Other - Politics & Government - August 2006

2006-08-28 12:11:41 · 4 answers · asked by ? 5

Somewhere there must be a balance point between total freedom with no security, and total govt surveillance with no liberty or privacy. But what is that balance point? If you could rewrite all the laws (and the Constitution if necessary), where would you draw that line?

Or put another way, what would the govt have to show to be able to limit your freedom and intrude on your privacy? That some serious threat exists somewhere? That some significant threat exists and you might be involved? That you personally are a threat? And how much proof is needed to justify the intrusion or regulation? Clear and convincing evidence? Probable cause? Reasonable Suspicion? Just a hunch?

I'm not asking whether any existing programs are good or bad, legal or illegal. Just where you think the legal lines should be drawn. Best answer goes to the most clearly written and logically consistent argument supporting why you would draw the line there, whether I agree with it or not.

2006-08-28 12:09:07 · 18 answers · asked by coragryph 7

Why cant they see that we too love America and all it stands for, its just we see it for what it really is, not the lies that are being spoon fed via the government controlled media outlets.I dont want to see America brought down by terrorists, I want America to change its ways and reform and return to the country it can be. I dont want to see my country hi jacked by people who have done just that.

2006-08-28 11:44:40 · 14 answers · asked by stephaniemariewalksonwater 5

Okay, here is what I mean, and no I am not a Republican. Everytime I turn around I hear an idiotic, inane statement by these so called " liberal Democrats." Example, " If Jesus was alive today He would be a liberal Democrat." It is obvious they haven't read the Bible, or they would know just how stupid of a statement that is. It seems that they believe everything they are told by the left instead of doing a little research for themselves. They accuse you of telling a lie when you inform them who move on dot org really is, that the Dem party recieves big money from the Cuban Communist Party, the Chinese Communist Party, the N. Korean Communist Party, NAMBLA. This is what their party has become and they are proud of it. Some of the above mentioned orgs. have contributed by proxy so that it would be harder to trace, but only a baffoon would be fooled. They think the world of Dean, Boxar, Pulosi, Kerry, Kennedy, Reid, Byrd, and on and on, and yet have the audacity to point a finger at Bush

2006-08-28 11:33:37 · 16 answers · asked by celticwarrior7758 4

2006-08-28 11:22:11 · 5 answers · asked by Jonas A 4

2006-08-28 11:22:07 · 8 answers · asked by position28 4

The public now knows there were no WMD's, & that UN sanctions had worked leaving Iraq with little or no infrastructure left to build or develop nuclear or biological weapons and any existing chemical weapons had long degraded. Even republicans now realize that the ideals of democracy have to be freely chosen rather than be forced at gun point down the throats of a diverse and divided population.

The neo-cons rationalizations for turning the USA into a first strike nation & bombing the Iraqis back into the dark ages have faded away like the smoke and mirrors they were.

Neo-cons are again using their old tricks to manipulate the publics fear of terrorist attack.

Stating its better to fight terrorists over there rather than having to fight them in OUR cities and that was why lil bushy had to attack Iraq.

Isn't this a sick justification for unleasing the horrors of War on a people who didn't attack us as our troops were already fighting terrorists OVER THERE in Afghanstan?

2006-08-28 11:19:41 · 9 answers · asked by rcabrave 2

2006-08-28 11:12:43 · 18 answers · asked by G 6

2006-08-28 11:08:52 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-28 10:52:29 · 23 answers · asked by position28 4

im trying to test out the political bounds but i think that people are so valuable and i want to help people, what does that make me?

2006-08-28 10:49:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Top Points to random voter. No explanations needed, just a name. Thanks. The paper claims it will be a tight race. So, lets see.

2006-08-28 10:45:55 · 3 answers · asked by phusionx130 3

If you had dual citizenship and could travel abroad on a canadian passport, do you think you would be safer doing this? Im a little afraid to travel with a US passport and think perhaps I would be safer with the Canadian one what do you think?

2006-08-28 10:41:51 · 11 answers · asked by stephaniemariewalksonwater 5

http://www.kqed.org/topics/news/perspectives/youdecide/pop/draft

2006-08-28 10:35:00 · 15 answers · asked by Pey 7

2006-08-28 10:26:31 · 12 answers · asked by Historybuff 1

...and if Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig convert back to their original religions now that they've been released, will they be hunted down and killed as Sharia law says?

2006-08-28 10:15:54 · 10 answers · asked by rustyshackleford001 5

It is SPYWARE is it not?

2006-08-28 10:00:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just to ask, how do you believe the information of a Mathmatical Statistician and a Physicist (who doesnt actually even have a doctorate) over the masses of the Scientific community?

I just thought id be direct and ask you outright

2006-08-28 09:57:54 · 3 answers · asked by thomas p 5

2006-08-28 09:53:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok u lots who like this man or who dont like?

and why can any one give me a really good reason huh?

what good and bad about him?

2006-08-28 09:42:56 · 22 answers · asked by Fit babe2007 2

This Florida Republican politician, U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, believes that the separation of church and state is "a lie" and believes that God and the founding fathers did not intend for the the country (the U.S.A.) to be a "a nation of secular laws." She was also quoted as saying, "If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin."

What are your thoughts about her statements?


CNN.com: 'Rep. Harris: Church-state separation 'a lie' '
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/28/senate.harris.ap/index.html

2006-08-28 09:38:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

what tensions existbetween the desire to promote freedom of expression and the desire t0o promote a civil society!?

2006-08-28 09:25:56 · 3 answers · asked by zeboygenious 1

I mean don't you think we would all be so much more accomplished if we looked out for our neighbor as much as we looked out for ourselves? I was watching something on t.v. last night with my husband about hurricane Katrina and I was so devastated all over again about it. I just wish that we didn't have to rely on a government that is just as imperfect as we are. I know we all want a perfect world and response team, but if we were just a little more self sufficient ourselves, then don't you think things like this wouldn't be as bad as they are?

It's not right or wrong, it's just my opinion on a thought I had...

2006-08-28 09:25:43 · 13 answers · asked by mother_flower 3

Jeffrey Dohmer....or......

Constance Fisher??

2006-08-28 09:10:55 · 7 answers · asked by julean33 2

as an answer to someones question about whether a plane could just vanish like that someone posted a youtube video of a similarly sized plane that had been crashed into into solid concrete. It was amazing how similar it looked to the pentagon crash...does anyone know what I am talking about?? Please help I want to see it again.

2006-08-28 08:58:24 · 5 answers · asked by Bistro 7

Should i eat hot dogs.....or pizza??

To be honest....your opinions dont matter.....it might shift me to one or the other...but it wont really matter.

But since your reading....you might as well put your input on this....

2006-08-28 08:51:46 · 16 answers · asked by julean33 2

I not only recieved a notice of violation but also a threat to terminate my account on the next offense, because I responded quite candidly to a racial question asked. Many fail to realize that when society in general, most definitely including those who manage this group, do see fit to treat this like the big elephant in the room we are not supposed to talk about, and punishes anyone who dares mentioning it, they're in fact doing a disservice TO ALL OF US in general, as our basic freedom of speech is being violated.

How are we supposed to resolve our problems, when we are not allowed to talk candidly about them, especially when double-standards are very much part of this issue?

2006-08-28 08:45:30 · 5 answers · asked by imagineworldwide 4

He's been stuttering more than usual!

2006-08-28 08:27:34 · 17 answers · asked by Debra B 2

Ask the man and women who are fighting the war their opinion.
"Always motivated, and always dedicated to keep your a$$ safe, while all you seem to do is complain about us".
"People protesting the war at home are no different than the Iraqui's protesting it over there, the only difference is that they don't have the balls to be a suicide bomber and stand up for what they believe in".

2006-08-28 08:19:24 · 12 answers · asked by vandetta00 2

A tai-pan, a black widow spider or a rabid pitbull?

2006-08-28 08:14:55 · 17 answers · asked by pakistani_spack 1