Politics - 16 July 2006

Here are my beliefs:

I believe religion is nothing more than a tool. Maybe I'm spiritual but I'm not a Christian.
I'm Pro-Choice.
I'm for gun registration and I love to hunt
I think we should kick the sh.it out of the Islamic radicals but don't trust the real reasons we're in Iraq. Afghanistan is OK.
Gay marriage makes my skin crawl but I don't hate queers.
Death penalty is good and should be used more.
I will quit paying taxes if reparations for former slaves are ever approved.
Clinton was a criminal and Bush is criminally stupid.

To whatever party is recommended the most, I will donate $100 to re-elect the reps of that party.

2006-07-16 07:40:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

How are they going to explain that?

Here's how the current conflict actually began:-
"basically the current stage of what's going on -- there's a lot more -- begins with the Hamas election, back the end of January. Israel and the United States at once announced that they were going to punish the people of Palestine for voting the wrong way in a free election. And the punishment has been severe.

At the same time, it's partly in Gaza, and sort of hidden in a way, but even more extreme in the West Bank, where Olmert announced his annexation program, what’s euphemistically called “convergence” and described here often as a “withdrawal,” but in fact it’s a formalization of the program of annexing the valuable lands, most of the resources, including water, of the West Bank and cantonizing the rest and imprisoning it, since he also announced that Israel would take over the Jordan Valley. Well, that proceeds without extreme violence or nothing much said about it.

Gaza, itself, the latest phase, began on June 24. It was when Israel abducted two Gaza civilians, a doctor and his brother. We don't know their names. You don’t know the names of victims. They were taken to Israel, presumably, and nobody knows their fate. The next day, something happened, which we do know about, a lot. Militants in Gaza, probably Islamic Jihad, abducted an Israeli soldier across the border. That’s Corporal Gilad Shalit. And that's well known; first abduction is not. Then followed the escalation of Israeli attacks on Gaza, which I don’t have to repeat. It’s reported on adequately.

The next stage was Hezbollah's abduction of two Israeli soldiers, they say on the border. Their official reason for this is that they are aiming for prisoner release. There are a few, nobody knows how many. Officially, there are three Lebanese prisoners in Israel. There's allegedly a couple hundred people missing. Who knows where they are?

But the real reason, I think it's generally agreed by analysts, is that -- I’ll read from the Financial Times, which happens to be right in front of me. “The timing and scale of its attack suggest it was partly intended to reduce the pressure on Palestinians by forcing Israel to fight on two fronts simultaneously.” David Hearst, who knows this area well, describes it, I think this morning, as a display of solidarity with suffering people, the clinching impulse."
Professor Noam Chomsky(Jewish) - Democracy now! interview 7/14/06

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/14/146258

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http://www.chomskytorrents.org/DownloadTorrent.php?TorrentID=1531

When the American people stop their government from sending $90 Billion of their taxes to Israel to support their barbaric acts then the fighting will stop.

http://www.vestedowl.com/counterpoint_results.htm

And also when the American people stop their governments from vetoing any chance of a peaceful settlement, then maybe there will be an agreement.

http://www.action-for-un-renewal.org.uk/pages/isreal_un_resolutions.htm

2006-07-16 07:37:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-16 07:34:50 · 2 answers · asked by mason x 4

2006-07-16 07:33:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-16 07:32:33 · 8 answers · asked by tom 1

Ok, I'd like to get people's opinions and justifications here. I have been hearing some people continue to say that war is never, ever the answer, and that these countries should talk it out. My theory is that these positions are more utopian than practical, but I would like to hear the justifications. The fact is, how I see it, if Israel sat back and let Lebanon and other terrorist-based countries walk all over it, Israel would not exist today. They would have been trounced soon after they were formed after WWII. Israel's enemies show absolutely no desire for diplomacy, they want 1 thing and 1 thing only: To obliterate Israel off of the map. Let's be practical here. Diplomacy has been tried again and again, it doesn't work with these people, so should Israel just roll over and play dead then ??

2006-07-16 07:28:22 · 10 answers · asked by duffman071 4

we have given rise to each one of the terrorist groups in the middle east at one time or another we trained them armed them and controled them and now we abandoned them so they have every right to attack us .BUT you will still blame your failed polices on them and not your own self intrest's which have backfired on you .peacefull liberals would never support the arming of one group to supress another regardless of the motives .TAKE responcibility for the mess you made .STOP using american troops for this and go do it your self .ALL off you who have made millions arming and getting the benefits of back door deals to get oil at a set price regardless of the market rate .YOU guy's destabilized the region to pit one group against another for deals for set oil prices below world market prices .NOW pay the price and own up to your mistakes and quit letting all of america take the blame for what you have done .

2006-07-16 07:17:47 · 14 answers · asked by playtoofast 6

IT seems israel is like a cry baby. They attack civilians in lebenese suburbs and destroy their homes and business.

Then israel crys when Lebenon hits their israeli cities. Almost like they are saying " We can hit you but you are not allowed to defend yourselves and attack us"

I guess israel bit more than it can handle.

2006-07-16 07:07:12 · 22 answers · asked by ast5792 1

2006-07-16 06:59:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

every time i read " an israili soldier kidnaped ' as it was a gang kidnapped a little girl , not refering to that he is a war hostage , taken to trade with thousands of palstinians in the israeli prisons tortured for years and no news about them.

they write "Hizbollah killed 8 with rockets" and not mentioning that israel now killed about 200 in days in lebanon all of them are civilian villegers , most of them are women and children, and it is now in the prossess of distroying bridges , power plants and everything important in lebanon (the secular country which half it's residents are christians , and is trying to improve itself)

is the American media so controled that way ? and maybe that is why the USA is the ONLY blind supporter to israel in the world , and everytime use veto AGAINST the world , and it's people are completely convinced that Israel is the best and arabs , muslims are terrorists , just like that without thinking ?

is that the reason?

2006-07-16 06:59:07 · 14 answers · asked by amgo 3

defend itself?the world passes a un resolution and sanctions against korea..israel is attacking 2 arab lands and has killed some 200 people so far and the world can't even agree what to say.have i missed a point here?

2006-07-16 06:46:16 · 10 answers · asked by ashmuh97 2

2006-07-16 06:46:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is hatred the only thing they know/ Hezbollah,Hamas, Al Qaida why do these people hate so many other people?Is this a genetic thing? A religious thing?

2006-07-16 06:42:48 · 20 answers · asked by olderandwiser 4

I became aware of the problem between the Palestinians and the Israelis ever since I was able to read newspapers more than 35 years ago. Does is it mean that no side has stated what worries them or does mean that neither side is willing to compromise a little? And with all our resources, including our intelligent politicians, the world seems unable or unwilling to help...

2006-07-16 06:36:45 · 4 answers · asked by zymzyv 3

Bush said at the G8 summit - "I talked about my desire to promote institutional change in parts of the world like Iraq where there's a free press and free religion," Bush said at the news conference, "and I told him that a lot of people in our country would hope that Russia would do the same thing."

Putin, replied: "We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, I will tell you quite honestly." Bush's face reddened as he tried to laugh off the remark. "Just wait," Bush replied about Iraq.

Bush is a total weakling and is totally unlearned. The guy needs his little walkie-talkie back patch recharged again. The batteries must have run out.

2006-07-16 06:34:47 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think Israel should go into Syria to get Hezbollah?

2006-07-16 06:33:36 · 7 answers · asked by Farfignuegen 1

knowing that they r not, i've lived among them my whole life.

2006-07-16 06:28:08 · 22 answers · asked by bada_ping 2

Michael has come from an every day guy from Flint Michigan, documenting GM's crap on film to the well known guy he is today exposing corruption in many places. Why not have some one like him or him as President? Wouldn't that be a welcomed change?

2006-07-16 06:24:55 · 16 answers · asked by Greanwitch 3

I still think that I might be too young to register. My birthday is July 30,1990.

2006-07-16 06:23:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm really seriously looking into that. Whenever stories about the Middle East come on TV, the screen will just go blank...until there's a story about apple pies in Pennsylvania, or roller coasters at Six Flags.

Israel hitting Hezbollah targets, riots in Gaza, blah blah...it's all just blending together for me. Then when I hear America somehow blame Iran for all this as an excuse, it really makes me wanna retch.

Maybe I can just turn it to ESPN...yeah, TNT has Goodfellas on later tonight...cool.

Middle East..."ignore".

2006-07-16 06:10:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

It was just a political test to see if the Redpublican party had fully infiltrated the Protestant organized religous structure.

It would seem obvious to me if I went to church that church is the place to stay away from.

As soon as you reed the broad is the path and wide is the gate story in the Bible A light should go off and you would get out of there.

That brings up the question Why do Reds go to church?

2006-07-16 06:08:18 · 5 answers · asked by 43 5

also does any government set the rules for use of such weapons ,as there is so much of the radiation poison to go around.and ?,who would be justified in official use of such weapon..Is it possoble for a country for any reason to ever use such a bomb.?

2006-07-16 06:02:44 · 14 answers · asked by CIVILIAN 4

Wut will it take for them to see that the countries that support those sick headed militant are evil(iran,lebanon,iraq..etc)

Im not saying that all of the people there are sick headed but why are the russians and chinaese(spelling??) so afraid??

2006-07-16 06:02:07 · 5 answers · asked by julean33 2

According to Recent polls 61% of Americans Don't even know the words to our national anthem...Republicans and Democrats...so should either side have any kind of political stance in America if they can't even remember the lyrics to one of the most important things in our Nations history? I think that if you don't know the words then you are too dumb to be talking about War or Politics...And you really need to educate yourself on the history of our country before you can make desicions about its future.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=1937527&page=1

2006-07-16 05:59:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

she needs a white co*ck shoved down her throat

2006-07-16 05:59:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-16 05:58:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it the President? The Prime Minister? And what is the official's name?

2006-07-16 05:53:59 · 1 answers · asked by Bibs 2

I have read an article that they want to put the National Anthem into Spanish. I am siding with Bush on this one and saying NO. It should be sung the way it was written in 1812. Why should this nation cater to the Spanish? We are all descendants from immigrants from all different countries who came here and learned English. Why cant the Spanish?

2006-07-16 05:47:50 · 20 answers · asked by piglet564 3

2006-07-16 05:43:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think it is brought up so that people won't criticize the Israeli nation for their wrongs. They want us to feel sorry for them and be on there side no matter what.

2006-07-16 05:42:20 · 8 answers · asked by freindly asian 1