Politics - 2 June 2007

There is a similar divide between the political parties in the U.K.. In the U.K. if you were to syggest that someone was a retard or unpatriotic or a moron because they happened to have a different political allegiance then most Brits from any party would think you were a rather dangerous nutter. It`s seems almost as though Americans don`t want freedom of speech or democracy at all. At least that`s the impression I get from the comments I see on Yahoo answers.

2007-06-02 07:45:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

what would you personally do if this happens in 2009? What do you think would happen on a national/international level if Bush proclaims himself the head of state permanently?

I don't want you cons to get your panties in a bunch, this question is of course, hypothetical.

2007-06-02 07:41:19 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

People say its actions of a few, it seems to be more like actions of a few million. Look at all terrorists groups around the middle east and other parts of the world, there whole goal is to take over the world. I know people will come see this question and say not all muslims are like this, but howcome the good muslims arent going after the so called "extremists".

2007-06-02 07:40:37 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would the world change at all without freedom of speech?? Please tell me what you think

2007-06-02 07:33:32 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 07:31:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 07:22:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 07:16:19 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

with all the administrations hype about security at the borders don't you think someone should have stopped the guy who had "TB"
also,couldn't a terrorist just run across the Mex/US border if he really wanted to get into this country.
evidently Mexico has little or no border security so it seems they could get into that country easily and just cross the border.
would the cons blame Clinton for that too?
and would they "finally"get their poor little rich kids to uniform up and go to war for their country or would they pay for them to skip active service like someone we all know?

2007-06-02 07:13:01 · 5 answers · asked by bo-bo 3

The working man dutifully pays his 7% SS tax throughout his lifetime. In return he gets a promise from government to pay a benefit when he is eligible. The "rate of return" on his "investment" will be a paltry figure that in all likelihood won't even keep up with inflation. He has no private property rights in his "investments". If he dies his heirs get a "benefit" decided solely by government bureaucrats and such benefit will come nowhere near what the working man would have earned on even a low risk private investment.

Sound like a good deal?

2007-06-02 07:06:32 · 10 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4

Have you tried being the President of the United State?

Have you tried contacting the Republican Party and asked to run in 2008?

HAHAHA!!

Each American baby is now born with a $10 million bill ?

yeah, $10 million bills....to be paid

2007-06-02 07:06:26 · 7 answers · asked by Mr. USA U 2

I am a Democrat... I do not beleive in communism, conspiracy theories, flag burning, amnesty or drug legalization... so why do people say I do?

I do have a job and want what is best for my country...so why do people say I dont?

2007-06-02 07:01:35 · 9 answers · asked by Lindsey G 5

Think the government would be OK with it?

2007-06-02 06:59:08 · 11 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4

From the Washington Monthly:
In 1904, disgusted by the aftermath of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine-American War, Mark Twain wrote a short anti-war prose poem called “The War Prayer.” His family begged him not to publish it, his friends advised him to bury it, and his publisher rejected it, thinking it too inflammatory for the times. Twain agreed, but instructed that it be published after his death, saying famously:

“None but the dead are permitted to tell the truth.”



“O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle — be Thou near them! With them — in spirit — we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe.
O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells.
Help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead.
Help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain.
Help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire.
Help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief.
Help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it.
For our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet!
We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts.
Amen.”

2007-06-02 06:56:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Republicans are Red- symbolizes energy of life, bravery, love and spirituality. Home life, your family and where you live are important to you. The colour red warms and regenerates to make you aware of life's force. As this is an active colour it energizes the impression on our senses and psyche but can also indicate a disposition to behave aggressively. With this colour you may be more concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests. Also you are security conscious and like to know your finances are safe

Democrats are Blue- symbolizes spirituality, creativity, revelation, speaking and inner listening. Blue has the inclination to promote the growth of withdrawal and stimulates the tendency for psychic freedom from others, and a dedication to you as a unique individual. This colour creates a feeling of calm open spaces, awakening you to your spiritual inspiration.

2007-06-02 06:45:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Iraq was a huge mistake and diversion of our attention IMO. We should be fighting terrorists like we are now in Somalia - using close ties with allies.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_on_re_af/somalia_us

"This is a global war on terror and the U.S. remains committed to reducing terrorist capabilities when and where we find them," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.

"We recognize the importance of working closely with allies to seek out, identify, locate, capture, and if necessary, kill terrorists and those who would provide them safe haven," Whitman said. "The very nature of some of our operations, as well as the success of those operations is often predicated on our ability to work quietly with our partners and allies."

I totally agree with this guy.

2007-06-02 06:44:08 · 5 answers · asked by Gemini 5

Q: Who do you think will win tonight's ballgame?

A: George Bush is a Nazi. The U.S. is racist.

2007-06-02 06:41:42 · 6 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4

no overpopulation, less waste, less resources used, much less need for expensive healthcare.....etc etc etc.........no crabby old people driving on the wrong side of the road...ha

2007-06-02 06:30:21 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

"As Steven Guilbeault of Greenpeace explained, "global warming can mean colder, it can mean drier, it can mean wetter." No set of facts can disprove the environmentalists' secular religion. In 2004, former vice president Al Gore gave a speech on global warming in New York City on the coldest day of the year. Warm trends prove global warming. Cold trends also prove global warming. This is the philosophy of a madman." - Ann Coulter

2007-06-02 06:27:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 06:21:02 · 8 answers · asked by ? 5

different than the current Iraq one?

We ran out of Somalia with our tails between our legs and that led to Black Hawk Down. Now, here we are a decade later having to go back to fight terrorism again. We did not help a new democracy thrive there.

How is the Somalia situation any different? What makes you think we will not have the same problems in Iraq if we do not finish the job?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_on_re_af/somalia_us

This article is the second one this year about having to go back to Somalia. Ethopia was the first to go back.

2007-06-02 06:02:45 · 8 answers · asked by GOPneedsarealconservative 4

republican cowards brainwashed every1 but they cant brainwash true americans like me.soon all ppl get it.that iraq war,9/11 etc all are big filthy game.i just pity for our troops...

2007-06-02 05:53:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or will most Americans look to others to keep them safe ?

2007-06-02 05:49:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

people find the time to sit around and complian about "libs" all day long? If you are so "hard" working, then why are you here all day, every day?

2007-06-02 05:38:53 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Oh no, we stopped another terrorist plot today on the JFK airport, and a few weeks ago we stopped the "Fort Dix six", and they both had some kind of interference (wiretaps, etc..)

2007-06-02 05:35:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Advocates for the poor and leading Democratic presidential candidates keep stating that something must be done about the growing numbers of poor people in the USA.
In my mind, I envision scenes from The Grapes of Wrath being experienced all over America, based on their rhetoric.
As much as the media in the USA loves to sensationalize every little event that comes along, I don't understand why reports and pictures of these hoards of homeless families, with their belongings tied to the family wagon, haven't appear on the nightly news as yet. The news networks had a field day for weeks on end over the plight of the homeless victims of Katrina. Where is the coverage of the hoards of the poor, homeless people, whose suffering we are being led to believe a Democratic vote will relieve? Or, has the standard of living improved in the USA to the point that the term "poor" now relates to an entirely different class of people?

2007-06-02 05:24:35 · 10 answers · asked by .... . .-.. .-.. --- 4

2007-06-02 05:24:27 · 9 answers · asked by Nyema 3

Do Al Queda Members Hate Their Leaders When They Suffer Losses , Casualties , And Death ?

Do They Protest In The Streets ?

Do They Give Withdrawal Dates ?

Do They Block Efforts To Finance Their War ?

Or

Does It Cause Them To Recruit More Fighters In An Effort To Win ?

Funny how the worst of the worst can show full unity , when some of our very own fellow Americans CANNOT !!

2007-06-02 05:24:14 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 05:22:08 · 31 answers · asked by Lindsey G 5

if 9/11 was aimed to kill as many people as possible and scare americans and was called an act of terroism. dont the atomic bombings in japan count as the same as they were meant to kill as many people as possible and scare japan out of the war???

2007-06-02 05:21:33 · 4 answers · asked by Dhpo 4

I was talking to my economics professor the other day and he was talking about how the American economy is in the best shape it's ever been (like GDP is at an all time high, growth is strong and constant, cyclical unemployment is at 0, average earnings are up, productivity is up, etc.), but a recent poll showed that most Americans think that the economy is doing poorly.

What would cause people to think that?

2007-06-02 05:17:43 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous