Politics - 17 September 2007

He claims to be, but it would seem that he has no respect for the flag...

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2007-09-17 06:34:04 · 7 answers · asked by Joe 1

Given that:

(1) Measured in terms of income, the differences among most of us translate into factors that are temporary and/or within our control, like geography (which correlates to different costs of living), education (which correlates to delaying your income for 4-7 years), experience (which correlates again to time), occupation (which correlates to difficulty of and hours at your job)?

(2) Measured in terms of wealth, the trends are just as fluid as income but take longer to take form (people saving up over many years)?

(3) "Poor" in the US is "rich" or "middle class" in most countries and much nicer than "poor" in the US was a generation or two ago?

(4) So many of our "poor" are immigrants or 1st generation citizens which means their poverty is a function of the economic policies not of the US but of their countries of origin - indeed they came here for a better chance at escaping poverty which many seem to be realizing?

(5) The ranks of the "rich" keep growing?

2007-09-17 06:32:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 06:29:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

General Petreaus was asked to give a report. He did. He gave it to congress.
Then why is congress so upset, just because the report didn't say what congress wanted it to say?
Is this congress's way of trying to cover up the fact that they don't have a clue as how to run the war?

2007-09-17 06:23:21 · 12 answers · asked by Barry auh2o 7

2007-09-17 06:22:22 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 06:11:18 · 13 answers · asked by zclifton2 6

2007-09-17 06:08:55 · 18 answers · asked by Dante Alighieri 3

Any thoughts about the prospect of the world moving towards anarchy? Why or why not?

2007-09-17 06:07:36 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or maybe that defense could be used by all criminals...we just take someone's word that they are no longer alive, so stop looking for them.

2007-09-17 06:06:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 06:05:10 · 12 answers · asked by nukemtwox 5

A mother asked President Bush Jr. ...
"Why did my son have to die in Iraq?"


A mother asked President Clinton ...
"Why did my son have to die in Saudi Arabia?"


A mother asked President Bush Sr. ...
"Why did my son have to die in Kuwait?"


Another mother asked President Lyndon Johnson ...
"Why did my son have to die in Vietnam?"


Another mother asked President Truman ...
"Why did my son have to die in Korea?"


Another mother asked President Roosevelt ...
"Why did my son have to die on Iwo Jima?"


Another mother asked President Eisenhower ...
"Why did my son have to die on a battlefield on a field in France?"


Yet another mother asked President Lincoln ...
"Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg?"


And yet another mother asked President Washington ...
"Why did my son have to die on a frozen field near Valley Forge?"


Then long, long ago, a mother asked...
"Heavenly Father
why did my Son have to die on a cross outside of Jerusalem ?"


The answer is the same ..
"So that others may have life and dwell
in peace, happiness, and freedom."

This was emailed to me with no author.
I thought the magnitude and the simplicity were awesome.

Please support the Troops. Without them, you have no country.

2007-09-17 06:04:52 · 18 answers · asked by xenypoo 7

2007-09-17 06:01:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 05:52:44 · 28 answers · asked by zclifton2 6

Every time a democrat speaks, Republican broadcasters yell SOCIALISM! COMMUNISM! WE ARE GOING DOWN THE TUBES MY FELLOW AMERICANS.

C'mon, government providing services and goods to the public IS NOT socialism or communism, nor even a hint of it.

Centralized planning for all resources and industry and eliminating the free and open stock market, is socialism and communism.

Now, please name me a major democratic leader that is endorsing eliminating American corporations and bond and stock markets and endorsing centralized government control of these markets.

If you can, and are credible about it, then, I'll get on the radio with these guys and yell as loudly as they do!

2007-09-17 05:52:07 · 10 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

sigh.. . . . .It's become quite tedious, to say the least, that we still have people asserting that we should've attacked Saudi Arabia as a result of 9/11 because the hijackers were Saudis . Sorry folks but if you have said that , you oughta take a deep breath and start considering more rational thought . But in the interest of trying to reslove this notion , I will play devil's advocate to try and put this into perspective .
"We should've attacked Saudi Arabia because the hijackers were Saudis".. . . . . .Let's put that notion to the test shall we . OK , what if say 5 Americans blow-up a building in Great Britain ? Should Great Britain attack us ?
What if 20 Americans blow-up a building in Australia ? Should Australia attack us ?

What if 20 American Greenpeace Members blow-up a Russian fishing vessel ?-- Should Russia attack us ?

Did ya figure out the difference yet ?
I do wait in joyful hope for your logical and well thought-out answers .

2007-09-17 05:49:17 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or would you turn it down because you don't take government handouts?

2007-09-17 05:48:58 · 25 answers · asked by Liberal City 6

and making him pay for the crimes against america?

2007-09-17 05:48:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 05:46:26 · 25 answers · asked by john 2

not considered a news organization. i know oreilly and hannity are not but they are commentary people not news casters. but glenn beck and lou dobbs are also. when you get to the actual news reports like shepard smith and such, why are they not legitimate. cnn could be described as the same, could the not? just curious because i do not consider headline news and oreilly the same type of program. one commentates and one reports.

2007-09-17 05:45:31 · 13 answers · asked by BRYAN H 5

free programs for anything else we may need? Hey I got a novell ideal. Instead of haveing another big socialist Government giveaway program why don,t we fix the ones already on the books, mdeicar,medicad, social security ect ect?

2007-09-17 05:41:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I get the impression that some people here look at the "War on Terror" as some kind of joke, or scare tactic. So are they looking for a candidate to remove all troops from the Middle East? Should we focus all energy on OBL? Do we wait until we get hit again before we do anything??
Please help!!!

2007-09-17 05:39:36 · 14 answers · asked by Supercell 5

2007-09-17 05:37:30 · 7 answers · asked by PARVFAN 7

2007-09-17 05:34:01 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

The 9th Circuit Court decided to remove a cross from a World War I veterans memorial in California’s Mojave Desert. In 2004 Congress passed legislation that would transfer an acre of the Mojave Desert Memorial (the part that the cross sits on) to private ownership in exchange for five acres. This was to remove it from federal jurisdiction. The circuit court then said that the federal government couldn’t exchange federal lands for private lands in order to maintain the cross. This cross has been the center of the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial for three quarters of a century.

What do you think of all this?

2007-09-17 05:33:53 · 15 answers · asked by Jasmine 2

2007-09-17 05:30:30 · 29 answers · asked by john 2

If so- what gives them this right?

Further- can other countries possess this same right to do the same to the US mainland?

Pls explain to me this seemingly bizarre American mentality.

2007-09-17 05:30:01 · 15 answers · asked by Will2 Smells2 1

2007-09-17 05:23:32 · 4 answers · asked by nimisisprime 3

If you take from me to give to someone else, it is theft. There is no other explanation and it is NOT freedom.

Statistics prove that conservatives give more time and money to charity (church donations primarily) than “progressives”.

Progressives claim to care about the poor but, don’t give as much as those who are opposed to government mandated charity.

2007-09-17 05:22:30 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'd wager, if given the chance, the Clinton's could again balance the budget AND afford health care to Americans in need. A republican Congress and Presidency ran up the federal budget deficit like drunken sailors on a holiday with credit cards, woohoo, and then, Republican broadcasters influence the flock saying "big government is bad, democrats are socialist and on and on and on". Does this seem like some kind of dreadful hypocrisy to you?

2007-09-17 05:16:02 · 15 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

2007-09-17 05:07:45 · 15 answers · asked by john 2