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Every day in May we will reveal the greatest stories ever told starring a particular character or written/drawn by a particular creator (and throughout the month, you'll get daily chances to vote for NEXT week's lists). These lists are voted on by YOU, the reader!
Here is the list of characters/creators featured so far (along with the rules on how to vote).
Today's list is the Greatest Rogue Stories Ever Told!
10. Uncanny X-Men #182 "Rogue looks up an 'old flame' of hers"
In this issue by Chris Claremont and John Romita Jr., we explore the problems that go on with Rogue's brain, as she gets some memories from Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel – the superhero that Rogue absorbed the power, memories and feelings from) and goes looking for one of Danvers' old beaus.
9. Uncanny X-Men #246-247 "Rogue versus the Master Mold"
In this two-parter by Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri, Rogue sacrifices herself to save the rest of the X-Men in a battle with the Master Mold. Rogue goes into the Siege Perilous.
8. X-Men #24 "Rogue and Gambit connect"
A downtime issue by Fabian Nicieza and Andy Kubert (right before the next issue's major Fatal Attractions crossover issue) where Gambit and Rogue come a lot closer.
7. X-Men #188-193 "Supernovas"
Rogue gets control of her own X-Men team in this storyline that shows the debut of Mike Carey and Chris Bachalo as the regular creative team on X-Men.
6. Age of Apocalypse
Rogue is basically the co-leader of the X-Men and is married to Magneto with a child. She's basically one of the few X-Men who have almost have a BETTER life in the horrific landscape that is the Age of Apocalypse. Written by Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza and Mark Waid, drawn by a variety of artists, most notably Joe Madureira and Andy Kubert.
5. Avengers Annual #10
Rogue's first appearance, written by Chris Claremont and drawn by the legendary Michael Golden. She beats the crap out of Captain America in this issue and absorbs Ms. Marvel's powers, memories and emotions.
4. Uncanny X-Men #171 "Welcome to the X-Men, Rogue…Hope You Survive the Experience!"
Many folks forget that Walt Simonson was the guest artist on this landmark issue (written by Chris Claremont) where Rogue, driven near inane by sharing her mind with Ms. Marvel's memories and emotions, is forced to turn to the X-Men for help and Xavier, despite EVERY member of the team not liking it, adds her to the team.
3. Uncanny X-Men #269, 274-275 "Rogue in the Savage Land"
Coming out of the Siege Perilous, Rogue deals with her Ms. Marvel split personality once and for all, then teams up with Magneto, Ka-Zar and Nick Fury to take out the crazed Zaladane. Chris Claremont and Jim Lee did the story.
2. Uncanny X-Men #235-238 "First Genosha Storyline"
Chris Claremont, Rick Leonardi and Marc Silvestri (the two artists swap off on issues in the four-parter) tell the story of the X-Men's first interaction with the island country of Genosha, a country where the majority of the people are mutants but the humans there control the mutants like slaves. Rogue is stripped of her powers and is brutalized before she and Wolverine manage to escape (and the rest of the X-Men eventually show up to help).
1. Uncanny X-Men #172-173 "Wolverine and Rogue in Japan"
Chris Claremont and Paul Smith tell the story of when Rogue first proves herself to the rest of the team. With the X-Men in Japan for Wolverine's wedding, most of the team is stricken down with poison – all except for Wolverine and Rogue (who survives due to her Ms. Marvel powers, or more specifically, her half-alien DNA). The pair team-up to stop the deadly Viper and the Silver Samurai. Rogue takes a deadly blast meant for Wolverine and, in a tender moment of approval, he lends her his healing power. A classic from the short but memorable Paul Smith run on Uncanny X-Men. And boy, what a cover!
That's the list! I'm sure there is a lot of agreement and disagreement with the list out there! Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section!
And please vote for the lists that are still up for grabs here!
Worthy number one for a character I never cared for.
#1 was the only story I could think of (hence I didn't vote), so I'm glad it got in. I actually preferred Rogue before the redesign into her "sexpot" look. I'm glad a lot of the picks here go back to that era.
Totally agree with the first spot, actually, the Claremont/Smith era is my favourite in the book.
You may call me crazy, but I'm surprised in the Shi'Ar saga that Lobdell wrote (issues 341-348, IIRC), Rogue was team leader and the story was pretty cool, with Madureira at his best.
I've never read the Carey stuff, but otherwise this is a good list. Definitely the right #1.
Didn't Silverstri draw half of the Genosha story?
I'll go with all of these,,, Great list.
Some of my favourite stories about one of my favourite X-men.
The first two are correct
and yes, Marc Silvestri drew the 2nd and fourth/last issue of the 4-issue Genosha arc
and the awesome Master Mold two-parter was also drawn by Marc Silvestri
Brian must really have something out for Marc.
ummmmmmmmmmm excuse me! where's the one where she bonks the Sentry??? i thought that was her most important story to date.
okay, seriously though, Uncanny #172-173 constitutes what is probably my favorite single superhero story of all time. classic! it's actually a much better Wolvie story than Rogue story, but she's in it and it's great, so i'm glad to see it on this list!!!
"where Rogue, driven near inane by sharing her mind with Ms. Marvel's memories and emotions"
I know that era's Ms. Marvel had her problems, but I didn't think driving Rogue to inanity was one of them.
I must respectfully submit that one of the BEST Rogue stories took place in, of all places…
Rogue appeared in # 31 and # 32 (her 3rd -and 4th- appearance ever – after Avengers Annual # 10 and X-Men # 158) and this story shows the start of her transition to being a "GOOD guy".
Alongside the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Rogue is fighting against a Wraith/Human spawn called "Hybrid" and they are getting their asses kicked. Soon, the mutants and Hybrid (who is also a mutant of sorts) realize that they share common enemies in the X-Men – and ROM – since the X-Men helped Rom defeat Hybrid several months earlier.
ROM comes in, and even though he is trying to help the mutants, they all team up against him.
Rogue gives ROM a kiss, trying to absorb his "powers" but the only thing he has for her to absorb is his "humanity" and she realizes that she LIKES the feeling of being GOOD.
Here are the captions for that sequence:
Rom: "Why do you do this, child? Unlike Mystique, I sense no evil in you."
"What is there Rogue can say? She attempted to absorb Rom's power, only to discover that that portion of humanity grafted to the cold spaceknight armor possessed no power… but only a kind of decency which Rogue, in her young life, has never known.
"She finds that she likes it."
Then, after Hybrid has Rom on the ropes, ROGUE rescues him by trying to absorb Hybrid's powers (even though, to TOUCH him is pretty horrifying stuff – and is dangerous to her life).
Thus, with that selfless act, they all defeat Hybrid (temporarily, anyway) and the Brotherhood leaves, with Rogue wondering if she'll ever meet Rom again.
Honestly, it is the start of Rogues walking the path of a hero.
Go get it in a 25cent bin near you!
(Actually, the X-Men and Brotherhood issues are probably a few bucks each, but still…)
"Tamam Shud!"
I'm pretty sure Gambit drove Rogue to inanity.
Wot No UXM 185 ?
Uncanny #173 was the first Rogue story I ever read. I'd never heard of her until that.
I've read more of these than I expected (the only one I really expected to be here was Avengers Annual #10). That's a little surprising, because I pretty much stopped reading X-Men in 1990. I only read a handful of issues between then and 2007, but by a lucky coincidence one of them was X-Men #24. If I had voted, that would've been near the top of my list, but I had no idea other people rated it so highly. I just assumed there were a lot of major Rogue stories in all those years I missed, so I was surprised to see so much here that I'd read.
The ROM story was indeed the top of my list. For that matter, I also had her Dazzler appearances in there.
I just haven't had time to participant this month. Too much work and other stuff, but it's a shame no one's read Bedard's single arc on Rogue "Forget-Me-Not" from the early 00s. It's a really good 6 issue story, one of the best single stories from the Jemas/Quesada "decompressed and written for the trades" era. I love it.
Love the list! Really glad to see a lot of classic X-Men stuff made it. I personally didn't vote for Avengers Annual #10, because I'm not a big fan of "villain Rogue" (same reason I didn't vote for her Dazzler appearances).
Thanks for letting me know about the ROM story! I had no idea! I always thought there was a gap between Avengers Annual #10 and Uncanny #171! Got to check it out. My list was as follows:
1. X-Men 24 (1993)
2. Uncanny X-Men 269, 274-275 (Savage Land/Magneto)
3. X-Men: Alpha/Astonishing X-Men 1-4 (Age of Apocalypse)
4. Uncanny X-Men 172-173
5. X-Men: The End
6. Uncanny X-Men 235-238
7. Uncanny X-Men 182
8. Uncanny X-Men 171
9. Marvel Super-Heroes 11 (contains previously unpublished story by Chris Claremont about Rogue vs. Ms. Marvel, when Rogue first takes her powers)
10. Uncanny X-Men 185
Any chance we can see 11-15 Brian?
Wow. That is a better list of stories than I would've expected. AVENGERS ANNUAL #10 is a pretty great comic to be placing fifth.
Carter: according to the Marvel Chronology these are the contemporary issues you want between Avengers Annual 10 and UXM 171:
Michael Golden's art in Avengers Annual 10 is incredible. Some of the best work of his career.
I always found it weird that Rogue gained Ms Marvel's powers and personality off panel. At the time, I don't think there was even a flashback depicting it. She just already has the powers in her first appearance, and that's that. I don't know if there was another comic that ccame out around that time that explained/showed it, ot if there were plans for something that fell through. It seemed like there had to be a reason behind it, since Ms Marvel was an Avenger at the time, or at least had recently been one. Maybe there's a Comic Book Legend Revealed in there somewhere.
9. Uncanny X-Men #246-247 "Rogue versus the Master Mold" was drawn by Silvestri and Dan Green. Lee debuted on Uncanny just an issue later. Silvestri had been drawing the X-Men since 418 (on an off) and stayed untill 261.
For the most part I agree with the list. I forgot to mention X-Men 171 in my list. Shame on me! But I really think X-Men Legacy 218-224 should be on this list. The most recent and important stories of Rogue to date, with Xavier finally getting her powers in order. Carey has a great handle on Rogues character. Something that was lacking since Claremont developed her in the 80's/early 90's. She became wayyyy to love struck during the mid 90's with the Gambit relationship, which is why I'm not a fan of X-Men 24 and it wasn't on my list.
I always found it weird that Rogue gained Ms Marvel's powers and personality off panel. At the time, I don't think there was even a flashback depicting it. She just already has the powers in her first appearance, and that's that. I don't know if there was another comic that ccame out around that time that explained/showed it, ot if there were plans for something that fell through. It seemed like there had to be a reason behind it, since Ms Marvel was an Avenger at the time, or at least had recently been one. Maybe there's a Comic Book Legend Revealed in there somewhere.
Wait, I thought it HAPPENED in her first appearance, in Avengers Annual #10.
Internet comic fans love to bitch about the X-Men, but both Rogue and Magneto have surprisingly good lists of stories.
I guess technically Rouge stole Ms Marvel's powers off panel. Avengers Annual #10 starts with Carol Danvers being tossed off a bridge. They have shown it in flashbacks since then though.
I came in here looking to post a comment to the effect of "How about favourite comments and message board posts where people call her 'Rouge'" then saw the last comment. Heh.
I've been reading the X-Men Essential volumes, and have no frigging clue as to why anyone would prefer Rogue from the 90s onward to her earliest days with the team. She was so much better then.
Unfortunately I have what my piano teacher used to call The Stupid Fingers.
I thought in Avengers Annual #10 the first time we see Rogue she already has Ms Marvel's powers. I don't even remember the panel of seeing Ms Marvel tossed off a bridge. I'm not saying that didn't happen, I just don't remember that panel. Either way, it seemed very sudden to me, like I had missed a previous issue depicting those events.
We see Carol Danvers being tossed off the bridge, but we don't see who does it, if I remember correctly. When we do get to see Rogue, she already has the powers, like you said.
"I thought in Avengers Annual #10 the first time we see Rogue she already has Ms Marvel's powers. I don't even remember the panel of seeing Ms Marvel tossed off a bridge. I'm not saying that didn't happen, I just don't remember that panel. Either way, it seemed very sudden to me, like I had missed a previous issue depicting those events."
Jazzbo, the story of Rogue taking Ms. Marvel's powers was meant to be told in Claremont's final issue of Ms. Marvel, but the book was canceled due to poor sales before he got there.
HOWEVER, an anthology Marvel book called "Marvel Super-Heroes" which came out quarterly in the early 90s did finally show that story in print in issue # 11 (which made my list, by the way). I'm sure you can find it for cheap on eBay or somewhere (that's what I did). It depicts the entire fight between Rogue and Ms. Marvel and ends with Ms. Marvel falling off the bridge. It's actually a really good story.
Awesome, thanks Hawkman. I knew there had to have been a story planned that I just wasn't aware of.
Claremont & Smith, the second golden era after the Byrne Days…. <3
It's a good list. All the issues aside from the "Age of Apocalypse" issue take place in the '80's, when Rogue 1st appeared. I, actually like Rogue better in the '90's, when she's more sure of herself and met Gambit. As I understand it, she had a crush on Longshot in the '80's. I thought it was cool in the '90's when they turned her into what someone described as a, "Sexpot." That's when she had more confidence, and got closer to Gambit. Well, the Comics Code Authority couldn't show them having sex, but it was implied enough to get it. As I understand it, she's the leader of a team now. She's evolved as a character. She's one of my favorites.
A good list. Not a lot to quibble about apart from X-Men #24 (to my mind Gambit and Rogue were the X-books' most dysfunctional couple of the 1990s) and I'd probably would also shelve the Genosha story, so I could instead add "Salvage" (X-Men Legacy #220-224, a much better Rogue/Gambit moment) and Uncanny X-Men #185 (Rogue and Storm bond on the Mississippi, also a defining issue for the relationship between Rogue and her adoptive parents Mystique and Destiny).
This confirmes what I'v been thinking for years: Rogue stopped being an interesting character almost straight after Claremont's 1st run. Her mini-series are all aweful and she is behaving like a stereotype and being used as a mere eye-candy in the main series for the most part.
We all only remember her fondly because of the 90's X-Men TAS.
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Hanging there somewhere between the comic and the tragic, the right and the wrong, the left and the right, the truth and the lie, is our American relationship to soccer. Well, to football. Futbol. Fußball. Whatever. Even as the world gets smaller, how is it possible that at this late date we remain such strangers to The Beautiful Game?
The 19th World Cup, under way this week in South Africa, will at last change all that.
Unless, of course, it does not.
Because predicting the arc of soccer's popularity in the United States is a fool's errand. It is also a cottage industry. Never more so than during the quadrennial global tournament. Thus, by mid-July, we'll all be up to our necks in the oracular math of "what if?" What if the U.S. men do well? What if they do not? What if TV ratings are up? What if they are not? What of Slovakia? What of Slovenia? Or Fredonia? What if Landon Donovan plays like Landon Donovan McNabb? Whatever happened to Beckham and Pelé and all those sky-high hopes for stateside soccer? Who at long last will become the Prometheus of American footie? Of what real use is a goalkeeper, anyway? And what if tens of thousands of words a day are spilled into the Gulf of Lexico in service of the idea that meaning must be made of it all? Who cleans that up?
What if?
"Help!" cries the American sports fan. "Enough! I just want to know whether to send my noncontact sons and daughters to soccer or to band practice after school!"
So beyond the merely poetical or political, there are some practical aspects to all this. (And let the cynics among us remember, too, that if nothing else, the World Cup enlivens the dead air in the American sports calendar between the end of the NHL/NBA finals and the meaningless midseason seat-filler that is baseball's All-Star Game.)
As has been the case from the beginning of time, it is our American birthright to remain ignorant and disdainful of foreign things. Especially those things we do not understand and at which we are not altogether good. Like small cars, omelets and sensible plumbing. Prepare yourself then for the unsurprising onslaught of bad writing, bad thinking and bad faith among our newsprint and electric soccer commentariat -- including your online friends and neighbors and loved ones who still believe that soccer sucks and Europe sucks and that no one watches soccer and no one cares about soccer and that soccer just really, really sucks and Mexico sucks and soccer and South America all suck very much indeed. (Don't fret; an ocean or two away, this will be compensated for by the kind of smug, continental sports writing in which America is a nation of rubes and hillbillies and philistines because we fail to see the subtleties in either the offside trap or the work of Gilbert and Sullivan -- both of which are frankly more fun and interesting to perform than they are to watch.)
So then, painting by the numbers, we proceed: Why do European soccer coaches all look like gamblers from the great age of French cinema, or like hired assassins? From La Liga to the Premiership, from the Bundesliga to Serie A, the tailored cashmere coat is worn with the collar sprung; the loosened silk necktie hangs just so from the wings of a perfectly pressed dress shirt; the rueful look of high-stakes dissipation is that of a ruined viscount walking out of the Monte Carlo Casino at 5 a.m.; the deadpan thousand-meter stare reveals a man whose very soul has been taken from him. Zut alors!
All coaches from everywhere else seem to be dressed in ill-fitting team track suits, like fitness directors at a nursing home or expat Belorussian mobsters on their cell phones strolling the boardwalk out on Brighton Beach.
Which of these two aesthetics wins the day on the World Cup sidelines as nation faces nation? And which players fill the bench in the soft-focus background?
The players are all players, bien sûr, whether Dane or Argentine or Portuguese, Spaniard or Kiwi or Cameroonian. Lithe and fit, slender in the arms and barrel, handsome and not, graceful and not, wearing terrible clothes and with haircuts that make every professional pitch look like the opening moments of a mass prison break.
On the covers of OK! magazine or SportBild, they're global playboys, driving and crashing the gaudy hyper-cars they pay for with that colorful play money they call currency -- and the only thing hotter than the Lamborghini Gallardo they wrapped around that lamppost in Nice or Rio or Rimini last year is the pneumatic bikini model they were seated next to when they did so.
Waiter! More grappa here!
They are, in other words, the sum of the mindless clichés we drape them in. As is the game itself.
To Americans of a certain age, soccer seemed at once exotic and dull, inscrutable and not worth scrutiny. Not only un-American, it was anti-American. A game without technology, a game without scoring, a game without even hands, it had too few rules and too little event and too little contact. In a nation of spectacle and big horizons, it was a game with altogether too little.
That's mostly changed, of course, for many reasons, and a lot of us know the game well enough to see the beauty in it at last. To see the long arcs of possibility grow and flower from one end line to the other. To see the toughness in it, and the sweetness, too. To see the game as it is.
There's a reasonable chance that by now, you've even heard of Edson Buddle.
So you know, too, we've got a sprained Altidore, and that the Drogba may be broken; that Ferdinand's out of commission and so is Ballack; that Rooney and Fabregas and Essien and Mikel and Torres are nicked or bruised or bandaged.
You know that from Algeria to Uruguay and from the sportscasts on Al Jazeera to the sports pages of the Süddeutsche Zeitung the whole globe will ring like a struck bell with any news out of South Africa. Any news good or bad.
Thirty-two teams set out this week despite our preconceptions and our limited imaginations. Despite the stampedes and the evictions and the nonsense economics. Despite the bigotry and xenophobia, the corruption and the cynicism, the myopia and the racism and the graft and the cheap theatrics.
Thirty-two teams set out this week for the finals, on July 11.
On June 12, this Saturday, the U.S. opens against England.
One month from beginning to end to honor all those hopes and dreams, to overturn all those misconceptions and predictions, to answer all those criticisms and insults.
We ask a very great deal of our athletes. And we ask a very great deal of a lumbering world media that almost never gets what there is to get about a thing at its core, and in consequence multiplies strangeness rather than resolving it.
Other countries have other needs, some dire indeed; and I wish them well on behalf of every one of us. Because no game alone, no matter how beautiful, is sufficient in the face of our abject and murderous human stupidity.
Still, we must persist.
Still, we must play.
And play in every instant as if these games may save us all.
Jeff MacGregor is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. Please continue to submit your answers to his question "What are sports for?" You can e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.

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This is a question for the moderators to ask ALL the Democratic candidates..
I would like to hear their view on HR 676 The National Health Care Plan, what their take is on it, their view and opinion and please get Dennis Kucinich to comment. He along with 85 other Reps. from the Houe have co-signed as sponsors.
Here's a link to the bill. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00676:
Last week we heard on KCFR our local public radio station in the Denver metro area; some very insensitive comments from Representative Degette of CD1; Denver and some Arapahoe county on illegal immigration and the need for comprehensive reform. Today we heard on NPR about Marshalltown IA and the help illegals got there when Swift was raided. We know the help the illegals got after the Swift plant was raided in Greeley so our question to the hosts of this debate is this:
Do you or our elected officials understand the anxieties of the poor and middle class on who gets the work; how much they are paid; the lack of benefits; the cost of benefits; the lack of a safety net for legal residents and US citizens; etc etc etc.
This country is in real trouble and alot of it has to deal with illegal immigration and the inability of elected officials to enforce the laws. Tancredo of CO 6th CD is someone we cant stand but he does have a point in this issue but even he wasnt able to do anything when the GOP controlled the Congress and the Presidency for 6 years (baring some of the time when the Senate was in the hands of the Dens when one Senator changed parties).
This country is in deep debt; no balanced budget; has huge border control problems; and many other problems and its long past time for this country to step back and deal with its own problems and stop helping the world out when its own citizens need help???
I consider myself fiscally conservative. This used to include "balanced budgets" and "lowering the national debt."
Now I am hearing "fiscal conservatives" saying they are for "lower or no taxes" regardless of what it does to the budget.
Is this correct? Is the meaning of "fiscally conservative" changing or being changed?
I'd like to ask two questions to all the presidential candidates.
1. The United States has currently abandoned its (deserved) leadership role in addressing global warming and climate change. What specific steps will you take to correct this failure?
2. What steps will you take to make the rest of the world perceive the U.S. as less of a bully, and less selfish?
Thank you for considering my questions.
US has 5% of world population but produces 25% of greenhouse gases. How would your administration convince us that this affects our national security, our grandchildren ... and that we can act?
What steps will the candidates take to encourage Israel and Palestine toward peaceful coexistence?
Will you sign the Kyoto and subsequent treaties, bringing the United States into cooperation with the rest of the world?
Where do the candidates stand on transparency in government, and if they are in favor of transparency, what steps will they take to promote it?
This is a question for all candidates ...
I'm a mother of a young child and want to know what steps will you take to ensure of the safety of toys and baby products? I'm not only concerned about lead but also from toxins like phylates which are currently found in US products but banned in Europe.
I would like to hear a real debate. One of the ground rules would be that no candidate could refer to another candidate either negatively or positively, just relate their own plans or views on the question.
As a Michigan Democrat, the top thing on my mind right now is election reform. Granted, the DNC and candidate's respionse to Michigan's early primary is understandable... But the end result is a lot of disenfranchised and angry Michigan Democrats that did nothing wrong!
I'm interested in what candidates think about the status quo of primary elections and general elections and if they have any ideas for change to avoid such ridiculous clashes as we've had this year.
Mother of all questions:
You are the most distingueshed and smart members of the American Society. Your job is to know things that we do not know in Politics. Can you tell us, looking straight into the microphone, "why did we invade Iraq?".
Please note that It is well known that many of the people who architected the Invasion of Irak have been working on this project since early 1990's; and then they went to President Clinton in 1998 for military interviension to Iraq.
Tell us Why We Invaded Iraq?
Will the next president hold George W. Bush accountable for the Iraq war fiasco? On behalf of any future megalomaniacs, what can you do to prevent any future run-away war efforts? Hold George W. Bush accountable.
Question for the debate: What will you do to relax the corporate and evangelical stranglehold on our government in order to return this country to the control of the people? What will you do to balance lobbying with input from the general American public, since we can not afford lobbyists to represent us?
My belief is that the greatest threat to our national security is our extreme reliance on foreign and non-renewable sources of energy.
As president, do you support an Apollo-like program to research renewable energy solutions to once and for all end our "addiction to oil"?
I would like to know, in more detail than is typically provided, how each of the democratic candidates intends to change, modify or continue current national policy vis/vis climate change and environmental impacts.
Quarter after quarter, we see record profits posted by the nation's insurance companies. Yet, more and more Americans are going without healthcare coverage due to the high costs. When will the healthcare needs of Americans take precedent over gross profiteering?
It seems naive to talk about how quickly we can get out of Iraq, even though we would all like to see the soldiers return home. After we destroyed the balance of power between Iraq and Iran, wouldn't our hasty departure create a power vaccuum within the Middle East that Iran would fill?
I am interested in the candidates' positions on the expansion of executive power we've seen under the Bush regime. What, if anything, do each of them plan to do to reign in big government and restore the checks and balances supposedly ensured by our three-branch government?
My question is this: Many constitutional scholars from across the political and ideological spectrum are now saying that President Bush has greatly exceeded the powers of the president and vice-president to the point that if not violating the limits of presidential powers, then they are very close to having done so----first: do you believe this is the case? and second--- if you do beleive this to be the case and if elected president-- will you vow to make it a priority task to "set back the clock" to at least the point those powers were at prior to the Bush presidency? I would have to add to this---if the candidate does not believe the president has exceeded the powers granted in the Constitution--why not?
Michael Garrity, Dayton, Ohio
My question would be for Hillary Clinton. Most Republican strategists are hoping she gets the Democratic nomination as they believe she will be a relatively easy candidate to defeat in the general; as opposed to Barack Obama who presents a tougher adversary to attack. Why should voters believe that Hillary Clinton is a more formidable general election candidate when she is the Democrat Republicans most want to run against?
This is a question for all candidates:
Do you feel Valerie Plame Wilson Was the "smoking gun" that proved the Iraq War was cooked?
Mary O. Murphy
Do you accept Dick Cheney's operative theory of the unitary executive?
If not, do you favor the initiation of impeachment proceedings against him (I need not elaborate on the justifications for this), thus allowing The People to express their disapproval of his co-presidency?
I don't care much about your differences on policies. I want to WIN next year. Are you willing to do whatever it takes to win, unlike Gore and Kerry who were too gentlemanly for theit and the country's good?
I would like you to ask the candidates just how serious they are about giving the US a new image in the world.
The US policy of unilateral embargo, travel restrictions and regime change toward Cuba is rejected by virtually every other country in our hemisphere and the rest of the world--and by most Americans, according to every poll in the past year.
Chris Dodd, former Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic and chair of the Senate's Western Hemisphere subcommittee, is the only candidate to talk seriously about Cuba in the context of our relations with Latin America and the changes taking place since Fidel Castro yielded power. Obama, Richardson and Edwards want to allow at least visits by Cuban Americans but don't appear to care about the rights of other Americans to travel. Hillary Clinton is backing Bush's extremely restrictive travel policies rather than the position of the Clinton Administration for family and non-tourist people to people exchanges.
Why do most of the Democrats let Florida politics trump US national interests and the right of Americans to travel?
Will Fidel Castro's retirement or death be sufficient for them to take a new stance, or will they follow Bush in refusing to seriously engage with Raul Castro?
Where do the candidates stand on a President's inherent war powers which he asserts justify his challenges to civil liberties: surveillence of American citizens, torture, revocation of habeas corpus, renditions, use of signing statements, to name just a few. Does a President have unenumerated war powers? Since there has been no declaration of war by Congress and not technically ar war, can a President invoke a war powers?
This is a question for the moderators to ask ALL the Democratic candidates..
once we take the troops out of Iraq,
how will you handle the mess that is left behind, do you have a plan after the troops are gone to heal the wounds that we have made there. What is your plan ?
This is a question for Senator Clinton: I am a Democrat living in Upstate New York, and I believe that Senator Clinton has done a fine job in representing our state in the United States Senate. I am concerned however, with the issue of the Senator's electability as a presidential candidate, given polling showing the Senator's high "negatives". I would like to know how the Senator both responds to the question and how she is going to deal with this issue should she receive the Democratic nomination.
Taxes are a way to promote an agenda and encourage people to act in a certain way. High taxes on alcohol and cigarettes, and low taxes on capital gains are examples. Given our obesity rate, what would you think about taxing fast food restaurants and using that money to subsidize nutrition and exercise programs?
Question for candidates:
Do you think a person who believes that the earth is 6000 years old and that Adam and Eve cohabited the Garden with the dinosaurs should be allowed to vote?
This question is for all candidates:
Do you believe that Federal budget deficits matter? If you do, what steps will you take to bring the current deficit under control.
I've heard little or nothing in the Democratic or Republican debates about global climate change or energy and environmental policy--arguably the most critical issues facing the nation and the world. This strikes me as a baffling omission, a willful blind spot among journalists. I beg you to address this oversight in the coming debate. If NPR won't do it, who will?
I have 3 questions that I'd like the candidates to answer:
1. What do you believe will the impact of a US pull-out (gradual or immediate) from Iraq be on the middle east region, and what will you do as President to secure and promote US interests in connection with that pull-out?
2. Will you keep or change the medicare prescription drug program?
3. Do you believe that the US can influence the politics inside Iraq? How?
How are you going to turn the ship of state around given the exodus of good/honest non-partisan talent from Justice, Diplomatic Corps, EPA, Energy, Homeland Security, Interior Dept etc.
I hope someone will ask the candidates the following question:
The present administration has a very expansive view of executive power -- one that many believe encroaches dangerously on our civil liberties. As president, would you be willing and able to devolve some of the powers that this administration has asserted or even been granted by Congress. Would you seek repeal of the Military Commissions Act? Would you narrow the provisions of the Patriot Act? Would you resist the temptation to issue signing statements that arrogate power to the executive?
One of the more disturbing ongoing acts of the current administration from my perspective is holding possibly-innocent captives at Guantanamo Bay without charge or adequate access to legal representation. I would like to know what each candidate proposes to do with these men, particularly those who have little or no evidence against them, and how they would change our policies for dealing with 'enemy combatants'.
My son was diagnosed with autism four years ago. At that time there were five boys in a three block radius of our home who had some form of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism can be financially and emotionally catastrophic to families. We would do anything for our kids, but we need back up. How will you help us access effective treatments? How will you help us prevent this from happening to other children?
I would like the moderators to ask this question: What actions will you take so America will be an active participate in decreasing Global warming, instead of continuing the current 'status quo'of protecting our economy no matter the world cost?
I want to know what the candidates will do and are doing now about the genocide and rise of islamic radicalism in the Sudan. In the real world the war on terror is wider than the mess in Iraq. Only Joe Biden has said anything substantive about Sudan. What are the other candidates doing?
I would like to know the candidates views concerning signing statements, and if any of them would sign legislation to out law the practice.
I have not heard any of the Democratic candidates answer a question on hedge funds and darivatives. I believe for future stability and justice for all that both these sources of scandal and corruption should be checked.
Please ask each candidate, "Regarding the Peace Process, why not FIRST address the most difficult Palestinian / Israeli Peace issue, the final resolution of Jerusalem; do you think Jerusalem could be designated an 'International Holy City' (no weapons, open to all worshipers, administrated and protected by the United Nations and International Peace-Keeping Security Personnel)?" It seems a waste of time to go down the long diplomatic road until the status of Jerusalem is, in concept, accepted by both parties.
Thank you,
Kevin Mirek
This is a ???just for fun??? or trick question.
While you are debating, I will be in Ohio at a Democratic political club meeting. I will be one of the 8 speakers representing all Democratic Presidential candidate before a straw poll vote. My task will be to compress Sen. Biden???s 35 years of Senate service into in 3 minutes speech that will convince a majority to vote for Sen. Biden.
The path I will use is to focus on the exceptional personal traits, which differentiate Sen. Biden from the others. I will use information found while researching the topic on the radio, TV, and web as audio, text, and video.
Attached are my ending summary comments. Would Sen. Biden please review and/or comment?.
In the end Sen. Biden looks to be a collection of good parts:
He has the passion and willingness to speak back to power of President Adams
He has the ???agent for change???, curiosity, and inventiveness of President Roosevelt
He has the pragmatism, tenacity, and willingness to not compromise of President Truman
He has the strong extemporaneous speaking skills of President Kennedy
He has the understanding of Congressional networking, and respect on both side of the aisle of President Johnson
He has the empathy for his fellow common citizens of President Carter
He has the comfort in his own skin and ability to enjoy being President of President Clinton
He will have an unflappable positive attitude when President Biden.
If used, please return a pod cast link.
In light of Tom Tancredo's statement that all immigration, not just illegal immigration, is harmful to this country in that it prevents us from integrating, I was wondering if the candidates could describe what exactly is this American culture we immigrants are supposedly harming. Preferably a description that cannot be boiled down to the family values and the love of freedom.
Most Americans agree that our country has lost its way. Many feel that the current administration disregards the republic and customs of governance (also known as the constitution), and behaves as though they wear a crown. My question to the candidates is this-If elected will you pledge to return the crown to the nation, or do you plan to put it on yourself? In other words, will you restore the constitutional govenment or continue the policy of the Bush administration?
I'm very concerned about a looming danger in the upcoming election.
At the moment there is a concerted effort to float a ballot measure changing the Electoral College system in California.
Instead of the "Winner take all" system" that we have now, electoral votes would be allocated by percentage of population.
While, at face value, this would be a good thing, but the fact that it is only being done in California would make it practically impossible for a Democratic presidential candidate to be elected.
This prospect is terrifying and I'm wondering if the current presidential candidates are keeping an eye on this.
Question for the Web-Only Debate:
Given what little experience President Bush had in international travel prior to taking the Oath of Office; his lack of engagement might have led him to the ???Go at It Alone??? strategy in the Middle East.
Now, more than ever, Americans and our leaders should strive for a greater understanding of other cultures. We need to restore alliances and build new positive relationships with countries around the world.
To each candidate:
Other than countries of the Middle East, describe a personal experienced in a foreign land which had a lasting AND positive impact on your life.
Here are my three questions, all somewhat related to one another. Thank you.
1.) All the worlds major religions and spiritual philosophies have as their foundation the Golden Rule: 'do unto others as you would have them do unto to you'. The basis of this common sense rule is not harming others and, if we can, help others. The foundation this Golden Rule (as supported by modern science) is the fundamental truth of cause and effect: all of our actions have an effect on us. The Golden Rule is a reminder to protect ourselves. It's simply does not benefit us, in any way to not be in accord with it. For example, gravity. If we walk near high cliffs, we might fall off and break a leg. So, best not to walk near high cliffs. Or, if we go around invading countries and spending billions of dollars, we are going to create many enemies and we'll have less money, less friends and be less secure. How would you, as President, implement this fundamental truth in the form of a domestic and foreign policy, a health care plan and a comprehensive energy policy to address the looming global warming crisis?
2.) The term "national security" is thrown around a lot in politics and the media. Billions of dollars are spent each year on trying to secure ourselves, yet we have created more enemies in the world, making us less secure. How would you approach "national security"? Do you think "national security" is ultimately possible when a nation attempts it at the expense of other's lives, health and wealth? In other words, where has war (in the name protecting our own very limited interests) gotten us so far? Lastly, do you think that national security could be approached by using our vast wealth and power to help other countries by bringing food, health care and education to them in ways that create lasting alliances and friends?
3.) The Dalai Lama (The Spiritual Leader of the Tibetan People) states in the beginning of most all of his talks and books that: "All beings wish to have happiness and wish to be free from suffering". He continues by saying that it is our best interest help people achieve happiness and keep them from harm in as a clear, skillful and compassionate way as possible. Do you agree with this profound insight or not? If you do, then how would you, from the very powerful position of great responsibility, as President, implement a domestic and foreign policy that reflected such a altruistic attitude? If you don't agree, please explain why not.
I just missed the program and feel very strongly that ALL candidates of both parties,should answer two questions,that I have not heard any of the media adress; 1: If elected president, what would your action be re extraordinary rendition,and 2: If elected president,what would your action be re the Guantanomo prisoners? Both of these issues should define our democracy and civil liberties,rather than be a tragic global embarrassment!
I have 3 questions:
1. Our current national policy states that we reserve the right to wage a pre-emptive war. a) What is your opinion of this policy? and b) What are the international and/or legal ramifications if the stated reasons for an attack so implemented are not subsequently proved?
2. Would your national health care policy include provisions to prevent insurance companies from denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing conditions, or from dropping coverage when a person becomes seriously ill?
3. Many have argued that the world has reached or is very near reaching peak oil production, that reserves are overstated because many large oil producing countries do not subtract current or past production from their stated reserves, and that new discoveries will not be sufficient to increase production to the extent necessary to meet demands from emerging economies (e.g., China and India). How will your energy policy address a reduction in US demand for oil?
Why is Barack Obama turning to Karl Rove for advice? If he is the candidate of change, as he bills himself, why does he want help from the one person more than any other who has caused more divisiveness in this country than any other in recent times?
Between his disdain for baby boomers and this cynical turn of events, I am completely turned off. If he gets the nomination, I'll likely vote Republican. But perhaps that's what Karl wants.
Here is a question for the debate.
There seems to be consensus in the US that using less fossil fuel would be a good thing. However, economists tell us that the negative effects of fossil fuels (green house gasses, defense risks due to energy dependence, air pollution) are not reflected in the ???price-at-the pump???. Thus, a rational consumer would continue to over-use fossil fuels and hope that someone else bears the cost of the larger environmental problem.
Given that we live in a nation where decisions are driven by market forces, and that the free market is not likely to fix the fossil fuel problem, how would you address this issue? (ie, do you favor cap-n-trade, increased energy tax, rationing or ???)
In 2000, Green Party Presidential Nominee, Ralph Nader attempted to attend the Presidential debates (An Unreasonable Man). In 2004 Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee David Bednarik was denied access to the Presidential debates.
These debates take place on public property using the public's airwaves. If nominated, what assurances can you give to the six or so other political parties in the United States that their nominated candidates will be included?
If cannot, what is your party so afraid of?
Since the Washington Post published an expose last spring on the treatment of returning veterans with brain injury from Iraq and Bob Woodward's story of his rehabilitation and recovery from his traumatic brain injury from and IED there has been an increased focus on the issue of provision of services for returning veterans and their families who have suffered from brain injury in the war. At the same time in most of the country insurers are drastically reducing or eliminating coverage for rehab services for individuals who suffer brain injury who are not members of the military.
The most recent CDC data shows disability from brain injury in the US costs more than 60 billion dollars per year. There have been great strides in understanding and providing treatment for persons who have suffered brain injury in recent years. A recent 2006 study from Texas which mandates private insurnace coverage for brain injury showed for additional minimal cost
(@ $7 per year) comprehensive coverage could be provided which resulted in reduced overall costs for rehabilitation.
As a provider for rehab services for persons with brain injury I would like to hear the democratic candidates address themselves to the issue of coverage for rehabilitation for brain injury both for returning vets (mired down in buearacracy right now) and citizens within their overall framework for improvement of health care in this country. In addition, I would like to hear their views with regard to funding of research in rehabilitation for brain injury.
I am a director of a holistic post-acute brain injury program in Wyoming.
This question is for Dennis Kucinich. How are you going to get congress to pass a true one payer health care system, especially the role the insurance industry plays in congress, i.e. lobbying.
What about education? There has been little talk about education in debates or otherwise. Can the candidates give us a clear idea of there platform on how to:
1. Improve education in the US
2. Keep the US competitive with the rest of the world
3. Allocate dollars to programs efficiently
As a person who came to the US completely legally, and as a citizen, it's an insult that people who come here illegally are given rights that my family worked hard to get using tax dollars that I pay and putting a strain on our society.
What candidate[s] will pledge to fill their cabinet with highly qualified persons without regard to political affiliation, race, sex, religion, etc, who will also be least susceptible to influence of lobbyists.
I have 3 questions for the candidates:
1. I hope that you all can push them to explain why mandatory coverage is (or is not) a good idea - I do not believe that the health care system will be sufficiently efficient and affordable without everyone participating. Allowing someone to opt out will place a burden on the rest of when they are sick or have an accident.
2. I would like for the candidates to describe a past example, while they have been in elective office, of their use of good policy judgment and a past example of their poor policy judgment.
3. I would like for them to describe convincingly how they would persuade congress to pass most (or at least much) of their legislative agenda - I do not think that anyone since Pres. Johnson has done a very good job of this.
I have the good fortune to have grown up in several foreign countries and have frequently traveled to other nations. I am also one of the founders of a site that collects and publishes letters from foreigners addressing their feelings toward the United States (http://www.blogtoamerica.org). Those experiences have greatly broadened my perspectives on the rest of the world and given me a good sense of how and why people of other countries view us the way they do, and the general sentiment is not very positive.
I find that most of our politicians, including our current president, are insular when it comes to its experiences with foreign people and are out of touch with the people in other countries. This hurts us greatly in our dealings with other countries in this globally interconnected world. My question is:
What experiences do you have that gives you a better understanding of the people outside of the US? For example, do you speak any foreign languages, have lived abroad, or have volunteered abroad?
Thank you!
What do you think our long term stategy should be in Iraq, specifically do you favor the creation and/or retention of large military bases in that country? Why or why not?
What will you do to hold congress accountable for their actions and not abrogate them to the President. In other words make individuals responsible so when they run for President they have some blame/credit for actions.
As president, would you close Guantanamo and end "Extraordinary Rendition" programs?
On November 19th, the Wall Street Journal led with an article that described how many Oil executives are now saying that we will likely reach a peak or plateau in oil production in the next 5 years.
Given the extreme dependence of this country on oil, and the problem of greenhouse gas emissions, which the head of the IPCC said must be reversed in the coming decade in order to prevent catastrophe, would you decribe a dramatic change in our energy policy as the most important issue of this campaign?
If not, why not?
I would like to know why John Edwards is campaigning as the best candidate for health care when he didn't support universal health care in 2004.
I would also like to know why Barack Obama skipped the Iran vote and the SCHIP vote.
Do you think the US media has done a good job of explaining the risks of global warming to the American public?
Does the American public as a whole place enough weight on this issue? Is there anything you think they do not yet understand about it?
For Hillary: I am a housewife from Oklahoma. I closely followed the events leading to the invasion of Iraq by watching, reading and listening. Before the invasion I realized the administration was being 'less than truthful' regarding its reasons for the Iraq invasion. Contrary to what was being told to the American people all indications were there were no WMD's and Iraq had nothing to do with Sept. 11th. My question for Ms. Clinton is this: How did I come to realize the administration was sending us into a war under false pretenses, but you, with all your political savvy and "experience" claim you did not realize this until after you had voted to authorize the invasion?
since when is it necessary to ask a candidate about what religion he belongs or if he believes in god or not that has no basis in electing a president because we are electing a president for the whole country not just for a small group that only cares about one issue and that is the abortion issue and that's it. now haven't we learn by now what happens when you elect a one issue president you get someone like george bush enough said?
and what legislation will they put against the snake oil salesman that have hijack religion to serve their agenda as they pray on the weak to ask for money on tv and have no taxes to pay while everyone pays for taxes and they laugh at everyone as they get rich of peoples belief and fears haven't we learn from the past that they use tv to brain wash people in what they should believe or not this is what has brought us to this problem now that we face in trying to satisfy a very small group of radical believers that if you don't do what they say violence occurs sounds a lot like the taliban doesn't it? so what are you going to do to stop the nonsense and bring back the commonsense
It might be argued that the current system of campaign financing, primarily large influxes of cash from monied interests, is actually a deeply corrupting influence on our democratic system. What are the candidates' opinions of this system, and what, if anything, would be a viable alternative?
(1) With the revelation by US Intelligence that Iran stopped its nuclear bomb program in 2003 and in the aftermath of the Iraq debacle that was also based on false assertions, what do the candidates propose to lessen the likelihood of continued foreign invasions based on false or misleading evidence?
(2) If the present administration declares war on Iran, what does the next president of the United States intend to do?
Hi.I would like a firm commitment from the candidates to return to a constitutional rule of law.A ban on torture.No warantless wiretapping.Rights of prisoners to face their accusers and see evidence against them and stand trial.The end of extraordinary rendition and the closing of Gitmo. This country had the moral high ground until many of our core principles were abandoned our of fear and an avarice for secretive power.Lets get back to some of the values and principles that made us great.
With the utmost respect, I ask the candidates:
What is the Democratic vision for attracting the youth vote? How are they going to inspire the 18-30 year olds to get out and vote Democratic, like they did in the 2006 election? What plans do they have to benefit this group, such as the higher minimum wage did in 2006, for the youth vote in 2008? The YouTube debates are an excellent step, despite their silliness, in the direction towards awareness in young Democratic voters but what prevents this group, who feel disenfranchised from the last two presidential elections, from giving up on Democratic candidates and writing in Stephen Colbert's name on the ballot? How will they mobilize these voters who don't read a daily paper, don't watch TV news, don't understand the importance of political conventions, and sit back, quite unlike the youth during Vietnam, and allow our nation to be turned over to the Conservative Christian Right while carrying the physical burden of fighting the war of terror on their backs?
Be sure that Dodd and Biden get ample air time as they are less antagonistic and make more sense for Democrats than the front runners! The front runners should stop criticizing each other and make the party cohesive.
Dear Steve, Michele, and Robert:
In the spirit of the promise Jerry Ford broke...
1. Will you interfere with the criminal justice system persuing indictments against Bush (& Cheney) for rendition, torture of innocents, war-profiteering, violations of habeas corpus & warrantless wiretapping, etc.
2. Will you actively pursue such investigation of their crimes?
Please ask Gov Richardson to explain the Wen Ho Lee situation. Wen, a former physicist at the Los Alamos Lab, explains that he was abused and falsely accused of espionage. This was supposedly done on the orders of then Sec of Energy Richardson so that there would be a "fall guy" for the security problems @ Los Alamos. Altho Sec Richardson promised us a criminal trial, the case was later dropped.
As a question to all the candidates:
As someone who strongly supports the idea of a secular government, the separation of church and state, and cringed when he heard our president say that "God told me to invade Iraq" what is your view on the role of faith in government?
Secondly, what is your view on President Bush's faith-based initiative, which allows faith-based organizations to use government money for programs which do not differentiate between their religious and social service programs?
Third, we've been hearing more and more about the increasing power of Evangelicals within the US military, and cases such as those of SPC Jeremy Hall, an atheist who has been threatened with "fragging" by his Christian "comrades." What, if anything, will you do to help counter this sort of activity by our soldiers?
*Extra note to NPR itself, this may be a subject worthy of half an hour or so of air time as well, given it's relative importance, and the fact that it's been all but ignored by much of the rest of the MSM*
Fourth, and this is unrelated to the previous three, what is your view on Guantanamo, the secret CIA interrogations, including the waterboarding of suspects, the suspension of habeas corpus to the detainees, and the recent usage of "extraordinary rendition"?
If elected, can we expect these practices to end immediately? i.e. can we expect Guantanamo to close, either openness or explicit orders to cease all tactics considered to be torture, including physical abuse of detainees, sleep deprivation, exposure to extreme temperatures, and the use of stress positions; fair trials for those imprisoned in Guantanamo and the return of all detainees sent away for extraordinary rendition?
As energy sources become more expensive (both in outright cost and their greenhouse emissions), nuclear energy appears to be the only reliable and sufficiently abundant source available to appreciably decrease our fossil fuel usage. Rather than the demagoguery heard over how we should not dispose of nuclear waste (i.e., Yucca Mountain bashing) in accordance with current law, what is your alternate proposal to solve this critical back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle? I would ask the response to address both the near-term needs and the long-term plan.
To Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton in particular, how are you planning to lower college fees, increase minimum wage, end the war in Iraq amongst other things; without raising taxes tremendously? Because of our nation's economy situation and such big future expectations, how are you going to accomplish all of this without going against your advocacy of generally decreasing costs?
Please ask all the candidates to comment on a plan that would use a health policy like one available to all members of Congress, apply it to all people legally in the United States and solicit bids from private companies on a state by state basis to administer the plan as a single payer. I believe in the "K.I.S.S. principal. Keep It Simple Stupid. Maximum Coverage with minimal hassle. I wonder whether most Americans would be willing to pay the taxes openly to reap the savings from the hidden costs we already pay.
Some questions:
For Senator Clinton: You have the highest negatives from many voters. Presuming you are the nominee and you are the victor, how would you try to reach out to those voters who truly are negative about you and distrust you and a Clinton Administration?
For Senator Obama: You are viewed as an idealist and a proponent of a new vision filled with hope. Presuming you win the nomination and then the Presidency, what specific actions do you propose and would you take immediately after election to rally skeptics to suspend their cynicism and work with you? Since you are a Junior Senator, talk about what your administration would look like, specifically who might you choose as Secretaries of State and Defense?
For Former Senator Edwards: You are the advocate of stemming the divide between the haves and the have nots. In all honesty, if you do not do well in the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire, will you suspend your campaign and continue to be the advocate of the cause that you so eloquently elucidate? Will you please continue to be a moral compass on this and other issues?
For all candidates: We have infra-structure issues throughout this country and it is atrocious that we do not have universal health coverage for those who need it! Speak about how you will advocate for the needed repairs and health insurance and how you will fund these mandates, if passed?
It was recently reported on NPR that salaries for middle class white men have remained flat for 30 years, while our economy has grown. If the most privileged demographic in America has had stagnant income growth for the last 30 years and finds that the only way to stay in the middle class is to have both parents working, are any candidates aware of this issue, and do they what is their plan to address this issue that affects most of America. Additionally, one of the candidates recently said that if you make more than the ceiling for SSI contributions, you are in the top 6% of incomes in the US. I am in this number. I don't feel rich. I will have over $200,000 of debt when my (2) children graduate from college. I would like to know how each of these candidates define "rich" and the economic burden that each level should bear as their social contract (ie. top 6% make x should pay x, top 5% make x, should pay x).
Do you approve of a law requiring English to be the only official language at a place of business? I am looking for a simple "yes" or "no" answer, without any double talk. Either way, please explain your position.
Because of so much negative comments, I would like Senator Clinton to answer in ONE WORD, YES OR NO, will she and Pres.Clinton give their full support if there is another nominee.
Do any of the candidates have a plan to address the escalating cost of health care? Surely none of them can expect the average taxpayer to be able to fund a program that increases exponentially every five years. Do they have a plan to provide employer incentives so that companies could start to provide health care or to continue to provide health care for their workers?
I'd like to hear their comments on the fact that the high price of health care is partly dependent on the huge costs associated with the administration of present private health care insurance; the high premiums paid for physicians' liability insurance, the law suits that supposedly necessitate those insurance rates, and the medical business's tendency to allow doctors who make mistakes to keep practicing.
The Founding Fathers felt so strongly that religion should not be a part of the political process, that they included it in the Constitution. It seems that we are increasingly bringing religion back into the process, and, thus alienating millions of voters who are not, so-called christians. What are your views of the Separation of Church and State.
Many economically moderate and conservative Democrats are seriously concerned with the long-term uncontrolled growth in government transfer payments and discretionary spending that has resulted in increasing Federal budget deficits and increased tax burdens on the most productive members of our society. Everyone realizes that unless major changes are forthcoming, the "third rails of politics", Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid alone, are on the road to bankrupt the Federal Government. Massive tax increases or severely reduced benefits are going to be required, or some combination of both since we can not "have our cake and eat it too". Currently average taxpayers work for approximately five months a year just to pay their various taxes. This excessive taxation is already reducing the incentive to work and contribute to society.
If elected President of the United States what will you specifically do to reverse this unsupportable trend and reduce the tax and mandated burdens on individuals and their businesses?
I have 2 comments to make.
1. As long as Mexico is in such dire economic straits we will continue to see a wave of illegal immigrants which will largely defeat walls and law enforcement agents. Why not a "Marshall Plan" for Mexico to lift them up to be on par with the US and Canada?
2. What would each candidate propose to resolve the health care crisis?
For Dennis Kucinich: With which of the candidates could you work most effectively if that person were President?
For the others: What position can you imagine giving Dennis Kucinich in your Presidency?
The Federal Govt. mandates many Special Education services but has yet to fully fund these programs, leaving School Districts across America having to pick up the added costs. (Special Education encroaches on "regular education's" budgets). John Edwards recently stated that he would fully fund mandated Special Education services. I would like the other candidates to address this important educational issue. Thank you.
I have 3 questions:
1. Piggy backing on Julian Bonuccelli's question on campaign reform- I would like to know what each candidate thinks is fair and doable to create a more democratic campaign by the next federal campaign? Now that we have the internet- it should be more affordable for the regular citizen to compete.
2. Africa- Sudan Why do we turn our backs on genocide? Do you have a plan?
3. China is the key player in Darfur and rising. What are your ideas regarding China's influence in the world?
Debate question: anybody want to discuss their "short list" for Vice-Presidents ? If not now, when ?
Brazil is the largest and perhaps the most influential country in South America. It's unique on its culture ,History and so on. So why is that , it's not mentioned on the debates or conversation ? Any of you knows what is the language spoken in Brazil ?
as president, what steps will you take to 'cross the aisle' so to speak, to attempt to come to a consensus on divisive issues that have gotten out of control during the bush presidency?
Question for all candidates:
AARP reports the under funding of the Social Security Administration has created major delays & problems in servicing applicants. In light of the coming Baby Boomer wave of retirees, what will you do to ensure that the SSA is up to dealing with this? And do you feel there is a hidden agenda behind the under funding of this agency (i.e. "Who needs it if it doesn't work?").
To all the candidates: Most countries confer automatic citizenship on new born children based on the citizenship of the child's mother, not by the happenstance of the location of the child's birth. Would you support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to make this the policy in this country? This would prevent the problem of children of illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens simply by virtue of being born here and eliminate any incentive for illegal aliens to have children in this country as a means of staying here.
Reading through a large portion of proposed questions, for this forum, why do you believe that blatant, vocalized racism re-entered acceptable public discourse? What fears do Mexicans and Central Americans stir in the souls or White America and why has such ignorance become commonplace?
Given the fact that our current Administration justified its threats of yet another war by falsely accusing Iran of producing nuclear weapons, what will you do about our Country's hostile relationship with Iran? What steps will you take to restore our credibility and integrety and improve our "bully" image in the eyes of peoples around the world? Finally, what can the public do to ensure that we are given accurate, factual information about national and international matters when these facts are fed to us to validate executive stance on any issue?
Question for Hilary Clinton.
I think that it is widely known that family courts system is dysfunctional. Especilly in respect to child custody issues. The court is heavily biased against the fathers.
My question is: will she do anything to look into this problem? I am addressing this question to her only because she is a woman. For years appeals from father's organisations have fallen on deaf ears. Only cooperation of women can change the situation for fathers who want equal share in the lives of their children.
I am a divorced father. My wife just wanted divorce. I did not abuse her or the children. The court determined that I was a good and loving father but still the court gave the legal and residential custody to my wife. That despite the facts that the court established itself; that my wife commited perjury, was convicted of an assault and have lied in her numerous statements. In the court's view it was all judgement errors and I was denied even shared custody.
I have two questions for the Democratic candidates. I'm proud of the Democratic party for having such intelligent, reasoned and strong candidates...each with their unique strengths. What do they think of President Lincoln who brought in to his cabinet...rivals and enemies of his and which proved to be a successful strategy. Would they be willing to consider putting Biden, Richardson, Clinton, Dodd etc. in positions of influence and power in their cabinet to work for the greater good of this country? Would they consider saying yes to a cabinet post for the greater good of this country?
I AM supporting Obama for president and Edwards for vice president.
This is perhaps not a pure question, as questions go. I wonder why more attention has not been paid to the fact that if Hillary wins then our country will be run by two families for 28, 32 years. This is a big red flag if there ever was one. Is this some sort of work around of the term limits imposed by the constitution?
Is our country turning into some sort of tag team between what are basically two royal families?
Edwards talks about change, but I wish he(or you) would just say this out loud so everyone can here it...
Mark Twain said something like, "Wherever you don't build a school, you will have to build a jail." I heard a supposed top-flight educational professional on NPR say something like, " all they'll do is play around on the internet" when dismissing KC's laptop-for-every-student program. Play equals learning: it's basic anthropology, and that fool doesn't get it in so many ways. Isn't it time for a national teacher certification and supplemental, tax-free, federal compensation? We had national EMT certification almost 40 years ago. Its time to stop listening to these yahoos, and let teachers who really do teach be rewarded for it.
Please comment on the hypocrisy of, and the economic and human toll taken by the current marijuana laws. Would you remedy the hypocrisy by legalizing marijuana or by prohibiting alcohol, tobacco and fatty fried foods? More importantly, what will you do to alleviate the suffering of good, decent people who are being persecuted because of this double standard?
Some of the blogs say that the issue underlying the bomb threat at Clinton Campaign Headquarters last week was about problems with accessing insurance for mental illnesses. Why is no one talking about this? If it may be said that the health care system is broken in US, it may be argued that there is no system of mental health care. While the incidents of mental illnesses (neurobiological diseases) are increasing, getting and paying for treatment for mental illnesses has become more difficult and more costly. Why is no one talking about this? WE are at great risk as a society if we continue to deny health care to people with these types of illnesses.
The United States lags behind other countries in the amount of time offered for paternity leave (and amount of time paid) as well as access to affordable childcare. Is this something the candidates would consider including in any of their healthcare packages?
Please ask the candidates their ideas on how to fix the broken system of foster care in this country. Children are shuffled from home to home, and although many foster parents are the best of the best, there are others who are utiilzed that are less capable, but necessary due to the severe shortage of foster parents,coupled with the increasing number of foster chidlren and teens,many with physical and mental health needs. What do they see as immediate remedies for what is now an emergency situation in many states, and what do they see as long term remedies ?
Ask the candidates: In your opinion, which is the greater threat to democracy: Islamic terrorists or the curtailment of our civil liberties?
Ask the candidates: Will you pledge to address the challenges facing America in energy, crumbling infrastructure, the exorbitant war debt, rising cost of education, healthcare, & home ownership without cutting programs for the poor, disabled, elderly and working class?
My question for the candidates is: How do you plan to review economic trade agreements, such as NAFTA, to help change them in favor of countries such as Mexico, and not just in favor of the United States? Many people complain about illegal immigration, but they do not realize people are "coming over here," because they have lost their farm thanks to NAFTa, etc. We, the U.S., are making it impossible for people to stay in their country of origin, but yet we want people to stay at home an quietly die. Yeah right! If these people were white we wouldn't hear any complaints. In any case, most of us, Mexicans, etc., are from this continent whereas most people who are living in this country and call themselves U.S. citizens have origins outside of this continent.
What specific strategy would you advance, as president, to effect the polical reconcilliation in Iraq.
Senator Clinton:
What current visa programs currently in
existence by the State Dept would be fixed by comprehensive immigration reform and how? Why don't the exiting programs work which require a new visa?
I would like to hear the candidates discuss health care reform as it relates to the need for public health nursing and home visits to vulnerable families. The privatization of health care has taken away long term case management to prevent child abuse, domestic abuse and to see early signs of family dysfunction. It seems we are asking our schools to take on this role. This requires policy shifts away from health care systems looking at the "bottom line". How would you change the "face" of US caring?
To all candidates,
In 60 years of independence Pakistan was ruled by military general for almost 30 years. It is very clear Pakistan involved nuclear proliferation. The tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border are becoming safe heaven for al Qaeda and pro-Taliban elements. Which is a biggest threat to world peace? Present government calls Pakistan an ally of United States on war on terrorism, is this justified for you guys? what is your stand towards Pakistan.
Given the appearance of conflict of interest and impropriety created by our current system of privately funded campaigns I would be interested in hearing the candidates' positions on campaign finance reform; specifically public financing of elections.
This question is for all the candidates.
How will you reduce the deficit and when will we have a balanced budget again?
The current administration is using force, unsuccessfully, to bring true democratic rule to Iraq. How will these candidates LEAD our country and other countries to successfully accomplish international and domestic goals.
Numerous military bases have been or are being constructed in Iraq. If and when U.S. troops are withdrawn what will happen to these bases? Will you continue to spend huge amounts of tax dollars for the behemoth U.S. embassy in Baghdad? And, what about the bill that was passed by Congress stating that no permanent bases will be built in Iraq-- what's your take on that?
To all candidates:
What are your views on the separation of church and state, specifically as it relates to the involvement of religious groups in government. To what extent has the increased involvement of religion in federal government lead to reduced pluralism, ethics and accountability.
Plato said "Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber."
If elected, how will you prove him to be mistaken, since the current (and almost every) administration has proven him to be correct?
For Senator Dodd: In retrospect, do think asking for Don Imus's endorsement was a mistake, given his questionable behavior towards minorities and women? What did you mean that most Iowans look more like him than Barbara Streisand?
Thank you all for speaking on the issues over and over and over. It must be difficult to cover the same issues all the time. Is there an issue that you have not spoken on that you'd like to? What do you want to say and about what?
I am a middle aged worker who is looking forward to retirement. but even then I will have to be taxed again on money i paid income taxes on in prior years. I would like to know the opinion of the candidate when it comes to taxation...we are taxed on taxes...can the flat tax ever become a reality?
I was very disappointed to here how Michele Norris framed the question from the young mother who's concerned about US policy that allows toxins in our products without federal oversight or consumer information (to make intelligent buying decisions), while the EU regulates against this since 2005 and ALL these products are available without toxins, but in Europe, not the US. Ms. Norris totally missed the point. To add insult to injury, the young mother was bringing up a concern that she has after listening to NPR's Fresh Air last Monday, 11/26, when Terry Gross interviewed Mark Schapiro, author of "Exposed. The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products, and What's at State for American Power." This is an important and undiscussed issue. It gets to the heart of the necessity for campaign finance reform. Shame on Ms. Norris for her handling of this question, and her lack of knowledge on an important issue that came up because of one of NPR's own programs!
I just heard Dennis Kucinich asking the other candidates what should be done about a President who deceives us into war. Your sterling moderator ignored the question and went to another subject in a question to Senator Clinton. I don't know by what agreements and with whom you feel your hands are tied against asking relevant questions, but when a public radio moderator sidesteps a good question in the manner of a politician I have to suspect that NPR is not the steward to "the public" as it pretends to be.
For ALL candidates:
A) Will you immediately pardon Ramos and Compean?
B) Will you support withholding federal funding from cities with sanctuary policies?


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In using Fission with Exchange I noticed a somewhat different behavior than I would expect and have seen with the Stock...
Do YOu have Titanium Backup. If so go to Contacts 2.2 and wipe data.
Is there a reason Stage Fright is not enabled? Are there issues with enabling it?
Want infrastructure Mode.
Working Great so far. Any way to get 3g Hotspot app back?
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Thats what I thought, Anxiously awaited Fusion :)
Does this Rom still have the Cooperate Sync and International Ability, or do we need to wait for Fusion to use these features?
Yes the on phone instructions. Infrastructure just has more support plus security. A lot of devices dont support adhoc.
I want infrastructure mode. Tried to post a thread here but was not yet approved. There you go.
DROID 2 Global Already Rooted and Bootstrapped -...
Well that sucks, I wanted to work on cracking it. Oh well I guess that can wait.
I would think the same method that works fro the D2 would work...
just tried the hotspot app, I dont pay for it but it seems to be working. Can anyone else confirm.


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Right out the package, wouldn't turn on. The motor didn't even so much as hum. Not sure if it'd been damaged in transit or a dud from the get go.
Don't know if it's standard op procedure or not when buying an air compressor (only one I've ever bought) but don't expect to use it right out of the box as it does not include the connector from the hose to any of the attachments. Had to go to Lowe's to buy the connector. It is under $2 however. No mention of the part at all anywhere and not even shown as being needed.