Wildfires are burning out of control in Australia, especially S. E. Victoria. There was a two week draught, and the dryness contributed to some of the fires, others are thought to have been intentionally set. There have been one-hundred and thirty people so far, who have died as a result of the fires. Some eight-hundred homes have been burned so far. The northern part of Australia is suffering from flooding. Marysville, Australia has been completely destroyed by the wildfires, except for a school building. There has been an anncouncement that a high-level juduciary inquiry will be held to investigate the wildfire origins.

Over one-hundred and thirty fishermen went ice fishing and were caught on a drifting ice flog, when it broke off, in Lake Erie. The Coast guard and other rescue crews, were able to rescue all but one of the fishermen, who fell into the icy water, had a heart attack and perished. The sheriff in the area was very upset that the men went out, and were caught in such a dangerous incident. One of the fishermen said that a boat of some kind had come through and caused the ice flog to break away. Reportedly, the temperature had gotten warmer that day and may have contributed to the breaking off of the ice flog as well. It was an eight mile long ice flog.

The decision to bring troops home from Iraq has been delayed by the Pentagon, as the President reviews three options presented to him. Those options involve removing the troops in sixteeen months, eighteen months or twenty-three months.
Afghanistan, according to reports is getting worse on a daily basis, and more troops have been requested, a figure of fifteen thousand has been spoken about, but no decision has been made as to when the troops would be sent there.

President Obama took a trip to Indiana, for a town hall meeting to encourage supporters to push for passage of the stimulus package, as it is urgently needed to create and save jobs among other things. He is also scheduled to travel to Florida for another town hall meeting. Only three Republicans, so far, Senators Specter, Snowe and Collins are supporting the bill. There will reportedly be a test vote today at 5:30 p.m., in the Senate to see where things stand, and then the final vote will be taken tomorrow.

England has possibly discovered a sunken ship, the HMS Victory, which may contain tons of gold. If it is this ship, the contents would belong to the country of England, according to reports.

Space X, has reportedly beat out Boeing for a contract worth over a million dollars, to deliver supplies to the Space Station.

The grandmother of the octuplets has spoken out, reportedly saying that she doesn't know why her daughter had the eight children, she already had six. She thought it was unconscionable, that her daughter would do this, and since they all live with her and her husband, her home has been left a wreck.

Nissan will be cutting twenty thousand jobs in the future, based on expected losses in revenue.

Hot News! A gentleman has decided to draft a porn star named "Stormy" to challenge Senator David Vitter, he of D. C. Madam fame, for his seat in the Senate. Stormy is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana native, and at first didn't take to the idea, but now she states she will travel the state of Louisiana on a listening tour, talking about the economy and other issues, to see how she is received in essence and if it will be feasible for her to follow through. In speaking, she sounded credible and quick, unlike another fresh on the scene candidate of late. Mr. Vitter is a Rhodes Scholar, I believe, and it is reported that he does have a two million dollar war chest, he will not be a pushover. Someone said to Stormy, you are going to attract large crowds, she shot back "I always have". Should be interesting, if Stormy decides to go all the way, no pun intended.

Alex Rodriquez, famed basball player, is being pillared by newspapers, after Sports Illustrated reported that he had been one of one-hundred and four baseball players who had tested positive for steroids in 2003. A-Rod, as he is called had denied ever using such enhancements, it should be noted that there were no penalties at the time he tested positive, but be that as it may, newspapers sell with headlines of heros falling from some sort of grace. The bigger problem is the young people who look up to A-Rod. Note; Mr. Rodriquez today admittted that he did use the drugs, and said that he was stupid to have done so.

Moody's reports that U. S. home prices may reach bottom by the
end of 2009, after dropping 34% so far.

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