Other - Politics & Government - February 2007

2005 Murder andnon negligent homicide ranks and Brady campaign grades for gun laws, top 4 and bottom 4 states .

Ranking State Grade
1 DC B Murder Capital of the Nation
2 MD A-
3 LA F
4 NV D

48 ME D-
49 IA C+
50 VT D
51 ND D

How can you give the top two murder centers in the US high marks based on laws and not on results?

2007-02-13 22:09:27 · 10 answers · asked by pretender59321 6

2007-02-13 20:09:18 · 7 answers · asked by ioutbidedu 1

Is it like when they gave Reagan a pass for lying about Iran/Contra?
Is it when they raked Clinton over the coals for a private (non-criminal I may remind you) affair?
Is it how they swept the Haliburton/Cheny connection under the rug?
Is it how they let Bush get away with covering up his draft dodging, oops, I mean military service records?
Is it why you never hear Katrina mentioned anymore?
The liberal media is a myth.

2007-02-13 19:51:56 · 10 answers · asked by Jason D 3

2007-02-13 19:45:42 · 3 answers · asked by jayscel 1

The amount of tax this country takes is one of the highest in the world, and the amount of benefits paid out is also one of the highest in the world.

Family values in this country are a very low priority of the Government.

Education = failed
NHS=failed
LAW AND ORDER=failed
IMMIGRATION=a joke
TERRORISM=failed
TAXES= A complete success story
WAR=a complete success story

Perhaps at the next General election they will go to a place suitable 'the failed politician cupboard'

2007-02-13 19:44:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i think it would be best if both north and south america created one anti-terrorist superpower, but due to politics, i don't see how that would happen, so then:

what roadblocks are against the usa, canada and mexico uniting against terrorism? why don't we?

2007-02-13 19:26:10 · 8 answers · asked by Louiegirl_Chicago 5

It is disturbing to see the ayatollah's are having time of their lives. The only thing iraq prime minster hasn't done is to french kiss ahmedinejad! They are iran's *****. Billions of money went to iraq and many US soldiers died for ayatollahs to get together? What do you think?

2007-02-13 19:20:26 · 7 answers · asked by Lifesucks2333 3

2007-02-13 19:09:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

last week, my newspaper had, on its main page, a story about "old" uranium having been given, by us, to all different sorts of countries in the world. now, per the article, we are offering to "trade" to get it back by "replacing it with a safer form." so:

what is the point of giving ANY type of uranium to ANY other country?

what type was given to other countries?

why was it given to other countries?

what did we get in return?

why are we offering now to trade it back, telling these governements that it is not "safe," but that we will trade it back to us by giving them "safer" forms?

what are safer forms of uranium? uranium is uranium! yes, the uranium that has to be used to make nuclear warheads has to be U235, which must be MADE. (telling me exactly how it gets made by reducting U238 will give you more of a chance at best answer).

i don't agree that ANY uranium should be given to ANY COUNTRY. why don't we just provide food, medicine, clothing, shoes?

2007-02-13 18:50:03 · 1 answers · asked by Louiegirl_Chicago 5

just how much income do we get (% of total income each year, including federal income taxes, that the USA gets) by selling our weapons, outdated in our standards, or not outdated, to foreign countries?

i know that other countries like russia sell theirs, or did, so i also want to know if we sell ours just to compete with those others?

but basically, with countries changing their politics, such as venuezela with its soon-to-be supreme, lifelong dictator, hugo chavez, since they just might become our enemy, isn't it prudent NOT to sell our arms to any other country at all?

maybe all we really need do is to have our spies continue to report to the house and to the president and his cabinet what sort of weapons, as well as where they came from, exist in battles all around the world? this way, we will be assured of having knowledge of what "they" are using these days, just in case we must protect ourselves.

links/reasons, please

2007-02-13 18:37:07 · 9 answers · asked by Louiegirl_Chicago 5

2007-02-13 18:24:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

please answer by "Yes" Or "No" ... then a note

2007-02-13 18:22:07 · 9 answers · asked by Ahmad 1

2007-02-13 17:55:00 · 9 answers · asked by IRunWithScissors 3

The UCMJ(Uniform Code Of Miltary Justice) has a "catch all" article. Military prosecutors sometimes use this article when there isn't enough evidence to prosecute for any of several offenses, but the accused has had charges filed against him/her for those several offenses. Americans want Bush impeached for several reasons: Iraq,(for a couple of reasons), illegal immigration,(again, for a couple of reasons), illegal eavesdropping. Is betrayal of public trust a misdemeanor? If so, should Bush be impeached?
The Constitution says a President can be impeached for "high crimes and misdameanors."

