Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Shouldn't the U.S.A make street drugs legal?

Shouldn't the U.S.A make street drugs legal?
Since all of us have felt the effects of the great economic recession -- albeit personally or through a friend or family member -- wouldn't it make sense to legalize marijuana, cocaine, etc? BILLIONS upon BILLIONS of dollars of our hard earned tax-payer money is poured into the act of chasing down people who either sell or use these drugs -- all in the name of keeping our neighborhoods 'safe'. However, my question is this: Shouldn't we use those same billions wasted on drug containment and instead invest the money in guaranteeing a world-class education to every single student in the United States of America? So that they are not tempted to use or sell drugs in the first place?
Law & Ethics - 3 Answers
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If you get the chance, rent the movie "Union".....that makes a hell of a lot of sense.
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Because having a bunch of druggies running around all over the place isn't safe.
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YES!!!!!!! And: 1) tax them 2) use the money WASTED on drug enforcement for drug rehab 3) use the taxes collected for drug rehab and education You DON'T lock people up because they are SICK.... these people need HELP....NOT incarceration!!!!





Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Do Canadians know a lot about the states?

Do Canadians know a lot about the states?
Exactly what percentage of Canadians know THESE 10 facts? 1) The USA, the country that borders Canada to the south, is called The United States of America, deservingly or undeservingly the #1 wealthiest country in the world. 2) The USA is going through a financial crisis, affecting the rest of the world even more than itself, ironically strengthening the USA's own dollar in relation to the other G8 countries' currencies. 3) The USA current President is George W. Bush. 4) The USA is a FREE country, but healthcare is privatized so some Americans suffer without health insurance. 5) The USA is fighting certain wars, one of which is in Iraq (The President to this day believes that the world sees America's COMPASSION in spreading freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people, as a liberator perhaps comparable to women suffrage and aboriginal rights!!!? ....if you will) 6) The USA president Bush claims to be a very religious "compassionate conservative". (As a compassionate conservative, rather than "work with other countries and their constituents", he just does what he pleases and then cheaply TELLS each country on a foreign policy visit "Your country is one of our greatest allies.") 7) The USA has some states with death penalties for crimes, the biggest deathrow state being Bush's own home state. 8) The USA has millionaire celebrities in Hollywood, California like Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears. And they get disaproportionate media coverage. But in America's defense, Canada has Pamela Anderson, who is also quite a rich model hottie from BC. 9) The USA has lots and lots of rich billion-dollar corporations like Exxon-Mobile and Walmart and McDonalds and Coca-Cola. But in all fairness, the UK has Tesco and Canada has Tim Hortons and Rogers. 10) The USA has lots of nuclear weapons and defense money but it does not seem to be saving the US from being surpassed by the combined powers of other countries of the world catching up to the USA. So....lol....what do you think of the USA? Do these facts make people think highly of the USA? FUN FACT: One of the most hilarious George W. Bush moment was Bush visiting France. After probably just learning what the French Revolution was, he made a speech like a kid in Grade 7 doing a research report. About America's historic ties to France, and then using this justify why France needs to send its troops to Iraq to show its alliance with the USA. France said "Thanks, but no thanks, we don't support your war." Then the USA started verbally condemning all things French culture.
Other - Canada - 15 Answers
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100% of those that read this post :)
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Well, as a Canadian who recently moved to the states, I'd say 4 is a little confusing (why is FREE capitalized? Is the US extra free compared to other developed countries? Besides the ease of buying guns and liquor in this state, I don't see much difference.) 7) I wouldn't be completely sure what George Bush's home state is and which has the most inmates on death row. 10) Some of that is debatable. Actually, there's a fair helping of opinion sprinkled in among the facts throughout this post, some of which I agree with and some of which I find a little iffy.
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states boreders canada omg i thought it was brazil na only jokin i knew dat 1 i dont think they do go ask em lol good facts though n im british
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We kn ow and care about them more than they know about us. How many Americans know or care about our recent election?
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This is an odd question. The average Canadian would have to be living in a hole not to be aware of everything that you mentioned. Answer me this: do you believe that Canadians live in igloos with no electricity, like your question seems to suggest? I'd also hazard a guess that the average Canadian knows a good deal more about America and the rest of the world than the average American knows about Canada and the rest.
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7) George Bush was born in Connecticut. He was only governor of Texas. So you could technically argue that Texas is his home state, but it's definitely not his native state. I'm American, but I do think that most Canadians know at least some of these things. As for number 3 I wouldn't be surprised if someone in the middle of Siberia would know that Bush is the president. He's fairly well known. And I'm sure most Canadians are aware of number 4, especially after Michael Moore's movie.
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Probably a lot more Canadians know and understand these facts than people in the U.S. About 83- 87% of Canadians know this if surveys are more or less accurate. That is the percent of Canadians who would vote for Obama. Not quite 50 % of AMericans seem to appreciate your list of facts (not speculations), as shown by similar voter surveys, the percent of Americans that say they will vote for Obama, the rest are sufficiently ignorant to consider voting for McCain. I can not believe they would vote for McCain if they were informed, Americans are not particularly stupid but many are willfully ignorant. WHich is worse. Of course the world thinks badly of the USA. THe coming economic disaster will have the even worse effect of making U.S. piggishness in the banking system personal and make more people even angrier. I just hope the USA can undo some of the Bush damage, just as Texas is now starting to recover from its Bush as governor years. Fun Fact. Texas immediately started undoing almost all the Bush proposed legislation as soon as the sh*thead was out of office. This implies that the democratic process failed to work while he was in office, somehow subverted by him, his clan, and his assh*le buddies with so much oil money.
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All these facts are known by the every Canadian Citizen. We know more about you then you'll ever know about us....I would even say that many Canadians know more about the US then some US citizens themselves.
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100% of Canadians. Unlike Americans, who typically know almost nothing about Canada, Canadians know pretty much everything about the US.
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so tell us something we don't know these facts don't impress at all
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You forgot about Florida being US' wang. And Canada sending the oil down to the US refineries and then buying it back. And the part where the US economy affects the rest of the world because of the trading system that was set up. Don't forget your large Spanish speaking population. Not everything is about the English and the French.
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When i was 13 i met a girl not much older who knew more about america then I did and I'm american! she knew who our president was, who he ran against, etccc. I barely even knew.
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In all honesty, I think this question does nothing more than confirm many Canadians beleifs about Americans. All of the points that you make, just prove the "typical" Americans way of thinking. I don't consider myself all that knowledgeable about the USA, but I do know all of these facts, plus a lot more. Did you know that there is more information in Canada about the USA presidential election then there was about our own recent election. Did you know that Canada is also a FREE country. Did you know that I in paticular no longer view the USA as being the #1 wealthiest country in the world after watching the second last presidential debate on T.V. It was during this debate that I learned just how high the deficit it if the USA. I don't recall the exact number, but it was a number measured by the TRILLIONS!!!! You can not possibly think you are "wealthy" when you owe this kind of money to other countries. Do you ever watch Jay Leno and see when he goes out and questions people about Canada, nobody even knows the most basic information about us. What is out political leaders name....what is his title? What is the capital of Canada? P.S I don't know Julie from Canada!!!
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1) Yes, obviously 2) Of course, I've known that for a while now 3) Yes, that is until you vote next month 4) Yes 5) I'm sure EVERYONE knows that. When has America not been some way involved in a war? 6) No, I did not know that. 7) Yes, but I didn't know about Texas being the biggest death row state. 8) Yes 9) I knew that, but I've never heard of Exxon-moblie before 10) Yes I think this is very funny. If you don't like the U.S. so much, why not move elsewhere? That's the funny part. You keep ranting about the United States when you could spend your time packing to go to another country.
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I know about America today (through the news and movies and such), and some American history (as it sometimes coincides with Canadian history and I read alot of history novels). And I also think I know more about the French revolution than Bush :) Of course I knew about all of the facts you posted! And I am not mad/suprised that the States knows a lot less about us than we do them becuase they are the worlds superpower and we are small (pop wise) and have less publicity etc. Although, I do think Americans should have a general knowledge of world countries, and I think most of them do! Although some chose to remain ignorant.



Wednesday, March 7, 2012

debtors' prison in the united states, why?

debtors' prison in the united states, why?
It's weird, I thought I read somewhere in the us constitution that a debtors' prison is forbidden. All I find is amendment 13 which abolishes slavery, that in itself should be a law against debtors prison.. Yet I hear about people in jail who owe money, examples:, fines,IRS, alimony, child support etc. It makes me sick. That basically says that it is ,in fact ,illegal to be poor in America!!! What can we as a people do to be free of such a horrible thing? Or are we just completely screwed?
Law & Ethics - 5 Answers
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It's not debtors prison because they aren't working off their fines, they are going to jail for a refusal to pay those fines
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your source is for the most part crap. YOu do not go to jail for a debt. You may go to jail for refusing to deal with the debt. YOu go to jail for contempt of court for refusing to pay child support; not for owing it. Not being unable; refusing, The poor, are pretty much not the parties you seem to think are being jailed. If you are REFUSING to pay cort ordered child support, you should be in jail.
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people need to pay their debts off. Point blank. Take responsibility for their own actions.
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It's easy, support the children you breed and don't screw with the IRS. You cannot go to prison if you default on a credit card.
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What are you talking about? I've never heard of debtors prison here in the USA. The reason being, there isn't any, period. Yes people go to jail for defrauding others thru investments and such. If you commit any infraction, then yes you can and will go to jail for refusal to pay. Now as for alimony, each State is different in this. Some require you to pay and some don't. I have a friend that was in the military, his ex-wife is a resident of a State that requires lifetime payments of alimony after a divorce. The State that he was a resident in, requires maintenance payments for 5 years and nothing more. She got the 5 years, but as long as he remains a resident of his home State, then he's not required to pay her more. Yes, that was proven in court. There is really no law on the books that says that we have to pay income taxes. But, after we do our 'first' tax return, there is a statement saying that we agree that we owe income taxes, when we sign it. Perjury comes into this here. Now child support? A child is not a debt, but a commitment. Yes, you can go to jail for not paying.



Thursday, March 1, 2012

why is the united states in debt?

why is the united states in debt?
why are we struggling to pay off other countries?? shouldn't the government or the president just be able to make the debts and poor economy go away with a snap of a finger? Like let's say YOU'RE the president, in the whitehouse, looking into the computer monitor. You're on the internet viewing the website that shows United States funds. (Just for the sake of the arguement) Let's say on the screen it reads: -5,908,549,321,578... Can't you just go in there with your "HIGHTECH" CIA, FBI, DEA, NASA, computer geniuses or whatever crew bigbad united states got going on and delete that little "negative" sign?? so... -5,908,549,321,578 will turn to 5,908,549,321,578. I mean you control the IRA, and all other government groups, you control the police, this country, you control the world for crying out loud. Oh and the economy issue??? Government worried the people of this country don't have money? umm.. how exactly were the dollar bills created anyway?? The GOVERNMENT makes them! All these new crisp bills, 1s, 5s, 10s, 20s, 100s, every week every month, every year, and every decade. Money machine!!!!!!! All the government has to do is create millions and millions and millions and billions and trillions of 100 dollar bills and pass em around and keep some for themselves or something. shoot, clear the debt with that money or something.. I mean they have the money machines right there in the palm of their hand in which THEY control! am i missing something here?? did i miss a meeting of morality?? is the reason why they are not doing this for MORAL purposes?? cause im pretty sure atleast "1" guy would have thought of it by now.. i mean come on.. people are rioting, losing families, careers, stealing, fighting, people are dying! Stick a sheet of paper in that machine, kick back, and watch it PRINT! America becomes a rich country again. Civilians can eat again. Economy shoots up to the sky!!!!!!!
Other - Politics & Government - 7 Answers
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I'm sure the hocus pocus is still going on, but it is what got us into this mess in the first place.
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Bill Clinton and the democrats!!!
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maybe - if we elect sarah palin, a miracle from god will transform the hearts of man.. but basically we've just witnessed the biggest string of heists by a gang of banksters that ever terrorized the world. lets see if we can pin it all on the black guy, that usually works. lets get back to war in some fields of opium- like back in the nam days.. back where Halliburton/ Brown and Root got their start. they can always hide out at bushes spread in paraquay where they got immunity. got a secret blackwater army getting the real deal going. lets go rob iran next -we all miss nixons buddy the shah..ah- the good old days.
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CONGRESS spends more than we take in and has for years
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Those tax cuts by Bush didn't help with the debt situation. Print the money, huh? They tried that in Germany between the World Wars. That money came in very handy when cooking. Maybe we ought to try it here; winter's coming up and a truckload of free money might lower our heating bill, directly.
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Ask the Democratic geniuses currently ruining, I mean running, the government, just don't expect any sort of honest, or intelligent, answers.
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Obama is spending more than ALL previous presidents combined.