http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/award/ en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:00:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413879/posts According to Philadelphia Eagles players, the most courageous man on the team in 2009 was one who started the year serving time in prison for an act of extreme cowardice. Today, the Eagles announced that Michael Vick was the 2009 winner of the Ed Block Courage Award, an honor given to a player who shows courage in the face of adversity. Vick's teammates voted for the award, thus demonstrating how tone-deaf and out-of-touch NFL players are with reality. ... According to the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation Web site: The Ed Block Courage Award recipient symbolizes professionalism, great strength and... Yahoo! Sports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413879/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:00:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407262/posts The 2009 CINO (Catholic In Name Only) Award Nominations are now open.  Due to the sheer volume of possibilities, the 2009 CINO awards will be limited to elected officials in the United States, given their unique ability to affect and influence our lives.  (I certainly encourage folks in others countries to start their own CINO awards.) The purpose of this exercise is NOT to place ourselves in judgment of others, but rather as observers of behavior within the context of Catholic teaching as set forth in the Catechism.  There is only one ultimate Judge and we are not Him.  Please... Serviam http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407262/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:26:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402400/posts Liza Northrop Beale, the general manager of The Almanac, a weekly newspaper in Washington, Pa. died Saturday of complications related to the H1N1 virus. She was 49 and lived in Peters Township which is suburban Pittsburgh. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402400/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:12:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403547/posts Large circulation Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun's reporter in Washington, D.C., Mr. Etsunari Kurose, reports in Japanese that Americans are not so hot on the idea of Obama receiving that award in Oslo, Norway.66% of registered voters in a very recent Quinnipiac Poll said Mr. Obama did not have the right to receive that award. Only 26% said that he did. Yomiuri Shimbun News Via Yahoo!Japan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403547/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:37:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402392/posts Roger Day paraded alongside 600 genuine war heroes wearing a beige SAS beret and a dazzling selection of 21 military medals and badges. Thousands of well-wishers - including the recently bereaved families of servicemen killed in Afghanistan - clapped and cheered as he marched past. Related Articles * Afghanistan: 300 US soldiers killed this year But organisers became suspicious when they noticed he had medals from campaigns including World War One and Two, Korea, the Falklands, awards for both officers and privates and even a foreign medal. He was confronted by a friend of one of the organisers at the... Telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402392/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:00:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369079/posts Former President Bush Honored with Pro-Life Award during Visit to SaskatoonBy Patrick B. Craine SASKATOON, SA, October 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Yesterday morning, before delivering an address at TCU Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for a crowd of about 2,000, former U.S. President George W. Bush joined the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association (SPLA) at a business breakfast where the pro-life group presented him with an award for his "very public determination to protect the unborn while he served two terms as President." The Humanity of the Unborn Child Pro-Life Award, as it is called, was given to the former President "in recognition... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369079/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368996/posts A picture of a hunting wolf has won the prestigious Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 award. Jose Luis Rodriguez captured the imaginations of the judges with a picture that he had planned for years, and even sketched out on a piece of paper. "I wanted to capture a photo in which you would see a wolf in an act of hunting - or predation - but without blood," he told BBC News. "I didn't want a cruel image." With a great deal of patience and careful observation of the wolves' movements, he succeeded in taking the award-winning... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368996/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:10:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368578/posts Saskatoon, Canada -- A Canadian pro-life group gave former President George W. Bush an award yesterday honoring his pro-life record and recognizing his fight against abortion. The Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association presented the president with the award while he was in town to give an address. http://www.LifeNews.com/int1368.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368578/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:50:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366557/posts Vote now CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366557/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:19:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361876/posts Obama wins the Nobel and it's the biggest joke there ever was. Here's an award that he REALLY deserves! NOTE The author of this comic requests that you visit his web site and please refrain from copying the cartoon within this thread. Thank you. Geeks On Caffeine - Cartoons done just RIGHT!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361876/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:54:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359895/posts Friday, October 9, 2009 The Nobel Farce By David Reagan Once again the Norwegian Nobel Committee has surprised the world with its Peace Prize Award by granting it to President Barack Obama. Keep in mind this is the same group that gave the award to Al Gore in 2007 and Jimmy Carter in 2002. What was Al Gore’s accomplishment? The production of a documentary film that propagandized the myth that global warming is due to carbon emissions. Big deal! And Jimmy Carter? Well, the worst president of the 20th Century distinguished himself as a rabid anti-Semite, a vociferous America-basher, and... Bible Phophecy Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359895/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:49:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359468/posts Freep the Heisman by nominating Obama for another award he didn't earn. ESPN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359468/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:44:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359016/posts ARAB Alabama, MKJ Press (9 Oct 09) - In what has been described as an astounding about face, the national leadership of the Ku Klux Klan announced here this afternoon that it was abandoning it's past divisive racial views and embracing 'The New Age of Obama', and to demonstrate their sincerity, Awarded President Barack Hussein Obama the very first 'National Ku Klux Klan Honorary White Man' Award, saying "Hey, President Obama is at least half white and that makes him ok with us good ol' boys, he invited a cop and some pointy-headed professor-type to have a beer at the... MkJessup Super Duper Shortwave Secret News Feed http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359016/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:26:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2358694/posts BREAKING: President Obama to receive Congressional Medal of Honor with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds!, new highest award created exclusively for President Obama http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2358694/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:08:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358569/posts Barack Obama takes home first place in "Dancing with the Stars". He and his partner, Ellen Degeneres won standing ovations from the crowd, and the judges gave them the highest points ever awarded. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358569/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:17:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358198/posts OSLO — President Barack Obama on Friday won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. “Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” the committee said. “His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world’s population.” Obama’s name had been mentioned in speculation... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358198/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:06:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2353019/posts Newt Gingrich's conservative group gave - and then rescinded - a business award to a popular topless club in Texas, the proprietor said Thursday. Dawn Rizos said she was looking forward to receiving the promised "Entrepreneur of the Year" award at a Washington, D.C., banquet from American Solutions for Winning the Future, which the former U.S. House speaker chairs. After all, Rizos is the owner of The Lodge, which was named the Best Overall Club in America last year by ED Publications, which sponsors the gentlemen's club industry's annual convention and trade show. But before she had a chance to... WRIC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2353019/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 01:37:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2348351/posts Los Angeles, Calif., Sep 25, 2009 / 07:24 am (CNA).- The Mission Doctors Association will recognize a New York physician as the Catholic Doctor of 2009 for his significant volunteer work.The association will present its World of Difference Award to Michael A. Fitzgerald, M.D., at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ White Mass on October 18 at Holy Family Church in South Pasadena, California.Dr. Fitzgerald, who is from Liverpool, New York, is being recognized for his commitment to his community, a Mission Doctors Association press release says. He is a volunteer with the Poverello Clinic, a free clinic for the uninsured,... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2348351/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:10:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340832/posts The state's judges are paying tribute to the three-judge panel that decided the winner of Minnesota's disputed U.S. Senate election between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman. The Minnesota District Judges Foundation has presented its Community Service Award to Judges Elizabeth Hayden of Stearns County, Kurt Marben of Pennington County and Denise Reilly of Hennepin County. It says they displayed "the highest levels of professionalism, public service, and judicial independence and integrity." The three judges declared Franken the winner by 312 votes in April. The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed the panel's decision in June. Coleman decided not to appeal... Post-Bulletin Company http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340832/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:49:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323638/posts WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2009 – The Santa Ana, Calif., police department will receive the Defense Department's top employer-support award for providing exceptional financial and emotional support to its employees who deploy as National Guard or Reserve members. The police department provides its deployed members with differential pay and continued family health benefits, among other accommodations that go beyond what the law requires. For example, military liaisons stay in touch with deployed employees to let them know what’s happening back at the department and to see if they need anything, Cmdr. Bill Nimmo said. The department recognizes its employees’ military service... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323638/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:27:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321088/posts Amid a national debate on constitutional rights, a national conservative group hosted a banquet in Tulsa to honor Sen. Tom Coburn for his defense of the 2nd Amendment. Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, spoke before a packed banquet hall Friday and praised Coburn for passing the only federal legislation this year to defend the people’s right to bear arms. “The people are becoming confrontational, “ Pratt said in reference to town hall meetings over proposed changes in health care. “Politics is confrontational.” “What is happening around the country and what is happening in Oklahoma gives me... Tulsa Beacon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321088/posts#comment Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:55:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2317080/posts Was wondering if anyone had any real information as to whether Ted Kennedy had ever actually been awarded anything from MADD at the state or national level. I have found info that Mark Shriver had, but not Ted. Need to verify if he ever has, any real info would be of great help. Have spent a couple hours researching already at various sources. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2317080/posts#comment Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:49:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2295718/posts The Club’s Comrade of the Month Award is given to the politician or public figure who best embodies big-government policies and restrictions on economic growth. THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2295718/posts#comment Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:15:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274198/posts NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two undocumented workers from Mexico and one from Ecuador have reached court settlements in recent weeks for a total of $3.85 million in damages for New York construction-site accidents, an attorney for the men announced Wednesday. "All three cases involve construction and terribly unsafe working conditions," the attorney, Brian O'Dwyer, said in a news conference. "We're here today to re-emphasize -- as we have in the past -- to the Latino community and all undocumented workers that they have the same rights once they're on the job as any New York citizen." A 33-year-old undocumented plumber... CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274198/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:30:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268074/posts Click here for video. 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