Politics - 22 October 2007

2007-10-22 10:24:26 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

America is now a world superpower, and has been since the end of the Second World War.

Why do British people, In particular, the lower classes and the lumpenproletariat, soak up the ideology and the ways of their American counterparts?
In particular, the ‘gangstas’ and the R&B music

Why is segregation imitated in Britain?

Why do Britain’s love American consumerism?

Why is a British perception of Americans played out? (i.e. lorry drivers having a confederacy flag behind them, cruising along the A30 heading to Truro at 50mph, avatar sunglasses and all?!? joke for the Cornish)

Feel free to post your thoughs on Americanism.

2007-10-22 10:20:52 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://chinatownhawaii.com/flags.html

Posted with tears in our eyes!

Max
peacenegotiator

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2007-10-22 10:18:54 · 9 answers · asked by peacenegotiator 3

2007-10-22 10:02:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

The war will cost $200,000,000,000 dollars this year. There are approximately 100,000,000 households. How will you pay for your $2,000 share?

2007-10-22 09:56:11 · 21 answers · asked by Zardoz 7

Yes. They voted for the war based upon numerous assertions by the prez, chaney, rumsfeld, and Powell that were all either outright lies, a result of bad intelligence, bad analyzation, or plain stupidity.

I'm not sure any Demos would have voted for the war had they know the truth. For that matter, how many Repubs would have?

Come on, you "patriots" who think its unpatriotic to to question the prez (unless he's a democrat), would you stll have supported the Iraq war had you know then what you know now?

2007-10-22 09:55:13 · 24 answers · asked by chelseablue 3

2007-10-22 09:52:00 · 6 answers · asked by idon'tknowanymore 2

A profound statement from an old Soldier from the past that still holds true.
Agree or disagree, we are in a war. Shouldn't our leaders in Congress provide us with the leadership,the means to win , and the will to win?

2007-10-22 09:43:33 · 27 answers · asked by Rick 5

[ Bush Tells Congress to Act Quickly on War Funding Request
By Hans Nichols

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush asked Congress to act quickly on his request for about $190 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other priorities, saying the money is needed to keep troops supplied. ]
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ahZwSw667ttw&refer=home

2007-10-22 09:38:23 · 6 answers · asked by ideogenetic 7

Pfo said: The reasons for this are vast, but not any part of me believes it is intentional. If you have a house of people with AK47s, they'll call in air support and blow it up. Only later will they find out the bottom floor was a family of 5. They'll probably lump them with the insurgents when they publish a death toll. A sad state of affairs, but the alternative is to let them operate with impunity hiding amongst an innocent population. We cannot do that, it's become an us or them thing: people are going to have to die. If you had to choose to kill American soldiers or innocent Iraqis, what would you pick? I'd be inclined to spare the Americans, but I know my answer is not nice or preferred.

The difference between the US v Saddam and terrorists in general is that Saddam and terrorists deliberately attack the innocent, whereas in our case 99.999% of the time it is collateral damage.

PN: My firm negotiated the end to the Iraq Conflict in 1990-91. The Bush administration wanted . . .

2007-10-22 09:35:39 · 9 answers · asked by peacenegotiator 3

Even worse, Iraqi Kurs DID infiltrate and kill Turks in their country. Yet not ONE Iraqi has ever killed an American on US soil. Who has more of a right to "fight them over there"?

2007-10-22 09:32:05 · 35 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5

2007-10-22 09:28:05 · 31 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5

2007-10-22 09:24:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-22 09:18:23 · 14 answers · asked by Zay Bones 2

Bush today requested an additional $45 billion for the war, bringing the total for this year alone to $200 billion. The CBO now projects the total cost 10 years from now to be at least $2 trillion. Is there any end to the blind ignorance of this President? Is there any chance that the Democrats will finally show some guts and put a stop to this insanity?

2007-10-22 09:16:10 · 15 answers · asked by golfer7 5

2007-10-22 09:16:05 · 4 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7

OUCH! Unconstitutional? I don't think so. They still have their freedom of speech and freedom of being electrocuted or not. Hillary Clinton will either need to drop out of the race or expect to become more roasted than a Thanksgiving turkey. Guiliani might not get shocked as much but we will still get shocked by his controversial views. This is one scary election already with the two noted running. I hope one of the other candidates win because they all look better. BEWARE!
Armagedden is on its way!

2007-10-22 09:15:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who's having abortions (age)?
52% of women obtaining abortions in the U.S. are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 32% of all abortions; Teenagers obtain 20% and girls under 15 account for 1.2%.

Who's having abortions (race)?
While white women obtain 60% of all abortions, their abortion rate is well below that of minority women. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are roughly 2 times as likely.

Who's having abortions (marital status)?
64.4% of all abortions are performed on never-married women; Married women account for 18.4% of all abortions and divorced women obtain 9.4%.

Who's having abortions (income)?
Women with family incomes less than $15,000 obtain 28.7% of all abortions; Women with family incomes between $15,000 and $29,999 obtain 19.5%; Women with family incomes between $30,000 and $59,999 obtain 38.0%; Women with family incomes over $60,000 obtain 13.8%.

2007-10-22 08:57:50 · 23 answers · asked by Liberal City 6

2007-10-22 08:57:29 · 5 answers · asked by shooting doctor 4

2007-10-22 08:55:00 · 29 answers · asked by Spartacus 3

2007-10-22 08:49:56 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-22 08:49:32 · 11 answers · asked by Spartacus 3

What can be done to stop this genecide who cares about Africa what about ou babies here? I mean this act should be censured or out lawed by the Congress.


I mean what about the babies and what should happen to there murders?


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap9l6zSxG8RIGl7KSsFIuxXsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071022121850AASnNYK&show=7#profile-info-929f84c71adf02b2083b8a92ef028a57aa

2007-10-22 08:48:22 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

And please please read the question carefully and answer appropriately . Thank you .

Why is it that the Bible and Pastors teach that abortion is wrong , but some of you think it's right ? - This confounds me . Do you honestly think that God will return and approve of such acts ?
Does it trouble you to see God removed from many sectors of our society ? Simple stuff too . Nativity Scenes , Christmas plays in school.. . or any reference to Christmas for that matter .
Have ya ever asked yourself just how WAS it ok for about 200 years and all of a sudden , it's not ?
Do you think that when Jesus returns he would approve of the fact that His Father was removed from our schools and our society ?

And if you think I'm judging , guess again . I am a sinner and so are you . I'm not 'above' you in any way . But it troubles me to see what appears to be a decision to follow 'Party Ideology' and not God's Ideology . And if you're really a Christian , then you know I have the right to ask .

2007-10-22 08:47:15 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

like you must show you either work, make a certain minimum household income of say $40,000, or have savings of over $100,000 or otherwise are a significant contributor to society?

This is a 2 part question. Part 2 to this question is who is your favorite candidate for the presidential election.

To get best answer you must clearly answer both parts decisively.

2007-10-22 08:45:43 · 22 answers · asked by ez f 1

Check out these links:

http://home.att.net/~vlaszlo/bob_barr_1.htm

http://archive.salon.com/politics/red/2001/04/18/blue

http://www.republicansforchoice.com

2007-10-22 08:43:32 · 17 answers · asked by tangerine 7

"Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez slammed the nation's Roman Catholic Church leadership as "morally unacceptable" late on Sunday for criticizing his proposal to rewrite the constitution to scrap term limits."

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2206910,00.html

I wouldn't be surprised if Jimmy would endorse this.

I'd expect it from him.

Here's one more Chavez story too: http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2165535,00.html

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

2007-10-22 08:35:28 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Owl" Gore will blame the California wildfires on Bush and global warming?

2007-10-22 08:31:49 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

John Edwards is running for the Democratic election, however he seems just as idiotic as Kerry and clueless on about just about everything.

2007-10-22 08:25:32 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know they agree with everything that GWB does,
They think The Sun rises and sets in Israel,
They think that trillions of our taxes should be spent on war and not on safeguarding American children....
That faith based doctrine is better than scientific facts...
That Women have no place in deciding their fate.....
That minorities are not really American.....
That being White (except Jewish) is right and might.....
That Muslims and Arabs are sub human.......

But hey, is it fair to call them sheeple???????

2007-10-22 08:22:59 · 15 answers · asked by Dream Realized 2