Politics - 9 August 2007

Investigative reporter John Buchanan broke 60 years of silence recently when he uncovered documents showing Prescott Bush's business was seized by Congress in 1942 for trading with the enemy. Now Buchanan has gone even further, documenting Prescott's role in many more Nazi-related businesses as late as 1951. "[Democrats.com co-founder Bob] Fertik and others, including former Justice Department Nazi war crimes prosecutor John Loftus... believe Prescott Bush and the Harrimans should have been tried for treason. Now, say Fertik and Loftus, there should be a Congressional investigation into the Bush family's Nazi past and its concealment from the American people for 60 years. 'The American people have a right to know, in detail, about this hidden chapter of our history,'

2007-08-09 10:48:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

please give me some pros and cons...tell me your opinion about constitutional monarchy and executive monarchy...

thanx

best regards from germany

2007-08-09 10:42:58 · 8 answers · asked by Dr. SuperGirl 2

It's so silly to hear right wingers say that any of the TV news networks are "leftist"
Hahaha
If there really WERE a liberal (not even really leftist) station, can you imagine the boycotts and rage from the neo-cons?!

2007-08-09 10:42:35 · 16 answers · asked by topink 6

i know President Bush has a ranch in crawford but the rest of the family seems to move away from your belovied state so dose that anger you?????

2007-08-09 10:30:22 · 12 answers · asked by patsfan 3

Immoral: Contrary to established moral principles; violating principles of right and wrong.

Was Saddam that great of a guy that we shouldn't have him taken him out of power and give Iraq back to the people?

But then you say " There wouldnt be as much chaos and suicide bombings as there is now "

Maybe but there still would have been a unnatural amount of deaths under saddams rule
Why didnt the UN force him out of power and take more action against him when he invaded Kuwait. I mean WOW, no fly-zones and sanctions/ bans on trading, that caused hundreds of thousands of deaths amoung the Iraqi population. Then came the oil for food program lasted almost 6 years. Throughout the years the sanctions had to be eased because of the mass malnutrition of the people. Obviously Saddam didnt change , or the Iraqis take a stand against him because of the amount of fear built up over 20+ years amoung the Iraqis That didnt affect him in one bit but it did put more burden on Iraqs people.

2007-08-09 10:28:00 · 12 answers · asked by shawn s 1

2007-08-09 10:19:17 · 14 answers · asked by Page 4

I am!!!!!!This section is flooded with (negative) liberal based questions. People, can we begin asking questions that we all can honestly answer without biased opinions. I'll start with one. Why does America insist on forming a democracy form of government in other countries? Haven't we learned our lesson with Vietnam?

2007-08-09 10:06:57 · 25 answers · asked by Liberal City 6

2007-08-09 10:06:56 · 25 answers · asked by Paperdoll 1

2007-08-09 10:00:06 · 17 answers · asked by captbullshot 5

Is he a conservatist, or independent, or is that the same thing?

2007-08-09 09:59:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

A Harvard political scientist finds that diversity hurts civic life. What happens when a liberal scholar unearths an inconvenient truth?

August 5, 2007

IT HAS BECOME increasingly popular to speak of racial and ethnic diversity as a civic strength. From multicultural festivals to pronouncements from political leaders, the message is the same: our differences make us stronger.


But a massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam has found that the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, the less they give to charity and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust one another about half as much as they do in the most homogenous settings. The study, the largest ever on civic engagement in America, found that virtually all measures of civic health are lower in more diverse settings


"The extent of the effect is shocking," says Scott Page, a University of Michigan political scientist.


"We can't ignore the findings," says Ali Noorani, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition


http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/04/the_downside_of_diversity/?page=1





Yet another Leftist sacred cow has been dispatched, it appears. "Diversity" has been exposed for the fraud that it is.

2007-08-09 09:59:12 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

During a visit today by the Iraqi president to Iran, he was told that the only thing that would bring peace to Iraq was a complete pullout by the U.S. Do you think that is true or do you think Iran wants the U.S. out of Iraq so that they can take over?

2007-08-09 09:52:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

The elder Bush wasn't that bad so think harder people!

2007-08-09 09:49:09 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

The stock market seems to be very jittery lately. Any ideas why?
I know that this probably belongs in the investment section, but I thought I would ask here in politics too.

2007-08-09 09:47:37 · 6 answers · asked by Janet 6

2007-08-09 09:43:47 · 26 answers · asked by K. Marx iii 5

Taxes taxes and more taxes, now a proposed new hike in the gas tax, is it time to just say no?

2007-08-09 09:37:50 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's been almost 20 years. 28 if you count VP Bush.

2007-08-09 09:34:31 · 24 answers · asked by Incognito 5

2007-08-09 09:26:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Imagine today a new day where what you do has an effect to the benefit of this Nation.Would you reflect your bias?Or would you show empathy and understanding? Can we even agree on a first thing to do?

2007-08-09 09:22:12 · 10 answers · asked by Raymond C 6

Does GWB have one that says "The Buck Stops Elsewhere"?

2007-08-09 09:09:08 · 12 answers · asked by Nick F 6

I thought the 'face that launched a 1000 ships' only happened in mythology.

2007-08-09 09:07:56 · 17 answers · asked by Grinning Football plinny younger 7

Did they intend for the US to be a living country with the ability to change for the better? Did they intend the US to be tied to the beliefs of people 200 years dead, no matter how genius they were?

2007-08-09 09:07:10 · 16 answers · asked by Incognito 5

Like if you want to go from Los Angeles to Dallas, you will have to apply and get travel papers that you would have to produce upon request ??


and that anyone anywhere could be stopped by the police and asked to produce their proper papers that show they have obtained proper authorization for their whereabouts?

2007-08-09 09:05:47 · 10 answers · asked by ningis n 1

look up the word liberal... then think. the founding fathers were exactly this
"open to new behaviors or opinions and willing to discard traditional values"
so neo cons that bash libs you should thank a liberal for your freedoms not put them down. reguardless what party they stood behind you cant argue the fact that these people were very liberal almost extremeists.
any response????

2007-08-09 09:01:46 · 18 answers · asked by longshoreman 2

i'm a liberal. i don't call myself a democrat because.. never mind, we won't get into that.

anyway

hillary supporters, what do you like about her?

i would appreciate seriously answers because i honestly just don't get it..

2007-08-09 09:00:31 · 17 answers · asked by BrightEyes 5

Ok so there were almost 200,000 guns in Iraq and they are gone... SO conservatives whats the excuse on this one?
I bet it's inthe same place all that oil and money that dissapears over there is....


http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/06/iraq.weapons/index.html?section=cnn_latest

2007-08-09 08:58:12 · 26 answers · asked by Chuckles 4

2007-08-09 08:57:23 · 19 answers · asked by Not so looney afterall 5

It has been revealed in Yahoo's forum that posting suggestions on how to conduct a successful terrorist attack in the USA , or any country , is a violation called -- " Inciting Violence " .

Oh , and btw , it was also noted that your IP address and Yahoo Screen-Name should be reported to your local law enforcement officials for legal prosecution of "Inciting Violence " .

Now I urge you subversives to stop your behavior , and I urge everyone else to do their duty if they see anybody suggesting ways to conduct a successful terrorist attack .

What fools . The terrorists can't think of everything and we shouldn't help them . But something the fools are missing is that by posting garbage like that , YOU are responsible for supplying ideas to nut-jobs within our country . And disgruntled youth or otherwise who are only hellbent on attention. . . .COPY-CATS .

Don't You People Realize That Inciting Violence Is Not Only Stupid , But It's NOT Covered Under Free Speech ?

2007-08-09 08:46:22 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think its pretty obvious they are fanatics.
But I get a good chuckle out of them telling us that they have the aswer to solving our problems and ...get this...undo the damage done by Bush.


Go ahead, lets see how sharp you guys are...give me some good reasosn why libertarians are fanatics.

2007-08-09 08:44:33 · 18 answers · asked by ron j 1

Seventy-seven years ago, members of Congress erected a tariff wall aimed at protecting American business concerns. The result was a stock market crash followed by drastic retaliatory tariffs and a shutdown of the global trading system. The 1932 Revenue Act made matters worse by massively raising marginal tax rates on domestic incomes. These blunders set the stage for the Depression and world war that followed.

Current members of Congress appear to have let their history books collect dust: A raft of anti-China currency and tariff legislation is now widely supported by both political parties as the exigencies of political grandstanding subvert the ideals of sound policy. At the same time, Chinese government officials have threatened to dump some of the government’s $1 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities if Congress continues its currency bashing and tariff threats.

This fiscal folly couldn’t come at a worse time. Financial markets have been reeling over the last several weeks as hedge funds deleverage from wrong-way bets on mortgage products. It certainly doesn’t help matters that a tone-deaf Congress, led by a bi-partisan coalition of the economically obtuse, is attempting to advance legislation that would raise tax rates on investment companies as part of a “fix” for the alternative minimum tax (AMT).

Has anyone in Congress ever stopped to contemplate why London has once again become the financial capital of the world? Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the rest of the world is lowering corporate tax rates and trying to moderate regulations while the U.S. is stuffing Sarbanes-Oxley down the throat of its businesses.

If that weren’t bad enough, the 2001-03 tax cuts on incomes and capital are essentially on the chopping block, set to expire in several years time unless Congress and the president act to extend them. The current Congress isn’t disposed to extending the tax cuts, while online futures trading points to a Democrat sweep in 2008. In other words, there’s a high probability that tax rates are going up.

Some politicians argue that the current anti-trade sentiment has been driven by wage inequality and poor income growth, “tax cuts for the rich,” and high energy and food prices for the poor. But the data refute this. Personal income has grown at an average pace of 6.2 percent since 2004, despite large swings in reported GDP growth; personal income is up 6.1 percent year-over-year as of June, right in line with the average of the last few years. And thanks to a low unemployment rate and a tight labor market, real non-supervisory wages are growing faster today than they were at this stage of the last cycle (1.6 percent vs. 1.3 percent, year-over-year).

In fact, low-end (non-supervisory) real wages have grown at about twice the pace for this cycle compared to the first 23 quarters of the last expansion. A broader measure of real non-financial compensation per hour also shows superior wage growth during this cycle (1 percent per annum average vs. a 0.3 percent per annum average at this stage of the last cycle). So to call this a “wage-less” expansion is utter nonsense, despite the fact real GDP growth has averaged 2.7 percent per annum this cycle versus a superior 3.3 percent average at this stage of the last cycle.

Attention protectionist stooges: Since the implementation of NAFTA in 1994, real non-supervisory wages have grown at an average pace of 1.2 percent per annum, triple the 1971-2007 average of 0.4 percent per annum. Inflation-adjusted household net worth has jumped $22.2 trillion since NAFTA was implemented while non-farm payrolls have increased by 24.9 million. Manufacturing output, far from falling, actually stands at a record high, and is up 62 percent since 1994.

Undoubtedly some have been left behind by the global economy. But free trade, China, and Wal-Mart for that matter have dramatically increased the standard of living for most people, just as protectionism, a trade war, tax hikes on investment and work, and the absence of Wal-Mart would sink living standards for most people.

While the global boom continues on the back of pro-growth policies around the world, Congress is speeding down the road to ruin with trade protectionism and a raft of untimely tax hikes. It’s time to take a detour and think about the hugely anti-growth consequences of turning our backs on the global economy and pro-growth tax policy.

2007-08-09 08:38:14 · 6 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1