I'm still glad everyone throws 9/11 around as an excuse or means to do whatever they want, whenever they want "for the saftey of the people" *yawn* hasn't that tired excuse been used enough by Bush and giuliani?
Torture practices are unneccesary, things like that only cause extremists to become more irate and irrationale. We had previous intelligence that Pearl Harbor was going to happen, but it was not prevented. There are always reasons why things are allowed to happen, *probably 9/11 as well*
When something is declared a federal disaster...it becomes a federal issue....
so federal failure
Right now we are at over 4k soldiers dead.... "The
Iraq Body Count (IBC) figure of
80,419 to 87,834 civilian deaths reported in English-language media (including Arabic media translated into English) up
to 10 January 2008 includes civilian deaths due to coalition and insurgent military action, sectarian violence and increased criminal violence. The
Iraq Body Count (IBC) figure of
80,419 to 87,834 civilian deaths reported in English-language media (including Arabic media translated into English) up
to 10 January 2008 includes civilian deaths due to coalition and insurgent military action, sectarian violence and increased criminal violence. "
plus tens of thousands of their people..that sounds justified....and dont turn around and say they are all extremists wanting to kill us..thats just plain ignorance x.x
Just because Bush's approval rating is higher than congress doesn't make it acceptable! Thats like saying "Well 10% of people from high school a are literate, and 15% from school b are literate...so school b is better and we should solely focus on school a....no they are both horrible and need to be dealt with
And yes you are right, the President doesn't control the economy, but he has a great influence, and when you are corrupt and use that influence in a manner that is detrimental you are equally responsible...
I guess you think we should execute them instead of prisoners of war (in rather decent living conditions I might add)? Or should we wait until after they do something like 9/11?
Officially endorsed torture practices or accidents by people who get out of hand? You can play the good/bad game all day, but I like to play out a hypothetical situation with people:
You are the President. While flying in Air Force One, the Director of the FBI calls to inform you a nuclear weapon is armed and about to detonate in New York. Detonation could happen at any minute and millions of lives hang in the balance. The Bureau has captured one of the terrorist responsible for smuggling the bomb in but he isn't telling where it is. The Director feels extreme torture might be the only way of getting the information in a short amount of time.
What do you do, Mr. President?
Of course, everyone knows you have to torture the terrorist. Most people dodge and talk about how they would avoid said situation but the answer is obvious. Is torture of any degree brutal and uncivilized? Of course. But when the next terrorist attack in America happens (and it will), will you go to the families of those who lost loved ones and explain how our enlightened policy towards torture makes us better as a nation despite that it could have saved those who are gone forever? Do you think they will agree it was worth it to lose them least we pour water on someone's face?
More a failure of the city government than the federal. I bet the Bush Administration caused the tsunami too....
Again, amused you think this is new.
War is hell, eh? I guess we could pull out of the middle east and just say "hey guys, lets just be friends", but what do you think would happen? More senseless loss of life is my guess...but on this side of the pond instead.
Check out that approval rating for congress. Makes Bush look like the life of the party.
If we made guns illegal do you really think shootings would stop? No? What would happen then?
I remember my first economics course where the professor walked out in front of us with a bemused look in his eye. He asked the class which individual did we think had the biggest impact on the economy. The class, being young and ignorant as we were (and are) shouted back "the President!". His eyes sparkled and he replied that we weren't even close.
Millions eh? Source? Link? A credible one? Define poverty?