Politics - 20 July 2007

President Bush unveiled an executive order that allows the administration to block bank accounts and any other financial assets that might be found in this country belonging to people, companies or groups that the United States deems are working to threaten stability in Iraq.

Bush cited the ``unusual and extraordinary threat'' to national security and foreign policy of the United States ``posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people.''

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/19/1551242

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html

This means ANYONE who speaks out against the war in Iraq!

2007-07-20 12:53:07 · 20 answers · asked by Fedup Veteran 6

2007-07-20 12:45:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-20 12:41:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

The tool might go down his throat. I can see how that would be confusing? Barbara wanted him to shave his **** and walk backwards but he didn't listen.

2007-07-20 12:37:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is aimed at Cons who still support the war. Why are they not as eager to help the American people with their tax dollars? I mean if they are so charitable with their money for those desperate Iraqi civilians...than why not to the people that are desperately poor here in the U.S.? It makes me wonder if they are really "helping" Iraqis like they say or just adding that in to make the war look better and make them look like they are doing the Iraqis good when their homes are being destroyed, their children seeing the sights of war and having troops in Iraq is just drawing more terrorists into the area.

2007-07-20 12:33:12 · 16 answers · asked by Lindsey G 5

Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich, a man wanted by the Justice Dept for selling illegal Iranian oil under a US embargo and later found out to be selling illegal Iraqi oil under a UN embargo and the largest private donor to the Clinton presidental library.

Denise Rich, the wife of Saddam's personal oil broker, donated millions to the democrat party.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/marc_rich#s...
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3071886...
http://abcnews.go.com/wnt/story?id=29592...

How much do you think the Clinton's profited from the suffering of the Iraqi people while helping to support one of the worst dictators in modern history?

2007-07-20 12:25:48 · 13 answers · asked by ? 5

Since there are more scientists to prove man can’t change the climate, Gore is hiding. The nations and people of the world are smarter than Al Gore and his government funded science buddies

2007-07-20 12:21:39 · 17 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2

2007-07-20 12:18:56 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

After all, they have nothing to hide....right?

2007-07-20 12:17:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

That would be some pretty strong evidence. Except if all planets are warming, then why is Mercury rapidly cooling?

http://filer.case.edu/~sjr16/advanced/mercury.html
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/21feb_mercury.htm

Last time I checked, Mercury was a planet in our solar system. And what about Venus, Saturn, and Uranus? And the fact that solar activity has been ruled out as a major factor in the acceleration of global warming over the past 40 years?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6290228.stm
http://www.springerlink.com/content/v16165n11948081m/fulltext.pdf
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-on-earth/600px-Temp-sunspot-co2.svg.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png

Can any reasonable person who reads all the scientific evidence possibly remain a global warming denier?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlLCMvlu8ufMjZIJnBJ.trbty6IX?qid=20070711133901AAvvAXX

2007-07-20 12:11:04 · 23 answers · asked by Dana1981 7

While Bush goes in to have a colonosopy? (can't imagine what all they'll find!)
It's not like Cheney hasn't been president already but I wouldn't put anything past that semi-human jerk.
Anyone's thoughts?

2007-07-20 12:08:01 · 11 answers · asked by Cindy P 4

What would John Kerry have done if he was president on 9/11 2001. He would probably say we deserved it and did nothing. There are no democrats wanting to protect us now and don’t expect them to protect us from the next attack. If Bill Clinton would have taken one of the many chances he had to take out Bin Laden, we wouldn’t be in this war.

2007-07-20 11:58:05 · 28 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2

READ this excerpt from AP:

SUNAPEE, N.H. - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq isn't a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there.

"Well, look, if that's the criteria by which we are making decisions on the deployment of U.S. forces, then by that argument you would have 300,000 troops in the Congo right now — where millions have been slaughtered as a consequence of ethnic strife — which we haven't done," Obama said in an interview with The Associated Press.

"We would be deploying unilaterally and occupying the Sudan, which we haven't done. Those of us who care about Darfur don't think it would be a good idea," he said.

2007-07-20 11:53:49 · 24 answers · asked by Not so looney afterall 5

2007-07-20 11:49:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Placing civilians at greater risk?

2007-07-20 11:48:31 · 2 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5

Cpl. Trent D. Thomas was found guilty Wednesday of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit several offenses -- including murder, larceny, housebreaking, kidnapping, and making false official statements -- for his involvement in the April 2006 death in Hamdaniya, Iraq.

Thomas will be demoted to the rank of entry-level private and will receive a bad-conduct discharge.

2007-07-20 11:44:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are tensions all over the World, from Nepal to Lebanon, from Haiti to Chile, from Somalia to France...
All Latam countries are on crisis, even Chile ( the best pupil of US policies, the example to follow )is rigth now full of violent strkes.Chavez is still in office and there is not an organized opposition against him.
The road map of "Democracy" on Middle East and "Nation Building of Iraq " are a complete failure.Musrafah the " democratic General " will last as long as a fart in a fist.Crisis between Turkish Army and Turkish Goverment because the Kurds ...
Crisis in Russia as the rebuilding of Capitalism looks not so easy..
And just USA ( with all its economic problems , the millons of foreclosures ahead !!! ) to fix all this...

2007-07-20 11:41:04 · 9 answers · asked by Señor Spok 1

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2007-07-20 11:40:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-20 11:34:09 · 5 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5

http://nasfaa.org/publications/2007/ghouseeduapprops071807.html

2007-07-20 11:30:01 · 21 answers · asked by PD 6

By reporting this story they are interfering with our mission in Iraq. Now, the terrorists will really be annoyed over nothing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_on_re_us/marines_iraq_shooting

2007-07-20 11:19:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

When millions of Iraqies die as the result of a premature, U.S. pullout?

2007-07-20 11:19:00 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here is a perfect example of the Conservatives trolling a free thinking Americans question on Yahoo Answers.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhdHF7om7mVFFbCmKMq5Zpnsy6IX?qid=20070321123705AAUBCyH
What is your view of this hypicracy?

2007-07-20 11:13:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-20 11:09:19 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think they should force feed pork to any detainee which tries to go on a hunger strike or fails to tell all they know. What do you think?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_hunger_strikes

2007-07-20 11:05:38 · 13 answers · asked by plezurgui 6

I like that there is a lot of interesting questions and many of them help me gain a new perspective that I had never even thought of but I definetly think we could cut back on the trolling, bashing question and questions that have no sources but contain random accusations....what do you think?

2007-07-20 11:05:21 · 9 answers · asked by Lindsey G 5

2007-07-20 11:00:07 · 13 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5

2007-07-20 10:59:34 · 24 answers · asked by Mother 6

If they bring down the government, who willproteect them from allus southern rednecks?

2007-07-20 10:59:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is a lot of political rhetoric in the news about "supporting the troops" and I would like to know what do people think is the proper way to "support our troops?"

2007-07-20 10:57:54 · 14 answers · asked by Joe C 2