Politics - 4 June 2007

What other deals did Delay and Jefferson conspire.

I love how the Old South controls both parties. It makes it simple.

2007-06-04 10:41:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

FYI-she is not from Arkansas or New York.

2007-06-04 10:23:22 · 15 answers · asked by ahmad_nomaan 1

Where in the constitution does it say that we are to have an unending perpetual immigration policy until it destroys us no matter what?

I the doom of our very country not then imminent?

2007-06-04 10:10:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-04 10:08:06 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Their are already 23 Islamic states not including Palestine. Their is one Jewish state. Muslims claim Jerusalem is their holy land but in the Koran it is not mentioned once while in the Jewish Bible it is mentioned over 500 times? Even when Clinton came close to having peace, Arafat rejected it, making it obvious that he had no intentions on peace, while Israel gave him pretty much everything he wanted including a part of Jerusalem, something they did in the past and the Palestine's than tried to take country of the whole country. Overall I just don't understand why people can say Israel should be Palestine, when Israel was Jewish land before Islam was a religion.

2007-06-04 10:04:44 · 28 answers · asked by Eric617 1

Extraordinary rendition" is a term the American ruling elite has introduced into the world's political lexicon. Under this criminal program, the CIA and other US government agencies seize and transfer foreign nationals to countries where torture is commonplace or to secret US-run facilities on foreign soil where similar conditions prevail. The program has been in effect since at least the early 1990s during the Clinton administration, according to the ACLU complaint, but the September 11 terrorist attacks provided the pretext for its vast expansion.

2007-06-04 10:04:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am (bordering on was) a Democrat, and all I see from the leaders (and the rank and file) of my party is more of the same crap that I saw when the Repubs were in power (Rep. William Jefferson anyone?), just with a slightly different flavor.

So I ask, is my party just as full of hypocrites and liars, and, if so, are they really then any better than the Republicans?

2007-06-04 10:00:35 · 16 answers · asked by gomakemeasandwich 4

What would Jesus think about your continued spewing of hatred toward your fellow man, when he asked that you love your neighbor?

2007-06-04 09:59:39 · 16 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6

2007-06-04 09:59:04 · 5 answers · asked by Wilbert Perez 2

HABEAUS CORPUS GONE.

2007-06-04 09:44:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-04 09:41:16 · 1 answers · asked by Incognito 5

Why do liberals and democrats believe that the government knows better than you how your paycheck should be spent?

2007-06-04 09:39:39 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I like how no one mentioned about the possiblity of the JFK attack actually succeeding. Here are some quotes from DHS and experts in the field commenting on the attack
Despite their efforts, the men never obtained any explosives, authorities said.
"Pulling off any bombing of this magnitude would not be easy in today's environment," former U.S. State Department counterterrorism expert Fred Burton said, but added it was difficult to determine without knowing all the facts of the case.
Richard Kuprewicz, a pipeline expert and president of Accufacts Inc., an energy consulting firm that focuses on pipelines and tank farms, said the force of explosion would depend on the amount of fuel under pressure, but it would not travel up and down the line.
"That doesn't mean wackos out there can't do damage and cause a fire, but those explosions and fires are going to be fairly restricted," he said.
Just another case of conservatives trying to play the fear card.

2007-06-04 09:38:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-04 09:37:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

The swore an OATH to defend the CONSTITUTION of the United States. When Bush does his signing statements, or when they got rid of Habeaus Corpus (You no longer have the right to a trial in America, or hear the evidence against you) THE MILITARY OF THIS COUNTRY DID NOTHING. In fact they ACTUALLY SALUTE the people who are destroying the very Constitution they SWORE AND OATH to defend. Pretty sad. Meanwhile we have less rights and these boneheads are going around saying they are protecting our freedoms? I feel sorry for any of them who haven't figured out they are just oil puppets and meat for the grinder.

2007-06-04 09:35:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Regardless our President we should respect him for being our leader. I understand we are a country of freedom, exercising this right is encouraged and everyone should have their opinion on the President but why trash him as if he is an enemy? I just think we should all respect our leader, personally, I am not a huge fan of Bush but respect for being our nations leader.

2007-06-04 09:27:57 · 46 answers · asked by Eric617 1

All the rules the Democrats made the first day in office are worthless when they are sidestepped. The way that pork will be added to spending bills is less open than before. What is everyone else's thoughts?

http://www.startribune.com/587/story/1222407.html

2007-06-04 09:25:45 · 10 answers · asked by msi_cord 7

God....Did you see how uncomfortable he looked and acted ? All the weird facial expressions....including the ones that showed his obviously lying eyes. What a clown. It`s so easy to see right through him, don`t you think ?

2007-06-04 09:23:57 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

not sure exactly what it means, please explain as clearly as you could. thanks.

2007-06-04 09:22:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am going with the Iraq thing - how about you

2007-06-04 09:22:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Deegan McDowell on Your world with neil cavuto says the fact the markets went up after the arrest of the JFK terror suspects is concerning to her. She states that it shows complacency. Granted the Dow has only gone up 8 points. So using her logic every time we arrest terror suspects the markets should have a huge sell off and crash. Granted no one mentioned how inconcivable this attack and same goes for the fort Dix attack.

2007-06-04 09:16:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

And she sometimes keeps me up at night with loud music - is she also guilty of a war crime?

2007-06-04 09:14:33 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-04 09:14:27 · 14 answers · asked by Son of George Bush 2

I'd say it was a slam-dunk.

2007-06-04 09:13:14 · 7 answers · asked by Dull Jon 6

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap9mXliEchh8qzfuDDzcTmDY7BR.?qid=20070604130505AAXO03r

Quite a few people immediately posted links showing this person to be completely wrong in his/her assertion... yet others STILL responded as though what he/she said was 100% true.

Are we THAT blinded by party politics????

2007-06-04 09:11:39 · 7 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6

Maybe I don't like killing and I think people should all get along and maybe we can come to some understanding if we work it out together. At least that’s what one of my high school teachers taught me. Was she a flaming idiot or what?

2007-06-04 09:09:51 · 12 answers · asked by Dylan B 2

Can't wait to read the Liberal spin on this.

WASHINGTON — Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., was indicted Monday on 16 counts related to a long-running bribery investigation on charges including bribery, racketeering, obstruction of justice and money laundering.

The indictment was handed up in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. A press conference is scheduled for later Monday in Washington to discuss the case.


The 94-page indictment is more than an inch thick, and Jefferson could face a prison term of 235 years if he was convicted on all charges, and given the maximum sentence — although that is unlikely.

Click here to read Rep. William Jefferson's indictment (.pdf).

Jefferson's high-profile case revolves around allegations that he used his political influence to leverage gain for himself and his family. He is accused of hiding $90,000 in cash in his freezer in 2005 and bribing Nigerian officials.

Also, an FBI raid on his Capitol Hill office last year became a constitutional showdown between Congress and the White House. And two of Jefferson's top aides already have pleaded guilty and been sentenced in the case and agreed to work with investigators.

Jefferson, 63, whose Louisiana district includes New Orleans, has said little about the case publicly but has maintained his innocence. He was re-elected last year despite the looming investigation.

Jefferson, in Louisiana on Monday, could not immediately be reached for comment, although members of his staff in Washington said the congressman has not ruled out making a statement today.

Brett Pfeffer, a former congressional aide, admitted soliciting bribes on Jefferson's behalf and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Another Jefferson associate, Louisville, Ky., telecommunications executive Vernon Jackson, pleaded guilty to paying between $400,000 and $1 million in bribes to Jefferson in exchange for his assistance securing business deals in Nigeria and other African nations. Jackson was sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

Both Pfeffer and Jackson agreed to cooperate in the case against Jefferson in exchanges for their pleas.

The impact of the case even has roiled presidential politics in Nigeria. According to court records, Jefferson told associates that he needed cash to pay bribes to the country's vice president, Atiku Abubakar.

Abubakar denied the allegations, which figured prominently in that country's presidential elections in April. Abubakar ran for the presidency and finished third.

Court records indicate that Jefferson was videotaped taking a $100,000 cash bribe from an FBI informant. Most of that money later turned up in a freezer in Jefferson's home.

In May 2006, the FBI raided Jefferson's congressional office, the first such raid on a sitting congressman's Capitol office. That move sparked a constitutional debate over whether the executive branch stepped over its boundary.

The legality of the raid is still being argued on appeal. House leaders objected to the search saying it was an unconstitutional intrusion on the lawmaking process. The FBI said the raid was necessary because Jefferson and his legal team had failed to respond to requests for documents.

The charges handed up Monday against Jefferson also include honest services wire fraud, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and conspiracy.

Although the indictment will no doubt raise political pressures on him to step down, he does not face any official sanctions in Congress as a result of the indictment alone, according to House rules. But should he be convicted, Jefferson could face disciplinary action including being excluded from votes if he receives a prison sentence longer than two years.

2007-06-04 09:05:05 · 24 answers · asked by dez604 5

The spread of organized crime may well put an end to the leftward shift the continent has seen during the last few years. In Columbia, an international center of narcotics trafficking, voters are expected to reelect right-wing President Alvaro Uribe next weekend -- a proponent of law and order. In Mexico, where the fight against organized crime is dominating the election campaign, conservative candidate Felipe Caldéron has displaced left-wing populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador as the most popular presidential candidate in elections to be held in July.

Even Venezuela's Caudillo Hugo Chavéz, the showcase politician of the Latin American left, will eventually stumble over "the disorder in his own country," predicts US economist Norman Gall, who has lived and taught in Latin America for years. Caracas is now considered the most violent city on the continent.

2007-06-04 08:59:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

In case you haven't heard, Vermont wants to secede from the Union.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070604/ap_on_re_us/vermont_secession

Unfortunately, this will never happen because
1. They only have 300 people in their secession group, and
2. The Civil War.

But oh how great it would be! I mean, they LITERALLY elected a socialist to the Senate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders
Their judges sentence a man to 60 days in prison for raping a 10 year old:
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4319605&nav=4QcT/
They NEED to be their own country. It would be perfectly acceptable to me.

And you know what? They would be happy. Since the majority of their citizens are the wealthy elite, they don't have to deal with those annoying poor people like we do. They can keep their abortions legal, keep their child molesters on the streets, whatever they want to do.

All I ask is this: Please take Mass., NY, Conn., etc with you. Take them all, become a separate country, and be happy.

In the meantime, let US (normal people) bring America back to the way it should be, where we can let our children outside without fear of them being kidnapped.
Where I don’t have to teach my son about safe sex when he’s 14 (because he knows that sex before marriage is BAD).
Where killing your unborn baby is illegal, and speaking your mind doesn’t get you fired.
Where we don’t have racist policies like Affirmative Action and UNCF.
Where minorities are encouraged to work for a living, not spend their lives in welfare-assisted poverty.

Are you with me? Do you miss this America? The join with me, and beg:

PLEASE, VERMONT, LEAVE AMERICA!!!

Do you guys agree?

2007-06-04 08:58:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

How many times have you heard a liberal call the president a monkey or a chimp? I mean, seriously libs...this is the best you got? instead of actually debating like the intellectuals you so often claim to be, you simple call bush "our chimp president". and why also a monkey or chimp? When I hear someone call Bush a chimp during a serious debate, it pretty much reminds me of why I left the party years ago and have been a happy GOPer ever since. And I'll admit, I have often called Bill Clinton a pervert. But I also had something to back that up. He really is a pervert. And I know libs will say "yeah, but Bush really is a chimp! hahahaha". Do libs really think they are making sense with these comments? Are they trying to make America dumber on purpose with their ignorant, immature, childish debating "skills"? How does a conservative even begin to debate a liberal that basis their life around using jr. high insults?

2007-06-04 08:54:23 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous