Politics - 3 September 2006

2006-09-03 05:13:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you check the chart showing the leading causes of death in 2003 (really interesting reading, actually) at http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/leadcaus10.html) you will find that 17 of the top 20 are health related.

The total number of disease related deaths in 2003 was about 1,868,000.

The total federal spending on health care (including that giant, Medicare) was about $490,592,000,000. That works out to about $262,000 per death.

At the same time, our military spending was about $615,000,000,000/year (not all is directed at terrorism, but not all medical spending is devoted to curing disease either).

We have lost about 1000 people/year to terrorism (an extremely high estimate).

So that means we're spending about $615,000,000 per death (615 million!), or about three-hundred-thousand percent of what we pay per medical death.

Should we continue to spend with this balance, or would it make more sense to devote more to health care and less to the military?

2006-09-03 05:04:02 · 9 answers · asked by Steve 6

I believe we should. But before we do that, we must raze the cities of Mecca and Medina to the ground because those are Satan's holy cities. Satan (also known as Allah) seduced Muhammad who then started the Satanic death cult known as Islam.

2006-09-03 05:02:46 · 14 answers · asked by marceldev29 4

2006-09-03 05:01:56 · 18 answers · asked by slyry75 3

Is Al Franken patenting the pubic hair and Elmer's glue cure for baldness, or is he just keeping the idea to himself?

2006-09-03 04:59:21 · 3 answers · asked by itsallover 5

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/23/AR2005062300783_pf.html

2006-09-03 04:49:10 · 18 answers · asked by slyry75 3

2006-09-03 04:47:48 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

with the words "World Police Chief" on them??

2006-09-03 04:47:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Indian independence is a hoax.They simply outsourced the British Raj to the oligarchs,cronies and mercenaries.Even after 60 years of independence,more than 700 million Indians start their day without a toilet and clean drinking water.Remember,these are the people who are working in the farms and roads and feeding 1.2 billion people everyday.We are living in a dream world by speaking high about our culture and civilization.It is a pity that even small nations with limited resources have made tremendous progress and enhanced the quality of life for their citizens in the past 20 years.Finland-Nokia is a very good example.Mr.Kalam can give some inspirational speeches for the children to dream big.Unfortunately, that is what they are doing everyday.First of all,why India needs a President who is just a powerless,ceremonial figure?.This position should either be completely abolished or empowered as an ultimate authority to weedout corruption and implement accountability in public life.

2006-09-03 04:26:48 · 9 answers · asked by Indian Muslim 1

It's currently 4.7%. The unemployment rate is lower than the average unemployment rate from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's. Wait, it's even lower than the average unemployment of the 90's? Yes!

2006-09-03 04:22:30 · 14 answers · asked by slyry75 3

Did you know that Earth Day was established to 'educate' people about the possibility of Global Cooling? With that in mind, For all of you Eco-Heads out there, should we have believed you then, or should we beleive you now? In either case, What do you think of the Ice Age, or Global warming on Mars? Is my SUV to blame for these?

2006-09-03 04:21:57 · 10 answers · asked by Raalnan5 2

Mr. Burns from the Simpsons seems to act, and look just like Dick Cheney!

Is he another scumbag Republican?

2006-09-03 04:09:05 · 9 answers · asked by Villain 6

Yesterday the number 2 al-Qaida man in Iraq was captured leading to the death of 11 top scumbag operatives and to the capture of 11 more mini-scumbag lightweights. The al-Qaida leadership there is now practically non-existent.

So, aren’t we now winning the peace there too?


A scant 8 months ago, the new Iraq government was fighting amongst itself for political survival as Kurds, Shia and Sunni all jockeyed for political muscle.

A scant three months ago, the new government was solidified, and the process of nailing down everything necessary to create a new government began after three decades of tyrannical rule .

Barely two months ago the Iraqi security forces (non-existent two years ago by the way) rolled into Baghdad and one month later, helped by US forces, things appear to be getting drastically better.

Even General Casey now says that US forces can see an end game, perhaps leaving in 12 to 18 months.

Thus my fears of partition as an alternative are now shelved.

Not only did we win the military portion of this war in a nano-second, but now, after a few hair-raising months of tottering back and forth between civil war and oblivion, this nascent government finally has a giant leg up on things and the successful end to Battlefield Iraq is in sight for this portion of World War III...the war against Fascist Islam..and Terror.

It's time to spread the word...we won the peace too....and we have exactly 8 weeks until the mid-terms to beat this drum.

2006-09-03 03:55:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtaDLPxelNO0_.3tYK57_1Lsy6IX?qid=20060901113738AAC3xMn

Question: The Assassination of President Bush (the movie): premering here in Toronto. What do YOU think?

Answer1: I wish it were true.. I'm sorry I'm a bad american! (6 thumbs up, 2 thumbs down)

My answer: I'm not Bush's biggest fan either, but this movie totally crosses the line of decency. (2 thumbs up, 4 thumbs down)

2006-09-03 03:54:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I say to be partisan anything is retarded. I have belonged to and participated in both parties, and both are complete jokes. I'm now not even an Independent ... but am completely non-affiliated and so I get to laugh at all the partisan crap.

2006-09-03 03:50:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i asked a question about what was the worst country...and some told me to get the f/*/ out of the country if i hate it so much....errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr i dont live there u tosser and i never said i did...it was an objective question....everyone has diff answers thats why i asked it whats with the sh** if you cant answer the question being asked.....then why bother...

2006-09-03 03:36:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why can't Far Left Wing ACLU Adoring Liberal Democrats grasp the fact that the only aim of Muslim madmen and women and the sworn mission of Isalm itself is to "Islamasize America and the World.

"Cursed Infidel-unbelievers must renounce their incoherent, illogical belief systems of love, mercy and forgivenss, it is time
for the Christians, Jews, Buddhists and atheists to cast off the cloak of the spiritual darkness and evil which enshrouds them and emerge into the light of Islam! Allah demands conversion by all or all will be laid waste, convert to Isalm or die."

That was the statement made in the latest video released by Al Quaeda to America by ! Adam Yehiye Gadahn, a 28-year-old American who the FBI believes attended Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan and served as an Al Qaeda translator and had studied with Mullahs and Imams extensively.

Convert to Isalm OR suffer the consequences! The message of Adam Adam Yehiye Gadah.

Why can't Liberals undertstand it means them

2006-09-03 03:31:26 · 18 answers · asked by B'klyn Barracuda 3

The root cause of all the evils is the pseudo secular democracy designed and implanted by Nehru which was further carefully nurtured and groomed by his dynasty.The Muslim cronies handpicked and deployed as Muslim leaders had the secret pact with this dynasty in return for a major share in waqf properties and Muslim endowments.These are the guys who introduced alien concepts like Shariah,Talaq,Polygamy,Jihad,Kafir,Fatwa, Tableeque Jamat and Madrassa education to alienate the Indian Muslims from their Hindu brothers and laid the foundation for vote bank and Muslim appeasement politics of the dynasty.

Indian Muslims should capture "Vande Mataram" as a golden opprtunity and in fact they can celebrate this singing ceremony for one year as a powerful launching pad for Indian Muslim nationalism.This way they can cut their umbilical cord with the Islamists and can win the heart and minds of their 900 million Hindu brothers also. VANDE MATARAM.

By an Indian Muslim.

2006-09-03 03:16:04 · 11 answers · asked by Indian Muslim 1

I sure as hell am not. Kofi and the entire UN should be nuked. If osama had hit the UN building I would have sent him a thank you card.

2006-09-03 03:12:17 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

simple qeustion...dont give me george w. bu!!sit

2006-09-03 03:06:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

or is it something more sinister?

http://www.patriotsaints.com/News/911/Conspiracy/Bush/images/bush_911nypost.jpg

2006-09-03 02:52:24 · 30 answers · asked by Informed Liberal 1

can you give me a speech for a running counselor.... and his platforms are those public works an highways

2006-09-03 02:49:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've heard they want to have only 500,000,000 people left out of the 6,000,000,000,000 here now.

2006-09-03 02:45:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-03 02:33:29 · 18 answers · asked by Informed Liberal 1

id say isreal then usa...

2006-09-03 02:27:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-03 02:21:22 · 14 answers · asked by Malcolm X 2

2006-09-03 02:20:45 · 19 answers · asked by dstr 6

Is that why the number 2 man just got caught there?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_al_qaida

And lets not forget we also killed Al Zaquir there as well,..Will Liberals ever admitt there are too terrorist hell bent on killing Americans in Iraq?

2006-09-03 02:16:28 · 16 answers · asked by itsallover 5

Get up off the couch and do something!

2006-09-03 01:57:06 · 8 answers · asked by Informed Liberal 1

Please provide a solution instead of blaming anyone,if you think Indian Muslims have realised the psedo-secularism and vote bank politics and are looking for compassion and support from Hindu brothers to integrately quickly to build a better nation.

2006-09-03 01:50:50 · 17 answers · asked by Indian Muslim 1