Other - Politics & Government - January 2007

I was impressed by his boldness, honesty and no nonsense way of expressing his veiws.His approach was different from other leading hopefuls.

2007-01-12 05:23:27 · 4 answers · asked by Dr.O 5

How about a JOB? Seeing how I lost so much for my beliefs!!! I knew it was a "CROC OF CRAP" from the start!!!

And, I voted for AL GORE also........BTW!!!

2007-01-12 05:01:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.

16. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge.

17. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag queens and transvestites should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.

18. You have to believe that this message is a part of a vast, right-wing conspiracy.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Oops, can't do that either.

2007-01-12 04:41:47 · 8 answers · asked by ? 6

Each of those dictators used propoganda and political rhetoric to control the ideas of its population so as their acts and intentions - now considered to be evil - were accepted by the people. How can we be sure, considering the many overt and covert military operations and the almost tyrannical like power of coorporations, that we again havn't been fooled by clever rhetoric? Psychology has examined extremely thoroughly how this can happen - how the German population allowed the Nazi's to come to power and do the horrible things they did- and i think if you look closely you could argue the same tactics are being used today only this time the mistakes of the past (that is that led to their ultimate failure) are not being made to day. And this time their is no legitimate state entity with enough power or interest to step in as the allies did in WW2. Some may go of course not but ask yourself would a German citisen have thought they were part of an evil campaign?

2007-01-12 04:33:35 · 9 answers · asked by Bill C 1

To be a good liberal...

1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.

2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.

3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Iran or Chinese and North Korean communists.

4. You have to believe that there was no art before federal funding.

5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.

6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial, but being homosexual is natural.

7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.

8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach 4th- graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.

2007-01-12 04:21:50 · 13 answers · asked by ? 6

Please think about it. If the parents are poor, the children would never have the 'American Dream' if they get sick and can't get better. But with this plan, at least they will live to be 18 and support themselves. What do you think?

2007-01-12 04:05:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is a question asked by my teacher and I really want to be explained why because he wont tell us.

2007-01-12 04:04:10 · 10 answers · asked by blah 1

I have a really hot gay friend in L.A. that says he saw a guy that he thought was O'Reilly getting along pretty well in a bar he goes to. Do you think O'Reilly is in the closet?

2007-01-12 04:03:21 · 8 answers · asked by Murphy 3

An old man said to me once : " The most difficult question in the world : what these people want from America ? " .

2007-01-12 04:01:30 · 12 answers · asked by citizen high 6

I heard the government is collecting them because they made a mistake on the year. Instead of saying 2006, they say 2004.

2007-01-12 03:59:17 · 6 answers · asked by daffodils_and_bleedinghearts 1

Who will run and who will win in 2008?

2007-01-12 03:58:28 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I normally see that newspapers link USA President with Dubya. What is this Dubya. Please clarify in short and to the point.

2007-01-12 03:50:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

"During a two year period Halliburton’s revenue from Defense Department contracts doubled"

http://tinyurl.com/yhf4lq

2007-01-12 03:49:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Now that we know that people like Brook Shields and Rush Limbaugh suffered from depression, do you think someone who recovered from it could be, say, vice president?

Or do you think the stigma from the 70's still exists?

2007-01-12 03:48:00 · 5 answers · asked by dude 5

I think Hillary could take out most of the right wing punditry. She's like Bruce Banner. You don't like her when she's angry -- which is often.

2007-01-12 03:42:33 · 5 answers · asked by Murphy 3

2007-01-12 03:35:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

make you democrats look like hypocrites?

2007-01-12 03:33:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I come from a nation that has three major parties and two minor parties all holding seats in the house of commons. I see the benefits of a stong opposition working for the poeple everyday. I amd interested to know how a two party system works, more specifically when both the house and senate are in a majority position.

2007-01-12 03:27:56 · 7 answers · asked by smedrik 7

Weren't the founding fathers against big government? How can you be a socialist/liberal and an American at the same time?

2007-01-12 03:11:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

For the tuna processing plant workers located in her district? She campaigned for an increase and now she exempts a big business crony.......Do you think this is hypocritical?
GOP hits Pelosi's 'hypocrisy' on wage bill (Charles Hurt / THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

2007-01-12 03:08:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

not that I'm defending the unhealthy trans fats... but... what kind of snowball effect could happen here?

2007-01-12 02:42:16 · 11 answers · asked by bilko_ca 5

liberals please answer this. why not just raise the minimum wage to 20 30 or 50 dollers an hour? i mean those filthy lucky rich could afford to pay that. why not huh?

2007-01-12 02:23:15 · 10 answers · asked by vituperative facetious wiseass 3

Democrats, who should tell a senior citizen which medications they should use?

A doctor, or a washington bureaucrat?


I had at least six responses from democrats, all ignoring the question. They all tried to turn the question around talking about medicare d.

This question is very simple.

If medicare D has some problems, fix them, don't destroy the program completely.

NOW PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION!!!!!

2007-01-12 02:13:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

A few of my suggestions

1) Get out of the EU
2) Protect our boarders from imigration more
3) More public service spending
4) New Government
5) Pull ou of Iraq/ Afgan
6) More money to the armed forces

anyone think of anything else?

2007-01-12 02:10:52 · 12 answers · asked by Blink-Monkey-Blink 2

why this double std

2007-01-12 02:10:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should the government set the price of it?

If the price set by the government does not seem worth it to company x, do you think they will develope new products?

Why are medications any different than any other product in this sense?

If you say, 'because people need meds', how will they get them if they are not developed?

2007-01-12 02:06:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I find that most liberals ask idiotic questions (thinly veiled insults) about President Bush, while conservatives ask questions that make us think. I'm curious if I'm the only one who has noticed that thought you guys could help with research.

2007-01-12 01:46:59 · 10 answers · asked by ? 6

Note:I'm not arguing or something, Americans say they understand what I'm saying, this is only for correcting some wrong opinions, not for blaming you or the others.Hope you understand me.

Hi people.I'm Iranian and I live in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I understand that they have totally wrong ideas about Iran.I just wrote this article to correct you.
The first thing they accuse our government of, is that they don't let you be free.Actually, Iranians would be some of the most free people in the world, since thousands of millions of strict rules in other countries, don't even exist in Iran.In Iran every single house has a sattelite. Sattelite channels have a serious influence on people, now the way they wear clothes sounds like western countries, only there are scarves that don't seem to be worn because we're Muslems.People wear fashionable scarves to make themselves more attractive and most part of their hair is out.They do whatever they wish to, and some of the things they do, don't fit our culture at all, however it's normal in Iran, since people have got used to such acts and behaviours.You really need to pay a visit to Iran and you'll be surprised seeing the difference between what you imagine and how the real Iran is! It's wonderful, believe me.The Iran you know, is related to at least 40 years ago.At present, everything's so great.Even at that time Iran was not a bad country either, but many things have changed so far.
Some people think music is forbidden in Iran, but did you know that Iranian pop music has won the nobel prize in France?Iran's full of music and they're all current pop music.The best you've ever heard, and in case you're curious to hear some, e-mail me and I'll send you some.
Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran! What would you tell me if I tell you that women are now overtaking Iran? They're treated very well, most of the times they're the winners in most cases: They get into the best universities, they get the best jobs, they've got rights that have made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands seem to be under control of women and they have to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women will have the right to divorce them, and then the their husbands have to pay them a great amount of money which most husbands cannot afford. (so, they can simply sit in the corner of prison! lol).Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery.Have you ever asked yourself they relate to how many years ago?Just for your information, those are from Afghanistan which was once ruled by those freaks (Taliban).I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are SEPERATE COUNTRIES! and thet we're Persian not Arab!And I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other countries in the world.There's nothing mysterious about it!(The media is very good at making good scary titles: BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!! IRAN UNDERCOVER!!! This would be enough to scare people away! Iranians are much more educated,sophisticated, intelligent and open-minded than what you think!!! I'm sure you don't know that there are lots and lots of Iranian geniouses and scientists that are all under 25.You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. A small example is this 17 year old boy who's invented 72 amazing inventions that the biggest scientist haven't ever managed to.You don't know that Iranian students are winning gold and silver medals in different compotitions in the world all the time such as robots, biology,maths,physics,anything! Why don't your media talk about them?
Some people think, Iran's a desert! Iran's a modern country with very beautiful nature and lots of historical places to visit.Please take a look at the following links and see if Iran looks like what you think or not! (Surely it doesn't!)
This is a photo of Tehran: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Tehran-2-1600.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hope you like them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills_south_west_of_Sanandaj_near_the_village_of_Kilaneh.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jhcfjuhfuvfjhyf.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dariushhotel2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kish-island.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dariushhotel3.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran


See how the media are fooling people? None of the things you hear on the media about Iran are true.So, please don't worry about us, cos we're really free.Ok?

I thought it's better to clarify some political matters as well:
Some of the Americans I chatted with (not all of them), said here in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuck them!! Now, this is so odd, their media is good at putting comments, it's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the T.V screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....
First of all you should know that Iranians don't hate anyone, if our government complains about some injustice that's now going on in the world, it's not bad.Is it? Nor do we hate Jews, nor do we hate Americans.They're both nice people.If they're media is fooling them, it's not their fault.If I were in thier shoes, I would hate Iran too regarding all the terrible lies they keep hearing about it nearly everyday.Who says we want to force the others to convert to Islam?Have you ever found a Muslem that knocks at your door and asks you to do so?Who says we call Americans athiests?That's so funny, Christians and Jews are both God believers.We've never disrespected them.I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred.In Iran, religion would be the least important thing, it means that where you come from and what you're religion is, are not important for us at all.And I wonder why some Muslim countries think there's a problem between Shittes and Sunnies, it doesn't make sence in Iran.
I wonder Iran is a threat to whom? How is it possible for Iran to nuke somewhere while it doesn't have any nukes?!!!(The media have never been intelligent liars).Has Iran ever attacked anywhere?
Some say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? If you know a little literature, you know that it's a passive sentence.He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! And he wasn't talking about destroying Israel, he was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace.They've only told you this phrase not the rest of it and it's mistranslated deliberitely.Be concious! Iran's always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country, while most countries have nukes and are clearly threatening Iran to nuke us! Good isn't it? Some say he's said: Holocaust is a myth! Ok, he's said this, but is saying it a crime? If 6000000 Jews were killed, that's so terrible, but those 300000 Shiite Moslems who were killed by Saddam aren't important at all! 650000 Iraqi people are killed and it's not important! When Fox News simply says: America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing all Iran's 690000000 population (, it's OK and no one says they're treatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News web-site) I know Americans don't like it either, but what can they do?

2007-01-12 01:39:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-12 01:36:27 · 18 answers · asked by tonysnow a 1

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070112/ap_on_go_co/congress_bush_ap_poll_3

2007-01-12 01:34:53 · 9 answers · asked by tonysnow a 1