http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/awards/ en-us Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:20:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281247/posts BET Awards to highlight Jackson's legacyBy Sandy Cohen ASSOCIATED PRESS updated 12:33 p.m., June 28, 2009 LOS ANGELES -- After three days to process the shock and grief, attendees at the BET Awards -- a show thrown into "total overhaul" by the death of Michael Jackson -- were preparing for what was sure to be a spectacular celebration of the "King of Pop," put on by an dazzling collection of the artists he influenced most. Already an affair of major star wattage, Sunday night's show was thrown under a white-hot spotlight in the wake of Mr. Jackson's death, adding attendees... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281247/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:20:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2262288/posts Hollywood’s finest starlets attended the 2009 MTV Movie Awards last night and the red carpet was all about youth, freshness and casual elegance! Be still, our hearts on fire. Megan Fox chose a black and gold Dolce & Gabbana strapless mini dress and Christian Louboutin sky high gladiator sandals. Audrina Patridge sparkled in a one-shoulder sequin mini dress. The Fashion Time Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2262288/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:02:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259283/posts GAINESVILLE, Virginia (May 20, 2009) – Tertium Quids has named Sen. Ken Cuccinelli as its inaugural “Legislator of the Year” in the Virginia Senate. “Virginia would not have passed a law to put the state budget online or a law to prevent Kelo-like eminent domain abuses without Senator Cuccinelli steadfastly pushing for them for several years in the Virginia Senate,” said John Taylor, president of Tertium Quids. Cuccinelli’s budget transparency bill to put more of the state’s budget, revenues, taxes, and expenditures on the Internet in a format easily understandable and accessible to the general public was signed into law... Tertium Quids website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259283/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 20:05:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225386/posts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 09-77 Nominees Sought for Governor’s North Star Awards for International Excellence April 7, 2009. Juneau, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin announced today she will again honor businesses and organizations active in the international arena. The governor established the Governor’s North Star Awards for International Excellence in May 2008. “It’s time to again recognize the contributions of companies and organizations that make great connections around the world that benefit Alaskans here at home,” Governor Palin said. The awards will be presented in May 2009 to honor Alaska businesses, schools, and other organizations that improve life in Alaska... Office of the Governor of the State of Alaska http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225386/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2009 04:19:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2205217/posts Chris Brown (or his representatives) finally realized that the proper (or more business-savvy) move was to withdraw his name from the list of nominees for two Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. It spares a potentially very awkward moment on the broadcast since he was probably in contention, having won last year. Nickelodeon had refused to remove him, saying that kids chose him as a nominee months ago. They proclaimed that they didn't want to interfere with the process. Uh huh. Because you know, the choice of these awards is sacrosanct in our nation. Or not. Because it turns out that the... Clearly Nebulous http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2205217/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:49:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2162045/posts The Finalists are: India Uncut Savage Politics Truthdig Foreign Policy Watch Thurber's Thoughts No Quarter From the Left American Thinker Pajama Pundit The Hook FiveThirtyEight Townhall Daily Kos Politico Polls close Tuesday January 13, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is 5:00 p.m. (EST) and 2:00 p.m. (PST). weblogawards http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2162045/posts#comment Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:59:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2130399/posts Following our mission, the Board of Directors has established the Silver Star Families of America Commendation Award. This award is to be given to an individual or organization that has had an exceptionally positive impact on our wounded and ill by: Author http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2130399/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:34:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2053285/posts The Man-Crush Bouquet: If a political talker gushed over a Republican candidate like this, his credibility would evaporate and his career would be in jeopardy. Good thing MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews is swooning over a Democrat. His endless prattle over Barack Obama has quickly slid from the media’s usual leftwing bias down to downright cheerleading. It has actually become embarrassing. The Moderate Separatist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2053285/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:41:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996036/posts To mark our tenth annual freep against media bias outside the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com will hold an awards ceremony to announce the ten worst examples of media reporting over the past ten years.Nominations are being accepted on this thread from now until 9 a.m. EDT Monday, April 21. Voting will commence shortly after that and will close at 3 p.m. EDT Friday, April 25.Nominees should be backed with quotes and source links. Acceptable nominees are news media outlets, reporters, commentators, photographers, editors and executives. The time period runs from 1999 through 2008. The... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996036/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:59:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1986296/posts http://www.youtube.com/ytawards07 You can vote on the best videos. The famous "Dont Tase Me Bro" video is listed under the category "Eyewitness", and the video is named "University of Florida student Tasered at Kerry forum" Select a Category... ...and watch the nominees. Then click on the box next to your favorite video OR hit "Vote For This Video." You may not change your vote on the same day, but you can vote again the next day for any video you like. Voting continues through March 19, 2008. youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1986296/posts#comment Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:14:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958215/posts A story based on the Three Little Pigs has been turned down from a government agency's annual awards because the subject matter could offend Muslims. The digital book, re-telling the classic fairy tale, was rejected by judges who warned that "the use of pigs raises cultural issues". Becta, the government's educational technology agency, is a leading partner in the annual schools award. The judges also attacked Three Little Cowboy Builders for offending builders. The book's creative director, Anne Curtis, said that the idea that including pigs in a story could be interpreted as racism was "like a slap in the... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958215/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:26:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957410/posts BILL HAS A 'DREAM' EX PREZ NODS OFF DURING MLK AWARD PRESENTATION Post Staff Report I guess my comments were rejected because I criticized Republicans. I should have known. This is the NY Post after all... posted by JamekaClick here to commentBill Clinton Has a 'Dream'Former president Clinton nodded off during the MLK awards presentation. January 21, 2008 -- Bill Clinton showed yesterday why he made it into the book "The Art of Napping." During an appearance at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, the former president was caught nodding off. excerpt New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957410/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:33:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951196/posts It’s looking like a tough year for toll roads in Texas, and no one could be happier about that than Terri Hall, the San Antonio woman whose group is leading the grassroots fight against the controversial pay-to-drive roads that Gov. Rick Perry and others want to see crisscrossing the state. In September, Hall and her group, Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF), filed suit in the state district court in Austin against the Texas Department of Transportation, alleging that TxDOT has broken the law by using public funds to lobby legislators for laws favoring toll roads. TURF and Hall... Fort Worth Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951196/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:05:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950519/posts CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., Jan. 8, 2008 – Sgt. Kevin Knight has been a Marine for four years. He has deployed three times to Iraq. The first was in 2004, when he was just out of his infantry training. He returned from his most recent deployment in November. With their commanders ushered from the room, Knight and about 50 other Marines fresh from deployment were able to sit across the table from Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates here yesterday to ask straight questions and get straight answers on whatever was on their minds. Gates met with troops on Navy and Marine... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950519/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 23:30:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940735/posts The AZ Federation of Taxpayers/Americans for Prosperity put on the biggest AZ conservative event of the year, their third annual Legislative Awards Luncheon. In addition to crediting the guys who put it on, Chad Kirkpatrick and Tom Jenney (on the left), the governor should be credited for frightening so many people into coming this year.This year’s award for the biggest government spender and taxer was renamed from the Vladimir I. Lenin award to the Empty Wallet Award and went to Rep. Steve Farley, who received a 14% rating from AZ Taxpayers, the lowest of any legislator. Farley did not show... Sonoran Alliance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940735/posts#comment Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:06:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1928103/posts 2008 CADILLAC CTS!!!!!!! GM is hanging its future on this car...and it's a good one. They finally got it right! Motortrend Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1928103/posts#comment Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:51:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1920817/posts SIERRA VISTA — Fort Huachuca and the Bureau of Land Management were awarded Saturday for their roles in protecting a tributary of the San Pedro River from future development. The Nature Conservancy gave the Morris K. Udall Outstanding Conservation Achievement Award in the public sector to both the agencies for their work in conserving more than 1,400 acres and 4.6 miles of river to the east of Fort Huachuca. The land is a part of the Babocomari Ranch, nearly 28,000 acres between the Mustang and Huachuca mountains, owned and operated by the Brophy family since 1935. The Babocomari River, one... Sierra Vista Herald/Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1920817/posts#comment Sun, 4 Nov 2007 16:56:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914222/posts Dredge your overstuffed furniture. Scrape the bottom of your purse. Shatter your kid's piggy bank. Do what ever it takes to find $500 for a ticket to the Churchill Centre's Oct. 25 fund-raising dinner at the Willard so you can witness the presentation of the Emery Reves Award to Chris Matthews for lifetime achievement in journalism. Slate Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914222/posts#comment Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:53:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912188/posts WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2007 – Six U.S. military members recognized by a local patriotic organization for their overseas service in the war on terror also received Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’ personal thanks here yesterday evening. “You are the best, and we all owe you. And, in all sincerity, we’re all humbled by you,” Gates told the Grateful Nation Award recipients at the start of his remarks at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs’ annual award dinner. “It’s surreal,” Grateful Nation Award honoree Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Jason T. Fetty said of his meeting with Gates. He said the... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912188/posts#comment Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:22:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900452/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2007 – Five military members received the USO’s Service Hero award last night before an audience of hundreds who gathered at the National Building Museum here for the 66th annual USO World Gala. Army Spc. Marion D. Pettus III, left, the USO's Soldier of the Year, poses with Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. at the 66th annual USO World Gala held Sept. 21, 2007 in Washington, D.C. Defense Dept. photo by John J. Kruzel  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The United Service Organizations, which has provided morale and recreational services to military members worldwide since... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900452/posts#comment Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:44:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884668/posts A VICTORIAN mosque plans to bestow awards on Australians they believe are Islamophobes -- politicians, community leaders or media identities they categorise as hostile to Muslims. The Brunswick-based Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah Association has unveiled what it calls its annual "Islamophobia Award for the worst Islamophobes in Australia". Likely to be near the top on the group's list of nominees is Pauline Hanson, who has come under fire from the mosque and other Muslims for her recent call for a "moratorium on any more Muslims coming into Australia". Mosque leader Sheik Mohammed Omran, who teaches a fundamentalist minority form of... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884668/posts#comment Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:44:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1850128/posts INDIANAPOLIS -- Sixth-grader Matt Porter didn't enjoy getting "Most Likely Not To Have Children" and "Sir Clowns-a-Lot" awards from two teachers at his school. His parents aren't pleased, either. Matt said he received the awards in front of classmates during a ceremony at the Decatur Intermediate Learning Center at the end of the recently finished school year. His mother and his stepfather have asked the Decatur Township school system to reprimand the teachers, and they want an apology. "Words cut deeper than any knife could. They hurt," said his stepfather, Joseph Sims. "When you hurt a child like that, you... denverchannel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1850128/posts#comment Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:18:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838763/posts Five military personnel were presented with medals for gallantry in Afghanistan during 2006 by Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace today, 23 May 2007. Amongst the five presented with their medals today were Captain Catherine McWilliam, a Nursing Officer with the UK Field Hospital at Camp Bastion. She received the Associate Royal Red Cross Medal for her professionalism, compassion and care for the sick and wounded under her charge. Over 70 UK Servicemen and women were honoured in the Honours and Awards list made public in December 2006 for their role in operations in Afghanistan. The other recipients of... UK MoD Defence News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838763/posts#comment Thu, 24 May 2007 00:56:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790180/posts FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2007 – Marine Gen. Peter Pace presented a Distinguished Service Cross and two Silver Stars here yesterday to three soldiers for heroism displayed in Iraq on Nov. 19, 2005. Pvt. Stephen C. Sanford, recently medically retired from the Army, salutes Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 22. Sanford received the award for going above and beyond the call of duty while fighting terrorist in Iraq. Photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, USAF  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790180/posts#comment Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:15:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1788551/posts We live in an age of self-congratulation. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the proliferation of awards shows on TV. Where once the Academy Awards were a much-anticipated special occasion, these days one can't seem to change the channel without running into another awards show. It's to the point where the idea of a channel devoted exclusively to awards shows is conceivable. With the Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, Grammys, Teen Choice Awards and so on, we seem to be awash in accolades. As a result, awards shows have become little more than occasions for like-minded insiders to pat each... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1788551/posts#comment Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:45:03 GMT