Current Events - August 2006

This queers me to no end - lighten up guys!

2006-08-15 15:55:55 · 19 answers · asked by jaynlala8183 2

I am lebanese.. and i am happy that the victory was ours.. altho isreal destroyed lebanon, but im glad hezbollah won, because they werent able to stop him..!! To all the children that died in lebanon " ill always pray for u"

Anyway, i just wanted to know ppls comments on this subject.....
p.s. hey arabs...... rise up ur flags and smile.......

2006-08-15 15:53:10 · 7 answers · asked by trusty 1

2006-08-15 15:44:10 · 5 answers · asked by gg 1

Muslims are responsible for 95% of all terrorists attacks so what is so wrong with racial profiling? I

2006-08-15 15:43:46 · 10 answers · asked by skifaster6666 1

2006-08-15 15:32:01 · 5 answers · asked by gg 1

before 9/11, the gov't never imagined that airplanes would be used as missles to bring down a building. what have you thought of that the gov't hasn't?

Most recently, the plot foiled in England involved liquid explosives being carried on as individual explosives and combined on the plane....
Taking a page from the narcotrafickers, I would be worried about terrorists swallowing the explosives like drug mules swallowing condoms full of drugs.

2006-08-15 15:08:23 · 8 answers · asked by jack b 3

1000+ lebanese dead
130+ Israeli's dead

How many more have to die, for the people in power to quench their thirst for blood?

Pancaked homes, blasted walls, rubble, starving cats and trapped corpses.

Far from humiliating Iran and Syria - which was the Israeli-American plan.

2006-08-15 14:54:59 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-15 14:32:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hezbollah refuses to disarm.
Hezbollah refused to leave southern Lebnon.
Lebanon is not sending in the promised soldiers.
Even the UN is not sending in the promised peacekeepers.
ONLY ISRAEL is keeping it's promise.

what do you think about that?

2006-08-15 14:29:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2006-08-15 14:27:38 · 3 answers · asked by Ted A 1

2006-08-15 14:19:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

American voters in 2004, then doesn't that mean most Americans are idiots too?

2006-08-15 14:12:49 · 25 answers · asked by Paul D 2

Our world is becomming more and more unsafe to live in by the day. First there was 9/11, then the london subway bombing, then the 7/11 bombings on a train in Mumbai, India. All these acts of terrorism were connected to Muslims as reported by the media (i don't want to make any assumptions and hurt anybodys feelings)
The general perception is that is Muslims wear turbans and keep beards.
Sikhism is religion which is fairly new and was founded about 500 years ago. If anyone wants more information about Sikhism to answer my Question intelligently, they can visit http://www.sikhnet.com/s/SikhIntro for more details.
Now my Question is that the followers of Sikhism also wear turbans and keep their beards in accordance with the tenants of their religion. Sikhs have already suffered from many cases of mistaken identity in the past. One such case can be seen here http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/sep/17ny1.htm.
What can Sikhs do to protect themselves and educate others about their faith?

2006-08-15 13:51:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i think the shrine just further strains japan-china and korea relations. i mean that just the equivalent of honoring hitler and his nazi party of germany. there are 14 class a war criminals in that shrine. and many soldiers that committed brutal atrocities including mass murder, human experimentation, comfort women, death marches, forced labor, preventable famine, chemical and biological warfare and many more

2006-08-15 13:30:23 · 5 answers · asked by xiy 3

and what do you think in hassan nasr allah? and why

2006-08-15 13:02:03 · 6 answers · asked by mandyman 1

2006-08-15 12:56:46 · 16 answers · asked by dr.who 2

Just got the news today. Non-whites are now 51% in Texas & California. Whites are also minorities in Hawaii and New Mexico. This comes from the 2005 Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, results just released today.

2006-08-15 12:50:46 · 24 answers · asked by YRofTexas 6

2006-08-15 12:48:24 · 16 answers · asked by dr.who 2

Have yall heard of or know anything about the guy that is running 50 marothons in 50 states in 50 days? I think he's doing it for the Katrina victoms.

2006-08-15 12:42:13 · 7 answers · asked by Charlie B 2

I think they should as their is a culture clash which they are trying to dictate to the native peoples. They will not and cannot be intergrated into western society. I am not suprised by their lack of willingness to sell up in europe and go back to the middle east because they know they have it cushty here, free health, education and social benefits of the advanced devloped western infrastructure. But they will have to be forced its carrot and stick time offer them a certain amount of money per person and if they refuse put them on the next boat out with nothing. This is to save the sanity and safety of the europeans.

2006-08-15 12:29:43 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why not attack Burma or Laos?

2006-08-15 12:23:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-15 12:15:54 · 10 answers · asked by kittypurry 3

Last night I had a dream that there was a sign that said, "No SoLiCiToRs". Then today I went to my grandma's house and the sign was there. I always have dreams like that. But this one was weird. I also have this happen to me when I'm awake. What's wrong with me? My friend has the same thing happen to her... This question and your answers will help us both with our problem.

2006-08-15 11:41:51 · 7 answers · asked by hmw95 3

Read this. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060815/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_copperfield

Now pass down a comment on what you think of this story, true, not true, cant believe, another illusion, I dont really see how its possible...especially if David Copperfield is known for his "magic illusions" then I think this is just another one of them. Maybe...

2006-08-15 11:40:57 · 14 answers · asked by Used Car Dealer 2

Is your disposition clouding your judgement? Must you bemoan, kavetch, whine and pilfer or are you an angel or a saint? Happily spreading joy, appreciating, making things easier for others and smiling all the way? They say attitude is everything? What's yours like and why? Can you explain it in detail? Give me your best shot, I'm all ears...

2006-08-15 11:40:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Bush the Bastard has just stated this:" Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists"I'm certainly not with that red-neck murderous ****-heap.There is no blood on my hands,but plenty on his,so who is the terrorist?He has also called millions of decent Americans terrorists.If you only watch Fox news for information on the Middle-East situation,please do not answer,as Fox is specifically designed for morons who cannot think for themselves.

2006-08-15 11:19:40 · 23 answers · asked by michael k 6

No liquids. what are your thoughts?

2006-08-15 10:49:45 · 10 answers · asked by *ShErBeRt* 1

I am going alone for my Girl Scout Silver Award project. I would really like to raise money to make a donation to the UNHCR, except I am working alone and I need a great fundraising idea. If you have any suggestions please tell me, I need a miracle here!

2006-08-15 10:18:58 · 9 answers · asked by Alexa 2

and Bush says, "Whad'l'ya have, pardner?" and Osama says...

But wait a minute. I'd better shut my mouth. The sign here in the airport says, "Security is no joking matter." But if security's no joking matter, why does this guy dressed in a high-school marching band outfit tell me to dump my Frappuccino and take off my shoes? All I can say is, Thank the Lord the "shoe bomber" didn't carry Semtex in his underpants.

Today's a RED and ORANGE ALERT day. How odd. They just caught the British guys with the chemistry sets. But when these guys were about to blow up airliners, the USA was on YELLOW alert. That's a "lowered" threat notice.

According to the press office from the Department of Homeland Security, lowered-threat Yellow means that there were no special inspections of passengers or cargo. Isn't it nice of Mr. Bush to alert Osama when half our security forces are given the day off? Hmm. I asked an Israeli security expert why his nation doesn't use these pretty color codes.

He asked me if, when I woke up, I checked the day's terror color.

"I can't say I ever have. I mean, who would?"

He smiled. "The terrorists."

America is the only nation on the planet that kindly informs bombers, hijackers and berserkers the days on which they won't be monitored. You've got to get up pretty early in the morning to get a jump on George Bush's team.

There are three possible explanations for the Administration's publishing a good-day-for-bombing color guidebook.

1. God is on Osama's side.

2. George is on Osama's side.

3. Fear sells better than sex.

A gold star if you picked #3.

The Fear Factory

I'm going to tell you something which is straight-up heresy: America is not under attack by terrorists. There is no WAR on terror because, except for one day five years ago, al Qaeda has pretty much left us alone.

That's because Osama got what he wanted. There's no mystery about what Al Qaeda was after. Like everyone from the Girl Scouts to Bono, Osama put his wish on his web site. He had a single demand: "Crusaders out of the land of the two Holy Places." To translate: get US troops out of Saudi Arabia.

And George Bush gave it to him. On April 29, 2003, two days before landing on the aircraft carrier Lincoln, our self-described "War President" quietly put out a notice that he was withdrawing our troops from Saudi soil. In other words, our cowering cowboy gave in whimpering to Osama's demand.

The press took no note. They were all wiggie over Bush's waddling around the carrier deck in a disco-aged jump suit announcing, "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED." But it wasn't America's mission that was accomplished, it was Osama's.

Am I saying there's no danger, no threat? Sure there is: 46 million Americans don't have health insurance. IBM is legally stealing from its employees' pension plan and United Airlines has dumped its pensions altogether. Four-million three-hundred thousand Americans were injured, made sick or killed by their jobs last year. TXU Corporation is right now building four monster-sized power plants in Texas that will burn skuzzy gunk called "lignite." The filth it will pour into the sky will snuff a heck of a lot more Americans than some goofy group of fanatics with bottles of hydrogen peroxide.

But Americans don't ask for real protection from what's killing us. The War on Terror is the Weapon of Mass Distraction. Instead of demanding health insurance, we have 59 million of our fellow citizens pooping in their pants with fear of Al Qaeda, waddling to the polls, crying, "Georgie save us!"

And what does he give us? In my own small town, the federal government has paid for loading an SUV with .50 caliber machine guns to watch for an Al Qaeda attack at the dock of the ferry that takes tourists to the Indian casino in Connecticut. The casino dock is my town's officially designated "Critical Asset and Vulnerability Infrastructure Point (CAVIP)." (To find the most vulnerable points to attack in the USA, Al Qaeda can download a list from the Department of Homeland Security -- no kidding.)

But that's not all. Bush is protecting us from English hijackers with a fearsome anti-terrorist tool: the Virginia-class submarine. The V-boat was originally meant to hunt Soviet subs. But there are no more Soviet subs. So, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin have "refitted" these Cold War dinosaurs with new torpedoes redesigned to carry counter-terror commandoes. That's right: when we find Osama's beach house, we can shoot our boys right up under his picnic table and take him out. These Marines-in-a-tube injector boats cost $2.5 billion each -- and our President's ordered half a dozen new ones.

Lynn Cheney, the Veep's wife, still takes in compensation from Lockheed as a former board member. I'm sure that has nothing to do with this multi-billion dollar "anti-terror" contract.

Fear sells better than sex. Fear is the sales pitch for many lucrative products: from billion-dollar sailor injectors to one very lucrative war in Mesopotamia (a third of a trillion dollars doled out, no audits, no questions asked).

Better than toothpaste that makes our teeth whiter than white, this stuff will make us safer than safe. It's political junk food, the cheap filling in the flashy tube. What we don't get is safety from the real dangers: a life-threatening health-care system, lung-murdering pollution production and a trade deficit with China that's reducing mid-America to coolie status. Protecting us from these true threats would take a slice of the profits of the Lockheeds, the Exxons and the rest of the owning class.

War on Terror is class war by other means -- to keep you from asking for real protection from true menace, the landlords of our nation give you fake protection from manufactured dangers. And they remind you to be afraid every time you fly to see Aunt Millie and have to give up your hemorrhoid ointment to the underpaid guy in the bell-hop suit with a security badge.

Oh, hey, you never got the punch line.
So, Osama Walks into This Bar, See? and Bush says, "Whad'l'ya have, pardner?" and Osama says, "Well, George, what are you serving today?" and Bush says, "Fear," and Osama shouts, "Fear for everybody!" and George pours it on for the crowd. Then the presidential bartender says, "Hey, who's buying?" and Osama points a thumb at the crowd sucking down their brew. "They are," he says. And the two of them share a quiet laugh.

2006-08-15 10:08:06 · 4 answers · asked by i see 1

2006-08-15 09:46:58 · 23 answers · asked by onelove 1