Politics - 20 September 2007

If tornado / hurricane / wildfire / tsunami scours your house from it's foundation and takes half your state infrastructure with it...do you have the means to treat your own wounds, travel out of the area and make a new home elsewhere that day?

In other words - do you have Personal Responsibility and want your dollar back?

2007-09-20 02:35:41 · 8 answers · asked by oohhbother 7

This vote is on the Dream Act to provide free higher education to illegals instead of sending the funds to our troops and providing National Security!

Are they voting today?

Why is Education for Illegals in the Defense Budget to begin with? Are they trying to be sneaky about providing amnesty for voting age illegals?

2007-09-20 02:34:12 · 11 answers · asked by Naturescent 4

The actual quote is:

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

Liberals like to remove the words "essential" and "a little temporary."

http://blog.reidreport.com/2006/01/ben-franklin-misreader.html

2007-09-20 02:27:33 · 17 answers · asked by Philip McCrevice 7

2007-09-20 02:23:17 · 16 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

We know our founding fathers didn't overextend the Executive branch for a reason. We are supposed to elect "Representatives" who represent our ideas. (So they must watch what the US citizenry wants to run a good government)
Bush Sr., though I'm a Democratic voter, was a good president because he watched the poles and tried to do what Americans wanted. However, we wanted a strong leader. Strong leaders are for totalitarian regimes, not for Democratic-Republics. If you vote a "leader" we the people loose all say once they're in office.
So, why do Americans want an idealistic leader and not a representative to be our next President?

2007-09-20 02:17:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since that pig anus Osama Binladen has joined with his swine lover "doctor" in calling for the death of Musharraf, how is "our friend" going to keep feeding these animals while pretending to be our "ally?" Does anyone else see this as the basic conflict of interest that trapped "our friends" the Saudis in the late '90s/earch 2000s?

2007-09-20 02:15:21 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Black water is a private security firm empowered by President Bush. They have power over the state police and are licensed to kill where ever they operate including here in America. They answer to no law enforcement or government authority
They are operating in several American States. How safe are we? What connection will Bush have with Black water after his term in office ends?
Will he take over the security firm?
Does anybody else see this as a repeat of history?
Does anybody see the president as an extremely dangerous threat to the stabilty of America's future? Should Blackwater and firms like it be outlawed?
http://www.ibc34.com/BlackwaterinNewOrleans

2007-09-20 02:14:48 · 15 answers · asked by Eywrshp 2

40-50 million people pay no health insurance premiums currently .
That means that 250 million people have coverage provide by the government or private insurance .
Now just because you can not call a doctors office and make an appointment does not mean that you can not go to the county hospital and sit in the waiting room for a day and be seen by a doctor and get medication prescribed by the doctor for free.
This means that the 40-50 million people who do not have Insurance are getting care .

Now it seems that all the democrat reformers of the medical industry are trying to get the government to come in and make it a tax issue rather then a choice issue .

SO by going to universal health care people who have no insurance today will be forced through a tax to pay for part of this care .

SO what democrats are trying to do is make those who have not had to pay so far for medical care to pay by taxing them .

So the democrats want the poor to chip in by taxing them for it .

2007-09-20 02:14:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-20 02:13:18 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

The currant War was lost the day currant President Bush refused to use almost the same colation his father put together ( Isreal might have been impossible.), because he refused to give them piece to re-bulding prize from oil trust fund.

2007-09-20 01:53:17 · 16 answers · asked by Mister2-15-2 7

Is there a general lack of respect and civility in our country? I thought the student at UF showed a tremendous lack of respect toward a United States Senator. And I notice it here as well. Philosophical disagreement has turned into general stereotyping and name calling.
IF you think there is, is this a downward spiral, or will respect and civility EVER come back?
BTW: I do not exclude myself as a small part of the problem in this forum, so I am not trying to be "preachy"!!
Just Curious.
Thanks!

2007-09-20 01:52:22 · 24 answers · asked by Supercell 5

As an Englishman who owns the biggest company in the USA i feel i must address this.
Most American woman who are under me want a bit of the "in-out in-out"from me.Why do American ladies love Englishmen?

2007-09-20 01:50:24 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-20 01:43:55 · 24 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

2007-09-20 01:35:27 · 4 answers · asked by abhaya r 1

I wonder why the poor people who have free medical care now would complain .

I bet they are not complaining .

I bet its the insurance companies who have to pay increasing bill amounts .

Yes Hillary is in league with the billion dollar insurance companies who feel as if they are forced to pay to cover the services the poor get for free now .

We all know that nothing is free so those bills to insurance and those who pay cash pay a little bit more to cover those who can not pay or do not have insurance .

I like the system fine right now .

Everyone is getting care .

I feel bad for people being ripped off by insurance companies but oh well you could always drop your coverage and get the free care .

2007-09-20 01:30:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

We've had some really bad ones.
I rank them this way.
1.Reagan
2.Ford
3..Bush sr tie
3..Clinton tie
5.Carter
6.Bush
7.Nixon
8.L.B.J.

2007-09-20 01:29:30 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do not want to read ONE MORE POST about how "unpopular" this Congress is, or how the "Democratically controlled Congress" is not "doing anything."

The Republicans in Congress ARE BLOCKING legislation designed to give troops more leave time.

Are you getting that? THE REPUBLICANS ARE BLOCKING.
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Senate Republicans block Iraq bill
By Susan Cornwell Wed Sep 19, 7:59 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans blocked a plan on Wednesday to give U.S. troops in Iraq more home leave, defeating a proposal widely seen as the Democrats' best near-term chance to change President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy.

The measure to give troops as much rest time at home as they spent on their most recent tour overseas needed 60 votes to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate; it received just 56 votes, with 44 against.

2007-09-20 01:24:56 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

he grew up rich and priveleged and now he's using wealth to wage a war on everyone. he needs to be put in time out or see a shrink about his daddy issues....

2007-09-20 01:18:39 · 10 answers · asked by rev. jay mccain ( . ) ( . ) 3

We've been providing a quality political education to some of the slow children of aging hippies and other liberals for some time now, without being compensated for our experience, insight, wisdom, knowledge and patience. Maybe we need to join the teachers union (first order of business would be to reform it) and then demand payment at the university level for our efforts. As Shakespeare so wisely said, "There ain't no free lunch,"

2007-09-20 01:18:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-20 01:15:59 · 8 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

has he been disassembled?

2007-09-20 01:15:01 · 21 answers · asked by The Surgeon's assistant 1

Surely, there has to be a better representative of african american aspirations, achievements, and social commentary.

2007-09-20 01:11:51 · 7 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070920/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_qaida_video

CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden will release a new message soon declaring war on Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, al-Qaida announced Thursday.

The announcement of the upcoming message came as al-Qaida released a new video in which bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, boasted that the United States was being defeated in Afghanistan, Iraq and other fronts.

2007-09-20 01:10:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

he grew up rich and priveleged and now he's using wealth to wage a war on everyone (now even pakistan). he needs to be put in time out or see a shrink about his daddy issues....

2007-09-20 01:09:29 · 4 answers · asked by rev. jay mccain ( . ) ( . ) 3

Behar Suggests Republicans Too Busy at 'Klan Meeting' to Attend Minority Debates

JOY BEHAR: "Scheduling conflict? What, were they at a Klan meeting at the same time?"

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2007/09/19/behar-suggests-republicans-too-busy-klan-meeting-attend-minority-d

2007-09-20 01:00:07 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

You can take your pick. Throughout US history, around the globe, How many terrorists and terrorist organizations backed, funded or trained by the US can you come up with?

Please provide a short explanation and if possible a reference, lest those who hold the US gov. to be immaculately conceived get away with their mythological histories unabated.

2007-09-20 00:53:30 · 13 answers · asked by Washington Irving 3

Why do republicans continue to support a president that goes against what the republican party use to stand for (smaller government and reduced spending)?

2007-09-20 00:24:56 · 12 answers · asked by nick a 2

Look at bottom picture and tell me why this puppet puppet is smile, when so obvous that Hussein obama dances to tune of whitemans fiddle.

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/3/d/1/hillary_drivingmiisshillary.jpg

He fool no one, especially kingroe

2007-09-20 00:18:24 · 1 answers · asked by kunta kinte 1

2007-09-20 00:13:53 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous