Politics - 19 October 2007

Thank God for this man.

Think of what life would be like without him.
Think of how worst our budget would be in much deeper deficits, and how much higher our gas prices would be without him, and how much more hatred there would be for the USA without him, and how we would be headed for a depression without him, and how the middle east would so much more unstable and dangerous without him...and I would hate to think how many countries Iran would have invaded by now if it was not for Bush.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_bi_ge/stretching_paychecks

2007-10-19 09:32:11 · 15 answers · asked by ron j 1

Limbaugh Letter Fetches $2.1 Million on eBay
Rush Limbaugh appears to have the Midas touch.
The conservative radio talk-show host turned an inflammatory letter written by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and signed by 41 of his fellow Democrats into a more than $4.2 million gold mine for the kids of Marines and law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty, all courtesy of eBay.
The Eugene B. Casey foundation Betty Casey coughed up more than $2.1 million to be the sole owner of the letter sent to the radio host's boss demanding that Limbaugh be reprimanded for a "phony soldier" comment he made on air. Limbaugh has pledged to match whatever was paid for the letter.
Limbaugh described Betty Casey, a trustee of the foundation, as a loyal listener to his show.
“She gives significant sums to hospitals, hospices, colleges and private schools,” Limbaugh said during his radio show Friday afternoon, just after the eBay auction ended. “Betty has been a listener to my program since its inception, and we can't thank her enough for her support. This was kind of the last straw for her, what Harry Reid did here.”
The letter, sent by Reid and signed by his Democratic colleagues, was delivered Oct. 2 to Mark P. Mays, president of Clear Channel, the parent company of the conservative talk show host’s radio broadcast.
Click here to read the letter sent by Reid to Clear Channel's Mark Mays.
In exchange for the $2.1 million, the Maryland-based Eugene B. Casey Foundation, will receive the letter, the Halliburton briefcase in which the letter is secured 24 hours a day, a letter of thanks from Limbaugh and a picture of him announcing the auction at a speech in Philadelphia last week.
The foundation released the following statement on acquiring the letter:
"The Eugene B. Casey Foundation believes freedom of speech is a basic right of every citizen of this country. Their purchase of the smear letter was to demonstrate their belief in this right and to support Rush Limbaugh, his views and his continued education of us."
Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Maine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation, a nonprofit that gives scholarship assistance to children of Marines and federal law enforcement personnel whose parents die in the line of duty.
Limbaugh has denied the term "phony soldiers" referred to former servicemen and women who served in Iraq and now oppose the war, but to those who lied about their service. A literal reading of the Sept. 26 show in question shows that the controversial host did not say that soldiers opposing the war are "phony."
On his Friday radio show, Limbaugh said Reid’s letter was an “abuse of power against a private citizen.”
“Harry Reid in a speech on the Senate floor at 12 noon today, a little over an hour ago, attempted to hone in on all this and take some credit for it, claiming that he and I had buried the hatchet, or implying that that had been the case, and then kept using the pronoun "we" in discussing how good this was, the money going to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation,” Limbaugh said on his show.
“Three words, that means, ‘Rush, you win,’” Reid told his colleagues on the Senate floor. “I asked Sen. Reid to match and all the other senators who can afford to do so. I haven't heard from them on that. I asked Sen. Reid to go on the program and discuss his discussion of me as "unpatriotic." He did not accept my offer to do that and now has the audacity to climb aboard this, praising the effort, saying that "he" never knew that it would get this kind of money.
He also announced an unknown number of certified copies of the letter signed by him will be sold on for $1,000 on his Web site, with proceeds going to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation.
So did the foundation get their money's worth?
Kieta, the vice president of AmericanMemorabilia.com who goes by only one name, said what makes the letter appealing to a buyer is all the media attention the correspondence has received, but it holds no real historical or collector value.
“If you compare it to an Abraham Lincoln document, there is obviously no comparison,” Kieta said. “This is strictly a promotional marketing ploy. Historically speaking, is it a historical document? I wouldn’t categorize it as a historical document.”

2007-10-19 09:31:47 · 15 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_po/obama_justice

Someone calls for your job to get a headline.

2007-10-19 09:29:49 · 10 answers · asked by netjr 6

2007-10-19 09:28:47 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Limbaugh Letter Fetches $2.1 Million on eBay
Rush Limbaugh appears to have the Midas touch.
The conservative radio talk-show host turned an inflammatory letter written by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and signed by 41 of his fellow Democrats into a more than $4.2 million gold mine for the kids of Marines and law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty, all courtesy of eBay.
The Eugene B. Casey foundation Betty Casey coughed up more than $2.1 million to be the sole owner of the letter sent to the radio host's boss demanding that Limbaugh be reprimanded for a "phony soldier" comment he made on air. Limbaugh has pledged to match whatever was paid for the letter.
Limbaugh described Betty Casey, a trustee of the foundation, as a loyal listener to his show.
“She gives significant sums to hospitals, hospices, colleges and private schools,” Limbaugh said during his radio show Friday afternoon, just after the eBay auction ended. “Betty has been a listener to my program since its inception, and we can't thank her enough for her support. This was kind of the last straw for her, what Harry Reid did here.”
The letter, sent by Reid and signed by his Democratic colleagues, was delivered Oct. 2 to Mark P. Mays, president of Clear Channel, the parent company of the conservative talk show host’s radio broadcast.
Click here to read the letter sent by Reid to Clear Channel's Mark Mays.
In exchange for the $2.1 million, the Maryland-based Eugene B. Casey Foundation, will receive the letter, the Halliburton briefcase in which the letter is secured 24 hours a day, a letter of thanks from Limbaugh and a picture of him announcing the auction at a speech in Philadelphia last week.
The foundation released the following statement on acquiring the letter:
"The Eugene B. Casey Foundation believes freedom of speech is a basic right of every citizen of this country. Their purchase of the smear letter was to demonstrate their belief in this right and to support Rush Limbaugh, his views and his continued education of us."
Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Maine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation, a nonprofit that gives scholarship assistance to children of Marines and federal law enforcement personnel whose parents die in the line of duty.
Limbaugh has denied the term "phony soldiers" referred to former servicemen and women who served in Iraq and now oppose the war, but to those who lied about their service. A literal reading of the Sept. 26 show in question shows that the controversial host did not say that soldiers opposing the war are "phony."
On his Friday radio show, Limbaugh said Reid’s letter was an “abuse of power against a private citizen.”
“Harry Reid in a speech on the Senate floor at 12 noon today, a little over an hour ago, attempted to hone in on all this and take some credit for it, claiming that he and I had buried the hatchet, or implying that that had been the case, and then kept using the pronoun "we" in discussing how good this was, the money going to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation,” Limbaugh said on his show.
“Three words, that means, ‘Rush, you win,’” Reid told his colleagues on the Senate floor. “I asked Sen. Reid to match and all the other senators who can afford to do so. I haven't heard from them on that. I asked Sen. Reid to go on the program and discuss his discussion of me as "unpatriotic." He did not accept my offer to do that and now has the audacity to climb aboard this, praising the effort, saying that "he" never knew that it would get this kind of money.
He also announced an unknown number of certified copies of the letter signed by him will be sold on for $1,000 on his Web site, with proceeds going to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation.
So did the foundation get their money's worth?
Kieta, the vice president of AmericanMemorabilia.com who goes by only one name, said what makes the letter appealing to a buyer is all the media attention the correspondence has received, but it holds no real historical or collector value.
“If you compare it to an Abraham Lincoln document, there is obviously no comparison,” Kieta said. “This is strictly a promotional marketing ploy. Historically speaking, is it a historical document? I wouldn’t categorize it as a historical document.”

2007-10-19 09:28:45 · 18 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2

Under the green category selector on the right side of the screen that is one of the advertsing links.

What excatly would be ON a George W. Bush DVD and who would buy that?

Must be a complilation of his misspeaks. There are many, you know!

"I hope we get to the bottom of the answer"-GWB

2007-10-19 09:27:33 · 1 answers · asked by Jim W 3

" A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury"
"From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the MOST from the Public treasury with the result that even democracy will finally collapse due to the loose fiscal policy which is is always followed by dictatorship."
Source: Alexander Tyler
Professor of History
Edinburgh University
Edinburgh Scotland

2007-10-19 09:21:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My two personal favorites are: Statistic & Casualty

Do you have any favorites?

2007-10-19 09:20:31 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

How about every other Democrat Congress person/Senator who voted to declare war on Iraq?

2007-10-19 09:18:10 · 13 answers · asked by vinsa1981 3

Just saw on CNN than 61% of the public support sending in US troops to peace keep in Darfur. Do we want to get involved in more tribal genocide?

2007-10-19 09:13:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

just curious..

LOL

2007-10-19 08:58:30 · 10 answers · asked by Samm 6

invading iraq to wage war on terrorism is akin to burning a house down to get rid of the ants.

2007-10-19 08:58:04 · 9 answers · asked by tomjohn2 4

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_bi_ge/stretching_paychecks

2007-10-19 08:56:21 · 14 answers · asked by Holy Cow! 7

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=%22leftist+bedwetter%22&spell=1

2007-10-19 08:52:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

and now these right wing freaks, woops; "conservatives" want to preach "values", tell me, when convervatives were dropping naipalm and agent orange on vietnam, on women, children, anyone, was that a "conservative value"??

2007-10-19 08:49:42 · 24 answers · asked by Robert A 1

These are some of the names of women that come to my mind that have been either president or prime minister in their countries: Benazir Bhutto; Corazon Aquino; Margaret Thatcher; Indira Ghandi; Golda Meir; Violeta Chamorro; Michelle Bachellet; etc. I know this is only a handful of women, since I don't have time to look the others up.

But why, what is the real reason there has never been a female president in the USA up till now? After all, we are supposed to be if not the best country in the world, at least in the very top five.

Aren't we supposed to be the most equal in relation to school, college, etc. Aren't we suppose to be the one with more freedom of everything, including speech, thought, actions? But some of the countries we've called Banana Republics have had women presidents.

2007-10-19 08:46:47 · 16 answers · asked by mybusiness2 1

I’d like to know what you think.

2007-10-19 08:41:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Let's face it. 2008 is all about Hillary and Rudy.

What reasons could you give me for voting for Rudy after 8 years of George Bush without "Well, Hilary will ruin everything after 8 great years..." blah blah blah...?

2007-10-19 08:36:45 · 21 answers · asked by Jim W 3

Isn't it a good thing to prevent unwanted pregnancies of Jr High and High school aged girls? The reality of the situation is that there were a significant number of pregnancies among students there. Should we just cluck-cluck and give them a scarlet letter or bury our heads in the sand? Really, maybe you don't think it's right that kids this age are having sex but the REALITY is that some do and some did. Isn't it better to deal with the reality - and more than anything else prevent unwanted pregnancies rather than moralize from on high?

An added bonus for the conservatives is fewer abortions as well.

2007-10-19 08:36:21 · 26 answers · asked by Dastardly 6

A pollster estimated 25% of Republican women would. I wonder.

2007-10-19 08:31:16 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I watched him say this during coverage of the 9/11 attacks, maybe 1 week later.
As well all know people have died and have cancer from being down there.

How will this affect him if he runs?

2007-10-19 08:29:39 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that a lot of Americans are against the Iraq war. And a lot of Americans think it was a mistake that the U.S. invaded Iraq to begin with. It seems like some people on the far-left in America want to see the U.S. lose in Iraq, so it will be easier for Democrats to win elections. I know that I don't want to see the United States lose another war. If the U.S. left Iraq with a stable government that was pro-Western, & was willing to help us fight Islamic terrorists then I would consider that a victory. I just think it's wrong that there are some Americans that want to see their own country lose a war, so they will gain politically.

2007-10-19 08:28:26 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 08:26:37 · 23 answers · asked by Holy Cow! 7

I am. I think it is funny how they actually believe he'll make it past the primaries.

2007-10-19 08:17:02 · 22 answers · asked by Jed H 1

I thought a Democratic country meant people have freedom of Speech. Can someone explain how a country like country like Turkey has no Freedom of Speech yet is democratic?

They have a law called Penal Code 301 which prohibits freedom of speech and is carried out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_301_%28Turkish_penal_code%29

2007-10-19 08:15:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Assume that you agreed with the candidate on the political issues more than any of the other candidates.

2007-10-19 08:15:18 · 45 answers · asked by Earl Grey 5

She didnt attend any of the victims funerals while Guilanni was going to as many as he could. it was all over the news, cops and firefighters said shes a disgrace. then she finally went to one.
What does this say about her?

2007-10-19 08:10:52 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

All this talk about the Koran being anti-semitic when they are only a few verse (and one short chapter about the "Children of Israel" )that even talk about Jews, where as the Bible goes on and on condemning Jews for what would be considered hateful Antisemitism today?

Why are people trying to get the Koran banned for such reason when the bible itself contains much more controversial rhetoric in relation to Antisemitism?

Please just logical responses with sources. If I'm out of line let me know how and where. I have read both books and I'm really troubled with the bias going on.

2007-10-19 08:03:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/26/news/companies/exxon_earnings/index.htm

2007-10-19 08:00:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 08:00:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous