http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bloggers-forum/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:46:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051374/posts The National Enquirer a couple of nights back caught former-Senator John Edwards, who is reportedly on Barack Obama's short list as a vice-presidential candidate, entering the Beverly Hilton Hotel room of a woman that isn't his wife. His wife, suffering from cancer, was presumably back at home in North Carolina. The Enquirer story has the definite sound of legitimacy... So what does the L.A. Times do, they put out an email to their bloggers telling them not to discuss the story... EconomicPolicyJournal.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051374/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:46:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051371/posts The phones have been ringing of the hooks this morning in the UT1992 family (across the US and around the world). It is official that my nephew (oldest brother's son) is being shipped out to Afganistan. My nephew called us this morning to break the news. Although we are all a solid military family, with family members having served in the military and/or seen action in every war/conflict since the civil war, it is still difficult news to hear. He told me told he was scared, but knows that it is his duty and that he is proud to serve.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051371/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:42:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051367/posts RFFM.org NEWS CHICAGO, IL -- Do Ask, Do Tell / U.S. Military announced what founder Dan Zanoza is calling a political counterinsurgency movement to fight against homosexual activists. Do Ask, Do Tell / U.S. Military is an organization formed to fight the effort by some which would lead to homosexuals openly serving in the United States Armed Forces. "Hillary Clinton said she would strive to do away with 'Don't ask, don't tell' which was implemented by her husband and former President Bill Clinton during his first term in office," stated Zanoza. "If Hillary planned to use our Armed Forces for... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051367/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:32:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051364/posts Focus on the Family is speaking out against a new pro-Obama radio ad airing on Christian radio. The ad calls for "a better Christian witness in politics." The new liberal political action committee Matthew 25 is running pro-Barack Obama ads on Christian radio. Salem Radio affiliate KBIQ 102.7 FM in Colorado Springs, Colorado -- home to Focus on the Family -- aired an ad that came in response to Dr. James Dobson’s recent criticism of the presidential candidate's theological views. Following is an excerpt from the radio ad: "You know it’s an election year when certain people start grabbing headlines... OneNewsNow.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051364/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:29:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051333/posts As Barack Obama launches into a European tour – presumably because the USA alone can’t comprise the “57 states” he said he visited on his campaign - one has to wonder whether citizens of the three countries he’s visiting – Germany, France and England – have any idea what they’re dealing with. But why would they, right? I mean, America sure doesn’t seem to have a clue. While the Democratic-led congress hits a record low 9% approval rating despite high pre-election hopes, the even further left-leaning embodiment of that epic failure is now shuffling around the globe, sending crowds into... Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051333/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:43:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051323/posts The Believer's Guide to Legal Issues is favorably reviewed in the August, 2008, issue of Pulpit Helps Magazine. "The author gives practical advice on a number of issues," notes reviewer Glen H. Jones, writing in the Pastors' Library literary section. "[Author Stephen Bloom's] legal calling is geared toward Christians who must often face conflicts between the law and their Christian profession," he continues. Jones rates the book "highly recommended" for all readers. Pulpit Helps has provided help and resources for pastors and Bible teachers for 30 years. IsThereALawyerInTheChurch.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051323/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:36:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051315/posts Energy Made In America by: Audra Taylor, July 25, 2008 Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio) believes that the solutions to our nation’s energy crisis can be found right here at home. The House Republican Leader addressed this and other energy issues before a group of reporters and bloggers during a meeting Tuesday. The event was hosted by Americans for Tax Reform and The American Spectator. Boehner said that the use of “American-made energy” and further exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) will help to resolve the current state of affairs in the energy sector. He also described an energy-focused... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051315/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:19:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051312/posts Gitmo Merry-Go-Round by: Emily Miller, July 25, 2008 The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) held a congressional hearing last week to revisit Guantanamo policies in the wake of Boumediene v. Bush, a recent Supreme Court decision that extends habeas corpus rights to detainees in Guantanamo Bay. Co-Chairman Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) says that in light of Boumediene the U.S. should “reopen entirely the question of how we handle terrorism suspects.” Calling Guantanamo a “lightning rod for international human rights criticism of the United States,” he encourages the U.S. to look abroad to see how... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051312/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:14:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051310/posts Aid to Pakistan Evaporates by: Audra Taylor, July 25, 2008 Much of the financial assistance donated by other countries toward the betterment of Pakistan’s health and population sectors is not being utilized efficiently, according to Dr. Samia Altaf, who worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Islamabad. Despite the $58 billion in assistance Pakistan has received from 1950-1999, Pakistan has little to show for it, said Altaf, the author of Aid Without Development: A Tale of International Consultants, Aid and Development. At the Woodrow Wilson Center, where Altaf is now a scholar, Altaf described her perspective on... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051310/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:12:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051309/posts The Other Michele by: Rachel Paulk, July 25, 2008 Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once said, “Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.” U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, might be in that put-upon tenth. A freshman congresswoman representing the 6th district of Minnesota, Representative Bachmann is committed to a political transparency rarely seen in Washington—perhaps that is why she is a Republican elected for the first time in a Democratic year from a blue state. Moreover, contrary to popular wisdom, that dynamic did not lead her to shift left. A frequent blogger, Representative... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051309/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051300/posts Video. Obama takes one on the chin. Smart mouth. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051300/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:53:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051281/posts   July 25, 2008               "Barack Obama has found his people. But, unfortunately for his election prospects, they're German, not American."-The Guardian, UK    This cartoon/graphic is free for noncommercial use in emails, blogs, and forums.  iowapresidentialwatch.com IowaPresidentialWatch.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051281/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:11:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051279/posts Fast analysis of Sen. Obama's disastrous speech and the 4 lessons we learn from it. Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051279/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:09:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051275/posts From an original article at Maggie's Notebookhttp://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/07/video-chills-to-bone-muslim-americans.html H/T to ztruth who asked "are there machine-gun sounds at the end of it?"Check-out the link to No Compromise after the video: questions asked by Muslim Americans for Obama and answered by them, along with some pithy commentary from No Compromise.Thanks to YouTube.com From Radarsite: Some months ago, Radarsite posted an article on the disquieting similarities between Barack Obama's plans for Iraq and al Qaeda's plans for Iraq [see below]. At that time, I made the conjecture that Obama was either a pro-Islamist working in coordination with our enemies or a bumbling... Radarsite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051275/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:02:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051270/posts Vetting the First Ladies by Paul Hallrah Michelle Robinson Obama was born in Chicago in January 1964. Following graduation from high school she attended Princeton University where she majored in Sociology and African American Studies. In her senior thesis, titled “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community,”' she asserted that America was a nation founded on “crime and hatred” and that white Americans were “ineradicably racist.” Moving on to Harvard Law School, she received her Juris Doctorate in 1988 and returned to Chicago. She joined the Sidley Austin law firm where, as part of her responsibilities, she was assigned to mentor... New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051270/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:54:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051268/posts As the mainstream media is dominated by its attention to the preparations for Beijing Olympics being held August 8-24 this year, an obvious truth is being ignored or going unaddressed. The more important story is that China is on a mission to dominate the United States and the rest of the world militarily by building nuclear weaponry meant to defeat the United States on the world stage. The actual Olympics pale in comparison to this upcoming event. And while our people continue to be distracted by a variety of “shiny things” meant to divert their attention, the Chinese continue their... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051268/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:52:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051265/posts What else would you expect from a "community organizer?" Watch the video here. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051265/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:48:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051264/posts "Now you have narco drug lords who are helping to finance the Taliban, so we’ve got to get the job done there, and that requires us to have enough troops that we are not just air raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there." Watch the video here. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051264/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051262/posts New York Times columnist David Brooks recently wrote, “The reason we have a democracy is that no one side is right all the time. The only people who are dangerous are those who can’t admit, even to themselves, that obvious fact.” Aside from the glaring error in his declaration that we live in a democracy (the United States is actually a Democratic Republic, not a democracy) his assertion is spot on. In light of the logic in Mr. Brook’s statement, it would seem that the woman slated to be Barack Obama’s “Muslim liaison” is dangerous, especially to women. While Barack... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051262/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:44:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051248/posts Michael Shires, professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine scratches the itch of why government is so expensive in California; including local county and municipal governments. Shires argues that it is just not a matter of increased taxes v. cutting services; this is how Democrats and Republicans in the California legislature paint the picture. Rather, revenue declines are only a small part of the problem. While services and their cost actually do not increase, the annual increase of secretly negotiated salary, benefits, and cost-of-living increases benefitting unionized public employees is killing budgets, savings, and family finances statewide.Shires writes: “Most public employees... Halfway to Concord http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051248/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:22:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051232/posts Ever since the National Enquirer reported on John Edwards' allegedly visiting a hotel to see his mistress and "love child," it's been inevitable: The John Edwards/Rielle Hunter jokes are starting to flow, and Jim Treacher has just a few. As it's difficult for me to avoid jumping on a trend bandwagon, I took the liberty of writing a couple of my own: --“Why did doctors at the hospital where the baby was delivered first suspect that John Edwards was the child's father? Whenever an ambulance pulled up to the emergency room, the baby got an erection." --“What was the biggest... Powers That Be blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051232/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:04:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051230/posts Presumptive Democrat nominee Barack Obama’s trip to Afghanistan, Iraq and Europe is all part and parcel of a full blown media event that most intuitive Americans will view as contrived and overdone; an event to compensate for Sen. Obama’s lack of experience and extraordinarily thin political portfolio. The media has helped orchestrate this publicity stunt to attract attention to their chosen candidate. There is no more doubt that they are in the tank for the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051230/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:58:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051229/posts The latest trend on the red carpet is disco-inspired lavish jumpsuits. A-listers like Gwyneth Paltrow and Maggie Gyllenhaal prefer them to evening gowns. Gwyneth Paltrow was a trendsetter of sky-high heels when she promoted Iron Man, and another trend she gave birth to is silky jumpsuits. The Fashion Time Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051229/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:56:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051217/posts LA Times Blog EditorVia Mickey Kaus, we learn that the Los Angeles Times has apparently banned its bloggers from mentioning the Edwards/Rielle Hunter story. outsidethebeltway.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051217/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:23:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051216/posts The Rasmussen Reports latest congressional approval tracking data has shown that paltry 9% of Americans believe that Congress is doing a good job. A closer exploration of the numbers reveals that the Democrat controlled Congress is getting abysmal marks not just among Republican voters and independents, but also among their own party loyalists. A mere 13% of those identifying themselves as registered Democrats are willing to give the Congress high marks. The Democratic Party leadership will surely attempt to shift the blame upon the Republican minority or the President, but a cursory examination of their legislative accomplishments sheds the light... I'm A Pundit Too http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051216/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:22:18 GMT