Current Events - October 2007

The Sunday Times food critic, A. A. Gill, stopped in Penrith and said "the locals, in stark counterpoint to their surroundings, are the ugliest people in the nation. That's despite fierce competition from the Scottish Borders." (Taken from his article in the Sunday Times Style magazine of 30 September.)

Whilst I normally enjoy Mr Gill's wit and ascerbic use of the English language, I have to protest. I am married to a Cumbrian - a man with film-star good looks. My mother in law is a handsome woman. How dare Mr Gill suggest that Cumbrian's are the ugliest people in the nation!

So, let's put it to the vote. Who do you think are the ugliest people in the nation? 10 points for the most entertaining and plausible answer (but if you say Cumbria I will give you a thumbs-down!).

2007-10-08 05:45:07 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

im doing an english report on something that happened this year. it was like three black guys sitting under a tree and only white people were allowed to sit under that tree so some white guys started beating them up and they got in a big fight and the black guys went to jail. thanks for your help!

2007-10-08 05:02:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

A person in china is jailed and tortured for days now all because he had the courage to get a petition signed by 10000 people. The petition was for the olympics to be held in china and how people are being thrown out of their homes because the government needs land to make new sports venues. My question is how can we sit back and watch the games knowing what had to happen to make these games possible. I have gone on olympics.com and have yet to see anything that addresses this situation. Give me some suggestions on what we could do or just leave your name as an answer to show you care and hopefully we can get our voices heard.
To read the full story, go to yahoo.com and click on world news.

2007-10-08 04:46:14 · 5 answers · asked by Akshay 2

I see all this stuff about saving Darfur and the typical rigamarole of going through the UN and other Byzantine bureaucracies and it feels like a repeat of Bosnia or Rwanda to me. As in too little, too late!
Wouldn't it make more sense to train and arm the villagers of Darfur to defend themselves? I mean the Janjaweed militia is a bunch of yahoos on horses, for heaven's sake!
Horse Cavalry has been obsolete since WWI although it still was sparingly used in WWII. But 2007? Send them metal for making caltrops, a tripod with a metal spike sticking up. This was a classic way of detering cavalry. That and some machine guns and RPG's and a few stingers should do a lot to get the Sudanese Government's head out of its rectal cavity!!
What do you think? Am I right or out to lunch on this?

2007-10-08 04:30:07 · 4 answers · asked by A. S 3

2007-10-08 04:28:37 · 3 answers · asked by Tell It Like it is 2

or have they found him and not telling us?

2007-10-08 03:38:22 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I find it amusing that liberals are jumping on Craig when they have supported Barney Frank and other openly gay congressional members for years. As for the denial issue, Clinton is still in denial over monica and Hillary has also been in denial but she is now the leading candidate. Talk about double standards this Craig thing is a prime example.

2007-10-08 03:26:39 · 9 answers · asked by old codger 5

Seriously, whatever happened to being "innocent until proven guilty" ?

Do we really have the right to accuse the McCann's of killing their daughter, when we supposedly live in a modern democracy that believes in the presumption of innocence?

2007-10-08 03:08:18 · 6 answers · asked by Antonia 2

Is this the start to the end of this conflict??

2007-10-08 01:37:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or is it just the Welsh?

2007-10-07 23:27:52 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

This includes knowledge of UFO's (crashed or otherwise!), direct contact, or any other undisclosed possibilities. I intend to average out any response percentages to get a feel for public perception, and any comments as to how you come to your figure are welcome.

2007-10-07 22:36:17 · 5 answers · asked by netruden 2

2007-10-07 22:10:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Gerry McCann seems to have given up work permanently. Not suprising when you think that they now have access to a million pounds plus fund. Within hours of Madeleines disappearance the McCanns had set up the "find Madeleine" fund with web page asking for donations and "fund raising" events, Gerry also managed to write his blog each day on the "Bring Maddy Home" webpage. I find it strange therefore that no webpage has been set up for the Ltd Company, detailing what is being done with the money. Surely a million pound company should have it's own web page. Thousands of decent people donated that million pounds in good faith, in response to that I think it is only correct that a web page is set up so people can see where the money they kindly donated is going. They have set up web pages for everything apart from the fund. Little weed posted an interesting link yesterday. Have a read of this and see what you think. Then answer me this question. "Should the Fund be frozen NOW".

http://forums.mirror.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=19864&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

2007-10-07 21:49:37 · 21 answers · asked by trancebabe 4

one of the pillars in the famous tunnel where she was fatally injured? and why hasn't one been installed to this day?

2007-10-07 21:18:54 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-07 19:53:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have to turn off the TV after 5 minutes of news or I freak out.

2. It's not that I don't care. It's called "I'm sick of it".

2007-10-07 18:54:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who are some people (of fame) shunned by today's society? Can be any famous persons, celebrities, etc.

2007-10-07 17:34:03 · 10 answers · asked by hello. 1

Is this a good idea?

2007-10-07 17:24:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are Palestinians so evil. Why do they want to fire rocket at Israeli civilians?

2007-10-07 17:17:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I heard part of a news report lastnight and it said that the land was still shifting. Has anyone else heard anything about it?

2007-10-07 17:07:45 · 1 answers · asked by Evelyn 1

I am confused.

2007-10-07 16:56:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-07 16:54:42 · 8 answers · asked by steve h 2

just curious; this whole thing is shroaed in mystery, and i'm just wondering why a raid on nuclear material would not make a huge and noticiable splash, one big enough that perhaps surrounding areas can see. probably a dumb question, but please humor me.

and please save any anti-semitic, anti-Zionist, or anti-Israel comments for other discussions. i just want an objective answer to a clear question.

2007-10-07 16:01:45 · 8 answers · asked by jd e 1

Our soldiers are diying again far from home, and for what ? do we really know what are we fighting for ? do we really know who is our enemy ? who is getting more richer with this war ?

2007-10-07 15:32:01 · 7 answers · asked by edwinjoel22 4

Tonight my pastor said that he doesn't understand how people can say they support the troops but not the war.

I, personally, think the US military, and each of its members, deserves the highest respect and love we, as a nation, can give.

I also think the war should end, so I don't understand why he would think those are mutually exclusive feelings: what do you think?

2007-10-07 15:27:24 · 15 answers · asked by Cinnibuns 5

2007-10-07 14:43:19 · 10 answers · asked by BAM 7

2007-10-07 14:09:00 · 14 answers · asked by popwell56 3

2007-10-07 13:08:21 · 2 answers · asked by Capitalkid 1

THINK ABOUT IT AND TELL ME!!!!

2007-10-07 12:27:08 · 16 answers · asked by BrendonLover 1

Israel fights Palestinian civilians. Its not an army verses and army. They come into the people's homes while they are having dinner or whatever and just take the men to military camps!!! Why do they do that? Its not like the Palestinians are fighting with guns and bombs and stuff anyhow. Most only fight with rocks. Do u believe that? Israel has guns, bombs, war helicopters. But Palestine fights mostly with rocks!!!! There are some that have guns but barely. So why doesn't anyone help the Palestinians?
Why is it ok that the jews come in to the Palestinians home land and decide,"hey we wanna take over" and they do? Israel has only been a country for like 60 years. Thats cause they faught the Muslims with some help from a European country not sure which one though. Then they take over. Yet they are still fighting and killing Palestinian civilians. How dumb is that?

2007-10-07 08:46:06 · 7 answers · asked by Palistine 4 ever 1