Politics - 15 August 2007

Liberals suffer from a number of maladies and delusions, but a couple are painfully obvious:

First, it seems that not only are they incapable of taking care of themselves, they cannot comprehend why they should be FORCED to take care of themselves. They are terrified of everything that is not pre-processed, homogenized and approved by an official governmental entity.

Then there's guns. Guns terrify many of them. That someone might actually own a gun sends them running to the therapist for Prozac and grief-counseling - it propels them into a state of hysteria. So, according to liberal logic, because they themselves are incapable of handling firearms, so too must every other American be incapable - therefore, the only sensible thing is to ban them and hope the police (who can't be everywhere at once) will save you

I personally don't care that liberals want to live under these false delusions. What bothers me is when they project their psychosis onto the rest of the nation.

2007-08-15 08:57:04 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'd like to find the main talking points on the Iraq oil law, such as
pros and cons?
What the average Iraqi stand to benefit from it?

Here's what I already know from reading the law;
It distributes oil revenue evenly based off a populations scale
It opens two thirds of the Iraqi oil market up to foriegn investors, which was unheard of in Saddams time, but I fail to see how it benefits the Iraqi people over a state-owned oil system, why not follow the successful business model of Kuwait.

Also, when will the Iraqi Counsel of Representatives will vote on it?

"The Iraqi Oil Law" link
http://www.krg.org/uploads/documents/Draft%20Iraq%20Oil%20and%20Gas%20Law%20English__2007_03_10_h23m31s47.pdf

2007-08-15 08:51:47 · 3 answers · asked by Jon 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I

Is this exactly what is happening now? What do you think?

2007-08-15 08:40:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have seen several liberals like Jesse Jackson defend building a Palestinian state. Wonderful. If that *wonderful* state were to be built, it would be ruled by a bunch of suicide bomber bums from the PLO and all hell would break loose.

Of course, not all liberals are anti-semites, but the ones that are need to go back to their hobbie of pot smoking, allowing sinful women to kill their babies, bashing Christians, and spitting at our troops.

2007-08-15 08:39:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1479/im:/070814/photos_ts_wl_afp/140e13087c8865bec0c22bcf01aa597b;_ylt=AmRsk8HKRA96XQ609D7xS0_lWMcF

2007-08-15 08:34:18 · 1 answers · asked by Mutt 7

Let's face it: As a nation, we need to figure out a non-partisan way to have representation that is working *for* us. I think our nation is deeply divided by screeching extremists in the media, which has gone from information and entertainment to mean and low political jabs.

What do you think? Regardless of your political affiliation, do you think there is a candidate or a party out there capable of actually Uniting our Union?

2007-08-15 08:32:30 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

doesn't like to read.
Will the sequel be about a little boy so frustrated by those who do that he wants to destroy a good portion of the planet?

2007-08-15 08:32:04 · 10 answers · asked by Your Teeth or Mine? 5

Would you rather have a president who actually stands up for what he believes in, and doesn't give in to the liberal media. Or a president who just goes around telling people what they want to hear?

2007-08-15 08:25:22 · 12 answers · asked by Dude #2369™ 4

and after it happens, will the government make up a story of heroism that didn't really happen?

2007-08-15 08:24:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1479/im:/070814/photos_ts_wl_afp/140e13087c8865bec0c22bcf01aa597b;_ylt=AmRsk8HKRA96XQ609D7xS0_lWMcF

2007-08-15 08:19:18 · 3 answers · asked by Mutt 7

The ONLY real capital is earnings - wealth that was created by the private sector. Money is not capital - this is why inflating doesn't work in the long run.

In this country the primary tax is the income tax - the government takes some of those earnings, meaning the economy cannot reinvest them.

All a tax cut does is allow the economy to reinvest more of its earnings - to grow organically.

And that's precisely how it has worked since 1981 - why we've had steady growth and why a repeat of the 1970s is out of the question.

2007-08-15 08:18:14 · 10 answers · asked by truthisback 3

2007-08-15 08:12:16 · 51 answers · asked by mw 7

LIBS – I know you are excited to protest against America yet again but hold your FVCKING horses! We haven’t even invaded yet. We have fired no missles nor killed any Iranian terrorists.

So put away your “Surrender”, “Let’s Cut & Run” & “It’s the Evil USA’s fault” signs and calm down

Pop in a copy of Brokeback Mountain or light up some weed. Slip off your Birkenstocks and dive into some trail mix or your favorite soy based dairy product. Cindy and Michael will let you know when it is time to blame America and take to the streets.

2007-08-15 08:08:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

https://pol.moveon.org:443/donate/cheneyvideo.html?r=2879&id=10983-8087273-R8kWwe

2007-08-15 08:07:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-15 08:01:21 · 22 answers · asked by Dude #2369™ 4

Kia Vaughn filed the lawsuit alleging defamation of character in state Supreme Court in the Bronx the same day Imus settled with CBS Radio in a deal that pre-empts his threatened $120 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293280,00.html


Are you kidding me? This is how I see it... you tell me how you see it...

What Don Imus said that morning was nothing short of racist and was a stupid bone headed statment that showed his lack of intellingence. That said... he did nothing illegal, was the target of a hypocritical with hunt by Al Sharpton of all people and was fired.

Kia, along with the rest of the team, HAD THE SUPPORT OF MOST OF THE NATION... they were appologized to and were invited to the White House. If anything these women were praised and gained respect for the way they handled the situation.

However, today... Kia took that all away. She sees deep pockets and she wants to dive in. Can you say "Gold Digger"?

2007-08-15 07:57:31 · 34 answers · asked by Mr. Perfect 5

I mean, come on... nobody is asking real quesions here anymore... every question is loaded, and for that matter really insultingly stupid... here's a few very recient examples of questions being asked:

-Do Y/A neoconservatives really believe we are spreading DEMOCRACY??

-How many douches per square mile in the South?

-Why is my neighbor who is a Republican and church deacon always inviting kids over for nature pictures?

-Are Guliani and Romney redneck enough?

Come on, what happened to real questions, or at the very least, real political debates, on real issues... this entire forum is becoming about as devoid of intelligent thought as is the surface of Mars, and as mature as a school-yard full of 3rd graders! Lately here you could call the president a Poopy-head and suprisingly you would NOT be the least intelligent sounding questioner here! Shouldn't we be striving for a higher standard?

2007-08-15 07:56:29 · 25 answers · asked by Schaufel 3

2007-08-15 07:50:57 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1229294/posts
http://www.nytimes.com/specials/downsize/21cox.html
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1988/05/art1full.pdf
http://www.frbsf.org/econrsrch/wklyltr/el97-07.html#winners
http://www.dallasfed.org/fed/annual/1999p/ar95.html
http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/25/pf/record_millionaires/index.htm?cnn=yes
http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/28/news/economy/millionaire_survey/index.htm?cnn=yes
http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/28/news/economy/millionaires/?cnn=yes
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/bg1773.cfm

2007-08-15 07:43:06 · 16 answers · asked by truthisback 3

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/Cable%20Time%20Period%20Rank%20-PRIME-%20Week%20of%208-6-07%20(Live).pdf

Fox News Channel is blowing away the fake news Cable Shows like MSNBC and CNN.

2007-08-15 07:42:43 · 18 answers · asked by PNAC ~ Penelope 4

Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.

25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.

26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."

27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."

28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."

http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm

2007-08-15 07:40:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-15 07:39:49 · 22 answers · asked by Dude #2369™ 4

Mainly, look at Norway and Sweden.

2007-08-15 07:29:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is this just another in a long list of failure to use good judgement?

2007-08-15 07:26:39 · 15 answers · asked by MrNeutral 6

Since everyone feels we should bomb everyone to defend Israel what would your typical day be like after we get nuked.
Would you move to Israel, no too dangerous and inciteful of violence (wait a minute)..
On a serious note would Hillary or Obama prevent a nuclear war?

2007-08-15 07:26:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will the execution-style murder of three young students in Newark, N.J., finally turn the tide in the immigration-enforcement debate? Will we at last abandon the deadly, chaotic, lawless sanctuary-nation experiment and restore America’s lost status as a sovereign nation under the rule of law?

The death of six innocent men and women and the injury of more than 1,000 at the hands of several illegal alien 1993 World Trade Center bombers wasn’t enough to convince politicians in New York and across this country to end illegal-alien sanctuary policies.

The death of nearly 3,000 innocent men, women, and children at the hands of the 9/11 jihadists who exploited our lax entrance and visa-enforcement policies in 2001 wasn’t enough.

The death of ten innocent men and women in the Washington, D.C., area at the hands of an illegal-alien sniper and his bloodthirsty mentor in 2002 wasn’t enough.

But now we are in the heat of a presidential-election cycle. The open-borders opportunists in immigration-enforcement clothing are professing to see the light. With illegal-alien murder suspect Jose Carranza and his alleged MS-13 gang-banging boy helpers who are being sought in the brutal Newark murder case dominating the news on the eastern seaboard, politicians can’t find a camera fast enough to condemn the very sanctuary policies they promoted and tolerated for decades — sanctuary policies I’ve highlighted for years in this column.

Amnesty-first GOP presidential candidate John McCain is now singing the enforcement-first tune. And GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani vowed Tuesday to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S.

He’s touting a “tamper-proof ID card” that includes fingerprints for everyone entering the country and a central database to track when they leave.

What Rudy-come-lately fails to comprehend is that there are already multiple alien tracking databases mandated by federal law that have yet to be fully implemented, integrated and used. The reason they don’t work is because open-borders interests have sabotaged them by restricting funding for them, objecting to them on civil liberties grounds, and pushing local and state governments to forbid public employees from checking them to verify citizenship status. Ring a bell, Rudy?

Giuliani’s newfound border security zeal is intended to blunt criticism by GOP rival Mitt Romney of Giuliani’s pro-sanctuary record as NYC mayor. Giuliani has issued Clintonian denials that he supported sanctuary. But the record is clear. New York City’s sanctuary policy was created in 1989 by Democrat Mayor Ed Koch and upheld by every mayor succeeding him. When Congress enacted immigration reform laws that forbade local governments from barring employees from cooperating with the INS, Giuliani filed suit against the feds in 1997. He was rebuffed by two lower courts, which ruled that the sanctuary order amounted to special treatment for illegal aliens and was nothing more than an unlawful effort to flaunt federal enforcement efforts against illegal aliens. In January 2000, the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, but Giuliani vowed to ignore the law.

To this day, the city’s policy of safe harbors for illegal immigrants stands. Giuliani successor Michael Bloomberg defiantly reiterated the official sanctuary posture of NYC this week: “Let ‘em come.” Could he be more callous, cavalier and out of touch in a post-9/11 world?

From New York to Newark to Seattle to Portland to San Francisco to Los Angeles to San Diego to Houston to Miami, lawmakers have taken this go-with-the-flow attitude toward illegal alien border-crossers and visa overstayers and deportation fugitives. “Let ‘em come.”

But in the wake of the Newark murders and the illumination of illegal alien gang crime penetrating the country, a new rallying cry came from the lips of Newark Mayor Cory Booker: “Get this evil out of my city.” That won’t happen without a demonstrated commitment to cooperate with the feds to enforce immigration laws and deport violent and dangerous criminal aliens first.

A few weeks ago, I launched deportthemnow.com. Nearly 8,000 volunteers have signed up to make their voices heard. Our top priorities will be to push for the adoption of a program known as 287(g) to identify criminal illegal aliens in as many cities as possible; to repeal “don’t ask-don’t tell” sanctuary laws; and to support lawmakers like Newark City Councilman Ron C. Rice, who is pushing a resolution to coordinate efforts between law enforcement when an illegal immigrant is charged with a felony, and New Jersey Assemblyman Richard Merkt (R., Morris), who proposed prohibiting jail officials from releasing illegal immigrants and requiring them to be remanded to federal authorities.

It’s time for ordinary Americans to come out of the shadows and remind Washington every day in words and actions that we are a sovereign nation, not a sanctuary nation.

No more promises. No need to wait for Election ‘08. Just do it.

2007-08-15 07:22:18 · 3 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1

what are your opinions on this?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070815/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_petraeus

2007-08-15 07:21:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

see German propaganda here on Y!A? Also, would we see German sympathizers here on Y!A?

2007-08-15 07:16:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Without ever having met you, I can positively say the anser is "yes," (unless, perhaps, you're a Buddhist.)

2007-08-15 07:14:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

It could be a dirty bomb attack or a port attack but I think it could happen here.
Everyone is soo behind Israel that its eventual that we Iran.

2007-08-15 07:11:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous