http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/betrayal/ en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:09:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416860/posts Senate Democrats will face a problem when they return in January every bit as tough as crafting the healthcare bill: Assembling a climate and energy package that can be shoehorned into the election-year calendar. Imposing limits on greenhouse gases is a White House and Democratic priority, but it’s stuck in line behind health care, Wall Street reform and jobs legislation. It’s also become increasingly apparent since the Copenhagen climate summit that the Senate will go forward in a dramatically different direction than the House, which approved its own climate bill last summer. Environmentalists familiar with Democratic plans say party leaders... The Hill, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416860/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:09:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414038/posts After Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced Saturday that he had decided to support the amended health bill that allows federal funding of abortion, he set to work defending the decision in terms more familiar on the lips of his liberal colleagues: emphasizing the need for a compromise, and highlighting the greater good of the health of millions of Americans. Yet Nelson left behind a still-reeling pro-life and conservative constituency questioning what could have prompted the sudden change in the senator - who days before seemed so placidly settled in his convictions against the bill, particularly regarding abortion. The tension leading... LifeSite News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414038/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:43:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412761/posts Promising change after eight George Bush and Republican dominated years, Barack Obama won the most sweeping non-incumbent victory in over 50 years along with congressional Democrats gaining large House and Senate majorities. In addition, at 56.8%, voter turnout was the highest since Richard Nixon's "secret plan" to end the Vietnam war and his "Southern" and "law and order" strategies beat Hubert Humphrey and independent George Wallace in 1968. On election night, the mood celebrated hope for progressive change, an end to imperial wars, and a new day for America. When word came around 10PM, expectant thousands in Chicago's Grant Park... Baltimore Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412761/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:28:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411577/posts Boy, this “Obama Derangement Syndrome” really has gotten out of hand. Why, just this past week the decreasingly popular president has been called a “bald-faced liar,” “an executive who can’t bring himself to lead,” and even an “Uncle Tom.” And that’s just by liberals. The progressive crack-up, before Obama even reaches the end of his first year, has been an awesome and occasionally humorous sight to see. Undead ’60s warhorse Tom Hayden got the ball rolling in early December with his dramatic announcement in The Nation that, with the president’s decision to increase troop levels, “It’s time to strip the... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411577/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:55:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411416/posts December 19, 2009 'Betrayed' [Kathryn Jean Lopez] Nebraska Right to Life on Nelson's choice: Lincoln——Nebraska Right to Life and pro-life Nebraskans have been betrayed by Senator Ben Nelson's agreement with Democratic leadership to become their 60th vote for cloture on the Senate healthcare bill, propped up by abortion compromise language which in no way resembles the Stupak amendment in the House bill or the Nelson/Hatch amendment attempt in the Senate. Both of those amendments had protections against taxpayer funding of abortion. "Senator Nelson had a chance to ensure that the longstanding principle of the Hyde Amendment against federal funding of... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411416/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:48:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410064/posts The internal threat from Muslim extremists in the military extends to high-level Defense Department aides who have undermined military policy. In fact, one top Muslim adviser pushed out an intelligence analyst who warned of the sudden jihad syndrome that led to the Fort Hood terrorist attack. An honored guest of the Ramadan dinner at the Pentagon this September was Hesham Islam, who infiltrated the highest echelons of the Ring despite proven ties to U.S. terror front groups and a shady past in his native Egypt. As senior adviser for international affairs to former deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, Islam ran... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410064/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:46:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408379/posts We thought the worst for Tiger was behind him, or, at the very least, that no closet was big enough to hold any more skeletons. Looks like we were wrong—remember, Tiger owns more than a few houses, and more than a few closets. Behind door number—which one are we on now?—is the revelation that the doctor who treated Woods after his knee injury has been indicted in a doping scandal by the FBI, and is accused of treating athletes with steroids. Bleacher Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408379/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:01:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396485/posts The last time Jim Ryan ran for governor of Illinois, he offered voters a clear choice between a man who never took a dime in public life and Rod Blagojevich. And though many would like to forget it, they chose Blagojevich. "The infrastructure of the Illinois Republican Party has never really been for me," Ryan said over breakfast the other day as we talked about that 2002 campaign and his current run in the crowded GOP primary for governor. "I'm not a deal-maker. And senior Republicans knew my reputation. They knew I wouldn't be flexible." Seven years ago, Ryan, then... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396485/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:05:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385386/posts The American Humiliation Buried at Fort Hood It’s now been seven full days following Thursday November 5, 2009, when U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, using only unremarkable handguns, murdered 13 fellow American soldiers and civilians, and wounding 30-odd others, including combat veterans. Hasan — an American-born-and-bred Muslim who initiated his attack by jumping on a table and in Arabic shouting the Muslim affirmation “God is Great!” — continued to shoot unarmed soldiers and civilians unopposed by any armed military personnel, and was finally stopped only when — after ten-minutes — two civilian police officers with no previous combat experience... J. Neil Schulman @ Rational Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385386/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:50:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378175/posts WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama noted Wednesday's 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, while insisting he wants the U.S. and Iran to move beyond "suspicion, mistrust and confrontation." Google/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378175/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:46:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376121/posts Hey, how did that six-figure RNC donation to the NRCC plus $85,000 to the New York GOP plus nearly half-million-dollar investment in advertising and other independent expenditures on behalf of radical leftis Dede Scozzafava work out? She repaid the GOP by endorsing Democrat candidate Bill Owens. Some gratitude, eh? “Since beginning my campaign, I have told you that this election is not about me; it’s about the people of this District,” Scozzafava wrote in an e-mail sent to supporters this afternoon. “It is in this spirit that I am writing to let you know I am supporting Bill Owens for... michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376121/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:35:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376028/posts Republican Dede Scozzafava endorsed her former Democratic opponent Sunday in the race for an upstate New York congressional seat, one day after Scozzafava dropped out of the contest. Scozzafava dropped out after Conservative Party candidate Dough Hoffman experienced a late-in-the-game surge. But on Sunday, Scozzafava backed Democrat Bill Owens -- the announcement was made in a statement send out by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "I am supporting Bill Owens for Congress and urge you to do the same," she said. "In Bill Owens, I see a sense of duty and integrity that will guide him beyond political partisanship. He... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376028/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:45:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375909/posts Dierdre K. Scozzafava's decision to suspend her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District seat is a shocking development in what had already been an extraordinary race. In her statement Saturday morning, the assemblywoman explained the reasons behind her decision: "It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support. Consequently, I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit to do so." During the day Saturday, she began to quietly and thoughtfully encourage her supporters to vote for Democrat William L. Owens.... Watertown Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375909/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 16:32:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375694/posts The youngest soldier to win the George Cross has criticised Gordon Brown for ‘betraying’ the Armed Forces and revealed he now works in a call centre, selling insurance. ‘My medal says I am a hero of the Iraqi conflict, a man of extraordinary valour and strength of character,’ says Chris Finney. ‘But now I work in a call centre. My life has gone from one extreme to the other.’ At 18, he won Britain’s highest civil accolade for rescuing a wounded comrade from a burning Scimitar armoured vehicle. If his courage had been in response to an attack by the... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375694/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 03:47:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373940/posts (IsraelNN.com) Former minister Rafi Eitan, who recruited Jonathan Pollard as a spy for Israel in the US, expressed regret over the espionage debacle in an interview on Channel 2. "I admit the failure and I regret it,” he said. In an interview to Maariv in 2008, Eitan said that the US intelligence services made a joint decision not to permit Pollard ever to be released until the end of his life. “The reason isn't Pollard. It's Israel... It's connected to the relationship system between the American intelligence services and the state of Israel.” Eitan went on to confirm that the... INN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373940/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:25:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371628/posts CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) —Nevada Republicans who supported Ron Paul in last year's GOP presidential contest announced a political action committee Monday to oppose the U.S. Senate bid of former state party chairwoman Sue Lowden. Robert Holloday, spokesman for the Fair Nevada Elections PAC, said Lowden's handling of last year's state convention when delegate selections were stopped amounted to betrayal. "Sue Lowden's leading role in improperly halting the delegate election disqualifies her for any position of trust in government," Holloday said. "Our group hopes to raise awareness of the dismal record of Sue Lowden and to oppose her election to... The Mercury-News, San Jose, Calif. / AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371628/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:14:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2369645/posts This should be an exciting campaign season for the GOP. There is renewed energy in the Conservative movement and renewed interest in our founding documents and the first principles. I myself joined the local party after the recent election loss in 2008. I looked at the loss not as defeat but as opportunity to regain control of the Republican brand. However, I am finding it is a much more daunting task than I had imagined. It seems with all the cries of protest at Tea Parties and Town Halls, our voices are still not being heard. . . even by... Trempealeau County Trunk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2369645/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:17:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352939/posts Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal urged his party Tuesday to shift to offering health care solutions instead of just rejecting what [Alleged] President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress are proposing. “I think now is the perfect time to pivot and to say, not only here’s what we’re against, and not only here’s how we’re going to contrast ourselves, but here’s what we’re for,” Jindal said in an interview with POLITICO. Jindal acknowledged that the Republican Party for years had been too slow to stake out positions on the health care debate “to our peril and the nation’s... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352939/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:03:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2365330/posts This cat betrayed his girlfriend.....very funny!! Turn on sound You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2365330/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:47:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359861/posts Oslo decided to change its ways and begin giving out deferred Nobel Prizes: Win now, pay tomorrow. There's no other way to explain the bewildering, not to say bizarre, decision to grant the Nobel Prize for Peace to Barack Obama. Just like the reserved, esteemed Norwegians on the prize committee, we here, sweating and bleeding, were overjoyed with Barack Obama's election as U.S. president - black, eloquent, enchanting, striking and promising. Many an eye welled with tears, from Jerusalem to Rafah, at his unforgettable inauguration address, and even as late as his Cairo speech we still clung to his beautiful... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359861/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:53:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350603/posts In the depths of the financial crisis last year, people like Morgan Stanley's John Mack, BlackRock's Larry Fink, Greg Fleming (then of Merrill Lynch), JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein were telling everyone that candidate Barack Obama was a "moderate," and moderation was what this country needed. What a difference a year makes. They won't admit it in public -- but in private conversations, the top guys on Wall Street are feeling burned. The guy who seemed like such a steady voice -- vowing to curb runaway spending and restoring order to the banking system and the... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350603/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:13:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348887/posts The real enigma is why liberal Jews find it an anathema to support their progressive values and Israel at the same time. Why must liberal values and support for Israel be mutually exclusive? American Jews did not have Israel at the top of their list of priorities when determining for whom to vote in this last election, but now that Obama is in office, I question their silent response to his clearly antagonistic approach to Israel. (A Pew Research Center poll conducted in January of this year indicated that almost twice as many conservatives as liberals sympathize with Israel in... PAjamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348887/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:59:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345141/posts US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said Monday that ousted leader Manuel Zelaya's surprise return to Honduras offers an opportunity to end the country's political crisis. "Now that President Zelaya is back it would be opportune to restore him to his position under appropriate circumstances, get on with the election that is currently scheduled for November, have a peaceful transition of presidential authority and get Honduras back to constitutional and democratic order," Clinton told reporters as she met with Arias in New York. Arias, who brokered failed peace talks between the Zelaya camp and... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345141/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:34:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344055/posts It was the worst thing that the American government could do. This decision was announced on 17 September, when Poland was commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Invasion Day, when the Soviet Union allied with Nazis and stabbed our country in the back. This was an effect of the Nazi- Soviet Pact that was signed on 28 August in Moscow. After this day, all dreams about resisting Hitler's invasion perished -- two evil empires combined their powers to destroy our freedom and sovereignty. At the same day, 70 years later, Obama bowed to the Kremlin. It was something that... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344055/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:26:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342444/posts Strategic Defense: With Iran on the verge of a deliverable nuke, the administration tells our allies in the dead of night that we will scuttle missile defense plans in Eastern Europe to please the Russians.Czechs are used to betrayal by their Western allies. It was at Munich in 1938 that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sealed their doom in exchange for a piece of paper promising "peace in our time." The fact that this further gutting of missile defense came on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland on Sept. 17, 1939, is an eerie coincidence. "Just after... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342444/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:25:45 GMT