Which political issue is the most important to you and why?

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Which political issue is the most important to you and why?

by Barbara Boxer Posted December 11, 2007 20:41:21

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+53 / -9 raves Fef December 12, 2007 19:04:54

Answered: Civil Liberties
I depend on the government for certain things, and I fear the government from encroaching on my rights. Every time we give the government power to protect us or give us something, the government has to take something to accomplish this. Either it takes our money or our rights.

If we want to stop hate speech, we outlaw some forms of speech. If we want the gov't to provide healthcare, we need to pay the tax and may lose the option for private healthcare motivated by profit.
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+1 / -3 raves
Marine December 29, 2007 23:15:32

Answered: Immigration
illegally aliens. Liberals like Boxer have no vision except be an ass. LIBERALS ARE DANGEROUS FOR AMERICAS FREEDOMS
+1 raves
Les December 29, 2007 09:27:54

Answered: Economy & Jobs
Our economic well being is dependent upon responsible public servants carrying our their pledge to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States. Based upon that we should be striving to reduce spending, pay down the monumental debt we have created and balance the budget in real terms. If we would do so, jobs would be plentiful and both sides of the aisle would come closer to having what they want. So, again, the most important issue is that elected officials properly understand, interpret and follow the Constitution of the United States. Wouldn't that be a refreshing change, Barbara?
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Grey December 25, 2007 03:18:37

Answered: Civil Liberties
It is as we realize, maintain, take responsibility with and from our civil liberties that we can best deal with all the other issues nominated here. Even the more progressive and leftist Ms. Boxer has the disease or blindness of power where our supposed representatives do not represent us as much as they become matronizing or patronizing, and/or in their addiction to office and power and ego become ever more swayed by their wealthy backers (and sycophants), be they corporations, lobbies, or singular agenda groups.
+1 / -3 raves
DrTim December 24, 2007 23:46:43 (edited)

Answered: Immigration
Complete and Honest representation by elected officals is my first choice but since it wasn't an option I figured I'd add it here.

By the By,
Is this a recognition poll?
A poll done in the usual underhanded methods of our political leaders today?
Are you takeing advantage of a public website to gauge your name recognition value?
There is a respond button if you care to use it!
ONCE AGAIN by further investigation and a deeper look into BARBIE's site I find she is RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION, and trying to get support from the people here on SODA HEAD.I hope the people here on SODA HEAD react with their usual good sense!
+1 raves
Julie December 24, 2007 11:10:54 (edited)

Answered: Civil Liberties
What would be interesting is to actually see BARBARA BOXER come here and interact with all these neocons instead of having one of her flunkies just post these polls and then NEVER bother to reply to any of them ...

Why do you waste your employee's time here, BARBARA? ... Better to have them do some filing in your office ... or donate their time to a homeless shelter ... or they can carry your BAGS when you check in to your next resort destination in KONA ... (what's this your 25th year there now?) ...

Politicians are the wealthy elite in this country ... their performance (and that's all it is) does not impress me in the least ...

Did you know there are 5 MILLION orphans in Iraq? ... What are the FAT, overpaid, lazy, worthless congress people doing this holiday season to help these orphans ...

Give back all your salaries THEN I'll believe you ... give back every dime any of you have ever made making deals or through your connections ... THEN I'll believe you ... GIVE up your limos and your private planes and your privileges ... THEN and only then will I listen to any of you again ...

Here's the real issue ... http://youtube.com/watch?v=9d...

Here's another important issue: http://arabwomanblues.blogspo...

Care to respond to any of these? ...

What would be interesting is to actually see BARBARA BOXER come here and interact with all these neocons instead of having one of her flunkies just post these polls and then NEVER bother to reply to any of them ...

Why do you waste your employee's time here, BARBARA? ... Better to have them do some filing in your office ... or donate their time to a homeless shelter ... or they can carry your BAGS when you check in to your next resort destination in KONA ... (what's this your 25th year there now?) ...

Politicians are the wealthy elite in this country ... their performance (and that's all it is) does not impress me in the least ...

Did you know there are 5 MILLION orphans in Iraq? ... What are the FAT, overpaid, lazy, worthless congress people doing this holiday season to help these orphans ...

Give back all your salaries THEN I'll believe you ... give back every dime any of you have ever made making deals or through your connections ... THEN I'll believe you ... GIVE up your limos and your private planes and your privileges ... THEN and only then will I listen to any of you again ...

Here's the real issue ... http://youtube.com/watch?v=9d...

Here's another important issue: http://arabwomanblues.blogspo...

Care to respond to any of these? ...
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+2 raves
Julie to Julie December 27, 2007 22:03:44

120 US war veteran suicides a week

November 15, 2007 09:47am

THE US military is experiencing a "suicide epidemic" with veterans killing themselves at the rate of 120 a week, according to an investigation by US television network CBS.

At least 6256 US veterans committed suicide in 2005 - an average of 17 a day - the network reported, with veterans overall more than twice as likely to take their own lives as the rest of the general population.

While the suicide rate among the general population was 8.9 per 100,000, the level among veterans was between 18.7 and 20.8 per 100,000.

That figure rose to 22.9 to 31.9 suicides per 100,000 among veterans aged 20 to 24 - almost four times the non-veteran average for the age group.

"Those numbers clearly show an epidemic of mental health problems,'' CBS quoted veterans' rights advocate Paul Sullivan as saying.

CBS quoted the father of a 23-year-old soldier who shot himself in 2005 as saying the military did not want the true scale of the problem to be known.

"Nobody wants to tally it up in the form of a government total,'' Mike Bowman said.

"They don't want the true numbers of casualties to really be known.''

http://www.news.com.au/herald...

Mike Bowman told the panel: Our son was just one of thousands of veterans tha...

120 US war veteran suicides a week

November 15, 2007 09:47am

THE US military is experiencing a "suicide epidemic" with veterans killing themselves at the rate of 120 a week, according to an investigation by US television network CBS.

At least 6256 US veterans committed suicide in 2005 - an average of 17 a day - the network reported, with veterans overall more than twice as likely to take their own lives as the rest of the general population.

While the suicide rate among the general population was 8.9 per 100,000, the level among veterans was between 18.7 and 20.8 per 100,000.

That figure rose to 22.9 to 31.9 suicides per 100,000 among veterans aged 20 to 24 - almost four times the non-veteran average for the age group.

"Those numbers clearly show an epidemic of mental health problems,'' CBS quoted veterans' rights advocate Paul Sullivan as saying.

CBS quoted the father of a 23-year-old soldier who shot himself in 2005 as saying the military did not want the true scale of the problem to be known.

"Nobody wants to tally it up in the form of a government total,'' Mike Bowman said.

"They don't want the true numbers of casualties to really be known.''

http://www.news.com.au/herald...

Mike Bowman told the panel: Our son was just one of thousands of veterans that this country has lost to suicide. I see every day the pain and grief that our family and extended family goes through in trying to deal with this loss. Every one of those at risk veterans also has a family that will suffer if that soldier finds the only way to take the battlefield pain away is by taking his or her own life. Their ravished and broken spirits are then passed on to their families as they try to justify what has happened. I now suffer from the same mental illnesses that claimed my son’s life, PTSD, from the images and sounds of finding him and hearing his life fade away, and depression from a loss that I would not wish on anyone.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ond...

Care to respond to this issue, Barbara? ...
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+2 / -3 raves
JefTex December 24, 2007 02:52:49

Answered: Immigration
Barbara Boxer?....well there goes the neighborhood
+1 raves
! to JefTex January 10, 2008 01:37:14 (edited)

10-4!

RWD
doriweb December 22, 2007 08:17:58

Answered: Civil Liberties
I want the trend of picking on Christians, while "not offending" other minor religions, to stop. I say "minor" not meaning that the religion is not important to the people who uphold it, but merely to indicate that there are religions that have very few followers that are being "protected" from some supposed "offense" by taking away the rights and traditions of Christians, who live in this nation that was founded on Christian values. Our founding fathers never wanted us to have Christian values removed from our country, and certainly not from our government. Just read the things they wrote, and you would know that! They just didn't want there to be a particular church that the government would require everyone to join (like the Church of England).
+4 raves
marsred December 20, 2007 01:09:00

Answered: Civil Liberties
Absolutely. Everything else is worthless without our civil liberties.

I think Americans overreacted to 911. We were all too willing to throw away our liberties in trade for protection from subsequent attacks. Britons, however, have stared terrorism in the face for decades without giving up their essential freedoms. Finally, Americans who live without their liberties have (already) been vanquished by Islamic Radicals and the Taliban.
+2 raves
Aly and Aj December 18, 2007 21:09:35

Answered: Health Care
because I know too many people who are scared to go to the doctor b/c of bills
Magzilla ~is having a littl... December 18, 2007 01:07:01

Answered: Civil Liberties
All of the above
+2 raves
Rileymo December 17, 2007 11:48:52

Answered: Global Warming / Environment
I would say the environment, it impacts us on so many levels. Economically, socially, health and our major markets- corn, grain. If we focus on a healthy environment, we create jobs, we save money, we are healthier as a society and we preserve the wilderness.
-3 raves
meangreen3 December 17, 2007 02:52:22

Answered: Civil Liberties
I want and think that others deserve, regardless of their status of citizenship, the freedom to plan, coordinate, and attack targets within the United states without the fear of retribution. I want all people who attack America to be given comforts and freedoms that would not, and have not been afforded to any of the victims of terrorist attacks. I want a big hug for all our enemies, and to buy them all a Coke.
+1 raves
Maria December 17, 2007 02:30:33

Answered: Immigration
Of Course, America Has Right to Limit Immigration.
too masstive of immigration comes to America. too hog off !! enough..
+1 raves
Maria to Maria December 17, 2007 02:39:45

One more thing worst thing ever saw. did you know immigrants get free interpreter while America citizens Deaf and Hard of hearing can't get free America sign language interpreter. image that? Immigrants who aren’t citizens can get many kinds of help from the government.
kensfree to Maria January 24, 2008 10:06:31

Immigrants do get free interpreters when going before a judge after an arrest. Learn the whole story.
Maria to kensfree January 25, 2008 03:21:36

Sure will learn the whole story...LOL
Ben Ben December 15, 2007 05:39:51

Answered: Economy & Jobs
All of the above
+2 raves
red December 15, 2007 00:28:03

Answered: Immigration
warming running close second but the state this country is in because of immigration is also a byproduct of weak gov which in turn addresses terrorism so if enough leaders would tuffin up and enforce laws on the books we could free up some time for things like warming not just illegals taking jobs, using up state resourse's, commiting crime and acts of terror
+4 / -1 raves
VengefulRonin December 13, 2007 19:35:49

Answered: Immigration
Alot of these are big issues, but I think immigration is the most crucial one. One thing most politicians fail to understand is this:

Illegal aliens are criminals. The very word in the term, ILLEGAL, means they are breaking their country's law to get here and our country's law by coming here.

Plus, if you want to come here, learn goddamn English! Why the hell are we practically making Spanish our second language? We are only accommodating the Mexicans. When the schools make us learn Spanish it gives the Mexicans no incentive to learn English and contribute to society. Why bother to learn English when everyone is learning your language? It's all a load of shit.
-1 raves
sandog December 13, 2007 14:09:23

Answered: Economy & Jobs
because its what keeps this country running!!!!!!
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! December 12, 2007 22:19:07

Answered: Terrorism
I chose terrorism because IF we don't control terrorism (whether it's from another country or homegrown) it will control us!

However, I really would have chosen education if terrorism was not there because with education all things are possible and that covers the rest of the list.

RWD
+4 / -3 raves
Butch Cassidy December 12, 2007 21:56:48

Answered: Reproductive Freedom
I want the freedom to reproduce at will...ma wives keep gettin in the way of romance!
+1 / -2 raves
roger to Butch C... December 13, 2007 01:28:00

Sarie told me you were'nt takin care of her like you use to Butch...now I's know ...why? I told her to shoo on back to bunk house. See ya partner... :-)
Patti to Butch C... March 21, 2009 14:47:30

SINCE THERE WAS NO WHERE FOR ME TO COMMENT I HAD TO REPLY. BUT HOW ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY ON THAT LIST. ITS GOT MY VOTE. MAKE BUSH ACCOUNTABLE ALONG WITH HIS CRONIES TO PAY FOR THIS ECONOMICAL MESS THAT HE CAUSED.
+1 raves
Butch C... to Patti March 24, 2009 07:19:25

Nobody will make me account for ma crimes.

I am busy with whiskey and woomin!
+6 raves
RBdeuce December 12, 2007 20:54:06

Answered: Economy & Jobs
I believe that the "Economy and Jobs" issue is most important... because, if we have a weak economy and huge unemployment rates, then it puts a burden so large on the Nation that it becomes even harder to attain the other items considered in your list.... ,Regards.
Assassi... to RBdeuce January 18, 2008 19:32:02

I agree. The economy has to get better. Too many people are falling deeper into debt and bankruptcy fears.
+7 / -1 raves
Ripped1x..."Tomato Packing ... December 12, 2007 19:18:19

Answered: Civil Liberties
I am tired of my civil rights being violated by a huge group of tyrants called the Government
-3 raves
DC to Ripped1... January 25, 2008 02:01:11

GET OVER YOURSELF
holly to Ripped1... January 25, 2008 02:09:09

they can only violate your civil rights if you let them!
+2 raves
Ripped1... to holly February 28, 2008 00:51:26

Tell me that after you have had your savings account worn out by an abusive legal system, ever heard the saying you can't fight city hall? there's a lot more truth to that than you hopefully will ever have to find out for yourself.
+53 / -9 raves
Fef December 12, 2007 19:04:54

Answered: Civil Liberties
I depend on the government for certain things, and I fear the government from encroaching on my rights. Every time we give the government power to protect us or give us something, the government has to take something to accomplish this. Either it takes our money or our rights.

If we want to stop hate speech, we outlaw some forms of speech. If we want the gov't to provide healthcare, we need to pay the tax and may lose the option for private healthcare motivated by profit.
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Barclay to Fef January 18, 2008 19:50:39

I do not want the ‘Government’ protecting me. It is time for the “fear” factor to be dropped and stop giving up our rights. Yes we must pay for health care. We pay for Congress to have the very best it time for the American people [all] to share in there wealth of health. All things cost this computer costs so does yours, do we complain-No but we all complain about taxes. Odd thing those needs and wants.
+1 raves
jondoe to Fef January 22, 2008 23:23:12

I know what your saying but we are man kind and I think that we should start making the stuff we need the issue.Like health care, it should be free but there are too many leaches sucking at the funds.I think we should loose the ficade of countries and come to the conclushion that we are all the same and the world is everyones including the animals......................... lets all share it. If we all worked together there would be no need for money and war!
Fef to jondoe January 23, 2008 03:25:13

If we worked together, we'd still have war because people like Hitler and Stalin would exist. They encouraged people to work together... just under their vision of a "perfect society".

When you say we have leeches sucking at the funds for healthcare (and other things), you can see why "working together" doesn't always work since some don't work at all. How do you get those to work that would rather leech? I agree that we should have a more common goal as humankind. I just don't think socialism will provide the solution.
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jondoe to Fef January 23, 2008 19:28:04

Im talking about trying to make the government by the people again and stop electing crooks who are just there to skim off the top. It even goes deeper becouse the corperation leaders of health care, credit cards, drug companies, oil, manufacturing, business.
Fef to jondoe January 26, 2008 02:33:45

Yes, we need to eliminate collusion and price fixing, but at the same time allow companies to get motivated by profits because the shareholders (often gov't pension funds) will invest in companies who can make money -- and these investments lead to great research and development that create super-drugs and energy alternatives that save lives, reduce our dependency on foreign oil, create cleaner environments, etc...
jondoe to Fef January 26, 2008 20:10:18

I think what I was trying to say was, that the big business are the real wizard behind the curtain.