Politics - 23 October 2007

Bill's scrapy for a little guy isn't he ?

2007-10-23 16:26:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think its crazy that America invaded a country on the pretense of halting its WMD program. Or, to be specific, forcing that country (Iraq) to allow proper inspections. But in the end it was all about the fear of WMDs.

Now Iran is clearly working on some sort of nuclear program. Almost no one thinks its for purely peaceful purposes. With a superpower having invaded their next door neighbor, Iran will surely want to have nukes.

So now Iran has a much more obvious, and probably more advanced WMD program. And the US can do little about it having having squandered their resources and political power in Iraq - which posed no real threat to anyone.

What do you think?

2007-10-23 16:13:13 · 14 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1

2007-10-23 16:11:23 · 7 answers · asked by assh☺le supreme 3

I have heard that this may be a motivating factor for the Bush admin considering action against Iran.

What's your take on this situation?

2007-10-23 16:08:15 · 13 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1

I know WHY, like the history behind it and all that, but why does it persist. China is communist and we do business with them. Even when Hurricane Katrina came and hit New Orleans, Cuba offered additional help and doctors and the U.S. turned it down. It's like get the "F" over it, quit acting like a baby and mend things. Plus schools brainwash students making them think Cuba is such a harsh place and it's a country that needs help which is nonsense. I'm not Cuban but I just think it's rediculous. Does anyone have anything to say about it, I don't know it just makes me so angry.

2007-10-23 16:07:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

“One reason why we have the fires in California is global warming,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Tuesday. This jerk is one of the dumbest partisan hacks in congress, why aren't libs calling this pea brain out for saying something so incredibly stupid?

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/wildfires-get-personal-for-lawmakers-2007-10-24.html

2007-10-23 16:03:09 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-10-23 15:58:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will he blame Ahmedajin (President of Iran) for somehow causing the fires (by indirectly funding an Iranian University Fund which caused a shift in American Scientific research funds towards epigenetics and not fire fighting - chemistry)..

Will he?

2007-10-23 15:54:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

As far as I'm concerned, he's done the best he could for the country. I definitely can't see how this President is as bad as liberals make him out to be. They always seem to take everything he does and put a negative spin on it. I guess they have to resort to that because they are so frustrated with the Democrat controlled Congress (which has an 11% approval rating) that has accomplished nothing.

2007-10-23 15:42:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

im a jr in high school and is in public speaking class my speech is on the war in Iraq. I need something catchy for my opener but i dont know what to say for my introduction to make it sound interesting. my topic is on why we're still in Iraq and has the Bush supported the idea of troop withdrawal.

2007-10-23 15:39:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you feel that the President is looking out for your best interests?
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GLOBAL_WARMING_HEALTH?SITE=VAROA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
I just don't understand how you can support someone who could really give a flying turd about you, and your family.

2007-10-23 15:34:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wanna be ready to cash in right at the begining. hows that for capitalism?

2007-10-23 15:26:46 · 14 answers · asked by a person of interest 5

If no, why not?

2007-10-23 15:23:55 · 24 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5

This from a man that has Cuba in wrags since 1959?....not sure I'd pay much attention to that old fart !

2007-10-23 15:22:17 · 4 answers · asked by Papillion 2

1. I believe it happend
2. I am sorry it happend, but had nothing to do with it
3. It happend a long time ago and the USA had nothing to do with it.
4. I am not willing to spend my tax dollars twords any aspect of it
So why should the USA have anything to do with it. It is not our issue or problem? I would really like to know why.

2007-10-23 15:19:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

doesn't it seem like some people just love war, no matter how unnecessary it be?

2007-10-23 15:16:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-23 15:06:18 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wouldn't it be OK for pro-choice people to tell the pro-lifers how to live their lives?

2007-10-23 15:05:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-23 14:58:26 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-23 14:58:18 · 22 answers · asked by miz_ali 2

thankfully, they're foiled. but they're not foiled because of the war, they're foiled on the part of the FBI and other gov organizations. if this war is supposed to put an end to terrorism (or at least reduce it), why are there more plots per year now than there were before the war began (and by the way, notice how the plots are almost always against countries involved in the iraq war. i mean, come on people, doesn't 2 and 2 go together???)

2007-10-23 14:58:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

without bargaining chips, Iran can't bargain...

2007-10-23 14:50:27 · 11 answers · asked by WJ 7

2007-10-23 14:40:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

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why is the United States in such a mess? Huh?.
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can you answer that?
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or are you afraid to admit to the truth, the truth being that you don't know so much after all?

(and before you assume, I'm not a "dude"
I'm a young woman; not your ordinary woman either)

2007-10-23 14:37:55 · 12 answers · asked by rare2findd 6

2007-10-23 14:35:36 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Both India and China were ancient civilizations that fell behind and suffered defeats at the hands of the West in the modern era. Both have huge populations (each around one billion) living in relative poverty compared to Europe and North America. India has better natural conditions, mostly flat land and facing the sea on both sides, while China has large portions of unusable land in the forms of deserts and mountains and a relative short coastline (for its area). India has been a full democracy (by Western standards) for the past fifty years, while in China it is not known when democracy will arrive. However, India is falling further behind China economically.

Up to the late 1970s, China and India's economies were comparable. Since then, as the article shows, China is doing a better job of bettering the lives of its citizens. India is leading in computer software but in almost everything else China is advancing more rapidly. This raises some interesting questions: Why cannot a democracy beat a communist regime? (Note the Western standard says that economic and political freedoms go together--if you want economic prosperity you have to have a liberal political system... or that's what the West is telling Russia and Eastern Europe.) Is it due to culture factors? Did the "Cultural Revolution" in late 1960s and early 1970s at the costs of millions of lives under the communists make it easier for today's China to break with the past and to take off, noting in India some have blamed traditions for blocking progress? Which is a better model for Third World countries to follow in development and modernization? Interestingly, the article does not make note of the factor that China has a Taiwan and a HongKong which significantly aid developments in the mainland, something India does not have

2007-10-23 14:22:43 · 10 answers · asked by The Great Montitude 7

2007-10-23 14:14:34 · 11 answers · asked by Triumph 4

I didn't even know that he had apologized until minutes ago . I saw a clip of it and the clip did sound sincere and as a Christian , I say we let it go at that . None of us are above any other man and we all make mistakes that we all need forgiveness for .

Congressman Pete Stark . .. . You did a good thing .

And since we're talking 'fairness' here , I should point out to the Democratic folks that I learned this on FoxNews. . . . and guess who told me ?. . . .Bill O'Reilly , who also decided to accept the apology like a good man should !
Surprised Dems ?

2007-10-23 14:04:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-23 13:59:09 · 12 answers · asked by Eduardo 1

Given that the developed World has a need for the raw materials of the undeveloped World, and that the peoples of the undeveloped World live mostly under the various tyrannies which we support in order to obtain them would it not be more honest and humane simply to overthrow them and the Medieval religions which they practise and develop their societies in exchange? We are going to use our weapons to take what we need anyway so why not just be honest about our intentions?

2007-10-23 13:43:04 · 5 answers · asked by TheEnemyWithin 2