http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/backroom-forum/ en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:59:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2284681/posts FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge Thursday, July 2, 2009 BAGHDAD - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Unclassified FBI interviews conducted during his incarceration at a U.S. detention center offered new details Thursday about the late Iraqi dictator's life on the run - both bfoe ndaferhe ws used Th dcuens ls cnfrmprvious reports that Saddam falsely allowed the world to believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction - the main U.S. rationale behind the war - because he feared revealing his weakness to Iran,... PeoplePC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2284681/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:59:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2279775/posts Six Most Important Factors that destroyed Roman Civilization: 1)Overtaxation 2)Opression of the Provences by the Central Government 3)Government topheavy with bureaucracy 4)Military power overextended across the world(their world at the time) 5)The Populace diverted by degenerate mass entertainment 6) The Borders poorly defended against increasing foreign migration(in their case, Barbarians) Osnome http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2279775/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:16:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2278987/posts Good-bye. A few months ago, I posted some information on bank financial strength. The post was a complex table and it took me sometime to make the post. Not long after, I forget but perhaps 10 or 20 minutes, the post disappeared. Figuring I made a mistake, I posted it again. This time I was pretty sure I posted it correctly. It disappeared within a few minutes. To verify that this was what was happening, I posted a third time. It again disappeared immediately. I never received any feedback from FreeRepublic on this matter. It annoyed me, but since I... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2278987/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:41:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2277686/posts FIRST PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L_p14_Nu8Q http://serve.gov/ In "What Interests You?" I typed Defense In "Where WOuld You Like To Volunteer?" I Typed New York This brought me to these results http://www.allforgood.org/search#q=defense&num=10&start=1&vol_loc=new%20york&timeperiod=everything&cache=1 Very first result was for Earth And Animal Liberation Support So I clicked it Which lead me to here http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/VolunteerOpportunity/85193-103/c This is the description Earth and Animal Liberation Support Location: New York, New York, 10013, United States Organization: Wetlands Activism Collective Start date: May 31, 2002 Sex: All are welcome Skill(s): legal Last updated: June 20, 2009 End date: December 31, 2010 Age: Adults (18-64), Seniors (65... SaveOurSovereignty3 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2277686/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:05:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2275534/posts Summer vacations aren’t just for school kids – they’re for TV stars too. With most shows on hiatus now, the beauties of the small screen have headed to the ocean where they’re showing a lot of skin. And while they look great on their shows, they look even better in their bikinis. So which primetime leading lady has the best beach-ready body? RadarOnline.com asked three fitness and nutrition experts to rank 12 bathing beauties in terms of who has the fittest and shapeliest figure in a teensy bikini. The panel is made up of Dr. Edward Jackowski ,author of the... Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2275534/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:45:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2273086/posts Nasty Debbie Schlussel hates Sarah Palin, ~ refering to her as vapid, and her 18 year old daughter as "slutty". Deb complains about hate mail she gets, but Ms Schlussel has been very hateful in her diatribes. She is intolerant of any criticism, of which she will interpret as threats- I don't just mean the obvious retorts she get as her website. She has turned on fellow conservatives(such as at FoxNews), she is now scathing against Ann Coulter for defending Sarah Palin! Deborah Schlussel should be boycotted! Poster http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2273086/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:43:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2271939/posts For too long, women have had to compromise practicality for beauty. Men got pants with cargo pockets and built-in knee pads, women got clothes whose only built-in feature was cuteness. But why should men get all the high-speed low-drag tactical toys? Tactical gear is no longer an all boys club. Tactical Corsets bring female operators MILSPEC features like MOLLE modular pouch attachment webbing and self-adjustable quick-release buckles in a load-bearing carrier designed to support the female form. And we're just getting started. Tactical Corsets are now available for custom order. More details on styles, sizing, materials and more is coming... tacticalcorsets.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2271939/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:57:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2271879/posts Prostitute Dies After Being Held in Scorching Outdoor Prison Cell — A prostitute doing time behind bars, Marcia Powell was temporarily moved one day last month to an outdoor holding pen with nothing but a chain-link-fence roof to shield her from the searing desert sun. She lasted less than four hours. Powell, 48, collapsed in the 108-degree heat and died at a hospital the next day, touching off a criminal investigation and bringing an abrupt end to a little-known practice in Arizona's prison system that inmate-rights activists found repellent. Donna Leone Hamm, director of the local nonprofit Middle Ground Prison... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2271879/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:23:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2269196/posts A celebration of American life in better times. Grab a Slice and a Coke and enjoy! When Hollywood was Fun Toys, Cereal Ads and Logos The Best Wheels Ever and much more http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2269196/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:37:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2267797/posts I like the b-movies of the 1950's and 1960's the best. Little or no foul language, not too much violence, and the wacky cheesy monsters they created. Today it is all femminazi superbimbos in charge, tons of CGI effects, and they are all produced in Canada :-Z Last night I watched a sci-fi flick from 1962 called: Journey To The Seventh Planet, that had some really hokey monsters- one of which was a one-eyed dinosaur creature with rat-like features and big three fingered claws. This film was created by the same team that made ANGREY RED PLANET of 1959. Ib... Osnome http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2267797/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 05:56:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2266225/posts PHIL Spector's a killer in bed, too. "We had sex. We were doing it all the time," his hot, blond and much younger wife, Rachelle, told the LA Times, speaking out for the first time since the Wall of Sound producer was convicted of murder and sent to prison for the next 19 years. But it gets creepier. Rachelle, who's 28, just two years older than Spector's daughter, Nicole, gave a choke-inducing peek at the bizarre spot they chose to tie the knot: the entranceway to Spector's Alhambra, Calif., mansion, where he blew away actress Lana Clarkson in 2003. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2266225/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 16:23:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2266190/posts Think of it as “TMZ,” only substitute intern hubris for celebrity hijinks. A new blog dedicated to catching Washington interns on their worst behavior is making the rounds among Hill staffers. Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2266190/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 15:08:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2266002/posts Could the flat tax come to California? Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said today that he would like to see such “radical” proposals come out of a commission now studying an overhaul of the state’s tax system. The governor told the editorial board of the Sacramento Bee that he hoped the commission would not be afraid to propose something like “a 15% straight tax.” “That’s the kind of radical, daring kind of a proposal that I want to see on the table so we can look at it and say, ‘Oh, let’s study this, maybe that is the way to go,’ ”... L.A. Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2266002/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 04:03:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2265912/posts BENTONVILLE, Ark. - As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opens about 150 new or expanded stores in the U.S. in 2009, the company expects to hire about 22,000 people for new positions. Those positions include plenty of cashiers and stock clerks, but the world’s largest retailer will also be adding store managers, pharmacists and personnel workers. Wal-Mart is holding its annual shareholders meeting on Friday, and employees from its stores around the world are spending the week in Bentonville at company headquarters. Unlike many retailers, Wal-Mart has managed to keep sales growing since the recession began in late 2007, helped greatly by... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2265912/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 00:53:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2259801/posts ABOUT THE SHOW: The artist that electrified audiences in A&E's hit series Inked is in a new tattoo series that takes us beyond the shop. Tattoo Highway follows artist Thomas Pendelton as he travels the country in a mobile tattoo parlor of his own design, a converted 1970s Silver Eagle Tour Bus. On the outside, it's a moving metal canvas of Thomas' art; on the inside, it's a fully functional tattoo parlor. Whether he's tattooing a Crown Dancer for an Apache Elder in New Mexico or a bat-winged heart on a mortician's chest in Sacramento, Thomas is on the road... A&E TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2259801/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 13:56:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2257179/posts FEDERAL WAY, Wash., May 21 (UPI) -- Police in Washington state said a suspect used his genitals as a puppet while standing over an air conditioner intake at an apartment complex. The police report of the incident said Timothy Wayne Martin, 44, of Auburn, Wash., was arrested after residents of the Arcadia Apartment Complex in Federal Way called police at about 10:30 a.m. May 13 and reported a man standing over an air conditioner intake wearing only an unbuttoned flannel shirt and "was apparently manipulating" his penis with a string "like a puppet," Seattlepi.com reported Thursday. Police said Martin was... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2257179/posts#comment Sun, 24 May 2009 02:40:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2251715/posts (ANAHEIM, Calif.) — Disney says it will no longer scan riders on Splash Mountain and three other rides for guests who feel the need to flash their breasts for souvenir photos. AP via Time.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2251715/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 17:30:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2249083/posts With his glib dismissal of pot legalization, the president looks less like the man, and more like The Man. When the generation of Americans under the age of 30 gets around to realizing that this handsome young president might not be nearly as cool as they’d hoped, it won’t be hard to affix a date on when the milk began to sour. It was March 26, 2009, when Barack Obama conducted a live town hall press conference featuring questions submitted online. reason.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2249083/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 06:06:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2246145/posts Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and will be suspended 50 games starting today, The Times has learned. The test result and suspension is expected to be announced later today. The Dodgers informed triple-A outfielder Xavier Paul this morning that he was being promoted to Los Angeles. Ramirez is expected to attribute the test results to medication received from a doctor for a personal medical issue, according to a source familiar with matter but not authorized to speak publicly. With the suspension taking effect with tonight's game at Dodger Stadium, Ramirez will not be eligible to return to... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2246145/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 15:52:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2245716/posts They say a picture—or in this case, pictures—are worth a thousand words. Especially if Donald Trump is the person doing the talking. Never one to shy away from sharing his thoughts, the real estate mogul talked about the whole Miss California photo scandal during a call in to Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show on Wednesday… As the owner of the Miss USA franchise, Trump said the alleged racy shots of Carrie Prejean are heading his way so that he can review them and determine if they are grounds for her to lose the coveted sash. "They're sending me the photos... E! Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2245716/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 23:53:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2245660/posts Students enjoy time off as adults panic May 5, 2009 Really hyped up. That's how 18-year-old Lance Orr describes the flu fever that closed his MPS high school, the Milwaukee Learning Laboratory and Institute. When his uncle heard that Lance was a swine flu refugee, he chided him, "Don't come around here with your sick self!" Lance is perfectly healthy. I found him playing baseball with other idled students on the tennis courts that serve his school and nearby Hamilton High School, which also was locked up tight Tuesday. Relatively few cases of this flu hit the Milwaukee area, but... Milwaukee Journal Sentinal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2245660/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 22:37:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2245459/posts One of the greatest misconceptions of American history is that the Civil War was fought over slavery. Those who subscribe to this belief see President Abraham Lincoln as the benevolent leader who made unimaginable sacrifices in human blood to wipe out America’s greatest sin. While the human sacrifice is indisputable and the sin was monumental, the war’s purpose was not to free blacks from the shackles of bondage. Rather, the Civil War was fought with one purpose in mind: To preserve the Union at all costs. And, to put it in Lincoln’s terms, with no ifs, ands, or buts. You’d... Tenth Amendment Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2245459/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 17:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2245390/posts The Senate voted 65-31 to confirm Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Just last week Sebelius again denied protection to the unborn when she vetoed a bill that would provide increased regulations on performing late term abortions. Nineteen Catholic Senators supported the Sebelius nomination and six Catholic Senators opposed. Two Catholic senators who are ardently pro-life supported the governor; Senator Sam Brownback and Senator George Voinovich. Senator Brownback announced his support early on which was a surprise and a major disappointment to many in the pro-life movement. Senator Murkowski, who has a mixed... Pew Sitter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2245390/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 15:47:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2245119/posts EVO-ATHEIST DISCLAIMER MESSAGE WARNING: (No genetic material were harmed in the posting of this response) The sole purpose of this comment is to offend Star-Trek-Lovin’, Monkey-Huggin’, Marvel-Comic-Readin’ evil-utionist wackos, as well as Christian-Bashin’, Pope-slammin’, pocket-protector-wearin’, nerd-bucket, Atheists. This poster not responsible for so-called moderate evo-atheists feelings who feel they’ve been caught in the crossfire (there’s no crossfire here… you can’t “half” believe in God). This response posted by a God-fearin’, Church-goin’, 6-Literal-Day-Creation-believin’, Bible-thumpin’, Pew-jumpin’, Jesus-freak. Any Atheist interested in worshipping the Flying-Spaghetti-Monster will have to consult Little Dickie Dawkins for instruction. NOTE: MY OPINION IS SUBJECT TO STAY THE SAME... Gordon Greene http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2245119/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 04:44:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2242554/posts An odd thought occurred to me today. Suppose you could wave your hand and magically make an entire mindset disappear such that nobody would ever again embrace that ideology. Suppose further the choice was either/or. Which would you choose: liberalism or terrorism ? Idle Thoughts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2242554/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 05:05:47 GMT