Other - Politics & Government - March 2007

FAVORITE, not least favorite. FAVORITE.

For me, Lincoln.

He didn't just do great things, but he did them in an atmosphere of incredible adversity. He didn't set out to end slavery, but its evils became so apparent to him that he had to.

There were many who hated him, even other members of his own administration. They said terrible things about him. They compared him to an ape, they made fun of his "unsophisticated" manner of speech. They said he was a war monger trying to plunder the wealthy agricultural assets of the south. They said that he lied to get them to go to war. (His initial pretext for war was to preserve the Union, in 1864 he shifted the focus to slavery.) They said the war was illegal, that it violated the tenth amendment.

He dealt with constant attacks every day, but kept going because he believed what he was doing, protecting the interest of the country and freedom, was right. That's why he's my favorite. Who's yours?

2007-03-04 05:58:14 · 11 answers · asked by The_Music_Man 3

2007-03-04 05:14:25 · 18 answers · asked by tony cola 2

2007-03-04 04:30:59 · 11 answers · asked by meowmeow1415 1

Why can't the ______________ political party just accept my views and agree with me? Don't they know that whomever thinks differently than I, is most certainly evil?

Why do they all make huge lumping assumptions about me and my peers? And they ALL do it!

How can people NOT hate ____________ when I disagree with that person so much!?!

Don't people know that _______________ views on _________ topic are all lies!?!?? Why can't they see the obvious lies!?!??

Why are all __________ hateful bigoted liars that are bad people?










Insert nouns into the blanks and you have alot of deeply opinionated statements disguised as questions. I don't think I need to tell YOU how rampant they are. There's a VERY distinct difference between honestly asking people to make comparisons and preaching. To avoid being any more of a hypocrite, here's my question:

How can we (the sane) properly deal with these statements disguised as questions?

2007-03-04 04:25:04 · 11 answers · asked by The_Music_Man 3

no negativety, no crap talking, just your honest opinion of bush cheney and their.........cabinet. US CITIZENS only, cause im sick of all the europeans chiming in....as i recall, alot of themwere under control ofn a dictator not too long ago......and thanks to us they dont speak german unless they are german....ha, so.....americans only please

2007-03-04 04:15:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does he have some African geneology - or does he just mean that he is very friendly and feels culturally connected to African Americans?

2007-03-04 03:43:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

26 Years of being responsible every day of my life and I finally break $100,000 in income. What do I get

* Not to deduct an IRA
* Not get the dependent credit
* Not get the child care credit
* Not get to deduct my wife's education costs

And NOT get to keep 50% of the money I earned.

Is this what's ment by having the wealth (and I'm a long way's from weathy) pay thre fair share.

2007-03-04 03:23:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-04 03:14:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

shes the demon seed,the demonic fire-starter,,i am gay and think she needs help

2007-03-04 03:13:22 · 24 answers · asked by fitboyfitboyfitboy 3

I am a pro-gun Catholic extremely conservative Pro-Life military injured veteran being treated by the VA. yes God-Fearing conservatives such myself hate nazi dictator bush jr worse than bin laden because he lied about the nuclear threat and outed a cia agent. nazi dictator bush jr murdered over 655,000 innocent iraqies and over 3500 of my fellow soldiers. yes conservatives hate nazis. we stood against nazis before and we stand against them now. bush jr let bin laden go bush jr personally profited from bin laden's family via his oil company arbusto spanish for bush jr lies. God Please Bless America and get rid of our 1st nazi dictator bush jr and all his satan worshipping minions. anybody that could possibly support bush jr laden needs to get their soul cleansed with the blood of Jesus Christ NOW! ex-repugnican. Of course bush jr lied and he will continue to lie. Iran has the 3rd largest oil reserve in the world Darfur, Sudan does not. Will jr stop the genocide or get Iran's oil?

2007-03-04 02:12:27 · 13 answers · asked by bushjrlied 1

2007-03-04 02:11:31 · 4 answers · asked by Baocie 1

Especially the French Canadians

2007-03-04 01:48:36 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm just a young girl minding my own business. The new rules of random stop and search...is this necessary?
Does Bush think terrorists are stupid enough to place a bomb in their bag. Most bombs are attached to the body.
Also the subway has thousands of openings that terrorists can get thru with no detection. Does Bush think manning only the busy openings is going to stop a terrorist?

2007-03-04 01:24:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-04 01:19:53 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

just thinking IF, the U.S is taken over by another country, where would you move to next? what country and why?

2007-03-04 01:13:23 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

why doesn't britain stand up like all the other european countries do when it comes to dealing the big bully, america.
when the americans finish using the tiny island, they will dump her.

2007-03-04 00:52:57 · 20 answers · asked by nutterandbolter 1

2007-03-04 00:37:59 · 14 answers · asked by cats/eyes 1

2007-03-03 23:56:56 · 15 answers · asked by JPGloye 1

Just now I read China spends about $7 billions and America spends $500 billions !!for their millitary budget.
At the same time I read about new research of genetic remedies to cure cancer and brain deceases,wonders of information technology.
To me it looks Technology kills far greater no.s of people than it saves.

2007-03-03 22:09:31 · 6 answers · asked by ashok a 3

seriously answers only, please

2007-03-03 21:33:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-03 21:26:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do people realize that as the government takes their rights away one by one and people experience it or witness rights of others be taken they are also conditioning people to accept it more?

2007-03-03 21:23:52 · 7 answers · asked by Ⓐ iinux2 2

we are the greatest nation on Earth and defend all the minor places like England and Europe from Evil and terrorists. Irak, Vietnam, World War Two. So why don't the world like us? Are they jealous? Can we do anything to make them like Us?

2007-03-03 21:05:45 · 13 answers · asked by Lisa Chosen 2

2007-03-03 20:51:19 · 9 answers · asked by Brendon A 1

The opposite of a government having a surplus.

2007-03-03 20:43:29 · 7 answers · asked by Brendon A 1

i need a long answers not just a short 1..
ty!!!

2007-03-03 20:39:20 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-03 19:43:12 · 2 answers · asked by princess_uv_marines 1

2007-03-03 19:19:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-03 18:47:16 · 18 answers · asked by ginzawasabi 2

2007-03-03 18:29:08 · 3 answers · asked by Squeaks 3