http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/atrw-chat/ en-us Mon, 1 Dec 2008 02:50:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2140615/posts Hello!P-E Obama will announce major foreign policy choices at a news conference Monday a.m.The death toll in the Mumbai massacres is expected to rise... and the Christmas shopping period may have gotten off to a stronger-than-expected start. All of Us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2140615/posts#comment Mon, 1 Dec 2008 02:50:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2139928/posts The Dow had gains with a five day rally.The shuttle Endeavor, after successfully undocking from the space station, is expected to return home Sunday.Look to the southwest skies Monday night. The planets Venus and Jupiter, as well as, a crescent shaped moon will be seen.A father and son both received the Silver Star Friday. Father Gary Harris received a Silver Star and Bronze Star for his bravery during VietNam while his son Jonathon was awarded a Silver Star for his bravery in Afghanistan. Various News Sources and FReepers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2139928/posts#comment Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:57:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2137209/posts Good evening and welcome to the new week's thread...P-E Obama is expected to announce his "Economic Team" today - Monday, and - hold on to your wallets - heavy spending plans to "boost" the sagging economy.Meanwhile rumors swirl around the kind of deal he has struck with Hillary about the State Dept. job.On all fronts...we shall see... All of Us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2137209/posts#comment Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:22:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2136419/posts In many areas gas prices are below $2.00 per gallon.Stocks rallied yesterday.WalMart agrees to an Army Reserve program that will recruit and train people who want to serve their country and work for Walmart. Various news sources and FReepers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2136419/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:44:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2136134/posts GOD SAVE AMERICA AGAINA popular new patriotic video that has been going around on youtube. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2136134/posts#comment Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:50:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2133289/posts P-E Obama pledges national security will be front and center for his administration. Several top GOP Senators announce their opposition to an auto industry bailout. Despite calmer weather today in s. California, more residents are evacuated.Retailers brace themselves for a weaker than usual Christmas sale season. I think we can all appreciate our wallets and pocketbooks aren't exactly going to be flying open... All of Us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2133289/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:24:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2132517/posts How a stranger changed my day.We arrived early at the doctor's office for hubby's appointment. As we pulled in to the parking lot we noticed an elderly lady, perhaps in her mid to late eighties, walking around her car. When we got out of the car she came over to us to ask if we knew any place in town where she could have her tire checked which appeared to have low air, not flat.We talked for several minutes, then, the three of us went in the doctor's office. She had an appointment , too.While in the office the conversation... Various sources and FReepers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2132517/posts#comment Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:40:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2132146/posts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obama's Road to Damascus By John Perazzo FrontPageMagazine.com | Tuesday, November 11, 2008 http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=376A8A3B-62DD-407F-8D48-F38B2A63B96E History will record that Barack Obama's first act of diplomacy as America's president-elect took place two days after his election victory, when he dispatched his senior foreign-policy adviser, Robert Malley, to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad-to outline for them the forthcoming administration's Mideast policy vis-à-vis those nations. An aide to Malley reports, "The tenor of the messages was that the Obama administration would take into greater account Egyptian and Syrian interests" than has President Bush. The Bush administration, it... John Perazzo, FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2132146/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:45:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2131481/posts This time it is the President-elect’s detail policy proposals. In its place is a notice that Obama and Biden have developed “ innovative approaches to challenge the status quo”. Thanks to the internet nothing can really be deleted and to Grover Norquist for readily providing a link to the Economy portion of the deleted agenda. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2131481/posts#comment Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:11:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2131391/posts "I don't think it's me personally, I think it's what I represent." "Everyday hardworking American families - a woman on the ticket perhaps represents that. It would be good for the ticket. It would be good for the party. I would be happy to get to do whatever is asked of me to help progress this nation." Daylife http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2131391/posts#comment Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:38:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2131011/posts Continuing to stand up for taxpayers and against further bailouts, the governor is now calling for an investigation of Greenville-based Carolina First Bank to see whether the bank might be "gaming the system" to get a piece of of the federal bailout. Sanford says the bank's not passing the "smell test" is just one example of why additional bailouts should be opposed http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2131011/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:35:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130350/posts Please help those that have given their lifes for this country! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2130087/posts?page=308#308 Randy Larsen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130350/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:32:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130237/posts Taxpayers get stuck with another lemon November 11, 2008 STEVE HUNTLEY shuntley.cst@gmail.com Here's a question for taxpayers: How many times should they have to ride to the rescue of U.S. automakers? They've already done it once -- in 1979, during another energy crisis, with $1.5 billion in loan guarantees for Chrysler. Today GM and Ford have joined Chrysler with their hands out, and bidding on the aid package starts at $25 billion and could end up being twice that or more. The automakers and their Democrat allies in Congress argue the Big Three constitute America's manufacturing backbone. They say the... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130237/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2129134/posts Good evening!P-E Obama meets President Bush at the White House tomorrow for a tour and meeting. We can expect more news of the coming administration in the days ahead.Signs are that a major push will be made by Congress to enact "economic recovery" legislation ahead of the new president's inauguration, while the Dems in Congress also signal a willingness to help Detroit's big automakers. All of Us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2129134/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:50:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2128547/posts It was a day for celebration when a water distribution system was completed in Mahmudiyah, Iraq. Clean water will be available for 30,000 people.Coalition forces and the Government of Iraq worked together to complete the project.Army Capt. Benjamin Neasse, civil affairs officer of the 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team said "I am glad I could see this finished. It's great to see how many people we have helped. This is what I came to Iraq to do." God bless our troops! Various news sources and FReepers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2128547/posts#comment Sat, 8 Nov 2008 10:53:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2126666/posts ...What this election has truly accomplished is to draw sharp lines between the four factions currently existing in America. For years we have been tricked into thinking the Republicans and Democrats are on opposite ends of a tug-of-war rope, pulling against each other, when actually they are holding hands and skipping heartily together toward collectivism, socialism, and The State As Savior. All the arguments of Conservative versus Liberal, Democrat versus Republican, and Right versus Left are smoke and mirrors to distract us from the eternal truth that the only struggle is between government control and individual liberty. The old terms... Western Rifle Shooters Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2126666/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 03:44:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2126362/posts On November fourth, the Year of our Lord two thousand and eight, the majority of the American electorate consciously chose to reject the vision of the founders for a constitutionally limited government whose sole responsibility was the protection of the rights we had been endowed with by our creator. Instead, we the people elected a man and a party that believes what you earn does not belong to you and if you think it does, you are selfish and deluded. We chose leaders who openly advocate using the power of the government to restrict the opposition’s right to free speech... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2126362/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 21:50:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2126009/posts Ron Miller asks if President-elect Obama is really for change? Change like promoting polices that reward hard work. Change that allow parents more choices for their children’s education. Change in Corporate tax so American companies can compete globally. Change to protect the least able to protect themselves, the unborn. “ He was elected to bring us change -- how about walking the talk?” http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2126009/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:25:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125856/posts Ok, today's wish - no recriminations. Let the enemy party beat us up, but let us not do it to ourselves. Time to invoke the Reagan Maxim regarding fellow Republicans. But let's figure out who "fellow Republicans" are, and I won't mince words here. If you agree to take a political position in the incoming Administration, you are NOT a fellow Republican. If you do not support Repbulican filibusters against liberal legislation, you are NOT a fellow Republican. If you vote for legislation expanding taxation, fees, or anything that "quacks like a duck," you are NOT a fellow Republican. If... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125856/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 14:29:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125809/posts <p>Oh please! There is is no moral equivalence, here. I will NOT congratulate Obama as if I am the “loyal opposition” who simply apposes his ideas. I will NOT congratulate a man who promises as his first act in office to slaughter millions of unborn babies! The Freedom of Choice Act be damned! I will NOT congratulate a man who threatens to take away our freedoms. Welcome to the Fairness Doctrine and to the new “civil defense force” (whatever the Hell that turns out to be); will the 2nd Amendment fall after he destroys the 1st? I will NOT congratulate a man who buys the presidency with an obscene amount of money (Soros?) and a “Mainstream Media” which is no longer “mainstream.” (Let's just call it PRAVDA). And NO! I will NOT congratulate a man who threatens to tax me out of my house and my life savings so that he can “spread the wealth around.” Nor will I congratulate a man who threatens to weaken the country my father fought and bled for in World War II, a highly decorated 85-year-old veteran who had to endure some thug who this week tore down his McCain/Palin sign which he had placed so proudly in his front yard. If the Left can oppose and destroy conservatives when they are elected merely on the promise of protecting the American Dream, what is the Right to do when a leftist is elected promising sweeping change that would destroy that Dream? Evil must be opposed, not congratulated. This morning, a colleague chided me when I called it Evil. I told him that I had wept lat night for the coming slaughter of the unborn. Yes, it's Evil. The word was good enough for Ronald Reagan. And it is good enough for me.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125809/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:45:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125808/posts To the Honorable Republicans Ladies and Gentlemen of next year’s Congress of 2009: Time for “Contract with America 2” http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125808/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:45:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125751/posts OPEN LETTER to the 2009 Republican Congress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125751/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 12:42:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125624/posts 53 Congressmen from California 51 Incumbents 42 Challengers (9 ran unopposed) Ø Turnovers EVERY SINGLE INCUMBENT FROM CALI HAS WON RE-ELECTION. If you ask me, that's totally F'd up. Gerrymandering is out of control here. This is not democracy. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125624/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 07:50:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125570/posts Yes, we are dissapointed, yes we will whine a bit. But as some others have posted, we need to seek opportunity from adversity. There is no better time to begin to form a new and improved republican party. It must start tommorrow and involve all of us who love this country, and what this party used to be, and what this country can be. Do you remember all of those years that the Democrats were falling apart (not long ago) and was almost a doomed party? We are where we are today because of the failure of our party leaders.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125570/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 06:33:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125494/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR7HPQM0Jgg The Hymn has been sung at the funerals of such people as; the British hero Winston Churchill, Robert F Kennedy and Reagen to name a few. It was written amid the chaos of the American Civil War, and since it's conception has been an important part of our country's soul. When sung beautifully, it often brings tears to the eyes of real Americans. youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125494/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 05:35:20 GMT