Other - Politics & Government - December 2006

2006-12-12 09:11:38 · 3 answers · asked by Salt Flakes 2

A. Herbert Hoover
B. Richard Nixon
C. Jimmy Carter
D. George Bush I
E. George Bush II

take into account both overall performance, character, wars, lies told, management of economy, honesty, integrity, intelligence, and legacy of history

2006-12-12 08:10:48 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

the sun is hotter than ever every planet in the solar system has heated up and most are experienceing "global warming" . no doubt global warming is happening and polution obviously cant be good for the enviroment but the sun is hotter than ever so is that not more to blame no???????

how is taxing us gonna stop the sun being hotter?

2006-12-12 08:02:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 07:49:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 07:48:16 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 07:38:25 · 7 answers · asked by angel-j 1

2006-12-12 07:28:53 · 6 answers · asked by Snarky 2

The $100 dollar laptop, a project set up by the OLPC (one laptop per child) organization. The idea of it is for it to be used by children in developing countries, and eventually reach a goal of 1 laptop per child. But is this idea actually of any use?
Remember, being poor in a developing country is not like being poor in America/Europe, So the price tag of $100 dollars is simply way too much. Most people don't have access to anything, water, electricity and most of all, schools. So, how will they know how a laptop even works? and also, remember all the services needed for the laptop to work, this includes electricity and an internet connection. You could argue that these are possible by using solar panels etc..etc ..but how much will that cost in total? it would be a far wiser choice for the money to be spent somewhere else. for example : government funded schools, food (!), government services, transport etc etc.

An laptop will never replace a book and a pencil.

What do you think?

2006-12-12 07:03:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 07:01:02 · 13 answers · asked by Diana J 5

2006-12-12 06:52:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

work now?

Keep some US troops in Northern Kurdish held Iraq (kurds love the US). Keep some troops in Kuwait. Redeploy some to Afgahistan. Keep US carriers/some marines in Persian Gulf. Make all of Iraq a no fly zone. Bring half of all US troops home. And if major civil war breaks out contain it to Iraq only (don't let Syria or Iran get involved) & once the civil war has been won, bribe them, I mean give them massive US aid, so that they become US friends just like the US does with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan, etc....Pretty good plan isn't it? If you have a better way I'd love to hear it.

2006-12-12 06:44:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 06:23:33 · 3 answers · asked by jonifecher2006 2

"Only The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York may designate or name College and University facilities," Goldstein wrote to City College President Gregory H. Williams.

The Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur Community Center on the third floor of CCNY's North Academic Center was named in 1989 for Shakur, convicted in the 1973 murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster, and Morales, a former member of FALN, which is a Puerto Rican liberation group that claimed responsibility for a rash of bombings in New York in the mid-1970s.

The center is shared by the Student Liberation Action Movement and Students for Educational Rights — groups with approximately 45 members total, said Mary Lou Edmondson, spokeswoman for the college.

The United Federation of Students, Union de Jovenes Dominicanos, The Messenger, The Pre-University Program, CCNY Coalition Against the War and CUNY for All! are also listed as sharing the space, according to a sign on the door emblazoned with a painted fist.

"We would like to close by saying that the American people have a right and a duty to find out the facts about this situation for themselves before they judge it," the student statement said. "And Assata, we love you."

In 2005, the FBI named Shakur, whose real name is Joanne Deborah Chesimard, to its list of most wanted domestic terrorists, placing a $1 million bounty on her head.

In 1977, Shakur was convicted of Foerster's murder during a routine traffic stop. Shakur had been a member of the Black Liberation Army and was wanted in connection with several felonies, including bank robbery, the FBI said.

She skipped out on the life sentence, escaping from prison in Clinton, N.J., on Nov. 2, 1979. She's now believed to be living in Cuba.

A City College student wrote a letter to the Daily News about the naming of the community center, prompting the paper to report Monday that police groups have been angered the school allowed the room to be named for a convicted cop killer.

"We use tax dollars to support an institution that indemnifies a cold-blooded terrorist?" Dave Jones, president of the New Jersey State Troopers Fraternal Association, told the Daily News.

"She's a cowardly, cold-blooded convicted murderer who's part of a murdering sect," he told the newspaper. "She's no different from those people who flew those planes into those towers and destroyed all those innocent lives."

On her Web site, http://www.assatashakur.org/, Shakur says she is innocent.

"I have been a political activist most of my life, and although the U.S. government has done everything in its power to criminalize me, I am not a criminal, nor have I ever been one," she said.

Shakur, who is the godmother of slain hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur, has been heralded as a hero among the hip-hop community and political activist groups and reviled as a villain by police organizations.

Morales is also exiled in Cuba.

Students questioned on the City College campus by FOXNews.com Tuesday hadn't heard about the flap.

"If you look at it at face value and think about what she did, it might seem wrong, but I think you really have to, like, look beyond the whole thing with the cops to really understand, like, where she's coming from," said Orlando Ayala, a 24-year-old senior.

Sophomore Carlos Badilla, 20, of the Bronx, wanted to know why the center was named after Shakur.

"If it had nothing to do with killing the cop, it's alright," he said. "You have to think why she did it, cause cops are known to mess with some people, you know. If she had a reason to do it then I have no problem with it."

But senior Diana Perez, 27, disagreed.

"I don't see why they would name it after a woman like that," she said. "I don't know their reasons behind it, but I don't think it's a good idea."

2006-12-12 06:18:55 · 8 answers · asked by ? 5

2006-12-12 06:13:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, who incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped to head the Intelligence Committee when the Democrats take over in January, failed a quiz of basic questions about al Qaeda and Hezbollah, two of the key terrorist organizations the intelligence community has focused on since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

When asked by CQ National Security Editor Jeff Stein whether al Qaeda is one or the other of the two major branches of Islam — Sunni or Shiite — Reyes answered “they are probably both,” then ventured “Predominantly — probably Shiite.”

That is wrong. Al Qaeda was founded by Osama bin Laden as a Sunni organization and views Shiites as heretics.

Reyes could also not answer questions put by Stein about Hezbollah, a Shiite group on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations that is based in Southern Lebanon.


http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/polit … chief.html

2006-12-12 06:05:45 · 6 answers · asked by pedohunter1488 4

The tibet- china genocide. Please give specific answers or any answer that may give a specific idea on who is trying to stop the genocide because i am doing a report on this.

2006-12-12 06:03:21 · 4 answers · asked by Insomniac Sugar Addict. 1

I am currently homeless (well, staying with friends, dont know for how long). My State ID is expired and I was wondering if I will be able to renew it. Can I use a PO Box or would I need a residential address? Also, I cant seem to find my expired ID. Would I need it to renew? They should have all my information already right (Birth Cert. etc.).

Anyone know anything that could possibly help???

2006-12-12 05:53:04 · 2 answers · asked by Frackles 2

2006-12-12 05:48:36 · 7 answers · asked by littolelegherl 1

2006-12-12 05:46:52 · 7 answers · asked by Dr.O 5

2006-12-12 05:43:07 · 18 answers · asked by The Firbinator 1

2006-12-12 05:40:26 · 7 answers · asked by A Friend of Cooper 2

2006-12-12 04:34:23 · 14 answers · asked by Nathanael C 1

American babies are three times more likely to die in their first month as children born in Japan, and newborn mortality is 2.5 times higher in the United States than in Finland, Iceland or Norway

Half of all bankruptcies in the US are caused by medical bills.

WHO ranks the US #15 for overall health, yet we pay a higher percentage of our income towards healthcare than all those ranked higher.

Prescription drugs in the US are, in some cases, 10x more expensive that the exact same drug shipped to Canada.

2006-12-12 04:31:36 · 10 answers · asked by john_stolworthy 6

2006-12-12 04:13:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 03:59:19 · 19 answers · asked by Roch Cop 1

2006-12-12 03:59:05 · 9 answers · asked by Dr.O 5

But feel it necesary to vote in the other guys. Other questions relate to paedos and murderers being allowed to reoffend. This is becuase of their human rights, a little law passed to us by the E.U. Along with hundreds of laws that our government must follow without question...

As long as we remain members of the E.U

2006-12-12 03:56:02 · 18 answers · asked by jj26 5

Here's a guy who's prettier, more articulate, less abrasive, not at all self-righteous, and doesn't behave as though he's returning to his rightful place on the throne.

And for you fans of Hillary out there: try to remember that the thrill this guy evokes in the swing-voting electorate is that he reminds them of a time before folks like Hillary came to dominate the political scene.

You know the crowd from both parties that I mean, right? The ones whose basic message is "We're right and we're always right; you're wrong and you're always wrong - end of story, Jack!"

How's Clinton gonna compete with THAT?!?

2006-12-12 03:55:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 03:54:33 · 11 answers · asked by evas 1

An event that 2006 will always be remembered for.

2006-12-12 03:49:19 · 5 answers · asked by generationalmixer 2