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The drug war was lost before it started,Why does our Gov. Refuse to admit this fact?

steve M asked:
past two years, drug violence in Mexico has become a fixture of the daily news. Some of this violence pits drug cartels against one another; some involves confrontations between law enforcement and traffickers.
Recent estimates suggest thousands have lost their lives in this “war on drugs.”
The U.S. and Mexican responses to this violence [...]

Do you actually believe that there is room for everyone in the middle some place?

—–JAFO—- asked: I have looked in the paper at the help wanted adds .Lots of people needed to drive a truck -lots of health care workers needed . A few insurance people and sales jobs .By an far very few good paying jobs . Teachers ,police, postal service ,civil service , city managers engineers, prosecuting [...]

Serious Free Speech Question For Undecideds And Rational Obama Supporters — Censorship ?

Earnest T PhD/THC asked: You might not hear this from your news source, but several states are outraged over the Obama’s campaign to circumvent free speech and intimidate people who choose to exercise that right .
Read the following and then give your opinions/answers to the questions —
Would You Be Willing To Sacrifice Your Free Speech [...]

Palin stole over $22k tax payer funds for travel expenses ?

stevetcolbert asked: for her children ?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_el_pr/palin_family_travel#full
Do you believe her children were on “official state business”…or is that just an excuse ?
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After Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain chose Palin his running mate and reporters asked for the records, Palin ordered changes to previously filed expense reports for her daughters’ travel.
In the amended reports, Palin added [...]

Why 700 Merrill execs think after bankrupting their bank they deserve $1m+ in bonuses from tax-payer bailouts?

Hamstir asked: Almost 700 Merrill executives paid $1m-plus bonuses
By Greg Farrell in New York
Published: February 11 2009
Nearly 700 Merrill Lynch executives had cash bonuses of more than $1m each for last year, New York’s top law enforcement official disclosed on Wednesday.
Andrew Cuomo, New York’s attorney-general, called the bank’s decision to bring forward nearly $4bn of [...]

is this true about GEORGE W. BUSH ? ?

♥♥♥ H☮TMAMA ♥♥♥ asked: i received a email from my cousin today and i read it and thought it was weird. i wanted to know was some of this stuff true.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Law Enforcement:
I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled [...]

If Geithner can’t handle his own finances,why is he a good choice for the US Treasury Secretary? ?

Member of the Rebel Alliance asked: Timothy Geithner didn’t pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for several years while he worked for the International Monetary Fund, and he employed an immigrant housekeeper who briefly lacked proper work papers.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123187503629378119.html
Such issues, however, have derailed other nominations. President Bill Clinton’s first and second choices for attorney general both [...]

the legacy of Mr. Bush?

tough as hell asked: tough as hell
1 day ago
the bush legacy?
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
· LAW ENFORCEMENT: I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver’s license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been lost” and is [...]

Will Giuliani be the President that will save the average Americans from corporation corruptions?

Mr. America. asked: “..The law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani is among the nation’s largest, with approximately 400 attorneys and 9 offices worldwide. The firm’s extensive complement of practices encompasses business transactions, litigation and government relations, including a specific focus on bank finance and securities law, tax, corporate restructuring, intellectual property, environmental law, labor and [...]

Where is a loophole when you need on?

mom asked: The fire department misused their funds for the past 4 years and many fire fighters were being laid off because the department can’t pay them. Many fire fighters have files grievances with the fire department.
In the interim, the fire department is now charging fees to property owners for fire inspections of their [...]