Politics - 9 August 2007

2007-08-09 04:15:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I heard "Lil Bush" say this and I don't see how it's possible! How can the economy be growing, and the deficit be shrinking when we have a huge amount of debt hanging over our heads. Does China really own our house? If so, why is that ok with anyone!!! How can we be the most powerful country in the world when we don't own it??

I'm listening to him speak right now, and as far as Iraq questions, the man is a master of obfuscation! There are no periods in his sentences, it's like he gets lost in the rhetoric and can't find his way out until he just runs out of steam!

To be fair, he has made sense on other topics like Guantanamo, and Transportation tax dollars.

2007-08-09 04:12:26 · 5 answers · asked by Havasoo 4

Russia has now claimed the north pole. China has claimed a whole sea for itself. I hear the war drums.

2007-08-09 04:10:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you think the Creator is actually a force for goodness and decency, then yes, you are fairly Deist. Because Yaweh of the Old Testament says things like this:

Exodus 22:16 -- 22:18
When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married, and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. But if her father refuses to give her to him, he shall pay an amount equal to the bride-price for virgins.
Exodus 21:20,21
When a slaveowner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner shall be punished. But if the slave survives a day or two, there is no punishment; for the slave is the owner's property.

2007-08-09 04:09:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Don't they really mean why hasn't congress stopped the war.

2007-08-09 04:09:42 · 11 answers · asked by Enigma 6

Leonardo DiCaprio's Presidential Vote Up for Grabs

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20050585,00.html

How will liberals know who to vote for if their favorite Hollywood actors don't tell them?

2007-08-09 04:01:10 · 12 answers · asked by PNAC ~ Penelope 4

2007-08-09 03:50:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

What kind of shows do they show?? Whats the difference between standard programming and their programming? Is it really necessary to have a Gay/Lesbian channel? I mean, its not like people with different orientations are another species or something.lol. I dont get that channel so someone please explain....

2007-08-09 03:46:17 · 18 answers · asked by Lauren. 4

Why are people arguing that we should "go after the subprime lenders?" Why are we preventing foreclosures? That will raise borrowing costs for the rest of us.

2007-08-09 03:43:48 · 18 answers · asked by truthisback 3

Is "what will the government do to help stave off the loss of 'good' manufacturing jobs" really a tough question? It's what his audience wants to hear. That seems to me to be the easy question.

A tough question might be: why, in an economy that constantly provides you as a consumer with new and better products and services, and why, in a country that gives you, for free, an education through the 12th grade - i.e., calculus, physics, trig, a foreign language - do some people think they're entitled to receive a salary high enough to feed a family of four for spending seven hours a day on an assembly line performing a repetitive, menial task that anyone with a 2nd grade education could perform?

2007-08-09 03:42:49 · 6 answers · asked by truthisback 3

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292653,00.html

"younger and college educated Hispanics in particular offer fertile ground for republicans, new data shows"

How can this be? A question some liberals are too scared to answer honestly.

There is more than one answer.

2007-08-09 03:30:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

This week, a timid Congress caved in to President Bush and his demand for more out-of-control authority to spy on Americans...

Aren’t you sick and tired of Congress failing to defend freedom from Bush administration?

2007-08-09 03:02:01 · 24 answers · asked by Mr. Beef Stroganoff 6

2007-08-09 02:54:40 · 16 answers · asked by SEXIEST AVATAR™ is HERE. 6

Before we knew Iraq was a mistake, there was a significant outcry against Cheney, Bush, blood for oil, Haliburton, etc.

You'd have to be a complete moron not to recognize these rants were all about "anti-capatilism". So, if liberals own the 3 primary parts of governemt, will they legislate to outlaw certain capitalist practices, to make them a crime? What's the fiirst target?

2007-08-09 02:51:13 · 15 answers · asked by ? 7

p.s. briefly what is a liberal exactly?

2007-08-09 02:39:15 · 14 answers · asked by just_a_hick 4

I was flipping through the channels and saw he was interviewing someone from Veterans Against the Iraq War. He basically tried to completely discredit this guy who had served in the military for nine years because he does not believe in the war in Iraq. Among the ridiculous statements Bill made was that "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is left wing propaganda"....(don't even get me started about propaganda since you are employed by Fox News)..I worked at a homeless shelter in 1997 and there were people living there suffering from PTSD decades after Vietnam ended. They must have been part of some vast left-wing conspiracy, completing destroying their lives just to discredit you. Bill, when exactly did you pick up a weapon and fight in Iraq, because until you do, your opinion means nothing compared to the opinion of someone who served there. This guy was in Iraq fighting in 120 degree heat while you were back here sexually harrassing women in your free time.

2007-08-09 02:25:48 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay my question is this, why is it that the peaceful Muslims of this great country are not rallying together to put an end to these Muslim extremists? They say they do not agree with it but they do nothing to change it. Okay they might not be able to put an end to it, but at least they can oppose it right?

2007-08-09 02:23:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Mr. President. When are you going to help the ordinary "man". This great country has the resourses yet the average man has to work his tail off to make ends meet evey month. Don't you think it's about time you helped US here in the USA instead of just helping other people around the world. do you know the old saying CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.
Lower gas prices, so the average "joe" can at least afford to drive to work.
Lower mortgage rates so that the average "joe" can afford a home for his family.
Lower taxes so that the average "Joe is not loosing a quarter of his income to the government.
You probably don't remember what it's like, to not be able to afford the little things like buying your chld a new pair of shoes for the start of School. Living in the USA is becoming unbearably expensive.
Go and have a look at the price of food. When was the last time you visited a Grocery Store, and I'm not talking about the Gourmet grocery stores . Help your self by helping the people

2007-08-09 02:23:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

When there are so many people without coverage?
http://www.pnhp.org/
http://www.healthcare-now.org/

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2007-08-09 01:36:52 · 29 answers · asked by mstrywmn 7

As an Englishman who is currently in the USA on business i feel i must ask this.
When i was recently getting drunk in a New york pub, i noticed an American attempting to drink two pints of lager one after another.Obviously the outcome was rather ugly, but it got me thinking "What is the record amount of lager an American has drunk?"
You can give your answers in 1/4 pints measures.

2007-08-09 01:29:21 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-09 01:28:01 · 11 answers · asked by Abu#2 4

Since our imperial congress lost their Amnesty bill, they've broken it up and have been hiding little pieces of it in other bills. Now the Hope Fund Act of 2007, (H.R. 1999) actually gives MILLIONS of your hard-earned tax dollars to a radical pro-amnesty organization called the National Council of La Raza .

Here's what the bill says: "There is authorized to be appropriated for grants [to La Raza] under this section--(1) $ 5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and (2) $10,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter."

Outraged yet again?

2007-08-09 01:07:05 · 12 answers · asked by Cherie 6

San Diego Firefighters File Complaint for Being Forced to Attend Gay Pride Parade
Four firefighters are pressing sexual harassment claims against the city's fire department after they were taunted while driving a fire engine in a gay pride parade last month, an attorney said Monday.
The men claim their battalion chief ordered them to ride in the July 21 parade through San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood, according to their attorney, Stephen Stirling. The firefighters followed the order out of concern they would otherwise be suspended or punished.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3456508

Was it fair to demand participation in an event that they found distasteful? Would this be deemed as reverse discrimination?

2007-08-09 00:47:33 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Whatever the federal government supports, Ron Paul is against. He wants to eliminate abortion, income tax, the IRS, end the Iraq war, legalize pot, and on and on.
People who show up at his rallies include hardcore anti-abortionists and pot smoking hippies. If elected president, he would reverse 200 year of political evolution in America. Is this what most Americans want to see, the slate wiped clean and start over? Has Ron Paul just touched on ever pet peeve that exist in this country?
As I can recall, he is the first candidate running for the presidency who promises to take the country backwards not forward. Why is this strategy gaining support?

2007-08-09 00:39:09 · 9 answers · asked by Overt Operative 6

2007-08-09 00:28:45 · 13 answers · asked by 2012 4

There not the police.

2007-08-09 00:26:58 · 10 answers · asked by Jeremy P 2