Other - Politics & Government - August 2007

My reasons are, they make outrageous claims in order to get votes, then, do nothing.
Also, there entire party is a contradiction. They want less government so they say, then time and time again vote for more and more government involvement in our lives.

2007-08-05 11:07:30 · 20 answers · asked by eldude 5

Isn't that one of the major "benchmarks"?


When do they start?


Who wants to go be an observer?

2007-08-05 10:43:25 · 5 answers · asked by oimwoomwio 7

There are plenty of failed capitalistic economies in the third world. Corruption seems to thrive in most third world nations. Many third world nations have tremendous natural assets. There are first world nations with very limited natural assets.

2007-08-05 10:33:46 · 17 answers · asked by poet1b 4

What's the point of the government giving everyone a voice, but only listening to the people with the most money and power?

2007-08-05 10:33:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

since she is a woman do you think she has to act tougher than she really is to be taken seriously

2007-08-05 10:16:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-05 09:53:08 · 13 answers · asked by me 1

Some people think pregnancy is the result of unprotected sex. Birth control/protection is not 100%,it sometimes fails.

2007-08-05 09:43:31 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-08-05 09:34:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

When you "follow the money" you find out all sorts of things about the presidential candidates and who theyre really working for. Alot of Americans know this, and alot of Americans are angry about it.

So the question; Why doesnt it change? Dont say there are no candidates out there with no strings attached. There are. One is Mike Gravel. Heres a video of him responding to a question about campaign finance and explaining John Edwards' investments that reveal conflict of interest. Respond to it if you like, but do give me your take on why nothing changes though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grzFEuCfG3I

2007-08-05 09:22:27 · 12 answers · asked by Jesus W. 6

This is a science question, but I've put it here in the political section for obvious reasons.

2007-08-05 08:43:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-05 08:38:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

why do people attack obama on stupid stuff like his name and race. rush limbaugh attacked obama's race by calling him the magic ***** and rupert murdock called him a terrorist. fox news accused him of going to religious elementary school. what ever happened to attacking peoples policies and not their name and race.

2007-08-05 08:30:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Safer world.

2007-08-05 07:51:53 · 12 answers · asked by marielle d 3

What is the deal and I can't believe Danny Glover too?

2007-08-05 07:43:53 · 18 answers · asked by Moody Red 6

I think so.

2007-08-05 07:22:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

1] Ganga and Jamuna have become just like sewer.All the rivers are getting polluted.
2] 30% of the population is drinking polluted water.
3] Indian farmers are draining out their water resources with
reckless abandon.
4]There will be huge water shortage of water for the urban population by 2025.
5]Ecosystems are on the decline and a quarter of the mamals
are in danger.
6]About 500 children die everyday due to waterborne diseases.
7]Forests are being cut increasing greenhouse emission.

2007-08-05 07:04:58 · 11 answers · asked by sdev006 2

OK, now that I have your attention, here's my point. When we say "the government should pay for [whatever]," some don't seem to realize that it's WE who pay for that, not some faceless entity.

Here's my modest proposal: let's match up the donors and the recipients! If part of my taxes go to welfare, Medicaid, etc., give me the names and addresses of the people I'm helping. And give them mine.

And expand it to other areas: for defense, tell me what my money bought, and for whom. If I helped supply soldiers, tell me who. If it bought equipment, tell me what, and from what company. Foreign aid: tell me what country. "Corporate welfare" (although I have yet to see anyone here demonstrate that cash payments, as opposed to tax deductions, are given to corporations): what company? And so on.

Yes, it's crazy. And any breakdown would be time-consuming and arbitrary.

My point is that if we did something like this, maybe the money would be more wisely spent.

Thoughts?

2007-08-05 06:59:31 · 9 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7

It's kind of like a parent telling there child "don't do this because its bad for you" Well battery acid is bad for me, If I drank battery acid I would die.....so does that mean battery acid should be illegal? If they can trust people with alcohol they should be able to trust people with other things. What do you think.

2007-08-05 05:49:10 · 8 answers · asked by Urban_Cowboy 2

I am talking about Senator Mc carthy.

2007-08-05 05:38:16 · 8 answers · asked by d-money 1

Can someone elude jail time if they were arrested for agravated assult with intent to commit a felony and battery domestic including bodily harm. Prior domestic as well (5 years ago) Victim is dropping all charges and judge released person without posting bond and now back with the victim OK'd by judge.

2007-08-05 05:33:39 · 2 answers · asked by bring_bling 2

I have heard Bush say noting else in 7 years, then that there are enemies lurking everywhere to cut US throats. The only enmies we seem to have so far are US citiznes, who kill, maim and murder every year each other with oversized cars, guns, trucks, bridges and to much food.

2007-08-05 04:45:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

This was in response to a question just asked on "This Week" about how candidates would direct the war. It's currently playing on ABC this Sunday morning.

Paraphrasing, Rudy said that: "We need to be tough and not weak and determined to not settle for peace because you cannot negotiate with these insurgents." Was this a slip of the tongue? Does anyone else pick up on him equating "peace" with the word "weak"?

OK... I get the "not negotiating with insurgents" part, but why is "weakness" and "peace" decidedly off the table for this guy? Oh, Jesus wept!

2007-08-05 03:59:50 · 11 answers · asked by Sangria 4

would it be legal for American citizens to create and join a group that pledged allegience to America and the Constitution with the main ingredient being the right to bear arms? Basically what I'm asking is: could a group of patriots create a REAL militia of thousands of actively trained and armed men without being labeled terrorists and destroyed by our government?

2007-08-05 03:56:02 · 5 answers · asked by Ford Prefect 7

In the aftermath of 9/11, the trend in companies in the US has been to outsource jobs outside the US. There have been claims and counterclaims that this has led to a substantial increase in unemployment.

What is your take on this? why?

2007-08-05 03:27:59 · 6 answers · asked by krisy 1

the right to bear arms. this was instituted for protection and not just of the individual as many think. yes you should be able to protect your family but the main and real reason was to protect yourself from a corrupt government. however over time our nation forgot that, a nation which the government and select organizations are still trying to disarm. without guns, there is no balance of power, one could rule all. even though the average citizen has next to nothing compared to the military, bands were made called the militia to keep the country in check. the only really still active militia is in pennsylvania. once you lose your guns and are disarmed, you no longer have a say in anything. what is your opinion?

2007-08-05 03:02:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I see no fair and Balance where is the other side in their talks.
They act unclivilized with their guest if they are not Republicans. I see why Democrats don't want to go on their channel its a republican out let. Why is that Channel 99.9 percent white.

2007-08-05 02:55:24 · 20 answers · asked by margie s 4

When did this moniker surface and is it a true representation? My feeling is, that as this portion take over the Democratic party, it may drive the more moderate, Kennedy Democrats (which have a higher turn out during elections) to vote out of their party.

2007-08-05 02:35:47 · 11 answers · asked by Cookies Anyone? 5

I have interesting news for you folks. Some of those nasty questions (not all, we have nuts in all our countries) are being posted identically on several Yahoo! sites. They seem to be designed to foster anger and hate.

They fall short. Our friendship and respect for our allies (I'm a U.S. American) is deeper than that (though we can be really rude and thoughtless at times, being a young country).

I want you to know I'm spreading the word on the U.S. site when I see these people and checking the U.K. site to be sure I'm posting about these same hate spammers who seem to be posting on all sides the same nonsense.

I'd appreciate caution on your part, an avoidance of bigotry (treat them as an individual, however contemptible their behavior), and don't generalize it to Americans. It's been a pleasure to see the U.S. side get VERY aggressive with these people and recognize how little what they say represents our allies.

Oh, we disagree? But posts like from children? Tell others.

2007-08-05 02:26:09 · 20 answers · asked by mckenziecalhoun 7

hi guys! uhh i kinda need help on my HW ^^;;
its about politics...
the questions are

what is the difference between impeachment and recall?
what are the penalties in an impeachment case?

thanks in advance!

2007-08-05 01:54:45 · 8 answers · asked by Jetto 2

The reason i ask is because its becoming clear that we cant do certain things such as celebrate holiday seasons because it offends people, we must change words in sentences so as not to offend, we are not allowed to wear certain items of clothing.

For instance i was not allowed entrance into a shopping centre because i was wearing a football scarf. a friggin mutha scooping football scarf!

it just seems to me that everything has restricted our own damn freedom that the Government are "protecting".

Why should anyone feel scared to voice their opinions on anything? we should be able to wear whatever the hell we want!

What a croc of hot steaming hamster poop oozing from an elephants anus! screw you the Political Stupidness Crowd!

2007-08-05 01:39:11 · 20 answers · asked by My Pitseleh 4