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Don't want to know what the media thinks. Want to know what you think are the Top 10 News Stories of the Year.
Mine are (in no special order):
1. Killing of Osama Bin Laden.
2. US Economy: Still Not So Hot
3. Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdown.
4. Two Scandals: Fast and Furious Scandal and Solyndra Scandal: The Media Barely Notices
5. DC Spendaholics: Raising of the Debt Ceiling To Be Followed 5 Months Later With Another Request by the Obama Administration To Raise The Debt Ceiling.
6. The Rise and Fall of Herman Cain
7. The Economic Unrest of The European Union
8. States Rights vs The Obama Administration: DOJ/lawsuits
9. US Military Involvement In Libya, Somalia and other African Countries: The Media Barely Notices the latter two.
10. The Middle East Rises Up With US Blessings Only To Replace Leaders With Islamofacist Radicals and Religious Cleansing: The Media Barely Notices
Honorable Mentions (2): AARP and The Unions, After Shilling for Obamacare in 2010, Request and Receive, Waivers From It: The Media Barely Notices; The Decline of US Journalism (unreported, of course).
1. bin Laden killed
2. Japan earthquake/tsunami
3. Europe/US economies falter
4. Turnover of world leaders - Egypt, Libya, North Korea, Arab Spring
5. Royal wedding William & Catherine
6. Gabby Giffords shot
7. Iran nuke buildup
8. Penn St., coming out of homosexual child abuses
9. Occupiers
10. End of US military in Iraq
Don't want to know what the media thinks. Want to know what you think are the Top 10 News Stories of the Year.
Mine are (in no special order):
1. Killing of Osama Bin Laden.
2. US Economy: Still Not So Hot
3. Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdown. 4. Two Scandals: Fast and Furious Scandal and Solyndra Scandal: The Media Barely Notices
Let's see your Top 10 picks.
A top news story that the media barely notices? I spot a contradiction.
Left out DADT overturned, so honorable gays & lesbians can now serve and defend our country.
Marriage rate falls to a record low, yet gays are being fought in equal rights in marriage due to protection of sanctity of marriage, yet Kim Kardashian- 72 day marriage preserves it.
Last edited by SunnyKayak; 12-29-2011 at 01:58 PM..
1. The Arab Spring
2. Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdown
3. The impending collapse of the Euro
4. US Economy still in the toilet
5. Fast and Furious Scandal
6. Penn State child abuse cover up
7. Norway shootings
8. Solyndra Scandal
9. Federal spending continues to spiral out of control with no solution in sight
10. NFL lockout
1. bin Laden killed
2. Japan earthquake/tsunami
3. Europe/US economies falter
4. Turnover of world leaders - Egypt, Libya, North Korea, Arab Spring
5. Royal wedding William & Catherine
6. Gabby Giffords shot
7. Iran nuke buildup
8. Penn St., coming out of homosexual child abuses
9. Occupiers
10. End of US military in Iraq
I would argue that your #1 and #10 were non events in 2011. OBL has been irrelevant for quite some time. His death changed nothing. And we have been withdrawing from Iraq for quite some time. The exit of the last few soldiers was just a conclusion that started a long time ago.
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