Politics - 24 December 2007

As the congratulations and recriminations are offered, proffered and levied at one another over just who is the most global warming minded member of your party, remember the people of southern Sudan; northern Uganda and Burma.

Ask yourself which is the more pressing and immediate concern:
actual human suffering or the UN and Gore's new found piety.

Merry Christmas

2007-12-24 23:55:31 · 6 answers · asked by Doctor DNC 6

As we approach the supposedly-'first death anniversary' of Saddam Hussein (of Iraq), I question everyone when they mention that he is dead!

No; he is definitely not! It all went like this:

When the Allied forces, led by George Bush's USA, invaded and entered Baghdad, Saddam Hussein was waiting for them in his palace. Later, when he was, how shall I put it, 'captured', days later he was whisked away to Russia, to the Black Sea port of Odessa. Russia was paid 10$m-100$m to look after him henceforth.

All this was done by George Bush, the current president of the USA.

Can anyone challenge this statement?

2007-12-24 23:50:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.DYK-Why+MLK+was+a+Republican&tp_preview=true

2007-12-24 19:20:01 · 15 answers · asked by Emperor Penguin 3

I mean over the 20th century, not the 21st.

2007-12-24 19:03:13 · 18 answers · asked by Emperor Penguin 3

BUSH IN PRIMARY SCHOOL :-

GEORGE BUSH GOES TO A PRIMARY SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT THE WAR.


AFTER HIS TALK HE OFFERS QUESTION TIME. ONE LITTLE BOY PUTS UP HIS HAND AND GEORGE ASKS HIM , WHAT IS YOUR NAME IS? the boy says "BOB". Bush says, WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION, BOB?

Boy says, I HAVE 3 QUESTIONS...

FIRST, WHY DID THE USA INVADE IRAQ WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE UN?

SECOND,WHY ARE YOU PRESIDENT WHEN AL GORE GOT MORE VOTES?


AND THIRD, WHAT HAPPEND TO OSAMA BIN LADEN?

JUST THEN THE BELL RINGS FOR RECESS. GEORGE BUSH INFORMS THE KIDDIES THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE AFTER RECESS WHEN THEY RESUME GEORGE SAY, OK WHERE WERE WE? OH THAT'S RIGHT..........QUESTION TIME. WHO HAS A QUESTION?

A DIFFERENT LITTLE BOY PUTS UP HIS HAND. GEORGE POINTS HIM OUT AND ASKS HIM WHAT HIS NAME IS? the boy says "STEVE" Bush says, WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION STEVE?

Boy says, I HAVE 5 QUESTIONS... FIRST, WHY DID THE USA INVADE IRAQ WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF UN?

SECOND, WHY ARE YOU PRESIDENT WHEN AL GORE GOT MORE VOTES?

THIRD, WHAT HAPPENED TO OSAMA BIN LADEN?

FOURTH, WHY DID THE RECESS BELL GO 20 MINUTES EARLY?

AND FIFTH, WHERE IS "BOB"?

2007-12-24 18:29:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-24 18:11:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why don't we hear about him more? He seems to be a constitutionalist, is there something I don't know?

2007-12-24 17:41:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

...and spending our tax dollars like egotistical, ignorant fools without a care........Ya....vote for Hillary or Mr. Rep.........Enjoy more of the same. Research the candidates...You might like one of them....Ron ???.....

2007-12-24 17:18:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Many political people have talked about it happening in the past and to quote George H. Bush "we have before us the opportunity to forge for ourselves and for future generations, a new world order. a world where the rule of law, not the law of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations. and when we are successful, which we will be, we have a real chance at this new world order, an order in which incredible united nations......" - odd how one of his new world order speeches came on 9/11/91. 10 years before 9/11

2007-12-24 17:05:17 · 13 answers · asked by Absolution 4

2007-12-24 17:04:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will America fall into the leftist`s hands ? I`m guessing not. What say you ???

2007-12-24 17:02:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

yet they enjoy all the socialized programs and rights and privilege liberals have fought for. for example they enjoys socialized programs such as police and fire departments, public school, postal service. they love government regulated highways, government regulated working conditions such as a 40 hour work week working overtime and getting paid. having vacation time and sick time. im sure they like the fact that they can take showers in clean safe water, or how about breathing clean air. im sure they feel safe knowing that their money in the bank is insured by the government and that same government is regulating their stocks and bonds. and i know that they may never admit it, but they are glad to have welfare cause if for some reason they lose their jobs they will not be too proud to go to that unemployment line, or maybe have their children apply for financial aid or government grants to help pay for college.

2007-12-24 17:00:51 · 12 answers · asked by luis s 3

If there was no borders anywhere and it was all one world.

This is obviously extremely hypothetical but I just want to see what people think.

What are the positives?

2007-12-24 16:58:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wondered if anybody else sees this. Can't imagine why -- you know, Peace on earth, etc. -- but I do think it's happening.

I'm ready for some really off-the-wall answers.

2007-12-24 16:53:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

which did he put first the people or the pope?

2007-12-24 16:52:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you drive an "American" brand car over to Walmart to do your shopping?

'hmmmmm...

2007-12-24 16:48:13 · 12 answers · asked by omnimog 4

If so......Laugh at them.

2007-12-24 16:11:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, why?

I'm curious because this is the sentiment of one of my trusted politico relatives.

2007-12-24 15:56:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Espionage Act of 1917 was a United States federal law passed shortly after entering World War I, on June 15, 1917, which made it a crime for a person to convey information with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the armed forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies. It was punishable by a maximum $USD 10,000 fine (almost $170,000 in today's dollars) and 20 years in prison. The legislation was passed at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who feared any widespread dissent in time of war, thinking that it constituted a real threat to an American victory.

2007-12-24 15:48:42 · 12 answers · asked by Enigma 6

Coulter says, "God says, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours'"

The Pope bemoaned an “ill-treated world” in his Christmas Mass

Do Republicans really support destroying our own planet as quickly as possible? Oh, she was just joking, hahahaha

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/world/europe/25pope.html?hp

The Coulter quote is on the inside cover of one of her books, just Google it

2007-12-24 15:48:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

yesterday, the local volunteer fire department had their monthly fund-raising breakfast. We met up with our neighbor and went there for breakfast. Over breakfast we talked about SICKO.

A guy sitting at the other end of the table started with the standard republic kook-aid rhetoric. "Can't pick your own doctor....bureacrats managing your health...socialized medicine...doctors would get out of medicine...yadda yadda yadda"

I started asking him a few questions - his answers are in bold

Who pays for your health insurance now? "employer, with an employee co-pay"

If for what ever reason you no longer have a job, would the employer continue to provide health insurance? "no"

What would you do, could you afford health insurance for yourself and family? "uhh..uhhh..."

Any medical problems that would be considered pre-existing? High blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes? "Yeah, but.."

Assuming you could afford an individual plan - you would be denied coverage because of those pre-existing conditions. In a Universal healthcare type coverage - you would still have health coverage. Now about picking your own doctor - let's say you want Dr. Jones, but Dr. Jones is not within your current healthplan's network - can you still go to Dr. Jones without paying 'out of network' fees or needing a referral or pre-approval? "no"

then you really can't pick your own doctor can you? With Universal healthcare, all doctors are included. Now, let's say you have a particular medical problem, your doctor wants to send you to a specialist or for a special test - either you or your doctor has to contact the insurance company for pre-approval and it could be denied because either they won't cover the cost of the test or because the particular specialist is not 'in-network'. So you still can't PICK YOUR OWN DOCTOR.

he snorts the quality of healthcare will go down - me: the united states is ranked 37th in the world, just above Slovania in terms of healthcare services for it's citizens.

there won't be any doctors, they'll stop practicing because they can't make any money - me: well, let me ask you this do you want to be treated by a doctor whose motivation for being a doctor is to make money, or to provide the best he/she can in keeping you healthy? right now, they get bonuses from insurance companies by NOT recommending certain treatments/drugs/procedures - or on the flipside get bonuses from drug companies by prescribing stuff you don't need. Don't know about you, but when I see a doctor I would want to see one that is concerned about the health of his/her patients, not one that is concerned about the health of his/her bank account.

I don't want some bureaucrat making my medical decisions me: who makes them now? some bureaucrat at the insurance company - they decide which doctors you can or cannot see, which procedures you can or cannot have, which medications you can or cannot have, which medical conditions they will cover or not cover. these bureaucrats at the insurance companies get bonuses and promotions by DENYING YOU SERVICES or COVERAGE, and they come out and tell you their first responsibility and obligation is to the STOCKHOLDERS. Our healthcare system is based on concern for profits, not people.

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I may not have changed his mind, but I did see alot of people around us nodding their heads. I did tell the guy to go rent/buy SICKO, watch it, do some research on his own and then make up his own mind.

As we were leaving, one woman came up to us, asked for the name of the movie again, said she wanted to watch it, then told us how her husband lost his job a could of years back and they had no health insurance until he found another job, she was scared out of her wits that during the interim time that she, her husband or kids would need medical attention and how would they pay for it.

2007-12-24 15:28:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here is a bunch of different polls of Congressional Democrats approval ratings:
http://www.pollingreport.com/cong_dem.htm

And here are the polls of Republicans:
http://www.pollingreport.com/cong_rep.htm

Republicans love to talk about the low approval of the new Democratic controlled Congress without mentioning that they are polling lower and it is their obstruction by breaking the 2 year filibuster record in just 1 year that is preventing the Democrats from getting anything done. What do you think about the lower approval ratings for the Republicans?

2007-12-24 15:19:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-24 14:52:41 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Los Angeles Times
"Mike Huckabee, one of the most conservative Republicans in the 2008 presidential race......"

2007-12-24 14:49:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hey, Iam not in the US but there does not seem to be much support for Hillary on here.

I was just wondering what is wrong? Is it her, Bill or her policies?

2007-12-24 14:32:09 · 35 answers · asked by brixWG 2

And why is that?

2007-12-24 14:27:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-24 14:17:34 · 19 answers · asked by Herbert 6

and buy into the whole Florida underwater in a decade, then why do they buy homes in Miami and all over coastal waters in Florida? Wouldn't it be a whole hypocrisy thing?

2007-12-24 14:17:12 · 9 answers · asked by Austrian Theorist 4

Militarily, Economically, Culturally, Idealogically I would say that the USSR was only half the superpower the USA was.

2007-12-24 14:14:06 · 13 answers · asked by Ua 5

...Then why do you have such a hard time listening to him ? I used to bash the guy. He is not a perfect candidate but get real people.......Watch one of his interviews (with Glenn Beck or Tim Russert) and tell me you want to hear more from Hillary or anyone else....A reminder...Watch a Ron Paul interview first.

2007-12-24 14:09:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous