Something that has been bothering me, is this topic is Current News and
Events..."What's going on in the WORLD..." to me, that means outside
one's window.

Is it possible to perhaps look outside our own backyards and look at
other events, topics going on in the world???

It just appears there is a spiralling inwards of information, relative
only to the US..

What's going on outside your window??

well lee

yer just surrounded by yanks

We have a government intent on taking over influence of the whole world.
Either by force or persuasion,,your choice....

Like GW said,
you are either with us, or you are an enemy...

Well the majority of the members on this site are from the US


If it were an Austrailian forum you would see the same I would think.

Would be nice to see a larger international audience.

I bet we she turns on Australian news, its the same
All about us..............
$5 bucks says she confirms this.......

just to be honest with you "jess" in my world i pay attention only to
possiblities of potential military conflicts. in regards to living a
"normal" lifes with views from around the world and actions and so forth
i really am quiet ignorant unless those views are hostile.

we(I) never really pay that much attention to the good stuff or
positives going on, and we (I) dont really take the time to concern
ourselves with anything that we dont have an intrest in or an
association with or will have a direct input on our own family structure
(little corner of our own worlds).

sorry wish i werent more egocentrical,

hows the aussie doing anyway?



doc

Fanta...I don't watch television...we have three of them..and none of
them are connected to mainstream TV...


You just lost the bet...

I don't watch news on TV..I don't watch tv...

and no from my observations,the New's programmes are in three formats,
local, federal and WORLD news...

damn,,,,,

We' will have to send a note to GW,,
Pick up the pressure in Australia..........

i'd love to hear more from around the world, down under, europe, russia,
all of the other places... i dont know why we dont want to know more,
after all it is our diversity as a nation that did make the US the most
very blessed on the planet. it only stands to reason that diversity in
views or knowledge of whats going on in the world, not just opinions of
US but the mood of the pklanet, where is it all heading towards, what
new and fascinating ideas are abound.



doc

Okay folks ! Where are we ! The friggin internet! BBC and other news
groups are right here ! Wake up ! If you want new ideas , non USA news
start looking ! Just realise where you are getting your news . Other
countries are like owers and worse ! The internet is world wide people !
Use it !

i think what shes getting at is perspective, we've lost our objectivity.

Poisone wrote..

Okay folks ! Where are we ! The friggin internet! BBC and other news
groups are right here ! Wake up ! If you want new ideas , non USA news
start looking ! Just realise where you are getting your news . Other
countries are like owers and worse ! The internet is world wide people !
Use it

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So are you saying poison quit yah *****ing...?

I wouldn't like to misinterpret what you wrote in your post...

and for the record...this site is going international..

I sit here as an observer, and find it fascinating that I am getting
slammed and critised for asking a question..

and I have another..is no-one interested in looking outside your own
back yard?

Do you all want to keep it just one band, one tune, don't look any
further than the end of the sheet music you are all playing on?

Curiosity, and interest is what I have...so I ask...didn't know it was
such a volitile thing to have..

Jess, you are absolutely right. One of the fabulous thing about this
site, was that there were folks here from many walks of life and that
includes outside this country.

So give us a challenge, what's happening that concerns you out your
window. Let's see how many of us can do our own reseach and strike up a
discussion about those concerns.

We might just find out a lot more about ourselves than we thought we
would.

Something which is affecting my country and I would like to share
information regarding it later..is Drought.

Water shortages..globally..taken from www.solcom.com/drought


While much of the weather that we experience is brief and short-lived,
drought is a more gradual phenomenon, slowly taking hold of an area and
tightening its grip with time. In severe cases, drought can last for
many years, and can have devastating effects on agriculture and water
supplies.

According to United Nations estimates, one third of the world's
population lives in areas with water shortages and 1.1 billion people
lack access to safe drinking water. Climate change has also provoked
more frequent and intense droughts in sub-tropical areas of Asia and
Africa, exacerbating shortages in some of the world's poorest countries.

While the world's population tripled in the 20th century, the use of
renewable water resources has grown six-fold. Within the next fifty
years, the world population will increase by another 40 to 50 %. This
population growth - coupled with industrialization and urbanization -
will result in an increasing demand for water and will have serious
consequences on the environment.

Projected Water Scarcity in 2025

By 2025, 1.8 billion people will live in countries or regions with
absolute water scarcity. Most countries in the Middle East and North
Africa can be classified as having absolute water scarcity today. By
2025, these countries will be joined by Pakistan, South Africa, and
large parts of India and China. This means that they will not have
sufficient water resources to maintain their current level of per capita
food production from irrigated agriculture—even at high levels of
irrigation efficiency—and also to meet reasonable water needs for
domestic, industrial, and environmental purposes. To sustain their
needs, water will have to be transferred out of agriculture into other
sectors, making these countries or regions increasingly dependent on
imported food.

Many African countries, with a population of nearly 200 million people,
are facing serious water shortages. By the year 2025, it is estimated
that nearly 230 million Africans will be facing water scarcity, and 460
million will live in water-stressed countries

I think we should invade........

J/K jess, what about the croc hunter?
we care and it made our conversations for months.....

God bless the Croc hunter....

Drought is a big problem in the world, we study it everyday, In Mexico
City it is a huge problem,

Do you mean Steve Irwin?

Funny he should be mentioned..I was having a conversation only this
morning to one of your countrymen about Steve..

The Russians have been draining the Aral Sea for decades, it has went
from 26,300 sq mi to 13,000sq mi since 1960

yea, I liked him
funny guy