Free Republic

Last night, Breitbart.com released a video of President Barack Obama fully embracing radical Marxist Harvard Professor Derrick Bell. Now, predictably, the mainstream media is circling the wagons around the president and trying to distract away from the real issue: Barack Obama is a radical and his political philosophy was built by people like Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright and Derrick Bell. The Vetting: CNN Implodes Over Obama/Bell VideoNotice how CNN host Soledad O'Brian tries to cut off Amy Holmes, who happens to be black, when she defends the production of the video and the vetting of President Obama. "This is an...

A police officer shot and killed a large dog on Wednesday evening after Kalispell Chief of Police Roger Nasset says the animal "charged one of the officers...bearing its teeth and growling. The officer, out of fear for his safety, shot the dog as it came within 10 feet from him." The incident began just after 6 p.m. when officers were called to the 600 block of First Avenue West for a report of two vicious dogs that had just attacked an adult male. Nasset says in a news release that three officers responded and found the dogs at St. Matthews....

An intriguing analysis of Planned Parenthood’s business model was recently published by a UK-based magazine. Planned Parenthood’s years of operating history provided the basis for a thorough statistical analysis, providing useful clarity in this highly politicized time. The analysis concludes that: A 99% positive correlation between Planned Parenthood’s government support and its abortions;This 99% statistic contradicts often-heard suggestions of there being no connection between public funding and abortions, and suggests that future Obamacare support of Planned Parenthood will only lead to more abortions;For every $1MM of taxpayer money, Planned Parenthood consistently delivers 949 abortions;An 81-87% positive correlation between Planned Parenthood’s...

THE FRAUD AND DECEPTION CONTINUES!... Unfortunately, the Judge ruled in favor of the State and effectively dismissed the Complaint. Personally, I believe that this could be the result of the immense poisoning of vexatious and incompetent litigation that has plagued the Hawaiian court system, as this case should have been very easily won--if nothing but the law were considered. What other motivation could a state have for denying someone a photocopy of his deceased sister's original birth certificate? Developing . . .

One would believe that from recent action this week particularly in the precious metals sector that “Dear Me, The Sky Is Falling!”. In reality, very little has changed in the specter that is haunting the global economy. There is an old French saying, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” Observe that the Germans are ambivalent about bearing more gifts to the Greeks. Portugal, Italy, Spain are still in fiscal trouble. The vaunted employment figures omit the millions of our citizens who are living on unemployment benefits. What about the millions of bread winners over 50 years...

Rush Limbaugh has rejected an advertiser’s apparent attempt to reunite with his show after the company initially dropped its ads from the program following his remarks about contraception advocate Sandra Fluke. The company, Sleep Train, calls itself “the No. 1 Bedding Specialist on the West Coast, and most recognized mattress retailer in the region.” In an email to Sleep Train President Dale Carlsen (obtained by The Blaze), a representative of the show says that Limbaugh personally considered the company’s request, but denied it considering its public comments following the controversy. “Thank you for your requests last week and this week...

The good news is that the cost of employer-sponsored health insurance is growing at a stable rate. The bad news is that the rate still exceeds inflation and worker wage increases, according to a survey from benefits consultant Towers Watson and the National Business Group on Health. The annual cost of health coverage will rise nearly 6 percent to an average of $11,664 per employee in 2012,

A new poll has been released Thursday showing how Alabamians may vote in next week's GOP Primary. The Capital Survey Research Center did a survey of 592 likely voters in Alabama from march 5-7, 2012. Among the results, 29.9% of voters would pick Mitt Romney, 24.7% of voters pick Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum gets 20.1%, and Ron Paul has 5.6% of those polled, with 19.8% of those polled don't know or had no reply.

Could an ingredient found in the dye that provides cola with its traditional brown shade cause cancer? A controversial report released by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says yes. According to CBS News, the consumer interest group, CSPI, published a report, which linked Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Pepsi, and Diet Pepsi, as well as some other brown-hued sodas to a cancer-causing chemical. The chemical, 4-methylimidazole, more commonly referred to as 4-MI or 4-MEI, has been proven to cause cancer in lab rats and mice. The CSPI has petitioned the FDA to enforce a labeling system that would...

A U.S. House hearing today focused on a bill that would help stop a pervasive practice by abortion businesses and pro-abortion activists of taking minor girls for secret abortions in other states without their parents’ knowing. Lawmakers have introduced the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act that would help states across the country better enforce their parental involvement laws on abortion that require teen girls to get their parents permission or notify them about a decision to have an abortion. The legislation is needed as sexual abusers, family members and even staff at abortion centers routinely take teenage girls across state...

Liberal talk show host Bill Maher this week defended conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh from critics he suggested were promoting a “fatwa,” or ideological judgment, by attempting to intimidate him off the air. "Chris Matthews got it right talking about me today: of course what #RushLimbaugh said was vile but I don't like fatwas! Ur beating a dead pig — Bill Maher (@billmaher) March 8, 2012" and. . . "Hate to defend #RushLimbaugh but he apologized, liberals looking bad not accepting. Also hate intimidation by sponsor pullout — Bill Maher (@billmaher) March 7, 2012"

I’m posting the 1991 Obama Hannity exclusive in this post because I feel like Malkin’s fierce defense of vetting Obama and not just shrugging our shoulders goes hand in hand with this exclusive. First, the main Hannity segment via Mediaite:They do a great job of explaining why this is important, especially the fact that Ogletree hid the video in 2008. As Hannity says it is one more brick in the foundation of exposing Obama’s radical connections. Below, Michelle Malkin and Juan Williams go on Hannity to discuss the video. Juan plays it down saying he thought there’d be more and...

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Florence police say a 9-year-old girl stabbed her grandmother after they argued about whether she could watch television. Investigators said the girl stabbed her 64-year-old grandmother in the back with a kitchen knife as she read the newspaper around 2 a.m. Thursday. The woman called paramedics, while the girl called her mother. Authorities say the grandmother was treated and released from the hospital, while the Department of Social Services placed the child in the custody of another relative. The girl will be charged in Family Court. Her name was not released because of her age.

How people feel about illegal immigration is often conveyed by the word they choose to refer to people who cross the border illegally. To some, they are undocumented workers. Others call them illegal immigrants. Some call them by more pejorative terms, such as "illegals" or "illegal aliens." Beyond policy disagreements, the semantics of immigration --and specifically the word used in describing the millions of foreigners who have overstayed their visas or have entered the country illegally-- has become one of the most sensitive and inflammatory aspects of the immigration debate. Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/03/08/almost-half-latinos-feel-term-illegal-immigrant-is-offensive/?test=latestnews#ixzz1oZPP7H1n

A bill filed Thursday morning in Annapolis would replace the flat $24 boat registration fee paid every two years with fees ranging from $50 to $700, depending on the size of the boat. Under the plan, the registration for a boat under 16 feet would rise to $50 every two years by 2016. Registering a boat from 16 feet to 32 feet — the most popular size in Maryland — would cost $125. Vessels 32 feet to 45 feet would cost $250. Vessels 45 feet to 65 feet would cost $500. The registration fee for the approximately 52 yachts over...

The Constitution.What does it mean to you? To me, it stands as the shield against tyranny. Where the Declaration announced the intention to engage in a truly free and open society, the Constitution extended just enough power to a federal government to protect that free and open society. The framers of the Constitution understood the need for a common, centralized, government entity to provide for those things the state and local governments and individuals could not provide for themselves. Things such as a defense against other nations hostile to us, an overreaching or tyrannical state imposing it's will and infringing...

Hudson, Fla. -- A woman needing help finding the bathroom is now facing numerous charges. Her first mistake: calling 911 for her restroom emergency. The Pasco Sheriff's Office says 32-year-old Marcia Usher placed the 911 call Wednesday night, saying she was lost in the woods and didn't know where she should urinate.

I think I’m becoming Rush Limbaugh. For more than a year, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, for more than three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Mr. Limbaugh ... I’m sorry, wrong apology. It’s been one of those mornings, the kind of morning when Rush Limbaugh denounces you on the air and calls your writing “b-i-itchy” and your pieces “snarky, lying, full-of-holes.” As ways to start the day, I prefer coffee. In fact, I prefer...

The untimely death of my friend Andrew Breitbart last week got me thinking about what an extraordinary contribution he had made to our country and to the cause of freedom in his forty-three years. Reflecting on Andrew’s visionary, colorful and usually combative leadership conjured up a favorable comparison to another patriot from an no-less-critical time in our nation’s history: Samuel Adams. I sought the counsel of J. Michael Waller, a scholar and professor on the art of political influence who prominently features Sam Adams in his courses at the Institute of World Politics as one of the earliest and most...

I recently became editor-at-large of Andrew Breitbart's empire, but I first met Andrew when he was still the unnamed other half of Matt Drudge's monster website. The year was 2001. I'd just entered college at UCLA, and after seeing the anti-Israel bias of the student newspaper, The Daily Bruin, I had become their token conservative columnist. My specialty was throwing bombs. The reaction to my pieces was absolutely unanimous: The liberals on campus hated them. One day, I opened my email to find a missive from some guy named Andrew. No last name attached. It said that he worked with...