Politics - 18 September 2007

2 hours, 44 minutes ago
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai pleaded with Canada on Tuesday not to withdraw its 2,500 troops when their mission ends in early 2009, saying to do so would only help deliver his country back to the Taliban, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported.
Karzai made his comments to a special meeting of all Canadian reporters based in Afghanistan.
"The presence of Canada is needed until Afghanistan is able to defend itself, and that day is not going to be in 2009," a story on the Globe Web site quoted him as saying.


So far 70 Canadian soldiers have died in Afghanistan, most of them in roadside bomb explosions near their base in the southern city of Kandahar.
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Why are our soldiers there ? Their original mission was peace keeping - Under this Bush friendly Conservative minority they are hunting and killing
Will Harper'sgovernment fall to no confidence because of this
Why is Harper using our military for this purpose?

2007-09-18 12:13:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why did oil go from around $20.00 a barrel in the late 90's to over $75.00 today and higher .
Why are over 2 million people losing their homes in the next three months .
Why is the dollar worth only .04cents Today compared to its full value of $1.00 some years back .
Roll the clock back and tell a man making $2.00 an hour that in the future that $2.00 will be worth $40.00 but the price of bread is going from .10cents a loaf to $2.00 .
Now tell him in the future he will only be making $20.00 an hour Instead of the equivalent of the $40 he makes now relative to prices .

We are losing our standard of living and people are making much less then they use to while a small group has gone from making millions to billions .

2007-09-18 12:13:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the tradition of Jeff Foxworthy's redneck jokes, to relieve some frustration at the complete thick-skulled global warming denier answers to my questions today...

You might know jack about global warming (and might not be smarter than a 5th grader) if...

you think the current global warming is due to a natural cycle.
you think it's caused by volcanoes.
you think it's caused by water vapor.
you think it's caused by soda pop carbonation.
you think it's caused by cow and moose farts.
you think humans can't alter the global climate.
you think humans aren't altering the global climate.
you think that 'Mars is warming' is a valid counter-argument.
you think that all planets in the solar system are warming.
you think the Sun is getting hotter.
you think it's due to increased solar irradiance.
you think it's caused by sunspots.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiYUrYRGadqG8IBJkxgXFDDsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070918131723AAQKsNC

Got any others?

2007-09-18 12:11:23 · 8 answers · asked by Dana1981 7

I mean seriously, guys. Not everything is a 100% hard line stance. We all agree that we love our contry (even if we don't think the other side doesn't) so why can't we sit down and have a civil conversation instead of slinging insults around?

2007-09-18 12:02:15 · 19 answers · asked by witchiebunny 3

2007-09-18 11:57:04 · 28 answers · asked by Dream Realized 2

I have observed that almost always that a party comes up with "dirty tricks" to use against the other party. They say or support others saying or implying things that are not true or have no basis in fact, etc. and it just seems to be an acceptable part of an election. And what could really be scary is what if "dirty tricks" possibly swayed an election and led to the election of a leader who could lead the nation to possible disaster. I was just trying to think what would be some of the "dirty tricks" that will be used and against who? I guess it depends a lot on who gets to run, but that is becoming more clear. Just wondering. I am thinking that the Republicans may have to use more of these tactics next time, since they may have a harder time getting their candidate elected?

2007-09-18 11:50:26 · 14 answers · asked by madcat 5

Before 8 to 30 years
now 10 to life ...

ABCNEWS EST 6:30pm Charles Gibson

Karma, arrogance? And some days why does it take so long?
It is not over yet. He has believers. I hope he gets a public defender. In reality any funds he pays a lawyer belongs to the Goldman's. Many will volunteer for the exposure. A lady Judge
in a no mess town. Have at it . Thanks just giving the scoops from the East Coast.

2007-09-18 11:48:11 · 12 answers · asked by Mele Kai 6

for thos of you not framilliar I am refering to the tazing incident at the university of florida

2007-09-18 11:44:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

September 17, 2007

Ricardo Cortez, 24, who [is] accused of shooting and killing his ex-wife, Nikki Cortez, 21, and wounding Sam Jantz in a west Greeley neighborhood Sunday night, had a brief criminal history in Weld and Larimer counties, but just last week took a plea bargain in a second-degree assault and false imprisonment case.

He was arrested five days after participating in a protest of the Iraqi war along 23rd Avenue in south Greeley, which he organized.

He organized a protest against the Iraq war on March 20, the anniversary of the invasion, where he and others held signs along 23rd Avenue in south Greeley

http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20070917/NEWS/70917012

2007-09-18 11:40:39 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

The feeling I get from Liberals is that America isn't worth saving any more. When ever I suggest that America is still great I get many answers that absolutely drip with distain and hatred of the USA. Do these people really hate America or do they simply dwell so much on what is wrong with it that they have forgotten the good that we as a nation has done. I am not pointing fingers or trying to be argumentative I just want to understand.

2007-09-18 11:29:47 · 28 answers · asked by Ethan M 5

I hope we can all agree that the generally accepted scientific explanation for the current global warming is that human greenhouse gas emissions are the primary cause. Certainly there are some scientists who dispute this, but the vast majority agree with this consensus.

I'm not here to discuss the consensus. I asked global warming skeptics to provide me with an alternative explanation regarding the source of the current global warming if it's not due to humans. Not a single reasonable alternative has been provided, and most people didn't even try, falling back on the same old lame 'Mars is warming' type of discredited talking points.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ahj_9Ts6XCPlEPR8x0ZiSSPsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070918131739AAOVSf8

So if most scientists agree that humans are the primary cause, and if you can't come up with a reasonable alternative explanation, given the potential dangers if scientists are right, isn't it irresponsible for you to ignore their theory?

2007-09-18 11:29:28 · 16 answers · asked by Dana1981 7

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_on_re_us/student_arrested_kerry

2007-09-18 11:25:56 · 13 answers · asked by Belzetot 5

Any plans?

2007-09-18 11:25:51 · 18 answers · asked by patriot_watcher 1

He certainly has no qualms with getting on a private jet. Nor does John Edwards for that matter. Nor did a number of the performers at the Live Earth concerts. And please, no "carbon offset" arguments.

2007-09-18 11:25:43 · 10 answers · asked by hlkb72 2

Let's see here. I am trying to pull from all my hate mail I get from people on politics.

I support Barack Obama and Jon Edwards
I support Universal Health Care, even more so because I am chronically ill.
I support non-embroyotic stem cell research
I am a liberal
I am fluent in French

Apparently, once people find that out about me, they call me a terrorist and call me evil. No one cares that I am a Christian. People tell me that I can't be a Christian and a liberal. Isn't that funny? I always though God don't have a political affiliation. I have never bombed a building or screwed with the economy.

This goes to show that you can't label a person when you don't know them. What seperates us is a computer screen. How much of what people say on here is a lie? If I told you I was 6' and a blone supermodel, how many would beleive me? How do you know who I am? How do you know who anyone is? Seriously? Why all this unwarranted hostility and ignorance towards others?

2007-09-18 11:17:46 · 23 answers · asked by Senator D*L*P™ 5

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297246,00.html

It appears that a liberal has vandalized the Vietnam memorial in Virginia. Reminds me of how they mistreated the vets when they came home back in the 70's.

I guess some things never change, sadly..

2007-09-18 11:10:47 · 15 answers · asked by patriot_watcher 1

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297229,00.html

The economy is booming because of Bush's leadership, fact.

2007-09-18 11:06:38 · 28 answers · asked by patriot_watcher 1

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070917/ap_on_re_eu/al_qaida_cartoonist

And Islam is the religion of what?

2007-09-18 11:03:11 · 14 answers · asked by Dylan 2

"The Iranian regime under President Ahmadinejad has spoken openly about wiping Israel off the map, has fueled Hezbollah's terror campaign in the region and around the world, and defied the world community in its pursuit of nuclear weapons," - Mitt Romney, 2007.

Here's an article about Iran threatening to launch missiles against Israel: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1189411419433&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

They also want to launch them against America.

And here's an article about Romeny calling to bar the Iranian president from entering the U.S.: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1732478320070917?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true

So, liberals, amuse us all.

Look how many liberals defended Iran in this other question I posted: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Apiersh0slzPtRCObacGe3zsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070918132302AAZS35p

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

2007-09-18 10:56:37 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

well??

2007-09-18 10:50:36 · 16 answers · asked by Samm 6

This may provide us with some insight, as one leftist blogger explained:

"If we are in the throes of a new kind of Cold War, perhaps it makes sense to align oneself with Washington’s new enemies. If one can reach the conclusion that the Kremlin stood for historical progress, despite its hidebound bureaucratic top layers, why not see political Islam in the same fashion? If secular and socialist forces are exhausted, why not form alliances with a powerful global movement that seems to have inexhaustible reservoirs of anti-imperialist fervor?

Some of Hezbollah’s biggest fans are in Europe. There, the hard left, demoralized by the collapse of communism, has found new energy, siding with Islamist militants in Lebanon"

http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/socialism-and-islam/

2007-09-18 10:41:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-18 10:29:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

American employers are already feeling squeezed enough as it is from global market pressures.

Since when it is an employers' responsibility to fund health care for its workers above what is mandated under workers compensation?

American companies are having an escalating problem of trying to compete against overseas factories located in countries with government-controlled "deflated" currencies.

And her husband's backroom trade deals with China has made the situation for worse for employers. Her husband deals with China has caused losses of entire manufacturing sectors and has increased the U.S.'s national debt due to slower wage growth. Also his deals increased worldwide oil costs due to China's growth. ( oil is need for asphalt, road building emulsions, diesel building equipment, gasoline, plastics, etc.)

Pressures on U.S. businesses will only grow as more 3rd world countries come online by copying China's government-controlled "currency deflation" and "pegging".

2007-09-18 10:27:58 · 13 answers · asked by a bush family member 7

The following is not my opinion, but FACT:

She [Hillary Clinton] said she could envision a day when "you have to show proof to your employer that you're insured as a part of the job interview — like when your kid goes to school and has to show proof of vaccination," but said such details would be worked out through negotiations with Congress.

And to think that liberals call republicans Nazis!

2007-09-18 10:27:20 · 21 answers · asked by ? 5

2007-09-18 10:23:16 · 14 answers · asked by labken1817 6

My answer: twice.

2007-09-18 10:16:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

WASHINGTON - Gen. David Petraeus' report to Congress and President Bush's nationally televised address have had little impact on Americans' distaste for the Iraq war and their desire to withdraw U.S. troops, polls show.

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Fifty-four percent still favor bringing the troops home as soon as possible, a measurement that has not changed in months, according to a poll released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. And despite slight improvements in peoples' views of military progress, more said the U.S. will likely fail in Iraq than succeed by 47 percent to 42 percent, about the same margin as in July.

Nearly half, or 49 percent, said Bush should remove more troops than he announced he would last week, when he said he would withdraw some forces but leave at least 130,000 in Iraq at least until next summer. Thirty-eight percent said Bush's plan goes far enough.

Overall, two out of three said their views on the war had not been changed by presentations last week by Bush and Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

In a separate survey by CBS News, fewer than a third said the roughly 30,000 additional troops Bush sent to the war zone this year have made things better, while the rest said they have had no impact or made things worse. That was similar to the findings of a CBS News-New York Times poll taken days before the remarks by Petraeus and Bush.

Only 22 percent said they are willing to keep large numbers of U.S. troops in Iraq longer than two more years, largely unchanged from the previous survey. Nearly half, or 49 percent, said they should stay less than a year while 23 percent said they should remain for a year or two.

2007-09-18 10:15:55 · 13 answers · asked by soperson 4

In recent speeches, Democrat Presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama has attempted to use the fact that STATES require drivers to purchase LIABILITY INSURANCE as a precondition for driving as some form of president for his claim to force the American people to pay into a FEDERAL SOCILIZED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

Putting aside the fact that the government is not know for its efficiency or domestic problem solving ability (Liberals, you do remember that your “War on Poverty”, run by the government, lead to skyrocketing taxes which subsequently drove small businesses out of business and caused poverty to worsen, right???), doesn’t Hussein Obama realize that there is a difference between LIABILITY INSURANCE and Socialized Hillarycare???

The liability insurance that most states require drivers to obtain does not protect the driver themselves, but anyone that driver might accidentally injure in an auto accident.

2007-09-18 10:15:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My LORD!

What's with their staunch opposition to defending the Holy Land?

If it weren't for the great United States, there would be no Israel now.

What a pity.

GOD BLESS AMERICA AND ISRAEL!

2007-09-18 10:14:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Liberalism, Socialism, and communism would you support it?
Q- for the right
Would you still support it?
Q- for the left

2007-09-18 10:14:12 · 21 answers · asked by KittyCatFishApe 3