Politics - 17 October 2007

Using con's very broad definition of socialism, America is in fact already socialist. So many of the things libs / progressives worked for is already law.

We have public education for the masses, state subsidized and controlled universities, student grants, subsidized student loans, job training, GI Bills, 40 hour work weeks, overtime pay, minimum wage, workplace safety laws, workman's compensation, unemployment insurance, social security, medicare, medicaid, extra health care programs for kids that don't qualify for medicaid, progressive taxes, laws against pollution, laws against corporate fraud, public transportation, public streets and highways, public utilities, a public space exploration organization, public housing, government armed forces, etc, etc.

We force banks to insure with the federal government (in order to avoid another Great Depression) and force corporations to obey consumer protection laws.

2007-10-17 10:47:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-17 10:45:30 · 14 answers · asked by charbatch 3

Of course that's if you are a conservative. Our current president does some what make me feel ashamed to call myself a conservative. He hasn't done anything substantive to stop illegal immigration. He supported a bill that would have given amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. He hasn't been fiscally conservative. He's an incompetent leader. His policies have made the United States hated around most of the world. The only thing that he's really helped conservatives on are his supreme court nominations.

2007-10-17 10:42:26 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-17 10:36:06 · 17 answers · asked by charbatch 3

Since that's where your immediate community is affected? If you do, why? And if you don't, why not?

Isn't voting for your local school board and local judge just as important as your senator or the president?

2007-10-17 10:35:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

At a time when Turkey may invade Iraq (which would distrupt US supply lines and could destabilize some regions), why are some representatives in congress trying to pass a resolution condemning turkey for the armenian genocide that occured around 100 years ago?

2007-10-17 10:25:17 · 8 answers · asked by John L 2

An oligarchy is a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.

So yeah we have the congress, but come on! The "average", middle-class man can not be President. The "average" man can not even become a Senator.

Our country is ruled by the wealthy. Lobbiest and corporations replace the voice of the people.

When will be get back to true Representative Democracy?

What do you think?

2007-10-17 10:22:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Harry and Nancy want to ***** about some stupid stuff people 100 years ago. This pisses off Turkey or has a perception of pissing off Turkey. Because of this oil is now over $88 a barrell. Because of that gas at the pump is going up.

Harry and Nancy, next time you read a history book, just shut up ok?

I, the little guy, am screwed by this.

2007-10-17 10:18:33 · 10 answers · asked by Spartacus 3

Usually when people ride them they get hurt or killed....meaning they are consider a higher safety risk for people.

2007-10-17 09:57:52 · 8 answers · asked by ahedou2 4

No offense, but it's dry as a boardroom lately.

2007-10-17 09:55:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just elect Hilary Clinton.

2007-10-17 09:50:25 · 16 answers · asked by ahedou2 4

2007-10-17 09:44:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Dali Lami has been in exile since 1959, why give him the award NOW when relations with China are in jeopardy?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_dalai_lama;_ylt=AmlpFeBpRVnAAUm1fmzTf5ms0NUE

How is this different from the Armenian genocide resolution?

2007-10-17 09:44:28 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I see it all the time. They look down and/or look away,babbling all of the liberal media driven drivel hoping you do not respond....Just like a criminal with "insight". Liberals are destroying America from within. Call them on it !!!

2007-10-17 09:41:08 · 11 answers · asked by Just Hear Me Out 1

he gave us the Warren Supreme Court, shool integration, a national highway system...
He ended Joe McCarthy's career and he ended his own career with a televised warning to beware the growing influence of a military armed by taxpayer-subsidized corporations.
Sounds like a bleeding heart to me.

2007-10-17 09:39:44 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-17 09:37:45 · 21 answers · asked by ahedou2 4

I'm doing a paper for english and i would really really appreciate it if yall could help me out! Thanks =)

2007-10-17 09:34:10 · 18 answers · asked by lonelynsad 1

looking up in the heavens? He should be more agitated and more enthusiastic ....to really captivate the masses...dont you think?


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071017/ts_nm/iran_bush_dc

2007-10-17 09:25:26 · 2 answers · asked by ron j 1

Is party loyalty that important? Next year all incumbent repugs will be gone as well as your fearless chimp leader, are you ok with that too?

2007-10-17 09:22:47 · 40 answers · asked by The President 3

Socialism - a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole. http://www.dictionary.com/

I trust the people in the Government before I trust "Big Business" I have dealt with people in business. I do not trust them. They are the most selfish humans I have ever met.

2007-10-17 09:20:55 · 10 answers · asked by gary L 4

Vice President Dick Cheney used to be the secretary of _____________ under George H.W Bush.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is a Democrat/Republican from the state of ___________.

President Pro Tempore of the Senate ___________ is a Democrat/Republican from the state of ___________.

You don't have to answer all of them.Thank you.

2007-10-17 09:10:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-17 09:05:44 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok,let's figure this out.SOME of you keep bringing up"corporate welfare,government sub-sidies for corporations,etc" If we tax the living daylights out of corporate America,where will the money for,expansion, job growth,research & development,re-investment in modernization,etc come from?
AND,why would ANY corporation with the ability to re-locate,stay where it is no longer profitable?
Prime example is the mass exodus of manufacturing companies from the great? state of california,

2007-10-17 09:05:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-17 09:04:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/opinion/15krugman.html?ei=5087&em=&en=da7b1a47329aacb0&ex=1192593600&pagewanted=print

Partly it’s a reaction to what happened in 2000, when the American people chose Mr. Gore but his opponent somehow ended up in the White House. Both the personality cult the right tried to build around President Bush and the often hysterical denigration of Mr. Gore were, I believe, largely motivated by the desire to expunge the stain of illegitimacy from the Bush administration.

And now that Mr. Bush has proved himself utterly the wrong man for the job — to be, in fact, the best president Al Qaeda’s recruiters could have hoped for — the symptoms of Gore derangement syndrome have grown even more extreme.

2007-10-17 09:03:03 · 8 answers · asked by Charlie D 1

150,000 civilians died from the al anfal campaign, saddam's genocide. +500,000 civilians have died from this war

the iraq war is arguably the worst genocide in iraq history

2007-10-17 09:00:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Armenian genocide is thought to be the second most studied and documented example of genocide. I understand that we need to make temporary alliances with less savory nations to assist us in reaching our long term strategic goals (example: Pakistan). But Turkey is part of NATO. I always considered NATO a organization of countries with shared core beliefs. I do not "blame" the present government in Turkey for the atrocities committed in waning days of the Ottoman Empire, but they need to acknowledge it and try to understand why it happened so as to prevent it from happening gain. If they cannot acknowledge it, we should terminate our alliance with them.

2007-10-17 08:58:26 · 8 answers · asked by John V 5

2007-10-17 08:55:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will he leave the mess for Hillary Clinton to resolve?

2007-10-17 08:52:19 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

She's been qualifying our getting out of Iraq for quite some time now. Do you think she'll actually get the troops out or is this just a campaign promise?

Even the liberal Washington Post doesn't think she's shooting straight on this one.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/10/the_fine_print_in_hillarys_pro_1.html

2007-10-17 08:51:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous