Politics - 22 August 2007

While coming through the dial yesterday I heard a segment on the Limbaugh show that was at best a distortion of history, at worst a history revision to serve political purposes.

Limbaugh stated that JFK was a "communist fighter" and spoke about his administration fighting the communists in Vietnam.

JFK inherited Vietnam from Eisenhower. There were 2,000 "advisors" stationed in Vietnam when JFK took office. JFK's admin. sent over about 15,000 more advisors. By 1963, though,, JFK had asked McNamara to create a plan for their withdraw. JFK NEVER laid any plans for upwards of 450,000 troops being stationed in Vietnam, as later became the situation under LBJ.

JFK had mentioned more than once to his advisors that he saw little purpose for America fighting a serious war against the Viet Cong in a "jungle half a world away".\

JFK lived in an era of Soviet threat and expansion. JFK tried to use diplomacy and tough words to contain communism, and was cautious using troops.

2007-08-22 23:56:45 · 7 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

bonikingv -Politics in business !

2007-08-22 23:12:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 22:59:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can the US justify harbouring those who have or have attempted to overthrow democratic leaders in South America? Did Bush not say that harbouring terrorists was just as bad as being one?

2007-08-22 22:09:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

OK I thought that the Tax Credit system (UK) was supposed to encourage people to go out and find work, by topping up the earnings of the lowest income workers to a decent level, making them better off than if they were on benefits? Yes? No?

We get both Working and Child Tax Credit as my other half is on a low wage and I'm at home with our 9 month old son. I've been told that if you are in receipt of WTC you can get up to 70% of your childcare fees paid if you want to find a job.

OK, so I start looking for a part time job to get me out of the house and bring in some extra money. And what do I find?

Only that, if I get a part time job our income as a "household" goes up which means we either lose our WTC entitlement or have is significantly reduced to virtually nothing. Plus in doing so we also lose our entitlement to Childcare so in essence I would be working but would be worse off.

How does this make sense? I love being at home with my baby but the extra £ would help.

2007-08-22 21:23:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

School suspends boy for sketching gun
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_us/brf_gun_sketch_suspension;_ylt=AjYC3BaHDe61l3PU4Ivz3vVvzwcF
MESA, Ariz. - School officials suspended a 13-year-old boy for sketching what looked like a gun, saying the action posed a threat to his classmates.
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The boy's parents said the drawing was a harmless doodle and school officials overreacted.

"The school made him feel like he committed a crime. They are doing more damage than good," said the boy's mother, Paula Mosteller.

The drawing did not show blood, bullets, injuries or target any human, the parents said. And the East Valley Tribune reported that the boy said he didn't intend for the picture to be a threat.

2007-08-22 21:00:59 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 20:53:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-08-22 20:41:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 20:21:54 · 29 answers · asked by the questioner 2

i'm american and i think he is the anti-christ

2007-08-22 20:18:53 · 16 answers · asked by xfileaddict1969 2

We can do without the constant flow of foriegn "diplomats" that are assosiated with the UN, many of whom are simply spies, and at worst terrorists. Wouldn't it be a good thing for our national security if the UN headquarters moved to Europe?

2007-08-22 20:10:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 19:52:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Let's say the illiberals got their way and the so-called fairness doctrine was brought back and all views had to be given equal time on talk radio. When the topic of abortion comes up, would equal time have to be given to the pro-life view, the pro-choice view, and the pro-death view? I'm sure they could find some wackos that would enjoy telling people why every fetus must die.

If the fascist doctrine were brought back, what's to stop someone that's pro-death from getting equal time to talk on public airwaves? Or should this be allowed? After all, no one has the right to say what views are valid and what aren't. Should equal time also be given to the person that thinks only a certain race of people should be aborted?

2007-08-22 19:49:20 · 7 answers · asked by qwert 7

Socialists and Neocons versus Ron Paul
Bryan Edds
Lew Rockwell.com
Wednesday Aug 22, 2007
From my experience, people who attack libertarians such as Ron Paul are often not serious about ideas. I have noticed the individuals who deride Dr. Paul do so mostly with shallow and dishonest attacks.
Take the various socialists and welfare-statists who attack Ron Paul. I understand they support nationalizing healthcare while generally being against the occupation of Iraq. Because they oppose the occupation, they should find a powerful ally in someone as principally opposed to it as Ron Paul. Take also the neoconservatives in the mass (minded) media such as Faux News who attack and omit Dr. Paul. I understand they support the occupation of the Middle East but also believe government should be strictly limited in accordance with traditional conservative ideas (right? right???). In Ron Paul, they have a great opportunity to highlight these at least rhetorical parallels while simultaneously expressing reasonable disagreements. Because of these considerations, I believe it reasonable to expect a certain amount of give and take among the three camps, if only for practical reasons.
What I have experienced instead has been a surreal and dishonest two-front attack against Ron Paul. No argument seems to be too trivial or irrelevant for the anti-Paulians to make. They seem to be bringing up every possible issue (real or imagined) against Ron Paul in the hopes something – anything – will stick.


Consider:
While the President gets dictatorial power to spy on and indefinitely kidnap innocent Americans, socialists and neocons speculate wildly about Ron Paul supporters "spamming" internet polls.
While thousands of men, women, and children violently die in Iraq and Afghanistan, socialists and neocons misrepresent Ron Paul's refusal to fund stem cell research.
While the Bush administration plots to drop nuclear weapons on Iran, socialists and neocons spin every single Ron Paul victory to be meaningless or nonexistent.
While people suffer without healthcare because government intervention makes it unaffordable to the poor, socialists and neocons distort a decade-old mishap Ron Paul had with one of his previous ghostwriters.
Where they manage to attack Dr. Paul’s ideas directly, they do so with increasingly ineffective arguments. Consider further:
While the Constitution is trashed and mocked by all three branches, socialists and neocons talk about how Ron Paul's message of rule of law is anachronistic.
While government at all levels rob the people blind, socialists and neocons sneer at Ron Paul’s suggestion to get rid of the Federal income tax.
While the American economy further implodes due to the boom and bust cycle created by the Federal Reserve, socialists and neocons talk about how Ron Paul's anti-Fed proposals are "irrelevant."
While the prices of essential goods dramatically increase via inflation, socialists and neocons talk about how Ron Paul's hard-money ideas are unrealistic.
While Ron Paul educates Americans on economics, socialists and neocons spread discredited Keynesian and Marxist myths which undermine liberty and prosperity.
While Ron Paul plans to help reintegrate America with the world through peaceful trade and foreign policy, socialists and neocons smear him as "isolationist."
While Ron Paul gains more supporters every day, socialists and neocons criticize his lack of name recognition in land-line phone polling – yet at the same time groan about how fanatical and pervasive his supporters are...
Something isn't right. There is honest disagreement, and then there is demagoguery. There is mutual respect, and then there is mud-slinging. I cannot name one person who Dr. Paul has disparaged as badly as most of his critics see fit to disparage him. This says a lot about all said parties involved.
What is it then about Ron Paul that inspires such fevered attacks? I will say what I believe. I believe the battle for freedom takes place not only in the upcoming election, but also in the arena of ideas. In this arena, I believe Ron Paul’s message is more powerful than any political shenanigans that can be put against him. I believe also the embittered detractors have good reason to be up in arms. With every Ron Paul victory, they have found their intellectual weaponry to be unexpectedly brittle and ineffective against the message of freedom.

2007-08-22 19:43:21 · 10 answers · asked by carlos d 1

The position of President should NEVER again be devalued.

2007-08-22 19:07:40 · 11 answers · asked by Dream Realized 2

It was disgusting on so many levels for this AWOL cokehead to be lecturing people on why Vietnam was so important 35 years later.

1. Bush is willing to admit there is a "legitimate debate" about whether Vietnam was worth figthing. America has believed it was not worth fighting since 1968. Bush isn't listening to America.

2. Bush talks about the "3 million" killed in the aftermath of America's defeat in Vietnam. But he ignores the millions of Vietnamese killed by America during the war. Just as today he ignores the 655,000 Iraqis he has killed with his war.

3. Bush acts as if the Khmer Rouge was brought to power by America's defeat in Vietnam. Again - the Khmer Rouge was NOTHING until America starting bombing Cambodia, and then the Khmer Rouge became the political voice of the peasantry.

4. Bush wants us to feel sorry for the South Vietnamese who were persecuted after America's defeat. Why? From the Vietnamese point of view, they were traitors who sided with foreigners.

2007-08-22 18:48:02 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 18:34:51 · 16 answers · asked by EF 2

im a young adult and i dont really understand why this country has no belief in our president, i dont see how you he is doing a bad job, i think he is doing a hell of alot better from when he first was re-elected, he is watching out for our country and if you truly think this place would be better without him than your wrong, the war in iraq was not a mistake and when i look back 30 years from now along with the rest of my piers i believe this country will look back and ask its self why didnt we support him. our country is truly better off with him being president and im no republician trust me, i was there for katrina as well, if you want the easy way out and just blame someone than im sure you can blame the pres. but i dont think it was his fault it was everyone involved and our country has never seen anything or have dealt with anything like that before im tired of our country looking for negative news around every corner thats whats wrong with our society we need to bond not hate

2007-08-22 18:10:04 · 19 answers · asked by joe n 1

Come on you gotta' be kidding me. How many Islamists in the United States of America raise chickens?
I know it's a propane issue, but 'gimme a break already.
Sound off with you opinions - fire away, personally I think it's a crock of chicken sheeaught.
Big brotha' wantin' more, more, more...kinda' like Billy Idol in Rebel Yell...HA!
This is not a serious question and if you think it is then U need U R head examined but hey, it's up for discussion never the less.
So shoot, baby shoot....

2007-08-22 18:04:10 · 7 answers · asked by arhod9 3

plus a big fat paycheck to make sure he is our ally? It would be a whole lot cheaper than what we are doing now and pretty much be similar to other countries that are our allies.

2007-08-22 18:04:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Instead of electing people who want postions of power, what do you think about electing anyone for postions of political responsibility whatever they want to or not?

2007-08-22 17:42:21 · 3 answers · asked by PeguinBackPacker 5

ARKANSAS ALZHEIMER'S

Number of times that Clinton figures who testified in court or before Congress said that they didn't remember, didn't know, or something similar.

Bill Kennedy 116
Harold Ickes 148
Ricki Seidman 160
Bruce Lindsey 161
Bill Burton 191
Mark Gearan 221
Mack McLarty 233
Neil Egglseston 250
Hillary Clinton 250
John Podesta 264
Jennifer O'Connor 343
Dwight Holton 348
Patsy Thomasson 420
Jeff Eller 697

2007-08-22 17:42:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I start college in a couple weeks and i'm going to be majoring in political science. I'm kinda worried since i'm a conservative and I know that most college kids are liberal. Is anyone else on here a conservative political science major? Are there even any college kids on here who are conservative?

2007-08-22 17:29:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why does everyone still use the phrase "Iraq War" or "War in Iraq" for what is obviously not a war, but an occupation?

Does Bush gain points with his base for being a "War President" instead of an "Occupation President"?

Do the Democrats score with their base by being "Anti-War" instead of "Anti-Occupation"?

lets have some truth in language.

2007-08-22 17:28:09 · 9 answers · asked by Mugwump 7

what will it take for the american people to stand up for themselves? with the fuel prices,housing\stocks plummeting, illegal immigrants........when do we say enough?

2007-08-22 17:11:21 · 20 answers · asked by viper 1

2007-08-22 17:05:17 · 16 answers · asked by Gabriels Voice 2

I'm honestly curious, and want to hear all sides of the issue.

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2007-08-22 17:00:00 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Be it British or French. Why in this time would America attempt it?

2007-08-22 16:49:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Am i lying?

2007-08-22 16:45:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 16:27:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous