Phineas Bogg

Here is a bit of background on her.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowe

Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe McKernan (born February 21, 1947) is the senior United States Senator from Maine.

A moderate Republican, Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes and Senatorial filibusters, in part making her one of the most influential modern U.S. Senators. [1]

In 2006, she was named one of "America's Top Ten Senators" by Time Magazine.[2] Congressional Quarterly noted that her presence at the negotiating table in the 107th Congress was "nearly a necessity." Her political popularity in her home state is the highest of any current U.S. Senator; as of November 22, 2006, she enjoyed a 79 percent approval rating in her home state of Maine.[3]

Committee assignments

* Committee on Finance

o Subcommittee on Health Care

o Subcommittee on International Trade and Global Competitiveness

o Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-term Growth

* Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Ranking Member)

* Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

o Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security

o Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism

o Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard (Ranking Member)

* Select Committee on Intelligence

If he serves time is he forgiven by society when he finishes his sentence? What if he is not convicted, or even prosecuted?

In the case of Bill Ayers, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers, are we more or less likely to forgive him because he was not prosecuted? Do his charitable works redeem him in your eyes?

Does it make you think more of Obama or less of Chicago?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#Civic_and_...

If that happened, would you worry about a repeat of what happened in 1881?

Liberal justices Stevens and Ginsberg are likely to retire and McCain has said he will pick justices in the model of Alito and Roberts.

Will the resulting court overturn RoeVWade?

What do you predict will be the major changes to the US?

Thanks for your replies!

If not, check out this link

http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news/economy/candi...

According to it:

If you make less than $112,000, Obama will cut your taxes more than McCain will.

If you make between $112,000 and $227,000, both McCain and Obama will cut your taxes, but McCain will cut them by more.

If you make over $227,000 Obama will raise you taxes, but McCain will cut them.

Back then Carter, not only had experience as Governor and President, but was also a Navy vet.

In contrast, Reagan's WWII service was limited to making movies in liberal Hollywood (unpatriotic, anti-american), and Reagan only had 8 years of political experience (fewer even than Obama's paltry 11 years), and 0 years of foreign policy experience!

Since those kind of attacks seem to be working well for McCain against Obama -- wouldn't they have worked well for Carter?

I ask because back then Al Gore had tons more experience and also because McCain seems to be gaining in the polls by saying it about Obama.

In the 1970's when you went to a drive through you got to say your order into a cartoon characters face, when you went to play minigolf there were windmills and castles and animals to hit the ball through, and at amusement parks were filled with cartoony themes. Now it seems like except for Disneyland, pretty much all of that neat stuff is gone. Why is that? Will it be back?

Here is the transcript of the Saddleback Forum.

http://www.thirty-thousand.org/pages/Saddleback_16...

He goes into quite a bit of depth in his replies and was without a teleprompter for the entire hour.

According to factcheck.org:

"The publication Congressional Quarterly analyzes party unity votes each year to determine how often U.S. senators and representatives voted with a majority of their party and how often they opposed their party. In 2007, CQ found that McCain voted with his party 90 percent of the time. Also, McCain voted in support of President Bush’s position on legislation 95 percent of the time, the top presidential-support score in the Senate."

Here is the context. At the Saddleback forum on Saturday evening, he was asked:

"at what point does a baby get human rights, in your view?"

Obama replied:

"Well, I think that whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity, you know, is above my pay grade."

What did he mean by this?

What operations could a non doctor perform if they had phone contact with a doctor? I ask because occasionally on tv, you see a nondoctor performing an operation (like a tracheotomy or even an appendectomy) being performed by a non doctor who is getting phone advice from a doctor. Is this at all possible?

I should say that I promise never to try this!

How many 5 year olds would it take to beat up Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Now let:

x = # of 5 year olds it takes to beat up the average adult male

y = # of average adult males it takes to beat up Arnold Schwarzenegger

z = # of 5 year olds it takes to beat up Arnold Schwarzenegger

Is x*y = z? Why or why not?

If you prefer you can substitute some other strong person for Arnold Schwarzenegger, like say Mike Tyson.

Thanks for your replies!

I have been watching presidential debates since 1984 and I cannot seem to remember seeing more that three in a given year. Have I been missing some? I ask because McCain has been saying Obama has been ducking debates, but if he agrees to the usual number, how is that ducking?