Other - Politics & Government - April 2007

It seems like Sean Hannity of FOX NEWS (March 05/2007) and Oliver North did not like the way the British sailors were released. They argued that British negotiations for the captives had only set the stage for more seizures. Recall that Oliver North had a role in the Iran Contra affair 20 years ago, for which he was indicted on 16 felony counts and convicted of three – later overturned on a technicality. Since then he has not held any position in foreign policy.

Plus they forgot to mention that North had no problem selling Iran TONS of weaponry in 1985-1986 in return for the release of American hostages.

2007-04-06 06:48:43 · 5 answers · asked by This Is Not Honor 4

Who do you side with, Geraldo Rivera or Bill?

2007-04-06 06:42:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I refer to Ahmadinejad's words about sailors!lol

2007-04-06 06:33:19 · 3 answers · asked by - 3

http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/05/news/international/iraq_oil/index.htm

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Despite claims by some critics that the Bush administration invaded Iraq to take control of its oil, the first contracts with major oil firms from Iraq's new government are likely to go not to U.S. companies, but rather to companies from China, India, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

While Iraqi lawmakers struggle to pass an agreement on exactly who will award the contracts and how the revenue will be shared, experts say a draft version that passed the cabinet earlier this year will likely uphold agreements previously signed by those countries under Saddam Hussein's government.

2007-04-06 06:21:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.darfurgenocide.org/

2007-04-06 05:51:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Doesn't it seem like the news, lately, has been using allot of misleading headlines for their stories and some people just go off that, instead of reading the story, and end up looking foolish?

2007-04-06 05:49:57 · 2 answers · asked by friendlyflyr 5

I am going with 51% cause I know at least more than half of the people on here are crazy. They think all thee vil republicans areout to get them, they just sit in that absement cooking, then posting conspiracys on Y!A, inhaling fumes, then bashing republicans.

Can we dispatch hazmat teams to private residences based soley on Y!A posts?

2007-04-06 05:44:49 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The first three months of the new Democratic Congress have been neither terrible nor transcendent. A Pew poll had it about right: a substantial majority of the public remains happy the Democrats won in 2006, but neither Nancy Pelosi nor Harry Reid has dominated the public consciousness as Newt Gingrich did when the Republicans came to power in 1995. There is a reason for that. A much bigger story is unfolding: the epic collapse of the Bush Administration.

Tell me what you think of this: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1607243,00.html

2007-04-06 05:36:45 · 11 answers · asked by Marc Miami 4

British sailors and marines held for nearly two weeks in Iran were blindfolded, bound and threatened with prison if they did not say they had strayed into Iranian waters, a Royal Navy lieutenant who was among the capitives said Friday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070406/ap_on_re_eu/iran_britain

2007-04-06 05:31:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or will he and his cronies Blame it on Bush like everything else.

2007-04-06 04:52:22 · 10 answers · asked by Antiliber 6

Do you think it is a good idea to start a new war? with Iran?
Please give me good answers

2007-04-06 04:48:43 · 6 answers · asked by Shahrzad 1

if you think about it no one is ever happy at the end of either parties rein. So why not give someone else the chance to screw things up?

2007-04-06 04:45:48 · 8 answers · asked by Darkharvesters 1

I'm not gonna discuss whether Iran had the right to capture British sailors or not, since the border was disputed and as many believed it gave t space for both countries to claim that what they had done / said was right.What I wanna discuss is that why is it that 5 Iranian diplomats kidnapped by the U.S in Iraq (and one kidnapped in Turkey) are not considered as important as the British sailors?why is it that no one investigates to see if they're tortured but when it comes to British sailors they claimed they might have been tortured while they were not?the British sailors say we faced a crew with guns pointing at us. Did they expect flowers or even a pat on the back?what would the U.S or other countries do if they captured foriegners in their teritorial waters?(this could be right or wrong since the border was disputed) I'm sure if this had happened in another country's waters, the captives would be tortured, imprisoned and wouldn't be released so easily.(take Iranian diplomats for example) while the worst thing Iran's done to the captives was seperating the female sailor from the rest of the crew and then nothing.Iranians are kind people.why is it that the news talk about the sailors being blindfolded, but doesn't talk as much about the gifts they were given or how they were really treated.They just say "the past two weeks have been difficult", but they refuse to give any further information about how they were treated.(why? because it may give Iran publicity or credit?)yes, it'd be difficult for me if I were captured and were away from my family, but that doesn't mean that I'm hurt, tortured or......How can people / the media be so injustice and prejudice when it comes to Iran?Any answers relating other topics such as nuclear program will be ignored.Focus on the question itself.

2007-04-06 04:40:38 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can understand how some people have drawn conclusions that Iraq pre-war had a direct link to terrorism (I don't agree but understand). What I need help understanding is how some answers conclude that if we did not pursue the war in Iraq that we would all be living under terrorist rule. It seems a bit far-fetched to me. Is this just an over zealous reaction?

2007-04-06 04:07:19 · 2 answers · asked by CHARITY G 7

Are you smarter than my son Alexander Paul?

2007-04-06 03:58:38 · 24 answers · asked by paulitico 1

2007-04-06 03:00:17 · 9 answers · asked by networking girl 3

How, exactly, will the ability of the FBI to read my email, listen to my phone conversations, and to break into my house to conduct stealth searches protect me from terrorism?

If, by giving up a little freedom and some of our rights, we can buy a little safety, as so many in government and the media keep telling us, does that mean that if we give up ALL our rights and freedoms, we'll be made completely safe?
If someone opens fire at a busy McDonalds, which would save more lives -- phoning the police quickly or a couple of armed customers?

If a deranged person, terrorist or not, decides to detonate a bomb where you happen to be, how will your having given up your freedom for safety save you?

2007-04-06 02:50:34 · 5 answers · asked by scauma 2

Imagine if it were one of the warmest. Think that would have made the papers?

2007-04-06 02:30:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-06 01:56:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

The whole country will be eagerly watching the olympics. Wouldn't this be a great opportunity to inform a public that's denied a free press? Maybe we can athletes to get Tibet or Falun Gong tatoos or something:)

2007-04-06 01:18:16 · 5 answers · asked by Don 2

In regards to undermining US efforts to fight terrorism

2007-04-06 00:47:14 · 9 answers · asked by wayne 4

2007-04-05 22:15:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

or do you deny that is even happening?

2007-04-05 20:19:27 · 7 answers · asked by whosajiggawhat? 2

I mean, come on sheeple, open your eyes! Fire cannot melt steel, so how did the trusses that held her frame up give way and cause her collapse? Its obvious the Bush regime wanted her dead since she knew the true power of Trimspa, the one chemical that Halliburton didn't have the rights to. When will America wake up and realize that Anna was brought down with controlled demolitions planted in her kidneys by Cheney, and not by a drug overdose like fox news wants you to believe. Americans! Don't believe the hype!

2007-04-05 18:26:13 · 10 answers · asked by Tucson Hooligan 4

According to the memorandum signed by Secretary Chertoff: “…The [Security and Prosperity Partnership] has, in addition to identifying a number of new action items, comprehensively rolled up most of our existing homeland security-related policy initiatives with Canada and Mexico, and ongoing action and reporting in the various U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico working groups led by DHS [Department of Homeland Security] should now be driven by a single agenda: the SPP.”

The records also contain an information paper describing ten “Prosperity Pillar Working Groups,” and the organization of the “US-Mexico Critical Infrastructure Protection Work Group.” Unlike previous records produced by other federal agencies, the DHS records are heavily redacted to withhold the names of the US, Mexican and Canadian government officials carrying out the partnership’s agenda across all three countries.

Another record reviewed and released by DHS is a 10-page chart listing 36 “SPP Security High-Level Working Groups” that include the “Mexico-US Repatriation Technical WG,” the “Mexico-US Intelligence and Information Sharing WG,” and the “Canada-US Cross Border Crime Forum,” among others.

“These new records prove the Security and Prosperity Partnership is being directed by officials at the very highest levels of the United States government,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Americans should know that the SPP is a core policy initiative for many agencies in our government, including the Department of Homeland Security.”

http://www.judicialwatch.org/6216.shtml

2007-04-05 18:16:18 · 5 answers · asked by hera 4

1) Halliburton billed taxpayers $1.4 billion in questionable and undocumented charges under its contract to supply troops in Iraq, as documented by the Pentagon’s own auditors.

2) Parsons billed taxpayers over $200 million under a contract to build 142 health clinics, yet completed fewer than 20. According to Iraqi officials, the rest were “imaginary clinics.”

3) Custer Battles stole forklifts from Iraq’s national airline, repainted them, then leased the forklifts back to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) through a Cayman Islands shell company — charging an extra fee along the way.

4) Halliburton double-charged taxpayers for $617,000 worth of soda.

5) Halliburton tripled the cost of hand towels, at taxpayer expense, by insisting on having its own embroidered logo on each towel.

6) Halliburton charged taxpayers for services that it never provided and tens of thousands of meals that it never served.

2007-04-05 16:49:05 · 13 answers · asked by D.O... 3

They just recently voted for a $15,000 a MONTH retirement plan!!! Must be nice to vote for your raises and retirement. I just feel this could be put into check somehow, by someone other than themselves.

2007-04-05 16:35:04 · 7 answers · asked by bankster 3

2007-04-05 15:42:59 · 18 answers · asked by vollballroxsmysox 2

2007-04-05 15:09:02 · 28 answers · asked by mariely b 1

The goal of terrorist is to kill or convert christians and seculars to islam. Once America is defeated, it would make it alot easier to conquer the whole world. Latin America, Europe, and even Asia. Do you agree or disagree?

2007-04-05 15:07:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous