I am not saying that consuls need to have e.s.p.,but isn't it plain to see that the system is flawed?
953372
Um, wow, you sound really upset. Why do you blame somebody that works at an embassy? I think there should be a 10-year immigration freeze. What say you?
574195
No, I'm not satisfied. But, there are other countries with multiple party systems(take Italy, for example). Those governments are very inefficient because there are way too many competitive blocs. This leads to coalitions that work towards each party's benefit. Not that great either, now is it?
618742
Interesting, I would consider that a public body owes no duty of care in providing door locks on public toilets and has not assumed repsonsibility for the actions of a third party who may open the door.
648852
It is not a case of tougher laws, but a more comprehensive system that can realistically be implemented. Migration of workers to areas where there is a demand for labor is not a NEW phenomenon. Why are we surprised when the forces of demand and supply are at work? What we need to do is ensure that we have programs that allow for those forces to come into play without causing too much strain on the system as a whole. a guest worker program allows for the govt to collect taxes owed to it and fund its projects while faciliating the demand for low skilled labor in certain industries. The flow is monitored and documented and every beneficiary in tha chain pays its dues.....that makes sense to me than mass deportation. Who pays for 12MM bus fares or plane tickets? I also don't wish to see the already strained police resources and homeland security running around catching illegals when there are some serious bad guys on the loose. Who pays for the addt'l forces needed? Doesn't make one iota of sense to me........
642034
Ofcourse they do.However their passports are special Diplomatic Passports and not normal passports.This is because as heads of states they are entitled to some special priveleges and clearances which normal people do not require.
768261
i think youre talking about the checks and balances idea we have in the us. and its so one branch can't run away with power the problem is that right now with bush there is no one checking him. i heard a stat that clinton administration got 'checked' over a 1000 times by congress and the bush administration just once. some thing is wrong with that. but benefits is to keep a dictatorship from happening.
956340
You are right, how could a plumber do worse, and snobs like that comment about not wanting plumbers in office is what's wrong with the system now. The lawyers adobted their own language to keep the people confounded. The people that first ran the government went home to their farms afterwards and we grew just fine. Now we are more complicated mostly because they made laws and rulings that give them too much control over the common man, weneed to eliminate at the start, 50 laws to pass one bill on it's way. What about drastic change, for a drastic situation, perhaps two leaders, or presidents. One for domestic policy, and the other for foreign or world policies.
997323
This is par for the course. The government is made up of human beings (therefore flawed) who are in it for themselves and I don't think many of them do their jobs. I do find it difficult to believe that any fraud, especially at this level, can be perpetrated without inside help.  I know I'm not counted in the unemployment figures. I think most figures relating to disadvantaged Americans are greatly underestimated.  You could probably triple most numbers in that regard.
331359
It isn't true -- in different circumstances many ambassadors wear bullet-proof vests.\n\nYou can't believe everything you read.
291064
i think we're missing one important point in this conversation. \n\n1. the war powers act, and virtually any law written and passed by professional politicians, is open to interpretation.\n\n2. professional politicians, and the fleet of lawyers they employ, are unlikely to take a position that is indefensible in court.
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Yes, and they are.  If the department is large enough, it is called Internal Affairs.  It is not unreasonable to have checks and balances in any public service sector.  The problem is, the general public is not required or even allowed to know all of the facts.  Much of the information is confidential for reasons of public safety.  Such being the case, many people will think the worst about one situation or another that was not resolved the way they believe it should have been resolved.  Then you have the small minded people who think all police are bad.  These are the people I would like to see even TRY to survive in a lawless society.  They wouldn't last a week before they were either dead or on the street without a penny to their name.  \n\nBefore some of the people who believe all police are bad get too wrapped up in their bad mouthing, they should be willing to answer some questions like "Why were YOU not accepted as a police officer?"  Even better, "Why are you unwilling to pin that shield on and do what you CLAIM is not being done?"  Every time I have asked those questions, you'd be amazed at the number of "it's not my job" answers I get.
1144825
Corruption has no barrier of border..it is everywhere..i think politicians all over the world are corrupted..
1128803
That's not the reason.  The reason is we have a represetative democracy.  Those gifts belong to the office and by extention of that, to the people, not the man.  Putting them in a presidential museum is a symbolic gesture of the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship.  Presidents serve....they do not rule.  There is a HUGE difference.
388007
Does it have to be an Embassy?
18869
Not necessarily because those positions are often subordinate to a higher, elected official. It is imperative that these assistants cooperate with the elected official because otherwise, the administrative team will not be productive at all. Anyways, the elected official already represents the interests of the people and can pass his voted-for policies to the secretaries and attorney general.
214495
yes... but both system has its own advantage and disadvantage.....
1008369
no - in fact if something seems impossible in a particular place, then it is a great place to establish e-Government b/c e-Gov is all about change, adpating to a new way of running government processes and services and using technology to improve the current government\n\nso ont only is it not impossible, it may be likely to be more successful there than in other countries where there is too much tech to choose from, or where the current method is thought to be so perfct that no one wants to change\n\nGood luck on your debate -- remember to think of a key message / argument that you will apply no mater what the question is, and practice this outloud to use especially if you get a question you have no idea about -- politicians do this all the time, they are asked a question about "X" and they want to stress "Y" so they quickly brush over "X" and go into "what I can thell you, is that Y is the obvious solution b/c ....." or "to focus the debate on X is to take away from the core of this issue which is Y..."