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<p>Do you favor or oppose expanding law enforcement powers to catch suspected terrorists, even if it requires sacrificing some personal civil liberties?</p>

Well it happened. The big attack everyone has talked about and expected finally happened. The most devastating terrorist attack ever conducted was not only directed at the United States but occurred on US soil. The question now is what to do about it. The one thing that seems abundantly clear is that indiscriminately bombing Afghanistan will make us all feel good. In fact we will feel soooo good we might all need to smoke a cigarette afterwards. It also seems clear that this won't do much good in seriously addressing the long term problem. Killing a handful of terrorists if ...

ENTIRE STUDENT BODY SUSPENDED May 30 2001 by Joe Niotcif Staff writer In an unprecedented crackdown on school violence the entire student body of Moreland High in West Patowki Ohio received 7 day suspensions under the schools new zero tolerance policy. A total of 237 students were suspended after administrators discovered students wielding excessively sharpened pencils. School officials argued that after reviewing the schools zero tolerance policy it became abundantly clear that the school had no choice but to suspend the offending student body. The policy reads in part that "Any student found in possession of an object that could ...

SB 236, as introduced, O'Connell. Dogs and cats: micro-chip: owner's registry. Existing law regulates the ownership of dogs and cats, as specified. The bill would make it a crime for any person to own, harbor, or keep any dog or cat over the age of 4 months, unless that dog or cat has been micro-chipped and the owner's identification has been entered into a national registry approved by the Department of Food and Agriculture. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program upon local governments. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local ...

LIMA, Peru -- A U.S. Baptist missionary and her infant daughter were killed Friday when a Peruvian fighter plane on anti-drug patrol shot down their private plane over the jungle near the Brazilian border, according to Peruvian government officials. The Peruvian air force pilot apparently mistook the downed Cessna 185 for a drug smuggling plane, U.S. embassy officials said. The pilot, one of the other three U.S. citizens aboard, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the leg and with rib injuries. Peru's air force issued a statement early today confirming that the missionary's plane was shot down after it ...

In the ongoing debate about what should be done with the projected budget surplus a consistent yammering has been going on back and forth between the republicans and the democrats. The democrats want some of the surplus to be handed out to the poor. The republicans have shot back that the poor dont pay taxes. The most recent democratic response that seems to have made some headway in the court of public opinion goes something like "Oh yeah they do to pay taxes. They pay social security and medicare taxes. Besides poor people will spend the money and stimulate the ...

Question: What are the similarities between McDonalds mcnugget and the senates mccain? Answer: Both look good on the outside but contain veiny goo lacking in substance on the inside. Question: What are the differences between McDonalds mcnugget and the senates mccain? Answer: You can buy 6 mcnuggets with dipping sauce for 99 cents. Corrupt bankers must pay considerably more to buy 1 McCain and he doesnt even come with dipping sauce.

WASHINGTON - Some Democrats and civil rights groups are pressing President-elect George W. Bush to support the release of sampled census data, politically sensitive numbers that supporters say give a better count of urban residents and minority populations. Bush has not said whether he will block those figures, as some Democrats fear he will. The first results from Census 2000 - raw state-by-state population totals - will be released next week. The Supreme Court has ruled that those numbers must be used when reapportioning the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. Pending approval, the Census Bureau plans to release ...

I have taken a quick glance at the supreme court ruling and I believe it is correct. You can usually tell the accuracy of a ruling in about 7 seconds. The tecnhique is a 2 step process as follows. 1. Look at what John Paul Stevens ruled. 2. The opposite decision is correct I thought I would comment on a couple of Mr Stevens more amusing comments in his dissent -my comments in > 1. There is no reason to think that the guidance provided to the fact-finders, specifically the various canvassing boards, by the "intent of the voter" standard ...

Along the lines of another thread that was started. A bunch of celebs have threatened to leave the country if Bush was elected. If you had to pick just one who should leave? I vote for Rosie Odonnell. I also vote that after she leaves that hideous movie that featured her in leather lingerie be banned forever. I still have nightmares about that.