Other - Politics & Government - September 2007

2007-09-14 14:00:36 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is it, out of the 20 Senators (12 dems, 8 reps) who have access to the most intelligence reports, is there only 1 (a dem) who opposes the war?

There are 12 democrats and 8 republicans (listed below) who are on the "United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence". Only one of them (Jan Shakowski) is considered an "opponent" of the war?

Does logic (kryptonite to libs) tell you something there?

2007-09-14 13:56:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-14 12:28:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-14 11:30:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

do they lean left or right (it has to be one or the other) in politics.

2007-09-14 10:58:08 · 7 answers · asked by Nobody Girl 2

2007-09-14 10:47:32 · 1 answers · asked by Who's Barry Badarnath? 1

This is the question Keith Vaz ( Labour MP/ Leicester East) thinks should be put to the British public in a referendum on Britains continuing membership of the EU.
Libdems are now calling for a referendum on membership as well. How would you vote to this question?

2007-09-14 10:44:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-14 10:39:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck off the southwestern coast of Sumatra Friday in the same area shaken by a major 8.4-magnitude temblor that killed 13 people earlier in the week.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially issued an alert but lifted it later after no problems were reported.

The quake struck at 6:01 a.m. (2300 GMT Thursday), 120 km (75 miles) west-southwest of Sumatra's Bengkulu province and 650 km (405 miles) west-northwest of Jakarta.

See link - http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/14/indonesia.quake/index.html?eref=rss_world

Question - Doesn't this defy science ?

2007-09-14 10:32:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

The prowar crowd says that if we leave Iraq, there will be a catastrophe in Iraq. We went to war against Iraq! We sure didn't go to war so that we could save the Iraqis from each other. We went over there to kick the dog mess out of them. That's what war is supposed to be. Frankly I'm tired of Iraq distracting everyone's attention while our own country is being stolen from under our feet by the globalist.
I'm an American and I think it's time that we start worrying about America and doing what is best for America.
It's time to get our military out of Iraq, secure our borders and prevent the oncoming catastrophe here at home.

"Tis our true purpose to steer clear of foreign entanglements."
George Washington

2007-09-14 09:59:07 · 18 answers · asked by Crystal Blue Persuasion 5

the reason i ask is in the spring i will be getting my ged well actualy the college im going to be attending has a program that i take a test if a pass i get well its better then a ged but not as good as a high school diploma, but anyways if i pass i will be attending the college for 2 yrs and i will earn about 689 acriedted semester hours

2007-09-14 09:58:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-14 09:55:05 · 14 answers · asked by Monk 4

2007-09-14 09:54:23 · 12 answers · asked by muslim_pork_king 2

I can not vote for a democrat as long as they support those nasty people at Move-on.org and the NEW YORK TIMES.

2007-09-14 09:40:01 · 18 answers · asked by muslim_pork_king 2

A good bit of skepticism is healthy in life, but especially healthy when it comes to politics and politicians. As much as we'd all like to believe General Petraeus, it's hard to believe that given this administrations history of cronyism and back-slapping "heckuva job, Brown-ies" that Petraeus isn't simply walking lock step with the Bush Administration on this. There's a LOT of money to be made by prolonging this war and it's sad to say, but I think that's one of the major factors contributing to it's continuation. Any thoughts?

2007-09-14 09:38:55 · 15 answers · asked by It's Your World, Change It 6

2007-09-14 09:35:24 · 16 answers · asked by Edge Caliber 6

Even though there is no such evidence that states that Iraq had anything to do with 9/11?

Even though the fact that all evidence points towards Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda organization?

Even though the official 9/11 Commission Report states that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11?

Even though Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein hated each other and were sworn enemies?

Can one of you Americans that represent roughly 30% of Americans that believe this, please explain to me why you beleive this? Because I can not for the life of me fathom or understand why you would think this. I would also like to ask you if you've been clinically diagnosed as suffering from mental retardation?

Why are so many Americans so easily brainwashed and weakminded, that they allow themselves to be subjected to propaganda by the Bush administration and various neoconservative groups; being placed in mental shackles that prevent them from independent and rational thought?

2007-09-14 08:53:58 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-simpsonquestioned&prov=ap&type=lgns

It sounds like he's innocent, but there's a joke in here somewhere. I just can't find it!

2007-09-14 08:40:35 · 9 answers · asked by ? 6

If you can provide some examples of Socialist or Communist countries with lower unemployment, higher GNP, a better standard of living, higher income and higher economic growth than the Capitalist United States I would appreciate this.

If this isn't possible then an explanation of why the Democrat party favors Socialism and quite often meets and supports Communist governments over Capitalism that would be helpful as well.

Thanks.

2007-09-14 08:15:38 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is that fair for those of us American's who look at the findings for an accurate picture on the war in Iraq.

How can we support our leaders and military when we only get half truth and only the positive portions of the report. We look to these reports for deciding direction and the way they are being presented is not valid.

We are all watching this war very close and it shows how we are being underminded when the reports are shown to favor Bush instead of the troops

2007-09-14 08:07:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

when will they admit iraq was wrong and support the rest of us sain folks. its only a matter of time before we realize that we should bring the troops home. all the threats of us being unamerican for not supporting the war have long been proven wrong.

2007-09-14 08:06:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Think about it. Some advocate that the government take charge of health care, as a "human right."

Assuming for the sake of argument that that is true, would these same people advocate a similar program to provide FOOD to everyone?

Food is unquestionably more essential to survival than health care. No one can survive without food for long! And some people eat very well, at the finest restaruants, while others make do with A&P brand goods.

Should the government take over, to ensure more equality?

Why or why not?

:)

2007-09-14 07:38:09 · 11 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7

And what do you propose to address these problems?

For instance, I sometimes have issues and questions about what my insurer covers, and what it does not.

I deal with it by occasionally arguing with the insurance company, and occasionally paying out of pocket for "out of plan" items.

What's your story? Thanks.

This is posted in politics because it's being discussed in the presidential campaign.

2007-09-14 07:31:17 · 12 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7

Why did it take a Presidential Address to inform us that our superior military forces had killed 12,000 terrorists since January? President Bush said last night that we had killed on average, 1500 enemy forces per month since January! That is freaking amazing! What a great job our soldiers are doing over there, and the Democrats have the gall to call General Patraeus a liar!

Is the media afraid of psychologically intimidating the enemy by crowing about how many of their fellow jihadists have died? What is wrong with our media (rhetorical question, I know)? 12,000 dead enemies, and not a peep!

Why isn't our media helping us discourage the enemy by simply reporting the truth?

2007-09-14 07:05:29 · 27 answers · asked by julie m 3

What if Conservatives had their own country? What would they have? What would they lack?

2007-09-14 06:54:39 · 20 answers · asked by It's Your World, Change It 6

My son who works would like to train as a plumber but he can't afford the college course ,however a friend of mine son who has been convicted of a fraud and been punished ,lost his job because of this, has now been awarded a grant under some criminal rehabilitation act (which he does not have to pay back) to allow him to retrain as a plumber and this grant covers the full cost of the course.
views?

2007-09-14 06:52:45 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

If liberals had our own country, there would be publicly financed elections.
If liberals had our own country, there would be no corporate welfare.
If liberals had our own country, minimum wage for any full-time worker would be $30,000. per year and at least $10.00 per hour for any part time workers.
If liberals had our own country, workers would be free to choose whether or not they wanted to be represented by a union.
If liberals had our own country, every citizen would have Health Care.
If liberals had our own country, NO child would be left behind and every school would be fully funded.
If liberals had our own country, every child would go to college.
If liberals had our own country, the rich and the corporations would pay their fair share of taxes.
If liberals had our own country, abortions would be few, safe and legal.
If liberals had our own country, there would be zero tolerance gun control.
If liberals had our own country, our military would not be spread so

2007-09-14 06:52:22 · 19 answers · asked by It's Your World, Change It 6

Admiral Fallon called Petraeus an "a** kissing little chickens**t".

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39235

Who would you believe? An Admiral? Or the "man" who took General Casey's job when he refused to mouth Bush's lies?

2007-09-14 06:44:00 · 5 answers · asked by Jason 4

2007-09-14 06:42:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-14 06:30:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous