Politics - 19 October 2007

GW Bush/Oct.11,2000/2nd Bush Gore Presidential debates--

".....it changed into a nation building mission, and that's where the mission went wrong. The mission was changed. And as a result, our nation paid a price. And so I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building."
--GW Bush referring to Kosovo.

2007-10-19 15:09:02 · 17 answers · asked by Kelly B 4

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20071019/blackwater-iraq/

WASHINGTON — Blackwater USA tried to take at least two Iraqi military aircraft out of Iraq two years ago and refused to give the planes back when Iraqi officials sought to reclaim them, according to a congressional committee investigating the private security contractor.

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, wants the company to provide all documents related to the attempted shipment and to explain where the aircraft are now.

2007-10-19 15:09:00 · 8 answers · asked by Charlie D 1

2007-10-19 14:41:56 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Which statement do you believe in more? (pls do not say both)

2007-10-19 14:39:44 · 51 answers · asked by KW 2

especially considering how he, like cheney, dodged the Vietnam War?

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CTL05103lg.jpg

2007-10-19 14:31:13 · 5 answers · asked by Charlie D 1

I teach jr high, and they're capable of understanding Adam Smith, but not John Maynard Keynes. And anyone who disagrees with them is a "***". I'll just get ready for the insults now!

2007-10-19 14:30:56 · 18 answers · asked by neil k 3

order to spite Sen. Reid.

Knowing the mean-spiritedness of the right-wing, who in their right minds can possibly believe that?

Another right-wing stunt backfires on the GOP?

2007-10-19 14:19:19 · 29 answers · asked by Charlie D 1

...and the bad ones just make all politicians look bad?

2007-10-19 14:12:47 · 11 answers · asked by Senator D*L*P™ 5

Personally I thought he was good one.
I read his book "My Life" and believed that he was a good president.
Then I read "Because He Could" by his former adviser Dick Morris, now I am confused. Your opinion?

2007-10-19 14:09:50 · 21 answers · asked by SciGuy 1

can he?

Although it wasn't meant to be an act of charity -- it was a pathetic attempt at spite by Limbaugh -- Sen. Reid nonetheless was a big enough person and felt it was appropriate to praise the end result which was a donation to charity.

http://www.yahoo.com/s/712297

2007-10-19 14:04:54 · 17 answers · asked by Ted F 1

Where does the populist party stand on issues such as iraq, healthcare, death penalty, abortion, taxes, etc etc

2007-10-19 14:03:49 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 14:03:35 · 12 answers · asked by charbatch 3

Non-biased answers are appriciated!

2007-10-19 14:02:35 · 9 answers · asked by deeptruth246 1

2007-10-19 13:50:09 · 13 answers · asked by charbatch 3

why do conservatives use such blatant blanket statements to attack social programs?

2007-10-19 13:49:56 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

i really feel sorry for them. not the starving children, but the rich conservatives. poor them. they're not going to be able to install that fourth golden fountain in their front yard, because they're going to have to pay a couple extra bucks in tax money so those "irresponsible" poor people living with five siblings, a single mom, and no money can eat.

2007-10-19 13:39:17 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Neoconservatism is the best conservatism!

and a less libertarian approach to domestic affairs is my favourite policy

who agree's with me?

2007-10-19 13:37:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 13:36:51 · 40 answers · asked by James the Just 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:US_Public_debt_per_GDP_1791-2006.svg

check this chart out. Do you see the truth?

and do you understand the difference between deficit and debt?

2007-10-19 13:29:09 · 19 answers · asked by charbatch 3

2007-10-19 13:29:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

So that we all could be self absorbed, greedy, materialistic, sell outs???

Is this the American way?

The government outsourcing American jobs and creating wars of opportunity all the while eroding American civil liberties and telling us it's for our own safety???

Our government is making policy decisions that benefit a few and alienate the masses even though they place the burden of accomplishing their goals on our volunteer military???
And when the numbers of volunteers weren't enough they hired private mercenaries at three or four times the price??? How is that fair to the brave men and women of our military???

Why are we betraying the people we loved who worked so hard to the people of this country who have sold us out???

Thanks for taking the time to read my rant! This really upsets me.

2007-10-19 13:23:56 · 10 answers · asked by Kelly B 4

I am a centrist and don't want either extreme to hold too much power for too long, it already seemed like the Democrats were set to rule the executive and legislative branches for the foreseeable future but now the conservatives have ensured this...81% of Americans including a MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS support the SCHIP children's healthcare expansion that was just vetoed(http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/17/opinion/polls/main3378278.shtml)

What kind of political strategy is this? I guess they must have only polled tree-hugging Islamic communists

2007-10-19 13:23:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 13:18:28 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

You know, no new taxes( her health care would cost less than Bush's war) would people still hate health care for the 'have-nots'

2007-10-19 13:18:12 · 7 answers · asked by Michael G 4

It is a proven failure and has been tried in hundreds of countries for hundreds of years.
What are the results? No sustained success whatsoever.

Why is the insistence on instituting a proven failure in America called "progressive"?

Do liberals not know the meaning of "digressive"?

2007-10-19 13:17:50 · 11 answers · asked by charbatch 3

2007-10-19 13:16:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Bush's lies and failed policies have created more animosity and hatred than Al-Q could have ever ignited on their own. Will someone please tell Bush to put the stick down and come home?

I don't lose sleep pondering if someone likes me, America, or not. This does not mean that I will go out of my way to make people hate me just because "I can". Does this make sense?

2007-10-19 13:15:17 · 11 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5

I have a friend who's a psychologist. He says his clients/patients have been experiencing the same mysterious dream although none of them have ever met. According to him, psychologists across the nation have been reporting the same baffling phenomenon. There's no commonality between the clients/patients who report this dream other than they all have a "W" bumper sticker on their car.

The subject of their dream is the bald eagle from the opening of the TV show, the Colbert Report. It's the eagle that dives across the screen during the opening credits and makes that screeching sound. The difference is that the eagle is now huge, with a 50+ foot wingspan.

2007-10-19 13:14:57 · 1 answers · asked by Ted F 1

Dems who think we can tax & spend our way to prosperity and a stronger currency?

Cons who think we need to abolish the Bill of Rights to achieve freedom?

Dems who think Hillary's $110 Billion a year corporate welfare for insurance companies is really going to help the poor & working class?

Cons who think Hillary's plan is socialism, yet Bush's $100 Billion a year corporate welfare for drug companies is compassionate conservatism?

2007-10-19 13:08:45 · 11 answers · asked by freedom first 5

The Facts:
The Social Security Administration predicts the program will be able to fully pay all promised benefits through 2042, when most baby boomers will be dead--even using pessimistic assumptions about future economic growth. Annual productivity growth is forecast by SSA at only 1.6 percent through 2078; in the years 1913-1990 (including the Great Depression), it grew by about 2.3 percent, a rate that would more than wipe out any future shortfall (2004 Social Security Trustees' Report; The World Economy, OECD, 2001).

But for most of the media, no such context is allowed. The sole economic expert who appeared on ABC was David John of the right-wing Heritage Foundation, who likened the situation to a "horror movie." The Washington Post's Dana Milbank chided a Social Security commissioner for "whistling past the graveyard of entitlement insolvency" because he had the temerity to say, "There's no reason to have any immediate panic."

2007-10-19 13:08:24 · 17 answers · asked by Richard V 6