http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/benjamin/ en-us Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:47:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293940/posts Wednesday July 15, 2009 White House: New Catholic Surgeon General Supports Obama Abortion Agenda By Kathleen GilbertWASHINGTON, D.C., July 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A White House spokesman appears to have settled confusion on the position of Surgeon General nominee Dr. Regina Benjamin by saying that the doctor, though widely considered a devout Roman Catholic, supports President Obama's agenda on abortion.White House spokesman Reid Cherlin said in a Miami Herald report yesterday that Benjamin "supports the president's position on reproductive health issues." Earlier this year Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explicitly confirmed that for the Obama administration the term "reproductive health" includes abortion.... LifeSiteNews.com -- Your Life, Family and Culture Outpost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293940/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:47:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2291693/posts Dr. Regina Benjamin poses for a portrait in the waiting room at her temporary clinic in Bayou La Batre, Ala., last September. (CNS/courtesy MacArthur Foundation) Dr. Regina Benjamin, a member of the board of trustees of the Catholic Health Association, is being nominated as surgeon general this morning.We had this story on Benjamin last fall, when she received a MacArthur fellowship for her work with medical clinics in poverty-stricken areas of Alabama.Benjamin did her undergraduate studies at Xavier University in New Orleans and in a 2005 speech she talked about the Catholic parish she grew up in, and how her... cns http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2291693/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:09:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174514/posts Caren Benjamin - Robot Loon (Neil Cavuto 1-29-09) Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174514/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:28:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132876/posts Early signs are Obama has to guard his left Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political WriterFriday, November 14, 2008 (11-13) 17:44 PST -- As he prepares to enter the ring of White House politics, President-elect Barack Obama might need to perfect that left jab just as much as his right hook. Images View Larger Images Not only can the Democratic president-to-be expect the predictable shots from the conservative right, but eventually a pounding from the left if he doesn't deliver "change you can believe in" on issues that concern liberal voters - health care reform, an end to the war in... SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132876/posts#comment Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:40:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089887/posts <p>A founding member of the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois met in New York City tonight with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.</p> <p>Jodie Evans, who co-hosted Obama's first major fundraiser in Hollywood in February 2007 just after Obama announced his candidacy and is a top fundraiser and donor to Obama's campaign, led a delegation of leftist anti-American groups that held a private meeting near the United Nations. The stated purpose of the meeting was to "serve as an opening for diplomatic resolution" to prevent war between Iran and the United States.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089887/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:42:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074992/posts As part of their recruitment drive, leaders of the anti-war, anti-American activist group, Code Pink, showed up at the Republicans' national convention in St. Paul yesterday and performed an act of political theater that got them arrested. Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, who really ought to be dressed in bright pink straitjackets, disrupted the acceptance speech of vice presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and were led away. Benjamin and Evans wore pink slips upon which ''Palin Not a Woman's Choice'' was written and tried to wave a banner that read, ''We need a Peace VP.'' (Sean Hackbarth has a... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074992/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:30:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961010/posts One of today's more bizarre news stories has to do with a demonstration which the Code Pink ladies tried to stage in Miami's Little Havana, protesting the presence in the United States of Luis Posada Carriles. The locals, mostly Cubans who have fled Castro's island prison, became a bit angry and began to chase the ladies out of the area with some choice comments. Code Pink is, as everyone who reads the blogs knows, an organization of "peace ladies" led by Medea Benjamin, a far-Left activist who once described Castro's gulag as a "socialist paradise." The choice of little Havana... Power Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961010/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:30:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955629/posts Criticism Support of Venezuelan Dictator is Inconsistent With Proclaimed Values The consistency of Code Pink's antiwar credentials and its values as an antiwar group is criticized because while it publicly opposes President Bush and his policies in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Code Pink's leaders have embraced Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. Most notably, Code Pink's three highest profile members, Medea Benjamin, Jodi Evans and Cindy Sheehan, visited Hugo Chavez in January 2006. After returning to the United States, Cindy Sheehan stated in an MSNBC interview that she would rather live under Hugo Chavez than President Bush... Wikipedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955629/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:31:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692527/posts Cindy Sheehan, Tom Hayden, and the Hate America Left meet with pro-Ba'athist members of the Iraqi parliament to discuss “peace.” TO FIND PEOPLE WHO HATE AMERICA AS MUCH AS THEY DO, the Fifth Column Left had to go halfway around the world to meet with Iraqi political leaders who call terrorism “honorable national resistance” and say foreign jihadists “are guaranteed Paradise” – and at least one of whom has ties to militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr. By the end of the trip, the American leftists would echo these sentiments. Somehow most of the media – occupied with interminable coverage of Hurricane... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692527/posts#comment Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:14:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1765649/posts Forgive me, I'm at work and don't have time to translate this properly. Cubanet is reporting that commie whore numero uno, Medea Benjamin says that they are not there to protest internal conditions in Cuba, only the violations at Guantanamo, although they do support Human Rights everywhere. This piece of shit dismisses Martha Roque, who is the real deal, who risks everything to stand up to the regime in Cuba and these spoiled, self-serving whores of Satan won't take the time to acknowledge the open letter to Sheehan? This shows just what these putas are made of. (Excuse my french,... Babalublog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1765649/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:55:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1759370/posts ROME (Reuters) - A senior Catholic cleric has said he hopes former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein will be spared execution, citing the Church's opposition to the death penalty. Cardinal Renato Martino, head of the Vatican's Justice and Peace department, was quoted in Italy's Repubblica newspaper on Thursday saying there was a chance for last-minute clemency for Saddam after an appeals court upheld his death sentence. "There's still a period of 30 days (before the death sentence must be carried out), the president's signature is required, things can happen," Martino was reported as saying. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has also... Reuters Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1759370/posts#comment Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:03:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1601094/posts This past Monday night, Bill O'Reilly had Medea Benjamin, the founder of the "antiwar" group Code Pink, as a guest on his Fox News program, "The O?Reilly Factor." Code Pink is the organization that has been holding anti-troop demonstrations outside Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. every week, countered by a large turnout from the DC Chapter of Free Republic (God bless FR.) There are plenty of legitimate antiwar organizations whose spokepersons O'Reilly could have put on the Factor. Instead, he chose to put on the founder of Code Pink, which gave thousands of dollars to the terrorists in... Freedom News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1601094/posts#comment Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:41:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1488465/posts Those who give up liberty for security lose both liberty and security. ----Benjaman Franklin---- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1488465/posts#comment Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:07:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486252/posts The throngs of "anti-war" marchers heading to DC to attend the September 24th rally don't know that they are being used. CodePINK and United For Peace and Justice are both prodigy of Global Exchage, the 501(3)c non-profit formed by Global's Medea Benjamin. It's the "Benjamins For Benjamin Weekend"!. Using the attraction of a Hate America event to lure attendees, Code Pink's Medea Benjamin's cash cow, Global Exchange, has scheduled one of it's "Green Festivals" for the same weekend and is running it in competition with the anti-war events scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. How convenient? How many people will... Green Festival Announcement http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486252/posts#comment Sat, 17 Sep 2005 06:01:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473665/posts The Hidden Agenda Behind the "Peace" Rallies..... As evidenced by the throngs of people attending the recent anti-war rallies in cities across America and around the world, the contemporary "peace" movement is one of the truly significant social phenomena of our time. It has organized a number of massive, synchronized demonstrations -- attended by millions -- in hundreds of cities all over the globe. On 15 February alone, simultaneous protests against US military action in Iraq were held in more than 600 cities. Though virtually unreported by the mainstream press, the organizers of every major rally to date have deep,... The Schwarz Report & Front Page Magazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473665/posts#comment Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:57:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460243/posts TEL AVIV, Aug 9 (Reuters) - A leading Israeli rightist said on Tuesday he would seek to topple Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as head of the ruling Likud party before the next general election, due in 2006. Uzi Landau, leader of a Likud "rebel" faction that tried in vain to scuttle Sharon's Gaza pullout plan in votes of the cabinet and parliament, told a news conference that he would run in Likud's next party primary. Sharon's main primary rival is expected to be Benjamin Netanyahu, an ex-prime minister who resigned as finance minister on Sunday in protest at the plan... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460243/posts#comment Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:02:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1062035/posts Sean Penn’s account of his recent trip to postwar Iraq – written in two articles published in the San Francisco Chronicle – reveals the deep changes that have taken place in liberated Iraq, and the shallow man who observed them. A more generous soul might have considered apologizing for the unkind words directed at President Bush and his counselors who are responsible for the freedoms that Penn now acknowledges are burgeoning in Iraq, yet Penn cannot bring himself to praise the Americans who brought this about, acknowledge his role in opposing Operation Iraqi Liberation, or, indeed, rise above the pettiest concerns... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1062035/posts#comment Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:58:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460193/posts Contents IntroductionWhat is the PSM/ISM?ISM Rewriting History ACT NOW! - OPPOSE GOOGLE'S PLAN Automatically send emails opposing Google's planSign a petition Introduction According to Lee Kaplan, writing for FrontPageMagazine.com: The Internet giant Google will give news agency status to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), according to an anonymous source at Google. If true, the ISM—an affiliate of the anarchist/communist wing of the PLO—would be on par with professional news services such as CNN, Fox, and Associated Press. … The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and the Palestinian Solidarity Movement (PSM) are related and interconnected organizations that have one goal: the... http://netwmd.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460193/posts#comment Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:32:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1325848/posts WASHINGTON — Pentagon police on Wednesday turned away family members of troops killed in Iraq who wanted to confront Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on the reasons for the war in Iraq. The group of about 20 was stopped before entering Pentagon property by about a dozen officers, who told the protesters they did not have the proper permission to enter the building. Organizers said they have been petitioning for the meeting for weeks, but department officials are ignoring their requests. “The man who was too busy to personally sign the Killed in Action letters these families received is apparently... Stars and Stripes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1325848/posts#comment Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:46:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1440001/posts "In August 1998, the detainee traveled to Pakistan with a member of Iraqi Intelligence for the purpose of blowing up the Pakistan, United States and British embassies with chemical mortars."  U.S. government "Summary of Evidence" for an Iraqi member of al Qaeda detained at Guantanamo Bay, CubaFOR MANY, the debate over the former Iraqi regime's ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network ended a year ago with the release of the 9/11 Commission report. Media outlets seized on a carefully worded summary that the commission had found no evidence "indicating that Iraq cooperated with al Qaeda in developing or... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1440001/posts#comment Sun, 10 Jul 2005 05:39:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1439874/posts JERUSALEM – Reports that he received prior warning about yesterday's deadly London terror attacks "have no basis in reality," former Prime Minister Benjamin Netantyahu told WorldNetDaily this morning. "Absolutely not. The reports are entirely false," said Netanyahu, still in London on a trip to address a corporate investment conference yesterday at the Great Eastern hotel near the site of one of the blasts. Immediately following the attacks, media reports quoted an Associated Press story claiming British intelligence told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes before yesterday's explosions it had received warnings of possible terror attacks in the city. The AP... WORLD NET DAILY.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1439874/posts#comment Sat, 9 Jul 2005 23:33:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/875935/posts Code PinkoBy Jean PearceFrontPageMagazine.com | March 26, 2003 Like any other group, Communists come in a lot of shapes, sizes and colors. This time they’re wearing pink, they’re on the nightly news, and more than anything, they want the mothers and grandmothers of America to identify with them. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think the leaders of the women’s anti-war group Code Pink got lost on their way to the carpool line. Since October, these hot pink-clad "marching moms" have been spinning the same tale to reporters from coast to coast, the one about how concern for their... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/875935/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:58:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1389212/posts When The New York Times, “Nightline,” and CNN nominate a young blonde for sainthood ahead of the Pope, it’s time for a reality check. Especially when that blonde, Marla Ruzicka’s sole purpose is to legitimize our enemies, cause problems for U.S. troops already in harms way, and morally equivocate dead terrorists with victims of 9/11. Jane Fonda lite—but unfortunately without having been spat upon by right-thinking veterans. The recent death of Ruzicka, an American “activist” in Iraq, elicited an orgy of gush—everywhere from Time Magazine to The Guardian of London to Al-Jazeera. A 28-year-old San Franciscan, Ruzicka was in Iraq... DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1389212/posts#comment Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:57:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299543/posts Go to this link and click "Contact Us" near the bottom. http://www.historychannel.com/global/feedback/faq.jsp?NetwCode=THC&level_1=nodes_38&level_2=nodes_71&level_3=nodes_86&x=27&y=19 A Letter to the History Channel (feel free to copy, paste and edit): To Whom it May Concern - I would like to express my displeasure with your recently broadcast program about the life of Benjamin Franklin. One-hundred-five minutes into the 120 minute broadcast is when the comment of one of your "experts" completely ruined and brought into question the veracity of the entire program. The comments by this "expert" demonstrate either a historical error made the the HISTORY Channel, or an attempt by the HISTORY Channel to... Personal Letter to the History Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299543/posts#comment Sun, 12 Dec 2004 03:38:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/976319/posts As American post-conflict combat deaths in Iraq overtook the wartime number, the administration counseled patience. "The war on terror is a test of our strength. It is a test of our perseverance, our patience, and our will," President Bush told an American Legion convention. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice embellished the message with what former White House speechwriters immediately recognize as a greatest-generation pander. "There is an understandable tendency to look back on America's experience in postwar Germany and see only the successes," she told the Veterans of Foreign Wars in San Antonio, Texas, on Aug. 25. "But as some... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/976319/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2003 03:50:03 GMT