government

This was part of an increasingly OT safari in a US Politics thread, so I decided to do it right. I suggest that US game herds be cropped by professional federal hunters. The kill would be processed in government (or government-licensed) plants for maximum efficiency, harvesting meat, organs...

The White House has begun advising federal agencies to prepare for a government shutdown as Republican lawmakers have shown no signs of progress in negotiations to keep the government funded beyond this week...

Fascist Soup reports: Praise Mao and may the Bernank destroy what little remains of your non-existent savings accounts.

This is not a health care thread, (Don't hit me Darat) but it is inspired by it. Lots of people think the government should use taxes to pay for health care. So what DO you think the government (and here I mean any government, not just the US) should pay for? I've included twenty options, pick...

FYI. I figure these URLs might be interesting for the inveterate researchers that populate this forum. http://www.GovernmentAttic.org An extravaganza of hundreds of documents and databases from government agencies, apparently donated by journalists for journalists. There are tons of story...

Joe McCarthy never gave a clear answer to that question. But we do know for sure that, today, the answer is "at least one." Link I'm sure there's a youtube of this available; I heard it on the radio yesterday driving home. In fact, Waters doesn't quite get the whole word "socializing" out; she...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_go_ot/enemy_combatant;_ylt=AgTEAvhNA3GUmX9U4FhHg6Ss0NUE This quote caught my eye: "Government lawyers told federal judges that the president can send the military into any U.S. neighborhood, capture a citizen and hold him in prison without charge...

This is apparently a policy enacted back in the tail end of January. I only became aware of it today due to my campus newspaper covering a protest by gay-rights activists over the issue. The essence of the Health Canada ruling is that gay males are considered a high-risk group for HIV and AIDS...

If it was submitted correctly, with signatures of X number of citizens and so on, then yes. That's the difference between living in a free country and not living in one. In a free country, government officials cannot high-handedly dismiss the preferences of the citizenry, no matter how stupid...

Greetings, I'm new here. I was perusing the structure of the forums, catching the layout of the land, and noticed the "Business Skepticism" forum, which I think is a fantastic idea. Beautiful little illustration of the market working. But where is the "Government Skepticism" forum? I've been a...

Hey gang, this is a follow-up from a sci-tech thread. To what degree should government be involved in spaceflight? The poll options don't reflect the full complexities of these issues, so feel free to discuss distinctions like engineering research vs. other research. Let the feud begin...

A friend of a friend espouses a conspiracy of which I only have vague details but it sounds hilarious. The only things I know about it are that the banks are about to crash (possibly deliberately), and this person is advising that the way to protect yourself is to amass lots of quarters (US...

Sounds quite possible. After all, FBI investigations were blocked, there were numerous reports that discussed the plans of terrorists to use aircraft as weapons, and that the WTC and Pentagon were targets (No, I don't have the exact source and URL)? Not to mention NORAD did such a crappy job...

"People should not be afraid of their government, government should be afraid of it's people". That's a a line from "V for Vendetta", a movie that the conspiracy liars seem to love but I don't understand why. Two of the plot lines involve acceptance of gay relationships, and we know many of...

This thread is about the question: What is the right balance between the free market and government intervention to solve any of a number of issues? All political opinions are welcome: liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, libertarian socialists, anarchists... I want to hear your...

BREAKING NEWS: The leaders of the rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal on a unity government Thursday night (Saudi time). The Qatari satellite channel Al-Jazeera aired images from Hamas-Fatah talks in Mecca, showing the signing ceremony attended by Saudi Arabia's King...

One of my main thoughts about the "most farfetched" conspiracy theories is that they imply that the Government/NWO/Perpetrators are dumb like bricks. This thread is meant to show how dumb they must have been if they planned and executed the 9/11 attacks. Some examples: Even that they had...

You know, I'm probably going to regret posting this, but what the hell... Considering the role government plays in so many conspiracy theories, you would think that the nutjobs making these accusations would be asking for less Federal involvment in our daily lives. As it is, those I keep...

Ok so I would like you to shed some light on this for me twoofers. Why is the NIST report wrong? Using actual scientific data and physics, why is it not possible for the towers to collapse the way NIST said that they did? What specifically did they mess up on? Here are some unacceptable answers...

I could not believe this. Despite Blair's support for `pluralism' in education, the govt rejects ID being pushed into schools by the back door. Full marks - go to the top of the class. And it's not often I can praise politicians. Now, when will they take a similarly rational approach to sCAM...

Poll inspired by the "What would be so bad about a World Government?" thread. My intention is not to hijack useful traffic from the original thread, so I'd prefer it if people used this thread solely for posting silly straw men, "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" questions, accusations...

I have been a fan of Science Fiction almost since I learned to read. One recurring theme of SF is that of a single government overseeing the whole planet. My question to the JREF is: Would it necessarily be a bad thing? I know our friends in the conspiracy world say it is part of some evil...

This comes off another thread on the speculation of infiltration of Al Qaeda into the Iraqi army. What kinds of screenings of government job applicants are possible in present day Iraq? When the FBI wants to hire they go knocking on doors asking questions about the applicant. Much of Iraq is...

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,215983,00.html Personally I think this is an example of a governing body over stepping it's bounds and inflicting itself too much on a person's choice. Even if that choice may be a bad one. I happen to like the idea that freedom includes...

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2006/310306launchinvestigation.htm :eek:

There seems to be some confusion on this subject, so please let each person with an opinion state that opinion and abide by the consequences.

I have been hearing more and more how Bush in particular has this long range goal of totally transforming that part of the world to be like us. Who says he can do this? Doesn't he know that these countries want us to bud-out, and for us to live our type of democracy, while they live theirs? That...

No, it's not my claim. But it is my family. My brother-in-law maintains this website where he goes WAY off the deep end. The funny thing is that aside from odd tastes in music, he's a pretty nice and normal guy, unless you start talking politics. And some of his points aren't really totally...

We've had 4 different home secretaries in 5 years and 5 secretaries for education in 5 years and every time a new person is appointed to the post they tend to want to stamp their mark on the role, alter the policies of their predecessor, and launch some new eye-catching initiative for their...

Thank goodness we all have a chance to vent. Too funny flash video Minor vulgarity http://media.skoopy.com/misc/citycouncil/