Politics - 22 August 2007

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-08-21-obama-cuba_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday called the Bush administration's decision to tighten restrictions on relatives of Cubans who want to visit the island or send money home strategic blunders and promised to reverse the measures if elected.
The Illinois senator leapt into the long-running and often bruising debate over U.S.-Cuba policy with an op-ed piece published in The Miami Herald.

"The primary means we have of encouraging positive change in Cuba today is to help the Cuban people become less dependent on the Castro regime in fundamental ways," Obama wrote.

"Unfortunately, the Bush administration has made grand gestures to that end while strategically blundering when it comes to actually advancing the cause of freedom and democracy in Cuba," he added.

2007-08-22 02:36:20 · 24 answers · asked by Still Beautifully Conservative 5

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_constitution_9;_ylt=AvbtQaELgq3Ox3nz2H0doX8E1vAI

The people of Venezuela, rooting for socialism, don't realize they are creating a dictator.

Keep this in mind, socialism loving Democrats.

2007-08-22 02:35:42 · 10 answers · asked by Philip McCrevice 7

I do hear a lot of democrats who are saying they think we should continue fighting in afganistan and look for osama bin laden,

my question is, are there any elected democrats this decade who said on the record we should stop fighting terrorism?

Anyone who said we should stop being the United States of America and let osama bin laden run this land?

Or are you just playing the we're good the other political party is bad game?

2007-08-22 02:29:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

In USA,Europe, China , Malaysia and also Singapore

2007-08-22 02:08:34 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 01:57:30 · 27 answers · asked by Page 4

If so, then what? Is this the "New World Order" The Bush Family has been talking about for years?

2007-08-22 01:45:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 01:23:38 · 16 answers · asked by Page 4

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_us/global_warming_reports

Or will he dance around it like Barney Fife saying "executive privilage, Executive privilage"....

2007-08-22 01:20:58 · 12 answers · asked by Darth Vader 6

it seems like half of what they believe in would have negative effect on the economy:
-"state-run" environmentalism, the kyoto protocol would have done more damage than jimmy carter, and who knows what else they'll propose with a democrat president. we'll probably have to quit eating bread or some stupid sh*t. maybe we'll have to eat sh*t.

-higher taxes, discouraging investment, foreign and domestic. only the rich of the rich will invest, everyone else will look elsewhere to make money.
-state regulation of industries, its a proven fact that regulating the hell out of a business is inefficient, which is why even China is steadily deregulating.
-gas taxes(from edwards), at a time when gas prices are already high.

the iraq war would have no significant effect on the economy compared to what I listed above, and cutting and running wont fix anything overnight. even now, mortgage problems are causing more damage than the war. free trade sustains our 4.5% unemployment.

2007-08-22 01:16:48 · 13 answers · asked by blank 1

I overheard my wife's friend say that Hillary Clinton has done great things as Senator for New York, but couldn't expound on it. I live in New York and am not aware of any "great" things, but I have an open mind and would like to know what great things she has done.

2007-08-22 01:14:36 · 11 answers · asked by eyesavedhyrule 3

2007-08-22 01:01:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 00:58:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

We all know that Terror is a concept, right? An emotion, generated in different people by different stimuli. That being so, how can you have a war on it? Some people are terrified of heights - will we only win the war on terror once everywhere's flattened? Some people, bless 'em, are terrified of buttons. Are we looking at mandatory zippers before the war on terror can be said to be won?

2007-08-22 00:47:44 · 5 answers · asked by mdfalco71 6

2007-08-22 00:23:38 · 2 answers · asked by younmanofthegarden 5

Not having the capability to make weapons, airplanes, bombs, guns, etc., would that encourage us to have to live peacefully, how could you take over anyone without weapons?
How could we be able to fight far away countries, if we did not have the capability to go there nor use weapons? What kind of primitive kind of life would we have with our hi tech minds?

2007-08-22 00:14:17 · 13 answers · asked by shardf 5

2007-08-22 00:10:13 · 25 answers · asked by Red Dragon 888 2