Politics - 8 November 2007

I see it on here a lot... talk of Democrats wanting dependance, and "buying votes"...

They say that Democratic programs only make more people dependent on the government... and imply that all on welfare will never get off and will only have more children that will go on welfare...

have the welfare rolls grown exponentially over the years, since the programs start?

basically, do Republicans have any facts to back this up?

I realize that most who vote on welfare, do vote Democrat, but I also realize that the vast majority don't vote... so, it's not really this huge voting block keeping the Dems in power...

2007-11-08 18:03:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

The President supposed to do the will of the people. The Polls clearly indicate that he is not doing that. Nobody wants the war. Nobody wants the shitty economy we have. George Bush is doing what he wants to do. How in the Hell did he ever get elected. Corruption, That's how. Impeach George Bush and his sidekick Cheney. They are both corrupt arrogant criminals. Anyone agree?

2007-11-08 17:54:37 · 18 answers · asked by Michael P 1

They think that god is punishing us for tolerating homosexuality.
They have multiple websites:
godhatesamerica.com
godhatessweden.com
godhatescanada.com
and
godhatesfags.com

Only intelligent answers please. I'm actually curious to see what everyone thinks.
I would appreciate it if everyone would leave US foreign policy out of your answers. Not that I am a Bush lover or anything. =)

Stephen Colbert for President 2008!!!!!

2007-11-08 17:43:52 · 14 answers · asked by kingbobo100 2

Most of my friends have a small or medium business and employ at least 20 or more people, some over 150. We have discussed this many times. They all are of the same mind. If Labor get in and intend to change the IR laws, everyone of them will be scaling down and getting rid of any staff that are not absolutely necessary. Just in my small social circle, that means at least 150 jobs will be lost. So you have to ask yourself, will you be the one who gets back some of your benefits or will you be the one out of work??? Think carefully. This is not Political propaganda, its not my opinion, it is actual fact and believe me, you might not like people who are well off but we pay a lot of wages and that supports a lot of families. If Labor get in, we will all be culling staff.

2007-11-08 17:17:45 · 14 answers · asked by Click 2

SARKOZY (via translator): To the millions of men and women who came from every country of the world and who -- with their own hands, their intelligence, and their hearts -- built the greatest nation in the world, America did not say, "Come, and everything will be given to you." Rather, she said, "Come, and the only limits to what you will be able to achieve will be those of your own courage, your boldness, and your talent." (applause)


SARKOZY (via translator): The America that we love throughout the world impedes this extraordinary ability to grant each and every person a second chance, another chance, because, in America, failure is never the last word. There is always another chance. Here -- in your country, on this soil -- both the humblest and the most illustrious citizens alike know that nothing is owed to them and that everything has to be earned. That is what constitutes the moral value of America. (applause)

2007-11-08 17:02:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

FBI says possible al-Qaeda threat against L.A. malls not credible

"LOS ANGELES – The FBI said Thursday it received a tip that al-Qaeda was planning to attack shopping malls in Los Angeles and Chicago this holiday season, but downplayed the purported threat.

The warning, contained in an FBI memo to local law enforcement agencies that was declassified Thursday, said the terror network “hoped to disrupt the U.S. economy and had been planning the attack for the past two years.”

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20071108-1807-ca-mallthreats.html

2007-11-08 17:00:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-08 16:34:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are all the Christians so afraid of this? And why do they think that he will create a one world government!

Does Blair even support that idea?

2007-11-08 16:30:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

That word is thrown around quite a bit. What exactly defines a liberal?

2007-11-08 16:30:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Washington DC, November 8 (CNA).-Pat Robertson, televangelist and founder of the Christian Coalition, on Wednesday endorsed the socially liberal Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani.

"It is my pleasure to announce my support for America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, a proven leader who is not afraid of what lies ahead and who will cast a hopeful vision for all Americans," Robertson said during a news conference with Giuliani in Washington.

Giuliani, former mayor of New York, supports abortion rights and homosexual rights despite the Republican Party's official stands against such issues.

Robertson, who made an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988, is also the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, the Christian Coalition and Regent University. Shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Robertson claimed in a statement that the attacks occurred because Americans had insulted God and lost the protection of heaven by "allowing abortion and rampant internet pornography."

Robertson did not mention his differences with Giuliani on social issues in Wednesday's statement.

2007-11-08 16:20:59 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

How many people have heard this audio clip with the lady from Iowa shedding tears about about how "sincere" Obama is? She starts crying when she mentions holding Obama's hand. I don't know about the rest of you but I found this audio clip to be very funny. Who in their right mind would start crying over a presidential candidate holding their hand? i think this woman watches too much of the Oprah show. Please listen to the sound bite.

Here is the audio clip. Click on the audio link right under the lady's picture. The link says " Listen: Geri Punteney Says Barack Obama Seemed 'Sincere'

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16099751

2007-11-08 16:18:26 · 8 answers · asked by - 6

2007-11-08 16:17:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

...these, ranked as the 25 most liberal cities in America?

1 Detroit Michigan
2 Gary Indiana
3 Berkeley California
4 Washington, D.C. Dist. of Columbia
5 Oakland California
6 Inglewood California
7 Newark New Jersey
8 Cambridge Massachusetts
9 San Francisco California
10 Flint Michigan
11 Cleveland Ohio
12 Hartford Connecticut
13 Paterson New Jersey
14 Baltimore Maryland
15 New Haven Connecticut
16 Seattle Washington
17 Chicago Illinois
18 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
19 Birmingham Alabama
20 St. Louis Missouri
21 New York New York
22 Providence Rhode Island
23 Minneapolis Minnesota
24 Boston Massachusetts
25 Buffalo New York

http://www.govpro.com/News/Article/31439/

2007-11-08 16:15:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think it's the mullet that gives it away.

2007-11-08 16:06:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

it seems like a really cool place and their government seems really cool. do you think it would be ideal for me to move there?

2007-11-08 16:05:39 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

how could things be worse than this? if women had been running things all along wouldnt things be better??????

2007-11-08 15:55:50 · 34 answers · asked by thomasdavidhalbrook@yahoo.com 2

How well is the president doing in terms of our relationship with other nations?

What type of relationship does the president have with Congress?

Are things getting done in Washington?

You can be honest, but please no bad words or name-calling. I am a supporter of Bush, although I do disagree with several of his policies. How do YOU think he's doing?

Thank you.

2007-11-08 15:49:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have to laugh... I went to look at an answer I gave to someone's question so I could check my sources of stats given and find out more about the info they gave in their question, because it was interesting. And I can't view it now because it seems that the person who asked the question has blocked me for some reason. All I did was answer from a different political perspective based on published information, but I certainly didn't offend or threaten them in any way at all.

I would provide a link to the question but I don't want to embarrass the person who blocked me.

Do people here block others just because they want one-sided answers that they will agree with? Seems to defeat the whole point of participating in Q&A. I only block trolls or wierdos, very rarely too.

What do you reckon?

2007-11-08 15:46:21 · 12 answers · asked by Shazzbot 6

A neoconservative ideologist whom Bush has consulted on this topic, has written that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is "like Hitler...a revolutionary whose objective is to overturn the going international system and to replace it in the fullness of time with a new order dominated by Iran and ruled by the religio-political culture of Islamofascism."
For this staggering proposition Podhorentz provides not a scintilla of evidence.
A decade ago, Kim Jong Il allowed a famine to kill 2 million of his own people, forcing the others to survive by eating grass, while he imported gallons of expensive French wine. He has sold nuclear technology to other rogue states and threatened his neighbors with test-firirngs of rockets and missiles. Yet the United States will be participating in international relief efforts to Pyongyang worth billions of dollars.

2007-11-08 15:33:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Settle all the doubts i say!!!!!what say you?

2007-11-08 15:31:37 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

The US did not respect the decision of the UN concerning Iraq and decided to act illegally and invade Iraq. Now we can say that the UN was ABSOLUTELY RIGHT and the US is now paying dearly for the serious mistake.
The UN is a democratic institution and the US has to play by the rules, in a democratic way not in a cowboysh way, or lose the respect of the rest of the world.

2007-11-08 15:30:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-08 15:24:16 · 11 answers · asked by Shary 6

also what i a most logical form of government???

2007-11-08 15:22:56 · 2 answers · asked by OH Y 1

2007-11-08 15:17:15 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-08 15:06:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do they know it, but choose to ignore it? Do they truly not believe that she would be a more polarizing president than George W. Bush? Are they blind or do they choose to be?

2007-11-08 15:03:28 · 7 answers · asked by reaganite27 5

If the USA has more than 100 military bases spread all over the world does it mean that the US is oppressing the rest of the world through its powerful military machine?
If those countries asked the US to close the military bases and go home would the US obey them?

2007-11-08 15:02:31 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why doesn't it trouble the left that this is the most secretive and corrupt administration in the history of the country?

2007-11-08 14:53:37 · 18 answers · asked by reaganite27 5

is it true....???

that the goverment has lots of secrets they dont want to tell us....my friend was talking bout this in class today,,,but i didnt hear right

is it true that World war 3 is coming up
Why,and when


and that the world is gonna end in 2012

and also that there are cameras that take pics of every single one of us


is bush behind all this


thx.....
10 points

2007-11-08 14:51:11 · 17 answers · asked by Counting5432 1

2007-11-08 14:48:47 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous