Politics - 17 October 2006

Today, 135 years to the day after the last American President (Ulysses S. Grant) suspended habeas corpus, President Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006. At its worst, the legislation allows President Bush or Donald Rumsfeld to declare anyone — US citizen or not — an enemy combatant, lock them up and throw away the key without a chance to prove their innocence in a court of law. In other words, every thing the Founding Fathers fought the British empire to free themselves of was reversed and nullified with the stroke of a pen, all under the guise of the War on Terror.

2006-10-17 17:31:45 · 11 answers · asked by josephmarzen 1

Because Bush said it would float.

Why are you so blindly loyal to someone who cares nothing about you?

2006-10-17 17:26:03 · 16 answers · asked by john p 3

...or do you just claim to be one so people won't shut you down when you rip on one party or the other? I'm Indy all the way.

2006-10-17 17:25:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Basically, We Can't Open Bank Accounts, Board An Airplane, Buy Cigarettes Or Even Get A Job Without It. This Card Can Be Electronically Scanned For Verification(instead of just looking at it) And Has Everything From Your Social Security, Health Records, And Even Your Fingerprint/Retinal Scan. And Get This, Bush Is Gonna Sign A Bill Soon That Makes Them Manditory In The Year 2008!!! We're All Gonna Be Robots! How Do You Feel About This?!?!

(do some research if you like, i found a good story on cnet.com....)

2006-10-17 17:25:32 · 6 answers · asked by Can't Make A Good Avatar!!! 3

2006-10-17 17:17:53 · 11 answers · asked by john p 3

now we know there were no WMD, no way to deliver them to the USA and Iraq did keep the islamic terrorists out, how can the invasion of Iraq be considered in any way defending the USA?

2006-10-17 17:12:43 · 11 answers · asked by brinlarrr 5

Do you see how one person's agenda can be forced on a democracy

Oh and that one person is the president

2006-10-17 17:06:20 · 15 answers · asked by john p 3

if you are just say what group of people you don't like and why you don't like them. you can also include any racist names that you know. this is for a school project.

2006-10-17 16:58:42 · 23 answers · asked by assmouth p 3

The Bush administration has consistently refused to talk directly to the North, insisting the issue is a regional concern and seeking to enlist other countries. (read the article)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear

Doesn't Bush and his party claim that they are tough on terrorism? At this point in time, isn't King Jong the most dangerous terrorist, waving nuclear weapons in our face?

I don't ever want to hear again how tough on Terrorism the republicans are. They are still touting a psuedo cause as justification for the war in Iraq, when NK is testing long range missles and nuclear bombs. The reason we are not doing anything about NK is because the US is broke and our military is strapped.
What's your take on why US is not interested in the North Korea issue?

2006-10-17 16:54:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

If I remember right, Clinton gave North Korea the nuclear building blocks that we see them misusing today. Dems throw around the "idiot" moniker on Bush's neck left and right, but geez, Clinton deserves a gold plated one for this screw up.

2006-10-17 16:54:29 · 20 answers · asked by baseballandbbq 3

common there mascot is a jackass "donkey" !

2006-10-17 16:49:52 · 11 answers · asked by Duane G 3

What do you think is the future for America?

2006-10-17 16:45:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Many soldiers think the Libs. embolden their enemy w/ loud negative protests and it causes, the death of their friends and endangers their own life.
I am a vet and I remember that we feared the enemy behind us almost as much as the one in front.

2006-10-17 16:43:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Instead of actually forming groups, and taking action.

2006-10-17 16:41:11 · 10 answers · asked by David . 2

2006-10-17 16:37:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Comment on how France and Germany earned the right to say, "We told you so!" (if you so choose).

2006-10-17 16:34:23 · 8 answers · asked by oatie 6

a link woud help i just want to know that all cuz im fighting with my friend over that question

2006-10-17 16:25:41 · 3 answers · asked by darkcloudgtr34 1

Gas prices fall to lowest level in '06, average $2.226 a gallon last week
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2006-10-17-gas-prices_x.htm

2006-10-17 16:24:54 · 10 answers · asked by Joe_Pardy 5

Bush signed a bill yesterday, but I confess I am not clear about what that bill is.

1. Would the present congress think it is ok, if an American was detained by Govt of other countries under suspicion of Terror and be applied the same rules of conduct?

2. What is the deatails of the bill just signed?

3. Why NUKULAR? lol ( ignore no 3. I was just being naughty )

2006-10-17 16:23:54 · 15 answers · asked by Tenzin 3

Pretty amazing.He's been asking him some tough questions, much tougher than what Wallace asked Clinton, and is Bush crying and wagging his finger and yelling? No, he's simply answering the questions..

2006-10-17 16:22:35 · 9 answers · asked by itsallover 5

http://www.juntosociety.com/factsheets/taxes.html

2006-10-17 16:15:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Because the Bush administration knew that bringing them here would trigger their full rights under the constitution. In other words he pulled a fast one - a legal trick. It blinded the US public by burying them under a legal morass that they knew would take time to unravel. Legal? Maybe, but I doubt it. Ethical? Absolutely not.

2006-10-17 16:15:00 · 11 answers · asked by notme 5

Are Democrats lying when they say that George Bush is lying about Saddam Hussein having WMDs?

Here are many quotes from 1998 of Bill Clinton saying that Saddam Hussein had WMDs.
http://www.freedomagenda.com/iraq/wmd_quotes.html
Our intelligence community simply believed that Saddam had WMDs and George Bush believed them.

2006-10-17 16:14:18 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/yeariniraq/
hit the "watch on line" link and read the descriptions of the main participants in the 1st 2 years of Iraq and understand that Iraq may be considered in the future as the worst fiasco in American history. I have always been against the Iraqi war intellectuallly (not emotionally) because it just seemed too simplistic...that the Administration was not only duping everyone, including premeir career government bureaucrats, but themselves as well. I actually don't think so lowly of Bush, it's just the people surrounding him that seemed to be incompetent or just so stubborn as to bring us all down to justify their actions. But after watching Frontline on PBS, I am left with my mouth agape at the sheer stupidity of the whole thing. according to the show, we have been operating in fantasy land the last 2 years.

2006-10-17 16:10:15 · 6 answers · asked by Ford Prefect 7

foley is a sicko but he is now gone why do all the dems rally around there homo sicko's yet only point at the short comings of a few repub's nearther side gives a real crap about the country anymore it's all about the power !!! im voting independant forget the 2 crapped out worthless parties

2006-10-17 15:56:26 · 14 answers · asked by Duane G 3

What I mean is .. I asked a very simple and civil question last night.
"84% of Americans believe that we have not been told the full truth about 9/11... how about you " ?.. what is spam or advertising about that?

2006-10-17 15:53:35 · 10 answers · asked by hardartsystems 3

Okay, I asked this question earlier. I'm not sure what happened but I got no answers. Let me just say that I oppose ANYTHING that would invade the privacy rights of innocent Americans. I feel that law enforcement should not have the authority to hack someone's computer or listen on the phone conversations of those who do not pose a threat to national security. Can we really trust that these folks are not sitting back and laughing at people as they visit porn sites? You know they are, and they are probably listening in on intimate conversations too! I bet its alot of fun! I would consider this a criminal act! No different than anyone else who participates in Cyber Crime and invasion of privacy. I know of many people who have a problem with their computer that no anti-virus program will detect, and even computer technicians cannot fix. There is NO WAY you can convince me that the FBI isn't watching people they shouldn't be watching!

2006-10-17 15:44:32 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.nra.org/

2006-10-17 15:42:07 · 19 answers · asked by college_republicans_club 2

"In the United States, the Constitution is the law of the land, for citizens and non-citizens alike. But where does the reach of that law end?"

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/04/14/findlaw.analysis.Raustiala.iraq/

2006-10-17 15:40:35 · 10 answers · asked by notme 5

I want to know what is the point of Nuke testing?

2006-10-17 15:37:23 · 15 answers · asked by Hello! 1