Politics - 4 August 2007

No needs for words.. Truth is I dare not make an attempt to formulate my question .. for obvious reasons...

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,,2141936,00.html

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=471700&in_page_id=1770

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Legs amputated, brain injury - and a cheque for £152,000

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RAF typist who hurt thumb is awarded eight times more than soldier who lost leg (£484,000)

2007-08-04 22:22:10 · 16 answers · asked by Hello 3

For the sake of this question, set aside party affiliation and assume all the candidates stand for basically the same thing. Which of these factors would be most important to you: political experience (or lack of), education, work experience, religious affiliation, economic status (rich, poor, or working class), political endorsements, or something else.

And then to take it a step further, what kind of political issues are most important to you?

2007-08-04 21:24:42 · 5 answers · asked by Justin H 7

or give them time to destroy the documents that may link them to all of their war crimes?

2007-08-04 19:36:02 · 10 answers · asked by Ethan M 5

2007-08-04 19:16:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I believe that the United States should pull out of the UN right now. I believe that people are responsible for their own welfare and that the US government should get out of the charity business because they stink at it. I believe that promoting business is good for the economy and last but not least I believe that the Constitution is the most important document in human history. Am I a wingnut now?

2007-08-04 19:01:36 · 12 answers · asked by Ethan M 5

Words such as "we have to help make education better" are getting old...FAST!

2007-08-04 18:38:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Puulllllleeeeeese!

2007-08-04 18:35:32 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 18:33:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Before the invasion, the Taliban was working to eliminate all opium in Afghanistan.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghanistan;_ylt=AiddZtyxlnwZpFZ6.hgXMJOs0NUE

If the Taliban is so against opium production, why is it now booming since we took over the country? Who is making all the money?

2007-08-04 18:33:20 · 6 answers · asked by michaelsan 6

2007-08-04 18:30:32 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do. I think he has a good strong plan for what to do in Iraq and to protect our country. He is very experienced and he sounds confident and strong in what he wants. I think he would be a great president. Do you think he could be a good president and why are people doubting him?

2007-08-04 18:27:32 · 13 answers · asked by Lindsey G 5

Why do people say that Reagan is the anti-christ? any specific examples of his misdeeds?

2007-08-04 18:21:56 · 20 answers · asked by rk88 1

why do you think so? or why don't you think so?

and why do/don't you trust them?

2007-08-04 18:20:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Now that we all know sadaam had 6 months notice that we were coming....

now that we all know that sadaam didn't let the inspectors search all areas of iraq prior to the war....

now that we have acquired satillite photos of the trucks in which they were moved (to syria)....

now that we know all of this, are there still people out there who actually believe sadaam never had WMD's? after all, he used them on his own people constantly.

2007-08-04 18:19:39 · 23 answers · asked by Superior Intelligence 3

support people who will not work and seem to always have money for beer and cigarettes but can't seem to find the money to feed their kids. This is not a socialist country some of these people need to fend for themselves I do.

2007-08-04 18:14:50 · 18 answers · asked by Ethan M 5

http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/08/1028_economists_oppose_protect.php

why are democrats still denying the greatness of globalization?

2007-08-04 18:12:11 · 4 answers · asked by liberal 1

Afghan poppy fields yielding record bumper crops. Taliban resurgent in afghanistan. Alquaeda nicely nestled in Pakistan and Bin Laden Chillin. Worldwide terror attacks up one hundred fold. IRan empowered. Iraq destabilized. IRaq a great training ground for terrrorists now. Alquaeda recruitment at highest levels ever.

NOw stop bashing president Bush. He is doing a great job.

Anyone else agrees? lol

2007-08-04 18:11:21 · 15 answers · asked by me 3

During this Iraq "war", we've had several events to attempt to "rally" American sentiment, most notably the plight of Pat Tillman.

When he was killed, he became the poster boy for America; the tough, strong NFL star that gave up his multi-million dollar contract to patriotically defend his country, as Willie Mays and Ted Williams did during WWII.

It was reported that he died valiantly at the hands of the enemy but then documents showed that he died by friendly fire and the information was covertly suppressed by our own government.

Now there is evidence that shows he was not accidently shot but intentionally murdered while Army attorneys sent each other congratulatory e-mails for keeping criminal investigators at bay as the Army conducted an internal friendly-fire investigation that resulted in administrative, or non-criminal, punishments.

Can our government be corrupt that it would intentionally murder Pat Tillman to use it as fodder to promote an unpopular war?

2007-08-04 17:51:24 · 13 answers · asked by Mitchell . 5

The government tried to make Jessica Lynch out to be this courageous hero that fought off insurgents and was valiantly rescued, but that turned out to be a lie (she exposed it herself, saying she was found unconsious and our troops were contacted to come pick her up).

They tried to make Pat Tillman out to be this courageous hero, a former NFL star that walked away from millions to serve his country patriotically but was killed in battle and that turned out to be a lie (to cover up the fact that he was murdered).

Have we become such a controlled, dictatorial society that our own government has to lie and cover up facts to sell us on this war because Americans just don't believe this war is justified?

2007-08-04 17:38:08 · 7 answers · asked by Mitchell . 5

When they have the following elder statesmen to look to for sage advice.

Kennedy =A murderer
Byrd= A KKK Keagle
Gore=A cronic liar
Carter=The worst president in history
Kerry=taken more money associated with public works than any other "public servant" in history
Truman=Mass murder of 300,000+ civilians in 2 days
Clinton=Allowed the theft of billions of dollars from American retirement funds due to corporate corruption

2007-08-04 17:32:51 · 13 answers · asked by Libsuc 3

does not exist, and that a one and true great party has fallen apart before their eyes?

2007-08-04 17:21:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know Bush is more of coke guy but making money of the Afghani opium/heroin sold to Americans should be okay, right?

2007-08-04 17:21:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

They passed the bill for the wire taps today, I will give them that.

2007-08-04 17:20:22 · 9 answers · asked by Working Stiff 3

ie (smaller government)???


Does this include Reagan's "war on drugs" and the legacy police state which ensued, the moral premise: saving you from yourself, all while creating a criminal justice tax dollar built empire?

2007-08-04 17:19:41 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Conservative politicians and Republicans overwhelminly support corporate agriculture over small, family farms, but is this the best way to ensure food security?

Vegetables travel thousands of miles before they are purchased by the end user. Livestock is concentrated on large 'finishing' lots in centralized locations. Isn't this a huge gap in our national security? Wouldn't thousands of local farmers raising food for local markets minimize threats to our food supply better than large corporations concentrating all of our food into central locations?

It would seem that diversifying the supply chain would be in our national interest, yet Republican politicians always defer to the likes of Monsanto and Carghill while they overrun family farms. Do Conservative voters agree with this policy, or do you believe that small, local, family farms ensure greater security to the nation?

2007-08-04 17:18:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2 million US troops on the ground in Iraq would very quickly win the war in Iraq & defeat Al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq. Iraq wouldn't become a terror state & Democracy would flourish. And don't forget all that Iraq oil that would begin to flow freely again bring down US gas prices.

But it seems that most Americans are satisfied with an undermanned US army/marines in Iraq who are only big enough to create a stalemate in Iraq & help Al Qaeda recruit new terrorists.

Americans weren't afraid to take on the Nazis or the Japanese in WW2 but for some reason they don't have the balls to take on the terrorists? Why is that?

2007-08-04 17:10:36 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do most americans hate President Bush or is it that the media makes it look like that?

2007-08-04 17:00:32 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

the war on terror/Iraq next week?

Hundreds of 1000s of Americans voluenteered for service immediately after about 3,000 Americans were killed at Pearl Harbor & FDR put out the call.

Why does Bush/US Army have to use $50,000 signing bonuses to try and entice Americans to join up espeically in a very difficult war in Iraq against America's #1 enemy Al Qaeda?

Are today's Americans affraid to fight the terrorists?

2007-08-04 16:59:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 16:47:32 · 18 answers · asked by Libsuc 3

2007-08-04 16:41:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous