Politics - 13 November 2006

Currently, John Murtha has House Speaker-in-waiting Nancy Pelosi's support for the position. Do you think it is A GOOD THING, as Martha Stewart might say, that Bush may have no choice but to be civil to John Murtha as House Majority Leader?

2006-11-13 23:59:35 · 9 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4

Stop wagging your tail, blair...

2006-11-13 23:48:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, I'm from Germany and I would like to know which parties sit or sat in your parliament. I recently heard that there are even more than the two big parties. Which parties are there?

2006-11-13 23:45:47 · 10 answers · asked by menschliches.wesen88 6

2006-11-13 23:09:19 · 6 answers · asked by Robots 4

Apparantly Bin Laden has warned the west and can now justify to fellow Muslims their right to kill 10 million infidels by nueclear bomb. As iran has nuclear capabilities what do other Muslims think of this? As a white westerner why should i be threatened into converting to Islam? Unless i convert by the year 2020 i,m apparantly doomed.

2006-11-13 22:51:23 · 10 answers · asked by bootycreord 3

1. My doctor is wonderful (Muslim)and a real fully integrated Englishman.
2. The guys who run our local shop (Muslims)are fantastic- better service than M & S, and good friendly banter when you're in there, can't do enough for you.
3. Our local Indian restaurant (Muslim) is great, everyone loves the place, the staff & management are respected all round.

It is apparent that when any immegrant comes here and takes on the full English way of life, and integrates with the locals, then religion/race/colour are simply not an issue to anyone. Life is good and everyone benefits from the cultural exchange.
Why, oh Why don't more of the 'normal' Muslims stand up and support this wonderful country of ours ?
Why are they not shouting down these vicious Extremists who are unfairly tainting all good Muslims, and causing their religion to be brought into disrepute ?

2006-11-13 22:12:28 · 17 answers · asked by Patriotic Englishman 1

Or will politics remain ever selfish, self-interested, and controlled by lobby groups?

2006-11-13 22:11:11 · 6 answers · asked by PS Drummer 3

2006-11-13 21:38:20 · 16 answers · asked by khan k 1

2006-11-13 21:36:25 · 34 answers · asked by kaumudi 1

2006-11-13 20:33:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

If usa uses its VETO to block any UN resolution against the coward israeli for their massacres & terrorism in Palastine ,that means that us is a partner with the bloody israelies in their crime,
Dont u think that americans r putting themself in a position that they could be targeted for revenge?
If u protect a criminial then u r a partner in the crime .
And why usa uses its VETO everytime all the world agree on punishing israel for its crimes against humanity ,but when palastinian revenge by any mean usa is the first to punish them,call them terrorists and call all the world to punish them???is that FAIR
I heared a lot of voices in the media calling for revenge from usa for its cover for israel in its crimes against humanity,
usa only cares about keeping the israelies happy,and they r ready to put american citizens & interest in danger for this reason,but do u think the american ppl r ready to risk their lives & interests for israel to be happy and get away with their crimes?

2006-11-13 20:29:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

What have they done that makes them great?

It's hard trying to think of genuinely good leaders who didn't 'go bad' and take it too far. I've got about 5. (and no religious answers please)

2006-11-13 20:11:42 · 7 answers · asked by float613 1

2006-11-13 20:00:05 · 10 answers · asked by xiphias 1

It seems us MODERATES finally won an election!!! No more Yahoo comments from the right, and thank God the left isn't gloating.

2006-11-13 19:51:21 · 11 answers · asked by greg j. 6

Liberals please name a Republican you could throw your suport behind for president in 08

conservatives Please name a Democrat you could support as president in 08

Common folks it has been done before Regan recieved overwhelming democratic support. Clinton recieved a fair amount of Republican support at the polls So tell me what you think

2006-11-13 19:49:39 · 12 answers · asked by JstAnOldDad 1

2006-11-13 19:43:27 · 3 answers · asked by xiphias 1

2006-11-13 19:35:19 · 1 answers · asked by richard ron n 1

Nancy Polici's choice to Head the House Intelligence Committee, is Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings. In 1989, after being acquitted in a criminal trial, Hastings was stripped of his position as a federal judge -- impeached by the House in which he now serves and convicted by the Senate -- for conspiring to extort a $150,000 bribe in a case before him, repeatedly lying about it under oath and manufacturing evidence at his trial.
Is Anyone Concerned? If so, what will you do?

2006-11-13 19:23:46 · 5 answers · asked by lindakflowers 6

2006-11-13 19:21:50 · 11 answers · asked by xiphias 1

Its been happening all over estern Europe

2006-11-13 19:14:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Don't they realize that in the past 40 years that all but TWO Supreme Court Justices were appointed by Republicans?

2006-11-13 18:19:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

As a country we are at an intellectual place where we are ready to make big moves. Congress has had a major shift as a result of the recent elections, but we don't seem to know where the country is headed. Or if we do know, then no one has told me. On most major issues we see such strong dichotomy that it is hard to believe we are all living in the same country. In the same way though, that is part of the beauty of this country - the right to disagree.
So how do we agree to disagree, and get some direction in our culture?
You can't build a house if you don't have plans, you can't get somewhere unless you know where you are going.
We have everything
so...
as a country
as a population
as a nation
as a people
what are we building?
and where are we going?

2006-11-13 18:11:38 · 8 answers · asked by BU 1

Based on the results of the 2006 election, the American people are finally asking for change. They don't like our involvement in Iraq. They voted out many members of the party that put us there. Perhaps they are also ready to question the events and decisions that put us there as well. Perhaps they are ready to ask what really happened on Sept. 11.

Forget the conspiracy theories for a minute and set aside the political gamesmanship. We are a country that spent five years and $100 million investigating President Clinton. We probed the depths of the Iran-Contra scandal – a debacle that would have never come fully into the public eye had a special investigator not been appointed.

The 9/11 Commission interviewed two of it's own members and spent only $3 million. We have spent far more energy, money and time seeking the leak of Valerie Plame's identity and Barry Bonds' use of steroids.

2006-11-13 18:09:58 · 15 answers · asked by big-brother 3

So Bush is open for suggestions about Iraq and this is a Q&A...
Got any suggestions?

I just don't know if he will read them so if he does, let's try and keep it clean. Please don't ruin my chance to influence history.

2006-11-13 18:04:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

The house just voted against normalizing trade relations with Vietnam. What's with this? The US starts a full blown war in Vietnam, rpaes, loots, burns, and kills over 2 million Vietnamese...not to mention Agent Orange and the Chemical war after that has left millions more with life crippling diseases, birth defects, etc., and has not paid one cent in war reparations to the Vietnamese people. Is this the USA's way to say sorry fora ll of the evils they perpetrated? All Vietnam wants to do is develop, and with the US being the usual bully (this time re: trade) is disgusting and evidence of their abysmal foreign policy. How much more do you want to hurt Vietnam.
Utterly sickening.

2006-11-13 17:55:13 · 4 answers · asked by Happier in China 2

McCain and Gulliani seem to be the two people in the spotlight that have indicated they are considering a run. Both however, would be considered Moderates to only slightly right of center by most republicans. While i certainly could supoort either especially Gulliani What conservative canidates not on the radar whould you support. I am talking about names like
Newt Gingrich
Pat Buchanon
Elizabeth Dole
you get the picture

Lastly what connservative do you think could win in 08

2006-11-13 17:44:09 · 7 answers · asked by JstAnOldDad 1

2006-11-13 17:43:54 · 6 answers · asked by Fork Canada 3

Gates was director of VoteHere, a strange little company that was the biggest elections industry lobbyist for the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).

VoteHere spent more money than ES&S, Diebold, and Sequoia combined to help HAVA through. And HAVA, of course, was a bill sponsored by by convicted Abramoff pal Bob Ney and K-street lobbyist buddy Steny Hoyer. HAVA is what put electronic voting on steroids.

HAVA attempts to solve the problem of punch-card voting machine errors, by replacing them with expensive electronic voting machines that have no record of individual votes.(they could print records like an ATM, but suspiciously the HAVA statutes do not require it)

Why was the former(and now actual) Defence secretary in the peculiar position of chairman of a voting machine company? Do you find this a little strange, or is it just coincidence?

2006-11-13 17:32:07 · 7 answers · asked by big-brother 3

2006-11-13 17:21:04 · 15 answers · asked by Fork Canada 3

After Rumsfeld left, there are really only two scapegoats left: Dick Cheney and George W. Bush. And if the democrats have any say, Bush isn't going anywhere.

Cheney was opposed to the sacking of his old mentor Rumsfeld and even more resistant to the naming of Bush family loyalist Robert Gates to take his place, it is clear that Cheney does'nt want to be placed in a position of exposure.

However, even Cheney allies like Richard Perle and Ken Adelman, perhaps sensing that Cheney may be the designated scapegoat, have bellowed about the Iraq war being a mistake and are now distancing themselves from the Cheney group, once the most powerful operating cell within the Bush administration.

Some belive that the president will dump Vice President Dick Cheney and replace him with either John McCain or Rudolph Giuliani prior to the 2008 presidential election.

Is Cheney Next on the Chopping Block?

2006-11-13 17:14:26 · 15 answers · asked by big-brother 3