Politics - 18 December 2007

Reagan's Foreign Policy

Ronald Reagan's reputation in some quarters as a fast-draw, shoot-from-the-hip hard-liner is not borne out by the data. Quite the contrary. Reagan exhibited remarkable prudence and, some believe, uncanny long-term vision.

Case in point: September 1, 1983, a South Korean passenger jet was shot down by the Soviet Union, killing all 269 aboard, including 55 Americans. An outcry for retaliation against the Evil Empire erupted.

Presidential Counselor Michael Deaver describes Reagan's reaction: “He said, `Fellas, I've heard all of this, but let me tell ya, we're not gonna do anything.' And I was stunned. Here was a guy who had the best chance in 40 years to do whatever he wanted to do to the Soviets.

And then he said, `The world's gonna make a judgment about them. We don't have to. What we have to do is keep our long- term interests in mind here.’”

2007-12-18 13:36:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If not, which flags are the most well known around the world?

2007-12-18 13:12:39 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

but they refuse to pass a bill to send money to our troops.



And please, if you can't answer my question without trying to insult me in the process, please don't waste anyone's time by answering.

2007-12-18 12:49:56 · 8 answers · asked by **[Witty_Name]** 6

i saw this guy on Glenn Beck today. however, he didnt sound crazy this time.

did any of you see it?

i thought it was great
what did you think?

if you didnt see it, it will be on again on CNN headline news at 9PM eastern and midnight.

2007-12-18 12:45:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-18 12:19:24 · 9 answers · asked by sissy17 2

2007-12-18 12:11:21 · 14 answers · asked by Missy 4

^^^
yeah, what four elements could cause china to lead the 21st century, like their army (how has it improved) stuff like that but four elements...
THANKS!

2007-12-18 12:06:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-18 12:05:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't understand why people don't like Hillary. Is it because she's a woman and people don't want a woman leading the country or because of her husband which I thought was a great president by the way?

Personally I like her and I see nothing wrong with her being president. I think it is time we see a woman as president anyway and she has been in the senate for a long time so I think she knows what she is doing.

I may get some hate responses for this, but I AM voting for her. :)

2007-12-18 11:57:23 · 21 answers · asked by UCLA kid, Go BRUINS!!! 1

do they suffer from intellectualaphobia?

2007-12-18 11:44:08 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why doesn't the media keep us informed on this damn thing, folks? I would like a daily report to see. Ain't a damn thing happening here in my neck of the woods. They could use satellite reports to show what is going on from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico.

2007-12-18 11:40:20 · 18 answers · asked by NYC Sewers 5

Who would you make president??

2007-12-18 11:34:31 · 8 answers · asked by innocentANDpc 2

USA Today spins the story to include Republicans, but ultimately this is a woman led democratic congress. They are a do nothing congress because democrats can't grasp the concept of 'compromise'.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-12-17-congresspoll_N.htm

2007-12-18 11:31:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i don`t recall anything in my history class about congress being in charge of sports. don`t they have anything else to worry about?

2007-12-18 11:31:25 · 23 answers · asked by Phil Deese 5

Are all Whites in the world following the teaching of Buddha? Jews are consider none-white

1. Buddha the son of a Great King
1. Jesus the son of a Great God

2. Buddha went out to the world seeking a cure for human suffering
2. Jesus came to earth to save our sins

3. Buddha was tempted by the devil
3. Jesus was tempted by the devil

4. Using water as a way of washing away sins

2007-12-18 11:21:54 · 24 answers · asked by The One 2

*Do we realy have freedonm of expression in our nation?why or why not?

*is this good for our society?

*Do the stories,pictures,and games presented by the entretainment industry have an effect on people's thought and actions?

*Should more strict parameters be put on what the entertainment industry is allowed to produce and market to the general public?

2007-12-18 11:11:13 · 10 answers · asked by Liz 3

Whats the point of the Liberal Party, they will never win an election and I think they are a waste of money and time.

2007-12-18 11:09:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Border Patrol agents were attacked 987 times along the U.S.-Mexico border during the 12-month period that ended Sept. 30, the agency said. That's up 31 percent from 752 attacks a year earlier, and it's the highest number since the agency began recording attacks in the late 1990s.

About two-thirds of the attacks were with rocks. Many of the rest involved physical assaults, such as illegal immigrants getting into fist fights with guards.

About one of every four attacks occurred in San Diego, and most of those happened along a heavily fortified, 10-mile stretch of the border starting at the Pacific Ocean.

Agent Joseph Ralph estimates he has been struck by rocks 20 times since joining the Border Patrol in 1987, once fracturing a shoulder blade. "You find yourself trying to take cover," he said.

Full Story : http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317210,00.html

What do you think?

2007-12-18 11:07:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Where Are All the Kids Mrs. Clinton Has Saved in Her 35-Year Career?

There is a presidential candidate on the Democrat side, Mrs. Clinton, who claims that this is what she's been accomplishing: "fighting for our kids," and she's been doing this "for 35 years," ever since she met Marion Wright Edelman and joined the Children's Defense Fund, which was supposed to make sure that disadvantaged kids got out of those circumstances and became advantaged, at least had the disadvantages taken away. But now look! We've got surveys and research paper after research paper decrying the decrepit conditions of the very schools where these disadvantaged children have supposedly been helped for 35 years by Mrs. Clinton and Mrs. Edelman and all the others who claim that they have at the top of their agenda list, getting it right for our kids. And yet nothing gets done; nothing gets accomplished. You see, with Mrs. Clinton, we're never supposed to analyze the results of any her claims or the facts behind them.

No, no, no, no, no! Like everything else about liberals, we are to examine only their good intentions. When Mrs. Clinton says, "I have been fighting for 35 years," we're supposed to say, "Oh, wow! Okay. Well, that's good enough for me. She's qualified, because she's been 'fighting,' because she cares." Has she done anything? This is the salient point. What has she accomplished? Where is the track record? It simply isn't there, and it isn't there in practically every other social area of concern where liberals have been paramountly in control in formulating policy, coming up with the, quote, unquote, "funding." You notice nothing ever gets fixed? We have to come back and alter the program or create a whole new redundant program with new funding to help those who somehow "fell through the cracks," when in fact they're all falling through the cracks. In fact, there's no floor. Everybody's in a quagmire trying to get out, but all these liberals led by Mrs. Clinton are trying to help, have been fighting for them for 35 years. Diddly-squat is getting done.

2007-12-18 10:56:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

After the Bush Tax Cuts, the Rich Pay More Taxes

Yesterday's Wall Street Journal updates the tax numbers. Before the Bush tax cuts, the top 1% of wage earners paid 37% of all income tax revenue. Now, after the Bush tax cuts, the top 1% is paying 39% of a total income tax bite. That's a 2% increase in the share of total taxes paid by the rich, the top 1%, since the Bush tax cuts went into effect. By the same token, before the Bush tax cuts, the top 5% paid 56% of all income tax revenue. Now the top 5% are paying 60%, after the Bush tax cuts. Now, you might be saying, "How does this happen, It's simple. You have to stop looking at things as a zero-sum game. You have to look at the dynamic results of what tax cuts cause. They cause more jobs. They create more wealth, and as more people gain wealth, they move into these higher tax brackets. There are more people in those brackets; therefore the aggregate income tax collected goes up. They are paying a bigger portion, which, you know, generating revenue to the Treasury is what this is all about. But it's really not; see, because of the Democrats, it's about control. It's not about raising revenue.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119786208643933077.html

2007-12-18 10:49:19 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would you be mad if Bush gave oil companies a $247 million tax break if they inturn funded a campaign for legislation he wanted passed that would raise taxes on oil? Just wonder how real Democrats would feel about this.

2007-12-18 10:45:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

That is to be totally cut off from europe.
Would we be better or worse off?
I would love Britain to be independent of the eu, but The EU would no doubt stop its members from trading with us if we split from them. What would happen and what would the complications/repurcusions be?

2007-12-18 10:43:47 · 10 answers · asked by NONAME 3

2007-12-18 10:25:07 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I completed a loan application through Think Financial. The loan was said to have been disbursed by December 3 and arrive before December 17. I told the employees of Think Financial that my loan check did not come through and they said they would have to redo the process which means loan comes back to them in 3 days and I have to wait 2 more weeks. I have registration in less than 2 weeks and if I cant pay this bill I wont register and I may risk losing my scholarship because scholarships require one to have completed 24 credits before the end of the school year unless there was a physical injury or uncontrollable leave of absense.

2007-12-18 10:10:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

The show takes successful people and asks them questions that are at a 5th grade level. Many of the questions cannot be answered. This seems to me to make our education system irrelevant to the real world. I thought the liberal establishment would have a problem with this.

So I ask, why liberals and groups like the teacher's union not protesting this show?

2007-12-18 10:09:36 · 12 answers · asked by Chainsaw 6

American women are suppose to be equal to men in terms of rights voting power, right to run for office, join the military. Yet however it seems that many jurors do not think women should be equal for the maximum penalty under the law which is the death penalty. Even when they commit murders such as killing a police officer, murdering a child, murder for hire, and participating in a kidnapping or burglary type murder which jurors are sympathetic to they are never sentenced to death.

2007-12-18 10:04:16 · 8 answers · asked by Scott 1

2007-12-18 10:01:00 · 8 answers · asked by Zardoz 7

That's like expecting a democrat to not mention tax hikes.

2007-12-18 10:00:02 · 11 answers · asked by Locutus1of1 5

They emigrate here, set up shop and family.
they are free from religious persecution. There is the protection of Law and yet they still wear the full burka. The government isnt going to give them 200 lashes.


Should she better herself and work at hooters or a strip club and join the ranks of modern "free" western women?

2007-12-18 09:58:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not conservative nor am I religious and prefer the seperation of church and state however I'm not bothered by it. Everyone knows he is Christian and a huge part of his image and the seperation of him from the other canidates is his religion. Should it really be an issue that it is in his ad?

2007-12-18 09:48:11 · 23 answers · asked by Other 2