Politics - 31 August 2007

How about this -- Why don't we pull our troops out of the cities and populated areas and redeploy them to various staging areas throughout the country ? Then let the Iraqis patrol their cities . Their own cities , their own 'police' . I believe their citizens would begin to respect their 'police' / military as their own . Also , if too big of a problem arose , we could be ready to respond with air power and if necessary , ground troops. . . . but just long enough to quell whatever battle was taking place . Afterwards , our troops could return to their staging areas .
We could then give an ultimatum to Iran and Syria -- " No border incursions will be tolerated , and massive retaliation would come instantly for any infractions ".
Let Iraqis patrol the main roads that have so many IED's . Let them get sick and tired of gettin blown-up . Let them feel the pain . They'll get the message in a helluva hurry .

What Do You Think ? . . . . Anything To Add ?

2007-08-31 05:32:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

how could minorities not love president bush. under bush more minorities have jobs and own buisinesses than ever before. what gives

2007-08-31 05:30:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPoWphQhdm0

2007-08-31 05:22:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everyone knows I am not defending a neocon fascist with a voting record like Craig. Getting rid of the guy suits the objective of getting rid of warmongering nutcases but I think he should be booted on principle.
The war in Iraq: Its clear we arent winning and its even clearer the eventual outcome is civil war and genocide its just a question of time.

2007-08-31 05:21:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

What would the current President do?

What would past Presidents do?

What would Presidential candidates running for 2008 do in 2009 if this happens on their watch?

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In the scenario of invadeing India, their goal is to go through India to get to the Middle East . . ..

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The motivation of these invasion(s) is oil.

What is the appropriate response to a world power other than the United States trying to take other oil rich countries by force?

2007-08-31 05:21:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have no idea how wide the stalls in question were - there's no uniform size. I've "reached down" to pull my trouser cuffs up over my heels so that they didn't get smudged when I stood up, to pick up another roll of t.p., a newspaper, etc....

It's really not clear what "gesture" was made - the police officer in question just says he saw Craig's wedding ring - - a lot of people are jokingly asking if it's safe to to go the men's room or whether a GOP Senator will proposition them for sex - - - is it reasonable to ask whether it's safe to go to the restroom without someone confusing some random act like picking up change that fell out of your pocket to be a proposition for sex?

Also - even if it were, what's the crime - there's certainly no evidence that if whatever "gesture" it was was in fact a proposition, that it was a proposition to have sex RIGHT THERE - - - I mean, straight males pick up women in bars, we proposition them all the time, that's not a crime....

2007-08-31 05:19:46 · 18 answers · asked by truthisback 3

I mean if we knew that Purple men, were bent on smuggling a dirty nuke into our cities and make a mushroom cloud, killing millions of people, is it not then ok to pay particular attention to Purple men?

Isnt that a bit different than Purple men have a 25% higher crime rate in their neighborhood, so if you see a purple man driving around a non-purple neighborhood, you pull him over to make sure he has not stolen anything.

2007-08-31 05:12:40 · 11 answers · asked by ez f 1

1. Government subsidies to daycare centers.

2. A large tax credit for families with a stay-at-home parent.

2007-08-31 05:10:52 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since the election (appoinment) of 2000 no one could have possibly made something like all of this up for a story! If this isn't the most bizarre times for an administration in history of the U.S?

2007-08-31 05:07:16 · 11 answers · asked by edubya 5

2007-08-31 05:05:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

who is tthe good guy and who is the bad guy ? who is seen to be the good guy and who is seen to be the bad guy ?

2007-08-31 05:04:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I really don't recall there being such a big deal about that? All this finger pointing seems new to me. I am young but I've been into politics for a few years and i don't remember the US being so divided. Democrats blaming republicans for this and that and vice versa. Its annoying. Can't we all just get along?

2007-08-31 05:04:17 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-31 05:04:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hear that's the case a lot, but I also see them going through a lot of suffering, major chaos, mayhem, and carnage that was triggered by our decision to send soldiers into their country. Sure Sadam was a bad dictator, but there are many bad dictators all over the world, and I don't see us attacking their countries to help their people. So that right there is proof that the "We are there to help the Iraqi people" is kind of a fib, and is just whitewashing the real reason to make things more pallatable. After all, sure over 100,000 dead innocent iraqi citizens, and over 1 million refugees fleeing elswewhere, water and electricity less available, torn up infrastructure, lack of an effective government, break out of civil war and ethnic cleansing, making the country a destination for terrorists from all over to come and learn and practice their deadly trade, etc.. is not what most logical thinking people would classify as "help"..would it?

2007-08-31 04:56:26 · 6 answers · asked by ez f 1

Flip Flop democrats...one minute he's "the dumbest president ever" the next he's "a criminal mastermind". Make up your mind which is it?
Why don't libtards just shut their fat faces up. He won the presidency. America voted for him to be president. Deal with it. Stop blaming him for all your shortcomings in your pathetic lives.

2007-08-31 04:52:04 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Pres. Bush always have smile on his face, even when he is in a conference-he tend to have a smile and usually crack some jokes..
I think he is out-going..
I mean everybody does something wrong and people usually don't others becuz of certain thing they done..hey, Pres. Bush did his best, he may not done the best, at least he help protect american from Terrorism.. and much more..
I like pres. Bush becuz he is a strong man, when he says something it has to be done, his very conservative and would not sign certain bills rights that would put a bad figure on our society..
Come on, he has done his best..and soon he is leaving..
Don't hate the Guy, he is a great man..eventhough sometime things may esclate..

Holla,
Brooklyn, NY 11225

2007-08-31 04:32:49 · 28 answers · asked by ME 1

2007-08-31 04:28:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Quotes form prominent Republicans during Kosovo:
GW Bush:
"....it changed into a nation building mission, and that's where the mission went wrong. The mission was changed. And as a result, our nation paid a price. And so I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building." --2nd Bush/Gore Presidential debates
Oct.11,2000
http://www.republicansforhumility.com/rhetoric.html

GW Bush:
"Victory means exit strategy and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is."--Gov. GW Bush(R-TX)

Tom DeLay-1999: "You can support the troops and not the President."

Joe Scarborough dicussing Kosovo: "Well I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're going to be over there for 10,15, maybe 20 years."

Sean Hannity discussing Kosovo: "Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life."

2007-08-31 04:25:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or is he just trying to smooth over the end of his term by keeping the fallout of increasing foreclosures from hitting before the next election?

"Offering federal aid for strapped mortgage holders, President Bush is proposing to help hundreds of thousands of borrowers hard hit by the housing slump."

Or is it just another aid-to-abusive lenders mis-named like his usual initiatives?

2007-08-31 04:24:02 · 10 answers · asked by oohhbother 7

2007-08-31 04:18:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. The right to vote
2. A well-informed electorate.
3. The availability of good quality information on which voters can make choices.
4. A real choice between significantly different candidates.
5. The non-availability of widespread misinformation.

Is one of these elements not necessary? Are all of these elements present in countries that we unquestioningly believe to be "democratic"?

2007-08-31 04:18:17 · 5 answers · asked by somebodyelse 3

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/08/30/clintons_money_troubles.html

2007-08-31 04:17:29 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

At the end of the war in 1945, France had no army, no arms, no navy, no ships, and no planes. And Allied Supreme Commander Eisenhower refused to give France a drop of oil or anything else after de Gaulle would not send support for our soldiers during the "Battle of the Bulge".

Yet, somehow, one year later, France had all that stuff and could send an army half way around the world to invade Vietnam, chase Ho Chi Minh and his government into the jungle, and set up a puppet government. Your history books and your newspapers will not tell you where France got all that stuff, but the fact is that there was no possible source other than an executive order by Harry S. Truman!

When a French division was surrounded and captured at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, many of the prisoners were speaking German! SS war criminals had joined the Foreign Legion after WW II!

In his memoir ("Mandate for Change"; 1958), President Eisenhower wrote that over 80% of the Vietnamese supported Ho Chi Minh.

2007-08-31 04:03:02 · 8 answers · asked by marvinsussman@sbcglobal.net 6

Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipes (ting ting).. . . if the answer is no-o-o-o
Oh my sweetness (bang bang bang).. . . Means you'll meet me in the hallway
Mmm , twice on the pipes. . . . if you ain't gonna sho-o-o-ow

Hey boy whatcha doin down there
Dancin alone every day while I sit right beside you
I can hear your music playin
I can feel your body swayin
One wall between us and you don't even know me-e-e-e

Oh my darling. . . Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipes (ting ting). . . . if the answer is no-o-o-o.. ..
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So ya thought all us Conservatives were biased huh !!

OK Liberals , when's the last time anyone of you stood up and called a spade a spade .. . . one of your own ?

2007-08-31 03:59:05 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I read this article, I couldn't believe it....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/29/AR2007082902234_2.html

EXCERPTS FROM ARTICLE:

This has been a tense summer for the men who arrive each morning at the Center for Employment and Training in Gaithersburg, operated by the nonprofit CASA de Maryland. Many have no legal documents. They have anxiously followed the news of Virginia communities passing laws against illegal immigrants, of stepped-up factory raids and deportations. And they hear the angry voices.

"A guy hired me the other day to do some painting. I got in his van and right away he turned on the radio. It was one of those stations that is full of hateful talk against immigrants. I just sat in the back and said nothing, but it made me feel like a Jew in Nazi Germany.

2007-08-31 03:55:58 · 20 answers · asked by Still Beautifully Conservative 5

2007-08-31 03:49:55 · 13 answers · asked by asef kazi 1

Which 5 countries will be at the top of the world then?
As it is quite clear that Russia & USA will remain rivals for the years to come & Russia has strong ties with China. So what will be done by America to counter balance the Russia-China power house.
Will Britain have any role to play in it or will America use India for that purpose.

2007-08-31 03:34:56 · 16 answers · asked by The Great Montitude 7

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200708/INT20070831a.html

EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE:
Marking the beginning of yet another dispute over free speech and religious sensitivity, the government of Pakistan has joined Iran in protesting the publication in a Swedish newspaper of a sketch featuring the head of Mohammed on the body of a dog.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE DRAWING HERE:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2007/08/31/swedish-mohammed-dog-cartoon-starts-another-ridiculous-backlash

2007-08-31 03:31:42 · 20 answers · asked by Still Beautifully Conservative 5

2007-08-31 03:31:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-31 03:25:41 · 14 answers · asked by El Duderino 4