http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/aim/ en-us Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:31:49 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389187/posts Some pro-life Catholics reacted with shock to the news that the Vatican warmly greeted the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, who is pro-abortion. They don't seem to understand that the Vatican and Obama agree on most major international issues. This is the untold story-how Obama and the Vatican accept major ingredients of what has been called a New World Order. Another untold story is how, despite a disagreement over abortion, the U.S. Catholic Bishops and the Obama Administration agree on major aspects of so-called health care reform. These topics are mostly taboo in the liberal and... AIM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389187/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:31:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384679/posts Steven Emerson, Executive Director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism, discusses Fort Hood and jihadist front groups in America. Dr. Lee Edwards, Distinguished Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, talks about the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the Global Museum on Communism. AIM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384679/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:52:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373054/posts Cliff May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, discusses his recent trip to Pakistan, as well as the situations in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Leslie Carbone talks about her new book, "Slaying Leviathan: The Moral Case for Tax Reform" (Potomac Books, 2009). For more information visit defenddemocracy.org and lesliecarbone.blogspot.com. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373054/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:37:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369175/posts C-SPAN 2 is covering Accuracy in Media's 40th anniversary conference live today.Congratulations to our friends at AIM! C-SPAN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369175/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:38:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366927/posts Accuracy in Media (AIM), America's first independent watchdog of the news media, is giving FREE tickets to FReepers to attend AIM's 40th Anniversary Conference in Washington, DC on Friday, October 23, 2009. To get your ticket, visit www.aim.org/events and enter discount code "freerepublic" or go to: http://aim40thconference.eventbrite.com/?discount=freerepublic Speakers include Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Tony Blankley, John Fund, Andrew C. McCarthy, Cliff Kincaid, Trevor Loudon, Anita MonCrief, Hans von Spakovsky, Marc Morano, Robert Bluey, Ann McElhinney, J.P. Freire, and Don Irvine. Tickets are regularly $75 and include a buffet luncheon and morning and afternoon snacks. YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE for... Accuracy in Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366927/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:32:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363281/posts Accuracy in Media (AIM), America's first independent watchdog of the news media, will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year at a conference held in Washington, DC, on Friday, October 23. AIM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363281/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:14:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347872/posts There are many reasons to fire Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, and all of them are contained within his 66-page "assessment" of the war in Afghanistan. The document is fascinating, just as the work of zealots is always fascinating. As a high priest of the politically correct orthodoxy, McChrystal has laid out a strategy to combat Taliban jihad in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan without once mentioning Islam, and forget about jihad (fireable offense No. 1). Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347872/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:13:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343789/posts Two gutsy young people did the undercover journalistic legwork that quickly turned public opinion against the radical leftist group ACORN, but their work might have been less effective without the "promotional genius" of Andrew Breitbart. Breitbart, who first made a splash on the new media scene at The Drudge Report, released the first video shot by "the pimp and the prostitute" (James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles) on Sept. 10, the day Breitbart launched his new Web site, BigGovernment.com. It exposed ACORN employees in Baltimore aiding and abetting both underage prostitution and tax fraud.Since then, BigGovernment has released four more video... Accuracy in Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343789/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:58:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2299397/posts Senate Democrats are worried that Barbara Boxer doesn't have the chops to get the climate change bill through the Senate. From the Politico A big chunk of the House climate change bill is in the hands of Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer — and some of its supporters are worried that she’s not up to the task. In private conversations, Senate staffers say that Boxer’s abrasive personal style helped tank the climate bill that Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) sponsored last year. And several recent embarrassing episodes involving the California Democrat... Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2299397/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:52:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302970/posts President Barack Obama's much-anticipated pro-United Nations treaty campaign has been launched with a White House ceremony declaring support for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. But despite the title and language of the treaty, including the affirmation of a "right to life," it is doubtful whether the treaty would protect the rights of unborn children with disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome. Through its affirmation of "sexual and reproductive health"-a phrase that clearly means access to abortion and abortion rights-the treaty also supports abortion, even though it has been estimated that over 90 percent... Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302970/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:06:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2303625/posts The Obama administration has added anoother journalist to its payroll. From the American Spectator Daren Briscoe, a Newsweek correspondent who was embedded with Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, has taken a job with the Obama administration, according to an email sent to a listserv of his classmates at the Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. The email, written by Time reporter and fellow Columbia grad Jay Newton-Small, said Briscoe would be serving as deputy associate director of public affairs for the Office of National Drug Control Policy as of Monday. Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2303625/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:10:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335256/posts If you want some indication of the disarray that the "progressives" find themselves in, consider that disgraced broadcaster Dan Rather will be keynoting a September 23 event sponsored by The Nation magazine on "What Will Become of the News?" The Nation calls Rather "legendary," ignoring how he was put out to pasture by CBS News after he used fake documents in 2004 to smear then-President Bush. Tickets to hear and see Rather are $200 each. Rather is a legend in his own mind-and apparently the minds of those left-wingers who appreciate his effort to defeat Bush's re-election bid and throw... Accuracy in Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335256/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:03:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331478/posts Cliff Kincaid, the editor of Accuracy in Media, has released a copy of his own birth certificate, in order to demonstrate what needs to be done to resolve the growing controversy over the alleged birth certificate of President Barack Obama. "My birth certificate includes the names of my mother and father, my mother's doctor, and the hospital in which I was born," said Kincaid. "This certified copy of an original long form document is what anyone who wants to be president should be prepared to produce." Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, states, "No Person except a... aim.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331478/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 19:58:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2313991/posts There are ten easy steps toward a progressive-socialist-Marxist civil society: change the popular consensus; destroy Christianity, the traditional family, and existing social mores; transform the culture; install a radical Left mind-control; attain political power; impose strict control of the military and law enforcement; restrict freedom; socialize the economy; erase American sovereignty; and embrace a world without borders. Accuracy in Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2313991/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:15:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311834/posts However, Free Press, at this May 14 summit, didn't say one word about the well-documented liberal bias that has contributed to the decline in readers and viewers for traditional media outlets and has enabled the rise of the Fox News Channel, conservative talk radio, and the Internet. Instead, Josh Silver of Free Press attacked the "bellowing ideologues" on the air and declared that "The entire dial is empty of local news in many communities." New Strategy This was a tip-off that, in order to take conservative radio hosts off the air, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be flooded with... Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311834/posts#comment Sun, 9 Aug 2009 12:13:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307836/posts Imagine if, as you chat with your child's first-grade teacher and ask about how he decided to embark on a career in education, he told you, "I walked out of jail and into my first teaching job." Imagine him furthermore telling you that his days in jail and violent protesting were formative to his teaching philosophy. Most parents would have a serious discussion with the principal, at the minimum. But the teacher who brags about such beginnings is now a "Distinguished Professor of Education." Despite his specialty as "Professor of Curriculum and Instruction," he trains future teachers to dispense with... Accuracy In Media - AIM Column http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307836/posts#comment Tue, 4 Aug 2009 13:34:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304695/posts Academics and students exhibit a pervasive amnesia toward the pro-Stalin actions of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (ALB), a group of American volunteers who fought against General Francisco Franco and his Nationalists during Spain's civil war. Recent Boston University graduate-turned Associated Press reporter Kelsey Abbruzzese did little better than her college peers this July, publishing a story that lauded ALB veteran John Hovan's career. "In 1937, John Hovan volunteered to travel to Spain and fight on the side of democracy against Gen. Francisco Franco's fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War," wrote Abbruzzese on July 9. "Now, at age 93, he... Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304695/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:05:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2301965/posts You know president Obama's health care reform proposal is in trouble when the Washington Post starts to take potshots at it. From the Washington Post PRESIDENT OBAMA sometimes presents health-care reform as a pain-free proposition, as simple as choosing the red pill over the blue -- one that's no more effective but costs twice as much. Asked at his news conference whether "the American people are going to have to give anything up in order for this to happen," Mr. Obama's basic answer was no. "They're going to have to give up paying for things that don't make them healthier,"... Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2301965/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:34:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2296588/posts It is wrong to speak ill of the dead. On the other hand, it is an insult to the intelligence of the American people to pretend that Walter Cronkite was the "voice of God" and "universally credible," as Mara Liasson put it on Fox News Sunday. The terrible truth is that Walter Cronkite symbolized liberal media bias and used that bias with disastrous consequences for our nation and the world. His latest cause was world government and the destruction of American sovereignty. We found out after his retirement that he was not only a liberal, which was evident from his... Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2296588/posts#comment Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:58:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294205/posts The White House has gone on the offensive by not only going after GOP critics of his economic plan but also fellow Democrats who are concerned about the cost and scope of Obama's national health care plan. From the Politco On the defensive over the economy and health care, the White House is shooting back with a double-barreled message for its critics and skeptics. To Republicans who say the stimulus isn’t working: Back off. To moderate Democrats wary of health care reform: We’re watching you. Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294205/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:16:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2292193/posts SarahPAC is off to a quick start on the fundraising end. From the Politico Sarah Palin’s political action committee raised nearly $733,000 in the first six months of 2009 and has more than $450,000 in cash on hand, according to new filings with the Federal Election Commission. While Republicans are hopeful that Palin will be a big fundraising help for them, her political action committee hasn’t exactly been a campaign-finance ATM. Since its formation in late January, it appears to have made just two political contributions — $5,000 to Palin’s 2008 running mate, Sen. John McCain, and $5,000 to Alaska’s... Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2292193/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:37:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2293125/posts Does Obama's science adviser advocate compulsory abortions and putting chemicals into the water supply to sexually sterilize human beings? Some well-known conservative bloggers and columnists have recently been repeating this information, based on revelations on a website strangely called Zombietime. But an analysis by Accuracy in Media has determined that some of the most sensational charges against Dr. John P. Holdren fall short of the mark. Still, he has a lot to answer for, including his belief in a "Planetary Regime" to manage the world. That Holdren endorsed the concept of a "planetary regime" is shocking, considering that he is... Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2293125/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:57:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2293130/posts Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has received lettres from Obama cabinet secretaries reminding her how much money her state stands to lose if stimuls spending is halted as Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) called for on Sunday saying it hasn't done what the administration promised it would. From ABC News' Jake Tapper In a coordinated response to comments made by an Arizona Republican senator calling for a the stimulus bill to be halted, the Obama administration this week coordinated a series of letters to the governor of Arizona, with the implicit message: put up or shut up. Arizona Republicans responded that the... Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2293130/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:00:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291423/posts This is the transcript of an interview conducted by Cliff Kincaid with Alejandro Peña Esclusa, president of UnoAmerica and the author of The Foro de São Paulo: A Threat to Freedom in Latin America. Peña Esclusa, a former Venezuelan presidential candidate and a prominent critic of the Hugo Chavez regime in Venezuela, has been spearheading opposition to the Sao Paulo Forum, a coalition of communist and leftist parties and terrorist movements in Latin America. With the end of the Cold War in 1989, it was believed by many that communism was on the wane. However, with Fidel Castro isolated in... Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291423/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:40:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2289651/posts The New York Times has sent a survey to its print subscribers asking them how much they would pay for access to its website. From Bloomberg New York Times Co. said in a survey of print subscribers that it’s considering a $5 monthly fee for access to its namesake newspaper’s Web site. Times Co. also asked whether subscribers would be willing to pay a discounted fee of $2.50 a month for access to the site, in the poll confirmed today by Catherine Mathis, a company spokeswoman. Nytimes.com, the most visited among newspapers’ sites, is currently free. Times Co. is contemplating... Accuracy In Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2289651/posts#comment Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:32:24 GMT