News & Events - September 2007

Over the weekend President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq. Any time Bush shows up in a warzone it's pretty much a surprise I guess. But I think President Bush was a little confused. When he got off the plane in that 115-degree heat and saw those guys walking around with those big guns, he said what are you doing in LA? I thought we were going Iraq.

2007-09-10 05:10:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

These are 2 educated doctors living the UK dream with 3 beautiful kids - they have absolutely no history of violence - they have money to leave their kids in the UK while they go on vacation (if they supposedly don't care about their kids) - why would they even take her with them if they were going to kill her???? You people need to use your brain a little. They made a BAD BAD mistake by leaving their children alone while they were sleeping because they couldn't imagine anything like this happening to them and you all are convicting them of murder based on the fact that they left their kids alone - That does not constitute murder!

2007-09-10 05:02:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

In 1991 her 21-month-old son Ben went missing on the Greek island of Kos and the family were convinced he was taken by child traffickers.

When local police turned up nothing, and politicians began to worry about the effect on tourism, they let it be known that the family were either covering up an accident or they had sold Ben. Spot the similarities with Madeleine.

Kerry's brother Stephen, who was 17 at the time, said that the police pressure was so relentless, he began to believe he had killed his nephew and buried him with a spade.

Ben has never turned up, but neither has any evidence against any member of the Needham family. Yet to this day there are still people convinced they are to blame.

2007-09-10 04:38:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

2007-09-10 04:27:53 · 52 answers · asked by Radiator 4 in Current Events

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FykpoKQ59NQ#vvEHhEXj8oQ

My brother-in-law brought this video to my attention.

What do they think by getting a couple pansies such as this that they are going to change US opinion or world image on Serbia? First of all if your going to enlist someone's help for your cause try and bring in some1 with clout, or money. Paying the freak Nazi Jewish "AMBIGUOUSLY GAY DUO, whom do not know the meaning of the word "Sovereign". is not going to do it. If this is how Serbian lobby money is spent Serbia will be the size of Monaco in another decade.

You see these two said that: " TITO brought in the Albanians whom severely then outnumbered the Serbs." Okay Tito was the leader of Yugoslavia post WWII, I challange anyone to produce evidence of a mass exodus of ALbanians into Kosovo post WWII. What are these two going to do anyway? Attack us with a big flying co.. LOL. you get the point.

2007-09-10 04:21:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I think that is so ridiculous. It was an accident, it's not like McDonald's food isn't salty to begin with. I eat there sometimes, I don't have the workers arrested because it's not the healthiest choice.

2007-09-10 03:47:16 · 11 answers · asked by amcfan84 6 in Other - News & Events

That is what you are calling people who disagree with a hate campaign on the mccanns stating that they have murdered her!

Do you not think its immature to slate all us who defend their innocence (until proven guilty or not)

I am getting thumbs downs for answering with fact its rediculous! and immature!

2007-09-10 03:38:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

if a child goes out with friends... and you think the worst will never happen... if they were abducted or murdered or ran
over... would that mean the parents / guardians were neglectful..

2007-09-10 03:35:14 · 8 answers · asked by poppyday.. 6 in Other - News & Events

why do idiots jump to their defense when someone posts a message on her disagreeing with them

they left maddy alone with her brother and sister so why shouldnt they get slated after all they are supposed to be mature parents doctors actually who should know better yes i feel sorry that maddy is missing and i hope shes found safe and well but why should they get away with neglect cus thats what theyve done afterall what do you lot think

agree disagree its your choice and this is only my opinion

2007-09-10 03:19:19 · 52 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

First, they were "totally innocent" and no way did they do anything wrong...not the two angels.

Then after a short while, when the story didn't quite add up, ok, they were neglectful but still, they were completely innocent.

Then, it was without a shadow of a doubt, Murat.

When it comes to the McCanns being suspects though,noooo, INNOCENT!

Now, they are "being framed" by the portugese police because there are huge discrepancies with their stories and there have been VERY strong implications that the blood found was in fact Maddys(78% chance I believe it was?)

Set up? the portugese police have the world watching their investigation so their genius plan is to set the McCanns up? I suppose they planted the DNA in the car? and in the room aswell? All just so they could set Kate and Gerry up (risking all their jobs) and make up a huge conspiracy???

Has it seriously never even crossed the mind of any of the supporters that they just might have had something to do with it?

2007-09-10 03:11:59 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I think the dad's a cardiologist, but what of Kate?

2007-09-10 03:05:01 · 2 answers · asked by Say It Like You Mean It 4 in Current Events

I'm referring here to POSITIVE NEWS REPORTS. Like a lot of you, I'm sick of all the bad news, so I would like to hear some good news for a change. I'll start off by saying that I've heard that the surviving members of Led Zeppelin are reuniting and going on tour!:)

2007-09-10 02:55:00 · 6 answers · asked by tangerine 7 in Current Events

The obvious question is WHY anyone would deliberately put themselves through four months of hell like this ?

If they accidentally killed Madeleine, why would they go to so much trouble to hide it. Accidents happen all the time. The McCanns have nothing to do with this. They just made a mistake in leaving the children alone.

They now say the DNA sample could simply be a hair, or a flake of skin and could have been passed on by simply Madeleine having previously touched a suitcase or bag that was later put in the boot.

The police are clutching at straws because they need someone to blame.

It is a DISGRACE that these parents are being put through this living hell, and something needs to be done to stop it.

2007-09-10 02:52:34 · 36 answers · asked by snorky998 3 in Current Events

Certainly something that should have been covered, don't you think?

I know the chances would be very slim, but who's to say that the abductor hadn't hired the car before the McCanns, hence the blood traces.

It seems strange that they hired a car 25 days after she went missing, and after huge ground searches were carried out. Don't you think they wouldn't have left things so long if they had been involved?

Just something to think about. It's a fascinating case but I just wish we knew that Maddie was ok.

2007-09-10 02:52:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

2007-09-10 02:51:00 · 21 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Current Events

2007-09-10 02:46:36 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

It just seems to me, if the case against them is strong enough to consider charging them, and if they are that heavily suspected (I just read that the case has been passed to the Prosecution service to consider taking the case agains them), so why did the Portuguese allow them to leave the country?

I am not commenting on the guilt or lack thereof of the McCanns themselves, but more on the Portuguese police and their methods. Seems a bit of a farce to me!

2007-09-10 02:33:15 · 23 answers · asked by Caffeine Fiend 4 in Current Events

Might sound so dumb, but where is gerry mccanns parents in all this mess ? or are they looking after maddeline ? hehehe

2007-09-10 02:32:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

The week before Maddie was taken, someone entered the apartment complex, with a key, to steal.
According to a woman staying in the apartment next door to the McCanns, she saw a stange man hanging around. Perhaps he used the key to get into the McCanns to steal, Maddie woke up and he panicked and killed her. Maybe he was the man seen later with a child in his arms. At the start of the investgation, the sniffer dogs traced a scent to the garage and then lost it. Maybe this man had his car there.
Any thoughts?

2007-09-10 02:31:03 · 14 answers · asked by dude 1 in Current Events

2007-09-10 02:29:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

wheres the evidence??? why are so many of you so cold hearted? All you conspiracy theorists dont you realise by spreading rumours rather than facts that your contributing in your own VERY LITTLE way to the truth ever coming out, why dont you just stick to watching poirot and midsummer murders to use your great detective knowledge on!! Leave the police to do their job, but then again you cant do much of a worse job than the portuguese police who seem more keen on NOT getting blamed for doing a bad job than to actually try their hardest to search for the whole point to this media circus, FINDING MADELEINE MCCANN.

Try not to be as cold hearted as many of you have been in your responses, and try to deal with facts and not rumours

2007-09-10 02:28:53 · 27 answers · asked by bex98 4 in Current Events

2007-09-10 02:19:14 · 34 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Current Events

The McCanns are very odd - they are now highly critical because they have been placed under suspicion but it was ok for Robert Murat to put up with what he did on the basis of zero evidence then?

Very odd couple. They said they would help with the inquiry even if it pointed to them - so whats the rush in coming home then?

2007-09-10 02:14:54 · 17 answers · asked by Saucy B 6 in Current Events

10 September 2007
THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE MOTHER OF ALL INJUSTICES
George Galloway

NOT since Dr Crippen - long before the blizzard of 24/7 satellite media - will there have been a case like Madeleine McCann's if the now official suspicions of the Portuguese police turn out to have been well founded.

They have turned it into a circus, with daily appearances at mass and the flight to the Vatican to kiss the hand of the Pope, invoking celebrities, inducing millions of people around the world to raise a fortune in a campaign fund and turning their child into one of the iconic faces of our age.

So even Dante himself would find it difficult to describe any circle of the inferno fit for Kate and Gerry McCann if it all turns out to have been a lie.

I have been in and around the Ocean Club in the sleepy Algarve village of Praia da Luz for more than 20 years and it has been surreal enough watching its tiny cobbled streets bristling with television crews broadcasting around the world from a

2007-09-10 01:58:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

2007-09-10 01:49:38 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

So I'm reliably informed by a family spokesperson

2007-09-10 01:29:20 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

According to Sky news the police are giving their report to the prosecutor today and don't even want to wait for the rest of the tests.

2007-09-10 01:25:00 · 18 answers · asked by Goldfish" 1 in Current Events

Over the past few days, the comments made about the McCann family have dominated this forum.
Why, though, is the foul language, aggressive tirades, and the so called jokes about this case, tolerated on this forum?
It is possible to express an opinion without resorting to these tirades. I never take anyone seriously when they write just to offend or think it's okay to joke about a young girl, missing, maybe dead.
Why do they get away with it?

2007-09-10 01:09:15 · 21 answers · asked by dude 1 in Current Events

Just wondered seems IVF is not a totally catholic thing to do goes against nature and frozen eggs unused is like abortion. When did her and Gerry marry? Do you think she was a virgin at marriage? It just doesnt add up. But I could be wrong.

2007-09-10 01:05:44 · 29 answers · asked by ginger 3 in Current Events

Yet all people on YA want to talk about is McCann speculation . . .
WHY?

Rosemary Edwards has been missing from her Lyndhurst home for 5 days.

2007-09-09 23:40:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events