Other - Politics & Government - July 2007

2007-07-24 16:40:51 · 19 answers · asked by Wrong number 5

Jesse Jackson?
Al Sharpton?
Louis Farakhan?
Jesus Christ?

2007-07-24 16:36:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do you guy's feel about the governement controlling our medecine, or should I say the healthcare system. how can a country so big, give us citizens and residents so little in return.

2007-07-24 16:25:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

In a world where the news is filterd so much that what you end up with is only a percentage of the truth. Can there be something said about "fake news" shows?

2007-07-24 16:01:56 · 18 answers · asked by Bibliomaniac 2

Sounds like an easy question, but how do you know which political party has the same ideals as you? I have always registered as an independant because I have no clue. Could someone enlighten me?

2007-07-24 15:20:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

before he took office? (he also signed over other companies stock options)

Do any liberals realize, that when he retired, he bought an insurance policy on his stock options, so they would remain the same (would not go down, NOR UP) no matter what the future held for halliburton?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliburton#Ties_with_Dick_Cheney

2007-07-24 15:19:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Al Gore (and his wife) donated $367 dollars in 1997 as vice president.

Dick Cheney (and his wife) donated $6,869,655 in 2006.

Can any liberal tell me which one was more generous?

2007-07-24 15:14:35 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Instead of continuing engrossing China’s economy with our imports?

2007-07-24 15:09:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-24 15:00:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

in fact the whole Judiciary commitee, was beating up on poor Gonzalez for doing his job

2007-07-24 14:54:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does it need to be payed in gold, bonds or cash? If it's cash, why not just print more money? (I actually know the answer, just want to know if you do.)

2007-07-24 14:53:42 · 8 answers · asked by mstrywmn 7

My husband is from california and he lost his birth certificate. I need one but the places i see want 40.00 and so much paperwork.

2007-07-24 14:51:39 · 4 answers · asked by Just tanya 2

2007-07-24 14:35:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean seriously or are they just against people who make some money without having to work for it? How is this different than people on public assistance (getting money w/o earning it?) Like my grandmother who has been investing for the past 44 years (strictly buy and hold) and today she gets close to 26K in dividends each year.....YET she has never made more than 50K (earned income) in one year. That just goes to show you that long periods of time (30+ years) will do wonders for most people in the markets. Unfortunately 62% of Americans cash out their 401ks on every job switch so they will never see those benefits of long term steady investing!!!! Not to mention we are a society obsessed with the short-term (both socially and financiallY) which probably explains why 62% of people cash out their retirement savings everytime they switch jobs.

Why do people on the left hate the stock market?

2007-07-24 14:31:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-24 14:23:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Congressman Denied Access To Post-Attack Continuity Plans
Newhouse News Service

Tuesday 24 July 2007

Washington - Constituents called Rep. Peter DeFazio's office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack.

As a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, DeFazio, D-Ore., is permitted to enter a secure "bubbleroom" in the Capitol and examine classified material. So he asked the White House to see the secret documents.

On Wednesday, DeFazio got his answer: DENIED.

"I just can't believe they're going to deny a member of Congress the right of reviewing how they plan to conduct the government of the United States after a significant terrorist attack," DeFazio said.

Homeland Security Committee staffers told his office that the White House initially approved his request, but it was later quashed. DeFazio doesn't know who did it or why.

2007-07-24 14:03:15 · 4 answers · asked by Richard V 6

joe Liberman is again standing as the lone democrate that is not bowing to pressure to defeat this proposal...the dems are for the most part against this law. harry reid and nancy polosie are afraid this will be racial profiling running amuck.
we are told to report all suspicious activities to authorities. This is especially important in our post 9/11 era. this amendment would protect those who report them.
MINNEAPOLIS – Six Muslim men removed from a plane last fall after being accused of suspicious behavior are suing the airline and threatening to sue the passengers who complained – a move some fear could discourage travelers from speaking up when they see something unusual. In reaction to the imams' lawsuit, Congress has taken steps to legally protect passengers who report suspicious activity. Earlier this week, the House approved an amendment to a rail transportation security bill that would make passengers immune from such lawsuits, but now its hung in committe.call your senators

2007-07-24 12:56:08 · 8 answers · asked by ? 7

Wouldn't that mean my tax dollars would go to pay for obesity related illnesses just cause someone is to lazy to loose the weight? I got nothing against fat people i just seems unfair that i have to pay for something u brought on yourself. The same thing with smokers. What do u think?

2007-07-24 12:50:47 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Doesn't he listen to his daily Intelligence reports? If he did, he would know Al Qaeda make up only 1-2% of the total combatants we are fighting against in Iraq.
(Nevermind, if he had been listening to the reports from the start we wouldn't be there anyway...)
It seems to me that the President is fearmongering and trying to tie a link between the war and Iraq (AGAIN) in order to justify himself and fire back against critics.
Little does he know, the good American people already know the link he is trying to tie is false, because pre-war reports showed that Saddam strictly would not let Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups into his country when he was in power.

So, knowing what you know, what are your thoughts on our president's repetition of Al Qaeda in Iraq?

2007-07-24 12:44:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

So I guess the tide is turning eh? Only 16% of brainwashed Americans believe the ridiculous fairy tale of Osama Bin Forgotten and his band of crazy suicide terrorists (some of which are still alive by the way even though they died in the plane crash).

Based on polling, about 84% believe the government is hiding something or covering something up. About 40% of Americans believe 9/11 was an inside job engineered by the BushFraud regime.

That doesn't even take into account all the people around the world that are laughing at those 16% that cannot see through the fraud.

2007-07-24 12:41:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-24 12:28:27 · 10 answers · asked by philrobeson 4

Hi
Do you think that corruption exists in British politics?
Ray. West York's. U.K.

2007-07-24 12:25:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

everytime i turn on the news its always about ''paris hilton in jail'' or ''paris hilton OUT of jail''...or ''lindsay lohan arrested, once again''- why can't the media talk about more important issues like darfur, poverty or global warming...why does the whole world have to revolve around celebrities

2007-07-24 11:52:23 · 13 answers · asked by apple 5

2007-07-24 11:34:37 · 9 answers · asked by Gus 3

2007-07-24 11:15:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Part 2: which one of you libs will come up with the best apologist excuse for them?

2007-07-24 11:09:48 · 10 answers · asked by ? 1

Successful, productive person pays for your nanny state and all the goodies that come with it, yet after all that instead of a gracious thank you all he gets is a sneer and an admonishment for not "giving back to the community". What gives?

2007-07-24 09:29:45 · 12 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4

When they do not believe in conserving the rainforest, the polar ice caps, endangered species and come up with alternative energy sources?

2007-07-24 09:19:16 · 8 answers · asked by Rainman 3

New Haven CT, today, started to give illegal immigrants ID cards making it legal for them to use the libraries, public transportation, apply for a drivers liscence, etc. How do you feel about this? This is your tax dollars hard at work.

2007-07-24 09:00:34 · 12 answers · asked by MaHaa 4

when the senate held a recent all-night session with regards to the Iraq war, it was reported that the president planned to veto their decision to begin pulling troops out of Iraq by April 2008. I was initially led to believe that the president's decision was made only upon hearing about the session, but I later recalled that he had in fact stated previously that he would veto anything that involved a specific date for withdrawal. But not only did the decision to begin removing troops fall short of the 67 votes needed to pass in the senate,but the president would veto it anyway even if it did pass. Now I may be wrong, but I always thought congress/senate had the power to override any decision made by the president provided they had the necessary support (in this case the 67 votes needed by the senate) to prevent an autocracy on the part of the president. So how could Bush have vetoed the decision anyway even if it had passed in the senate? He alone would not have the power to. Would he

2007-07-24 08:43:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous