Other - Politics & Government - November 2007

I think this is better than the Pledge of Allegiance, much more practical, despite being communist. Or is it too "controlling" for freedom lovers?

1. Love the country; do it no harm
2. Serve the people; never betray them
3. Follow science; discard superstition
4. Be diligent; not indolent
5. Be united, help each other; make no gains at other's expense
6. Be honest and trustworthy; do not sacrifice ethics for profit
7. Be disciplined and law-abiding; not chaotic and lawless
8. Live plainly, work hard; do not wallow in luxuries and pleasures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_rong_ba_chi

2007-11-23 01:04:46 · 5 answers · asked by davster 6

2007-11-22 20:18:02 · 14 answers · asked by KEVIL 2

2007-11-22 18:46:58 · 17 answers · asked by ★ Vaginal Discount ★ 4

2007-11-22 18:15:42 · 6 answers · asked by Unoptrid1aq 4

It is a sticky situation at best. One where each side in this multi-sided conflict will be quick to point fingers at the other side. Why do Palestinian supporters only blame Israel for this mess? For example, when Israel invaded Lebanon, they were going after the people who routinely bomb their cities and kidnap their soldiers.

Is there not equal blame for the ones who started this mess? I mean Israel would not have dropped bombs in Lebanon if they were not provoked. Yes I know, you say Israel provoked the Palestinians and/or other Arabs. They say the Palestinians started it. Where will it end?

With Israeli nuclear bombs, no Arab country will again attack Israel. All they are doing is mosquito bites that will provoke the Jews into more reprisals. You will never destroy Israel without destroying the Muslims along with them. So how do you have peace in the MIddle East?

If you ignore one side of a fight and only blame the other side, you will NEVER have peace.

2007-11-22 15:48:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-22 15:36:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have started a new job and my boss gave me a raise the first week and told me not to tell anybody else.

i am happy about that but i don't understand how i got a raise my first week ??

and i always catch him staring at me and watching me sometimes on the job.

also, when i hand him something or give him a piece of paper his fingers always happen to brush mines everytime.

i really want this job but i don't want to get involved in any drama

does he have bad intentions
what do you think of this..????

2007-11-22 15:27:48 · 12 answers · asked by Mariana 2

Explain.

2007-11-22 15:19:14 · 11 answers · asked by Linda Fallsrock 2

up, as you can see from any nude Euopean beach where children frolic along with adults in perfect safety? Have Americans been totally perverted by Christian scare tactics?

2007-11-22 15:10:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Especially when 99.9% of them don't have a gun, would be scared to use one if you gave it to them, and the first time they came under fire would crap their pants and cry for mommy to save them.

2007-11-22 12:20:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-22 11:53:36 · 17 answers · asked by GOP-Gangster-1999 1

http://www.kidk.com/news/11676076.html

As property of the State, we exist at the State's pleasure, and can be terminated at the whim of the State's Official Agents.

This is America. We are not some Third World disgrace.

We must maintain strict control --and fear of Authority-- to preserve our freedoms.

2007-11-22 11:49:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Saudis, not Iraniens, account for 60% of the foreign insurgents in Iraq, next is Syra with 30% and Iran is on fifth place with less then 1%. Do you think, Bush/Rice will apologize to the Iraniens and repremind the Saudis and Syriens, both are suppose to be allies? Just curious about your opinion?

2007-11-22 10:33:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Doesn't this demolish any notion that the loss of two computer discs containing the details of child benefit claimant was a "one-off" error.?
The Facts
2,111 security breaches in last year at HMRC.
41 HMRC laptops stolen in last year.
September 2005: Unencrypted CD-ROM with sensitive financial information lost in post.
HMRC said: We are urgently reviewing our procedures to make sure this type of incident does not happen again.
May 2007: 42,000 families tax credit and bank details posted to the wrong people.
Ministers told Parliament: HMRC take confidentiality very seriously and have robust procedures in place to protect information provided by claimants.
August 2007: HMRC Laptop stolen with 400 customers' ISA details from five companies.
HMRC said: HMRC places the utmost importance on the security of confidential material and we have in place very clear processes governing the handling of such material.

2007-11-22 10:30:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Richard Nixon told lies and the Americans got rid of him.

In English law can this shower be kicked out,before the next disaster.

2007-11-22 09:16:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-22 09:02:13 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

knowing this will change the nation from the UK to something else while scotland goes it alone.

do you think England would be better off with out us Scots.

2007-11-22 08:43:47 · 15 answers · asked by IHATETHEEUSKI 5

and introduce the following reforms to stop rewarding those who don't positively contribute to our society?

Put in place a procedure whereby those who claim unemployment benefit for longer than 3 months in any 12-month period are either:

a) forced to subscribe to a properly-supervised (stricter than that which currently exists) community-based programme before receiving further benefits.

OR

b) given the opportunity to join a military-style boot-camp with a view to becoming a full-time member of our armed forces.

Also, ask those who claim disability allowance to undertake regular medical procedures to ensure they are unsuitable for ANY type of work.

This would help reignite a difficult relationship that all political parties currently have with a very-disillusioned British public, who, for the most, are being subjected to very inefficient tax-and-spend policies and seeing comparitively little in return.

sign the petition
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/overhaulbenefit

2007-11-22 04:26:23 · 16 answers · asked by clint_slicker 6

2007-11-22 04:11:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise."

- James Madison


"Ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption, all of which facilitate the
execution of mischievous projects."

- James Madison


"The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless
strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries."

- James Madison


"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched.
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question
with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the
homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

- Thomas Jefferson


"In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in
alliance with the despot.... they have perverted the purest religion ever preached to man into
mystery and jargon, unintelligible to all mankind, and therefore the safer engine for their
purpose."

- Thomas Jefferson


"...religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none
other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only,
and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people
which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and
State."

- Thomas Jefferson



"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."

- Benjamin Franklin



"In the affairs of the world, men are saved, not by faith, but by the lack of it."

- Benjamin Franklin



"This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it."

- John Adams


The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason."

- Benjamin Franklin


"If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall
find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The
primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the Pagans, but practiced it on one
another. The first Protestants of the Church of England blamed persecution in the Romish Church,
but practiced it upon the Puritans. They found it wrong in Bishops, but fell into the practice
themselves both here (England) and in New England."

- Benjamin Franklin


"Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny of religion is the worst."

- Thomas Paine


"I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek
Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any Church that I know of. My own
mind is my own Church. Each of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and for my own part,
I disbelieve them all."

- Thomas Paine


"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other
than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."

- Thomas Paine


"The Bible is not my book, nor Christianity my profession."

- Abraham Lincoln

2007-11-22 02:17:47 · 12 answers · asked by ??? 3

Al Gore may be tipping his hand now. While he's been doing talks (while flying around on his private jet, etc - now living what he's preaching), he makes a cool $200,000! Now that's chicken feed for ultra rich Liberal Democrats like John Kerry and even John Edwards, but hey, it's well above the average salary. And for reference, $200,000 annual salary fits into the Democrats scheme of "Taxing the Rich" plans.

With his announcement on November 12 to take a partner position at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, will he finally get the millions of dollars that he really wants from the biggest scam the world has seen?


http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/al-gore-joins-the-vc-game-as-kleiner-perkins-partner/

http://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/article.cfm?artId=22355

2007-11-22 01:41:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think it's absolutely ridiculous.

They are deemed "voluntary" - the catch being that if you opt-out, you will not be allowed to do anything. You will be refused a passport, thus making it impossible for you to even leave the country.

So you might wonder why people won't just sign up for one.
I personally just don't like the idea of carrying my personal details with me at all times. Wouldn't it leave you incredibly open to fraud?

I hate this Big Brother government we are living in. I will refuse to sign up for an ID card should it ever become compulsory, even if persisting to do so leads to criminal punishment.

What are your thoughts on it?

2007-11-22 00:07:26 · 29 answers · asked by cosmicmoon 5

What policies would you like to see in place regarding housing, employment etc?

Personally I'd like to see much more investment in Social Housing and employment training. I'd like to see Welsh people put first so that they don't end up on the dole while migrants do jobs they could do, or being homeless while their local council and housing associations give homes to asylum seekers. A Welsh government could put their own laws in place about these things.

We are a poor country and well paid jobs in Wales are few and far between. The average salary in some parts of Wales is only £10,000 pa. Many people in Wales work for minimum wage as there isn't a lot of choice. Social housing, training and job creation are necessary to improve life for Welsh workers. Westminster have screwed things up for us for long enough. What benefits England (ie they "need" immigrant workers to bolster their economy) does not benefit Wales!!! And whats more they don't seem to care!

2007-11-21 23:57:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since the pas 4 years many nations around the world have seen washington as a threat to global security as a result of its unachievable middle east policy.
This is the fact there is no doubt about this which i totally agree with.

2007-11-21 23:32:45 · 10 answers · asked by Rollingstone 1

Cos I personally think it's long over due!

2007-11-21 22:42:23 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-21 18:42:55 · 2 answers · asked by das b 1

yet they attack elected Gov't like Iran and the Gov't in palastine

2007-11-21 18:19:59 · 17 answers · asked by trustluvlove 1

Since this nation is full of idiots who cry about how much they want the war to end but at the same time vote for people who say that they will keep fighting and take the war into more countries. (HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE!!! RON PAUL WILL END THE WAR VOTE FOR HIM) Hillary will take us into Iran

So after this country falls where should I move. Weather isn't that big of a deal (How cold is Canada in summer) I'm an accountant so work in a metropolis setting will be easy to find.

I know the sings that say get out of the county, not all of them have happened yet but they are well on there way. (Hillary=Death to America) I would not like to learn another language. (I speak English, but again, this county is on its way to becoming Bi-Lingual anyway, (Hillary will give immigrants amnesty))

I've heard that England is following in the footsteps of America turning into a police state. But Ive also heard that Scotland is trying to declare independence, I'm 1/2 Scottish so I was thinking that might be a good place.

2007-11-21 18:01:29 · 13 answers · asked by spikesdummy 1

2007-11-21 17:43:31 · 1 answers · asked by henry 4

I'm getting ready to be commissioned next month as a Second Lieutenant in the world's greatest army, the United States Army.

I keep hearing from all different kinds of people about how the U.S. Dollar is so weak, and about how the United States will fall on top of itself. What do you think about this? What do you think about Venezuela "vowing a united front against the arrogance of the United States."

If we invade Iran, can we expect Venezuela to come across the Caribbean Sea, gather some Cuban allies, and then cross the Gulf of Mexico and/or the Atlantic Ocean to attack/invade the United States?

2007-11-21 16:30:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous