Politics - 19 September 2007

Corporations have centralized decision making, are a collective of labor, serve their own self interest, crush whistle blowers or internal descentors, make public statements that protect themselves even at the risk of endorsing a lie, and expand their power by any means possible and accepted. Are they like little communist blocks?

2007-09-19 02:40:42 · 12 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

It seems easier to take their oil when there is a mess, I am not sure sure it would be possible if there was peace there.

2007-09-19 02:40:11 · 21 answers · asked by Edge Caliber 6

All parties want less government involved. It's the platform of the Libertarian party, the Republican party prides itself on wanting a smaller government, and the Democratic party does not want the government to have control over individual choices. With all of that being said, what are your issues with other parties? Everyone is after the same goal, but with different ideas as to how to solve them. Please be respectful of others, and only answer the question and not go on a rant. Thank you.

2007-09-19 02:38:18 · 16 answers · asked by Lisa M 5

General Petraeus is a good American and a great General with a stellar record. He deserves respect. Not the slander and hatred the Left has poured on him.

Do you stand by our warriors, the protectors of our freedom?

Or do you stand by the hate America Left?

2007-09-19 02:35:11 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well, except for that Obama guy, who Busheviks say not to vote for on account of he's got a funny sounding last name.

So let me see if I've got this straight, Republicans. All of those Stinking, America Hating, Socialist, Homosexual Loving, Democrats voted to go to war in Iraq? And that wasn't enough to tip you off to the fact that it was a bad idea?

After all, a lot of them went along with the Beloved Leader's Amnesty Plan, and you saw through that, didn't you?

2007-09-19 02:34:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.alligator.org/articles/2007/09/19/news/campus/protest.txt

A bunch of students at the University of Florida protested the 'censorship' of the tasered dude.

And besides that, some are now claiming this was a deliberate stunt:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2007/09/19/was-tasered-student-pulling-stunt

Your thoughts please.

2007-09-19 02:33:59 · 20 answers · asked by Still Beautifully Conservative 5

They are making so much money every year, but they are not making essential medicatications for HIV patients more available and affordable. Aren´t they suppose to care about illnesses, or are they only explotating the sick people?

2007-09-19 02:33:27 · 7 answers · asked by Vic R 2

2007-09-19 02:31:10 · 7 answers · asked by WJ 7

There is not a single government employee that is without coverage and that is over 35 million Americans . We have no trouble paying taxes for salaries and providing health care coverage for those people . From the parks department cutting grass to the president of the United States they all have coverage .
You may also want to know that millions of people who work for non profit foundations also have coverage and those people are also paid for with donations from working Americans .

Seems the people without coverage are the ones working to pay taxes and make donations to pay the wages and health care of others .

We have millions of construction workers ,warehouse employees , farm hands ,and processing workers , along with retail workers who have no money left to pay for health care on the wages they earn after rent , electric food and car payments and insurance to be able to get to work .

Please do not tell me that the poor working tax payers do not get medical care .

2007-09-19 02:30:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it a double standard to fear, the new illegal immigrants?
Are you scared they will take you job as a potato picker,fruth-picker or street-wiper

And i`m danish so do`t need a visa myself, too visit my brother

2007-09-19 02:29:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-19 02:26:59 · 1 answers · asked by raymysterio_91 1

If this is true, and I suspect it is, how will we afford universal health care

2007-09-19 02:23:22 · 5 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

By Adam Tanner
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge tossed out a lawsuit by California's attorney general on Monday seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from six automakers for damaging the state with climate-changing greenhouse gases.
Martin Jenkins, a federal judge in the Northern District of California, said the issue of global warming should be decided in the political rather than legal arena.
"The Court finds that injecting itself into the global warming thicket at this juncture would require an initial policy determination of the type reserved for the political branches of government," Jenkins wrote in approving the automakers' motion to dismiss the case.
The suit, filed in September, targeted General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co, Toyota Motor Corp, the U.S. arm of Germany's DaimlerChrysler AG and the North American units of Japan's Honda Motor Co and Nissan Motor Co Ltd.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1736580020070918?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true

Isn’t a lawsuit like this going a bit overboard? Is California’s attorney general for real? Does he expect people to walk to work?

2007-09-19 02:16:04 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/19/america/NA-GEN-US-Columbia-Immigration-Fracas-Speaker.php

2007-09-19 02:09:13 · 20 answers · asked by Frank Dileo 3

http://www.oxfam.org/en/policy/briefingpapers/bp105_humanitarian_challenge_in_iraq_0707

Haven't we been told that we must stay some kind of course? Anyone know what this course is?

2007-09-19 02:09:08 · 14 answers · asked by Naturescent 4

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1844140220070919

EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE:
Only 29 percent of Americans gave Bush a positive grade for his job performance, below his worst Zogby poll mark of 30 percent in March. A paltry 11 percent rated Congress positively, beating the previous low of 14 percent in July.

**To repeat what you just read, Bush's approval rating is 29% while Congress is a measly 11%. I fail to understand why Congress' approvall rating is almost 20 pts lower than Bush's.**

2007-09-19 02:05:58 · 13 answers · asked by Still Beautifully Conservative 5

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7001006.stm

2007-09-19 02:04:25 · 13 answers · asked by Page 4

2007-09-19 01:59:48 · 7 answers · asked by anjoi_05 2

2007-09-19 01:52:07 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been reading for months and months now that one of the BIG problems with the Iraq debacle, and why we "shouldn't" bring home the troops, is that "Iraq won't step up to the plate" and run its own country, and solve its own problems.

Now, with this Blackwater incident, Iraq has, indeed, stepped up to the plate and made an independent decision. They say Blackwater will not be allowed to operate anywhere in Iraq.

Will America respect their decision?



"An Interior Ministry spokesman, Brig. Gen. Abdul Kareem Khalaf, said, "We have revoked Blackwater's license to operate in Iraq. As of now they are not allowed to operate anywhere in the Republic of Iraq. The investigation is ongoing, and all those responsible for Sunday's killing will be referred to Iraqi justice."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/17/iraq.main/index.html

2007-09-19 01:44:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

****Where is the impeachment trial?****

The greatest crime that could be committed by an elected official in a Representative Democracy is information manipulation and lying! The case has been made that President GW Bush lied to the American people. The charges that President manipulated evidence that sent us to war in Iraq. If these are true allegations and not political maneuvering then were is the impeachment trial? If these allegations are true then it is up to congress to preserve our democracy! If these allegations are true then at the very least there should be an impeachment trial to bring REAL evidence before the American people and take that evidence out of the realm of speculation and, dare I say it, CONSPIRACY THEORY'S!!

**This is the process of our political system!

2007-09-19 01:43:27 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-19 01:28:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

We can go back to Munich if you like or even further to see that what has happened in the past effects what is going on today .

Why do we act as if we were all just hanging out on 9-11 as the best friend of everyone in the world and suddenly for no reason at all a bunch of Saudi Arabians went nuts and attacked us .

2007-09-19 01:26:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here is the plan Romney signed: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2005-07-04-health-insurance-usat_x.htm
and some more details:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/08/romney-vision-f.html

and here is the Clinton plan: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/17/health.care/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/17/AR2007091700118.html

The same? No, but some substantial similarities. Isn't it politically risky for Romney to in effect attack his own plan?
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/09/18/post_78.html?hpid=topnews

http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180002

2007-09-19 01:26:04 · 3 answers · asked by Chance20_m 5

2007-09-19 01:07:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

as an Englishman and M.D of the biggest company in the USA i feel i must ask this.
Many Americans(USA) including most who i own are being mocked and insulted via internet sites like this.In my opinion it would be in their best interests to stop the usage of the internet in the USA.I speak on behalf of many Americans (USA) who are below me at my company and feel it would be best to all concerned.
With my contacts i could make this happen.

2007-09-19 00:58:32 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-19 00:29:10 · 8 answers · asked by Duminos 2

What makes Israel totally immune from criticism from the Uk and US governments? What and why are they afraid of Israel?

2007-09-19 00:15:06 · 14 answers · asked by stuartie74 2