http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/adiosmofo/ en-us Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:42:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351835/posts John Evander Couey, convicted child rapist and murderer has died, depriving Florida and the family of Jessica Lunsford of seeing Couey's death sentence carried out. Mark Lunsford, the victim's father once said of Couey, that he wouldn't mind if Couey died at the hands of another inmate, saying “I would be buying a lot of cigarettes for someone.” Looks like Mr. Lunsford won't have to buy those cigarettes after all. Couey died of cancer today in prison. Nuke Gingrich http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351835/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:42:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346077/posts September 22, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A man Chicago police call a burglary suspect has died after being shot by a homeowner during an apparent break-in. The attempted burglary and shooting happened late Monday morning in the 7100-block of South Coles in the city's South Shore neighborhood. Investigators say 45-year-old Maurice Smith, of Chicago, and another unknown suspect were attempting to burglarize a home when the homeowner opened fire and shot Smith. The other suspect ran away and remains at large. abclocal.go.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346077/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:34:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162941/posts WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Al Qaeda’s operations chief in Pakistan and a top aide have been killed, Pakistani officials confirmed on Friday. Operations chief Osama Al-Kini was thought responsible for attacks including the bombing of Marriott hotel in Islamabad and an unsuccessful attempt to kill former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Al-Kini and his lieutenant Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, both Kenyans, were killed in a missile strike in South Waziristan on January 1. Security officials in Islamabad said Al-Kini’s killing would relieve the security apparatus of a ‘big worry’. agencies Daily Times [Pakistan] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162941/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:23:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162690/posts Down to single digits in his days left in office, President George W. Bush is warning the Republican Party not to become "anti-immigrant" as it regroups from defeat and retools its leadership. "It's very important for our party not to narrow its focus, not to become so inward looking that we drive people away from a philosophy that is compassionate and decent," the departing president said in an interview broadcast Sunday, nine days before his term ends. "My call for our party is to be open-minded." sfgate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162690/posts#comment Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:10:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150168/posts An intended rape victim shot and killed her attacker this morning in Cape Girardeau when he broke into her home to rape her a second time, police said. The 57-year-old woman shot Ronnie W. Preyer, 47, a registered sex offender, in the chest with a shotgun when he broke through her locked basement door. Click Here! The woman told police he was the same man who raped her several days earlier. Officials do not intend to seek charges against her. In the first incident, the woman heard glass breaking in her basement about midnight on Saturday. She went to leave... ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150168/posts#comment Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:22:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141044/posts Attorneys make closing arguments in Gear trial By Joe Johnson | joe.johnson@onlineathens.com | Story updated at 4:20 pm on 12/1/2008 WATKINSVILLE — Attorneys made final arguments this morning in the case of a Bogart man who authorities say shot a motorcyclist in the back last winter. When Oconee County jurors return from lunch, Superior Court Chief Judge Lawton Stephens will instruct them on the law before they begin deliberating. Jurors must decide whether Richard Harold “Ricky” Gear is guilty of malice murder, felony murder and other charges in the Feb. 25 shooting death of Bryan Joseph “B.J.” Mough. Gears says... Athens Banner Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141044/posts#comment Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:03:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105271/posts LUCASVILLE, Ohio -- Ohio has executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer who argued he was too fat to die humanely by lethal injection. Richard Cooey died at 10:28 a.m. Tuesday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. There were no immediate reports of problems finding suitable veins to deliver the deadly chemicals. His attorneys had argued that his weight problem could make it difficult for prison staff to access a vein. A prisons spokeswoman said earlier that Cooey received a pre-execution exam and was cleared. Cooey was the first inmate executed in Ohio in more than a year, and... NewsNet5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105271/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:04:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097225/posts OJ Simpson jury to announce decision tonight in Las Vegas at 10pm Pacific. KFI in Los Angeles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097225/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 04:47:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079418/posts Well placed but unnamed sources close to anonymous high-ranking members of the Democratic campaign speaking confidentally have revealed a new line of attack against Governor Sarah Palin (R), John McCain's vice-presidential running mate. "It's true that our polling data shows we are really taking a bitch-slapping right now, and we're looking to staunch the hemorrhaging. Anything that puts us on the attack and gets the enemy's panties in a wad is seen a a giant plus. "For the first time in history the American people have the opportunity to elect to the vice-presidency someone who is menstruating. And if there... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079418/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:02:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079268/posts It just keeps getting better. According the head of the South Caolina Democrates, Gov. Palin's main qualification for being VP is that "she hasn't had an abortion" By Nov. 4th, will the "ONE" get even one single vote from a female? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079268/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:27:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078631/posts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama should do two things about GOP vice presidential pick Sarah Palin. The first is repeat: "I´m running against John McCain and I´m running for president not Vice President." He should keep repeating that as many times as it takes to get him to back off the distracting, pointless, and self-absorbing amount of time he´s spent knocking her. The strength of his appeal and campaign has always been that he´s taken the political and ethical high ground. He´s stuck to talking about the issues of tax cuts, the Iraq War, the economic meltdown, health care, the... The American Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078631/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:43:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066499/posts DALLAS — Illegal immigrants are returning home to Mexico in numbers not seen for decades — and the Mexican government may have to deal with a crush on its social services and lower wages once the immigrants arrive. The Mexican Consulate's office in Dallas is seeing increasing numbers of Mexican nationals requesting paperwork to go home for good, especially parents who want to know what documentation they'll need to enroll their children in Mexican schools. "Those numbers have increased percentage-wise tremendously," said Enrique Hubbard, the Mexican consul general in Dallas. "In fact, it's almost 100 percent more this year than... FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066499/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:07:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052978/posts Officials: Al Qaeda's Mad Scientist Killed One of al Qaeda's top chemical and biological weapons experts was killed in an air strike by a CIA pilotless drone in a remote Pakistani border region, senior Pakistani intelligence officials told CBS News Tuesday morning. Intelligence officials investigating the Sunday night missile attack confirmed that Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri was one of six men killed and his remains had been positively identified. "We now have a positive ID on the body. I can confirm to you that Al-Masri has been killed," CBS news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052978/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:09:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052287/posts Retired General Antonio Taguba, the officer who led the Army's investigation into Abu Ghraib, recently wrote in the preface to the new report, Broken laws, Broken Lives: "There is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account." Should those who ordered war crimes be held to account? With the conclusion of the Bush regime approaching, many people are dubious, even those horrified by Administration actions. They fear a long, divisive ordeal that... The Nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052287/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:42:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047093/posts Father of victim says U.N. body's order 'don't mean diddly' Texas is refusing to bow to yesterday's World Court order to stay the Aug. 5 lethal injection of convicted rapist-killer and illegal alien Jose Medellin. (snip) Texas Gov. Rick Perry's office rejected Mexico's complaint. "The world court has no standing in Texas, and Texas is not bound by a ruling or edict from a foreign court," Perry spokesman Robert Black said. "It is easy to get caught up in discussions of international law and justice and treaties. It's very important to remember that these individuals are on death row for... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047093/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:46:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032437/posts Bush may have done a service to us all. The eight years gave us lay offs and unemployment not seen since the great depresion, wars and attrocities commited in the name of advancing american multi corporate agenda and white Christianity, we saw the rich get richer and the poor become even more poor, we heard slogans such as jobless recovery, strategery, modern economy, trickledown effect Ad nauseum. The values of Bush are the values of the capitalist system, another word for fascism. the eight years of Bush proves capitalism is a failed system. We see more debt, unemployment and 100... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032437/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:25:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031292/posts I wish you all the best. I have tried to post tributes to the Army, info on Obama's horrendous run for office and McCain's slightly less horrible attempt. I wish you all the best but FR is just as likely to exclude people from the deabte as anyone else. They have that right, freedom to cleave to whoever you like is a right I agree with but I am guessing I am not one Jim wants associate with. I wish you all the best but I am bowing out of this forum. Have a great life. God bless u all! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031292/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:17:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029618/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029618/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:14:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991264/posts WASHINGTON — President Bush overstepped his authority when he ordered a Texas court to grant a new hearing to a Mexican on death row for rape and murder, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. In a case that mixes presidential power, international relations and the death penalty, the court sided with Texas 6-3. Bush was in the unusual position of siding with death row prisoner Jose Ernesto Medellin, a Mexican citizen whom police prevented from consulting with Mexican diplomats, as provided by international treaty. An international court ruled in 2004 that the convictions of Medellin and 50 other Mexicans on death... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991264/posts#comment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:41:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987374/posts It was a horrible, shocking, unnerving experience. Reading some of the things Barack Obama's pastor has said, I suddenly saw something with which I completely agree!! He said five days after 9/11: "We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye...." His point: Chickens were coming home to roost. I agree. We certainly committed terrorism and murder when we dropped two atomic bombs on open cities in Japan. And, as Ron Paul has said, correctly, re: 9/11: The terrorists were over here because,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987374/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:54:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984454/posts ALBANY, New York (CNN) -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday that he will step down from the state's top office and promised to "atone for my private failings" with family members. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984454/posts#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:52:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981171/posts Shi'ite cleric and leader Muqtada Al-Sadr was secretly transferred a few days ago from Iraq to Iran for hospitalization as he was comatose. It was reported that his illness resulted from food poisoning. Al-Sadr is being treated by Iranian specialists, as well as by Russian doctors brought in to help the Iranian medical staff treat him. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981171/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 07:43:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980310/posts U.S. forces found, targeted and killed in a Somali desert city the senior al Qaeda operative who masterminded the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa and had since spent a decade in hiding, The Washington Times has learned. Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, who is one of the FBI's most-wanted terrorists, was the target of a U.S. missile strike on a residence in Dobley, a small town in southern Somalia near the Kenyan border, according to a U.S. military official who spoke to The Times on the condition of anonymity because of the nature of the operation. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980310/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:01:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969529/posts DAMASCUS BLAST ON TUESDAY KILLED SENIOR HEZBOLLAH MILITARY COMMANDER - LEBANESE POLITICAL SOURCE Reuters (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969529/posts#comment Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:52:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1960581/posts Hey, Freepers Want do you think if instead of Bush winning in 2000 McCain won? How would have McCain have done on the issues of the day compared to Bush? Courts, LAWS, Policies, ect http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1960581/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:41:42 GMT