares what the World Health Organization thinks anyway because they are a bunch of socialists......WTF?
So answer me this for those who agree with him - We have basic nessecities that we totally take for granted, we can call the cops if we are victims of crime, we can call the fire department if our house in on fire, our garbage gets taken away even if we don't pay for it....these are all things that are given to us because we pay taxes......why should health care be any different? Health care is covered in many other democratic nations and it's not considered "socialism", it's a basic human right!

2007-08-29 13:33:13 · 11 answers · asked by nickyninedoors 3

it does and very inefficient. examples... all the BILLIONS of dollars sent to "victims" of hurricane katrina, and all the waste associated with it going into wrong hands.... this is but ONE example, there are many many others.

2007-08-29 13:32:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

There over 800 prison camps in the United States, all fully operational and ready to receive prisoners. They are all staffed and even surrounded by full-time guards, but they are all empty. These camps are to be operated by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) should Martial Law need to be implemented in the United States and all it would take is a presidential signature on a proclamation and the attorney general's signature on a warrant to which a list of names is attached. Ask yourself if you really want to be on Ashcroft's list. The Rex 84 Program was established on the reasoning that if a "mass exodus" of illegal aliens crossed the Mexican/US border, they would be quickly rounded up and detained in detention centers by FEMA. Rex 84 allowed many military bases to be closed down and to be turned into prisons.

2007-08-29 12:42:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Miss South Carolina Teen USA had a difficult time answering this question during the "final questions" portion of the pageant last Friday night, and is receiving a lot of negative publicity as a result. How would you answer this? To refresh your memory:
Here’s the original response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3inxz8d...

Here’s the musical response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lak4w__fg...

Here’s the comedic response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7schxqa8...

Here’s the redemption:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqknvpn3v...

Now what’s your response?

2007-08-29 12:29:39 · 19 answers · asked by Alana 2

I started a job on May 8th at a Dr's office as a receptionist. On the day of my interview I was notified I would be on probation for 3 months and until then, they would determine whether I'd be hired on a full time basis or not depending on how well I did. At that time I was getting Unemployment and continued until I knew for sure they'd keep me. The position to me was "temporary" since I was on probation. After 1 1/2 month, they decided not to keep me because according to them I was not what they were looking for. Every two weeks I would report to unemployment my extra income and was always honest about everything. Now unemployment does not want to continue my benefits because they claimed I lied stating that I reported false information because a three months probation does not mean "temporary", that it's considered a full time position. I am confused, should I appeal it? I don't agree with unemployment at all...

2007-08-29 12:17:56 · 8 answers · asked by J-Bo 1

2007-08-29 11:35:25 · 8 answers · asked by millenium_ryan 3

On President Bush and giving The Mayor, the Govenor and 50 years of political hacks a free wash of all responsibility? Yes, the federal government could have done more and responded faster, but the failing levees and inability to evacuate the city completely rests on a local and state level. I just hope they get all the help they need before another Hurricane hits.

2007-08-29 11:13:57 · 8 answers · asked by MD 4

My family said there's 51 and saying that hawaii is the 51st.
How many states are there and what is the last one?

2007-08-29 10:56:39 · 3 answers · asked by .::LLAMA L0V3::. 1

Current U.S. Senator states "The two questions that the congress will not ask . . . is why did 9/11 happen on George Bush's watch when he had clear warnings that it was going to happen? Why did they allow it to happen?"
Current Republican Congressman states that "we see the [9/11] investigations that have been done so far as more or less cover-up and no real explanation of what went on"
Current Democratic Congressman hints that we aren't being told the truth about 9/11
Former U.S. Republican Congressman and senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, and who served six years as the Chairman of the Military Research and Development Subcommittee, has shown that the U.S. tracked hijackers before 9/11, is open to hearing information about explosives in the Twin Towers, and is open to the possibility that 9/11 was an inside job
Former Democratic Senator states that he supports a new 9/11 investigation and that we don't know the truth about 9/11
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan said that the official story of 9/11 is "the dog that doesn't hunt" (if you suspect he is a closet liberal, take a look at his bio)
Former director of the U.S. "Star Wars" space defense program in both Republican and Democratic administrations, who was a senior air force colonel who flew 101 combat missions, and who is a Catholic Archbishop stated that 9/11 was an inside job (he also said "If our government had merely done nothing, and allowed normal procedures to happen on that morning of 9/11, the twin towers would still be standing, and thousands of dead Americans would still be alive. [T]hat is treason")
Former U.S. Army Air Defense Officer and NORAD Tac Director, decorated with the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star and the Soldiers Medal stated that "there is no way that an aircraft . . . would not be intercepted when they deviate from their flight plan, turn off their transponders, or stop communication with Air Traffic Control ... Attempts to obscure facts by calling them a 'conspiracy Theory' does not change the truth. It seems, 'Something is rotten in the State.'"
Former 20-year Marine Corps infantry and intelligence officer, the second-ranking civilian in U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence, and former CIA clandestine services case officer stated that "9/11 was at a minimum allowed to happen as a pretext for war", and it was probably an inside job (see Customer Review dated October 7, 2006).
Former high-ranking Reagan official and very influential conservative doubts the official story about 9/11
Former Two-Star general questions the attack on the Pentagon
Former Air Force Colonel and key Pentagon official finds various aspects of 9/11 suspicious
Former President of the U.S. Air Force Accident Investigation Board, who also served as Pentagon Weapons Requirement Officer and as a member of the Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review, and who was awarded Distinguish Flying Crosses for Heroism, four Air Medals, four Meritorious Service Medals, and nine Aerial Achievement Medals, is a member of a group which doubts the government's version of 9/11
Current U.S. Congresswoman, former senior CIA analyst, former Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Warning under Nixon, Ford, and Carter, former US Ambassador and Chief of Mission to Iraq, former Deputy Director to the White House Task Force on Terrorism, and former US Department of State Foreign Service Officer (as well as a who's who of liberals and independents) jointly call for a new investigation into 9/11
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg said that some of the claims concerning government involvement in 9/11 are credible, that "very serious questions have been raised about what they [U.S. government officials] knew beforehand and how much involvement there might have been", that engineering 9/11 would not be humanly or psychologically beyond the scope of the current administration, and that there's enough evidence to justify a new, "hard-hitting" investigation into 9/11 with subpoenas and testimony taken under oath

Former FBI translator, who the Department of Justice's Inspector General and several senators have called extremely credible (free subscription required), said "If they were to do real investigations we would see several significant high level criminal prosecutions in this country. And that is something that they are not going to let out. And, believe me; they will do everything to cover this up". She also is leaning towards the conclusion that 9/11 was an inside job
A 28-year career CIA official says 9/11 was an inside job
A retired 27-year CIA analyst who prepared and presented Presidential Daily Briefs and served as a high-level analyst for several presidents stated that there are indications that Cheney ordered a stand down of the military on 9/11
Former FBI agent says "The FBI, rather than trying to prevent a terrorist attack, was merely gathering intelligence so they would know who to arrest when a terrorist attack occurred."
Former air traffic controller, who knows the flight corridor which the two planes which hit the Twin Towers flew "like the back of my hand" and who handled two actual hijackings says that 9/11 could not have occurred as the government says, and that planes can be tracked on radar even when their transponders are turned off (also, listen to this interview)
Former 6-year Inspector General, U.S. Department of Transportation and former Professor of Aviation, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Aviation says "the [9/11] commission is clearly not talking to everybody or not telling us everything .... Huge discrepancies persist in basic facts .... when we heard the carriers and governments alike saying, “Oh, no one could have foreseen this. No one knew that this was coming. No one knew that there was any risk like this in the world,” is absolutely false....
The Group Director on matters of national security in the U.S. Government Accountability Office said that President Bush did not respond to unprecedented warnings of the 9/11 disaster and conducted a massive cover-up instead of accepting responsibility
Former ambassador to Iraq is not satisfied with the official story
Numerous high-level legal scholars question the official version of 9/11. As do numerous military leaders.
And many officials from allied governments have also questioned 9/11:
Statement by former President of Italy
Statements by former German Defense Minister and current member of British Parliament
Statement by former Canadian Minister of Defense

Statements of two former MI5 (British intelligence) agents (19 minutes into video)

Statement of a high-ranking general and the former chief of NATO regarding bombs in the Twin Towers (in Danish)

Statement by the commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force; and see also statement of former chief of staff of the Russian armed forces

2007-08-29 10:51:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

this dude was canvassing on the street, and i registered to vote, to help him out, but i have no intention to actually vote.

2007-08-29 10:45:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous