Politics - 13 July 2007

" If you dont learn from history you will be guilty of making the same mistakes "

When it invaded Afganistan and Iraq and found itself in the same no-win situation it faced in Vietnam

2007-07-13 03:01:27 · 13 answers · asked by Kropotkin 1

Nobody has ever explained how you can declare war on an adjective. Bliar has been gone 2 weeks and already the British have stopped using it. I think we'll decide that it was just another stupid thing Bush used to say a lot, and be done with it.

2007-07-13 03:00:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

My governor (The Governator) doesn't like these guns. How about you?

2007-07-13 02:59:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Within weeks of 9/11 an email began circulating from an anonymous author that claimed to have "stunning" information. They claimed that Oliver North had warned Congress as far back as 1987 that Osama Bin Laden was "the most evil man alive" and had said, "I would recommend that an assassin team be formed to elminate him and his men from the face of the earth." The message went on to state that the senator questioning North was Al Gore. The email then asserts that 9/11 could have been prevented if only Gore had listened to North. Except that it WASN'T GORE questioning North. It was the Iran-Contra investigative committees lawyer John Nields. Al Gore wasn't even a member of the Iran-Contra investigative committee. This is all just a nice, warm, cozy, little fairy tale conservative Republicans like to tell themselves before bedtime. And it's ALL A LIE!! (www.factcheck.org)

2007-07-13 02:58:59 · 5 answers · asked by R H 2

Why or why not.

2007-07-13 02:57:51 · 10 answers · asked by Enigma 6

Isn't it amazing that the media attributes it to his support of the Iraq war? The media that insists that there is some mandate of the people to surrender immediately?

When will they be honest and acknowledge the existence of the "amnesty third rail".

2007-07-13 02:57:48 · 10 answers · asked by libertarian anarchist 4

John Edwards isn't getting any younger you know.

2007-07-13 02:53:33 · 15 answers · asked by fourthy27 2

Is this a Great Country or What*? Supposedly the Richest most powerful Country on Earth with 37+ Million Americans living in POVERTY*.. WHY*? {Attention U.S. Government and American Employers*}

2007-07-13 02:51:57 · 21 answers · asked by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7

As an Englishman it has always interested me, as Americans obviously are from England,Germany,Holland,France etc which country do they consider to be their home/leader?

2007-07-13 02:50:40 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

How could this be accomplished?

2007-07-13 02:48:41 · 10 answers · asked by Enigma 6

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070713/ap_on_he_me/teen_sex

2007-07-13 02:44:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Al Qaeda is stepping up efforts to sneak terrorists into the U.S. and has rebuilt most of its capability to strike here, an intelligence estimate states, according to The Associated Press. (www.cnn.com) And please limit your BS about how liberally biased the media is because it's simply NOT true.

2007-07-13 02:44:11 · 13 answers · asked by R H 2

I ask this because some cons point to a growing economy and say this is proof tax cuts (mostly for the rich) work.

That is nonsense.

Every president since atleast FDR stepped out of office with an economy bigger then the one he stepped into. However, if you were to compare the percent increase in real GDP, inflation adjusted median wages, inflation adjusted tax revenues, jobs created, poverty rates, etc, etc, you would see largely see Keynesian Democrats beat supply side Republicans any day.

2007-07-13 02:43:39 · 10 answers · asked by trovalta_stinks_2 3

I know that Yahoo has purged Answers of left-wing opinion - I was the victim of censorship myself. But it's fascinating that there are so many ardent pro-war posters when America is now unified against Bush's war crime. Aren't you people aware of what goes on in the real world?

2007-07-13 02:42:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is this a Great Country or What*? Supposedly the richest and most powerful Country in the World and we still have 40+ Million Americans without Health Care Coverage*...Are you one of the 40+ Million without*?

2007-07-13 02:39:46 · 21 answers · asked by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7

Is it to protect military and strategic secrets from our enemy?

Is it to protect the Bush Administration from accountability?

2007-07-13 02:38:59 · 20 answers · asked by El Duderino 4

You knew it was coming, every time the White House gets a batch of bad news for the administration it's time to announce a terrorist threat: this time for the ENTIRE summer. Does anyone believe these liars anymore?

"We used to have John Ashscroft's major announcements. We used to have David Paulison's breathless advisories about how to use duct tape against radiation attacks. We used to have Tom Ridge's color-coded threat levels. Now we have Michael Chertoff's gut," began Keith Olbermann in a scathing 'Special Comment' on MSNBC's Countdown.

"That we really have been reduced to listening to see if [Chertoff's] gut will growl, that [his] intestines are our best defense," mocked Olbermann. "All hail the prophetic gut!"

2007-07-13 02:38:13 · 18 answers · asked by guess 5

One of the greatest fallacies about the so called 'Cuban Revolution' has to do with healthcare

Foreigners who visit Cuba, are fed the official line from Castro's propaganda machine: "All Cubans are now able to receive excellent healthcare, which is also free." But the truth is very different. Castro has built excellent health facilities for the use of foreigners, who pay with hard currency for those services. Cubans who require medical attention must go to other hospitals, that lack the most minimum requirements needed to take care of their patients.


These facilities are filthy and patients have to bring their own towels, bed sheets, pillows, or they would have to lay down on dirty bare mattresses stained with blood and other body fluids.

http://therealcuba.com/Page10.htm

This latest Moore propaganda film is no different than his last one, Fahrenheit 9-11, which ignored the brutal dictator and showed Iraqi kids in the park flying kites and enjoying rides at a carnival.

2007-07-13 02:34:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

The report that AlQaeda was growing came out a day before he made the announcment.

2007-07-13 02:32:32 · 1 answers · asked by Enigma 6

That is, why do you think the reasoning is for posting here, when clearly they aren't looking for answers, just to piss off the liberals who have already had enough of Bush's bullsh--. (Show me ANY proof of Bin Laden in Iraq, or ANYWHERE in the law there is mention of executive privilege (made up by the Bush administration) and I'll eat my words. And no, Ann Coulter isn't a reliable source; rather she's an insane, evil *****.)

2007-07-13 02:28:58 · 1 answers · asked by Bing 1

Considering the Bush Admin. LIED to teens about reproductive health and contraceptives, (http://www.americanprogressaction.org/progressreport/2004/12/pr_2004-12-02.html ) do you believe the report that the US teen birth rate has dropped to a "record low"? (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070713/ap_on_he_me/teen_sex )

2007-07-13 02:28:15 · 10 answers · asked by R H 2

Some people admit he freed the slaves, but still call him a racist. The fact is Lincoln's view on slavery EVOLVED. It evolved from merely hate for slavery to support for full equal rights for black people throughout the land.

NOW FOR SOME FACTS: (PAY ATTENTION TO THE DATES)

LINCOLN HAD ALWAYS HATED SLAVERY
"I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began."
- Speech at Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1858

2007-07-13 02:23:05 · 12 answers · asked by trovalta_stinks_2 3

Obama's face is on Hallmark cards right now?? Is Hallmark run by a bunch of democrats? If so, I will start buying competitors cards.

2007-07-13 02:11:34 · 3 answers · asked by COblonde 3

If not why? If so, why dont they do anything about it in countries which dont have rich oil resources?

2007-07-13 02:02:27 · 3 answers · asked by CAN T 2

Or will she sign the execution order?

2007-07-13 01:59:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is time to elect the world leader, and your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates:
Which of these candidates would be your choice?


Candidate A associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whisky every evening.

Candidate C is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and hasn't had any extramarital affairs.

(If you've heard this one before, then SHHHH...)

2007-07-13 01:57:33 · 8 answers · asked by redsquirrelpooka 4

2007-07-13 01:51:38 · 20 answers · asked by The Lord 1

2007-07-13 01:44:00 · 1 answers · asked by mohan rao kotari k 2

If today's Republican Party still represents the Party of Lincoln and northeastern yankees, why won't they denounce the confederate flag like Democrats?

Instead of denouncing it, they claim "state-rights". Since when was the Republican Party the "state-rights" party?

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"Political considerations color the divergent views of presidential candidates on whether the Confederate flag should be moved from the State House grounds.

For Republicans competing in the Feb. 2, 2008, GOP primary, where white voters will hold sway, the flag is a state issue that the candidates are not eager to discuss.

On the Democratic side, where half or more of the voters in the Jan. 29, 2008, primary will be black residents, candidates have no qualms about calling for the flag's removal.

'Each side is playing to its basic constituency,' said Blease Graham, a political science professor at USC."
http://www.topix.net/content/kri/3154156555288552774125262463641910882421

2007-07-13 01:26:20 · 18 answers · asked by trovalta_stinks_2 3

You can see how beuatifully he managed railways.

what is your problem if Rabri becomes home minister
sadhu yadav Justice minister
Misa devi Foreign minister

(can u suggest some more portfolios ?)

2007-07-13 01:22:10 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous