Politics - 30 June 2007

Listen to any conservative talk show and within minutes you are bombarded by an angry tirade against so called liberals (many of whom are moderate conservatives).
Yet when a liberal or moderate conservative ever speaks their mind on an issue conservatives mock them for being angry liberals. Am i missing something or is it that conservatives believe they have a monopoly on "righteous anger"?
Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this and what you think about it.

2007-06-30 09:05:00 · 7 answers · asked by ZebraFoxFire 4

Hillary Clinton or John Edwards?

2007-06-30 08:59:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-30 08:55:37 · 12 answers · asked by Ringo G. 4

-A safe vehicle
-An energy efficient vehicle

2007-06-30 08:53:21 · 24 answers · asked by TRUE PATRIOT 6

And he couldn't say anything, good or bad or debate you on any issue. He just had to stand there and take whatever you said to him, good or bad.

2007-06-30 08:39:49 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-30 08:14:56 · 12 answers · asked by bob J 1

The Rich Keep Getting Richer, Now Worth $37.2 Trillion
According to a new report released this week, the world's richest people are getting even richer. Their combined wealth surged last year to $37.2 trillion dollars

2007-06-30 08:14:56 · 11 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1

Within a couple of days of leadership change in the UK, terror has hit twice. I have heard many times that terrorists struck US interests often before the current administration took over. Now, we are told, nobody has dared strike the US since the decisive action of this administration and our heros like Rudy Giuliani. Aren't we just throwing this hard won freedom away by changing our leaders? If you support elections next year, aren't you supporting the terrorists?

2007-06-30 07:53:22 · 31 answers · asked by Mac 3

I always see posts about republicans catering to the rich and democrats handing out to the poor, But at what point($) do you consider someone to be rich or poor?

2007-06-30 07:32:51 · 17 answers · asked by TJ815 4

The growing hatred toward Muslims all over the world regardless of the fact that the majority are not participating in bombing campaigns, has made the vocal condemnation of all Muslims socially acceptable in the West.
I'm sick of it; it's absolutely shameful that more is not done to reign in those who incite hatred toward Muslims, especially in the U.S and Britain
Do they/you truly hate or is it simply a case of lazy politics?

2007-06-30 07:32:30 · 15 answers · asked by ? 5

2007-06-30 07:31:18 · 13 answers · asked by geyamala 7

2007-06-30 07:23:29 · 14 answers · asked by Ringo G. 4

To get rid of all the scandals and evidence against them.

2007-06-30 07:19:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Anyone who pays even the slightest attention to the health-care debate in this country probably knows that there are "44 million uninsured Americans." The figure was all but shouted from the rooftops during the recent Cover the Uninsured Week. It is standard boilerplate for John Kerry's stump speeches. Hillary Clinton, in her recent screed, was unwilling to round off the number: "Some 43.6 million Americans are uninsured, and the vast majority of them are in working families."

The existence of the 44-million figure is a tribute to Benjamin Disraeli's quip that "there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." If one accepts the Current Population Survey's numbers (the source for the 44-million statistic), there are in fact closer to 35 million uninsured Americans. Over 20 percent of the uninsured in this country are not citizens.

Yet there is good reason to be skeptical of the CPS's numbers. The CPS is intended to measure the number of people who have been uninsured for an entire year. One problem with the CPS statistic is that it includes both those who are insured for a short time and those who are chronically uninsured (defined as being uninsured for at least a year). Many people go without insurance for a few months often as the result of being between jobs. The CPS statistic of 44 million does not make that distinction.

Another drawback is that CPS asks respondents to recall their insurance status over the last twelve months, increasing the probability of sampling error due to respondents' memory lapses. Last year a paper from the Congressional Budget Office contrasted the CPS with two other surveys, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). MEPS and SIPP track their respondents every few months, so the error due to memory lapse should be minimized. Interestingly, MEPS reported 31 million chronically uninsured, while SIPP reported only 21 million.

Yet even the numbers reported by the MEPS and SIPP surveys overstate the number of uninsured. Some respondents who receive Medicaid may say they are uninsured because of the stigma associated with the Medicaid program. Studies suggest that this may result in an undercounting of the insured by 12 to 15 percent. According to the CBO, "the number of non-elderly people who are enrolled in Medicaid at any time during the year could be undercounted in population surveys by about 4 to 5 million."

Another wrinkle occurs in the definition of the uninsured. There are many people who are eligible for Medicaid but are not enrolled in the program. Some argue that they should be counted as uninsured, while others argue that they should not. The latter group seems to have the stronger case, since such people can receive Medicaid coverage retroactively for health-care expenses. At present, there is no exact data on the number of people who are eligible for Medicaid but not enrolled. The most recent study, from 1994, estimated that about 2.9 million children who were uninsured were eligible for Medicaid.

Finally, it is important to note that, according to the SIPP survey, over 18 percent of the chronically uninsured say that they have gone without insurance because either they have not needed it or do not believe in it. When the various factors are accounted for, it is possible that the true number of the chronically uninsured is 12 to15 million.

Does the actual number matter? Either way, one might object, there are still millions who lack health insurance. Actually, it matters a great deal, because those who are most likely to tout the 44-million-uninsured statistic also tend to be the advocates of wholesale reform of the health-care system, usually of the government-run variety. A larger number gives their arguments more weight.

Second, understanding the actual magnitude of the problem gives us better direction in terms of policy. Of those chronically uninsured, the vast majority are poor, but over 60 percent are under the age of 35. Thus, the uninsured may be a largely healthy population that could afford to purchase health-care in a more consumer-driven system. Indeed, many of those currently purchasing insurance with health-savings accounts were previously uninsured.

Whatever the solution, we should not let inflated statistics lead us into adopting misguided health-care policies.

2007-06-30 07:13:56 · 12 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1

Do you believe that the US Military should be taken out of Iraq and sent to other places in the world where AlQaeda is a threat?

Please give me a Yes or No answer and then elaborate if you wish. Thanks.

2007-06-30 07:13:40 · 10 answers · asked by Truth B. Told ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID 6

2007-06-30 07:10:11 · 12 answers · asked by geyamala 7

2007-06-30 07:01:32 · 27 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1

2007-06-30 06:52:20 · 33 answers · asked by Ringo G. 4

For Celebrating Freedom and America.

Most NeoCons view public funded events as Welfare. They say Liberals should be self supporting and provide for their own fireworks.

Every dollar spent on Fireworks is a dollar that could be unaccounted for in Iraq.

2007-06-30 06:51:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

This study was conducted at an institute in Pennsylvania and it determined the Presidents' I.Q.s based on their personal writings and such.

The study determined the following IQs of each president as accurate to within five percentage points:

147 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 132 Harry Truman (D) 122 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 174 John F. Kennedy (D) 126 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 155 Richard M. Nixon (R) 121 Gerald Ford (R) 175 James E. Carter (D) 105 Ronald Reagan (R) 098 George HW Bush (R) 182 William J. Clinton (D) 091 George W. Bush (R)

http://www.georgewalkerbush.net/presidentialiqs.htm

2007-06-30 06:48:36 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems no matter how much proof there is for these people's crimes some people will stand by them no matter what and live in absolute denial.

2007-06-30 06:48:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-30 06:42:18 · 14 answers · asked by bob J 1

It's like calling Moore anti-American because he points out problems. It's weird. I'm not American, but if someone pointed out problems in my country I wouldn't think it was meant to degrade my nation.. particularly if it was a person from my country. So why do so many people take it as a personal insult when Americans and non-Americans criticize the Iraq War, foreign policy, and health care system?

2007-06-30 06:42:13 · 17 answers · asked by MattH 6

That THEY will decide to join the
Army to help their dear President
win HIS war in Iraq?

My Republican neighbor is all
rah rah with the Iraqi war but
won't let his 19 year old son join
the Army...(Just like Mitt Romney!)

Why is that?

2007-06-30 06:40:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well they have tryed in past 2 days to Blow places up in the uk and Failed



How long will this last before one does not Fail !!!


Why cant we just have peace in this world ,

Also Muslims its up to you to contact the police as some of you normal muslims no whats going on !

2007-06-30 06:40:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Democratic Debate Part 3
June 29, 2007
Few errors, lots of dreaming.
Summary
We caught a few candidates off base at the third debate among Democratic contenders for the 2008 presidential nomination:

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson claimed one in five of "the African people" are infected with HIV/AIDS. That's not even close. The actual rate of infection for sub-Saharan Africa is 5.8 percent.
Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich claimed that "our tax dollars right now are being spent overwhelmingly on war and military buildup." In fact, all defense spending amounts to just 23.6 percent of the budget, or about half what is spent on Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement programs.

Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel claimed that 70 percent of prison inmates are African Americans. Actually, the figure is 40 percent

2007-06-30 06:37:07 · 2 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1

Im sure it was alot..C students cant get in

2007-06-30 06:36:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-30 06:36:41 · 6 answers · asked by bob J 1

There has been speculation that Bush might set up an invasion of Iran to coincide perfectly with it to make sure that there is zero media attention on the upcoming AIPAC Israeli spying trial this summer. Bush being the worst President in history and a slave for Israel, I wouldn't doubt he would be willing to invade. And we will soon see WWIII over the moron in the White House. There is no doubt we will be in a World War with Iran withing the coming years. Bush is pathetic. You have to be braindead and delusional to be among the 20% who still think Bush is doing fine.

2007-06-30 06:35:25 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Terrorist ! Bring it on ! All you do is Fail Fail Fail ! HA HA

2007-06-30 06:32:54 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous