Politics - 1 October 2007

2007-10-01 10:37:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-01 10:28:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298655,00.html?sPage=fnc.national/supremecourt

Liberals wont win a case for decades to come, and its all thanks to George W Bush, a man of great strength and integrity, this is the best news we could have ever hoped for, a totally conservative Supreme Court! Yes!

2007-10-01 10:26:28 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

No matter what the evidence, liberals insist that only their tender ministrations are capable of calming murderous dictators. Negotiation and engagement are said to "work" because, after Democrats spend years dillydallying with lunatic despots who threaten America, eventually a Republican president comes in and threatens aggressive military action. In a fascinating fifty-year pattern -- completely indiscernible to liberals -- murderous despots succumb to "engagement" shortly after a Republican president threatens to bomb them. This allows liberals to hail years of impotent negotiation and engagement as a foreign policy 'win'!

2007-10-01 10:19:55 · 23 answers · asked by DANCER 2

2007-10-01 10:16:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i.e. Keith Olbermann

2007-10-01 10:11:35 · 26 answers · asked by bluestatebobby 1

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-hamsher/take-rush-limbaugh-off-ar_b_66652.html

2007-10-01 10:08:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Bill interrupted his 1st campaign to go home to preside over the execution of a brain-damaged black man who was so retarded he thought he could actually vote for Clinton AFTER his execution. He signed the most right-wing welfare bill in US history which mandated doing things even Reagan didn’t do! He bombed Iraq on his 1st day in office, and presided over an embargo that caused thousands to die of curable diseases. He invaded Somalia, bombed Chad, Sudan, Yugoslavia and Waco, Texas. The Arkansas AFLCIO said his governorship was the most anti-labor regime in modern US history, refusing to go along with the national AFLCIO endorsement. A farmworker spokeswoman even spoke favorably about Bush One’s record in comparison. He attacked the 2nd and 4th amendments, and spearheaded and then signed the "Anti-terrorism &and Effective Death Penalty Act" which together with Bush’s "Patriot Act" pave the way for a future dictatorship.

2007-10-01 10:07:37 · 14 answers · asked by Dont Call Me Dude 7

September 29, 2007

Following San Francisco's lead, Los Angeles County and city officials are urging people, businesses and government to switch off nonessential lights for one hour next month to save energy.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lightsout29sep29,0,3411449.story

Supposedly turning off all the lights will delay the Earth's doom by limiting the CO2 emitted in the generation of electricity. Breathing also emits CO2. Maybe instead of "Earth Hour" we should try "Earth Minute," where we all save the polar bears by holding our breath?

Beyond the pointless symbolism, the implication is clear. If we want to save the planet, we need to turn out the lights on human civilization and return to the darkness for which liberals seem to long.

For "Earth Hour" I think I'm going to cut every light in the house on and crank up the air condition.

2007-10-01 10:03:22 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-01 10:01:46 · 11 answers · asked by 6th Finger 2

and I am not a liberal, I eat meat, I hate PETA, I think gay people need to realize that most straight people don't care about their journey of self-discovery/acceptance and keep quiet, and I think women need to cut this feminist crap and start raising/nurturing our children again before we become extinct. so please answer the question with something besides "shutup liberal scum"

2007-10-01 10:01:41 · 15 answers · asked by Micheal M 4

It was not lost on Osama Bin Laden that it only took eighteen dead in Somalia for the Great Satan to pull out. It should not be lost on Americans that this is what the Democrats are again demanding we do in Iraq.

You know he is kicking himself for not attacking while a poll reading democrat was in charge. A Democrat would have lobbed a couple of bombs and then gone back to ignoring the terror threat. That cave he is living in is mighty cold and Al Qaida is being slaughtered in Iraq.

2007-10-01 10:00:27 · 14 answers · asked by DANCER 2

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/09/30/group-behind-smear-campaigns-against-limbaugh-o-reilly

he needs to listen to his whole show and stop taking him out of context.

2007-10-01 09:55:10 · 15 answers · asked by Jeremy P 2

Why stay in this country if you dislike it?

Instead of trying to change our way of living - why don't you move elsewhere where that country will bend over backwards to accommodate you?

2007-10-01 09:52:54 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

It makes no sense to me. Republicans (not all) during these Bush years are criminals. The war in Iraq was a criminal act by Bush and his clique (a war crime that will take so many years to investigate it will no longer matter when the label comes down), habouring terrorists (Cubans in Florida bombing inside Cuba - attempting to kill Castro) Trained in America by the CIA (criminal)

Getting bin Laden out of the country (criminal)

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/5769

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/08/11/criminal_administration.php

http://download.rbn.com/rstone/rstone/download/photo/na2.pdf

Look at your economy. It suddenly really sucks. The rich are still getting richer and the middle class has stalled. Billons has been lost to arms manufacturers because of the war. Billions is being lost to wall street investers because of the sub-prime fiasco. Manufacturers are moving out of country. Bush has been allowed to increase the dept limit five times.

2007-10-01 09:50:48 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

In America:

You have freedom of speech, but you cant question the govt

You have freedom of speech but you can criticize a General "betray us"

You have freedom, but you cant say the the govt caused 911

You have freedom, but limited.

People should say what they want when they want. Should not they?

2007-10-01 09:50:30 · 5 answers · asked by geeks_gadgets 2

It was on a Friday evening 2004. one year earlier i had watched US forces destroy Baghdad in "search for justice". I applauded the troups. I said an eye for an eye. then suddenly reports started coming out that Iraq had nothing to do with it. It was then that i started to doubt the conspiarcy that 19 cavemen did it. On that friday evening, while enjoying my 6 pack rolling rock beer, i joined a chat room. there was a guy posting a message saying that 9-11 was an inside job. it was nuts i thought. This guy was nuts. Then i noticed everyone was getting at him with insults and threats. well i said to myself why is that? this is a democracy and he should be free to argue anyway. he provided links to videos of the collapse of the twin towers. I had seen them before but didnt know they actually fell free fall speed some 8 to 10 seconds. then there was mention of building 7 which i didnt know before. then was sileverstein saying he demolished it.

2007-10-01 09:49:34 · 11 answers · asked by novus ordo seclorum 1

That dumb war criminal!

My college has a program where you can learn socialism at a university in Hanoi. Courses include Ho Chi Minh Though, Socialist Ideaology and the wars to resist American and French aggression. Just because he fought in the imperialist war doesnt me I shouldnt be studying in Vietnam learning socialism although it is almost double my college tuiton!

2007-10-01 09:36:02 · 15 answers · asked by star runner 1

None of them are going to curb spending or end the war swiftly except a couple of guys that the press hardly even mentions . Why is promoting border security and jobs creation here at home being met with such resistance .

Both of the people running on this platform get no attention and what attention they do is to call them the fringe lunatics who have no clue how to run a nation .

I would say a fiscally responsible congressman who returns his unused budget back to the treasury would qualify as a thrifty spender who would cut the budget .

I would say a man who comes from the people and knows poverty and supports building jobs in America and defending our border as someone to consider .

But all we have is what the media offers and thats the same old tax and spend crop of politicians who have made a career out of elected office pandering and not fulfilling promises .
But thats ok , you go right ahead and support Hillary or Rudy its a free nation .

Kucinich/Paul in 2008

2007-10-01 09:30:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm assuming that you're bright and can discern the truth . You probably believe in alot of the Democrat's ideas on how to run this country . Well what would you say if you could find proof as to whether those ideas work or not ? Pretty good idea huh ? Well here's proof . It's kinda long but I'm sure with all of your successful academic achievements that you'll be able to read and re-read this in no time . And I'm quite sure you'll appreciate seeing proof before believing . You know , the whole 'question everything' ideal that you've been taught .
Read this . Give it thought . then tell me Democrats have good ideas . . . or maybe they don't ?BTW , this is about 2 term Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan .

Granholm was reelected due to national politics

Michigan is in a unique situation due to its economy!

Statistics from granholmrecord.com:

51st in growth of home values

Detroit ranks #2 most dangerous city in the US, Flint is #3 most dangerous

Vetoed 4 year limit on welfare (Vermont is the only other state with no limits)

Michigan faces possible $100 million in sanctions if no working welfare workers

Increased Medicare costs from $5.6 billion to $7.2 billion

Detroit ranked behind Cleveland as second poorest major city

Detroit household incomes dropped 18.8% 1999-2005

Failed to work with Delphi then blasted Delphi after it filed for bankrupcy

2700 Electrolux AB employees jobless in Greenville,Mi after Granholm failed to act

Due to Electrolux layoffs, Montcalm County opened its first homless shelter for men

Failed to meet with Honda, losing 1500 jobs, $400 million

Dept of Human Services overpaid $25.5 million for welfare in 2003



Granholm increased taxes by $2 billion

7.1% unemployment rate (37% more than the national average)

Falsely claimed she landed Google-Larry Page, cofounder, is the son of

Michigan State University computer science professor Dr. Carl Victor Page

Vetoed road project Ford Wixom plant, then plant closed

nearly half (44.7%) Detroit children live in poverty, 31.7% adults live in poverty

50th in per capital gross state product growth

ranked 49th best state to do business in

manufacturing jobs lost since 2003-115,700

Foreclosures doubled in two years; RealtyTrac states Detroit, Livonia, Dearborn are

number one in the nation for most foreclosures, 4 times the national average

544 schools failing to meet federal standards

bottom 4 states to improve teacher quality

signed HB5029 allowing hunters to hunt mourning doves for target practice with

the potential for lead hazards in decaying birds

Michigan ranked D for computers in classrooms

6 people released from prison during Granholm tenure due to administrative failures:

Patrick Selepak was released due to an error in parole violation and was one of the 6.

Since 2003, 53,000 more with no health insurance

Michigans graduation rate dropped from 76.2% to 74%

321 Foster Care providers convicted of crimes both sexual and domestic abuse

ranked 10 out of 10 in disaster readiness

failed to eliminate SBT- 80,000 jobs lost

We need volunteers to help in this effort: 25% Michigan voters needed to sign petition in 90 days

to force a special election after a successful recall.

2007-10-01 09:27:21 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean it's been talked about all my life & I'm 52! I don't think there will ever be peace in the Middle East, until there is Education

2007-10-01 09:20:01 · 11 answers · asked by andy in greece 6

live in the past and in the land of divisive demagoguery?

Why is it that their only idea of progress is to divide us and exploit our differences as the mechanism by which to move their totalitarian socialist vision forward?

2007-10-01 09:19:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Phony Soldier Charged With Making Up Claims of Atrocities in Iraq
Sunday , May 20, 2007



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A man who tried to position himself as a leader of the anti-war movement by claiming to have participated in war crimes while serving in Iraq is facing federal charges of falsifying his record.

Jesse Adam Macbeth, 23, formerly of Phoenix, garnered attention on blogs and in some alternative media after he began claiming in 2005 to have been awarded a Purple Heart for his service, which he said included slaughtering innocents in a Fallujah mosque. His story was contradicted by his discharge form, showing that he was kicked out of the Army after six weeks at Fort Benning, Ga., in 2003 because of his “entry level performance and conduct.”

A complaint unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle charged him with one count of using or possessing a forged or altered military discharge certificate, and one count of making false statements in seeking benefits from the Veterans Administration.

Macbeth’s public defender, Jay Stansell, declined to comment.

Organizations that opposed the war, including Iraq Veterans Against the War, posted videos or statements containing Macbeth’s claims on their Web sites. In one videotaped interview, a skinny, stuttering Macbeth, dressed in a camouflage jacket, described slaughtering hundreds of people in a mosque: “We would burn their bodies ... hang their bodies from the rafters in the mosque,” he said.

Iraq Veterans Against the War and other organizations removed the claims after learning they were false.

“He approached us in early 2006, posing as a war veteran. He seemed very emotionally distressed about his experiences,” said Amadee Braxton, a spokeswoman for Iraq Veterans Against the War, based in Philadelphia.

Macbeth claimed in an application for benefits to have served from May 2001 to June 2004, to have been shot in Iraq and to have suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, LaMont E. Stokes, an agent with the VA’s Office of the Inspector General, wrote in the charging papers. He also collected more than $10,400 in benefits to which he was not entitled, Stokes wrote.

Stokes said he interviewed Macbeth in a Tacoma jail, where he has been serving a sentence for fourth-degree assault, and that Macbeth admitted falsifying the documents because he was homeless and wanted to “sucker” anything he could out of the government.

2007-10-01 09:14:58 · 17 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4221538.stm

Read this about this great company.

2007-10-01 09:11:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-01 08:52:27 · 20 answers · asked by Zay Bones 2

Liberals said Reagan was dangerous and his rhetoric scary. They ridiculed him as an idiot for believing the Soviet Union could be toppled. They opposed him on every front -- strengthening the military, aiding and arming anti-Communist rebels around the world, invading Grenada, preparing to win a nuclear war, building a nuclear shield, and waging a spiritual crusade against Soviet totalitarianism. Reagan said the Soviet Union was an evil empire and we would prevail. He called the ball, the shot, and the pocket, and he won the game. But now we're supposed to believe he was lucky. Liberals lie about Reagan's victory because when Reagan won the Cold War, he proved them wrong on everything they had done and said throughout the Cold War!

Now I see that the Surge is working............the same surge opposed by Liberals.

2007-10-01 08:39:36 · 29 answers · asked by DANCER 2

2007-10-01 08:38:54 · 14 answers · asked by zclifton2 6

…Jesus in the past 2 months?

Please provide supporting scripture where the prophet of Christianity advocates this as well.


This is an opportunity for those of you who continuously insist that radical Christians are just as dangerous to prove it with facts and numbers.


Islamic Terror Attacks by Muslims in the name of Allah for the Past 2 Months:

Number of Countries in which attacks by Muslims in the name of Allah occurred: 23
Number killed by Muslims in the name of Allah: 2985
Number Injured by Muslims in the name of Allah: 4609
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com

2007-10-01 08:24:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

From AP:


In an interview with Beliefnet, a multi-denominational Web site that covers religion and spirituality, the White House hopeful was asked if a Muslim candidate could be a good president.

"I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles ... personally, I prefer someone who I know who has a solid grounding in my faith," McCain said. "But that doesn't mean that I'm sure that someone who is Muslim would not make a good president."

Later, McCain said, "I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the candidate best able to lead the country and defend our political values." He added that "the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation."

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Isn't this the 21st century? Aren't we all equal? What does a republican's favorite democrat, Lieberman, think about this?

I am interested in everyone's varying opinions. I confess it makes me sick.

2007-10-01 08:14:19 · 16 answers · asked by Not so looney afterall 5

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071001/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

This is really good news coming out of Iraq.

Please give our brave men and women in uniform defending us from the Islamofascists who want to cut our throats or convert us to Islam credit.

And even give Bush some credit.

So, here's the 1 million dollar question.

Will you give credit where credit is due?

You have 30 seconds to answer.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

2007-10-01 08:10:40 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous