Politics - 23 November 2007

I'm not anti Hillary but I see this as a time to have a strong Military man as President.

Even though McCain is a bit of a lose canon I think his back ground makes him good for the job at this time.

Oh where oh where is Colin Powell.

2007-11-23 07:43:39 · 19 answers · asked by whirling W dervish 2

Or will that kind of politicking be the reason she wins?

I think we're all a little fed up with the bigots and pundits, don't you?

Don't like her? Fine...

But do you know anything about government other than name-calling?

(just so you know, I'm voting for someone else in the primaries so I'm not like her #1 fan or anything).

2007-11-23 07:42:28 · 19 answers · asked by rabble rouser 6

2007-11-23 07:42:10 · 5 answers · asked by realitycheck 3

Which would be better for your children's development in education?
Who would be able to give a child more personal time?
Should a child in a developing stage have one teacher, or many who more like than not, will not teach them the same values?

Would you choose Laura, or Hillary?

2007-11-23 07:32:47 · 16 answers · asked by xenypoo 7

Democrats say their job is to provide equality for everyone including minorities and white women. Yet as a male I feel that they forget equality should be equal in all cases. One example is that women can vote, run for all political office, and join the army but still are not required by law to sign up for selective service. A next issue is crime. Whenever a woman especially a white woman commit a crime we make excuses that we wont for a male. An example of this is debra lafave and mary kay letourneau slept with boys 20 years younger than them yet got probation for their offense because apparently the judge bought the excuse that they were emotionally uninclined. Yet very few people complained about this as much as had it been a group of women getting less pay than men. Child custody and divorce laws are another issue.

2007-11-23 07:29:10 · 13 answers · asked by Scott 1

2007-11-23 07:26:31 · 45 answers · asked by theriskbasedapproach 1

Which school do politicians go to in order to learn evasiveness, cheshire cat smiling, lying, being two-faced, and ad infinitum? Could this be the 'school of hard knocks' ?

2007-11-23 07:23:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-23 07:22:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you believe the little party some political insiders are having at the taxpayer through in Iraq is beginning to end? Do you expect some of these companies to suddenly move their home offices to Dubai?
Please tell us what you think, and lets have hopefully an honnest and lively discussion about it in the spirit of free speech.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_web_of_fraud

2007-11-23 07:10:47 · 7 answers · asked by ron j 1

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American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees
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AT&T Inc
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National Assn of Realtors
$30,873,798
National Education Assn
$27,267,750
American Assn for Justice
$27,117,606
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
$26,731,306
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2007-11-23 07:04:33 · 10 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2

I ask this with no particular candidates in mind!

2007-11-23 07:02:39 · 18 answers · asked by . 5

Because when Toni terminated her pregnancy, she did so in the firm belief she was helping to save the planet.

At the age of 27 this young woman at the height of her reproductive years was sterilised to "protect the planet".

Incredibly, instead of mourning the loss of a family that never was, her boyfriend (now husband) presented her with a congratulations card.


While some might think it strange to celebrate the reversal of nature and denial of motherhood, Toni relishes her decision with an almost religious zeal.


"Having children is selfish. It's all about maintaining your genetic line at the expense of the planet," says Toni.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=495495&in_page_id=1879

2007-11-23 07:00:10 · 9 answers · asked by T-Bone 7

If the central tenet of Zionism is that every Jew, is born a citizen of the eternal state of Israel, shouldn't those Jews who subscribe to this ideology be classified as foriegn nationals in their host country?

2007-11-23 06:58:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do the people have the right to know if a Lesbian is running for President? Or for that matter a gay man?
Obviously, a great number of voters reject homosexuals as their Representatives and Senators. In fact, Wisconsin and Massachusetts are the only states which have had an openly homosexual Representative.

2007-11-23 06:53:20 · 26 answers · asked by plezurgui 6

don't put because she is better than the current one. thanks.

2007-11-23 06:45:57 · 18 answers · asked by JH 3

...what? I have a few ideas that I would share, but I'd like to leave it up to the others on here to look beyond their emotions and biases and pay some attention to the issues that are largely agreed upon.

The most unifying answer gets a whopping 10.

2007-11-23 06:44:24 · 18 answers · asked by Buying is Voting 7

2007-11-23 06:39:59 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know theres many people who hate him,but is there anyone whose a supporter of him?
I'd like to hear the standpoint from someone whose in favor of him.

2007-11-23 06:34:12 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

He is a strong leader and stuck to his guns while the world doubted his policy to invade countries,kill their leaders and convert them all to christianity.
Now that the war in Iraq is won except for mopping up a few lose evil doers here and there I think he will. The world owes the man a debt of gratitude.
When he nukes Iran next year,the world will be sorry they messed with the the leader of democracy and freedom !
Death to the evil doers worldwide.Long live the forces of freedom,truth,justice and the American way.

2007-11-23 06:32:28 · 11 answers · asked by TD1HOGY2K 1

I started wondering about this when a friend and I debated the topic of abortion(She's 100% against abortion and I'm indecisive about the issue, but lean a bit towards pro choice). Somewhere along the way we started arguing about the War. She told me she believed that the U.S involvement in Iraq was a just cause(I'm not sure if she still holds such view). So then this came into my head. Isn't it kind of contradictory to be pro-life(where the goal is to protect innocent lives and give them a chance to live and prosper)but then sign up for military where one knows that they may kill a civilian(a person completely INNOCENT of the crime we're fighting against).

I know that in Vietnam soldiers were told to shoot anything that moved. And I'm sure a lot of soldiers held the view that abortion was wrong? I'm not trying to push a certain view on anyone or pointing out hypocrisy. I'm just wondering what some of your thoughts are, because this has kind of confused me.

2007-11-23 06:25:03 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-23 06:23:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

'Buy Nothing Day' is a 24-hour moratorium on consumer spending scheduled for Monday, November 26th. Will you participate or will the urge to unleash your credit cards be too much for you?

2007-11-23 06:20:54 · 21 answers · asked by Pete Schwetty 5

and call it all lies but then use sources like daily kos, media matters, move on and LA and NY times and act like they are gods gift to truth ?


when anyone that reads them can see an obvious bias .

is it fox news blows their msnbc ratings out of the water on replays of shows from earlier in the day ?

2007-11-23 06:13:56 · 20 answers · asked by djominous20 5

Will her inevitable defeat mark the end of their "business arrangement".

2007-11-23 06:01:23 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you trust media that contributes 98% to Democrat party and 2% to the Republicans? How many of you believe the media. “Communications Workers of America” the media clearly represents its slanted point of view, and whats sad is most people base their political opinion on the papers and TV


The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and the public at large. The Center’s work is aimed at creating a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government.

Communications Workers of America
Communications Workers of America represents workers in telecommunications, broadcasting, journalism and other fields. The union’s members work for companies such as AT&T, General Electric and many of the nation’s top newspapers and broadcast stations.

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.asp?ID=D000000075&Name=Communications%20Workers%20of%20America

2007-11-23 05:59:18 · 20 answers · asked by mission_viejo_california 2

There are so many oppourtunities these days to pick an "us" and a "them": libs, cons, Reps, Dems, gays, women who want abortions, illegals, Christians, neocons, Muslims...etc., etc.. I know being in (or against) one or more of these groups can help give us a sense of identity, belonging and serving a greater purpose, but are we really getting any closer to "defeating" any of these groups or are we just finding other people to blame for our problems? What would we do without "them"? I beleive it was Jung who said "What we resist persists.". Do you think the wars on poverty, drugs and terror have made those social woes better, worse or kept them the same? Or do those wars serve to absolutely ensure that those problems always remain with us?

2007-11-23 05:44:29 · 6 answers · asked by socrates 6

The man was up to his eyeballs in Iran-Contra.

2007-11-23 05:32:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

behind the fact that cigarettes harm your lungs?




and by "deniers" i mean people who don't use any scientific data at all to prove their skeptical beliefs, but rather just write off the whole climate change thing as:
1 a hoax
2 say there's this one scientists who doesn't believe in it (i.e. "guy from weather channel doesn't believe in it, therefore it's not real [but if the guy from the weather channel DID believe in it i wouldn't be basing my opinion of it off him"]) when having absolutely no knowledge of him argument
3 claim al gore "invented" it, even though al gore was born a half century AFTER it was predicted
4 claim that because a minority of scientists believed in global cooling in the 70's, science can't be trusted
5 etc.

2007-11-23 05:07:50 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

but to further their political agendas?
They constantly pit the wealthy against the not-so-wealthy and poor, men against women, black against whites. They badmouth the formers while pandering to the latters.
Why is this? Why do they feel the need to pit Americans against Americans?

2007-11-23 04:25:02 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

So I just saw the movie Sicko and don't quite understand the uproar. Moore is simply making an ethical claim that we should have a system established that adequately takes care of all the people. Anyone disagree with the moral claim of the movie? And if the moral claim is true, what type of medical system should we have? I don't think it is HMO medical care, do you?

2007-11-23 04:06:48 · 26 answers · asked by C.S. 5