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This was a CNN poll today on their website,

The question was "Which political party bears most of the blame for this recession?"

The choices were:
Republicans
Democrats
Neither
Both

I voted Both, because it's true. Politicians in general do not work for the good of the country, but my opinion is beside the point. What would you answer in this poll?

Update: November 20, 2009.
A lot of our answers were Both, but this is how the 234496 votes to the opinion poll on CNN fell: 43% Republicans, 37% Both, 16% Democrats, 4% Neither. My first impression is that people were remembering the war spending during the time the Republicans were in power and voted accordingly.

- Asked by damon8r, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 29-35, Norfolk

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So do we bring terrorists to America to have trials?

Is this a good or a bad idea?

What if they have a trial and then they're innocent? Do they stay here or go home?

- Asked by quikslvr, A Couch Potato, Male, 29-35, Chicago, Lawyer

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Race, Religion & Politics / 17 hours ago

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Is anyone even a little worried about their health under any proposed "reform" measures?

On Monday, one U.S. Gov't agency recommend against regular mammograms for women over 40 (moving the "regular" testing age from 40 to 50), and downplayed effectiveness of self-exams, even recommending against them.

Today, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually... while that VERY SAME REPORT stated that "widespread use (of pap smears) has halved cervical cancer rates in the U.S. in recent decades."

First, I'm suspicious about all of these "reductions" in recommendations as to necessity of preventive measures. Yes, all tests cost money, but right now, we have the choice to pay for things ourselves, so why not get tested "early and often"??

Second, women have fought for decades now to get increased funding for certain diseases like breast cancer and more recently cervical cancer. There is even now a preventive vaccine available for a handful of the 200+ HP viruses.

BUT with just this week's announcements, and right now they are affecting only women, does ANYONE believe that health care in the U.S. is going to be improved by some "government reform" ??

I don't know about you, but I'm almost afraid to ask "what next?"

(And I'm sorry, but I'm not going to debate "increased coverage" as an improvement in health care.)

Update: November 20, 2009.
And those of you rated low - read the question next time. I'm not going to 'debate' the concept of providing coverage to more people as an "improvement" in the system. That's like saying that because we made more cars this year, we made better cars. On a purely logical level, that is absurd and irrelevant. As an economic reality, if you didn't add resources to the equation, it's an INVERSE relationship.

Update: November 20, 2009.
Yeah ... I'm not one to run around "the sky is falling," but having worked in employee benefits and putting together insurance programs, I just have a sinking feeling that all of these "recommendations" will end up in someone's ratings guide or procedure manual as a way to "reduce costs" by reducing services and access to services.

- Asked by cd92835, A Mr. Married Guy, Male, 36-45

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Race, Religion & Politics / 18 hours ago

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For those of you who are interested Europe has a new President....

And he's from Belgium..... Voted in by the EU yesterday.... I declare free Belgium Chocolate for all Europeans..

- POP'd by hands, A Creative, Male, 36-45, Who Cares?

For those who are interested in history......

did you know that On November 20, 1945, the Nuremberg trials started?

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Race, Religion & Politics / 19 hours ago

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For those who are interested in history......

did you know that On November 20, 1945, the Nuremberg trials started?

argie

- Asked by argie, A Creative, Female, Who Cares?, Who Cares?

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Race, Religion & Politics / 19 hours ago

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should abortion be covered in the Health Care Bill???

This is not not a reflection of my opinion. Its just a question that I am very interested to know what people feel and think, especially women

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have a good day folks,

Update: November 20, 2009.
Thank you for all your answers in re to *Health Care/abortion covered*. My opinion is irrelevant since I just compared men vs women's opinions. Thanks again!

- Asked by argie, A Creative, Female, Who Cares?, Who Cares?

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Death Penalty? Yaeh or Nae?

Ok, so it's not like the criminal is lying in his coffin thinking, "Damn, I shouldn't have killed that guy b/c now I'm dead."

I think that is not a suitable punishment. Make them sit in prison and die. Yah yah yah, it's our tax dollars but taxes are inevitable. And how many people do we even put to death a year and how much money does that actually save the sane? (hmmm I'll have to look that up!)

I think it more or less punishes the family more to lose a member of their own. And then you have to think about the victims family. BUT, on the other hand, if someone killed my child, I'd want the mtherfkr DEAD!

What y'all think? Guess I'm on the fence with this one.

- Asked by zinerva, An Alternative Girl, Female, 29-35

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Race, Religion & Politics / 20 hours ago

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Real parallels with history, not invented ones.

The state of our country right now really is an insight into the nature of human beings, I believe. Instead of everyone coming together in hard times, we're more divided than ever.

Granted, most of it is orchestrated by corporate interests and the ultra rich, and one of their primary goals is to keep us fighting with each other so we don't unite and right the balance of power the hard way.

But one of the reasons Glenn Beck is so popular right now, despite him being proven a liar of the most despicable nature over and over again, is because desperation causes anger and irrationality. I read a really good article in Playboy called "The Rise of the Conservative," and the picture for it was very chilling. It shows what looks like an ex-military conservative with an automatic rifle laid out before him, and a picture of Obama as the Joker on his wall.

I'm an optimist, and the farthest thing from a person that believes that America is going to change for the worst going forward...but I do think there will be a few major incidents with those kind of people. Poor schleps that aren't very bright, that have been manipulated by fear mongering wastes of life like Beck, and pushed to the breaking point by the economy and who knows what else in their life. They could even organize into a militia of some kind.

Again, I am not saying it's going to happen, or that it's even likely to happen. But the truth of the matter is, the Nazis never would have came to power if not for the Great Depression. And that is a cold, hard fact that no one who is remotely familiar with history can deny.

Do you think it's dangerous to be manufacturing this kind of anger and outrage during such desperate times? What, if anything, should be done about it?

- Asked by vabyss, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 29-35, Who Cares?

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