http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/achillwind/ en-us Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:18:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412281/posts Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today took shots at those who are not supporting the health care legislation. During a floor speech, he excoriated Senate GOP members for up holding the pending health care bill and accused their supporters of being birthers and fanatics in right-wing militia and Aryan support groups. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412281/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:18:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402906/posts Democrats are debating the tactic of labeling Republicans the “party of no.” Senior strategists in the party argue the label at best has outlived its usefulness, and at worst will do nothing to win new Democratic votes in the 2010 elections. “The Democrats are making an enormous mistake when they say the Republicans are the party of no,” said Paul Begala, the veteran Democratic strategist who worked in President Bill Clinton’s White House. Democrats began describing the GOP as the party of no after every House Republican voted against the $787 billion economic stimulus bill in February. The label has... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402906/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:32:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400233/posts When Vallejo Mayor Osby Davis told the New York Times in a recent interview that gay people don't get to heaven, he broke not one, but two cardinal rules of politics in a single sentence. With a simple phrase, Davis breached the separation between church and state and grabbed the electrified "third-rail" in Bay Area politics with both hands. He told the reporter that gays are "committing sins and those sins will keep them out of heaven." After the Nov. 20 article, the mayor claimed his words were taken out of context. The Times responded by providing an audio link... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400233/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:00:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398708/posts He said: 'I can confirm what has been written in other places: research in some areas of climate science has been and is full of machination, conspiracies and collusion, as any reader can interpret from the CRU files. 'The scientific debate has been in many instances hijacked to advance other agendas.' The researcher added although he does not believe that manmade climate is a hoax, he and other researchers have been ‘bullied and subtly blackmailed’ to fit in the scientific mainstream. 'In this atmosphere, PhD students are often tempted to tweak their data so as to fit the "politically correct... The Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398708/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:48:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397681/posts The Harlem Gospel Choir has backed out of a holiday performance with controversial conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck, the Daily News has learned. The famous choir, which has performed for Nelson Mandela and Pope John Paul II, was set to appear in the simulcast film of Beck's novel "The Christmas Sweater - A Return to Redemption," which opens Thursday in theaters nationwide. The choir canceled the appearance Monday, citing financial reasons. James Rucker, executive director of Color for Change - which has helped persuade more than 80 advertisers to ditch Beck's show - said the group did an about-face after... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397681/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:02:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397610/posts Here is video of Arizona Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio being heckled out of an event on the campus of Arizona State University. Arpaio has been strong on cracking down on illegal immigration, and protesters showed up to drown him out as he tried to answer questions at an event on the ASU campus. The protesters began singing, making it impossible for the Sheriff to be heard. He eventually simply got up and walked out, ending the forum. University officials said the protesters' actions were "very shortsighted." It warms your heart to see that liberal First Amendment tolerance for diversity... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397610/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:07:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393745/posts Websites should be obliged to remove "false rumors" while libel laws should be altered to make it easier to sue for spreading such "rumors," argued Cass Sunstein, Obama's regulatory czar. In his recently released book, "On Rumors," Sunstein specifically cited as a primary example of "absurd" and "hateful" remarks, reports by "right-wing websites" alleging an association between President Obama and Weatherman terrorist Bill Ayers. He also singled out radio talker Sean Hannity for "attacking" Obama regarding the president's "alleged associations." WorldNet Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393745/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:33:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392668/posts <p>FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin promises to limit her enthusiasm during her visit to North Carolina's Fort Bragg.</p> <p>The former Republican vice presidential candidate planned to sign copies of her new memoir at a post store Monday. Army officials say Palin will not make a speech, pose for photos, or personalize notes in the books she signs.</p> The AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392668/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:11:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380071/posts At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration. Political consultants are a staple of cable television talk shows, analyzing current events based on their own experiences working on campaigns or in government. One Democratic strategist said that shortly after an appearance on Fox he got a phone call from a White House official telling him not to be a guest on the... Chicago Tribune (Swamp Politics) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380071/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:03:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378767/posts Members of Seattle University’s Muslim community have been gathering signatures on a petition since Monday to voice their resentment over the university hosting author Nonie Darwish last week. Darwish, a former Muslim who renounced Islam for Christianity and tours the nation speaking out against radical Islam and Sharia law, spoke at Seattle University Thursday. Event organizers maintain they brought Darwish to campus to foster discussion about human rights issues and conflict in the Middle East. “The idea of a university is to exchange ideas,” said Gracie Cohen, a sophomore pre-major who publicized Darwish’s talk. Some students, however—who said Darwish spreads... su-spectator.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378767/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:29:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378710/posts Bryan, TX (LifeNews.com) -- Planned Parenthood is attempting to silence a former abortion center director who quit working for the abortion business after seeing an ultrasound of an abortion procedure. Officials with the group are pushing a request for a restraining order on Abby Johnson and a pro-life group that helped her conversion.Johnson had been the director of the Planned Parenthood center in this southeast Texas city that is home to Texas A&M University.She turned in her resignation on October 6 after years of a local pro-life group helping her see the problem with abortion. After the ultrasound, she decided... LifeNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378710/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378435/posts The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama's administration refused to disclose due to "national security" concerns, has leaked. It's bad. It says: * That ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be impossible to run a service like Flickr or YouTube or Blogger, since hiring enough lawyers to ensure that the mountain of material uploaded every second isn't infringing will exceed any hope of profitability. * That ISPs have to cut off the Internet access of accused copyright infringers or face liability. This means that... boingboing http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378435/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:35:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363237/posts Conservative warrior David Horowitz was scheduled to speak at St. Louis University this month. But he won’t be. University officials canceled his speech because of its title: “Islamo-Fascism Awareness and Civil Rights.” Horowitz commented: “I have spoken at 400 universities. This is the first time my speech has been censored and stopped by an administration. And they are supposed to be the guardians of intellectual discourse.” Cary Nelson, the president of the American Association of University Professors, said that with this cancellation, St. Louis University “joins the small group of campuses that are universities in name only…. The free exchange... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363237/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:16:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360611/posts W.H. aide blasts bloggers: 'Take off their pajamas' By Eric Zimmermann - 10/12/09 10:50 AM ET Liberal bloggers are up in arms over a reported jab from a White House adviser. The uproar began this weekend when NBC's John Harwood, after reporting on a gay rights march in Washington, relayed a dismissive quote from an anonymous administration official. "And for a sign of how seriously the White House does or doesn't take this opposition one adviser told me today those bloggers need to take off their pajamas, get dressed and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360611/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:00:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350895/posts Newcomers to political activism may be surprised to learn that this summer was not the first time the Left had used lies and distortions to smear its opponents as racist. As David Horowitz pointed out Monday, this is the Left's defining modus operandi and has been for a generation: as he writes, "the left’s chief political contribution to American politics is witch-hunts." Another chief contribution would be the myths that undergird those witch-hunts. On the health-care front, we've seen MSNBC talker Ed Schultz lie to transform protest signs into death threats (even though the correct wording was on the... NewsRealBlog.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350895/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:26:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345691/posts There was a time, not so long ago, when the term "Internet Freedom" actually meant what it implied: a cyberspace free from over-zealous legislators and bureaucrats.... Those days are now gone; the presumption of online liberty is giving way to a presumption of regulation. A massive assault on real Internet freedom has been gathering steam for years and has finally come to a head. Ironically, victory for those who carry the banner of "Internet Freedom" would mean nothing less than the death of that freedom.... Here is the reality: Because of the steps being taken in Washington right now, real... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345691/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:59:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340397/posts Per Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340397/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:27:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328574/posts 1. “I don’t want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them just to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. I don’t mind cleaning up after them, but don’t do a lot of talking.” -- President Obama at an August 6 at a rally in Virginia 2. “They’re carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on health care.” -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an August 5 interview 3. “What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328574/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:18:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328578/posts "This used to be America," argued a protester outside a health -care town hall meeting in Reston, Va., after a security officer threatened him with arrest for holding up a sign with a picture critical of Barack Obama. The officer's response? "It ain't no more, OK?" Get the prescription for reclaiming America's heritage of liberty – before the what the officer said is true – Joseph Farah's "Taking America Back," autographed only at the WND SuperStore. A video of the town hall held earlier this week by Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., shows an unnamed protester standing on school grounds carrying... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328578/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:20:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328362/posts In this video at Representative Jim Moran’s (D-VA) town hall meeting on ObamaCare held at South Lakes High School in Reston, VA, many people were left outside when the school filled to capacity. School security officer Wesley Cheeks, Jr. did not like a protester’s anti-ObamaCare poster which used one of the viral "Joker" graphics. Officer Cheeks told some town hall protesters to put away their signs or he’ll "charge them with trespassing or whatever he wants." Then, when a protester said to Officer Cheeks, "This used to be America!" his response was: “It ain’t no more, OK?” Pro-Obama Cop to... Common Sense 2020 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328362/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:59:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324827/posts Inspired by Saul Alinsky, FCC 'Diversity' Chief Calls for ‘Confrontational Movement’ to Give Public Broadcasting Dominant Role in Communications Wednesday, August 26, 2009 By Matt Cover (CNSNews.com) – Mark Lloyd, chief diversity officer of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), called for a “confrontational movement” to combat what he claimed was control of the media by international corporations and to re-establish the regulatory power of government through robust public broadcasting and a more powerful FCC. Lloyd expressed his regulatory call to arms in his 2006 book, “Prologue to a Farce: Communications and Democracy in America” (University of Illinois Press). In the... CNSNEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324827/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:57:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324395/posts A 24-year-old arrested this morning on suspicion of smashing 11 windows at Colorado Democratic Party headquarters tried to conceal his identity while allegedly committing the crime, according to police descriptions. Maurice Schwenkler wore a shirt over his face, a hooded sweat shirt and latex gloves before he and another man fled the scene on bicycles, police said. Schwenkler was apprehended after a short chase. The other suspect remains at large. While Schwenkler does not appear in the state's voter registration database, a person by that name in November 2008 received $500 from a political 527 committee called Colorado Citizens Coalition... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324395/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:15:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321448/posts Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Winnie the Pooh share a dubious honor: Anyone who depicts either of them with a swastika can be punished under the law. The Justice Ministry published the latest — and biggest — update to its list of extremist materials on its web site this week, and many of the 414 new entries are so vague or controversial that analysts say they threaten to discredit the list all together. The list is important because police officers and other law enforcement officials use it in street checks, apartment searches and criminal cases. Among the new entries, extremist... The Moscow Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321448/posts#comment Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:51:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319589/posts Color of Change's Phony "Boycott" Continues to UnravelP&G Denies Pulling Ads; WalMart Pulls Its Ads from ALL Talk Shows; Sargentos Too Following on the heels of yesterday's denial by Best Buy of claims by Color of Change that they pulled their ads from the Glenn Beck program, today 2 more major advertisers denied CoC's take on events. DefendGlenn.com contacted officials at WalMart in Bentonville, including David Tovar, the representative quoted in Color of change's well-hyped press release. They confirmed that WalMart, which was not even a sponsor of Glenn Beck's show on FoxNews Channel to begin with, has pulled its... DefendGlenn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319589/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:05:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319489/posts <p>A Florida teenager could face felony vandalism charges for allegedly gluing posters depicting President Obama as the Joker onto public property, FOXNews.com has learned.</p> <p>Clermont, Fla., Police Capt. Eric Jensen said the state attorney will review evidence to determine whether to charge the unidentified teenager with gluing "dozens" of the posters last week to the city's light poles, public and private buildings, bridge overpasses, road signs and a mailbox.</p> Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319489/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:07:10 GMT