Politics - 5 December 2007

Interesting article on the onset of Huckabee's political career in Arkansas, a career deeply rooted in his evangelical calling, enjoy!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/us/politics/06huckabee.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

2007-12-05 23:55:20 · 12 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5

2007-12-05 23:39:51 · 9 answers · asked by a person of interest 5

Which of the following usually does NOT apply to a democracy?

Republic
Balance of power
Junta
None of the above

2007-12-05 23:37:38 · 3 answers · asked by kyle p 1

Has anyone else read about this? Apparently Yorkshire NHS trust has now decreed that nurses must agree to move the beds of Muslims patients so that five times a day they face Mecca?

Can anyone confirm or deny this? Apparently there is an article about it in several British newspapers but I don't have the links.

What are your thoughts?

2007-12-05 23:32:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-05 23:27:32 · 9 answers · asked by Jade 5

70% of Catholics Vote Democrat. 90 Percent of Black Baptists Vote Democrat. Which Christains do you mean......

Many Christains from Other Countris voted Against the "war" Or is it that the retarded only Believe Americans are Christians...........

2007-12-05 23:11:13 · 12 answers · asked by ThorGirl 4

2007-12-05 23:10:49 · 13 answers · asked by realitycheck 3

Why is it that our politicians cannot find money for health care but when money is needed for war money they can fine it?

2007-12-05 23:04:26 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've heard that Sadam Husseim was doing the same when the war was declared...

2007-12-05 22:57:46 · 7 answers · asked by El mundo es ancho y ajeno 6

"Nothing's changed", Bush says. Why not?

2007-12-05 22:36:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

...but he's planning on sending David Miliband to do it for him. Does anyone else think this is completely unacceptable?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7129449.stm

Prime Minister Gordon Brown could miss the signing of the EU Reform Treaty next week because of a diary clash, Downing Street has said.

He is due to face the Commons liaison committee - made up of senior MPs - on Thursday morning, just hours before the ceremony takes place in Lisbon.

A Number 10 spokesman said: "He does want to go... it is hoped he can go."

Foreign Secretary David Miliband is likely fly to Portugal to sign the document if Mr Brown is unavailable.

2007-12-05 22:27:47 · 12 answers · asked by slıɐuǝoʇ 6

2007-12-05 22:19:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Imagine having the ability to Know before hand that Japan was going to attack Pearl. You Know it 5 years before it happens! If you strike Japan in 1936 the world Looks at you as an agressive Monster in 1938 they look at you as Jumping the Gun because in spite of the Build up by Japan your proof ( at least what you can show) is weak.

2007-12-05 22:00:39 · 14 answers · asked by ThorGirl 4

Didn't the same people say that there were "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq 5 years ago? Didn't our president, in typical conspiracy theorist fashion, state that the lack of evidence for the non-existent weapons of mass destruction was actually evidence that they existed and that Saddam moved them?

Wasn't the Iraq War started on the same lies that are now being used to attempt to start this Iran War?

The supposed evidence against Iran consists of alot of lies. Ahmadinijad was elected as the candidate of the conservative party in an election manipulated by the CIA in order to put him in power. He never said anything about wiping Israel off the map either. That was a mistranslation which some Iranian news agency made and which nobody ever bothered to correct. His approval ratings are about half of Bush's, so he's a lame duck on his way out at the next election.

Will the American people be gullible enough to be lied into yet another war (Vietnam and Iraq are bad enough)?

2007-12-05 21:54:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-05 21:43:44 · 10 answers · asked by ThorGirl 4

2007-12-05 21:36:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

You people are always yelling at us that we should sacrifice more and be more giving. (Anyone read Bill Clinton's book, called "Giving"? It's unreadable...)

But THEN, when we try to become successful and make a lot of money so we CAN give a lot to charity or whatever, you scream about us being materialistic and greedy.

Why are you so lame?

Love Jack

2007-12-05 21:13:37 · 7 answers · asked by Jack 5

she ant my top pick id rather have health care then war idk maybe thats a tough choice for some people

2007-12-05 19:47:34 · 10 answers · asked by i_think_its_me_17 2

Just thought I'd correct a con who lied.

Seung-Hui Cho bought his guns from TGSCOM Inc and Roanoke Firearms, both licensed dealers. If the court had ordered him to seek mental health on an inpatient basis, he would have been disqualified from buying a gun.

2007-12-05 19:39:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean, each of them has flaws. Now, I know no-one's perfect but the next President will have to work day and night to improve the US's reputation and standards, nationally and internationally. The US needs a uniter, not a divider.

Hillary Clinton is intelligent but not a uniter; Barack Obama is charismatic and fresh but voters may worry he's more style than substance; John Edwards is passionate but seen as a coward, especially after the 2004 election.
And that's just the Democrats!

Don't even get me started on Rudy Guiliani, Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, John McCain or any of the Republican candidates...

So, the question is: are there any other potential candidates (or candidates already running) who have the capacity to make the United States a great country once again?

Thanks for your opinions. :)

2007-12-05 19:21:25 · 11 answers · asked by Quynh N 2

2007-12-05 19:12:54 · 19 answers · asked by GEO 6

One news headline says that general Petraeus reports 60% violence decline in iraq.

But just this past week there was at least one bombing that killed 12 people, and a mass grave was found with like 20 freshly killed bodies, and of course today this news report came out:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkx-3oYeFwuWKCusr2jrojs98w8wD8TBFGVO0

So my question is ....is it possible just possible that Petraeus is not being totally candid?


http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkx-3oYeFwuWKCusr2jrojs98w8wD8TBFGVO0

2007-12-05 19:05:04 · 7 answers · asked by ningis n 1

haha kinda a joke but a scary one

2007-12-05 18:52:22 · 7 answers · asked by i_think_its_me_17 2

2007-12-05 18:47:48 · 9 answers · asked by Zuhair Mehdi 3

To me, it seems like the smartest (and easiet) political decision to make.

Think about it, if he pulled out of Iraq, and people stopped dying and terrorism didn't increase, he'd be considered a hero among men.

If he did pull out, and things got worse over there (i.e. civil war, increased terrorism etc.) he could always say he gave the democrat plan a try, which failed miserably and lay the blame at their feet.

It's the perfect win/win situation, so what gives? Was he too dumb to figure it out? Or is it possible he is staying for a reason aside from scoring political points?

2007-12-05 18:44:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

....to disarm the law abiding citizens and allow the criminals and crazies free-reign to victimize as they see fit; any time; any place?

2007-12-05 17:43:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would that be the last straw?

2007-12-05 17:29:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-05 17:20:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

So who will be? I'm thinking Romney. He has less baggage than Giuliani.

2007-12-05 17:15:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Americans who lost their lives on the 5th, are not the same Americans who were killed on previous days, and the $10 billion are also additional to the previous expenditures. So don't tell me you have answered this before. A rubber band that is stretched a little every day, does not necessarily break daily, but it will break one day.

2007-12-05 16:22:14 · 14 answers · asked by alice r 2