Politics - 22 July 2007

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2007-07-22 04:46:53 · 5 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7

why don't public schools teach that abraham lincoln freed the slaves and that he was republican? all congresses during his presidency were also republican. back in the civil rights movement days, the south was democrat controlled as well. the democrats did however promise to give blacks and minorities welfare, but only to keep them dependent on the government as quasi-slaves who would vote for government dependence whenever a bill is brought up in Congress. they still try to make them always feel like the victim with the help of fear mongering. I bet democrats hate seeing a rich black person driving a BMW, owning is own business, and being independent of government.

2007-07-22 04:43:23 · 6 answers · asked by blank 1

Why are cons so bent on undoing what has made this the greatest nation on Earth until 2001?

2007-07-22 04:41:57 · 7 answers · asked by never_vote_democrat 2

And not their successes? IS that the best we can hope for? That he is doing the same bad things presidents have done in the past? How sad for your party...

2007-07-22 04:38:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

to a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee, DeFazio?
What are they hiding?
As a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee, DeFazio, D-Ore., is permitted to enter a secure "bubbleroom" in the Capitol and examine classified material. So he asked the White House to see the secret documents.
On Wednesday, DeFazio got his answer: DENIED
Homeland Security Committee staffers told his office that the White House initially approved his request, but it was later quashed. DeFazio doesn't know who did it or why.

"We're talking about the continuity of the government of the United States of America," DeFazio says. "I would think that would be relevant to any member of Congress, let alone a member of the Homeland Security Committee."
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/118489654058910.xml&coll=7

2007-07-22 04:36:04 · 7 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7

personally, I think they are mental disorder.

2007-07-22 04:30:39 · 1 answers · asked by Samm 6

and call them "liberals"? I am not a liberal, and i disagree with bush on most everything. I am a libertarian conservative, just like Reagan claimed to be.

2007-07-22 04:30:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Granted not all Christians support or voted for Bush. However, many voted for him and still support him. It's a well known fact that the one of the big reasons he got elected was because of their support. And it's also well known that Bush is a failure as a President.
So the question becomes : is this enough to conclude that America shouldn't listen to the Christian authorties when they start talking about who "God's candidate" is ?

2007-07-22 04:28:15 · 26 answers · asked by ? 6

I just read that he was born in the Panama Canal Zone. Does this really make him an American Citizen?

2007-07-22 04:23:24 · 14 answers · asked by Mkath 3

2007-07-22 04:12:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've seen many posts that reflect the ideology that if it's legal , then it's ok . And I'm wondering how you define your standards of behavior.. . . . . . . Anything is ok as long as it's legal ? .. . or . . . .. . . . Are your standards higher than the law ?

2007-07-22 04:09:40 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I consider myself liberal, for the most part, however there are some issues in which liberals REALLY piss me off (affirmative action). And some issues I think conservatives have the right idea (liberalism for example, not to be confused with being a liberal). I used to call myself a liberal, but am wary to do so now. BUT I would never call myself conservative. Does this make me simply an Independent? Again, a label. Does anyone else feel mixed in their views? You must share.

2007-07-22 04:08:25 · 12 answers · asked by le coq géant 5

CAREER?

2007-07-22 04:06:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i think they're insane. why would any reason in hell would our own government do such a thing? so they can have a reason to attack iraq and afghanistan and make a huge profit? i dont get it

2007-07-22 03:49:12 · 22 answers · asked by Chopin 1

They struck at the financial heart of America and its planning and procurement offices .
When you think crazy do you think about people who would target specific high value targets or do you think people who would crash into a navy ship or a barracks .
Seems like they are fighting a war and not just a group of radicals who would show up with machine guns at schools eliminating hundreds of students without much resistance .

That would have been cheaper and an actual attack on civilians .

Have we lost cite of the truth .
That 9-11 was a military attack and not the work of radicals .

2007-07-22 03:41:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

The end to ww2 which we won was achieved with over a million civilian casualties and nearly as many deaths .
Seems the one sure way to win a war is to inflict a heavy toll on the people who are supporting the soldiers .
I see no problem in bombing a farm that sells food to soldiers or a lumber yard that supplies building materials or a bank that holds their deposits .
When we make a war about attrition then you have to consider the civilians as the support for the military and thus they are enemy combatants and should be destroyed to bring a swift end to a war .

2007-07-22 03:30:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Anyone ever have this happen: you see a question from some ultra-conservative (let's just say Nazi, since these people really come closer to this, and I'm not trying to insult conservatives right now), you answer the question and then are blocked? What gives? O, is it kind of like the person who doesn't want to hear any opinions if they're different from his own?
Anyone experience that on here? Do tell.

2007-07-22 03:22:07 · 15 answers · asked by le coq géant 5

Pathetic!

2007-07-22 03:21:31 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Recent talks have suggested to win this war on Terror we need to dishearten these militant islamics. It has been suggested to do high altitude bombings over Al-quida positons. Unfortunatly they hide behind civilians which would mean civilians will be killed. But this would keep in place the troops we have thier already without sending in anymore. It would also send a message to Al-Quida.
During WWII, one night of bombing over Hamburg (for instance) resulted in over 3,000 civilian deaths but it sped up the defeat of nazi held Germany. In times of war civilians do get killed, thats a plain fact. What our your views on this proposed plan?

I do not want to hear the Liberal point of view (we know your answer)

2007-07-22 03:14:52 · 10 answers · asked by 7th generation 2

We've all seen the lines of people waiting for days to be the first to purchase Harry Potter and the rest of the items mentioned .
Why would anyone 'feel' they 'need' them so badly on day-one ?
What's wrong with getting them tomorrow or next week or whenever ?
Personally I think it's GREED and SELFISHNESS . We're all guilty in one way or another . Many will devote all those hours for a game or a book , or even spend 3 hours watching a football game , yet are too 'busy' or 'inconvienenced' to go to church for ONE hour !!
This troubles me about our American society and I'm just wondering how many people see this as clearly as they probably should ?
I'll consider all respectful answers .
Thank you .

2007-07-22 03:12:24 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are they hiding? These are Americans who need our protection.

Excerpted from:
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Mark Steyn: Look who's holding hostages again

How do you feel about the American hostages in Iran?

No, not the guys back in the Seventies, the ones being held right now.

What? You haven't heard about them?

Odd that, isn't it? But they're there. For example, for two months now, Haleh Esfandiari has been detained in Evin prison in Tehran. Unfortunately, the mullahs say it's an obvious cover for a Bush spy.

Among the other Zionist-neocon agents currently held in Iranian jails are an American journalist, an American sociologist for a George Soros-funded leftie group, and an American peace activist from Irvine, Ali Shakeri, whose capture became known shortly after the United States and Iran held their first direct talks since the original hostage crisis.

Last week, the Iranians paraded their U.S. hostages all over TV as they confessed to engaging in espionage. . . Steyn

2007-07-22 03:11:37 · 7 answers · asked by Em E 4

Overpopulation, Islamic terrorism, floods, the military crisis in Iraq and a dependency on fossil fuels! The future doesn´t look too bright.

This article on the impending fuel crisis is very interesting: http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2790960.ece

The Brown government´s current spat with Russia doesn´t look to clever now - though of course it is designed as a smokescreen to divert attention away from the issues surrounding Britain surrendering her sovereignty to the EU.

Anyway, I recommend you read the article, but here´s an extract:

´Humanity is approaching an unprecedented crisis when not enough oil and gas will be produced to keep industrial civilisation running, the world's top oilmen warned last week.´

Russia´s in a very strong position here, with around 12% of the world´s known oil reserves and 56% of the world´s natural gas...Brown might do well to remember this.

2007-07-22 03:09:40 · 18 answers · asked by The Minister of Sinister 1

2007-07-22 03:09:11 · 14 answers · asked by somber 3

2007-07-22 03:08:29 · 10 answers · asked by somber 3

I suppose I am a little down - some good things have happened, but still it is an uphill struggle.

2007-07-22 03:06:28 · 12 answers · asked by mountaindew25 3

Just after 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, a drowsy Hillary Rodham Clinton stood in the Senate chamber during the all-night debate on Iraq and declared matter-of-factly: "I have called for the strategic redeployment of U.S. forces out of Iraq for several years." That surprised anti-war activists camped out near the Capitol, listening to the speech on the radio. Clinton, they knew, had supported withdrawal from Iraq for less than two years, 20 months to be exact.

2007-07-22 03:02:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I was hanging out at my local gay strip club last night, I noticed almost every car or truck in the parking lot had a "W" bumper sticker on them. Who woulda thunk it, huh?

2007-07-22 02:59:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-22 02:51:22 · 7 answers · asked by somber 3

2007-07-22 02:46:39 · 5 answers · asked by somber 3

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2007-07-22 02:33:39 · 30 answers · asked by Paul E 2