http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/activists/ en-us Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:02:49 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386093/posts When Rupert Dickinson, the chief executive of one of Britain's biggest property firms, left his BlackBerry behind in London while on a business trip to Ireland, he simply ordered one of his staff to get on a plane and deliver the device to him. For Dickinson's then head of sustainability, Tim Nicholson, the errand was much more than an executive indulgence: it embodied the contempt with which his boss treated his deep philosophical beliefs about climate change. In a significant decision today , a judge found Nicholson's views on the environment were so deeply held that they were entitled to... UK Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386093/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:02:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2384333/posts It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination law in its own backyard. On Tuesday night, after a series of clandestine meetings between local gay-rights backers and Mormons in Salt Lake City, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it would support proposed city laws that would prohibit discrimination against gays in housing and employment. The ordinances passed and history was made: It marked the first time the Salt Lake City-based church had supported gay-rights legislation. hostednews/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2384333/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:48:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381547/posts Okay, we are all disgusted, dispirited, angry, and not sure of what to do next. Evidently, the Tyrants in the democrat party do not care if we have Tea Party's, they mock us. They don't care if they lose some elections, they mock us. They persecute our leaders and they mock us. How can we hit back? Tea Party's are good, but they have been relatively inaffective. We are ignored or mocked. Let's consider hitting these bastards where it will really count, let's call for a national strike by the people! Not a union strike, this is an American people... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381547/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:49:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365293/posts NEW YORK (CNN) -- Immigrant rights activists are calling on U.S. retailers to stop selling two controversial "Illegal Alien" costumes that have surfaced for Halloween, saying the outfits are a broadside attack on illegal immigrants. The "Illegal Alien Adult Costume," manufactured by Forum novelties, includes an orange jumpsuit, similar to prison garb, with "Illegal Alien" stamped in black across the chest; a space alien mask; and a fake Green Card. The "Illegal Alien Mask with Hat" also includes a space alien mask, this time with a dark handlebar mustache and a baseball cap cnn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365293/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:40:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360813/posts Activists yell during a protest in Washington, DC. Thousands of gay rights activists marched on Washington to call for homosexual rights, a day after President Barack Obama vowed to repeal a ban on gays serving openly in the US military. Doug Armstrong, 35, of Washington, left, blows bubbles at Arundhati Baden-Mayer Eidinger, 5, as she walks with her mother Alexis Baden-Mayer Eidinger, of Washington, center, during the National Equality March with thousands of gay rights advocates in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Actress Cynthia Nixon speaks at the National Equality March in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360813/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:18:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2315416/posts You may work with a Nessman. You may have Nessmans in your family. Your neighbors might be Nessmans. You may even be married to a Nessman. I’m talking about Les Nessman, a character in the best sitcom ever, “WKRP in Cincinnati.” Nessman was the “news director” for the down and out radio station, directing a staff of one, himself. WKRP wasn’t much into news. That didn’t prevent Les Nessman from poking his nose into everyone’s business, though his nose for news didn’t reach much past his WKRP office. Actually, Les didn’t have an office, but he placed a piece of... The Spirit of '76 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2315416/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:47:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307990/posts BERN, Switzerland – Drug maker Novartis AG said Tuesday that animal rights activists have stolen the ashes of its CEO's mother and set fire to his Austrian hunting lodge. Swiss authorities, however, said they didn't know who was behind the attacks. In the latest incident, CEO Daniel Vasella's Tyrollean lodge in Bach, Austria, was badly burned early Monday morning. "It was arson with a professional fire accelerator," Novartis spokeswoman Isabel Guerra said in Basel. AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307990/posts#comment Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:53:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306109/posts About 100 Iranian activists and political moderates went on trial Saturday to face charges related to massive protests following the controversial presidential election. The semi-official Fars news agency published images of defendants sitting in a packed Tehran courtroom, some handcuffed in pairs. The IRNA news agency says the detainees are accused of conspiring against the ruling system, among other charges. Reports say some leading political figures on trial have retracted their claims that the June vote was rigged - the main rallying point of opposition demonstrators. Payvand News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306109/posts#comment Sat, 1 Aug 2009 20:13:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271831/posts Activists seek unity, new definition of Black PowerBy Ashahed M. Muhammad Assistant Editor Updated Jun 1, 2009 - 11:29:08 PM MARIETTA, Ga. - At a May 22-24 gathering, the South became the nexus of Black liberation and political thought at the 2009 National Black Power Conference, which was headquartered at the Roberts Crowne Plaza, a Black-owned hotel just outside Atlanta's city limits. Organizational representatives from across the United States and those concerned with the future of the Black nation participated in the meeting. The conference was co-convened by longtime scholar Dr. Leonard Jeffries and Atty. Malik Zulu Shabazz, of the... Final Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271831/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:21:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238070/posts Marine Confesses He Witnessed Torture My fellow veterans please forgive me. But I must purge my soul. I only ask that you reserve judgment until you read all of if. I only want peace for all and a world free of torture. What I saw in the military was much worse than water boarding. The prisoners were taken to a 12 foot deep pool. Feet weighted they were forced into the pool. Those who hesitated, were moved onto a plank high above the pool and forced off. They were to stay in this deep water for over an hour feet... Written by a Marine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238070/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:20:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226530/posts TORONTO, April 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A two month-old child at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, described in the media as "dying," has defied doctor's predictions and continued to live after the removal of a respirator. The respirator was removed in the expectation that the child would stop breathing, and that her heart could then be harvested for transplant. Her parents have expressed their disappointment that another child who is being cared for at the hospital will now not receive their daughter's heart. ~Snip~ Kaylee Wallace was born with a condition called Joubert Syndrome, which causes a malformation of the... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226530/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:01:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207647/posts This past Wednesday evening, March 11, renowned conservative author and columnist Don Feder came to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, sponsored by the UMass Republican Club, to give a speech on "Hate Crimes -- Fighting Bias With Fascism" - the myth of hate crimes and the liberals who propagate the laws targeting them. It promised to be an illuminating event. But the college homosexual activists decided that he shouldn't be allowed to speak. They boldly announced that they intended to disrupt the event, and campus police responded requiring the UMass Republican Club to pay $600.00 to hire 5 policemen to... MassResistance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207647/posts#comment Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:23:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198129/posts "The warmists set off on their march just as it began snowing again. Unfortunately, from that point on I could not record any interviews about the imminent inferno of global warming because my pen froze." Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198129/posts#comment Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:40:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2192816/posts These little Che Guevaras and Obamas finally ran everyone's patience at NYU to an end. highlights are: spouting the usual mob-rule collectivist nonsense about "democratic process," threatening the administration, shouts of "police brutality," and, my personal favorite, trying to tell the security and police staffs what they can and cannot do..It's classic collectivist nonsense. If I came away with anything from this video, it's that I do not want my kids to go to NYU. What a bunch of snotty little Ches. Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2192816/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:41:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149079/posts In the past two years, community organizations across the United States mobilized like never before to help Latinos become citizens, register to vote and go to the polls. Now, many of these organizations plan to use that structure to advance the interests of Latinos on issues such as the economy, education and immigration. “The work has just begun,” said David Valladolid, who headed regional efforts to establish Viva Obama clubs and form a coalition with San Diego County's African-American population. The National Association of Latino Elected Officials worked with Spanish-language media and community groups in a get-out-the-vote effort, and it... San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149079/posts#comment Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:42:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2133548/posts There is a funny piece in the L.A. Times today discussing Obama’s possible picks for the Supreme Court. It is not ha-ha funny, it is funny because it shows how far-left liberals distinguish themselves from one another; sort of like a zebra saying another zebra has a slightly wider stripe. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2133548/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:01:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126769/posts WASHINGTON — A powerful new lobbying force is coming to town: Barack Obama's triumphant army of 3.1 million Internet-linked donors and volunteers. In a mass e-mail thanking them, written moments before his Grant Park victory speech, Obama put them on notice. "We have a lot to do to get our country back on track, and I'll be in touch soon about what comes next," he wrote. Many are eager. "I'm going to be sitting at the phone, asking, 'What do you want me to do next? I'm ready,' " said volunteer Courtney Hood, 37, a mother of three from Owings,... McClatchy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126769/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 06:28:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082351/posts If Barack Obama loses this election to John McCain – something which, for the first time, I regard as a real possibility – history will point to August 29 as the pivotal moment. That was when Mr McCain announced that Sarah Palin would be his running-mate, and when livid Democrats and their friends in the media voiced their feelings about her and much of the electorate, and gravely harmed their candidate’s prospects. For Mr McCain to win the election against the odds that faced him pre-Palin – with the economy in the tank and the incumbent Republican president setting records... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082351/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:54:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069867/posts When William Bolthouse, a California philanthropist, donated $100,000 in March to support a proposition to ban gay marriage in California, calls and emails poured in -- not to Mr. Bolthouse, but to the corporate offices of a company that bears his name -- even though he sold it three years earlier. "It wasn't us, it's not our fault," says Jeffrey Dunn, now the chief executive of Bolthouse Farms, whose juice bottles are sold at upscale markets such as Whole Foods. Bolthouse Farms is the latest target in what has become an increasingly bitter political fight in California. As gay-rights activists... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069867/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:50:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059713/posts At the University of Chicago no man looms larger than Milton Friedman, the Nobel laureate who led the “Chicago school” of economics and who died in 2006. When the university announced plans for a $200m economics institute in May, it seemed fitting that the centre should be named after him. But a small war broke out. On June 6th more than 100 faculty members wrote to the university’s president to protest against the institute. Armed with academia’s common weapons, indignation and verbosity, they said they were all “disturbed by the ideological and disciplinary preference implied by the university’s massive support... The Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059713/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:03:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054652/posts You might have thought the demented Americans with Disabilities Act — a bonanza for lawyers that requires any public facility to be designed with handicappers in mind or be sued out of existence — would be the last word in otherly-abled totalitarianism. Not so. Visitability is a concept that makes the ADA downright libertarian by comparison. The initial objective of Visitability proponents is to impose on every home a zero-step entrance, interior doors at least 32" wide, and at least one wheelchair-accessible bathroom on the ground floor. Once they've managed to have this mandated, we'll see where they go from... Moonbattery http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054652/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 02:07:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049600/posts WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's plan to build up U.S. forces in Afghanistan while keeping perhaps 50,000 troops in Iraq has triggered a deep rift among antiwar activists, a reminder of the difficult tasking facing the presumptive Democratic nominee as he tries to broaden his appeal. The Illinois senator wrapped up three days of tours and talks in the war-ravaged nations Tuesday, stressing in a news conference that the "situation in Afghanistan is perilous and urgent" and that "we should not wait any longer" to provide additional troops. In Iraq , Obama won a tacit Iraqi endorsement of a plan to... McClatchy on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049600/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:02:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028331/posts Peace activists want equal access to Los Angeles high schools to counter military recruiters they describe as "car salesmen" bent on meeting quotas. The Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools says it's vital for students to have unvarnished information about military service. The coalition promotes nonviolent alternatives to military service. Group coordinator Arele Inouye says recruiters "have a quota and it's their job to get students to sign up. So just like a car salesman, they're going to say everything they can to get students to sign up." The group's access proposal could be considered by the school board next... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028331/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:49:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022872/posts Defenders of Marriage as a lifelong union between one man and one woman faced another challenge in the growing activist led effort to compel Legal recognition of equivalent status for homosexual partnerships and married couples. On Wednesday, May 28th, California’s Chief of Vital Statistics issued guidelines to the 58 County Clerks’, effective June 17, 2008, requiring that they issue marriage licenses to homosexual partners. In addition, she issued new language which removes any reference to the applicants being a man or a woman, assigning instead the new identification of “Party A’ and “Party B” to the applicants. ...There is a... Catholic online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022872/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 11:03:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016874/posts The California Supreme Court today trashed society's traditional institution of marriage, opening it up for same-sex duos because retaining the historic definition "cannot properly be viewed as a compelling state interest." In a 4-3 decision replete with concurring and dissenting opinions filed by individual members of the court, the majority opinion determined state laws specifying marriage as being between a man and a woman were unconstitutional.... "It is certainly disappointing that the court, in declaring a right to same-sex marriage in the California Constitution, has shown an outrageous lack of respect for a majority of California voters and ignored a... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016874/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 14:44:07 GMT