Politics - 24 September 2007

Eg the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades, the KKK, witch burnings etc

2007-09-24 03:26:23 · 32 answers · asked by Runcorn 1

2007-09-24 03:25:10 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-24 03:23:48 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous

People get slammed in the media all the time.This time it was a general in the romanticized military and everyone is peeing their pants over it.
Republicans especially.
Watch Fox news for ten minutes and you will see oreilly say much worse about more people.
General Petreus is a general/politician.

2007-09-24 03:23:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can you as a the President of the United States Address this problem ?

2007-09-24 03:18:08 · 17 answers · asked by lisalau 5

…any particular political party?

Moveon.org like Swift Boat, is a group of people exercising their right to free speech. Why don’t people comprehend this fact? Don’t you think that Moveon.org and Swift Boat are nothing more than lobbyists speaking for their “Special Interest Groups”?

2007-09-24 03:18:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think Bush is hiding behind the military? The report covered more than just military actions - calling it the "Petraeus Report" is a misnomer.

2007-09-24 03:11:47 · 7 answers · asked by El Duderino 4

2007-09-24 03:10:10 · 19 answers · asked by 2012 4

2007-09-24 03:05:53 · 13 answers · asked by 2012 4

I've got an 18yr. old college student emailing me with her 'logic' of why Achmadinejad should be allowed to speak today . And her opinion matches what I've seen here with other foolish people . She says the students should be allowed to hear him and decide for themselves as to whether he's a threat or not . CRAZY . This man can waltz-in to our country and say any damn thing he wants -- true or not true . So the danger here is that some students are going to judge him based upon what he says TODAY , and not what he's said and done in the past . . . . Again CRAZY . He could appear 'friendly', accomodating, jovial . . . and some are gonna take that as an example of who he really is , when most of us know it's not .

If these students and their 'professors' had spent some time on recent American history , there'd be no question about who he really is . And now some of them are gonna use TODAY as their only guideline . CRAZY .

What Do You Think ?

2007-09-24 02:59:48 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just what heroic thing has he done?

All I can see that he has achieved is to be a mouthpiece whore for the Bush administration.

2007-09-24 02:59:10 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests subordinate to the needs of the state, and seeks to forge a type of national unity. Various scholars attribute different characteristics to fascism, but the following elements are usually seen as its integral parts: nationalism, authoritarianism, statism, militarism, totalitarianism, anti-communism, collectivism, corporatism, populism, and opposition to economic and political liberalism.[

2007-09-24 02:57:49 · 34 answers · asked by LIAR-KILLER 2

2007-09-24 02:49:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know what the Iraqi Constitution says, but is that really the right thing to do, from a moral and ethical standpoint? Shouldn't they be held accountable for their actions?

2007-09-24 02:46:50 · 9 answers · asked by El Duderino 4

I think it's all BS, but like they say, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

2007-09-24 02:42:19 · 22 answers · asked by El Duderino 4

Is there any concrete reason why Iran's president has to be rejected in the U.S? At least he hasn't invaded other countries with lame excuses like Bush has...All he is doing is looking out for the right Iran has of Nuclear Power ( they have even allowed U.N. inspectors to search for weapons, and like Irak, nothing has been found )

Why can't they have nuclear power but Israel can??? If they don't believe in Israel ( like the entire region ) let them have their problem, and not have Israel's ***** ( U.S. ) keep protecting a country they should have created with their own land.

Bush is just desperately looking for a new war that will make ppl forget his stupid mistakes of Afghanistan and Irak and try to look for another AXIS OF EVIL before he leaves office as the failed moron he is....

2007-09-24 02:30:45 · 12 answers · asked by corporal.hicks 3

There are over 180,000 soldiers from private organizations like Blackwater in Iraq. I watched an interview with a guy thet wrote a book on it, and he says that the reason why Blackwater was not pulled from Iraq after the shooting incident was because the situation would fall apart without the additional support. He also claimed that the problem with Blackwater is that because it is not associated with a country, it is not held to the same laws and rules of engagement as the regular military, which makes them accountable to nobody.

2007-09-24 02:26:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

And do you think that the result would soon be the pre-Reagan level of unemployment and either a depression or high inflation, depending on how the Fed were to react?

2007-09-24 02:21:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

What if some President fabricated a vast number of lies about a false threat posed by some country thousands of miles away from America?

And used these lies to try and convince Americans that it was urgent for them to join the military and kill people in this other country, and spend trillions of tax dollars on an endless war against them.

And then suppose the American people said - "no, screw you, we know the truth" - and simply refused to fight?

2007-09-24 02:14:36 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-24 02:13:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-24 02:12:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 50 years old. I've been invested in the stock market before the DJI30 reached 2,000. I invested in Wal-Mart, IBM, Apple, Microsoft and Home Depot when they became IPO's.

Life's been good. I have no debts, I own my home.

I only work because I need health care to protect my health and wealth.

If Hillary guarantees health care, I'm thinking about quiting work and signing on with her plan.

And since I won't have an income, I would technically be poor, so my health care should be free.

This will give me more time to do those things I've always wanted to at home, and give me more time to see my doctor to get those little things taken care of, those things I don't want to spend my money on.

How many other close to retirement people plan to take advantage of the tax payers charity and quit work as I do?

And do you see any disadvantages to this plan?

2007-09-24 02:00:11 · 15 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070924/auto_talks.html?.v=10


"The health care fund -- known as a Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association, or VEBA -- would be a groundbreaking change for the auto industry and has been the major issue in this year's negotiations. GM has around $51 billion in unfunded retiree health care costs but the company isn't required to put the full amount into the VEBA. The UAW and GM have been wrangling over how much GM should put in and how much can be paid in cash or in stock.

GM, which has about 339,000 UAW retirees and spouses, badly wants to pay the union to form the VEBA to get the health care liabilities off its books. In exchange, the UAW was expected to ask for future work guarantees at its U.S. plants"

2007-09-24 01:58:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If Liberals reasoned the way they did back in the days of President Kennedy?
Kennedy believed that, "An economy hampered by restrictivfe tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance our budget, just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits."
In those days Democrats were for tax cuts. More than 80% of Democratic senators voted for Kennedy's tax cuts.

2007-09-24 01:45:23 · 16 answers · asked by Moody Red 6

September 20th 2007

Israeli officials vowed to wipe Syria off the map if it is attacked with chemical weapons like one that reportedly exploded in July at a secret Syrian base staffed with Iranian engineers

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/19/2007-09-19_israel_to_syria_use_chem_weapons__well_w.html

I, for one, say "Good show and Godspeed, Israel!"

2007-09-24 01:40:59 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

thereby demonstrating their complete lack of objectivity - not that anyone seriously thought the NYT had any to begin with.

2007-09-24 01:37:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

that the holocaust never happened and that its just a myth? Now I know why his last name is Imanidiout.

2007-09-24 01:15:17 · 11 answers · asked by Jill S 5

I was amazed by the simpe minded and aggresive bashing witnessed 2 weeks ago by Republicans against a free press by the NY Times running an ad by moveon.org.

Fact is, the Times runs almost, every day, an ad espousing various political views. Today, FeedomWatch.Org placed a full page ad criticizing the visit by Iran's President. Will Democrats scream foul? I doubt it.

Republicans, too many, have become scary with their partisan and intimidating methods, it is a disgrace to democracy and a free press.

2007-09-24 00:59:58 · 20 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

When it came time to vote in the senate to denounce the MoveOn.org ad calling the General a betrayer, Hillary and twenty other DEM senators refused. Instead, by virtue of their votes, they agreed with the ad.

2007-09-24 00:53:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

And that they are a tool of the Democrats?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070924/pl_nm/usa_politics_media_dc

2007-09-24 00:06:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous