Politics - 15 July 2007

I would LOVE it if we sent in more of these robot planes instead of our troops.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070715/D8QD61V80.html
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AP) - The airplane is the size of a jet fighter, powered by a turboprop engine, able to fly at 300 mph and reach 50,000 feet. It's outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting, and with a ton and a half of guided bombs and missiles.

The Reaper is loaded, but there's no one on board. Its pilot, as it bombs targets in Iraq, will sit at a video console 7,000 miles away in Nevada.

The arrival of these outsized U.S. "hunter-killer" drones, in aviation history's first robot attack squadron, will be a watershed moment even in an Iraq that has seen too many innovative ways to hunt and kill.

2007-07-15 17:08:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Could he serve in her cabinet? Or, is he prohibited by the Constitution from doing this. He is already working behind the scenes in a powerful way in her fundraising and doing a very good job of it. She has stated she would use Bill as an "ambassador" to rebuild the U.S. reputation so badly hurt under the Bush administration.

2007-07-15 17:05:43 · 10 answers · asked by Gemini 5

2007-07-15 17:01:18 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here are some things he said that sound liberal -
- Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth
- Sell that thou hast and give to the poor.
- How many times should we forgive one who sins against us ? Not seven times, but seventy times seven
-Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also
-Love your enemies, bless them that curse you ... do good to them that hate you
-Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth .... You cannot serve God and mammon
-Inasmuch as you have done unto the least of these, you did it unto me

If he really returns soon, the conservatives who are eagerly waiting for him, will probably try to deport him

2007-07-15 16:52:34 · 23 answers · asked by InjunTrouble 2

Should every dead Soldier's death be resting on these two negligent Piece's of sh*t that we have in office???

2007-07-15 16:51:36 · 18 answers · asked by Honey Girl 3

2007-07-15 16:42:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

We knew the price of beef would go up when ethanol fuel from corn began being subsidized by our tax dollars. The profits from growing corn have gone through the roof thanks to our (the tax payers) generosity or congresses stupidity!. Not only are beef prices are up (what do cows eat?) but so is milk, icecream and cheese. What will they do now, increase subsidies on milk so the politicians won't be accused of adversely affecting childrens developement?
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/united_states/article2080599.ece

It's getting so bad that the UN says they can't afford to feed the starving Africans any more. Doesn't anyone consider ALL the consequences before catering to environmental activists and big agriculture lobyists? Or did they think a few hundred-thousand Africans wouldn't be missed.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7345310a-32fb-11dc-a9e8-0000779fd2ac.html

2007-07-15 16:39:05 · 11 answers · asked by Mark in Time 5

3 candidates come before you
candidate #1
To get through college i worked part time, my parents assisted me but they were unable to give enough, i worked hard and it took longer, but i did it honest and i am proud of what i did

candidate #2
I joined the military to get through college, times were tough in the area i was born and i didnt have alot of options

candidate #3
Working a part time job for too many years is too difficult, and i didnt want to be ordered about in the military. I sold drugs for 3 hours a week to get through college, far better than toiling away to make somebody else rich

assuming their issues are not significantly different, which candidate would you vote for?

Appeals to "character" are often shady, hollow statements. Character is poorly defined. Good leadership in my opinion is a function of analytical intelligence applied with determination to a wealth of experience. That's what I am looking for.

2007-07-15 16:35:47 · 10 answers · asked by PRGfUSMC 5

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe that republicanism supports the view that the government should refrain from intervening in the lives of the people.

However, recently it seems the republican party has been intervening more and more. Abortion, gay marriage, gay adoption, the patriot act, prayer in public schools, etc. Can anyone shed some light?

2007-07-15 16:10:19 · 20 answers · asked by Ethan 3

Should we ignore the possibility that the motives of these people may not be quite as noble as they claim ?---Who are these people who seem to have such an irrational zeal to rid us of a Presdent who looks and talks like a humble little man.
When our planes were droping bombs all over Iraq his popularity was higher than any President in our history.
But once we got soldiers on the ground, they looked like rats leaving a sinking ship.
Could some of these protesters be soldiers who were willing to accept the military benifits but not the fighting?
Could some be the relatives of these bug-outs?
Might many of them be women, who have always been opposed to any War and have never been expected to be worriors?( like Shehan)
Could they be political opponents on many levels, who are hoping to receive some of the spoils of their party getting into power?
I don't really know who they are, but should we assume that they are the patriots they claim to be ,while they shout w/ such hatred.

2007-07-15 16:08:39 · 11 answers · asked by big j 5

An MSNBC.com investigation by Bill Dedman, posted Thursday, documented that of 144 journalists identified as having "made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign," the "newsroom checkbooks leaned to the left: 125 journalists [87 percent] gave to Democrats and liberal causes. Only 17 gave to Republicans," a 7-to-1 tilt. (Two contributed to both parties.)

But while most of those found by Dedman work in local markets, for opinion-oriented publications or hold non-news coverage positions such as music reviewer or copy editor, several are mainstream media journalists. Amongst those listed by Dedman for donating to Democratic party committees, the Kerry campaign or anti-Bush left-wing groups: a correspondent and a producer for CBS's Sunday Morning, a CNN reporter now with NPR, NPR's newscaster during All Things Considered as well as another NPR correspondent, a correspondent for NBC's Dateline, a Senior Editor at Time magazine, the "ethics" columnist

2007-07-15 16:02:00 · 28 answers · asked by Bonneville P 2

Lets face it, Bush and company have done nothing but lie to the American people since 9-11. The entire reason to go into Iraq was a lie from day one but the die hard republicans will faithfully repeat any new pile of BS released by Bush and his cronies.

2007-07-15 15:59:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is BEST for the USA...either surrender and be humiliated OR a triumphant defeat of our enemies?

2007-07-15 15:54:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-15 15:54:35 · 22 answers · asked by BFranklin07 1

I really hope Al Gore runs for president and wins. He was right about global warming, the war in Iraq, and many other things. However can anyone with information on this subject tell me how likely it is that he will run?

PS: I expect some Gore-bashers to come in here and try to put him down without any evidence at all but please keep it to a minimum. Thanks.

2007-07-15 15:53:30 · 10 answers · asked by Ethan 3

how many people will think ? what caused the problems in the middle east? if some one came in and took your home and country,killed your children , wife and parents, what would your reaction be? well, that is exactly what happened tothe Palestanians, when the Zionist underhanded stole the country from the Palestanians, just research history, sure Britain and the U,S, gave the Zionist the go ahead and have supported that cause ever since, the murder of the Arabic people their children families etc, what right did we have to give this land to the Zionist ? it was not ours to give,even the real Jew's are highly upset about this evil sceme, and we would be at war now with any other country or people who killed women and
children and civilians the way the I,D,F, KILLS THE ARABS.
AND THE OTHER aRAB COUNTRY'S SEE HOW WE SUPPPORT iSRAEL IN THEIR EVIL HATE US FOR IT,do ou really blame them?? be honest how would you feel? what would you do? seeing your brothers family and country destroyed ?

2007-07-15 15:49:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

yet think we should get involved in Darfur?

2007-07-15 15:46:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Baltimore has elected a Democrat since 1967 (Detroit since 1962). Things keep getting worse and worse and worse. The murder rate there keeps rising, it is awful. Yet people keep voting the same incompetent leaders in.

In New York, it was not until a GOP mayor came in that the city was livable and visitable again. I don't support Giuliani in the upcoming election, and I won't vote for him if he gets the GOP nod, but he did great work in NY. You would think cities like Detroit and Baltimore would get a clue.

2007-07-15 15:25:15 · 15 answers · asked by sbay311 3

2007-07-15 15:21:17 · 23 answers · asked by Rosebee 4

Right?


Libs tell us that the Cuban system is far superior and cheaper.

2007-07-15 15:20:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Any "war on terror"ists want to venture a guess?

2007-07-15 15:19:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Blue states** are actually at the top when it comes to the median household income. The top ten states are New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maryland, Conneticut, Minnisota, Alaska, Virginia, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Colorado. If Liberals are so poor than how come 70% of those states with the highest household incomes are Blues states? The lowest on the list include Tennesee, Oklahoma, Alabama, New Mexico, Kentucky, Lousiana, Montana,Arkansas, Mississippi and at the bottom West Virginia. These are all red states**. Also the 70% of the top ten richest cities per capita*** are in Blue States. The top ten are San Jose, CA, Anchorage, AK, San Francisco, CA, Virginia Beach, VA, San Diego, CA, Anaheim, CA, Raleigh, NC, Seattle WA, Washington D.C. and Honolulu, HI. Also four cities in the U.S. show up on the richest cities (overall) in the world. New York is the world's fifth richest city Los Angelos tenth is Chicago and Miami is the twentysecond. 3 out of 4 of these cities are in Blue states.

2007-07-15 15:12:42 · 16 answers · asked by Lindsey G 5

I do think we need reforms in our health care system, but why do so many Americans assume that socialized medicine works so well? I thought it was pretty great until I found out that my cousin in Ireland had to wait a full 3 months after diagnosis to get treatment for breast cancer, just because of how slow the system was. One of my friends with roots in Canada sees similar cases with very slow, often sub-par treatments. It seems that only a few countries have found success with socialized medicine, but success in the area is uncommon. Does anyone else get tired of hearing that America needs socialized medicine?

2007-07-15 14:52:47 · 29 answers · asked by Natalia 3

and will he take what the majority of us want into consideration or just try to ram what he wants down our throats...regardless of what we think...maybe even call us names when we oppose him?

2007-07-15 14:22:44 · 24 answers · asked by ron j 1

America's first Muslim congressman has provoked outrage by apparently comparing President George W Bush to Adolf Hitler and hinting that he might have been responsible for the September 11 attacks.

Addressing a gathering of atheists in his home state of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, a Democrat, compared the 9/11 atrocities to the destruction of the Reichstag, the German parliament, in 1933. This was probably burned down by the Nazis in order to justify Hitler's later seizure of emergency powers.

"It's almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that," Mr Ellison said. "After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it, and it put the leader [Hitler] of that country in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted."

See link - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=0STYWKWLF3IFNQFIQMGCFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2007/07/14/wbush114.xml

Question - What are your thoughts ?

2007-07-15 14:22:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

If I see a man with a red baseball hat rob a local bank, is it logical and accurate to say that "All men that wear red baseball hats are bank robbers?" If I see a group of church ladies with an average age of 62 playing bingo, is it fair and accurate to say that all church ladies who are 62 play bingo? If I see 100 senior citizens arrive by bus to a Las Vegas Casino, can I logically say "All senior citizens are gamblers?" If I see a group of college students skipping their morning history class, can I say all college students skip their classes?

It is amazing how the radio talk show hosts and the politicians from both parties have convinced intelligent Americans that stereotyping people is a valid and logical way to argue a point.

2007-07-15 14:17:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Page after page of people waiting for surgery? You know, folks.. that *free* stuff?
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-47,GGLD:en&q=surgery+waiting+list

Your opinion, please. :)

2007-07-15 14:13:32 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do the globalization advocates benefit from a dumber america?

2007-07-15 14:09:57 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-15 14:07:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-15 14:02:14 · 10 answers · asked by phillykid 1