Current Events - August 2007

Hilary has just called for the Iraqi parliment to expel Maliki as parliment, and in the same breath says that the US must withdraw it's military forces. Seems just a couple weeks ago that the State Department asked candidates to refrain from making political points while confronting and possibly offending our allies. Yet, here is Hilary doing that very thing. Is she trying to destabilize Iraq, just when the surge is gaining some success? Is she afraid that success in Iraq will force her to pull a McGovern in 2008? Sounds reprehensible to me.

2007-08-22 15:48:01 · 2 answers · asked by A Plague on your houses 5

Didn't he go AWOL? I don't remember him fighting in Vietnam?

2007-08-22 14:06:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 13:17:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

jim g and his wife Avie? I had some real old ding dongs with those two back in the day, when I was known by another name before I took time away .... I see he's still here imparting his flimsy wisdom but where's his wife.
And nmore, where did she go? I used to battle with her as well. God she was gross
Where's the old people I used to know?

2007-08-22 11:56:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you remember where you were when you heard the news of Diana's death ?

I wasn't a particular fan but did run around saying bldy hell bldy hell because one instinctively knew something big had happened. My partner & friend just spent some time wondering what The Sun's headline would be : Dodi & Di Die etc, There was a big thunderstorm happening and the drains needed clearing of leaves ...... What's your story ?

2007-08-22 11:43:54 · 11 answers · asked by Dame Washalot 2

Here's the story...

The 21-year-old New York man said Tuesday he had no choice but to sell the ball — several people told him he would be taxed on the souvenir just for holding on to it.

"It wasn't hard. It was simple math. I'm upset by the decision I had to make," Murphy said. "I wanted to keep it. I'm young. I don't have the bank account. ... It would have cost me a lot more to keep it."

I never knew that you could be taxed on an item that became a part of hisotry, due to who made contact with that object. Do they tax antiques stores as well? Or museums for what and who they hold? Is this a law? Is this common practice?

2007-08-22 10:57:32 · 8 answers · asked by JV 1

I hate making these type of generalisations but its as if Iraq war is the fault of innocent Iraqis or Afghanistan failure is Pakistan and Iran's fault, global warming is India's faults, trade deficit and economy is China's fault, lack of control of central asia is russia's fault, everything is someones fault. its quite annoying, I mean I am Pakistani is our fault that their president is incompetent who supports our military dictators

2007-08-22 10:42:29 · 47 answers · asked by Hypocrite 2

As reading through the Yahoo! news i found an article that has been catching my eye lately.
Title:
"Man arrested for stealing broadband"

Link to article:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20070822/tuk-man-arrested-for-stealing-broadband-dba1618_1.html

To me using someones broadband connection when it has entered my house is acceptable. The goverment should create something that can limit a signal reach for wireless connections if they dont want this to happen. I know radio waves are pretty much everywhere today but come on they should have something by now to limit it all.

People should read instruction carefully and put a password on their wireless connection. Either way its the persons fault for not password protecting their connetion so its distributed over a relative scale.

There have been a few cases like this been showing up... they aren't stepping onto anybodys properties but accessing it from a public place.

So what does everyone think on things like this??

2007-08-22 10:12:15 · 19 answers · asked by Christos 2

Whether or not you the People have noticed, the government has become increasingly more involved in the domestic and day to day aspects of individual American lives. They control whether or not one can curse, wear a seat belt, spit, own a firearm, and now a baseball. I think the issue isnt simply that they are taxing the ball....it is the idea that they are taxing such an exorbitant amount of tax for it. People wake up....the government wants two hundred thousand dollars for a BALL. Look at your paychecks and you will see a very similar scenario....the amount of taxes is astronomical. Bottom line is this: the private invasion into your personal lives and the assault on your personal finances can only come to a halt when You stand up and decide that this is enough. The Jewish people's plight, if you will read your history, started very similar to this, in many aspects. We have become fascist America, and the Dictator is Greed. Time to do something about it.

2007-08-22 06:51:58 · 4 answers · asked by irs_sux.gov 1

2007-08-22 06:46:45 · 23 answers · asked by The_Rockstar 1

2007-08-22 05:18:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Am getting fed up with this.
Right i am off out with the wife to eat and drink,we will check the kids, every 30 min well now the times seem to conflict,now the kids gone so who was resposible,it seems gerry and katie are not,one law for us another for them.WELL sleep tight.

2007-08-22 05:01:19 · 8 answers · asked by SAOIRSE 5

"We did not do any exercise today but plan to run tomorrow morning- especially as I am off to bed for an early night! "

Well Gerry glad you can sleep at nights, because I am sure I would need sleeping pills at this stage of the game.

2007-08-22 04:42:44 · 28 answers · asked by Roisen C 2

"The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are calling for a change in international policing laws to ensure all crimes against children are treated the same way throughout Europe."

"The demand, to be made tomorrow, will underline any inadequacies in the Portuguese investigation into Madeleine's disappearance."

"Research published tomorrow, conducted for the Find Madeleine Campaign, will show widespread support among MPs and MEPs for a cross-European policing policy."

Well hang on, who conducted this research?? the Find Madeleine Campaign, oh well no vested interest there, so it must be an accurate survey. Let me guess, every person they asked said it was a good idea?

Can anyone explain to me what moral authority the McCanns have to lecture anyone in the EU about missing children?

And check out the gem from David Payne in the piece as well. Of course youre being dragged into the story, because youre the friggen main players. Idiot.

2007-08-22 04:19:51 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can not believe that there are still people out there that think that fire caused the collapse of the twin towers and that a plane actually hit the pentagon. Israel and the US government set-up the 9/11 attacks in order to scare the people and obscure there sense of judgment in order to win them into supporting these horrible wars that bush is starting all for oil and because Israel has a pathological fear of all its Arab neighboors.
Question:
How come the American people do not uprise and over-throw the bush government and prosecute bush and put him in jail for the rest of his life for what he did on 9-11. He is a MASS MURDERER along with Ariel Sharon. Are the American People that stupid??

2007-08-22 03:31:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok this is my disclaimer . . .
this is a 'lighthearted post' with the intention of rasing a few smiles - please don't take me seriously! best answer will be for witty responses!

Following on from my last post I'm still having my hip hop revival & the above track (fat joe, my lifestyle) set me thinkin bout all my haters (6 of them!)

You've all slagged me off royally and I feel you think you could do it better so how bout it?
I'm offering you my job (senior case worker in a youth offending team) my course (masters in social work) which I do alongside each other as its a sponsorship . . .

how about less hate more action? I'm bored of writing up this work so who wants it?
(btw - I just walked to the loo and realised I had a hip-hop bounce and attracted the attention of a group of 'street looking' undergrads, I'm mortified but PMSL!!!!!!)

2007-08-22 03:23:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Go to

http://store.bringmadeleinehome.com/

Then look at the bottom of the page.

Copyright 2006 Find Madeleine???

They sure planned this out well in advance ;)

Fraudient slip perhaps?

2007-08-22 02:33:35 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was watching the news this morning and had the impression that the announcers were ecstatic when they announced that 14 U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq. Is it because it makes Bush look bad? Do you get the same impression about the mainstream media?

2007-08-22 02:25:45 · 5 answers · asked by Tom S 7

2007-08-22 01:30:53 · 3 answers · asked by justmebackagain 2

This week some of the ladies on here have been up for a right bashing (me included). None of it justified but hey ho each to their own. BUT why has it only been the ladies?
Why have I not seen posts/avatars to the tune of dave s is a **** or jack h is a **** or shambo is a **** I am not saying anyone is anything but its hardly fair to attack those that haven't posted shite and by that shambo, I am referring to you - you even attacked someone on a nice 'Un McCann' related post of mine which I thought was rude.

Now I'm not saying you should attack them cos I don't think there is a need for that (dave and jack whilst a bit 'out there' for some people have never struck me as being rude to anyone) but it just struck me as very odd that the women alone got all the shite . . .

any comments anyone? men? what's going on here?

2007-08-22 01:03:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

look at this,,about one three and a half miniuts, into the interview, your thoughts please

2007-08-22 00:21:59 · 6 answers · asked by justmebackagain 2

2007-08-22 00:21:46 · 8 answers · asked by da_game_plays_us 2

The hypocrisy of the Micheal Vick case shows how the American justice system is a total joke. We know Dog fighting is now illegal but what about Rabbit, Cochroach or Fish fighting Illegal? Yes, I'm being very sarcastic!

2007-08-21 23:41:10 · 4 answers · asked by djfunkygrrl 3

I responded to a question from a BNP supporter and half an hour later I received a nasty bitter racist reply, slandering not only me but my family. The user then disabled their e-mail so I had no right of reply.
I have no proof but I have seen how things are done on here, so I think it was Dolly K personally. I can't support my theory, I have no idea why I think it was her, but I don't like some of her posts so I feel justified in telling you all it was her. My friends will come on and support my findings of course and then there will follow a nasty hate campaign and accusations of multiple ID's and clones.
I've been here three weeks, and that's what I've learned on here. No proof required, just a nasty bunch who select a member to batter, nothing to substantiate their claims, no proof, no links, nothing.. Mob mentality follows as they shroek with laughter at their handowork
I did receive a racist e-mail, it's anyone's guess who sent it, but that's what i think

2007-08-21 23:40:18 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

In what all ways does it benefit India? Why is the Left party so against it? Why is it being called Anti-Muslim?
Serious answers please...

2007-08-21 23:28:50 · 11 answers · asked by Sunflower 5

I'm having this weird feeling that everytime I go to the Mall I feel like I'm being spied on....?

2007-08-21 22:22:56 · 8 answers · asked by grace. 3

I have another question (Sam J, perhaps you can add this to your calculations of how many questions have been asked)

What exactly is the fund for? I know that it's in a PLC so we will prob never find out but does anyone have any ideas? or even know what they originally intended it to be used for?

You don't need 1million for a private investigator, it isn't being used as reward money because J.K Rowling is offering that, as far as I know people don't pay the police for help, they claim they are not using it to pay for accomodation or any personal use...so how is the fund actually helping to find their daughter in any way? or is it just sitting in the bank collecting a nice chunk of interest?

2007-08-21 22:12:42 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

a cup of water to save the planet?

How patronising.

She has just been on BBC news. Just another 'celeb' quite happy to fly all over the world ('I'll be ofsetting dahlink') and tell us iti s our responsibility to save the planet.

So, I'll stumble about in the dark with the heating on low and forfiet my holidays so you can carry on in your Chealsea Wagon to the airport?

2007-08-21 21:05:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

had three good bites(violation notices)yesterday from the aptly named cyber bully, the latest identity of our troll
whilst i am an ardent supporter of freedom of speech some of the abuse this sick individual has been dishing out to the likes of J-lo, barbie and miss p is sickening,and Yahoo should hang it's corporate head in shame at its innefectivness in stopping this
there is a school of thought that if you ignore people like this they will get bored and go away, what actually happens is that their current victim goes away, and the bully moves on to their next target
clearly, my statments made to this person yesterday have had an effect, and they have been hurt by my percivied truths.

please note that i have no intention of being drawn into a copycat game of blocking their answers, posting violations etc, and my site is fully acsessable to all, i have no fear of bullys

2007-08-21 20:34:11 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

We read that Portugese Police have now told the McCanns "its not the right time to leave" and that "they are not suspects". But as we have already seen with Robert Morat, in Portugese law being a 'suspect' is a half way legal position prior to being charged, rather than in British Law where half the nation could be suspects until a charge is brought. Is it the right time for the McCanns to leave Portugal ?

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/21/nmaddy221.xml

2007-08-21 19:44:59 · 12 answers · asked by 17pdr 4