2007-02-13 17:48:45 · 20 answers · asked by Crystal Blue Persuasion 5

What do you do with people that want to kill you? Talk? Do dems really think we can negotiate with them?

2007-02-13 17:47:19 · 12 answers · asked by ? 1

How are the action's the US gov't has taken in the Middle east seen through the Iranian point of view? (What is the US doing to make Iran mad) -in other words. And what actions are these?

2007-02-13 17:45:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need to SPECIFICALLY know the following (it's for a paper I'm writing):

1 you believe the White House's Official Version
2 you now realize something is fishy about the story that was played on tv, but you still pretty much support the White House version
3 you believe some that at the very least there is was some sort of cover up, but you're not ready to say the government blew up the buildings
4 you don't care about what happened on 9/11and you're sick of people telling you to watch the 9/11 videos already

So what category do you fall in and why do you hate 9/11 truthers SO MUCH? Don't bother saying it's because they are kooks because we already know that's what you think.

The topic has gotten so much mainstream press recently (they mentioned it on The View of all places).
Once Loose Change Version III is released in theatres in a few months, it's going to be interesting how the public's reaction to that will be.

2007-02-13 17:32:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-13 17:11:05 · 16 answers · asked by Sqwrll F 2

to what extent do you think Tehran is involved in the events and conflicts in Iraq?

2007-02-13 17:11:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

WWII vets remember Pearl Harbor...

Dems can't remember 9/11?

Leave our enemies, what could that hurt?

2007-02-13 17:10:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

is patriotism a primary consideration when most people are suffering from extreme economic difficulties??????

2007-02-13 16:55:33 · 7 answers · asked by rockson_raeven 1

Why do the people that want to kill us, seem to have the same Ideals as democrats in America?

2007-02-13 16:41:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-13 16:32:28 · 12 answers · asked by Alex 1

So I received a letter in the mail from the courthouse for jury duty, and it was already torn opened. Is the government reading our mail now?

2007-02-13 16:00:50 · 6 answers · asked by reff 3

The petition is on no. 10's website :

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/

So far, well over 1.3 million people have put their name to this petition. You will not be alone.

2007-02-13 15:33:01 · 11 answers · asked by Cassandra 3

And start standing up to liberals please? These people are going to get us destroyed because the REAL American's aren't doing anything to stop them. We're slowly beginning to realize just how much trouble their getting us into, but pretty soon it's going to catch up to us in a not-so-pretty way.

If you're liberal, PLEASE don't take this as a knock. I haven't called you any names or what have you. What I am saying though is that liberals can't think outside the box. They hate Bush so they refuse to be open-minded; which is ironic. Not all liberals are this way, I understand and won't characterize the ENTIRE bunch; only the majority.

My question is to please, PLEASE support our troops and allow us to defeat the insurgents who want nothing more than for American's to die; INCLUDING YOU LIBERALS! If we do pull out of Iraq, DOES NOT MEAN THE WAR IS OVER. It's just over, over there. If we do give up, be prepared. Well armed and prepared. Because nothing will stop them.

2007-02-13 15:13:18 · 10 answers · asked by latina_soldier 1

Do you actually believe ii serves to do anything but further incite our enemies to escalate their violence? It sends a message?!?! lol... what message - that the liberals in congress can talk big and make empty statements? How could you possibly think it's effective? What a load of garbage, well... congrats on your "historic" legislation.

2007-02-13 14:45:27 · 4 answers · asked by Scott B 7

s it ok for the government to make investments with the people's money

2007-02-13 14:35:50 · 3 answers · asked by bueyes67 2

Republican or democrat, don't we elect are officials to make policy, not commentate on it? By saying it's non-binding isn't that pretty much saying nothing more than "we don't approve". That's what Washington needs more of... empty words and no action.

2007-02-13 14:21:13 · 16 answers · asked by Scott B 7

2007-02-13 13:55:02 · 1 answers · asked by Dr.O 5