Other - Politics & Government - March 2007

I don't want to hear... "They are stealing it", or "taking it out of peoples pockets." Obviously they are not just walking away with money and people shrug their shoulders and wave good bye.... What do they do to make the money??? Transporting oil, pipelines, rebuilding, selling chairs??? What are they doing?

2007-03-27 09:54:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

or other obvious flaws in our nation. surprise invasion, took us right out. they then set up a communist government, cause its working for them.
i bet everyone would become insurgents.
this is the answer to whats going on in iraq. thoughts?

2007-03-27 09:51:13 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

"I would argue that the most serious threat to the United States is not someone hiding in a cave in Afghanistan or Pakistan but our own fiscal irresponsibility," (U.S. Comptroller General Walker). Walker is generally very well respected by both political parties.

Are we ever going to elect a President who will flatly state that we need to both raise taxes and cut entitlements in order to get us out of the disatrous debt scenario we are in, or do we just not want to know the truth? Please read the link before answering.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/01/60minutes/main2528226.shtml

2007-03-27 09:49:00 · 5 answers · asked by celticexpress 4

Everyone makes mistakes - but all i hear are those who point fingers.
We ALL have close family members that have strayed on the wrong path - those of you with those HARH answers towards felons, i wonder if you treat your family members the same way society does because of THEIR mistakes?
Family being a brother,sister, parent.

2007-03-27 09:45:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

SO DO WE REALLY HAVE ANY SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS?...SURE WE GET TO VOTE BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO IT SEEMS LIKE A LET DOWN WHEN IT SEEMS WE'VE BEEN CHEATED OUT OF THAT RIGHT ALSO....HOW COME WHEN ONE PRESIDENT GET A LITTLE NOKEY HE'S ALMOST THROWN OUT OF OFFICE...BUT WHEN ANOTHER IS FIGHTING A BATTLE USING HIS OWN PPL FOR HIS OWN BENNIFIT AND LESS THAN 40 % OF THE COUNTRY APPROVES OF WHAT HE DOES AND IS DOING HE IS ALLOWED TO STAY IN OFFCE AND CONTUNIUE TO THROW US INTO TRILLOIONS OF DOLLORS INTO DEBT?....

2007-03-27 09:43:48 · 9 answers · asked by ilovesurga 1

2007-03-27 09:42:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Any college campus, right?

2007-03-27 09:39:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

You are not the incarcerated - you don't know what their CHOICES where, are, or will be.
The question is ...if you ALREADY served time for your crime - why are they STILL being punished by the rest of society.
If we belive in " In GOD we trust" or innocent until proven guilty, DOESN'T EVERBODY make a mistake???

2007-03-27 09:37:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i would love to see these stupid liberal democrats duke it out!

2007-03-27 09:33:04 · 6 answers · asked by daniel d 2

Just checking because the democrats in House passed a bill that makes in manditory to have open ballot voting when forming a union.
Doesnt seem very democratic to me.

2007-03-27 09:19:56 · 2 answers · asked by Dina W 6

Yes it looks like Russia has taken Iran under it's wing like America has Israel. :-) Is this great news or what?

So does This means that Bush and his cowardly little love state of Israel have a little bitty problem with bullying The state of Iran.

I wonder how Israel feels knowing that Russia (who by the way has as many nukes as America & Israel combined) Supports Iran and is providing weapons to Iran?

Do you think the poor little illegal state if Israel is getting a taste of what it's own medicine ?

Do you think this to be as funny as I do that if America and Israel attacks Iran that Russia is going to step in and either support or arm Iran?

2007-03-27 09:15:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does their past disqualify them from having a say in their future?
Besides being discriminated on for jobs, loans, housing, and countless others - y do you think the crime rate isn't falling?

2007-03-27 09:08:35 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller labored Tuesday to persuade skeptical senators that the FBI can properly use its Patriot Act authority to gather telephone, e-mail and financial records of Americans and foreigners while pursuing terrorists.

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Big Brother is snooping into our most private conversations, what are they going to do next?
will they put cameras in our homes with recording equipment.

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If they would close our borders and round up the 600,000+ people here on expired visas and return them to their countries we would not need to worry about as many terrorist.
Only the ones that were born and raised here.

What is the voting public going to do to stop this
noncence?

2007-03-27 09:03:48 · 8 answers · asked by THE ARTIST 1

The bucket

2007-03-27 09:02:42 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

A leech quits sucking your blood after you die

2007-03-27 08:58:52 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Changing World Technologies (CWT) can turn turkey guts into crude oil. Used cooking oil from fast food restaurants can be turned into bio-diesel for about $ 0.82 per gallon. Neither of these require automobile technology to change. Why is the US government not aggressively pursuing these alternatives?

2007-03-27 08:55:34 · 12 answers · asked by Andy H 1

As a recovering liberal I just wanted to say thanks to the conservatives who set me straight in my own thinking. Having been in that state of mind where self-pity, self loathing, denial were common place in my life, conservatives gave me hope, a desire to succeed, and meaning to my life whereas liberals told me it was hopless, it's not your fault, it's Bush's fault and and the idea society dictates who will fail and who will succeed. After listening to conservatives and actually trying, I'm much happier, getting things done, going to school and have a pro-social attitude. Thanks for helping me break the chains of liberalism.

2007-03-27 08:52:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-27 08:43:23 · 7 answers · asked by yahoo!Answers addict 2

Does anyone else have a serious issue with the fact that US prisoners have rights not afforded to law abiding citizens? Ofr instance free cable, 3 squares a day, CHEAP access to an education (if not free), state of the art weights, etc etc. Can't we bring back chain gangs or make them earn their keep by producing something- I know some prisons make furniture, but what else?

2007-03-27 08:25:50 · 9 answers · asked by Mark B 3

One could argue that they say whatever would best fit their agenda at the time. One good example, Hillary Clinton was the biggest Democratic supporter of the war and now she is saying, "This was should never have been authorized."

2007-03-27 08:22:55 · 15 answers · asked by tanisomega 2

These guys have a lot of bad records (refer to the state department's human right report of the year) killing, prisoning, torturing civilience all is done using US tax payers money! why?

2007-03-27 08:22:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Alright, here's what's going on: a couple of us have started taking pictures to create a yearbook for our co-workers. A lot of people are very excited about it and the project seems to be succeeding so far. This is the first time anyone has done a yearbook. It will not be sold to the public. The question here is: do we need everyone's permission to put their names and pictures into the yearbook? Do we need permission to put group photos in? Copyright laws say that the photographer, not the subject, owns the rights to the picture. Are we just being courteous asking everyone's permission? i'm curious about the laws surrounding this....anything will help...thanks!

2007-03-27 08:15:07 · 2 answers · asked by JaneDoe 6

2007-03-27 08:14:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-27 08:14:11 · 7 answers · asked by Dina W 6

As a republican, I honestly believe in the core values of the GOP. But I find myself increasingly distanced from what the current administration's platform has seemed to become. Following 8 long years of Clinton's shenanigans, the promise was to curb government, bring ethics and honesty back to Washington, and be an administration both parties could relate to and be proud of. Now, 6 years later, I feel like the administration feels like it is above the law, it's cabinet members and appointees are being called on the carpet for illegal and unethical activities, civil liberties are being restricted, spending FAR outstrips the budget, government is GROWING, and benefits are being reduced. (Geez I feel like a doggone Lib, somebody smack me!!) But I feel like the administration has followed its own selfish goals, ¬ the ones of the GOP. My question (I guess) is: does any other card-carrrying member of the GOP feel likewise, or did I step onto the short bus somewhere along the line?

2007-03-27 07:52:09 · 18 answers · asked by Shredded Cottage Cheese 6

2007-03-27 07:50:40 · 8 answers · asked by Groovy 6

2007-03-27 07:43:02 · 4 answers · asked by MIYELY R 1

2007-03-27 07:42:56 · 5 answers · asked by curtin_parloe 1

prison overcrowding is a ridiculous problem that we shouldnt have in the first place. we have too many laws criminalizing too many things, while truely dangerous things are legal. like we control firearms because of acts bad people make...like school shootings, yet we do not control who becomes parents...who sometimes produce bad people, and nothing changes. criminals are criminals because they DONT FOLLOW THE LAW. duh, laws arent the answer.
we prosecute the guy smokin a j in his living room,not harming anyone...while abusive spouses and parents can get a 12 or 6 pack anytime.
we prosecute the 17 yr old drug dealer and send him to jail for 10 yrs....rather than fixing the environment that forced him into it in the first place.
thank you for reading my tirade....theres more, but im done typing. thoughts?

2007-03-27 07:42:38 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've read this thing over and over, and cannot see, for the life of me why anyone would be opposed to it, except that they want us to use an archaic and inefficient system meant to oppress the People who abide by the law. (For some general points, see this question in Business & Finance: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070327112954AAjUaAN&r=w) There will be further updates, linking you, my readers, to the bill,and other resources (hopefully).

2007-03-27 07:36:46 · 2 answers · asked by sjsosullivan 5