| August 2006 Extemp Questions | |||||||||||||||
| Questions for August 15-22, 2006 1. Can Texas Republicans wage a successful write in campaign to keep Tom Delay's district from going Democrat in November? 2. Does Ned Lamont's victory in the Connecticut primary show the power of the liberal internet movement? 3. What steps must the international community take to end the conflict between the Somali transitional government and its Islamist opponents? 4. Is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador being a sore loser? 5. Should the U.S. heed calls from Iraq's Shiite population to partition the country? 6. Will the recent Israeli-Lebanon conflict open the door for a wider Middle East peace? 7. Should the UN sanction Iran if it refuses to comply with its demands to stop enriching uranium? 8. Is Gordon Brown the right replacement for Tony Blair? 9. Does the recent terror plot in London show that airline security is not as stringent as it should be? 10. Is the United States ready for this year's hurricane season? |
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| Questions for August 23-30, 2006 1. Should the US adopt "terror profiling" at the nation's airports? 2. Did Ben Bernanke make the right decision in not raising interest rates? 3. Will the collapse of the Doha trade round negatively effect developing countries? 4. Cuba after Castro: Will communism survive? 5. Are Ukraine's chances of joining NATO by 2008 dead? 6. What reforms must India adopt to continue its fast paced economic growth? 7. Is Hillary Clinton peaking too early among Democratic contenders for 2008? 8. Is Joe Biden a viable vice-presidential candidate? 9. Is Nestor Kirchner a modern-day Juan Peron? 10. Can Jean Marie Le Pen make the runoff round of the 2007 French presidential election? |
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| Questions for August 31st-Sept. 4th, 2006 1. Which Democratic presidential hopeful will benefit most from the new primary calendar unveiled by the DNC? 2. Would a recession be good for the US economy? 3. How can India best combat the Naxalites? 4. Is Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to take control of the LA Unified School District a good idea? 5. Has NATO lost the battle in Afghanistan's southern region? 6. What policy should be adopted to give greater oversight to Congressional earmarks? 7. Will the opposition's unifying around one candidate give Hugo Chavez a credible challenger in this year's elections? 8. Can anything be done to end the latest outbreak of violence in Sri Lanka? 9. Is South Korea making a comprehensive deal over North Korea's nuclear activity more difficult to achieve? 10. Should the US still consider Pakistan an ally in the war on terrorism? |
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| September 2006 Extemp Questions | |||||||||||||||
| Questions for September 5th-Sept. 11th, 2006 1. Is the ICC ruining the Ugandan peace process? 2. Can the world trust Iran with a nuclear weapon? 3. Would Syria really attack a multinational force if it was put on its border with Lebanon? 4. Should the federal government abolish the National Flood Insurance Program? 5. Will Arnold Schwarzenegger terminate Phil Angelides this November? 6. Why has the federal government not taken action to ban tobacco? 7. Are bilateral trade agreements better than multinational trade agreements? 8. Has Alvaro Uribe sacrificed the pursuit of justice in trying to make peace with Colombia's paramilitaries? 9. Why has Italy become the new "sick man" of Europe? 10. Will Turkey's recent actions against Kurdish terrorism tank its EU bid? |
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| Questions for the Week of September 12th-18th, 2006 1. Is California's new emissions policy a good idea? 2. Should Germany be scared of its rising far-right parties? 3. Is Robert Mugabe living on borrowed time? 4. What does the appeal of 130 HIV positive South Africans for asylum in Canada say about Thabo Mbeki's AIDS policy? 5. Are America's airports as safe as they should be? 6. Has Thaksin Shinawatra become a danger to Thailand's democracy? 7. Which are the Democrats more likely to win this November: the House or the Senate? 8. Have Democrats found a way to neutralize Karl Rove? 9. After its coup against Tony Blair, has the British Labour Party conceded the next election to the Tories? 10. Five years after 9/11: Is America winning or losing the war on terror? |
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| Questions for the Week of September 19th-25th, 2006 1. Should Brazil re-elect Lula da Silva? 2. What is the best way for America to handle terror suspects? 3. Where is Osama bin Laden? 4. What role should the U.S. government play in fighting obesity? 5. Will Nigeria undergo a peaceful transition to democracy next year? 6. Will the latest drop in oil prices really help the US economy? 7. If North Korea went nuclear would Japan soon follow? 8. Have Bush's attempts to have John Bolton confirmed failed again? 9. What lessons can the GOP learn from Lincoln Chafee's victory in Rhode Island? 10. Are racial tensions hurting South Africa's political system? |
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| Questions for the Week of Sept. 26th-Oct. 2nd, 2006 1. Why is the GOP narrowing the poll gap with Democrats? 2. Will Gordon Brown win the leadership of the Labor Party unopposed? 3. Has Michelle Bacelet made a fatal political error over Plan B? 4. Why did Sweden vote out its Social Democrats? 5. Are biofuels the way of the future? 6. How close is America to winning the war on cancer? 7. Has Islamic reaction to Pope Benedict XVI's comments about Islam reinforced a negative stereotype about the faith? 8. Is Rudy Giuliani a viable presidential candidate? 9. Does the decline of the housing market signal a recession? 10. Why is Indonesia's poverty rate increasing? |
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