Other - Politics & Government - August 2007

I'm not gonna say what I think about this issue until I choose best answer because I don't want to influence the answers. Anyway, what are your deepest and most controversial thoughts about gay marriage / civil unions? For this question, consider them both the same thing.

2007-08-09 07:20:02 · 21 answers · asked by Rick 4

Corporations are now running America, not your representatives. They are owned by lobbyists, which have doubled to 30 thousand under the Bush administration. If you wonder why nothing is being done for you, and that includes all Americans, its because congress can't fart without asking the corporations first. Over 90% of legislation has been drafted by lobbyists during the Bush Administration, not congress. Any questions?

2007-08-09 07:06:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

than you apologists claim to know..She can see the extremist takeover of the faith and it's violent background and yet you apologists can't?

Look at what Wafta Sultan goes through every time she speaks up:
http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?a...

what about these people... why doesnt the press listen TO THEM!!??

Ibn Warriq- a muslim
Wafta Sultan -a muslim
Nonie Dariwsh a muslim
Briggete Gabriel-born in lebanon

and yet many of you still have the ignorance to call us racist for pointing out the truth. First of all it wouldnt be "racist", it would be "bigoted", you would still be wrong for saying so, but at least say it right.

2007-08-09 07:00:17 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-08-09 06:38:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-09 06:37:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is that how al-Qaeda recruits its members? Rapes them when they're young and then continues when they're older. Or is that how they select the leaders? The ones who didn't fight back.

2007-08-09 06:29:13 · 2 answers · asked by mohammadwasafalseprophet 1

2007-08-09 06:25:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i hope NOT

2007-08-09 06:24:18 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-09 06:09:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

In a true socialism (no money, no corporations, collaborative worker ownership of all industry, etc) all labor by the working class should be voluntary (per Oscar Wilde's famous work, "The Soul of Man Under Socialism", http://www.online-literature.com/wilde/1309/). However, the larger problem would be motive. What would motivate the working class to perform their jobs (do you truly believe nationalism itself would be strong enough to motivate the working class)? Under capitalism, this dilemma is solved, of course, by profit motive (a most deleterious scheme whereby greed is used as a driving force). Therefore, I ask you, how can this be replaced in a true socialism?

2007-08-09 06:08:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Frenchy Frenchman would start stepping up their efforts to bear down and find the terrorists in their country. Well, they have cracked down all right, but not on terrorists. Who are they busting instead? Teenagers who are translating the latest Harry Potter book and posting it on the internet before the French version is released. It's so easy to dislike the French, isn't it???
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL0808150920070808?feedType=RSS&rpc=22&sp=true

2007-08-09 05:55:02 · 10 answers · asked by ? 2

I read about how there were over 100000 Jews who willingly served in Hitler's army, with his full knowledge and approval (some became generals) -- this is a historical fact. Just wondering if any of those ever moved to Israel, how would their neighbors treat them if they knew? Would descendants of those Hitler Jews be afforded the same rights of refuge in Israel as other Jews?

2007-08-09 05:39:41 · 4 answers · asked by hermione98765 3

If i had a dollar for every lie Bush has said. If i had $100 for every soldier that has dies in Iraq. If i had al the money that Bush has earned by starting his war.

I'd probably move to Dubai.

BTW a good political grop to help heal our country- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/isaveamerica/?yguid=319850161

a lof of people are talking in there about Bush and other stuff.

2007-08-09 05:18:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ron Crouch, director of the Kentucky State Data Center at the University of Louisville proposal to remedy declining population of Kentucky.

"If anti-immigrant people want to maintain Medicare, we're going to need more young Hispanic workers coming in out of the shadows and working above board and paying taxes to help our aging population."

"We do need to pay the Minutemen,to go to the border, not to build a wall, but to build lemonade stands and wave balloons to welcome Hispanics because we've got a declining population of young folks."

http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070809/NEWS01/708090359

2007-08-09 05:15:07 · 2 answers · asked by miamidot 3

...since tolerance is basically having a bad situation that you don't want to do anything about.

2007-08-09 04:59:04 · 7 answers · asked by bradxschuman 6

Was it simply the cause of the civil rights movement gone a little too far?

2007-08-09 04:54:32 · 13 answers · asked by Mr. Perfect 5

2007-08-09 04:49:35 · 7 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7

I thought a yellow ribbon meant you were thinking of the troops, or otherwise sending a positive message of support. It may not mean much, but I didn't think it was a negative thing:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtGDrNL00a7bHZ1izsSNvyvsy6IX?qid=20070809080043AAiT822

Can someone explain this to me, please? I'm serious.

I find this offensive, but it's a big world and I'll survive. but would it be offensive to others if I questioned the sentiments of people thinking this is funny? Even if I questioned their . . . patriotism?

Maybe I am on the wrong website.

Well, that should stir things up for a while!

2007-08-09 04:26:12 · 14 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7

North American Union, effectively erasing our borders with both Mexico and Canada. This was the hidden agenda behind the Bush administration's true open borders policy. Is this good or bad

2007-08-09 04:22:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

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> Thought you might be interested in this forgotten bit of
>information........
> It was 1987! At a lecture the other day they were playing an old news
>video of Lt. Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings
>during the Reagan Aministration.
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> There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree,
>but what he said was stunning!
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> He was being drilled by a senator; "Did you not recently spend close
>to $60,000 for a home security system?"
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> Ollie replied, "Yes, I did, Sir."
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> The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience,
>"Isn't that just a little excessive?"
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> "No, sir," continued Ollie.
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> "No? And why not?" the senator asked.
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> "Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir."
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> "Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned. < BR>
> "By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered.
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> "Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?"
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> "His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied.
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> At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn't
>pronounce it, which most people back then probably couldn't. A couple of
>people laughed at the attempt.! Then the senator continued. Why are you so
>afraid of this man?" the senator asked.
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> "Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of," Ollie
>answered.
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> "And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator.
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> "Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recomm end th at an assassin
>team be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth."
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> The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was
>shown of the clip.
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> By the way, that senator was Al Gore!

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2007-08-09 04:04:50 · 9 answers · asked by $1,539,684,631,121 Clinton Debt 6

OK, now that I have your attention I will ask a question about national health insurance in the US. (I am tired of seeing questions like "why do conservatives want to deny poor children health insurance, and for once I decided to respond in kind, to illustrate the absurdity.)

We know from experience in other countries that government control of health care results in rationing to save costs, and the waiting periods and "triage" that goes with it. Many times, procedures are not performed on patients because of their age. Even if one company does this in the US, there's an ability to "shop" for different insurance providers. If the government ran it, there's only one game in town.

Shouldn't we "fix" the health insurance system by REMOVING some of the distortion resulting from existing government regulation, rather than make it worse?

Nost importantly, what's YOUR solution?

Thanks.

2007-08-09 03:53:10 · 10 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7

since he has killed this many young Americans?!?!

2007-08-09 03:45:36 · 16 answers · asked by MadameZ 5

2007-08-09 03:45:05 · 4 answers · asked by ? 7

The truth is that the Iraqi government went on vacation in August to conceal the fact that there is no viable Iraqi government. The Sunnis left the government before parliament went on vacation.
So while this poorly timed vacation seems like a thoughtless slap
in the face of the American public and our troops, it is actually an attempt to deceive the American public, just before the reports to Congress in September, into believing that a political solution in Iraq is possible. A political solution is not possible, because there is no Iraqi government to formulate that solution.
We've been here before. There always appears to be progress in Iraq when the efforts in Iraq are questioned. Later we find out the truth. HERE WE GO AGAIN.

2007-08-09 03:41:08 · 4 answers · asked by LittleLamb 2

And ethnic cleansing a fancy term for genocide?

2007-08-09 03:37:03 · 10 answers · asked by Jose R 6

He's been on alot. I keep having to mute my TV.

2007-08-09 03:35:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Example: 9/11, not offering aid to Katrina victims in time,Roberto Gonzales scandal,Iraq War, the list goes on!

2007-08-09 03:18:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do people have the impression that the Democrats give lower taxes to the poor and middle class, while the Republicans raise their taxes and give tax cuts to the rich?
It isn't true, check out this website if you don't believe me
http://www.moneychimp.com/features/tax_brackets.htm

I will compare some tax rates from 2000 and 2007 for various incomes, these are real numbers not guesses or anything else.
$10,000-
2000-$1,500 or 15% of income
2007-$1,109 or 11.1% of income

$30,000-
2000-$4,988 or 16.% of income
2007-$4,109 or 13.7% of income

$40,000-
2000-$7,788 or 25.9% of income
2007-$6424 or 16.1% of income

$100,000-
2000-$25,681 or 25.7% of income
2007-$22,111 or 22.1% of income

As you can see, with all the incomes even the poor and middle class the taxes paid in 2007 are less than in 2000. And why does the person making $100,000 pay 0.2% less in 2000 than the person making $40,000? I thought Clinton and the democrats wanted to help the middle class?

2007-08-09 02:36:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

When everyone knows that the solutions in Iraq are political?

The Sunnis have left the Iraqi government and the remnants of the attempted Iraqi government have gone on vacation for the month of August while our troops die for them. If this is progress, this war will never end.

2007-08-09 02:11:15 · 11 answers · asked by Crystal Blue Persuasion 5

2007-08-09 02:02:37 · 1 answers · asked by blue 1