Current Events - August 2007

How would our country (USA) be different??? better? worse? different??

2007-08-02 18:45:38 · 8 answers · asked by pure1simply 2

what i mean is,this whole country is falling apart at the seams and no one seems to see it,we are all walking around with our eyes wide shut,this goverment has giving nothing to help rebuild new orleans,that town that was blown away,give our troops good equipment,and know we find out that our road ways are falling apart,and like all things,our goverment had been wornded and still used the money for their own uses,so my question is ......america what are you going to do about the shape of america?,

2007-08-02 18:06:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

A toddler who had been taken into care died after being found floating in her foster parents' swimming pool.

Anna Hider, 17 months, was discovered unconscious in the water by the couple at their home in Hampshire on Sunday evening.

She was taken to the Queen Alexandra Hospital in nearby Portsmouth, but was pronounced dead an hour later.

Last night, Anna's devastated parents blamed the decision to take their daughter into care for her death.

It is believed the foster family were entertaining guests at a party at the house when the tragedy unfolded. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=471778&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

2007-08-02 17:38:25 · 27 answers · asked by Boris of London 2

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3441342&page=1

Under no circumstances would I spank you little Johnny no matter what you did...isn't that INVITING trouble?

2007-08-02 17:26:34 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was curious whether it was a hand held camera that was coincidently shooting the bridge at the time or whether it was a surveillance camera.

2007-08-02 17:16:12 · 7 answers · asked by Nikita (Australian) 4

Take the cost of one tank: 4.3 million dollars. So what would a new bridge over the Mississippi in Mineappolis/St. Paul cost? Divide by 4.3 million and that's how many tanks to build it.
Would it have been wise to spend less on tanks and more on bridges HUH?

2007-08-02 16:57:15 · 6 answers · asked by Thom Thumb 6

That is what some Democrats are saying, so I was just wondering why he did it.

2007-08-02 15:23:56 · 12 answers · asked by Mike 6

It was on tape, The man had been giving money to this CREEP every day How do we punish this CREEP ?Serious answers only

2007-08-02 14:43:51 · 15 answers · asked by Grand pa 7

earliar, i signed up to be a volunteer "attacker" for the local ymc's self defense class. i was debating on weather or not to wear a cup but then i realized that these are just little women so theres really no damage they could do to my family jewels. Now if it were men then i'd wear all the protection in the world. but girls HAH their kinda weak.

2007-08-02 13:44:49 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

the terrorist that was burnt in the glasgow bombings is dead

at last nhs money can be spent on someone who deserves it, and the nurses and doctors can go back to treating worthwhile cases
bring on all the thumbs down you want....but ihope he was in agony till the end.....anyone agree

2007-08-02 12:22:10 · 22 answers · asked by elsie1912 4

Obama is dripping his inexperience all over this week. First, he said he would sit down and talk with dictators and supporters of terrorism, and was roundly chastised by all the internet left.
Then, after saying he'll talk to our enemies, he's saying he will bomb one of our few Islamic allies, Pakistan. Regardless of the policital upheaval such an act would create, he says he will commit an act of war against a nuclear power. That's simply shocking. While Bush and both Clintons have said they wouldn't rule it out, it's vastly different to say that it would be official US policy under a Obama presidency.
Then, he unilaterally takes the nuclear option off the table, regardless of the situation. No president since 1945 has used nuclear weapons, and part of the reason is that they had that big stick behind them. It prevented war many times with the Soviet Union, and is a strong deterrent against any attack on the US. Saying he would not use nukes, no matter what, is foolish.

2007-08-02 12:16:05 · 6 answers · asked by A Plague on your houses 5

2007-08-02 12:12:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do we pay more in taxes, elect more responsible officials, re-direct funding from other programs? Since the bridge collapse in Minneapolis last night, has that brought the situation to everyones attention?

2007-08-02 11:47:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

'Sky' asked a question about if Bush saying that he would rebuild the Minnesota bridge was an inside joke and I clicked on it and it said 'You cannot view this question at this time.'

Why is telling me this?

2007-08-02 11:42:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Rep. James Oberstar, the Minnesota Democrat who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, blamed President George W. Bush's administration for shortchanging road and bridge repair in a highway funding bill two years ago.

Bush, he said, "failed to support a robust investment in surface transportation," adding the president insisted on only $2 billion a year for bridge reconstruction when lawmakers were pushing for $3 billion a year.

2007-08-02 11:35:20 · 14 answers · asked by trer 3

i started crying when i saw cars crushed on the news about the collapse of the bridge. i was also very distraught when that student Mahalia Xiong went missing and her car was found in the water on the 26th of July. i just wanted to know if anyone else is deeply affected by these tragedies.

2007-08-02 11:27:27 · 11 answers · asked by super87freak 4

The greed of US corporations matched by the failure of the government to check for safety violations on imports have threatened us through the food chain and now the toys we import have too much lead in the paint. It is time for US corporations to crack down on foreign imports. If those toys had been made in the us our children would not have been exposed to lead contamination. Congress continues to waste time attacking Bush instead of doing it's job and protecting the people.

2007-08-02 11:24:30 · 5 answers · asked by hardnose 5

Anybody else going? How many of you are afraid that the Pres is going to turn the military against their own people? PosiComatatus? I probably misspelled that. Basically everyone should be informed that the Pres had the PosiComatatus reversed . Meaning that the powers that be can have you shot by your own military.Look up Kent Univ.Protest. Anyone know how to properly spell this or care to elaborate that would be great. I'm only a poor little beggar girl. Just trying to raise the question, bring it out in the open beyond the smiling faces of the sold out media conglomerates and the crap they feed us mushrooms. Let's talk about this. I want some answers. Why is Bush still in office and Cheney? Why do we not have Universal Healthcare, like in France? ETC?

2007-08-02 11:12:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-02 11:04:31 · 6 answers · asked by $Sun King$ 7

are "structurally impaired." Does that scare the hell out of anybody?

2007-08-02 10:26:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just think when a tragedy is this bizzare, you have to think outside the box for a cause.

I think you have to think about terrorisim. I'm not labeling every tragedy terrorism, but i would start by looking at the signs.

Noah Kunin : Why the hell is he on the news saying he "lives closer to the bridge than anyone in MN, he's blogging and reporting on all stations a perfected story...not judging him, could be a hero, could be distracting.

Number two, the maintance workers weren't working on the actual structure of the bridge, just the pavement. however we need to find out if they were usuing large equipment, factor the heat, and the traffic etc.

But still, a bridge of 40 years doesn't fall like that, at least like a pancake...

Twin cities....twin towers (probably a big stretch/coincidence)

However, what scares me is the fact that most attacks or attempted ones in our country have inside workers (la guradia..security guys affiliated with al q)

could maintance worker

2007-08-02 10:14:23 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Police are investigating the sighting of girl who bore a "striking resemblance" to missing Madeleine McCann at a restaurant in Belgium.

Officers stressed they were taking this latest lead "very seriously".

A woman reported seeing a child she believed to be the missing four-year-old with a young couple on the cafe terrace in the town of Tongeren, near Maastricht, on Wednesday. "

But check out the photofit of the suspect. My God, who looks like that!!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=472663&in_page_id=1811

2007-08-02 10:00:40 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

My fair lady wants to know.

2007-08-02 09:36:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I heard someone say it, on Yahoo Answers.

2007-08-02 09:34:10 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i herd on yahoo answers that they think someone did this, caused the bridge to fall...has anyone herd of this?

2007-08-02 09:23:48 · 16 answers · asked by lovely 3

omg what a nightmare! does anyone know anything else about this tragedy? it is so sad, there are still ppl missing in the case.

2007-08-02 09:01:51 · 20 answers · asked by xo chanellle&coco xo 2

We all have different interests so what sort of news really has an impact on you? Mine tends to be anything child related or cruelty to animals.

2007-08-02 08:41:19 · 18 answers · asked by scorpionbabe32 6

2007-08-02 08:18:55 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

* Born in Hawaii
* Dad is a black Muslim from Kenya
* Mom is a white athiest from Kansas
* Obama attended a muslim school in Indonesia
* Obama attended a muslim Wahabi school in Jakarta
* Obama also attended a Catholic school
* Obama now a member of the United Church of Christ

2007-08-02 08:17:17 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

All suggestions are welcome.

2007-08-02 08:02:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous