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| Extemp Questions for the Week of August 1st-August 7th, 2007 1. Will the Ted Stevens investigation further damage the Republican Party? 2. What will be the impact of the recent Turkish election? 3. Should Shinzo Abe resign after the recent upper house elections in Japan? 4. Will Libya's release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor produce better ties with the European Union? 5. Will Michael Bloomberg run for president? 6. What is the current state of U.S. intelligence? 7. Can private prisons effective decrease recidivism rates? 8. Has the "surge" worked in Iraq? 9. Who is to blame for Britain's flooding problems? 10. After poor fundraising early on, is Fred Thompson's presidential campaign turning into a pipedream? |
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| Extemp Questions for the Week of August 8th-August 14th, 2007 1. Who is to blame for the Minnesota bridge collapse? 2. Should the federal government let cities handle immigration policy? 3. Will Elizabeth Edwards recent comments about the shortcomings of her husband's campaign damage his standing among Democratic primary voters? 4. Is China wise to threaten to collapse the U.S. dollar if the U.S. tries to force it to revalue the yuan? 5. What impact will the recent foot and mouth outbreak have on the British economy? 6. Will the newly approved UN peacekeeping force for Darfur stop the violence there? 7. Will Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of the Wall Street Journal damage the Journal's journalistic standing? 8. Should Congress be more aggressive on steroids in professional sports? 9. What should Israel learn from recent evacuations in the West Bank? 10. Is increased US-Mexican cooperation needed to fight drug lords along the border? |
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| Extemp Questions for the Week of August 15th-August 21st, 2007 1. Does the recent Iowa straw poll signify that Mitt Romney is the GOP frontrunner? 2. Will Abdullah Gul be the next Turkish president? 3. What effect will the departure of Karl Rove have on the Bush White House? 4. Why is Zapatero's government remaining strong? 5. Will the 123 agreement eventually be passed? 6. Will Benyamin Netanyahu be the next prime minister of Israel? 7. Has South Africa done enough to confront its apartheid past? 8. Is a tightening of credit good for the world economy? 9. Should Alberto Gonzalez resign? 10. Will presidential candidates spouses play a bigger role in the 2008 presidential election than in 2004? |
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| Extemp Questions for the Week of August 22nd-August 28th, 2007 1. What is the best plan to facilitate a U.S. withdrawl from Iraq? 2. Are concerns about Arabic-themed public schools justified? 3. Can Mike Huckabee become a serious contender for the GOP nomination? 4. Is South Africa in the process of reversing the gains its country has recently made against AIDS? 5. What will be the political fallout of Peru's recent earthquake? 6. What should the world do about increasing anxiety about Chinese trade goods? 7. Should the Children's Health Insurance Program be expanded? 8. Is Sarkozy improving US-French relations? 9. Should the Federal Reserve lower interest rates next month? 10. What should be learned about mine safety in light of the Utah mine disaster? |
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| Extemp Questions for the Week of August 29th-September 4th, 2007 1. What effect will the resignation of Alberto Gonzalez have on the Bush administration? 2. Should the international community allow Zimbabwe's economy to collapse? 3. Will recent protests in Burma lead to political change? 4. How big of a role will the economy play in the 2008 elections? 5. Should the U.S. back Musharaff's big for re-election in Pakistan? 6. What will be the political fallout of the recent Greek fires? 7. What do record levels of opium production in Afghanistan say about the situation there? 8. Will the Netherlands new plan to combat extremist views succeed? 9. Should the government bail out struggling homeowners? 10. Will the Democrats lose Florida in 2008 if they follow through in stripping Florida of its primary delegates due to their holding of a pre-February 5th primary? |
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| Extemp Questions for the Week of September 5th-11th, 2007 1. Is the U.S. doing enough to prevent cyber terrorism? 2. Will the arrests of prominent politicians clean up Bangladesh's political system? 3. Can the GOP win the Senate in 2008? 4. Has the U.S. greatly reduced the North Korea nuclear threat? 5. Should Lebanon expel Palestinian refugees living there? 6. Can the U.S. work with Raul Castro? 7. Should the federal government greatly reduce aid to New Orleans? 8. Has Great Britain gone too far on stem cell research? 9. Would it be wise if the U.S. attacked Iran? 10. Why is the death penalty losing support? |
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| Extemp Questions for the Week of September 12th-18th, 2007 1. Should Mexican trucks be allowed onto U.S. highways? 2. Will Myanmar's new constitution be approved next year? 3. Could Russia form a new OPEC with its Central Asian neighbors? 4. What effect will the deportation of Nawaz Sharif have on Musharaff? 5. Is Bill Richardson's presidential campaign gaining ground? 6. Should the UN end the Korean war? 7. Why has the U.S. not found Osama bin Laden six years after 9/11? 8. Should Romney fear Thompson? 9. Is a new space race on the horizon? 10. Should U.S. schools be privatized? |
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| Extemp Questions for the Week of September 19th-25th, 2007 1. Did Britain react too late to the Northern Rock bank crisis? 2. Is the euro becoming more popular than the dollar? 3. Should teachers be allowed to arm themselves in schools? 4. What will be the impact of Shinzo Abe's resignation in Japan? 5. Should the U.S. withdraw its support from Egypt? 6. Is Russia's hold on the Caucuses declining? 7. Will Michael Mukasey be confirmed as the next U.S. attorney general? 8. Could the world live with a nuclear Iran? 9. Should the British be leaving Basra? 10. Should a universal health care plan cover illegal immigrants? |
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| Extemp Questions for the Week of September 26th-October 2nd, 2007 1. Would a Bush veto over the expansion of SCHIP hurt the Republican Party in the 2008 elections? 2. Should "abstinence-plus" education be used to stop AIDS? 3. Is No Child Left Behind working? 4. Will the UAW strike against General Motors succeed? 5. Should Gordon Brown call for a snap election? 6. Can Ehud Olmert's government last for a full four year term? 7. Will the falling value of the dollar help or hinder the U.S. economy? 8. Should the U.S. extradite Lozada to Bolivia? 9. Can Burma's monks bring democratic change to the country? 10. Should the federal government pull funds from "sanctuary cities"? |
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