Other - Politics & Government - August 2006

2006-08-17 09:24:16 · 15 answers · asked by idono 2

Many liberals seem to believe any effort to cut a poverty-related program is hatred of the poor and abandoning Jesus' call to help the poor, the sick, the widow. Bush Republicans seem to think it is fine to cut taxes but not cut any government programs at all as well, but only because it ensures their re-election.

But Jesus didn't advocate government programs to help the sick and poor, he didn't refer them to a bureaucracy. He provided direct relief, he treated them as persons. Charitable organizations, faith-based or secular, do a fine job of helping people, and better than the government. Why not support that structure instead of expecting a massive government bureaucracy siphon off aid dollars and provide inferior service and results?

2006-08-17 09:22:41 · 10 answers · asked by kingstubborn 6

2006-08-17 09:10:07 · 7 answers · asked by illamoon 3

Maybe all of us democrats really ARE just "whiney liberals". Maybe the republicans have been right all along.

Maybe there WERE weapons of mass destruction and we just haven't looked hard enough. Maybe Fox News is the only source of true, unbiased and accurate news. Maybe Jebidiah only rigged ballot boxes to make sure we got the best leader. Maybe Scooter Libey is a patriot. Maybe Tom Delay was really just laundering all that cash to fund the war on terr'rrists. Maybe the whole Karl Rove scandal was a huge "misunderestimating". Maybe Michael Hayden is wiretapping out of his love for bad sci-fi films. Maybe Bush was right when he called the constitution "just a piece of paper". Maybe Dick really DID think that old man was a quail or better yet, a terr'rrrist.

Maybe Dubya isn't a moron but a genius who speaks in code. Maybe everything really IS Clinton's fault. And... Haliburton, well, maybe we should all buy stock and support our VP on whatever business ventures he pursues.

Maybe the 26% Bush Supporters are the only smart people left in the world.

And if that's the case.... then God help us all!

2006-08-17 09:09:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Nation to war again? Is this a reality or just more spin and hype created by the media?

2006-08-17 09:08:26 · 4 answers · asked by James H 3

Are they just racist against wealthy New Yorkers?

2006-08-17 09:05:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

the U.S. is a better place without muslim influence!!!

2006-08-17 09:02:25 · 28 answers · asked by A REAL American 3

How, exactly, would one go about changing one's existing social security number? Not that I'm a felon, but I know for a fact that someone out there is using databases in an effort to track my girlfriend and I's whereabouts and such. I also think he's capable of theft and fraud. Truly a sick man.

2006-08-17 09:02:06 · 6 answers · asked by Annoyed 1

2006-08-17 08:55:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-17 08:48:45 · 13 answers · asked by teecool25 1

2006-08-17 08:41:31 · 24 answers · asked by friskygimp 5

Which is more important to you and why?

For example, is being more 'safe' worth carrying an ID card and being subjected to random searches?

2006-08-17 08:33:37 · 14 answers · asked by ironcrosx 2

2006-08-17 08:30:56 · 18 answers · asked by position28 4

the documentary Loose Change. I have not seen it.

2006-08-17 08:29:10 · 4 answers · asked by slip-slappy 2

2006-08-17 08:25:19 · 14 answers · asked by position28 4

2006-08-17 08:24:17 · 15 answers · asked by Republicans_R_Immoral_And_Stupid 1

2006-08-17 08:20:57 · 49 answers · asked by cutendeadlie 1

2006-08-17 08:18:06 · 14 answers · asked by position28 4

2006-08-17 08:16:35 · 15 answers · asked by position28 4

!. If I'm a pro-lifer, but support the death penelty.
2. If the only union I support is the Baseball Players Union, because heck they're richer then me.
3. If you've named your kids "deduction one" and "deduction two"
4. You might be a conservative if you've tried to argue that poverty could be abolished if people were just allowed to keep more of their minimum wage.
5. What's the only way a conservative can raise his I.Q? Standing on a chair.
6. What do you call a conservative in an institute of higher learning? A visitor
7. Whats the difference between a conservative and a sack of manure? The sack.
8. How many conservatives does it take to change a light bulb? None. They'll pass a law forcing school children to pray to god to take the dark away.

2006-08-17 08:08:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will that person be male/female?...republican/democrat/other?...
(no rascist crap please)

2006-08-17 08:08:28 · 22 answers · asked by fred[because i can] 5

It’s uh…doin’ things like this are at the top of my prioritizinalation. Them Harley folks is all good people and they deserve the kind of boost that only I, posing as Bono, could give ‘em. This is what is really ‘mportant for America. Doin’ uh…goin’ to the……..Ya see, Harley isn’t makin’ enough money. I want every American to go out and buy one of these motersickles by the end of the month. Accordin’ to my calc’lations, that’ll solve all of America’s economical problems for the next 3 decades. If ya don’t, yer a traitor to America and freedom and democracy and some other patriotic soundin’ words. Never mind that I’m a 15% shareholder in the company.
So uhh…..Whadja, whadja think of the shades? Did they make me look cool or what? And that bike…I uhh…when I sat on it, it made me feel powerful. I had more goin’ on between m’legs than I do between m’ears.

2006-08-17 07:43:28 · 2 answers · asked by All that fancy paints as fair 2

I live in Connecticut and they cut out podiatrist and chiropractors. I'm on disability and should go to both of these kinds of doctors. Can you believe the abuse the poor and disabled go through in this country?

2006-08-17 07:38:01 · 1 answers · asked by Elizabeth S 3

911

2006-08-17 07:36:57 · 24 answers · asked by jt2105811432 2

2006-08-17 07:34:25 · 4 answers · asked by Elizabeth S 3

if terrorisim decreased then USA & UK +EUROPE exclusive pollicies against muslims are understandable if terrorisim is increased then west has made the world unsafe and their pollicies are un-understandable.

2006-08-17 07:27:21 · 6 answers · asked by sheema3 2

Exist the possibility about some goverment people that the terrorism is a good way to get money.

2006-08-17 07:16:53 · 6 answers · asked by Condor de Fuego ! 1

2006-08-17 07:15:35 · 11 answers · asked by position28 4

2006-08-17 06:56:05 · 13 answers · asked by mantu 1

Why has France been involved with the UN cease-fire settlement with the U.S. to reach a deal between Hezbollah and Israel? Is it because of their role in the UN or does it have something to do with their former relationship with Lebanon?

2006-08-17 06:54:05 · 3 answers · asked by wcivils 3