Politics - 11 October 2007

This August, the Senate and House of Representatives both passed landmark bills that - if combined, will put America on the path to energy independence and solving global warming.

Right now, members of the House and Senate are working to create a final version of the bill - which could and should include the best of both measures - that raises fuel efficiency standards to 35 miles per gallon and requires that 15% of our electricity be generated by wind, solar or other renewable power.
If Congress flips the switch, this bill will:
Cut 20% of our global warming emissions by 2030 and make significant progress on the long term reductions in global warming pollution that we need,
Save consumers more than $25 billion at the pump and billions more on their home energy bills,
Bring a new clean energy economy to life - an energy economy that, according to studies by the Union of Concerned Scientists, will keep and create hundreds of thousands of new, good-paying American jobs.

2007-10-11 03:47:23 · 8 answers · asked by courage 6

indebted to the Japanese and Chinese for decades??

If you want to profit from death and destruction it's gonna cost ya an excise tax!

2007-10-11 03:37:14 · 12 answers · asked by Kelly B 4

2007-10-11 03:34:34 · 18 answers · asked by . 5

The conservative blogs and pundits were full of SCORN for this family.
Do they have to refuse scholarships to accept public help?
Is self employment against American ideals?
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1670210,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

2007-10-11 03:33:18 · 9 answers · asked by oohhbother 7

They didn't just say lets go take Americans hostage. So what actions led to the Iranians taking action against the Americans? Your opinions are greatly appreciated.

2007-10-11 03:32:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can someone explain how they are different?

2007-10-11 03:31:49 · 11 answers · asked by Zardoz 7

"Many of you are well enough off that [President Bush's] tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to have to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

(Hillary at a fund raising speech in San Francisco; SFGate.com 6/28/2004.)

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/03/hillary-clinton-get-fcked.html

2007-10-11 03:25:13 · 32 answers · asked by DANCER 2

What would you do to resolve the "war"? Please be as respectful as possible. I will post my answer later. Thank you!

2007-10-11 03:23:01 · 8 answers · asked by Lisa M 5

2007-10-11 03:20:22 · 15 answers · asked by WHITE FEATHER HATES LIBS 1

I'm divorcing Bill, he's a piece of scum. I put up with so I can be in the position I'm in today

Would you respect her more

2007-10-11 03:19:56 · 8 answers · asked by Johnny 7

everything?

Just more proof that Libs are no more defenders of Liberty then a Conservative!

2007-10-11 03:15:33 · 14 answers · asked by TyranusXX 6

2007-10-11 03:15:02 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Source:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2006/09/MidClassReport.pdf

Cost of homes and health care rising, wages not keeping constant with price, and savings has shrunk.

Regardless of wether I am conservative or liberal, why is this happening, is this a good track for America?

2007-10-11 03:13:39 · 18 answers · asked by Spartacus 3

Could we send them to another country, like California and keep the same number of illegals. At least they want to be part of the USA.

2007-10-11 03:09:45 · 21 answers · asked by flameout 1

Since when do former Presidents run around the globe running off at the mouth about current administrations? This is not the way ANY other former Presidents have behaved. Reagan didn't do it. Bush (1) didn't do it. Like HE'S one to talk about Bush's foreign policies. Carter never had any foreign policies of his own! This idiot need to keep his fat peanut farmer mouth shut!

2007-10-11 03:01:42 · 27 answers · asked by idontwantasalad 3

The Enemy Abroad;

Al Qaida, Iran, Hamas, Islamic Jihad

The Enemy at Home;

Daily Kos, MoveOn.org, Code Pink, American Communist Party

2007-10-11 02:50:53 · 23 answers · asked by DANCER 2

what do you do to show your patriotism?

like on veterans day

2007-10-11 02:50:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 02:35:04 · 7 answers · asked by Spartacus 3

2007-10-11 02:32:25 · 17 answers · asked by Spartacus 3

As an example...I'm a Democrat, but Rudy has great leadership skills.

2007-10-11 02:32:13 · 22 answers · asked by Villain 6

"Thirty-four percent of Americans say they belong to the "have-nots." Twenty years ago, only 17 percent of Americans defined themselves this way. What happened? "

"In 1995, 66 percent of poor households had air conditioning. Just 10 years later, in 2005, 80 percent of the poor had air conditioning at home. In 1995, 70 percent of poor households owned a car, and 27 percent owned two or more cars. By 2005, almost 75 percent owned cars, and 31 percent owned two or more. About 25 percent of the poor owned an automatic dishwasher in 1995. In 2005, more than 33 percent have a dishwasher. Microwave ownership jumped from 64 percent in 1995 to 89 percent by 2005."

"The lowest-income one-fifth of households spend, per person, as much today as the median American household in the early 1970s, after adjusting for inflation."

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LarryElder/2007/10/11/did_americas_have-nots_double_in_20_years

2007-10-11 02:26:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 02:25:21 · 10 answers · asked by Spartacus 3

The party used to tell me Reagan was smart and government was bad. Now, they support spying on U.S. citizens who haven't even been accused in a court of law. They support massive non-military spending growth in socialist programs like Medicare, and they're using the unconstitutional Dept. of Education to push a national agenda to influence the youngest among us.

Now we're supposed to choose between gun-grabbing Giuliani, Universal Medical Corporate Welfare by Romney, Lobbying Fred, or Health Nazi Huckabee?

...What Happened?

2007-10-11 02:21:41 · 11 answers · asked by freedom first 5

If you could only choose one:

The right to bear arms

or

The right of every man woman or child to be able to access medical treatment on demand when they need it, irrespective of their ability to pay.

2007-10-11 02:17:50 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

What would have been the outcome if Bush accepted the offer?
Do you think there would still be a civil war in Iraq?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=484162


Saddam Hussein offered to step down and go into exile one month before the invasion of Iraq, it was claimed last night.

Fearing defeat, Saddam was prepared to go peacefully in return for £500million ($1billion).

The extraordinary offer was revealed yesterday in a transcript of talks in February 2003 between George Bush and the then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar at the President's Texas ranch.

The White House refused to comment on the report last night.

But, if verified, it is certain to raise questions in Washington and London over whether the costly four-year war could have been averted.

Only yesterday, the Bush administration asked Congress for another £100billion to finance the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

2007-10-11 02:16:12 · 14 answers · asked by Global warming ain't cool 6

And as a follow up question; I know he is loved here, but why are other countries building statues of him?

Poland to erect statue to Reagan

WARSAW (AFP) — A statue is to be erected in the heart of the Polish capital, Warsaw, in memory of Ronald Reagan, the late US president whom many Poles credit with helping to end communism.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200609/ai_n16928624

I am young. Help me understand. The world loves Reagan but American liberals don't?

2007-10-11 02:06:57 · 10 answers · asked by PNAC ~ Penelope 4

No, not really. There is no justification but, while I have your attention…

Bill Clinton was impeached. He was also disbarred.

Article 2, Section 4--". . .on impeachment for, and on conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors."

This means Bill Clinton is a convicted criminal (just like Berger).

The Disbarring of Clinton is the first time ever for a sitting President

Bill Clinton was disbarred for lying and for obstructing justice.

Aren’t you proud to say Clinton was a great president?

Now tell us again. Why do felons(voting rights can be reinstated), ILLEGAL aliens & the dead vote Democrat? BECAUSE it is the party of corruption.

2007-10-11 02:06:35 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

A worldwide survey was conducted by the UN. The only question asked was:

" Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world? "

The survey was a failure:
In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant;
in India they didn't know what "honest" meant;
in Europe they didn't know what "shortage" meant;
in China they didn't know what "opinion" meant;
in the Middle East they didn't know what "solution" meant;
in South America they didn't know what "please" meant;
and in the USA they didn't know what "the rest of the world" meant.

2007-10-11 02:02:13 · 28 answers · asked by gumtrunk 2

Will she be exempt from the healthcare us peasants will be saddled with? Her friend in Canada came to the US for cancer treatment. Canadian doctors are sending pregnant women to the US for treatment due to low resources.

2007-10-11 01:36:58 · 15 answers · asked by No Black Box 5

Jimmy Carter has firmly established himself as both America's worst president and American's worst ex-president. But instead of resting on his laurels, he is bellowing to anyone who will listen that the USA tortures prisoners in violation of international law:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States tortures prisoners in violation of international law, former President Carter said Wednesday.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/10/carter.torture/index.html

Meanwhile, those who perform REAL torture receive nothing but slavish support from Carter:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/26/wgaza126.xml
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/04/12/venezu8423.htm
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1382

2007-10-11 01:13:16 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous