Current Events - September 2007

I know there's no oil over there, but if Americans are as serious about spreading freedom, democracy, and human rights around the world as they claim to be, surely the Burmese people need our help as much or more than the Iraqis? How about if we pull our troops from Iraq and send them to fight for a TRULY noble and legitimate cause in Myanmar? And unlike the Iraqis, the Burmese (and the world) will welcome American troops with open arms and regard them as liberators, not occupiers. Sanctions like those Bush has proposed simply won't be enough. The only way is the military way. The only question is, do Americans have the will to liberate these long suffering people? Or is America's devotion to democracy and human rights just hollow lip service and restricted only to countries with vast oil reserves?

PS: If Bush decides to send troops into Myanmar, I pledge to immediately enlist in the military.

PPS: Long live Aung San Suu Kyi.

2007-09-27 02:17:55 · 12 answers · asked by abdiver12 5

and Europe suddenly turns against the USA-would USA target us and how would you feel then?
Is it not better to rule ourselves or join with the USA?

2007-09-27 02:12:21 · 15 answers · asked by Plato 5

Innocent monks that would never walk on grass to avoid stepping on ants, are getting killed by the military. Here's our dilemma: Should we go in to stop this and be castigated again for invading other countries or should we let the U.N. handle this? (Oh boy, the Monks are really screwed with the latter). And before anyone starts with the obvious response, Burma DOES have oil.

2007-09-27 01:35:21 · 10 answers · asked by Buccaneers 4ever 4

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/39386/
Please don't watch this if you are an animal lover. Basically, a guy goes out to his dogs pen in the morning with his video camera?! and finds a skunk in with the dog.
The dog is trying to get away from the skunk and instead of picking his dog up and taking it inside, he lets the dog and skunk out of the kennel and then starts kicking the skunk as hard as he can. Some people are really sick. It makes me so mad!
What do you think?

2007-09-27 01:22:54 · 39 answers · asked by DizzyBiiaatch 2

Watch this video, and then let us have your honest true opinions about what you think.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2296203136219895848&hl=en-GB

2007-09-27 01:04:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

three young 'men' attack a man in a wheelchair and slash his face and chest trying to mug him

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1 h1/england/manchester/7014359.stm

not much good at links so if someone could post it properly for me please?

2007-09-27 00:32:27 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

You'd think with all the hundreds of posts on here the PJ would have no problems solving the case. I think we should send them a selection of answers.

Do you think they would hire any of our fellow contributors?

2007-09-26 23:53:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is it that the only time the UK and USA involve themselves is when there is Serious Financial Gain for them ?
Gordon Brown and Bush should be ashamed of themselves .
Sky news is giving live coverage of events unfolding that simply should not be allowed in this age [2007]
Lets assist the monks and stop MILLITARY RULE

2007-09-26 23:13:20 · 4 answers · asked by BERNARD W 1

According to McFraudster spokesperson, Kate McFraudster knew instinctivly that her daughter was stolen to order and taken to North Africa. So she apparently has knowledge of how child kidnap gangs work and the routes they use etc. Is this the same Kate McFraudster who said they were only guilty of being naive when Madeleine first went missing as they had no idea that this sort of thing went on. They just can't keep up with their lies and deceit. By the way all your insults etc are water off a duck's back to me. Have a nice day all.

2007-09-26 23:13:03 · 51 answers · asked by trancebabe 4

And wish you could relive it?

2007-09-26 22:52:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

How would you feel if someone took a photo of you and decided that your child was indeed Madeleine McCann, went to the papers, your picture was then plastered all over the news shows and papers forcing you to come forward and prove your child isn't Madeleine.

Or if someone came up to you and 'just grabbed her' in the beleif she was the missing girl? This is what many people suggest we should do if we suspect we see Madeleine.

Imagine being on holiday and eating dinner (as a family, there's a novelty) and people start whispereing and taking pictures on their mobile phone all becuase your child bears a passing resemblence to Madeleine.

How many more lives will be impacted due to the negligence of 2 selfish parents?

2007-09-26 22:40:00 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91210-1285931,00.html

It appears that the payment of 'living expenses' due to a suspect in a childs disappearance being off work caused a lot of arguments yesterday mainly because a link was provided by a certain person. The link is above, it is not conjecture, it is a comment straight from the mouth of one of the fund managers. Hopefully the discussion on whether this is morally right or not, given the current position of the parents, can continue rather than mud slinging at other members of YA

2007-09-26 22:11:58 · 5 answers · asked by snaffle 4

I bought a loaf of bread in belfast,and got arrested for carrying 12 rounds.

2007-09-26 21:54:26 · 24 answers · asked by SAOIRSE 5

She was tracked down by journalists to a remote village in north Morocco and was found to be a young five year old called Bushra Binhisa, the daughter of an olive farmer.
But even THEY has heard of Maddie.

How many more of these sightings are we to see, and when is this whole sorry saga going to come to an end. It seems the only time anyone looks for Maddie is when she is "sighted"
I myself would have been off to Morocco in a flash if I thought it was my daughter, no matter how slim the chances were.

2007-09-26 21:30:50 · 12 answers · asked by elsie1912 4

how so called Antis can put forward media specualtion yet try to fob it of as a fact (ie the McCanns spent the Maddy fund on paying their mortgage)???????

Yet if someone who appears to be a supporter of the McCanns posts a question related to a report in the media, they are abused with the usual ''do you believe everything in the papers..........etc etc ) by most of the people that answer the question
Oh and by the way before anyone starts, when i say McCann supporter I DO NOT mean supporter of child abuse!!!
so you can tick that off your insult list!

All im saying is its one rule for one group of people and another rule for the other group!!

2007-09-26 21:20:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i know it is state's problem but he is the minister of all autralia health and the money the feds take from the states they should give it back for our nurses and doctors not to use it for they pockets
he is an arrogant creature and he should take a hike .

2007-09-26 21:03:51 · 2 answers · asked by monica x 1

After all, he has publicly supported 2 people who are the main suspects in the disappearance and possible murder of their daughter. Two people who have ripped off thousands of people cleverly asking for money to look for their daughter,then making sure with their clever lawyers that they can spend the money on themselves. Two people who are growing more and more unpopular by the hour due to their moneygrabbing and evasive behaviour. People suspect that the McCanns are going to evade charges, even with all the evidence accumulating against them because they have friends in high places and the average Joe public doesn't like it. Well that is my opinion what do you think. Please don't start with the insults, just give me your opinion. There is room on here for everyone.

2007-09-26 20:54:16 · 20 answers · asked by trancebabe 4

Would so many decent,caring people have donated if they had known that the money was going to be used to pay the McCanns mortgage and living expenses. According to Clarence M. 300,000pounds has already been spent, VERY little of it on actually looking for Madeleine. All they have done is market gimmicks which will make them more money, ie the wristbands, t.shirts and now the online shop selling Madeleine memorabilia. They haven't looked for Madeleine at all. The rest of the money is being spent on the mortgage for their 600,000 house and their living expenses. Will this go on indefinately. I don't think people donated the money to pay their living expenses, after all they left their children alone in the first place. Why should anyone pay for their negligence. The fund should be used to FIND Madeleine. Not to bankroll the 2 people suspected of her murder.

2007-09-26 20:44:32 · 24 answers · asked by trancebabe 4

first, they press for yuan devaluation, reduce import export imbalance, then complain about poison in dogfood and toothpaste, bad toys, now computer hacking. does anybody believe there are chinese hackers and no american hackers?
what next, complain about the chinese all jumping at the same time? i'm getting a picture of a big bully boy complaining to the teacher that the small boy is ignoring him.

2007-09-26 20:43:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Seems on the news that Asda are trailling a scheme where they will charge people using these (and disabled) spaces when they have no need.

Now, I see an easy solution. As a parent of a small child I really appreciate getting a wide space which makes it a lot easier to get my son in and out of the car. I don't, however, see the need for them to be right next to the shop door. If they were further back then surely no one would use them when they didn't have to?

I feel the issue is the extra space as you need to open a door wide to load and unload a child. It is also better having space for the trolly/buggy up the side of the car rather than leaving them on the road whilst you juggle with the shopping and a small child! There isn't really a need to have them right at the front door. If there were shopping trollies available near these spcaes then there wouldn't be a problem.

2007-09-26 20:00:07 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

And now I see the torture their own people with electric shock treatment ( Tasers ) just because they disagree with what the authorities ( Police ) say , I saw a film yesterday of a woman being Tasered for 4 minutes and then stuffed int a police car and tasered another 12 times because she would not shut up.

2007-09-26 19:41:22 · 10 answers · asked by ? 6

If the U.S. government put a stop to Blackwater, would the U.S. government need a draft to replace the 180,000 civilians that are doing military work?

2007-09-26 18:17:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have listened to the whole thing that Bill Oreilly said about the black community and I did not like how he was portrayed. I hardly ever agree with Bill but this time I did not see him being a racist person. I think that he deserves an apology. What do you think about what was said.

2007-09-26 17:47:41 · 8 answers · asked by <Carol> 5

The law on "have-a-go heroes" is to be urgently reviewed to give honest members of the public more confidence to step in, Justice Secretary Jack Straw will announce today.

He will tell the Labour Party conference that the current law is not working as well as it should. Officials will be challenged to devise ways of reassuring people who are victims of crime or who witnessed an offence that they can use reasonable force to stop and detain criminals. http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1285946,00.html.

Do you think thisplan will help, and if so, what would be the best way to implement it? Or do you see it as just the same old meaningless chat?

2007-09-26 17:23:40 · 7 answers · asked by Wildamberhoney 6

i need to find some information on how the government changed after the incident of hurricane katrina and how it use to be .. anything about it ... do you know any good web sites that will give me good information or pictures/videos on this topic?????
thanks in advance ....=]

2007-09-26 17:14:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I suggest that people connect across America who mistakenly voted for Bush, and start personally and publically asking Bush to "Stop the Iraq War Now!"

2007-09-26 15:57:24 · 8 answers · asked by zclifton2 6

(I don't think so either)

2007-09-26 15:31:54 · 7 answers · asked by ms vicci pollard 5

like a horse..takes after her mom

2007-09-26 14:08:06 · 12 answers · asked by Billie 5

of that at the very least,and that is a serious crime in any civilised country.Please lets not have the social services backing off because off the media attention/fame of the mccan 2,if it were a black couple in London they would have had the other kids removed by now-whats source for the goose is source for the gander.

2007-09-26 13:53:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why doesn't Israel simply leave the West Bank (all of it), Gaza Strip, Arab East Jerusalem, Syria's Golan Heights and the Lebanese occupied lands (Shebaa Farms), so Peace can finally be achieved???? Why is that so hard to do???

Its clear that this what will make peace but instead, Israeli settlers are busy expanding their settlements in the Golan, West Bank, etc and the US Government is busy blindly supporting the Israeli side.

Israel says they want peace but want to keep the occupied lands. The Arabs say they want peace but want their lands back.

Arabs may be in violation of several UN Resolutions but Israel is in violation of over 70!

Thanks for your answers! :)

2007-09-26 13:45:28 · 20 answers · asked by Zorro 3