http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/apology/ en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:16:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048016/posts Last December, the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a group of government appointees, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former US Vice President Al Gore, "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change." It was like openly declaring that the Nobel prize for peace had become the Nobel prize for lying. The Norwegians jealously control the peace prize, based on no particular reason. It is not up to me to decide... MensNewsDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048016/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:16:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047035/posts SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - A judge has ordered a 19-year-old man to write an apology to an upstate city in New York for dressing as a 6-foot penis at a high school graduation. A Saratoga Springs judge also ordered Calvin Morett to pay to have the apology published in a local newspaper. The sentence also calls for Morett to pay court fees and perform 24 hours of community service. Morett had pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. A video of Morett's .... newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047035/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:14:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044726/posts After catching flak from homeschoolers over explicitly excluding them from its student story contest earlier this year, the Subway restaurant chain has now purchased banner advertisements on the website for Homeschooling Today magazine, touting its new "summer special" story competition. This new contest, named "Every Sandwich Tells a Story," carries the same name and prizes as the previous competition, but this time the contest is open to all students up to sixth grade, including homeschoolers. A screen capture that includes the banner advertisement can be seen below: In a general email sent by Jim Bob Howard, editor-in-chief of Homeschooling Today,... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044726/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:51:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043990/posts For seemingly the first time ever, Jesse Jackson has actually given an apology instead of demanding one. What happened? While waiting for an interview, a microphone caught him whispering: “See, Barack’s been talking down to black people on this faith-based . . . I wanna cut his nuts off. Barack, he’s talking down to black people.” And for what also seems to be the first time ever, Jesse Jackson is correct. Not about the castration, of course, that’s wrong and probably illegal in most states. (And can anyone explain how advocating privates-chopping is better than saying “nappy-headed hoes”?) North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043990/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:11:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043394/posts The country's largest medical association is set to issue a formal apology today for its historical antipathy toward African American doctors, expressing regret for a litany of transgressions, including barring black physicians from its ranks for decades and remaining silent during battles on landmark legislation to end racial discrimination. Washington Compost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043394/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:20:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043323/posts he Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for saying Barack Obama is “talking down to black people” during what Jackson thought was a private conversation before a FOX News interview Sunday. Jackson was speaking to a guest at the time about Obama’s speeches in black churches and his support for faith-based charities. Jackson added before going live, “I want to cut his nuts off.” His microphone picked up the remarks. VIDEO: Click here to watch Jesse Jackson’s comments At a hastily arranged news conference Wednesday evening in Chicago, Jackson said he supports Obama “unequivocally” and that he hopes to “get this... FOWNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043323/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:32:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043078/posts REV. JESSE JACKSON APOLOGIZES TO OBAMA FOR 'CRUDE AND HURTFUL COMMENTS' CAUGHT ON TAPE... FOXNEWS WILL PLAY IN ENTIRETY TONIGHT ON 'O'REILLY' 8 PM ET... OBAMA: NO COMMENT... DEVELOPING... Statement: For any harm or hurt that this hot mic private conversation may have caused, I apologize. My support for Senator Obama_s campaign is wide, deep and unequivocal. I cherish this redemptive and historical moment. _My appeal was for the moral content of his message to not only deal with the personal and moral responsibility of black males, but to deal with the collective moral responsibility of government and the public... Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043078/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 21:01:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043063/posts REV. JESSE JACKSON APOLOGIZES TO SEN. BARACK OBAMA FOR 'CRUDE AND HURTFUL COMMENTS' CAUGHT BY OPEN MIC... DEVELOPING... Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043063/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:16:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042517/posts The White House was today forced to apologise to Italy after distributing a biography of Silvio Berlusconi to journalists which alleged that he only gained high office because of his "considerable influence” on the media. The press kit, which was handed out to reporters as they boarded Air Force One on the way to the G8 summit in Japan, also described the Italian Prime Minister as “one of the most controversial leaders in the history of a country known for governmental corruption and vice”. The White House was today investigating how the four-page biography was included in the pack after... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042517/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:16:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039891/posts Positive action in support of Lt Chessani We brought you the story of Lt Col Jeffrey Chessani facing serious charges based on a Time story in which Congressman John Murtha made unfounded allegations against eight Marines, one of whom was Lt Col. Chessani.Lt. Col Chessani had his honour and reputation called into question because Murtha said that in a town called Haditha in Iraq, civilians were killed by US Marines "in cold blood". This event was in November 2005, and it has been a long and sad road to June 17, 2008 when a military judge, Col. Steven Folsom... News Blaze http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039891/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:40:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035581/posts I know where to begin. I just don't know how to explain. The beginning is easy: I'm sorry. I'm sorry for being thoughtless and insensitive. I'm sorry for making a casual reference to something that should never be construed as casual. Real apologies don't mix with rationalizations, so I won't insult your intelligence by offering you any. This is about my living up to a standard I expect of everyone else -- respect, awareness, honesty and accountability. ESPN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035581/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:36:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035477/posts An apology issued by Barack Obama to two Muslim women booted from the front lines of a public appearance by the Democratic presidential candidate last week was orchestrated by Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim ever elected to Congress. Multiple congressional sources confirm that it was Ellison, D-Minn., who confronted Obama over the issue during a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus. Obama called the women to apologize after two volunteers with the campaign removed the women from the stage area behind the location where Obama would be speaking. The volunteers allegedly told the women it was because they were... foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035477/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:56:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035333/posts FRESNO, California (Reuters) - A top adviser to Republican presidential candidate John McCain apologized on Monday after he was quoted as saying a September 11-type attack before the November election would benefit McCain. The campaign of Democrat Barack Obama condemned the remark by McCain political adviser Charlie Black, calling it a "complete disgrace." "I deeply regret the comments, they were inappropriate," Black said in a statement after McCain said that if Black had made such a comment, "I strenuously disagree" with it. "I recognize that John McCain has devoted his entire adult life to protecting his country and placing its... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035333/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:40:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033642/posts Obama apologizes to Muslim women; apology accepted Sen. Barack Obama today called the two Muslim women who were barred from sitting behind him at his Detroit rally to apologize, one of the women and two other sources said. "Sen. Obama called himself and he apologized to each of us," one of the women, lawyer Hebba Aref, told me just now. Aref, who had suggested that an appropriate fix might be seating her behind Obama at some future event, said she'd also discussed that possibility with his staff. Aref and Shimaa Abdelfadeel had been barred from sitting behind Obama on Monday... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033642/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:53:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032596/posts BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Jack Murtha alert, big news, ladies and gentlemen: "A military judge has dismissed charges against a Marine officer accused of failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis. Col. Steven Folsom dismissed charges Tuesday against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani after defense attorneys raised concerns that a four-star general overseeing the prosecution was improperly influenced by an investigator probing the November 2005 shootings by a Marine squad in Haditha. The charges were dismissed without prejudice, meaning they can be refiled, but Folsom excluded Marine Forces Central Command from future involvement. Chessani was the highest-ranking officer implicated in the... EIB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032596/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:57:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032323/posts This time it's a duly certified, establishment-vetted, card-carrying member of the Mainstream Media who's been caught, tried and convicted by the always watchful PC Police. This time it was no Howard Stern or Don Imus, or even a football coach lettin' 'er rip at a press conference. This time it was NBC's own, always respectable if not downright pedestrian Andrea Mitchell, aka Mrs. Alan Greenspan. Goodness. What did she do? It seems the lady went and referred to an area of southwestern Virginia as "redneck, sort of bordering-on-Appalachia country." Ooh-wee!The linguistically delicate of southwestern Virginia are still squealing. These easily... Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032323/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:27:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029098/posts Rupert Everett has apologised for calling soldiers "wimps" and suggesting they went into the Army to torture prisoners. The 49-year-old star of My Best Friend's Wedding - and the son of a retired Army major - had been quoted in a newspaper criticising soldiers for whining. He told The Sunday Telegraph: "The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. He also said: "The whole point of being in the Army is going to war and getting yourself blown up. That and (urinating) on prisoners. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029098/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:23:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031052/posts Canada says sorry to aborigines From correspondents in Ottawa June 12, 2008 06:24amArticle from: Agence France-PresseFont size: + - CANADA'S prime minister today officially apologised to natives for more than a century of abuses at residential schools set up to assimilate indigenous peoples. --snip-- "On behalf of the government of Canada and all Canadians, I stand before you in this chamber so central to our life as a country to apologise to aboriginal peoples for Canada's role in the Indian Residential Schools system," he said. Sorry ...Native Canadians received an apology from PM Stephen Harper for more than a century... News.Com. AU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031052/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:02:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030545/posts Fox News anchor ED Hill has lost her show a week after suggesting Barack Obama and his wife Michelle's on-stage victory gesture could be seen as a "terrorist fist jab". Hill, the anchor of Fox News show America's Pulse, made the comment last Friday after Obama and his wife affectionately bumped fists before his victory speech on becoming the Democratic candidate for president. "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently," said Hill in her show. "We'll show you some interesting body communication and find out what it really says." According to... Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030545/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:51:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027346/posts Vice President Dick Cheney threw a verbal insult at West Virginians on Monday, but quickly apologized. Talking about his family roots and how he's distantly related to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the vice president noted that he had Cheneys on both sides of his family. "And we don't even live in West Virginia," Cheney quipped. "You can say those things when you're not running for re-election." West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, quickly asked Cheney to apologize. "I truly cannot believe that any vice president of the United States, regardless of their political affiliation, would make such a... The Arizona Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027346/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:40:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026177/posts Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Vice President Dick Cheney apologized on Monday through a spokesman after furor erupted from his joke implying inbreeding was practiced in the West Virginia. Cheney had been asked during the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Awards at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. about reports that he was distantly related to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). "Well, that's true. We are, in fact, distantly related," Cheney said, according to a White House transcript. "And we haven't talked about a family reunion; I have no objections. I'm not sure Senator Obama is up for it, at least not... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026177/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:28:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025357/posts (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton's campaign has apologized for "inappropriate" language used by her husband in response to what it called an "outrageously unfair" article about the former president. Bill and Hillary Clinton campaign in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Monday. The article, by Vanity Fair magazine's national editor Todd Purdum, suggested that Bill Clinton's personality had changed since his 2004 heart bypass surgery and said that there were reports of Clinton "seeing a lot of women on the road." Purdum quoted four anonymous former Clinton aides saying that another of his former assistants had conducted "what one of these aides... cnn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025357/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 17:29:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024464/posts CHICAGO - The Chicago priest whose comments about Hillary Rodham Clinton reignited the controversy over Barack Obama's former church has apologized to his parishioners. At his own church Sunday, the Rev. Michael Pfleger said he isn't racist or sexist. He said the past few days have been the most painful of his life. Pleger said he's received more than 3,000 angry and threatening e-mails since he was a guest preacher at Trinity United Church of Christ last Sunday. During that sermon, Pfleger, a Catholic priest, pretended he was Clinton crying over "a black man stealing my show." In the apology,... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024464/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 18:23:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023234/posts Another Chicago minister is causing headaches for Barack Obama after he gave a sermon Sunday at Obama’s church in which he said Hillary Clinton felt entitled to the presidency because she’s white. Catholic pastor Michael Pfleger, who is white, issued a formal apology for his sermon Thursday after Obama put out a statement saying he was “deeply disappointed” by Pfleger’s remarks at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. “I regret the words I chose on Sunday. These words are inconsistent with Senator Obama’s life and message, and I am deeply sorry if they offended Senator Clinton or anyone else... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023234/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 22:59:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022747/posts Subway apologizes for homeschool snub. HSLDA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022747/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 01:41:32 GMT