Politics - 5 September 2007

Why should we hear about body bags, and deaths...I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?

~Barbara Bush

2007-09-05 06:36:08 · 11 answers · asked by Mr. Beef Stroganoff 6

why? Where do you think we are headed? and what are the root causes of these trends?

2007-09-05 06:32:08 · 18 answers · asked by ningis n 1

I am specifically referring to the case that was being made by our leaders as to why this was something that needed to be done urgently. I forgot what those reasons were.

2007-09-05 06:27:07 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

and he briefly talks about it, only to get back to what he has been saying and doing all along? ..as in staying the course for as long as it takes and surge and all that?

2007-09-05 06:25:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Republicans have been cashing in on a campaign of hate, fear and hysteria against gay people for decades--spare us the denials. Complaining about it now is just theater of the absurd. The simple fact is Republicans are being consumed by the hate monster they've created. The irony would be amusing had it not hurt so many people.

2007-09-05 06:17:05 · 17 answers · asked by Holy Cow! 7

Have you watched his show?
Do you agree with him on anything, everything, or nothing?

2007-09-05 06:08:53 · 23 answers · asked by ? 5

Read this prior to commenting

http://tinyurl.com/228qpf

The article brings up an interesting question: Is the Republican party getting too old and conservative. Can a party get too set in its ways to be effective in the political discourse?

As always, with my questions, take your time think it through and answer. One liners and political slams without much substance to them are ignored.

2007-09-05 06:08:52 · 9 answers · asked by Deep Thought 5

Or is it just a ploy to make people feel sorry for him because he's the biggest screw up this country has ever had?

2007-09-05 06:08:30 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Our infrustructure is in massive decline and the roads that were built to use as the Germans used the autobon are in detereation?

So are we now set up to be attacked or will we just collapse under our own corruption?

Just wondering.

2007-09-05 06:07:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1658923,00.html

EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE:
Mayor Ray Nagin could be days away from announcing he will run for governor of Louisiana — a move many in this stricken city regard as preposterous.

If Nagin runs, he will do so on his stewardship of New Orleans. But this is a city in great distress two years after Hurricane Katrina, with large swaths still empty, an appalling murder rate and a painfully sluggish recovery. Nagin's disapproval rating stood at 65 percent in a recent poll.

**That man couldn't run a city. Who in the CRAP would elect him for governor?**

2007-09-05 06:07:55 · 11 answers · asked by Still Beautifully Conservative 5

2007-09-05 06:04:24 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Modern politics seems to require and reward some capacities that I don’t think I have in abundance... such as a tolerance for... spin rather than an honest discussion of substance. Apparently, it comes easily for some people, but not for me. — Al Gore

2007-09-05 06:03:08 · 10 answers · asked by Jasmine 5

2007-09-05 06:00:57 · 10 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

(A) "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

(B) "I actually did vote for the 87 billion dollars, before I voted against it."

(C) "I can hear you, the rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."

(D) "It depends on what the meaning of the words 'is' is."

(E) "This will not stand. This will not stand, this aggression against Kuwait."

(F) "For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years."

2007-09-05 06:00:09 · 9 answers · asked by PNAC ~ Penelope 4

2007-09-05 05:58:28 · 10 answers · asked by Page 4

"This is the most successful domestic program in the history of the United States," Clinton said to applause from seniors gathered in Washington to push their policy agenda. "When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything."
She also said she does not support cutting benefits or increasing the retirement age. Seniors can begin collecting partial benefits at age 62, with full benefits available at age 67 for those born in 1960 or later.

The program's trustees issued a report in April that made clear the deficits Social Security faces:

Has the size of the Social Security problem changed over the last year?
* In net present value terms, Social Security owes $6.8 trillion dollars more in benefits than it will receive in taxes. That number includes $2.0 trillion, in net present value terms, to repay the bonds in Social Security's trust fund. This $300 billion increase is almost 4.5 percent higher than last year's $6.5 trillion number. The 2007 number consists of $2.0 trillion to repay the special issue bonds in the trust fund and $4.8 trillion to pay benefits after the trust fund is exhausted in 2041.

Net present value measures the amount of money that would have to be invested today in order to have enough money on hand to pay deficits in the future. In other words, Congress would have to invest $6.8 trillion today in order to have enough money to pay all of Social Security's promised benefits between 2017 and 2081. This money would be in addition to what Social Security receives during those years from its payroll taxes. ....

* Social Security spending will exceed projected tax collections in 2017. These deficits will quickly balloon to alarming proportions. After adjusting for inflation, annual deficits will reach $67.8 billion in 2020, $266.5 billion in 2030, and $330.9 billion in 2035.

2007-09-05 05:54:28 · 11 answers · asked by CaptainObvious 7

http://www.wnbc.com/news/14012975/detail.html

You claim Saddam never had them and Bush lied about it. The UN took them from Iraq.

Explain this one.

2007-09-05 05:50:43 · 25 answers · asked by Chainsaw 6

As a conservative, I don't allow TV commentators nor radio commentators to sway me one way or the other. I read an awful lot and depend more on the written media for information than anything else.

It's said that the Liberals have a stronghold when it comes to Internet sites and various blogs. Is that true?

What are your leanings and what influences your political beliefs? Written media? Commentators? Internet blogs and sites? Or, do you dig for information with the hopes that it's not slanted in one direction or the other and simply take it from there?

2007-09-05 05:48:11 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

To win the "War on Terror" and getting rid of all terrorists, how do you know you got the last one?

2007-09-05 05:47:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

illegals from south of the border?
the troops in iraq?
gay marriage?
abortion?

2007-09-05 05:47:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Cheney/Bush administration has done as much as it can to establish a unitary presidency. Will Cons be happy if a Democatic President exerts the power of a unitary presidency that Cheney/Bush has set the precident for?

2007-09-05 05:44:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I understand Reagan's pressure on the USSR was one of many, many factors that helped bring them down. Do people (like PNAC Penelope) give Reagan all the credit? Or can they acknowlege the years of political pressure from Kennedy and the others?

Really the corruption and economy inside Russia made it crumble, not your cowboy B-movie hero Reagan. I do admire the man, but some people want him annointed to sainthood. Nuts.

It's like saying the Civil War was about slavery. It really wasn't but that's the short answer, not untrue, that's easy to remember.

2007-09-05 05:41:46 · 10 answers · asked by ? 6

You cannot win a War on Terrorism. It’s like having a war on jealousy.

~David Cross

2007-09-05 05:41:12 · 21 answers · asked by Mr. Beef Stroganoff 6

Hunting with Dick Cheney or standing between an open-bar and Ted Kennedy??

2007-09-05 05:41:05 · 22 answers · asked by Is it Friday yet?? 4

(what were famous quotes by Bill during his time in the White House Library?)

2007-09-05 05:31:43 · 24 answers · asked by Duminos 2

2007-09-05 05:29:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Then Clinton lied, was impeached and disbarred.

Will Reagan soon be on Mt. Rushmore?

2007-09-05 05:25:14 · 34 answers · asked by Duminos 2

2007-09-05 05:24:19 · 7 answers · asked by the swede 2

2007-09-05 05:20:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

~Benjamin Franklin

2007-09-05 05:18:37 · 8 answers · asked by Mr. Beef Stroganoff 6