Voting Question: Looking for a reality check?

Recently a national recognized training company that I have been glad with sent me the following at part of their response to my inquiry: 2.) Web Application Development in Microsoft .NET and Web Design- (5 Months during the day or evening) This program teaches you how to write code to develop software and web -based applications using the most in-demand programming languages and tools. This includes writing customized business applications as well as customizing existing business applications. This includes everything from database design and control to script programming. At conclusion of the program you will earn 5 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certifications. Our Placement Partner assists you with placement in the Kansas City area. Avg. starting salary with no experience is 51k per year, growing to 73k after just 4 years of experience. New Horizons guarantees that you will pass your exams and guarantees at least 3 interviews with Kansas City firms and/or government agencies. In addition to being certified in Web Development, you will also be trained to use the latest Web Design Tools like Dreamweaver, Flash, and Illustrator, In Design and many other Design Tools. The salesman also said they were having no trouble placing entry-level students after the training. Given that I am a career-changer and the current economy is this a good idea? Assume I can take the courses, pass the exams and otherwise fully benefit from the training. Is this a good idea? Thanks.

11 Jun 2009, 5:40 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: In 2003 my husband's ex DJ partner quit, told we could have it all, now 5yrs. later, he wants his single-axle

trailer back, can he do this?? Back in 2003 we gave him over a thousand cash, just because we thought we should, he excepted it, yet we have no proof, he walked away from the company (which was never a company) more a hobby, anyway, I can't count how many times he's told Jay and I to, "take it every", "don't want anything", "I'm never going to be doing this again", etc, etc. Can he legally take this back, it has been in our possession since I've been around and that's been at least Sept. 2002', my husband was way to trusting, I knew this guy was good at this kinda stuff, yet, Jay believed him, and now, we have no reciepts or contract, except for a trailer that has been ours and still is, we just have no proof of it. I would really appreciate some really good advice. We live in the state of Kansas, someone had stated we didn't have to give it back, yet, I have a very high level of aniexty and a really bad temper, so, I'm trying to stay calm, I wish that legally we can keep since it's been

16 Feb 2007, 1:02 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: What's your opinion of...?

My boyfriend and I are in a long distance relationship. He lives in Nevada and I'm 1600 miles away in Kansas. We have been dating for 3 years next week and after I finish my senior year in college I'm moving out to be with him permanently. Now here's the question, we have been discussing the idea of a "freebie." Basically he and I have only had 2 sexual partners, and we are both worried about getting married and then regretting that we never had sex with anyone else. So we are debating the idea of one "freebie" where I can have sex with another man and he can be with another lady, purely as a learning experience. Is this a good idea? Or will it ruin our relationship?

2 Sep 2009, 7:36 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: I need an Investor for a small portait studio business Idea?

I live in a smaller town in kansas and the only guy doing any portraits here retired...I am a photographer and have been doing it out of my home for a while. It has since closed down and people ask me every the time why I dont open up my possess! Well I would adore too! I however would need a serious bussiness partner I can't handle every the financing on my possess I know it would be a success and I am willing to work out any deal for the right investor. Anyone Interested??

16 Oct 2009, 1:51 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: sales tax question... who has to collect sales tax, me or my drop-shipper?

i am starting an online business, business is setup as drop-shipped process. my customers will buy from my website (i am a Canadian citizen) and the items will be shipped out from US (Kansas city) so my question is, who should collect the sales tax, my partner in US or i should? products are every American local and the sales will be worldwide... who will be entitled to pay sales tax and who doesn't have to...?

22 Jun 2009, 10:56 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Relationship?

My ex partner & I have been living apart for almost a year now. We were trying to receive back together, but are having a difficult time of it because of her wanting to keep her ex in the picture. She is always calling the ex & seeing the ex whenever possible. The ex lives in Kansas. The ex even gives her money. She never tells me when she does this. She said because she doesn't like my reaction to it, but they are only friends and she loves me. Why does she have to have a relationship with her ex if I feel threathened by it. I don't know her ex & she makes it a point that we do not meet or talk to one another. This does not make since to me. I have never heard of anyone always calling their ex & making it a point to go look them whenever they go to Kansas, plus the ex gives her money. How do you work things out to receive back together if this ex is always in the pictures. The ex even writes her letters & sends them to Texas. I don't even know what they say.

4 Feb 2007, 9:20 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: HISTORY, can you help?? please? :]?

Lee won a brilliant victory at Chancellorsville through the tactic of a. dividing his forces b. taking a defensive position c. holding the high ground d. relying on artillery which of the following contributed to the cattle ranching boom? a. technical advances b. falling crop prices c. expansion of the railroads d. dry farming the phrase "life, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" as found in the Declaration of Independence, refers to a. complaints against the king b. a manifesto for living c. a justification for capitalism d. specific inalienable rights jackson defended the spoils system by claiming that it prevented a. partisan politics b. control of government by the wealthy c. minority rule d. an imbalanced of power the goal of the Lecompton constitution was to a. established slavery in Kansas b. abolish slavery in every territories c. abolish slavery in kansas d. uphold the Missouri Compromise One effect of the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts was a. a return to monarchy b. increased tensions between Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans c. another American Revolution d. a weaker federal government how did Andrew Carnegie gain control of the steel industry? a. by giving away his money b. by becoming a partner of Edwin Drake c. by buying every the other steel mills d. by practicing vertical consolidation

1 Jul 2008, 6:09 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Stuck in a tough living situation?

I moved from kansas to florida recently with my girlfriend and my brother in a 2bdrm apt while everyone finishes up at school... Problem is they do not receive along and the rift has put me in the middle of a stressful situation that makes being glad tough... She is always mad at him and his lifestyle and attitude and uncleanliness and he got drunk one night as usual and said some awful things to her that crossed the line of saving their friendship. So here I am in a lease with my partner and my brother and it is killing my relationship with him because we don't hang out hardly ever since every of us don't hang out together and it hurts my relationship with her because she is usually upset or in a bad mood and its difficult to hear her bad mouth my brother every the time because he is family ya know? Anyway there is so much that goes into this dilemma but any advice would be much appreciated. I think that if she is paying the bills then it does matter what he does when it affects our lives especially when negatively, that type of attitude your offering is exactly why things have gone on this long unresolved, please be more considerate when throwing around advice. Regards- P.s. he got fired from his job today I found out when getting home from work so i'm sure he won't be paying his bills and ask for more money from mom and dad...

27 Mar 2009, 9:22 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: how airbus gain in market share affect the legitimacy of claims for subsidies?

in december 2003, Boeing announced it would go ahead with the development of its latest commercial jetliner, the 7E7, which Boeing will position against Airbus's popular A330 aircraft. The "E" in the Boeing 7E7 stands for 'efficient.' By making extensive use of new composite and engine technology, Boeing hopes to reduce the aircraft's operating costs by as much as 20 percent compared to a traditional design. If it is successful, this will make the plane a potent competitor against the best-selling A330. however, the 7E7, now renamed the 787, is a risky project for Boeing. The aircraft will cost about $7 billion to develop, according to industry estimates, and demand is uncertain. To share the costs and risks of development Boeing has taken on several partners who will help to design and build the 787. Most important among these are a trio of three Japanese companies, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Fuji Heavy Industries. Collectively, these three companies will probably build as much as 35 percent of the 787 by value, including parts of the fuselage, wings, and landing gear. They will boat the finished components to everett, Washington, for final assembly. These three companies are longtime Boeing partners. They contributed about 21 percent by value to Boeing's last new jetliner, the Boeing 777. Although there has been a long history of development subsidies in the commercial aerospace industry, a 1992 agreement between Boeing and Airbus limits the state aid either company can receive from their respective governments. Airbus, now a private company, is limited to repayable launch aid that must not exceed one-third of the development costs of a new aircraft. The launch aid has to be repaid only if aircraft sales are high enough for Airbus to turn a profit on the investment in a new plane. As for Boeing, indirect aid from U.S. government agencies such as R&D contracts from the Pentagon and NASA are capped at 4 percent of its total revenues. It is unclear if the 1992 agreement extends to other parties in the projects. The Japenese Aircraft Development Corporation, an association of Japanese aircraft makers, has asked the Japanese government for help with the 787 project. The country's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry has submitted a budget request that would make the 787 a "national project. Newspaper reports put the request at about $1.5 billion. Upon hearing this, Airbus officials were quick to claim that the arrangement could violate several international agreements, including a 1994 WTO prohibition against subsidies that can hurt competitors. Behind the scenes, Airbus executives started to urge the European Union to look at the issue and possibly file a case on their behalf. They also noted that Boeing received aid from the states of Washington and Kansas, where its factories are located, and that also constitutes an unfair subsidy that was outside the scope of the 1992 agreement. In mid-2004, the issue became even more contentious when the u.s. government demanded an end to airbus's launch aid. airbus had already been granted lans of 3.7 billion to develop its latest aircraft, the A380 super-jumbo, but what really got attention in america were signs from airbus that it would also build a direct competitor to the 787, the A350, and ask for launch aid to help cover the development costs of that plane. Estimates suggested the lunch aid for the A350 could total $1.3 billion. furthermore, in 2004 airbus surpassed boeing in global market share. American officials felt that given the strength of the company, subsidies were no longer appropriate. In tardy 2004, the EU and U.S. government entered into negotiations to try to resolve the dispute, but talks ended in March 2005 with no agreement. The dispute now goes to the World Trade Organization, which must rule on the legality of the various subsidies. Meanwhile, Boeing is starting to pile up orders for the 787, and industry observers speculate that the longer launch aid for an airbus competitor is stalled in legal limbo, the less likely Airbus will be to go ahead with the plane.

27 Feb 2007, 10:38 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: abortion dilemna ????

I've always thought that abortion is an issue that should be between the lady and her husband/partner. My wife is currently pregnant in her 3rd trimester with our first baby. This has caused me to re-examine my feelings. Why shouldn't the government have the right to restrict "tardy-term" abortions. Our doctor said the baby develops enough to experience sensation around the start of the 6th month. Now I hear that an abortion doctor in Kansas is performing tardy term abortions (3rd trimester) because the mom is depressed ? I know our baby was alive at conception. I heard her heartbeat when she was 10 weeks old. I can't any longer agree that tardy term abortions should be legal just to help the mom's depression. I think it should be life threatening situations only. What do you think ?

6 Nov 2006, 10:47 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: 2-3 days travel from S. California with 2-year-old son?

We will be able to have vacation for 2-3 nights on April. (Yes!) We had a plan to go to Kansas (because my partner has some friends over there), but we figured out that the flight tickets are pretty expensive. Now we don't know where to go. We: - live around LA area - have 2 years old son (bored easily by silent places like museum) - don't want to spend thousands dollars for flight - don't want long long long steer Do you have any recommend place to go? We don't mind to use our car, rent-a-car, airplane, and our possess feet. Thank you for your sharing your idea!

21 Mar 2007, 2:51 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Where is Kansas City exactly on this map?

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23 Dec 2009, 7:36 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: something that should amuse!?

A few examples of the weird laws that make the US what it is today!! In Florida, a special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing. An ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in-meat freezer In Florida, if an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle. It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit in Sarasota Florida Females are forbidden from doing their possess hair without being licensed by the state in Ohio In flame-sensitive Chicago, it is against the law to eat in an establishment that is on flame. In Illinois, it is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animal kept as pets In Natoma, Kansas it's against the law to practice knife throwing at men wearing striped suits. In Nebraska, a parent can be arrested if his child cannot hold back a burp during a church service In Hawaii it is against the law for you to insert pennies in your ear below California state law, it is illegal to peel an orange in a hotel room In Quitman, Georgia, it is against the law for a chicken to cross any road within the city limits In the silent town of Connorsville, Wisconsin, it's illegal for a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner has an orgasm GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! i know its illegal to play pot black on a sunday in the uk

5 Feb 2007, 3:08 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: What do you think Of Christians trying to ban contraception?

The american right is now trying to ban Contraception! in a part of Kansas they were recently attemptiong to ban heavy petting! Has america gone insane? http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/magazine/07contraception.html?ei=5090&en=fd9a772701a5eb09&ex=1304654400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print actually donald its right wing christians...that means more than JUST catholics... let me make this clear its about right wing christians not every christians

22 May 2006, 1:44 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: What do you think of my 2008 nfl mock draft?

1. Miami Dolphins - Chris Long DE, Virginia - Parcells will want a player to start building his team around and Chris Long is the whole package. He's a hardworker, with a non-cease motor, who can receive to the QB as well as cease the run. 2. St. Louis Rams - Glenn Dorsey DT, LSU - Dorsey should fit into St. Louis like a glove. Move Adam Carricker back to his original position and you have a mean DL. 3. Atlanta Falcons - Jake Long OT, Michigan - Atlanta could definitely use some OL help. Long would be a nice addition to a needy OL and should give the QB protection. 4. Oakland Raiders - Darren McFadden RB, Arkansas - McFadden is just what Al Davis dreams of at night. Even though they resigned Fargas and have Rhodes, Jordan, and Bush, they still can't pass up a specimen like McFadden. Gholston could be a possibility. 5. Kansas City Chiefs - Jeff Otah OT, Pitt - Does Kansas City reach for a much needed OT or do they take the best player available? I think that they have too much of a need for an OL to not take one. Otah is the pick. 6. New York Jets - Vernon Gholston DE, Ohio State - The Jets filled most of their glaring needs in FA, so where do they go in the draft? While I would adore for them to receive McFadden, I just don't look him falling past Oakland. Vernon Gholston would add a lot more of a pass rush that Pace already gives. This could be a great addition for the Jets. 7. New England Patriots - Leodis McKelvin CB, Troy (Trade down) - New England still needs help in the secondary, even with the signing of Fernando Bryant. However, I believe they will find a trading partner who wants Sedrick Ellis. If they can't trade out of the spot, I think they go with McKelvin. 8. Baltimore Ravens - Matt Ryan QB, BC - What else could Baltimore possibly wish for than for Matt Ryan to fall into their laps? Perfect situation for the Ravens. 9. Cincinnati Bengals - Sedrick Ellis DT, USC - Whether they trade up or stay where they are, I believe they will receive Ellis. If not Ellis, then definitely Keith Rivers. 10. New Orleans Saints - Keith Rivers LB, USC - The Saints don't really have too many glaring needs. They signed Randall Gay and have Mike McKenzie and Jason David. Why not grab the best LB available for the future? 11. Buffalo Bills - Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie CB, Tennessee State - The Bills could take a WR here, but there isn't any WR really worth taking at 11. They could definitley add another CB, and why not one of the most athletic in the draft in DRC? 12. Denver Broncos - Ryan Clady OT, Boise St. - It's pretty clear the Broncos need an OT, WR, and LB. I don't look them taking a WR this early and since Keith Rivers is gone, they go with Clady. 13. Carolina Panthers - Derrick Harvey DE, Florida - The Panthers have a lot of needs. I could definitely look them taking Rashard Mendenhall, but they really need a DE and Harvey is a good one. 14. Chicago Bears - Chris Williams OT, Vanderbilt - Oh the Chicago Bears. What is the deal with them? Resigning Rex Grossman? They are shot on WR after losing Berrian, need another QB, need a lot of OL help, and need secondary help. Chris Williams is still there and you need an OL after losing Fred Miller and Reuben Brown. 15. Detroit Lions - Rashard Mendenhall RB, Illinois - While they could very well take Mike Jenkins or Aquib Talib, and do need to replace Damien Woody even though their are no more OL worth taking here, they did sign Dwight Smith and Brian Kelly, so why not take the best RB available? 16. Arizona Cardinals - Mike Jenkins CB, USF - The signing of Travis Laboy fills the need at DE. They still need help in that secondary. Mike Jenkins was once considered the best CB in the draft. They luck out with this pick. 17. Minnesota Vikings - Phillip Merling DE, Clemson - While Derrick Harvey could slip to the Vikings, I don't look it happening. The Vikes could be scared by the surgery Merling got to fix a sports hernia, but grab him anyway. 18. Houston Texans - Jonathan Stewart RB, Oregon - I was so tempted to put Godser Cherilus here, but they are bone dry at RB. Ahman Green is getting older and Darius Walker isn't the answer. Stewart would be a great steal for the Texans here. 19. Philadelphia Eagles - Kenny Phillips S, Miami - Even with the signing of Asante Samuel, they still need someone to put next to Brian Dawkins. 20. Tampa Bay Bucs - Desean Jackson WR, Cal - I think it's pretty much obvious this pick will be used on a WR. The question is which one. I think Tampa looks at the speedy, game changing Desean Jackson and use his return ability to their advantage, something that has been missing in Tampa for a long time. 21. Washington Redskins - Malcolm Kelly WR, Oklahoma - I can look Washington going for a DE here, but they still need to add a possession WR like Malcolm Kelly. They have Moss and Randle El, and Kelly would be the big WR. My other pick for the Skins would be Quentin Groves. 22. Dallas Cowboys - Aquib Talib CB, Kansas - One of Dallas' glaring needs is CB. They lost Jaque Reeves to FA and Terrence Newman can't cover everyone. Good pick with Talib here. 23. Pittsburgh Steelers - Brenden Albert OG, Virginia - This is probably one of the most unanimous picks in every mock draft. After losing Faneca to FA, the Steelers need a guard. Brandon Albert fits the bill perfectly. 24. Tennessee Titans - Limas Sweed WR, Texas - How many people have to say the Titans need a WR before they actually draft one in the 1st round? Sweed falls right into their laps and have no choice but to draft him. My other choice is Jerod Mayo. 25. Seattle Seahawks - Devin Thomas WR, Michigan St. - Not too many needs for the Seahawks. Why not add another WR to the mix? They could go TE here, but why not address it in the 2nd round. 26. Jacksonville Jaguars - Kentwan Balmer DT, UNC - With the exiting of Marcus Stroud and Bobby McCray, they need a DL. The question is, which one? I believe they could go for Calais Campbell here, but take Balmer because after Balmer, the DT talent really drops off. 27. San Diego Chargers - Godsher Cherilus OT, BC - San Diego is another team with no really glaring needs except for CB. San Diego always seems to toss a curveball of what everyone expects them to do. Godser Cherilus would shore up the OL after losing Shane Olivea. 28. Dallas Cowboys - Felix Jones RB, Arkansas - With the loss of Julius Jones and the pick of Aquib Talib 6 picks ago, they add speedy Felix Jones to the RB mix. 29. San Francisco 49ers - Quentin Groves DE, Auburn - While they did sign Justin Smith, they could still use a DE on the other side. Groves would add to the already nice pass rush of Smith and Manny Lawson. 30. Green Bay Packers - Reggie Smith CB, Oklahoma - The Pack will groom this kid to play either safety or CB. My other choice here is Brandon Flowers. 31. New England Patriots - Pick Forfeited 32. New York Giants - Jerod Mayo LB, Tennessee - After losing Kawika Mitchell, Reggie Torbor, and Gibril Wilson, they have some holes to fill. Mayo brings the combo of speed and athleticism. He is an absolute tackling machine. He's a great add to the Giants' LB core. I actually did this mock myself....no copy and glue from other sites.

1 Apr 2008, 2:23 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: What are your favorite songs by these progressive rock bands?

Answer as many as you want (but at least answer two or three). Why am I asking this? Well, why not? Genesis King Crimson Yes Pink Floyd Can Emerson Lake & Palmer Jethro Tull Rush Van der Graaf Generator Gentle Giant Mike Oldfield The Moody Blues Frank Zappa Marillion Gong Magma Kansas Eh. BQ: Did you ever look the episode of Married with kids where Al's old girlfriend offers the Bundys 500,000 smackers to buy him as a sex partner? It's a good one. BQ2: How do you spell ergo backwards? I forgot. Abraxas: I don't understand your King Crimson remark. Elaborate.

8 Jan 2010, 4:49 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: karen tumulty should be nominated for the best jounalism 2008?

How to Pick a Veep Jun. 23, 2008 | By KAREN TUMULTY ...to picking vice-presidential nominees...of Vice President should tell...three-star running mates. The right... 1591 words | view cover So who might be pizazz choices for this year's contenders? McCain might turn to his longtime hero Colin Powell, the former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. =========================================== One of the stranger ironies the Constitution has bestowed on American politics is this: some 50 million people just finished choosing the parties' two nominees in a grueling, yearlong primary campaign that cost millions of dollars and captivated the world. But when it comes to picking vice-presidential nominees, only two people on the planet receive a vote: John McCain and Barack Obama. Between an explosion of democracy in the spring and an even bigger explosion of self-determination in the fall is a brief interlude of, well, something that Vladimir Putin could probably live with. Related Articles The Keys to McCain’s VP Pick When you are running for President, you can’t exactly just have a few friends over on the weekend, e... Wooing New Hampshire’s Undeclared The guy in the purple "I’m a health care voter" shirt stands up to ask a question at a John McCain t... Romney Frees McCain for New battle When Mitt Romney stepped forward to announce his endorsement of former rival John McCain, the former... McCain: Frail with the Far Right John McCain emerged from Super Tuesday the undisputed heavyweight in the battle for the Republican pr... Everyone knows that the main qualification for the vice presidency is being ready, at a moment's notice, to step into the most powerful job in the world. But what qualifies you to do the job and what qualifies you to receive the job may involve two completely different calculations. Both McCain and Obama have their selection committees already at work scouring candidates' financial and personal backgrounds, voting records and public statements. In a sudden setback that could slow the Democratic nominee's search, Obama lost his top Veep hunter, Jim Johnson, after the former Fannie Mae executive came below scrutiny for accepting preferential mortgages from a lender linked to the foreclosure crisis. Both camps will finish their work by early August, if not sooner. When they do, the choice of Vice President should tell us something — maybe a lot — about how McCain and Obama think and how they could run the government. There are a lot of ways to pick a Vice President, and each comes with risks. Here are five of the most reliable: 1. Play to Your Strength Perhaps the fastest way to send a message about who you are is to pick someone who appears to be ... just like you. In 1992, Bill Clinton picked another Southern baby boomer with a moderate record and a full head of hair. Then Clinton, Al Gore and their wives took a bus trip that looked like a rolling scene from The Big Chill. Picking Gore reinforced Clinton's claim to be part of a new generation of Democratic pols, liberated from the sleepy (and losing) politics of the past. If McCain were to take a similar approach, he might pick a No. 2 who has strong national-security credentials or another maverick who defies party labels — perhaps someone like independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman. By this standard, Obama might opt for a partner who is young and charismatic and also breaks a historic barrier of race or gender — perhaps Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius — or one who transcends partisan politics, like Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. 2. Look at the Map An old-fashioned road atlas is a good Michelin guide for three-star running mates. The right choice can add balance to a nominee whose roots may seem a tad too effete to go over well in the heartland — or add some coastal glitz to a rural candidate's prairie-flat steadiness. As it happens, the last two candidates to make their picks with geography clearly in mind — John Kennedy in 1960 and Michael Dukakis in 1988 — were both from Massachusetts. And they both picked Texas Senators — Lyndon Johnson and Lloyd Bentsen — for the second spot on their ticket. More narrowly, the map can help a nominee make a play for a state that is crucial in November, though that is never a sure bet. Kennedy, with Johnson as his running mate, squeezed by Nixon to win Texas with a margin of merely 46,000 votes, in what turned out to be one of the closest elections in American history. But Dukakis got swamped in the Lone Star State, where Bentsen's considerable popularity was no match for the thrill of having another Texan, George H.W. Bush, in the Oval Office. This year, given the closeness of the race and the importance of winning a few battleground states, McCain and Obama will keep at least one eye on the Electoral College map right through November. That means Obama will be considering choices like Ohio governor Ted Strickland (though Strickland says he would turn down the offer) or one of three possibilities from Virginia — Governor Tim Kaine, former governor Mark Warner or Senator Jim Webb. Or perhaps a Westerner like Montana governor Brian Schweitzer. McCain might receive an Electoral College boost by picking Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, Pennsylvania's ex-governor Tom Ridge or former rival Mitt Romney, who has family roots in pivotal Michigan. 3. Shore Up Your Weak Side On the other hand, the nominee might need a partner who compensates for his vulnerabilities or perceived weaknesses. That was plainly what George W. Bush had in mind in 2000 when he picked Dick Cheney, a seasoned Washington insider with a long foreign policy résumé (who also happened to be heading up Bush's vice-presidential-selection process). And Gore knew that in picking Lieberman, who had been one of Bill Clinton's harshest Democratic critics during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, he was buying some distance from the incumbent Commander in Chief. In McCain's case, any doubts that voters have about electing a 72-year-old President might be allayed if he tapped someone far younger. And it wouldn't hurt, in a year when gasoline prices and financial jitters have moved past the Iraq war to the top of voter concerns, to look for a sidekick who is more comfortable than McCain is with economic policy. It may well turn out to be someone about whom the conservative base, which is a little leery of McCain, is more enthusiastic. Some possibilities the two might want to consider as hedges against their shortcomings: McCain could pick Romney or Pawlenty, both of whom have executive experience and relative youth, or perhaps an economic-policy expert like former Ohio Congressman Rob Portman, who served as both budget chief and trade representative for Bush. Obama, however, might want to address concerns about his youth and inexperience by picking a running mate who is older and has strong national-security credentials. He could turn to seasoned, silver-haired foreign policy experts like Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Joe Biden or former Senate Armed Services chairman Sam Nunn. Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell or former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle would add some experience as well. 4. Hug Your Rival Even after a long, difficult primary battle (and sometimes because of it), the ultimate winner almost always has to consider bringing the loser aboard the ticket. That's what Ronald Reagan did when he picked George H.W. Bush in 1980 and how John Kerry came to pick John Edwards in 2004. Sometimes party unity simply demands it. "We ended up with the obvious choice," says adviser Bob Shrum of Kerry's decision to tap Edwards. "People in the party overwhelmingly wanted him." Then again, a former adversary can have extra baggage. For one thing, there will be lingering tensions and suspicions that former rivals still harbor ambitions of their possess. The other party is certain to dredge up every damaging sound bite — "Voodoo economics!" — that your former rival hurled in your direction back in February. These worries are usually overcome. Already it's difficult to miss the steady thaw in McCain's once frosty relationship with Romney as the former Massachusetts governor throws himself — and his formidable fund-raising operation — into campaigning for the man who beat him. And Hillary Clinton's supporters — starting with her husband — are letting it be known that they expect Obama to give her serious consideration. 5. Hire Some Pizazz Some nominees find themselves in need of excitement. That explains why Walter Mondale tapped Geraldine Ferraro, the first lady on a national ticket, in 1984. "This is an exciting choice," he said at the time. Within weeks, Mondale did not look it that way. Given their difficult history of tangling over just about everything, hardly anyone would have expected Bob Dole to pick Jack Kemp as his running mate in 1996 — least of every Kemp. As little as three weeks before he was selected, recalls Dole's campaign manager, Scott Reed, Kemp was grumbling in GOP circles that he hadn't been given a speaking spot at the party's convention. So why did Dole pick him? "We were going for oxygen, heat and energy," Reed says. "We went through the traditional list, and we just weren't glad with what we were coming up with." Kemp later turned out to be far more complicated a partner than Dole or Reed had imagined. So who might be pizazz choices for this year's contenders? McCain might turn to his longtime hero Colin Powell, the former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Excitement is hardly what Obama needs, but he could pick a lady, such as Sebelius or Arizona governor Janet Napolitano, who might force McCain to spend more time in his otherwise safe home state. But if you venture too far out of the box, voters will scratch their heads sooner or later — and eventually you might too. George H.W. Bush seems to have entered his Veep wish list into one of those dating computers back in 1988. That year he stunned nearly every his advisers when he tapped someone whose Midwestern roots were an antidote to his privileged Kennebunkport background, who was young to his old, who could balance his moderation with a dose of conservatism, and came up with Dan Quayle. The ticket beat the Democrats that fall, but by 1992 even Bush was trying to nudge him off the ticket. The ploy failed. Which is a reminder that however you pick a running mate, another rule will always apply: difficult as it is to find a good one, it is sometimes harder to receive rid of a bad one.

23 Jun 2008, 9:12 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: "America Has No Poverty" as defined by the UN, 2 dollars a day is official poverty?

how much food, rent, utilities etc... could 2 dollars a day pay for in Chicago ? Hoboken? Kansas City? Syracuse ? http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x450396 When do we cease Bullshitting ourselves in this country and embrace our 3rd worldness ? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Hunger-hits-cnnm-2252127026.html?x=0&.v=4 http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2035257/poverty_in_appalachia_third_world_living_pg2.html http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13409258.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/education/06homeless.html?_r=2&partner=MYWAY&ei=5065 What a odd country we live in... if you show someone a picture of a child starving in Uganda the reaction is almost ubiquitous... you feel the wrong of it, but you've seen it so many times it's lost it's impact... yet show the same people a Photo of a kid from Kentucky barefoot and hungry... and suddenly... "America's needy don't really know what it is to be needy" or "Go receive a job and cease trying to leech off of me" There's no feeling FOR the "wrong" of that? Why not ? Rather.. there's the anger of being shown what's really going on in your backyards ? How thoughtless and Petty so many of these comments... Many in this region of Appalachia echo this story. Jobs are almost non-existent, and most people live off government welfare checks to receive by. As these people attempt to scrape by with what little money they have and no wish of jobs, their health takes a back seat to surviving. Throughout this poverty-stricken region of Appalachia the drinking water is suspect, kids simply deal with lice infestations in their hair, animals and creeks carry disease to their homes, and people are forced to live with varying degrees of congenital issues caused by the coal and strip mining in the area. When a culture of alcoholism and substance abuse is added to the mix, the results are demoralizing, to say the least.

14 Oct 2009, 8:01 am | click here for answers

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Resolved Question: jeet kune do teacher around the area of Kansas City?

Anybody here training? I adore to practice daily so a 7 day a week instructor is best.I am imagined of buying a wooden dummy? or a martialarm kung fu home training partner. http://www.martialarm.com/store/ What do you think?

10 Jul 2008, 1:35 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Is sex with a partner other than your spouse adultery if a divorce has already been filed?

In the state of Kansas it takes 60 days for an uncontested divorce. In the meantime I've heard that if the court finds out you are still having sex with your spouse they will automatically annul the divorce process. I was also wondering if it is adultery to have sex with another partner during this time. Please only answer if you know what you are talking about. (please no answering just to answer.)

31 Jan 2008, 8:23 pm | click here for answers

Voting Question: My mother and I are opening a bookstore/coffee shop together as partners and we can't think of names for it.?

Along with selling books and coffee we are planning on selling knickknacks and crafty type stuff. We would like the name to reflect that a mom and daughter are in business together. Its a tiny college town in Kansas. We'd really like to go heavy on the whole family thing. Sophisticated and classy but not really fancy, as I said its a tiny community in Kansas and I think if we go to fancy it could intimidate people. Any ideas are welcome...thanks so much! Sincerly Laura Thieme Along with selling books and coffee we are planning on selling knickknacks and crafty type stuff. We would like the name to reflect that a mom and daughter are in business together. Its a tiny college town in Kansas. We're really close and would really like to focus on that aspect. Sophisticated and classy but not really girly or fancy, as I said its a tiny community in Kansas and I think if we go to fancy it could intimidate people on if we go really girly well that takes out male customers and we don't want that. Any ideas are welcome...thanks so much! Sincerly Laura Thieme

12 Jun 2009, 4:22 pm | click here for answers

Voting Question: If you could go back to when you 1st met your partner what?

If you could go back to when you 1st met your partner or married your partner or even moved in with them what 5+ questions would you want to ask and to be answered? I found this book that has 1,000 questions you should ask your partner b4 you receive married. Next week I'm moving in with my girlfriend from Kansas to Texas. I looked at the book and I didnt know 10% questions an there answers. Thanks

21 Aug 2009, 2:06 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Is this discrimination against sexual orientation or am I stuck with the decision?

My partner and I are purchasing a home in Kansas. Well, we are hoping to purchase a home in Kansas. We are in the last few weeks of our purchase contract and my realtor advised me that the Homeowner's Association President wanted me to call her. I gladly called the lady and she specifically asked about our sexual orientation. I told her and the conversation became a little more hostile. She told me they never have had this problem before and that she would have to meet with the local residents to approve of our home purchase. Will they have the right to refuse our home purchase based upon our sexual orientation? To date, there has been no families denied the right to purchase a home at this private lake. Do I have a leg to stand on if they deny my home purchase?

1 Aug 2008, 10:34 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Why would Mexican parents trust their kids to human smugglers & 165 illegals arrested your thoughts?

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal indictment in Kansas charges a Mexican man with transporting illegal immigrants, including kids as young as 2 years old who were traveling alone. Santos Tomas Ochoa-Bello faces one count each of unlawful transportation of illegal immigrants and unlawful re-entry into the United States after being deported. The charges stem from a Nov. 24 cease by the Kansas Highway Patrol of a minivan driven by Ochoa-Bello after a traffic infraction in Barton County. Prosecutors say half of the van's 12 passengers were kids — including a hungry 2-year-old girl — traveling without their parents or legal guardians. http://www.fox4kc.com/news/sns-ap-ks--immigration-kids,0,4822333.story HUNTINGTON BEACH -- Huntington Beach police have placed 165 suspected illegal immigrants on Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold this year after they were arrested for various crimes, according to an annual police report released today. The holds are part of an ICE program that partners with local law enforcement agencies to identify and detain suspected criminal illegal immigrants. According to the program, officers booking arrestees at Huntington Beach jail ask them where they were born as part of a questionnaire that also asks for information such as name and date of birth. About 60 of those arrests this year were for driving below the influence, 36 were for drug sales, transport or possession, and 19 were burglaries or thefts. Three of the arrests were for rape, one for kidnapping, and eight for untrue or forged identification, according to the report. About 150 of the arrestees were from Mexico, five from Guatemala, and two each from El Salvador and Peru. Arrestees were also from Honduras, Venezuela, Columbia, and the Bahamas. The report said 150 were men and 15 were women. Offense for original arrest: 59: DUI 36: Drug Sales, transport, or possession 19: Burglary or theft 14: Outstanding warrants 11: Assault and/or battery 8: untrue or forged identification 4: Receiving stolen property 4: Disorderly conduct 3: Rape 2 each for car theft and obstruct/resisting peace officer 1 each for kidnapping, stalking and felony vandalism http://www.ocregister.com/news/arrestees-223045-beach-huntington.html

8 Dec 2009, 2:52 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Should Police Be Arresting People For Asking For Directions?

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore City police arrested a Virginia couple over the weekend after they asked an officer for directions. WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team reporter David Collins said Joshua Kelly and Llara Brook, of Chantilly, Va., got lost leaving an Orioles game on Saturday. Collins reported a city officer arrested them for trespassing on a public road while they were asking for directions . "In jail for eight hours -- sleeping on a concrete floor next to a toilet," Kelly said. "It was a nightmare," Brook said. "I was in there thinking I was just dreaming and waiting to wake up." Collins reported it was a nightmare ending to a nearly perfect day. He said the couple went to a company picnic and watched the Orioles beat Kansas City. It was their first trip to Camden Yards and asked two people for directions to Interstate 95 South when they left. Collins said somehow they ended up in the Cherry Hill section of south Baltimore. Hopelessly lost, relief melted away concerns after they spotted a police vehicle. "I said, 'Thank goodness, could you please receive us to 95?" Kelly said. "The first thing that she said to us was no -- you just ran that cease sign, tug over," Brook said. "It wasn't a big deal. We'll pay the cease sign violation, but can we have directions?" "What she said was 'You found your possess way in here, you can find your possess way out.'" Kelly said. Collins said the couple spotted another police vehicle and flagged that officer down for directions. But Officer Natalie Preston, a six-year veteran of the force, intervened. "That really threw us for a loop when she stepped in between our cars," Kelly said. "(She) said my partner is not going to step in front of me and tell you directions if I'm not." Collins reported the circumstances got worse. Kelly pulled 40 feet forward parking next to a curb and put his flashers on while Brook was on the phone to her dad hoping he could help her with directions. Both her parents are police officers in the Harrisburg, Pa., area. "(Brook's dad) was in the middle of giving us directions when the officer screeched up behind us and got out of the car and asked me to step out. I obeyed," Kelly said. "I obeyed everything -- stepped out of the car, put my hands behind my back, and the next thing I know, I was getting arrested for trespassing." "By this time, I was completely in tears," Brook said. "I said, 'Ma'am, you know, we just need your help. We are not trying to cause you any trouble. I'm not leaving him here.' What she did was walk over to my side of the car and said, 'Ok, we are taking you downtown, too.'" Collins said the couple was released from jail without being charged with anything. Brook is now concerned the arrest may complicate a criminal background check she's going through in her job as a child care worker. Collins said police left Kelly's car unlocked and the windows down at the impound lot. He reported a cell phone charger, pair of sunglasses and 20 CDs were stolen. Baltimore City police said they are looking into the incident.

18 May 2007, 6:28 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: NFL MOCK DRAFT: And with the 5th pick in the draft the Kansas City Chiefs Select......?????

1 Miami - Chris Long DE 2 St Louis - Jake Long OT 3 Atlanta - Glenn Dorsey DT 4 Oakland - Darren McFadden RB 5 Kansas City Chiefs - ontheclock Please make a pick base on the these 4 prior picks. If you need more info on why these players were picked check my profile for past question on mock draft. Ok you be Carl Peterson(Chief's GM) and work your draft room. Who or what do the Chiefs do with their Pick. Their Biggest need is Offensive Line but with Jake Long off the board, do they Reach for someone like Ryan Clady, go best available and take Gholston even though end is not a need, Defensive Tackle is a possibility with Sedrick Ellis. Or maybe Matt Ryan, afterall how much faith could the Chiefs have in Brodie Croyle? Trade Down is a good possibility too, possible trade partners could be New England looking to jump the jets to receive Gholston, or maybe the bengals looking for Sedrick Ellis, while the chiefs receive value by moving back and can take that tackle at a better slot. Please dont Pick Players that have already been picked, Jake long went #2 to the Rams. So he is not avialable. I dont understand why people are so obsessed with Jake Long going #2. He is the best tackle on the board and any team looking for a tackle like the rams, dolphins, Atlanta are going to be looking difficult at him. If the rams dont take Jake you can bet the farm Atlanta will take him. watch and look there is no way Jake Long last any longer than the 3rd pick.

28 Mar 2008, 9:31 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: College Cheerleading question?

I am going to be a senior in high school this year. I really want to cheer in college. I want to be on a coed squad that is pretty good. I have a standing back tuck and running my best pass is front punch stepout backhand spring layout. My partner stunting skills are okay. I don't want a college that judges their cheerleaders ONLY on looks and not skills at tryouts, like KU does. Can you please tell me any colleges with a decent coed cheer squad in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas or anywhere around that area. Also, do you think I will be able to make a college cheer squad with the skills I have now? Also any other info about college cheer would be great! Thanks for every the help!

9 Jul 2009, 9:07 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: we want to go from the uk to usa for 3 months?

me and my partner wanna travel from the uk and do casual work to pay for accommodation while travelling round usa ..maybe starting off in kansas ..any tips on best hostels and jobs avalible

27 Jun 2009, 1:01 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Is there a "gay district" in Kansas City, MO?

My partner and I will be in KC for the Alicia Keys concert (staying 3 nights). I know there are a few bars, but is there a district or an area with a concentration of gay owned/friendly dining/shopping/drinking establishments?

23 Apr 2008, 9:58 pm | click here for answers

Voting Question: Investors, Where to find ?

Is it premature to seek an investor prior to the patent stage ? Although I have mailed and dated this idea 2 years ago and done a preliminary patent search there seems to be nothing of this nature in existance..however I do not feel safe without a patent and do not have the resources to follow up.. If one possesses a revolutionary idea with an application to keyboards (computer, game machines, cell phones, etc) where would one find an equal partner to take thru the patent process and following stages ? I have found an "new products" company in Kansas that evaluated the idea and sent me a very positive report that passed with high marks, their criteria for new products, however unfortunately they require funds to persue it and possibly secure a patent before they will enter into it as a partner on licensing, and possible marketing.. Any answers are most welcomed.. Thanks in advance, kim in Seattle

4 Jun 2008, 3:01 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: I want to make a living trust for me and my life partner, does anyone know how to handle this since we're gay?

I know that laws are different for every the states, and we had a commitment ceremony, but since we live in Kansas it does not make it a legal marriage, so I just want to make sure that if and when we pass on, that she can have full rein of what happens to me, and full control of my decisions. So where do I start, and what do I do?

30 Dec 2007, 11:35 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: is it a criminal offense to not tell your potential sex partner you have herpes in the state of kansas?

24 Nov 2008, 12:58 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Where can a male adult learn to dance in Kansas City, MO?

I'm 23, fresh out of college, and I would like to learn to dance. I'm not overly physically fit, I'm.. so-so. But I would adore to learn stuff like the tango and other partner dances. Is there a place, preferably in North Kansas City, that I can learn to dance, despite being relatively older?

25 Aug 2008, 10:58 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Does it bother Republicans that the Tea party organizers (corporate) also organized pro-drilling events?

Americans for Prosperity is writing press releases and planning the (Tea Party) events in New Jersey, Arizona, New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, and several other states. Americans for Prosperity is run by Tim Phillips, who was Ralph Reed’s former partner in the lobbying firm Century Strategies. The group is funded by Koch family foundations — a family whose wealth is derived from the oil industry. Indeed Americans for Prosperity has coordinated pro-drilling ‘grassroots‘ events around the country. http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/afp-astroturf/ http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/lobbyists-planning-teaparties/ It is so plainly obvious that these events are organized by wealthy interests....I don't even need to point it out! At first I thought the drilling movement was just plain ridiculous and obviously funded and organized by groups who represent the oil industries and now that I look their at it again trying to create rage against the expiration of tax cuts on the top 5%! I mean arrive on, can't you Republicans look your being used as pawns in a wealthy man's game of trying to manipulate the public for their possess interests?? I have no problem with the oil industry conducting their business to make a profit, BUT I do have a problem with them trying to create fake outrage among gullible people so they can drill for what little oil we have left in this country. Don't you hate being used as a pawn to further the corporate interests of others? I know it would piss me off. You guys really think drilling for 3% of the oil left to feed the appetite of a country that consumes 25% of worlds oil resources is a grand idea?? Good luck! The oil companies took advantage of a energy crisis to push their agenda to drill for whatever oil they could receive from environmentally sensitive areas.

11 Apr 2009, 1:33 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Does it bother Republicans that the chief organizer of the "Tea Party" protests are Corporate lobbyists?

Despite these attempts to make the “movement” appear organic, the principle organizers of the local events are actually the lobbyist-run think tanks Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Works. The two groups are heavily staffed and well funded, and are providing every the logistical and public relations work necessary for planning coast-to-coast protests: – Freedom Works staffers coordinate conference calls among protesters, contacting conservative activists to give them “sign ideas, sample press releases, and a map of events around the country.” – Freedom Works staffers apparently moved to “take over” the planning of local events in Florida. – Freedom Works provides how-to guides for delivering a “clear message” to the public and media. – Freedom Works has several domain addresses — some of them made to look like they were set up by amateurs — to promote the protests. – Americans for Prosperity is writing press releases and planning the events in New Jersey, Arizona, New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, and several other states. This type of corporate ‘astroturfing‘ is nothing new to either organization. While working to promote Social Security privatization, Freedom Works was caught planting one of its operatives as a “single mom” to ask questions to President Bush in a town hall on the subject. Last year, the Wall road Journal exposed Freedom Works for similarly building “amateur-looking” websites to promote the lobbying interests of Dick Armey, the former Republican Majority Leader who now leads Freedom Works and is a lobbyist for the firm DLA Piper. Americans for Prosperity is run by Tim Phillips, who was Ralph Reed’s former partner in the lobbying firm Century Strategies. The group is funded by Koch family foundations — a family whose wealth is derived from the oil industry. Indeed Americans for Prosperity has coordinated pro-drilling ‘grassroots‘ events around the country. This afternoon, former Republican home Speaker Newt Gingrich, leader of the corporate-funded American Solutions for Winning the Futures (ASWF), blasted an e-mail to his supporters with a reminder to attend the protests, along with a "Toolkit" of talking points. Gingrich's ASWF is funded by polluters and helped orchestrate the "Drill Here, Drill Now" campaign last summer. ASWF has been an official "partner" in the tea party effort since at least March. http://thinkprogress.org/ A direct link to the article: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/lobbyists-planning-teaparties/

9 Apr 2009, 10:38 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: social studies help please?

During the first part of the 19th century, differences between the North, South, and West led to (1) sectionalism (3) federalism (2) isolationism (4) mercantilism The term business monopoly can best be described as 1. the most common form of business in the United States 2. government control of the means of production 3. an agreement between partners to manage a corporation 4. a company that controls or dominates an industry Which long-awaited goal of the women's rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era? 1. right to vote 2. right to possess property 3. equal pay for equal work 4. equal access to employment and education The Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act were passed in an effort to 1. promote the formation of new trusts 2. maintain competition in business 3. increase business investment 4. limit the activities of foreign corporations A belief in manifest destiny, the passage of the Dawes Act, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the 1. rise of big business 2. growth of the labor movement 3. abolitionist movement 4. expansion and settlement of the West Poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and literacy tests were attempts by Southern white legislators to 1. restrict the migration of African Americans to the North 2. increase the number of Republican voters 3. prevent African Americans from voting 4. improve public education in the South Which event led directly to the secession of Southern States from the Union in 1860 and 1861? (1) election of Abraham Lincoln as president (2) passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (3) adoption of a new fugitive slave law (4) decision of the Supreme Court in Dred Scott Case In the South, Jim Crow laws passed during the tardy 19th century were designed to 1. make sure that the 14th Amendment would be enforced 2. provide employment opportunities for the newly freed African Americans 3. create separate societies for whites and African Americans 4. guarantee civil rights for African Americans

10 May 2009, 9:25 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Kansas City Restaurants?

I'm looking for a great Steakhouse restaurant in KC to take my partner to. Any ideas?

12 Mar 2007, 2:21 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: If states across America are having problems issuing tax refunds how can we afford to pay for amnesty?

Further do the activists for illegals have any concern about states across the country are going broke but still they want America to provide free college educations to illegals even though we do not have the money to do it ? Would activists for illegals be willing to sponsor a student with their possess money and guarantee the college payment for illegals to attend a major college or do they prefer that the taxpayers pay for every of this ?.......This year, more Americans and businesses may be asking: Where's my tax refund? That's because cash-strapped states such as North Carolina, Alabama and Hawaii have been forced to slow down issuing income tax refunds to individuals and businesses because of a lack of funds in their budget. Kansas has hinted that a delay might be possible, and processing paper refunds in Iowa has slowed because the state doesn't haven't enough employees to receive them processed faster. Another state, New York, is still considering whether they'll follow the likes of Hawaii and delay refund payments. "States typically do this when they are tight and they don't have a budget in place," said Karla Dennis, CEO of Cohesive, a nationwide tax preparation firm. Things are dire at many states: forty-one states are expected to have mid-year budget gaps totaling $37.7 billion, according to the middle on Budget and Policy Priorities. Delaying the refund, Dennis says, "gives the state funds to work with in the interim to fill a gap in their revenues." Hawaii's Department of Taxation announced last month that it will delay income tax refunds until July 1, when processing and payments will resume on a "first-in-first-out basis," according to a news release. The state is delaying the funds to alleviate a $721 million revenue shortfall for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. below Hawaiian law, processing refunds must be done 90 days after the April 20 due day (or later if a return is filed after the due date). After that, the actual payment must be made within 45 days or interest has to be paid on the refund. Most states have similar laws about when interest kicks in, but they differ from state to state, said Scott Clark a tax attorney and partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/CashStrapped-States-Delay-cnbc-3787752102.html?x=0&.v=1

7 Mar 2010, 12:20 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: If I get pregnant in Kansas...?

I'm 17, trying my a$$ off to receive out of the home. I have a job, I go to school, and I'm going to doing my trade school next year. I recently ran away, but came back realizing what i did would receive too many people in trouble and it wasn't worth it, I know it was a stupid move. Now that I've arrive home, I have to work with SRS and I have a social worker, the whole nine yards. They are trying to 'fix' mine and my fathers relationship, but I know its not going to work. I know I only have one year left in my fathers home, but I honestly can't be here any longer. My case worker told me that there was a next to zero chance of me being emancipated, and I doubt that they will grant me independent living. Because I'm not in any physical danger, and they don't believe that I go through an extreme amount of verbal and mental abuse, I can't be put in a foster home. I have a job, and a girl pal that I plan on moving in with once I'm out of the home, and we are fully capable of financially supporting me, though I more than likely wouldn't be able to financially support myself. Basically, I'm finding it very difficult to find a way out of my home. I refuse to say my dad hits me, I don't want him in jail. I also am not going to run away again. I'm looking for legal ways out of the home. Recently a pal of mine told me that since I was 17, if I got pregnant, my dad would not be able to say I couldn't move out. I'm very skeptical, but I was wondering if anyone else had ever heard of this before. I have wanted a child for a very long time, but haven't had a partner like I do now, nor will my dad except it. If this is true, I would like to know, because we do have a man willing to receive me pregnant for the cause. Also, if you have any other suggestions, please help me out! =] Thank you!! Ok, I'm getting answers saying its the dumbest mistake of my life, blah blah blah, from dumb asses who can't even spell. I don't want to hear it. I have a fiance, and a job that could easily become full time once I move out of his home. I don't think that it would be the worst mistake of my life to have a child at 17, and I wouldn't be a single mom. I was simply asking a question and every I receive is rude, ignorant replies from people who didn't even think about anything I said but 'I'm thinking about getting pregnant and I'm 17.' That was absolutely ridiculous. Thank you for the one person who actually answered my question, by the way. The main thing I was looking for was answers to the question 'Does getting pregnant allow me to move from my fathers home?' You guys are really a piece of work.

10 Mar 2009, 11:52 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: how can i not be so deeply affected about losing what i thought were friends?

ive had the internet for 4 years now , and its been my main connection to the outside world - ive suffered long term psychological disorders and suffered an extremely unfortunate, sh!t life so far - missed out on everything normal like forming relationships with people , getting qualifications and an education, missed out on being employed , have a criminal and obvious psychiatric record etc. live alone in a one bedroomed flat on sick disability , i possess nothing except an old bed and computer. my life has been unbelievable sh!t - its been a nightmare. suffered many things. people in life have always let me down, never formed a close relationship, always one sided or them using me. alot of people have reached out to me over the 4 years ive had the net, but most of them fly in and then are gone, just like in my actual life , let down. ive met people through myspace, warez chat , yahoo answers etc. but its like nobody wants to know me. im working difficult on my disorders, chasing help for the BPD. i receive very clingy, feel unworthy inferior of others, suffer very low esteem, act every desperate for their companionship, cant maintain conversation , then people back away and reject me.. i deeply fear rejection and are scared to respond to those who have reached out to me and unfortunately theyve moved on and deserted me - also in the past when i have reached out, my efforts havent been returned, so that effects my self esteem. years ago i got close to a girl in canada who was going to move to england to be with me but it never worked out. knew her for 3 years , she lost interest in me once she got to know about me and my problems, i got very close to her , but she stopped returning my efforts to reach her and stopped appearing online , she was from ontario. hamilton. same with others, a redhead girl in kansas, i met through myspace, added her to msn, havent heard for months. seems to have lost interest. a few others who i met on yahoo that have stopped contacting me. i receive desperate, intense, expect to much, receive mad easy, let down, make the person the centre of my happiness, act to clingy, eager for their friendship.............. i admit every this. i dont even have the self esteem or the social skills to know how to act different or build a rapport with someone to make a friendship. im sick of this misery and loneliness as im now approaching 31. time is running out. and i just want to mind my possess Business and achieve my goals of a glad life, moving away from england , finding a partner , living in a tiny coastal village , never to be heard from again. but times not on my side and im heavily disadvantaged. someone help

29 Nov 2008, 10:25 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Lesbian/Bi teenager in Kansas City Kansas looking for entertainment and a place to meet people?

I'm 18 and I live in Kansas City and I'm bisexual... and I need to receive out and meet more people... like me... I go to a teenage GLBT thing called Passages in West Port... it's great and every... but every the atendants are pretty much 16. We dance and have a good time and every, but they only meet once a week and I would like to find, for lack of a better phrasing, a more experienced partner that isn't jailbait?? I know of Tootsie's and Missie B's and a couple other gay bars, but they require attendants to be 21... I really want some place to go where I'm not the oldest person there. If you know of anyplace thats 18 and up please let me know... I'm also looking for Kansas City gay chat sites if you know any good ones too...

7 Nov 2008, 11:21 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: US history project?

I have looked and looked and looked for information on my u.s history project and me and my partner finally ive in and need info on the states Nebraska/Kansas and Virginia in the 1850's i would really appreciate it if i can receive some help thanks.

15 Oct 2007, 11:05 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: The healthiest/unhealthiest states in the US: And the sickest are the most vocal against Healthcare Reform?

t seems this list could be applied quite reasonably to mental health too. Or social health. And let's not exclude politics. The 'sicker', the redder. http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/16/unhealthy-healthy-states-lifestyle-health-states-top_chart.html?partner=yahoohealth 1. Vermont 2. Utah 3. Massachusetts 4. Hawaii 5. New Hampshire 6. Minnesota 7. Connecticut 8. Colorado 9. Maine 10. Rhode Island 11. Washington 12. Wisconsin 13. Oregon 14. Idaho 15. Iowa 16. Nebraska 17. North Dakota 18. New Jersey 19. Wyoming 20. South Dakota 21. Maryland 22. Virginia 23. California 24. Kansas 25. New York 26. Montana 27. Arizona 28. Pennsylvania 29. Illinois 30. Michigan 31. New Mexico 32, Delaware 33. Ohio 34. Alaska 35. Indiana 36. Florida 37. North Carolina 38. Missouri 39. Texas 40. Arkansas 41. Kentucky 42. West Virginia 43. Georgia 44. Tennessee 45. Nevada 46. South Carolina 47. Louisiana 48. Alabama 49. Oklahoma 50. Mississippi Some people just adore being fat, sick and ugly? HEY lightsoutmarfa: THEY ARE GOING BANKRUPT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FEED THE FAT, RUSH LIMBAUGH-SOUTHERN TYPES!

17 Nov 2009, 6:54 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: im getting a doberman?

I've had a few dogs, mutts from the pound, and they've been fun, but I want a dobie, pure-bred of course. Here's what I want to know. They say they're inside dogs, but take them outside to play exercise, and frankly I need a jogging partner. I have an apartment, but if I'm not there my brother is. We live in kansas, and during the winter it gets pretty icy. i know the doberman doesn't do well in the icy, but could you receive a sweatshirt a dog and take him running in it for 25-30 minutes during the winter?

17 Jun 2008, 4:04 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: How common is it to bring a same-sex partner to prom?

I graduated high school in 1998 in central Kansas & it was pretty much unheard of to bring a same-sex date to prom. How is it viewed these days where you live? To clarify, I mean bringing a same-sex partner to prom as a romantic date, not two friends of the same gender going together.

25 Apr 2006, 12:30 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Romance or Friendship....?

Last Sept. I met this guy, his name is Jimmie. He lives in IL and I live in OK. But I lived in Kansas when we met. Anyway, we met on this online game called Second Life, you have a partner on there,nice of like RL marriage. We played the game together,chatted,texted and talked on the phone (for 6 months) and exchanged pics before finally deciding to meet in person in April of 2006. I went to Chicago, a 1000 mile - 14 hour bus ride, and met him. He was everything I thought he would be. I stayed a week before having to leave. The problem is, a month b4 we met, he told me that he loved me. I had told him 3 months before.Then, when I returned to Oklahoma, he said he wasn't in adore with me. But he gets mad when I date other guys and makes me feel guilty. Yet he texts me about girls he's met even though I've asked him to cease. Can someone please tell me what's going on?? Does he care for me or does he just not wnt me with any other guys? I'm confused and hurt by his behavior.

10 Oct 2007, 3:50 pm | click here for answers

Voting Question: will westjet airlines ever go to Kansas city international? (MCI)?

i want cheap tickets to Vancouver cuz normally i fly to Seattle and i don't want to deal with the border and why was their a west jet link on southwest website when i was booking are they going to be partners and if they do will west jet go to where ever southwest goes

10 Jul 2009, 12:45 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Does it bother Republicans that the chief organizer of the "Tea Party" protests are Corporate lobbyists?

Despite these attempts to make the “movement” appear organic, the principle organizers of the local events are actually the lobbyist-run think tanks Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Works. The two groups are heavily staffed and well funded, and are providing every the logistical and public relations work necessary for planning coast-to-coast protests: – Freedom Works staffers coordinate conference calls among protesters, contacting conservative activists to give them “sign ideas, sample press releases, and a map of events around the country.” – Freedom Works staffers apparently moved to “take over” the planning of local events in Florida. – Freedom Works provides how-to guides for delivering a “clear message” to the public and media. – Freedom Works has several domain addresses — some of them made to look like they were set up by amateurs — to promote the protests. – Americans for Prosperity is writing press releases and planning the events in New Jersey, Arizona, New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, and several other states. This type of corporate ‘astroturfing‘ is nothing new to either organization. While working to promote Social Security privatization, Freedom Works was caught planting one of its operatives as a “single mom” to ask questions to President Bush in a town hall on the subject. Last year, the Wall road Journal exposed Freedom Works for similarly building “amateur-looking” websites to promote the lobbying interests of Dick Armey, the former Republican Majority Leader who now leads Freedom Works and is a lobbyist for the firm DLA Piper. Americans for Prosperity is run by Tim Phillips, who was Ralph Reed’s former partner in the lobbying firm Century Strategies. The group is funded by Koch family foundations — a family whose wealth is derived from the oil industry. Indeed Americans for Prosperity has coordinated pro-drilling ‘grassroots‘ events around the country. This afternoon, former Republican home Speaker Newt Gingrich, leader of the corporate-funded American Solutions for Winning the Futures (ASWF), blasted an e-mail to his supporters with a reminder to attend the protests, along with a "Toolkit" of talking points. Gingrich's ASWF is funded by polluters and helped orchestrate the "Drill Here, Drill Now" campaign last summer. ASWF has been an official "partner" in the tea party effort since at least March. http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/lobbyists-planning-teaparties/ At least the protests on the left don't need to be heavily promoted on tv, lol. People just show up because their mad. By the way....where the heck were these Tea protests when President Bush was doubling our national debt???

10 Apr 2009, 11:30 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Another example on why Bud Selig is a joke? Details inside->?

I was just reading this article from 1997. Bud Selig actually thought of doing this crazy move. Here is some of the article as i will copy & glue the parts that matter. Give me your thoughts after reading-> Baseball's Radical Realignment Plan Losing Steam The Yankees and the Mets apparently won't play in the same league after every. Baseball's radical realignment plan, which would have New York's teams playing each other 16 times a season in the same division, has lost momentum, three people familiar with the deliberations said yesterday. Instead, realignment strategists have turned to a series of less severe scenarios in an effort to forge a format that can win approval for next season. The radical plan isn't dead, but it's in critical condition because seven National League teams, half the league, have expressed opposition to it for a variety of reasons. below radical realignment, which would have obliterated the National and American leagues as they have been known for 97 years, the Mets and the Yankees would be in the same division. Chicago's two teams, the Cubs and the White Sox, would be in the same division of the other league. Instead of having two seven-team divisions in the American League and two eight-team divisions in the National, they said, the group brainstorming realignment ideas is considering three divisions in the American League, two each with five teams and one with four, and four divisions of four teams each in the National League. below that format, in the National League, the four division champions would compete for the pennant and in the American League the three division winners and the second-place team with the best record, a wild-card team, would play in the post-season. Bud Selig, the acting commissioner, and John Harrington, chairman of the realignment committee, who favor the radical plan, haven't given up on it, but they are faced with enough opposition to know they have to consider other ideas. In one scenario, Kansas City and Texas would move to the National League and the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks to the American. However, Jerry Colangelo, the Diamondbacks' managing partner, has said the team won't agree to a move to the American League. The entire article is in this link if you like to check it out.-> http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/22/sports/baseball-s-radical-realignment-plan-losing-steam.html?pagewanted=1

26 Feb 2010, 1:33 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Is this a good book idea?

remember its just an idea: an 11 year old girl named Lily Green's bestest freind just passed away from a car accident. She has moved from Kansas to New York. She attends at a new middle school. She thinks that her life is ruined. She doesnt want to make new freinds at every. She is depressed. She doesnt like New York. her mom is now very sick and her brother just got married. She meets the popular, the jocks, the emos, the nerds, the drama freaks. She cant go into one group. Then one day, she is assigned a partner, a girl named Cynthia Owens. She then finally relizes just hoe much common they have together, and she finally finds the true meaning of freindship.

18 May 2008, 8:38 pm | click here for answers