Politics - 2 October 2007

2007-10-02 09:29:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, now the US Senate is making speeches on the floor about Rush Limbaugh? Come on! The man is a friggen entertainer mouth piece and this is what Senate Democrats are worried about? With all the problems in the world that they promiced to solve when they took over? This is what they are worried about?

It would be like Bush doing a State of the Union speech and talking about how how Michael Moore or Rosie O'Dingbat is runing his life and must be silenced.

This makes me want to puke!!!!!!

So, Democrats... What is your opinion on this?

2007-10-02 09:26:38 · 29 answers · asked by Dog Lover 7

Hilliary Clinton
1]A good thing? or bad?
2]United states improves? or gets burned?
3]Women rule the world? or guys still in-charge?
4]Flowers are planted in Iraq?or the war continues?
5]The white house gets a makeover? or remains White?
6]Bill Clinton cheats on Hillary with other babes? or he continues being faithful?

2007-10-02 09:22:15 · 10 answers · asked by Changed4the Better :-i 2

Its seems the easiest way to detect corruption is to follow the money, and Hillary is out collecting all others by a wide margin, almost all of it from CEO's and big money influences. Do you think they are donating money cause they believe in her or she is making big political deals in exchange for support?

2007-10-02 09:20:24 · 12 answers · asked by Steve C 7

Islamabad - More than 100 girls' schools were closed down in north-west Pakistan Monday following the murder of a female teacher by suspected pro-Taliban militants in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, media reports said.
The teacher was shot dead Saturday in the Mohmand Agency in what appeared to be the fulfillment of threats of reprisals by Islamic extremists if teachers did not start wearing burka head-to-toe veils, the Dawn news channel reported.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southasia/news/article_1361371.php/100_girls_schools_close_in_Pakistan_after_militant_threats

Okay, I realize that these are militants, but shooting someone for not wearing burka head-to-toe veils, is going way overboard, isn’t it?

2007-10-02 09:19:54 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-02 09:14:30 · 14 answers · asked by Dangerous 2

2007-10-02 09:12:43 · 26 answers · asked by Freethinker 3

Can anyone in here that knows about politics and current affairs between countries...tell me what is the issua right now in Burma???
please thanx...

2007-10-02 09:12:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hear alott of Conservatives talking about how Liberals always "whine". I can understand if its annoying when someone disagrees with you, but where is the line drawn between "whining" and Dissent?

2007-10-02 09:05:00 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

There has to be a website that has the Hillary Laugh and the Dean Scream as ringtones.

2007-10-02 08:59:50 · 9 answers · asked by sclass_benz 2

2007-10-02 08:54:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

This doesn't look like he was talking about one specific soldier, does it?

CALLER 2 (Mike): ...What's really funny is, they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the media.

LIMBAUGH: The phony soldiers.

CALLER 2: The phony soldiers. If you talk to a real soldier, they are proud to serve. They want to be over in Iraq. They understand their sacrifice, and they're willing to sacrifice for their country.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298999,00.html

2007-10-02 08:51:43 · 23 answers · asked by Dangerous 2

From Gays
From Immigrants
From Muslims
etc

2007-10-02 08:46:08 · 22 answers · asked by Dangerous 2

I am going to share a lovely email with you which I just received. And, yes, I'm going to block him.
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From: MIke F

Subject: Are You An American?

Message: I was reading some answers and saw some of your ****. I'm wondering if you live in the USA? If so, why don't you just pack your bags and go to one of those countries that love assholes like yourself? If you don't love and support your country - LEAVE! It is dimwits like you that ruin our fine country and make liberal assholes like Hilary and Osama politically powerful. It is scum like you that put more social programs on the docket to support other scum bags that enter our country illegally, or refuse to work and prefer to collect welfare. I saw that you answer a lot of questions on this Yahoo site. Well, that means you are spreading your far-left wing social agenda far and wide, so you might as well go far and wide right out of this country if you hate it so much. Remember

2007-10-02 08:39:29 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

Tom Harkin -- an odd attack dog

Senator Tom Harkin has joined the Democratic left's attack on Rush Limbaugh for calling a phony soldier a phony soldier. Here is Harkin's charming contribution, which he saw fit to offer on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

Well, I don’t know. Maybe [Limbaugh] was just high on his drugs again. I don’t know whether he was or not. If so, he ought to let us know. But that shouldn’t be an excuse.
As Michelle Malkin points out, Harkin knows a thing or two about phony claims regarding military service. During his 1992 presidential campaign, Harkin claimed he served as a pilot in Vietnam. And when he ran for the Senate in 1984, Harkin said he had flown combat missions in Vietnam. But after changing his story several times, Harkin eventually admitted he had not flown combat missions in Vietnam, and he began describing himself as a Vietnam-era veteran. Not only had he not flown combat missions in Vietnam, he had not served there.

Glenn Reynolds had the details back in 2004. As he put it then, "Harkin seems a rather odd choice for the Democrats as an attack dog." He seems ever more odd now, but I guess Moveon.org has to take whatever it could get.

2007-10-02 08:38:03 · 10 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2

Sounds like a dream team to me.
What say you, enough punch to throttle Hillary?

2007-10-02 08:34:54 · 20 answers · asked by Moody Red 6

2007-10-02 08:34:30 · 11 answers · asked by zebbie g 2

Truth is, it DOESN'T. No one actually knows what a real military needs to beat their opponents until it actually goes to war. World War I is a fine example, along with World War II. In the first World War, there were many advancements with weapons, but it took many years before the Allies could figure out how to beat the Germans.

Then in World War II, the United States was as unprepared as it could be for the war, still yet it came out on top. The Russians were pretty much in the same position. It was the development of weapons during the war by the Russians and Americans, tailored more to beat the enemy than to be superior in every way, that won the war. Germany's weapons were the finest in the world, except for the fact none of the German high command realized that superiority does not equal practicality and victory on the field.

I feel America has fallen victim to the mentality of the German army during WWII. There are many parallels that I feel are vulnerabilities for the US.

2007-10-02 08:32:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Talk-show giant Rush Limbaugh sharply escalated his war of words with Democrats in the Senate today, calling for the resignation of Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.

He also characterized as "boneheaded" Reid's effort to enlist senators to pressure Limbaugh's syndicator, Clear Channel Communications, to censor him.

"And the thing that we ought to demand here," Limbaugh told his listeners, "is that Harry Reid step down and resign as the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, for his constant, uncontrollable contempt of our armed forces; his repeated use of our troops for political purposes. Harry Reid has failed in his mission to lead the Democrats in the Senate, to get what they want . . . He is the one who is dishonoring the troops; he is the one who is making a mockery of their service."

Reid has charged that Limbaugh called America's service personnel in Iraq "phony soldiers."

Limbaugh's remarks appeared to actually refer to a specific soldier, Jesse Macbeth, who appeared in a YouTube video stating that he and other American soldiers had killed Iraqi civilians. Macbeth was later sentenced to five months in prison for falsifying his service record.

Joining Reid's broadside against Limbaugh on the floor of the Senate was Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who suggested that perhaps Limbaugh was "high on his drugs again" when he made the "phony soldiers" statement. Limbaugh called Harkin's remarks "pathetic."

Limbaugh responded: "[It was] such a demeaning thing that [Harkin] did and so below the decorum and the stature one would associated with the United States Senate. But that's what these people have become."

Limbaugh called him "Tom 'Phony-War-Hero' Harkin."

"What do I mean by that? He lied about being in Vietnam in combat," Limbaugh said.

Limbaugh told his listeners that the attack on him was actually intended to distract the activist base from the inability of Democratic leaders to stop the war in Iraq, and the historically low ratings of the Democratic-controlled Congress.

"The left, ladies and gentlemen, is imploding," Limbaugh said. "They are fixated in taking down anyone and anything in the process — me, General Petraus, anyone they think stands in the way of their ascension to the White House, and their further consolidation of power. They are Stalinist-like.

"Anyone who says something they don't want to hear, that they don't like, must be officially condemned by the state, publicly. Even private citizens who get in their way, in the free market, must be condemned, must be smeared, must be lied about."

Limbaugh also said Reid and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and other Middle East leaders, are employing a common tactic: distracting supporters from their own failures.

"Ahmadinejad in Iran, no different," Limbaugh said. "He needs the Great Satan to hang onto control there. Harry Reid needs to do the same thing. Both men, Ahmadinejad and Harry Reid, have been disappointments, miserable failures to the people they claim to lead. Both of them are in trouble, and their publicity stunts prove it."

Limbaugh said Reid has a "long, sorry record of abandoning troops on the battlefield. What do you think 55 resolutions to bring the troops home since they took office in January of this year is about? It's about defeat, it was about destroying this presidency, it was about using the U.S. military to advance his own party's political fortunes."

Limbaugh repeated his invitation for Reid to appear on his show. "Come on the program, say those things to my face, and let's discuss this," Limbaugh urged.

"Harry Reid challenged my patriotism yesterday," he added. "He did so openly and blatantly on the floor of the United States Senate."

He added, "Everyone of us who loves this country should be outraged at the things these Democrats have said, the things that they have tried to do. And it's laughable to watch them now try to redeem themselves as supporters of the United States military, after months and months and months of proclaiming the surge a failure, after calling General Petraeus essentially a liar before he had said a word before them when he came to issue the report they required on the effects of the surge."

2007-10-02 08:32:04 · 9 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2

2007-10-02 08:31:45 · 67 answers · asked by Anonymous

A black man sits on the supreme court today and berates affirmative action. He, among others, thinks it's time to end affirmative action. But, here are some questions to consider;
Is the ratio the same among blacks and whites as to upper income, middle income, and lower income?
Is the ratio among blacks in our prison population the same as in the general population?
Is the ratio among black students going on the college the same as white students?
In other words, are black people enjoying the same success in America as white people?
Even if the bias against blacks may be gone for the most part among white people, black people still have trouble climbing the ladder of success in America. The fact that blacks, as a minority in this country, make up a majority in our prisons gives credence to the notion that blacks are still struggling to succeed in America.
If affirmative actions make it a little easier for blacks to grasp opportunity, then it is still needed.
Any thoughts?

2007-10-02 08:29:10 · 12 answers · asked by Perplexed Bob 5

What do people out there think of him as a candidate ? I like him, but mostly as an actor. He's sort of the John Wayne, Ronnie Reagan type, on the outside anyway. I like what I've seen & heard of his politics so far.

What do you think ?

2007-10-02 08:28:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

When in reality they believe in a form of faith known as "enlightenment". It is Luciferian, and they teach their followers that their roots go back to the ancient mystery religions of Babylon, Egypt, and Celtic druidism. They have taken what they consider the "best" of each, the foundational practices, and joined them together into a strongly occult discipline. Many groups at the local level worship ancient deities such as "El", "Baal", and "Ashtarte", as well as "Isis and Osiris" and "Set".... these people teach and practice evil."

Is it fair to the American people that they are elected under a false campaign and do it to fool the people who do have faith in God.

2007-10-02 08:23:50 · 13 answers · asked by scottanthonydavis 4

What is today`s senate all about ??? Why did you people put these people in there ???

2007-10-02 08:13:41 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Selective Outrage: Harry Reid Uses Rush Limbaugh for Deflection

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272616405.shtml

2007-10-02 08:13:04 · 16 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071002/od_nm/usa_politics_laugh_dc

Neither of these mannerisms has anything to do with qualifications. *sigh*

2007-10-02 08:08:36 · 14 answers · asked by Pfo 7

How much do you want to bet!

I'll bet that some man made disaster will happen in California before January 1st 2008 and it will be staged in order to get Arnold the Governator into the political spotlight.

Any takers

2007-10-02 08:08:23 · 6 answers · asked by scottanthonydavis 4

As if we needed more. Have Americans ever been so at odds with each other as they are now?

2007-10-02 08:07:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071002/ap_on_re_us/simpson_goldman

2007-10-02 08:05:59 · 6 answers · asked by Darth Vader 6

I hear so many dems grip about how much money Bush has spent, I agree. But will Hillary do anything to stop spending when she i president? She already said we won't be out of Iraq by the end of her first term.

2007-10-02 08:05:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous