News & Events - August 2007

to give the alledged abducter a goo head start?

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/17372/Maddy-Let-us-spend-1m

2007-08-30 01:31:26 · 21 answers · asked by justmebackagain 2 in Current Events

You dont have to read this, but if you do, then answer this.
Isn't this the sincerest form of sorrow a parent can show at the lost of a child. ?

Now God wanted a football match
And to play it up in heaven
But first he needed players
And select his first eleven.


Georgie Best, big Brian Labone
The legend Dixie Dean
Alan Ball and Bobby Moore
All made it in the team.


He needed one more player
Someone who would be quick
From up above he looked down
And saw Rhys there in his kit.


So Rhys was taken up above
God took him by the hand
To play the game he loved so much
Where sponsorship is banned.


There is no cheating either as
God is the referee
There are no mega wages
And the transfers they are free.


The games are live on telly
You don't have to subscribe
The players all stay on their feet
Cos no one takes a dive.


So Rhys plays now so happily
To the angels in the crowd
And every time he hits the net
They roar his name so loud.


Have fun my little blue boy
You're safe and in God's care
Till it's time for me to get my boots
And join with you up there.

2007-08-30 01:06:37 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Has there ever been any mention of what is happening with the interest it gets and who that goes to?

I doubt the amount that has been earned in interest has been added to the current figure on the website and I would almost imagine it is going into a seperate account as technically it hasn't been donated and hence doesn't necessarily need to go to the fund, or for that matter, be accounted for

2007-08-30 01:05:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

We, like everyone else, await the results of the forensics from the recent searches. We do not know who has taken Madeleine or why. Sometimes people do things for reasons that even they cannot understand. An act of madness, an accident or sudden impulse can lead to consequences that people may never have imagined or intended. Faced with such a situation we believe any human soul will ultimately suffer torment and feelings of guilt and fear.

If you have done something you regret, if you find yourself in a situation you never intended, it is not too late to do the right thing. Please come forward, return Madeleine, leave her in a place of safety. At the very least, help us by letting us know what has happened to our beautiful little girl.

2007-08-30 00:40:02 · 11 answers · asked by justmebackagain 2 in Current Events

He says that staged pay rises are essential to keeping the UK economy stable.

What he really means is that those who work in ENGLAND will have to have staged pay rises, whilst those in Scotland get their 2.5% NHS pay rise in April and 3.5% prison officers pay rise.

Is Gordon Brown screwing the English, and those who work in England?

2007-08-30 00:27:00 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

They have got donations of £1,005,000 in 119 days , i don't see how money will get Maddie back but will get them luxury items, majority of it has not been spent.......

Is this bribery from the McCanns???????

2007-08-29 23:45:25 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I have to write an essay about How a picture tells 1000 words. I have just relised that when we watch the news or read the paper, We DO get a picture but we are being told the wrong 1000 words. Either we get half the story, half the picture, the wrong picture, or a story twisted to suit the media's view!!! Does anyone have any examples of this??? If so can they add a link?(and if you want, your opinion )

2007-08-29 23:13:48 · 6 answers · asked by chocoholic101 2 in Media & Journalism

I believe princess Diana was murdered possibly by the royal family due to several reasons:
-The CCTV cameras in the tunnel she died in "happened" not to be functioning properly at the time and didn't capture the car accident
-the lights in the tunnel during the period of the car crash were turned off
- Dodi her fiance/ lover was a muslim and princess Diana was pregnant with his baby (Royal family are Christian this would be an outrage to them)

There are many more factors contributing to the idea she was murdered. Such as why couldn't he body guard who survived be interviewed? Why did Diana and Dodi die even though the bodyguard was in the back seat with them?

2007-08-29 21:54:04 · 17 answers · asked by acer_junior 2 in Current Events

Apart from McCanns and friends, what member of public saw Maddie outside the appartment last and at what time exactly. The theory of an accidental death sounds very possible but not with overdose, you dont get blood with overdose. Maybe a harsh backhander send her head against a wall or something, hence blood

2007-08-29 21:09:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

See shambos question below here.

If the so called 'antis' are getting 5 thumbs down but only on 'pro' or 'anti the antis' has actually answered does that mean the others are lurking and not talking?

I don't know about anyone else but I only rate questions I've answered!

2007-08-29 20:52:46 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

...with Owen Wilson's hospitalization rather than Alberto Gonzales' resignation?


Isn't it odd that "celebrity depression" seems to be the cultural fixation right now, when there seems to be instability/corruption in the highest levels of our government?

2007-08-29 20:26:55 · 3 answers · asked by cbn 3 in Current Events

2007-08-29 20:18:23 · 10 answers · asked by Ian M 5 in Media & Journalism

2007-08-29 20:17:02 · 8 answers · asked by Spades 1 in Current Events

I've been to a number of blogs that all claim the mainstream media is not biased. They argue this at the top of their lungs but studies show over and over the media is filled with an unbalanced liberal journalists. However the detractors continue to claim they do not present bias. I think what we find here can't be disputed and glaringly shows for all to see, that the liberal media is alive and well. What do you think?

"Through July 31, the ABC, CBS and NBC morning news shows devoted 284 campaign segments to Democratic candidates and 152 to Republicans, according to the Media Research Center. "

Study: Democrats get more A.M. airtime (AP Aug 29th)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_on_en_tv/tv_morning_politics

2007-08-29 19:55:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

Why does whaling still exsist when it should've stoped a century ago? I know that the Japanese whalers do it in the name of so called "research", as well as Iceland & Gortons fishing co. But this barbaric act is so prehistoric. I heard that the fools who do whaling says they "have trouble selling the meat". If they have trouble selling it, why bother killing whales & dolphins? It just doesn't make sence!? :(

2007-08-29 19:53:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

what is the difference in using the n-word and the r-word? are you certain all rednecks are racists? are you sure some blacks are not racists? have you ever thought about the facts of this matter? what do you call the elderly, the handicapped or people who cross the mexican border illegally. got any pet names for them? do you think white people who sharecrop, have little to no education and born in utter poverty and drugs run rampant just like the black ghettos of the usa have chosen to be part of what they once call the peasants and the trash? think that is what those little "redneck" babies and adolecents were meant to be. you think it is genetic like they once insisted was the black man's problem? well, god bless you.
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2007-08-29 18:35:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

We take better care of our sports centers and golf course's than we do our people. I am so ashamed...

2007-08-29 18:13:51 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

2007-08-29 17:14:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

Bonus question: If these media celebrity types had done true reporting from the beginning - instead of either tacitly approving this war built on lies, or cheerleading from the sidelines, how many soldiers and innocent Iraqis' lives would have been spared?

In other words, had they *properly* given equal weight to covering the stories they gave LIP SERVICE to pre-war, (which have subsequently proven to be accurate) wouldn't the resultant outrage from Americans prevented or stopped this fake war?

Second bonus question: Why did MAINSTREAM (corporate media) help the Bush administration lie about the war?

Third bonus question: Why did the DEMOCRATS in Congress help the Bush administration prosecute this "war"?

2007-08-29 16:27:25 · 4 answers · asked by CJ 2 in Current Events

Last weekend a hot air balloon caught fire on take off. A survivor is suing already

2007-08-29 16:21:55 · 7 answers · asked by Grand pa 7 in Other - News & Events

Why is it that republican and religious and secular conservatives continue make family values an election issue. The issue of family values and morality was ONE of the hallmark reasons for the Republican take-over of congress and it was also used as a theme during Bush’s first run for office.

Read the list of “hypocrites” below and respond whether or not you think that family values was/is a “SMOKE SCREEN” to win favor and votes


POPULAR SCANDALS


1.Senator Larry Craig, recently pleaded guilty to lued homosexual acts in an Airport. He still defiantly claims that he is not gay.

2.Mark Foley, had phone sex and indecent conversations with male pages.

3.George W. Bush, Republican president, accused in a criminal complaint and lawsuit of raping Margie Schoedinger, who later committed suicide. Accused by Tammy Phillips, a former stripper quoted in the National Enquirer in 2000 saying she had an affair with Bush that had ended in 1999

4.Senator David Vitter (R-La) who ran a hard-core platform on traditional family values, name was found on a Madams list. He told his constituents that it was a “private issue” and to leave him alone.

5.Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican governor, had sex with a 16 year old when he was 28.

6.Joe Scarborough, former Republican Congressman, currently a conservative talk show host. Resigned his congressional seat abruptly to spend more time with his family, amidst allegations of an affair. His intern, Lori Klausutis, was soon after found dead in his office. The medical examiner, who had his license revoked in Missouri for falsifying information in an autopsy report, and suspended in Florida for six years, ruled the case an accident, after giving conflicting information about her injuries. He said he lied about them because "The last thing we wanted was 40 questions about a head injury."

7.John E. Peterson, Congressman (R-Pa), accused of sexual harassment and creation of a hostile work environment by six women. Peterson has refused to admit a crime, saying only "I may have been an excessive hugger."

8.Henry Hyde, Judge who oversaw Clinton's impeachment proceedings, prominent opponent of reproductive rights, who had an extramarital affair with a woman who was married and had three children, during the course of which she and her husband were divorced.

9.Newt Gingrich, married three times. Gingrich campaign worker Anne Manning admitted that she gave Newt oral sex while he was still married to his first wife. Informed one wife he was filing for divorce while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer treatments

10.Richard A. Dasen Sr., Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, convicted of sexual abuse of children, promotion of prostitution and several counts of solicitation, enough to add up to a sentence of 126 years in prison


Conservative Personalities and Figure Scandals

1.Paul Crouch Televangelist, Former President of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Paid $425,000 in hush money in an attempt to cover up a gay affair.
2.Ted Haggard, popular conservative pastor who advised Bush on Family Values issues was outed by a male prostitute who also alleged that he gave Haggard drugs.
3.Rush Limbaugh, triple-divorcee
4.Bill O'Reilly Right-wing conservative talk show host on Fox News, sued for sexual harassment by his producer.
5.Dr. Laura Schlessinger, right wing conservative radio host. Promotes family values, estranged from her mother, opposes birth control, has had her tubes tied, espouses saving oneself for marriage, admits to having had sex before she was married, opposes adultery, has committed adultery while she was married, and has slept with a married man, opposes divorce, is divorced and remarried, has posed for nude photos which are available online.


There are many, many, many more. I know that I am going to be accused of being repub-coserv-basher. I am not, I know the democrats have just as many scandals if not more. However, I think that the whole PLATFORM OF CONSERVATIVE FAMILY VALUES IS A DISINGENIOUS strategy to rally votes and to swing elections. THIS LIST DEMONSTRATES THE FACT THAT NO ONE PRACTICES WHAT THEY PREACH!!!
I also believe that we are all human and everyone makes mistakes, but it is VERY HYPOCRITICAL to impose ideas that these “cultural-icons” don’t keep!
(((What are your thoughts???)))))))

2007-08-29 13:53:12 · 4 answers · asked by Andre L 1 in Other - News & Events

2007-08-29 13:24:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I just can't put my finger on it, but there is something about this man that doesn't sit right with me.

2007-08-29 13:14:31 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

In a southern conversation, none of us having any close friends or links to our northern neighbors in New York City, we were wondering how the citizens that were so deeply and terribly scarred by the events of the terrorist attack of 9/11 were coping on a daily basis? Has it created a new daily fear?
Has it caused folks to "get right with God"?
Has it make folks want to move to Montana?
How , on general or specific basis, as much as you care to share from your experience, has it affected your daily life?
Thanks, and may you be blessed in your sharing with us.

2007-08-29 12:22:23 · 1 answers · asked by susieque 4 in Other - News & Events

You may recall that not too long ago Kate Mc cann was saying she wanted to help highlight the issue of children who go missing. What has happened to this campaign, it seems to have disappeared?

2007-08-29 12:01:02 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

He must be talented, because he sure is ugly.

http://www.koat.com/news/13988490/detail.html

2007-08-29 11:52:03 · 6 answers · asked by your_dear_old_mother 5 in Current Events

How did we come to believe the worst about everything; Our Country, Government, Police, Health System, Prisons, Immigration, the Justice System, and about People etc?

Where does all this cynicism come from?

2007-08-29 11:36:52 · 44 answers · asked by toietmoi 6 in Current Events

This is totally facist. A one way news station, is a side-effect of a despotate government. One where THEIR opinions are shared, and become the norm, but yours and mine, are ignored.

2007-08-29 11:20:58 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

Prayers, protests and a lingering disgust with the government's response to Hurricane Katrina marked the disaster's second anniversary Wednesday, with a Presidential visit doing little to mollify those still displaced by the storm.

Clarence Russ, 64, took a dim view of politicians' promises as he tried to put the finishing touches on his repaired home in the city's devastated Lower 9th Ward.

"There was supposed to be all this money, but where'd it go? None of us got any," said Russ, whose house was the only restored home on an otherwise desolate block.

▼▼ Didn't the government send millions of dollars? Or am I wrong on this, what did they do with this money? So am I mistaken, if a fire, or flood damages my home, I can call the President and he will rebuild it for free? What about us Californians who live with earthquakes, will the government rebuild our homes and businesses for free also? Why isn't the City responsible for helping their own? I am sorry, I don't get it.

2007-08-29 11:11:02 · 7 answers · asked by ♥ ♥Be Happi♥ ♥ 6 in Current Events

Rupert Murdoch owns:

Fox Films
Fox News
MySpace
The Wall Street Journal
TV Guide
TV Guide Channel
GQ Magazine
Vogue
His own satelite
150 Newspapers world-wide

I guess that must be who all these hicks are talking about... right?

Because as hard as I've looked, I can find one "liberal" media mogul who owns nearly that much control....

Your thoughts?

2007-08-29 11:07:56 · 4 answers · asked by rabble rouser 6 in Media & Journalism