Politics - 9 October 2007

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/08/news/edmeach.php

2007-10-09 04:04:52 · 29 answers · asked by Page 4

How about another quote:

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." ---C.S. Lewis

Remind you of any government you know?

2007-10-09 04:02:32 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a solid negative on this one, just as I was on the Bible version of this question.

2007-10-09 04:01:01 · 14 answers · asked by Spartacus 3

"What I want to fix your attention on is the vast overall movement towards the discrediting, and finally the elimination, of every kind of human excellence -- moral, cultural, social or intellectual. And is it not pretty to notice how 'democracy' (in the incantatory sense) is now doing for us the work that was once done by the most ancient dictatorships, and by the same methods? The basic proposal of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious pupils. That would be 'undemocratic.' Children who are fit to proceed may be artificially kept back, because the others would get a trauma by being left behind. The bright pupil thus remains democratically fettered to his own age group throughout his school career, and a boy who would be capable of tackling Aeschylus or Dante sits listening to his coeval's [of the same age] attempts to spell out A CAT SAT ON A MAT. We may reasonably hope for the virtual abolition of education when 'I'm as good as you' has fully had its way. All incentives to learn and all penalties for not learning will vanish. The few who might want to learn will be prevented; who are they to overtop their fellows? And anyway, the teachers -- or should I say nurses? -- will be far too busy reassuring the dunces and patting them on the back to waste any time on real teaching. We shall no longer have to plan and toil to spread imperturbable conceit and incurable ignorance among men." C. S. Lewis

He’s nailed our public schools of the 21st century, hasn’t he?

There are two items in the Communist Manifesto that stick out like sore thumbs.

1. A progressive graduated income tax.
2. Government education of the children.
And guess what? We have both of those here today.

2007-10-09 03:59:04 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-09 03:49:22 · 14 answers · asked by Page 4

lol

wow....our supreme court is sure different than it used to be....

So let me get this straight, if the government is torturing people (hypothetically), a court case will not be allowed to proceed to unmask the abuse..because it will "reveal" govt. secrets?
Anyone else see a certain slippery slope here that goes against the grain of what america stands for ...along several lines?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071009/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_cia_lawsuit

2007-10-09 03:42:57 · 5 answers · asked by ron j 1

According to a Congressional Research Service study, the number of earmarks in spending, or appropriations, bills went from 4,126 in 1994 to 15,877 in 2005. The value of those earmarks doubled to $47.4 billion in the same period. Earmarked projects often include roads, bridges and economic development efforts.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2767546&page=3
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2007-10-09 03:39:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-09 03:36:51 · 29 answers · asked by Spartacus 3

She, by the way, is one of the only candidates who refuses to identify her earmarks ... or "congressionally allocated funds."
Well let's take a look at why.
Between 2002 and 2006, Hillary earmarked more than $2.2 billion in spending bills.
In the 2008 defense spending bill, Hillary managed to attach 26 earmarks worth more than $148 million. This was more than any other Senator except her Democratic compadre Carl Levin ... who is the chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
How about a few local projects including $250,000 to the Seneca Knitting Mill, and $200,000 to the Buffalo Urban Arts Center. And I'm sure that is just the beginning.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aXWIZU3DOyr4

Why is she the only candidate who refuses to identify her earmarks? What’s the big deal? How can someone who is one of the biggest contributors to the problem be part of the cure?

Kindly don’t bother with the typical “Look at the money we’re wasting in Iraq.” responses. Just answer the question if that’s why you’re here. Thanks.

2007-10-09 03:34:42 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Mine would be ... Do you feel that all laws should come up for periodic review, to try to keep us from being bogged down by excessive regulation?

2007-10-09 03:32:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Instead of just being like a con and saying supply side economics works better then keynesian economics, and then letting you do the homework, I'm going to spell it out for you all.

HERE IS ACTUAL DATA THAT YOU CAN SEE AND (((VERIFY))) FOR YOURSELF:

2007-10-09 03:26:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Under President Clinton, welfare rolls were reduced from 5.5 million to about 1.5 million today. There are some 55 million democratic leaning voters. You need to revise your ignorant and simplistic message on this, big time.

2007-10-09 03:18:30 · 22 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

Millions of Americans are not losing their health insurance, just like hundreds of thousands of Americans aren't becoming poor.

Millions of immigrants with low incomes, low skill-levels, minimal English-speaking ability and no health insurance are moving to America, that's what's happening.

If you're going to let them stay, let them stay, I have several Latino immigrant friends, I play soccer with them and I've never asked them if they're here legally, it's not the sort of question one asks - - - - but their economic conditions when they got here aren't the result of the economic policies of the last five or twenty five years!

2007-10-09 03:16:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

That should answer most of your questions about Libs

2007-10-09 03:14:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

This has been the trend over the last 25 years - since we started cutting tax rates, deregulating and eliminating tariffs.

Why does the Left misrepresent this? They tell you "the middle class is smaller" - which it is, if you define "the middle class" in absolute terms - but only because, wherever you draw the line between middle class and affluent, more households are moving UP over that line.

There are more "lower income" households because many poor households have escaped poverty.

There are more poor households because every year 1 million poor people emmigrate here, legally and illegally combined.

Otherwise why have the growth companies been providers of luxury goods? Why have the ranks of the affluent grown? Why is poverty increasing at only 1/4 the rate at which poor people move to the US?

And what's the motive for Krugman and Co. to lie about it?

2007-10-09 03:12:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-09 03:02:26 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'll give you a hint. He's an idiot, a liar, a thief and too stupid to be in the position he's in.....

2007-10-09 02:51:05 · 9 answers · asked by Music Seawater 7

I mean you have the left and the right and you all keep fighting over which one is right and how the other side is misinformed etc etc. Why not skip that and work on something like how to end the senseless cycle of starvation, free electricity, start a company with others to use bio-fuels or remove fuel dependency all together. Before you ask me why don't I do that. I do, I sit and think and try to figure out ways to fix things and not policy things, things that really matter. Not one corporation or government or religion has your best interests at heart. Otherwise when Tesla figured a way for electricity to be wireless and free it would be now, we wouldn't be charged for water, we wouldn't be using cars that cost equal to a yearly salary if not more.

2007-10-09 02:50:52 · 6 answers · asked by PharPhromNormal 2

has come against it?

Free trade is another word for law of the jungle economics where the interests of powerful multi-national corporations come before the interests of workers.

According to some poll, 2 out of 3 Republicans now believe "free-trade" is bad for America, so why are most Republicans in congress for it?

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2007-10-09 02:47:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Watch this debate between conservative Pat Buchanan and one of the few liberals that support "free-trade".

It's one of the few times I found myself cheering for a conservative. Excellent arguments from Buchanan. He conceded when he had to and made his point very well.
http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=msnbc&tab=m5&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/&fg=&from=00&vid=bc1afa1b-6eca-43ff-a0a6-af665d18ab53&playlist=videoByTag:mk:us:vs:0:tag:Source_Hardball:ns:MSNVideo_Top_Cat:ps:10:sd:-1:ind:1:ff:8A

2007-10-09 02:42:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

On September 29th, 12 year old Graeme Frost of MD got to do the Democrats’ radio address, in which he told his story of how he and his sister were seriously injured in a car accident, and if it hadn’t been for SCHIP, they wouldn’t be here today. So who is this 12 year old? The Baltimore Sun did a story on the family, in which it stated the family couldn’t get health insurance through their work. But the article left out quite a few important, and interesting, bits of information.
First, Mr. Halsey Frost, Graeme’s father, owns his own woodworking design studio, Frostworks, so his claim that he can’t get health insurance through work is shockingly deceptive. He chooses not to get health care for his family. Second, Graeme and his sister Gemma attend the very exclusive Park School, with a tuition of $20,000 a year, per child. Third, they live in a 3,000+ square foot home in a neighborhood with smaller homes that are selling for over $400,000. These people are so poor & needy, and Dems.

2007-10-09 02:34:35 · 21 answers · asked by GoodTimeDJ 2

Isn't having dozens of local school boards just a waste of time and money?

2007-10-09 02:31:18 · 14 answers · asked by Holy Cow! 7

Stephen Colbert or John Stewart if they ran for President? I would.

2007-10-09 02:30:33 · 7 answers · asked by Jared G 5

2007-10-09 02:29:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-09 02:22:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/networks/matthews_on_matthews_68595.asp

2007-10-09 02:18:38 · 10 answers · asked by gerafalop 7

Since there's only one non-biased, fair reporting media outlet like FOX, do you think the republicans would get a good laugh watching all the democrats shed their feathers FOR THE FIRST TIME and have a debate in an atmosphere where they aren't fully protected by drive-by media flakes pandering for political protection from slimy democrat politicians?

2007-10-09 02:15:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

China is the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt. The U.S. debt is mounting and the dollar is dropping to never-before seen levels.
The U.S. manufacturing sector is suffering from increased globalization and the moving of production overseas (All things encouraged by the corporate elites and the politicians who serve them).
So have you started learning Chinese yet, so that you may properly greet our new overlords?

2007-10-09 02:13:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

The facts are, Fox News beats all other cable news COMBINDED. Number one for the last 6 consecutive years. If this news outlet has no creditability as many democrats think, why the very high success? Is it not important to get your message out to the largest audience possible. The average for every democratic debate thus far is about 4 million. My goodness folks, CSI has more viewers. Why, why, why do democrats and the silly misinformed followers not understand what the truth in the ratings mean? Denial, stubbornness, or just don’t care as long as the government handouts become available again?

2007-10-09 02:10:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

… that birds of a feather flock together?

Show me who your friends are and I will show you who you are.

2007-10-09 02:07:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous