Government - August 2007

What do you think? Keep in mind, that the Pentagon can not account for over 2 trillion (that's 2000 billion) Dollar since Bush came into power in 2000.

2007-08-29 10:00:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-29 09:44:37 · 19 answers · asked by plenum222 5

2007-08-29 09:28:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Another 50 billion for this lovely war? Does anyone else think he is making our country go to crap?

2007-08-29 09:27:09 · 34 answers · asked by icedcoffeeaddict 2

2007-08-29 09:14:43 · 10 answers · asked by Gela 1

2007-08-29 08:40:09 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

The government spends millions of dollars for some stupid projects. On what site can I find a list?

2007-08-29 08:08:25 · 11 answers · asked by tobeyp2005 3

And I think we may have established that I am either a liberal republican or conservative democrat? The extreme right on this board have bashed and lumped all democrats into a liberal categor, have bitched and moaned about increasing the minimum wage, and grossly misrepresented percentages and those who know how to do math. Question: Does the extreme right not see the nation for the individuals that make it up? Does the extreme left not see that if you abuse the system, or you are illegal, you do not deserve the social benefits?

2007-08-29 07:44:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it fair to say that since the people in our country without health insurance is still lower tha the percentage of people who approve of Bush, this should be ok right?

2007-08-29 07:17:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

MONTEBELLO, Quebec – For a meeting about a secretive partnership among the heads of state of the United States, Canada and Mexico who have been reluctant to share with the public the details of the plan, the seclusion of Montebello, Quebec, is ideally situated.

The Fairmont Le Chateau resort, where U.S. President George W. Bush, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper are meeting to discuss the Security and Prosperity Partnership, is literally in the middle of the rural Quebec woods.

At 4:30 a.m. today, SPP security workers began shuttling journalists by bus from Ottawa on the hour-long trek in the dark through the Canadian countryside.

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The resort itself has been surrounded by a double security fence – chain link on the outside perimeter and what appears to be a thick-mesh wire barrier dotted with live security cameras.

Within the compound, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are clearly in command, and busloads of heavily armed Sûreté du Québec, the provincial police, have been dispatched throughout the compound.

Military presence, both U.S. and Canadian, also is evident, although low-key.

When Bush arrived yesterday, Harper greeted him by commenting on his Secret Service detail, noting in the live feed over an open mike, that, "You really travel with a small army, don't you."

Bush, looking strained, laughed and responded that the setting for the meeting was beautiful.

Even within the compound, the press is limited to a specified area, with no apparent access to the SPP working group meetings, except for an occasional photo op with the three national leaders.

Today's agenda began with a closed-door meeting the three leaders held with the North American Competitiveness Council, the 30 multi-national North American companies selected by the Chambers of Commerce in each respective state to advise the SPP working groups how to follow their business agenda.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has set up the NACC to serve as the chief policy adviser to the 20 SPP trilateral working groups that have been "integrating" and "harmonizing" North American administrative laws and regulations across a wide spectrum of public policy issues.

Press photographers were allowed in the room as the session began, to take the customary photos for worldwide distribution.

Bush, Calderon, and Harper appeared awkward wearing their suit coats and blue button-down shirts buttoned fully to the last button before the neck, all without ties.

In contrast, the NACC business leaders either did not get the message or could not bring themselves to part with their ties, even though the closest boardroom is an hour or more from Montebello.

Once the three leaders sat down to get to business, the photo op ended and the press were returned to the press pool, left to watch live satellite news feeds or play computer golf on their laptops.

Every now and then, the CBC, Canada's national broadcasting network, would wheel out an official, such as U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins, who on cue answered the interviewer's probes with calming reassurances that what was going on was fairly boring bureaucratic work, all designed to make the trio of nations more secure and more prosperous.

Gone from this year's Montebello summit is the comfortable familiarity Bush seemed to enjoy with his "amigo" President Vicente Fox, evident when Bush entertained at the first SPP summit in Waco, Texas, in 2005, or when Fox was the host last year in Cancun.

When the word circulated that Calderon was leaving early because of Hurricane Dean, seasoned members of the press speculated that Calderon had found a ready excuse to get away early.

Perhaps, some callous media speculated, Calderon did feel bitter that Bush had not delivered on his promise to Fox that he would push some form of "comprehensive immigration reform" through Congress that would have, among other goals, created a path for an estimated 12-20 million illegal aliens in the United States to legal residency.

Harper's predecessor, former prime minister Paul Martin, in Waco seemed out of step with the desolation, uncertain what footwear would work if cowboy boots were just not comfortable.

In the few public appearances Harper has made since the Montebello summit began, he also appears uncertain, perhaps of his own standing as the leader of a minority government in a Canada that is increasingly suspect of the SPP's ambitious integration agenda.

Truly, all three leaders are here in a weakened position.

Bush, after the second defeat of his Kennedy-McCain "sham-nesty" bill and the departure of Karl Rove, is a lame duck with less influence, even within an increasingly contentious Republican Party.

Within Mexico, Calderon is still fighting off charges that he stole the election from his leftist opponent Lopez Obrador.

The public highlight of the morning session was when the three leaders strode confidently from the resort's main lodge along a footpath past news photographers to a late morning meeting in a tent at the end of the path.

The press members then were herded by security back to the press area to await being summoned for the next SPP photo shoot.

Being inside Montebello with the press, no one has any idea if there are protesters or not. The only hint of an outside world was when a Fairmont worker drove by in a heavy-duty backhoe, evidently on the way to some construction job.

2007-08-29 07:11:53 · 7 answers · asked by MACK 3

2007-08-29 06:55:57 · 15 answers · asked by Steel Rain 7

2007-08-29 06:45:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

and his bid to be our next president. The big names get all the media attention - so what about this guy...could he be the best choice for 2008?

2007-08-29 04:09:02 · 5 answers · asked by average girl 2

Sure, and Bill Clinton just sneezed on Monica's dress !

I don't care about anyone's personal lfe, BUT the GOP moralists are phonies and here is one more example. STOP telling the rest of us how to lead our lives

2007-08-29 03:37:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

To rebuild New Orleans? Many parts of that city are below sea level. I know the government waste many millions each year.

2007-08-29 02:31:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

unfairly?

2007-08-29 01:32:15 · 5 answers · asked by moanalisa 4

In saying yesterday that he would not withdraw troops from Iraq, continuing his prededcessor's policies. Is the 'Brown bounce' over?

2007-08-29 01:24:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-29 01:01:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

why do we want the federal government to fix every thing from Katrina, flooding in the west, storm damage,school systems every thing when its not really their job. they are to keep our boarders and control what goes on between the states. which they cant do because we are making them do everything else. ever hear of insurance? I pay it every one that has something worth value pays it or they dont care enough about it. the real question is why is the federal government doling out tax money to bale out people too stupid to protect what they have. why should the working class tax payer pay for lazy stupid people that didnt care enough to insure their belongings? or bale out states that rather spend their money on parties and good times then to fix the infastructure of the state? its not the federal governments job people. the more they do the more it cost you in money and rights. dont give up your freedom for stupidity.

2007-08-29 00:19:32 · 9 answers · asked by spiveyracing 5

2007-08-29 00:14:14 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-29 00:10:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-29 00:01:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Current videos show New Orleans still in ruins, two years after the fact. Homeless people are camping out, across from City Hall. Rents are unreasonable and repairs to homes, where insurance has denied claims, has been impossible. Thousands have never even returned to their homes in New Orleans. Didn't Halliburton get the no-bid contract to repair the city? Is our government short of money. Where is our money being spent? I hope I'm wrong, but it almost seems as though it's a cleansing process of the poor people.

2007-08-28 19:09:11 · 12 answers · asked by ArRo 6

Is the U.S. a republic or a democracy? What's the difference?

2007-08-28 17:46:06 · 15 answers · asked by Fisher 3

2007-08-28 16:52:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-28 15:50:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Rep. Idaho Sen. Larry Craig is "backpedaling" quite hard these days, trying hard to deny his gay tendencies...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_on_go_co/craig_arrest

This again proves the duplicity and lies that these idiots live on a daily basis, publically taking a harsh position against homosexuality, and privately living the life that they claim to fight against.

Two faced idiots...

Is it time that Rep. Idaho Sen. Larry Craig came ut of the closet, and cleared the air with the truth?

2007-08-28 15:39:02 · 7 answers · asked by minitrail70 5

this question is ask to help me with a school project

2007-08-28 15:30:17 · 3 answers · asked by Laura C 1

The Question Says It All.

2007-08-28 14:32:30 · 8 answers · asked by John 2

By definition is the United States of America a Democracy or a Republic in reality? i.e. " I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands...

2007-08-28 14:27:24 · 3 answers · asked by mark_hensley@sbcglobal.net 7