Current Events - June 2007

2007-06-18 14:50:58 · 16 answers · asked by ? 7

I can't think of Russia as America's friend - they are helping Iran build their nuclear technology, selling subs to Chavez in Venezula, and threatening to start another arms race because we are trying to defend our interests from the same enemy that they are arming. They have shown through out history that they can't be trusted and are a conquering nation - looking to always expand. Look at Berlin and the terrible things they did their, look at even today when they are trying to get back countries that they took over after WWII - America liberates, Russia Conquers - and I think that they are the same country today as in 1950 - they are just pretending to work for peace

2007-06-18 14:30:55 · 10 answers · asked by DDrew 3

He has gone nuts. IS he on drugs? Was he on drugs? Is his brain broke?

2007-06-18 13:32:30 · 11 answers · asked by J A 3

He is not even British, and he no longer lives in UK .

Was it perhaps to provoke the wrath of Muslim hordes and let them disgrace themselves as usual?

2007-06-18 12:23:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why cant people just listen to Rush Limbaugh and learn the truth about global warming. Its natural, the world goes in cycles. Global warming is a scare tactic used by liberals so they can raise taxes on the rich.

2007-06-18 12:01:25 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

The McCanns have placed their funds in a Ltd company they have opened. Funds in a Ltd company are yours to do what you want. Had the McCanns opened a charity fund the money must go to charity and helping others. Do you feel that it would have been more appropriate to have gone the charity route and used some of that donation money to help publicize other missing children who have nobody to take up for them?

2007-06-18 11:03:23 · 5 answers · asked by David M 3

Another pregnant woman is missing in Ohio--anyone that honestly believes and rationalizes that this is the only way to get a baby DOES NOT DESERVE ANY BABY...this is happening so much lately, I am paranoid for anyone even THINKING about getting pregnant--anyone out their pregnant and scared?

2007-06-18 10:07:06 · 6 answers · asked by beetlejuice49423 5

L.Rockwell
Many people around the world, actually most people, have been convinced for some time that the US is being run by a power-mad lunatic. The video of the Saddam killing, which crystallized the extent to which extremist Shiites have taken over the country, has galvanized millions and confirmed the worst suspicions about what is going on in Iraq.
How can anyone doubt it when the pre-occupation president is lynched by an angry mob shouting "Go to Hell" along with the name Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical cleric? Theocracy in Iraq, here we come, courtesy of US taxpayers. The US enabled not freedom but a coup by crazies.
Every stated ambition of the US has been turned on its head. Instead of democracy, Iraq gets military domination prior to Islamic dictatorship. Instead of punishing and thereby discouraging terrorism, the Iraq calamity has radicalized a generation. Instead of bringing peace and freedom, the US has brought instability, bloodshed, and unending upheaval.
Even if you believe that Bush was only pursuing a personal vendetta against Saddam, the US has managed to do what would have been unthinkable five years ago: made Saddam a folk hero for those looking for martyrdom in the jihad. Whereas many in the Islamic world once loathed his secularism, Bush's bumbling show trial and lynching have turned Saddam into an icon.
Among those undecided about Bush's war, his speech on the evening of his "surge" of 20,000 more troops probably solidified their opinion.
Consider his statement toward the end:
In the long run, the most realistic way to protect the American people is to provide a hopeful alternative to the hateful ideology of the enemy – by advancing liberty across a troubled region. It is in the interests of the United States to stand with the brave men and women who are risking their lives to claim their freedom and help them as they work to raise up just and hopeful societies across the Middle East.
In general, it sounds fine, more or less. So how precisely does Bush plan to advance this "liberty"? Why, by continued military occupation, threats, violence, martial law, and death, this time without caution or wincing.
In earlier operations, Iraqi and American forces cleared many neighborhoods of terrorists and insurgents – but when our forces moved on to other targets, the killers returned. This time, we will have the force levels we need to hold the areas that have been cleared. In earlier operations, political and sectarian interference prevented Iraqi and American forces from going into neighborhoods that are home to those fueling the sectarian violence. This time, Iraqi and American forces will have a green light to enter these neighborhoods...
He treats the problem in Iraq as if it were akin to pest control. Mow down the opposition and, mutatis mutandis, once and for all the opposition is gone. All who remain will be lovers of Bush-style freedom, which seems eerily like the freedom that we've been told that Saddam once guaranteed. That is to say, so long as you agree with those in charge, you are left alone (unless a mistake occurs). But if you object, your only choice is to kill or be killed.
Apparently there is nothing force cannot accomplish. No one can be shocked that Bush has chosen the path of more force, even to the absurd lengths that he took it during his speech equating obedience with freedom. This is the path he set out on after 9-11 – an unrelated event which he again dragged into the Iraq equation – and the path he has stayed on ever since.
He knows no other way. Teaching Bush about subtleties such as diplomacy and trade is like telling a box turtle to write a novel. It is just not part of his intellectual equipment. Bush knows how to order people to bomb things, so order he does.
And yet the whole history of the world teaches that force has its limits, though you can always count on one great ruler in every age to ignore that lesson. Growing up, we were taught to sneer at Soviet leaders and third-world despots who believed that force alone could shape their world. Now we see our own US president fall prey to that delusion, not only in politics but also in economics.
The day of the speech, an email sent to Republican leaders showed up in my inbox. It goes into more detail about Bush's plan, which has nothing to do with existing reality. But someone at the White House typed this, and there are probably a few who even believe it.
Particularly intriguing are the sections on economics. For those who understand the failure of socialism and other centrally planned government projects, the memo is a very bad joke. But it does reveal the extent of the hubris of the White House.
According to the Bush plan, Iraq is being told to "deliver economic resources and provide essential services to all areas and communities."
Well, such a plan has been tried before, in places such as Russia and today in Venezuela. Thank goodness the US government doesn’t try this at home. You know exactly what you would get if the government attempted to provide all resources and services. The whole country would look like a military base, public school, post office, and urban housing project rolled into one.
If that's not enough, Iraq is also being told to "capitalize and execute jobs-producing programs," "match U.S. efforts to create jobs with longer term sustainable Iraqi programs," and "focus more economic effort on relatively secure areas as a magnet for employment and growth." Oh and the US will "help" through "greater integration of economic strategy with military effort."
At what point will the Bush administration wake up and realize that its effort is unworkable, that the costs are ghastly, that the best strategy is quick exit, three years ago? Well, the truth is that many people do realize this. The problem is that there is a huge machine running full speed and it is benefiting too many people. Tens of billions, hundreds of billions, are landing in the pockets of well-connected elites, and they want to keep the party going as long as possible.
For those who are disgusted and demoralized by this administration's failure to think and act rationally, consider that the history books have already been written. Bush is wildly unpopular here and abroad. There is not a living soul who is willing to call the Iraq war a success. At the end of the day, all that he will leave is debt, death, and disaster. This is indisputable.

2007-06-18 08:22:34 · 17 answers · asked by MIkE ALEGRIA 1

I want all your bad experiences with Wall Mart! Please tell me. I had plenty of bad experiences with Wall Mart and this latest one just ticked me! brianmashin@yahoo.com

2007-06-18 08:05:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

What sentence would you give Timothy Cox, bearing in mind that we cannot execute him (wether we like it or not !)
I only wish that hard labour was still part of a sentence !!

2007-06-18 06:53:13 · 22 answers · asked by Helen S 7

can anyone inform me as to where the money from the madeline fund is going. Its sheer curiosity.

2007-06-18 05:36:06 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am not giving up my glass or two of wine regardless - and i think the game is over if someone else is changing my sack.

2007-06-18 05:04:00 · 7 answers · asked by George 3

When as the main man said "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." l@@k closer to home.

2007-06-18 02:47:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-18 02:01:14 · 3 answers · asked by traveler 6

the us has lost over 3,500 soldiers (if I have current figures correct). Doesn't anyone care? Would there be more protesting if the draft were reinstated?

2007-06-17 23:16:13 · 14 answers · asked by cece0312usa 2

the secrecy surrounding that night of 3 may is incredible. has there been a d-notice to the press protecting the identities? the witness who saw the man at 9.30 has not been identified or heard of since. Philomena in Hello (!!) is horrified at the thought of madeleine waking up to a stranger, when she's already on record that the child didn't wake up and that's why there was no sign of struggle - otherwise she'd have known her abductor.

did kate return alone? did she run out to the tapas bar? did she shout 'they've taken her'? who did she mean? were the shutters 'jemmied' as gerry said? were the doors 'hanging off their hinges' as gerry said? which of the parents saw maddie last? at what time? why did it take so long to call the police if it was so obvious she had been abducted? who else was in the apartment that night to 'contaminate' evidence, as police say? who were the friends and relations? and how many?

2007-06-17 21:51:16 · 21 answers · asked by Bobby L 3

Where in the world is Bin Laden?

2007-06-17 21:49:17 · 9 answers · asked by Dv8s 7

2007-06-17 21:48:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has your opinion of Mr & Mrs McCann changed over the past weeks and why?

2007-06-17 21:38:07 · 40 answers · asked by K-9 3

What Presidential Candidates are part of the Council on Foreign Relations?

Fred Thompson
Rudy Giuliani
John McCain
Mitt Romney
Jim Gilmore
Newt Gingrich
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
John Edwards
Joe Biden
Chris Dodd
Bill Richardson

What are they trying to accomplish?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo5CZvD3-QM

Building a North American Union is the blueprint contrived by globalist groups like the CFR and Bilderberg. The North American Union is proposed to subvert the sovereign government of the United States of America.

Who Opposes the CFR?

Ron Paul

2007-06-17 19:06:59 · 6 answers · asked by RON PAUL for President 2008 2

I just read an article about how the school-suicide awareness programme here in New Zealand is being criticised.
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070618/3/nf3.html
Has anyone had any experience with these programmes?

2007-06-17 18:51:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know this is old news, but do you think that the people of Iraq are at least grateful we got rid of Saddam Hussien? I don't see how they cannot, since he's one of the worst dictators of this century. I remember seeing this listing of the worst dictators of this century in Time magazine and he was at number three, behind Hitler and Mussolini (Rafeal Trujillo was at 4th, but in my opinion he should of been at number 3). I con understand them not liking the U.S's presence too much since they probably feel bullied or w/e. But, don't they at least like us for killing S.H and wanting to build a democracy in Iraq (cuz their way of life and customs are seriously ****** up(especially how they treat their women).

2007-06-17 18:48:10 · 7 answers · asked by DeLeon Leon 2

it's funny how timing is everything. have you noticed as i have that you just haven't been hearing ANYTHING about what is happening in the middle east ever since this atrocity of a bill, the "z visa bill," actually, "the strive act," has been at the top of our president's list?

what the heck is happening here? the chief of the marines, peter (sorry, can't bring his last name to mind at the moment) stated that he refused to resign when asked by president bush; therefore, he was conveniently replaced. so now that someone else has to go through the time period of getting used to the job, who is watching the ranch in iraq and the rest of the middle east?

what happened to our concern over (do not kid yourselves) the real threat of iran making a nuclear warhead and testing it? where has all talk gone about north korea and its deceptive tricks?

so are we suddenly going to be expected to give up our concerns over this lunatic's ... DON'T ANSWER YET: LOOK BELOW

2007-06-17 17:33:26 · 3 answers · asked by Louiegirl_Chicago 5

how many? anyone knows?

2007-06-17 16:34:45 · 7 answers · asked by hot dude 1

Nothing fancy such as a shape shifter or a device that would carry itself with robotic legs. Instead, a very simple design.

A small sphere slightly larger than a tennis ball has a gyroscope/ shape shifter (robot that forms a shape such as a pyramid with 'legs'---a change of length in the legs means a change in the center of gravity therefore making the ball roll forward in a certain direction) at its core. The gyroscope would 'spin' the ball forward in a certain direction as well as measure its motion. The gyroscope and shape shifter would be very cheap. Additionally to all this hardware there is an explosive such as a grenade, that is programmed to explode when the ball reaches its 'target'..

The ball rolls/ zig zags in fast motion as it approaches its target, causing the target to have difficulty shooting at it due to its random/fast motion and the small size of the robot. When the robot reaches a fairly close distance...it explodes...usually with the aim of killing more than

2007-06-17 15:18:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

there has been a shooting in Melbourne. 6 shots fired and so far one person dead and what do the public do? They all run out and hang around to see what is going on. The shooter has not been caught yet. Would you hear a shooting and run out to look? Or would you stay were you are and lock the door? I know which I would do.

2007-06-17 13:35:52 · 10 answers · asked by Rachel 7

He is currently being force fed due to hunger strike, in Ashworth, Maghull. But although its legal under the MHA to do this, what would you decide?

2007-06-17 12:12:51 · 28 answers · asked by babyshambles 5

The boys' families spent millions on defense and the prosecutor's life is ruined because he meant to make a name for himself. I feel that she should have to answer for this. How do you feel about this?

2007-06-17 12:00:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I found some questions here on murdered tot James Bulger, and did some research for my answer. Look at this charming stuff:

http://www.judascow.com/forum_judascow/viewtopic.php?t=37

I was shocked. What the hell? Why would anyone be this cruel and spiteful to a woman who lost her child to murderers?

2007-06-17 11:06:39 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-17 10:16:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous