http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bloggers/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:28:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418054/posts <p>The Transportation Security Administration is going after bloggers who wrote about a directive to increase security after the incident.</p> IBD's Capital Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418054/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:28:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417447/posts DOJ Issues Gag Order In Black Panther Probe"The order came from Loretta King, who at the time was President Obama’s acting assistant Attorney General for the civil rights division. No explanation was offered for the sudden dismissal and outrage ensued among federal prosecutors handling the case." ...."A member of the Civil Rights Commission challenged the gag order, pointing out that his panel is duly authorized by statute to review and report on enforcement activities of the Justice Department and similar government agencies. The commission’s job, he reminds, is to serve as a watchdog of federal and state enforcement agencies. That... Judicial Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417447/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:32:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414647/posts As we noted, Governor Palin was in Wasilla on December 22nd signing copies of her record setting book and enjoying the company of those from her hometown and all over Alaska who came out to spend time with her and her family. Tracy Porreca, a conservative Alaskan, attended the event and wrote about the experience on her website: However, not everyone was there with the intentions of being civil and treating others with the most basic respect that human beings extent to each other. Judging by their past antics and writings, Dennis Zaki and Jesse Griffin attended the Wasilla book... conservatives4palin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414647/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:12:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406178/posts There is no evidence of carbon dioxide being a poison, or that it is capable of causing a warming Armageddon. What follows is a summary of the proof — straight from real science, peer-reviewed over the past 232 years by legions of physicists, thanks to Newton’s Principia. Remember the famous picture of Miss Marilyn Monroe with her skirt blown high? Even at the age of 76, when I see this picture my temperature goes up — followed by the amount of carbon dioxide I exhale. Never the other way ’round. Now, thanks to the study of a series of ice... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406178/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:22:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405535/posts It is too sordid, too tabloid, too trashy, too much like a bad reality-show — only it’s real. I am talking about the Tiger Woods non-scandal. Alas, there is nothing unusual about what Tiger has done. This state of affairs (literally speaking) is routine, epidemic, and ancient. Johns are men — and to a John, women are either whores or wives. Mainly whores. Yes, there are many exceptions, but this is the rule. I am talking about the multi-billion dollar industry of prostitution (which in my book is not a victimless crime). The prostituted girl or woman is usually the... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405535/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:58:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402087/posts LOS ANGELES (PIO) -- This past week, all across America -- from Marietta, Georgia to Davenport, Iowa to Beverly Hills, California -- sightings of the newest poster featuring President Barack Obama have been made. Simultaneously, many have become convinced that the poster's inscrutable label, TWAP, stands for The Worst American President. In what may well be an ominous sign for President Obama, the posters have appeared on many unleased stores, highlighting the devastating effect the recession has had on commercial real estate and small businesses across the country, the sector which most often leads the way out of bad economic... PIO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402087/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:45:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401586/posts Concerned that “casual” and “irregular” so-called journalists are “confusing” the American people. Senators Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have introduced legislation that attempts to “draw the line between legitimate and illegitimate purveyors of news.” The legislation, Senate Bill 448, would define a legitimate journalist as a person working as a salaried employee of, or independent contractor for, a recognized publisher or broadcaster of news. Those falling outside this definition would be denied the privileges granted to established news media under freedom of the press. “The American people need to be protected from being misled by unauthorized sources,” Feinstein... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401586/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 18:03:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398473/posts Never fear conspiracy theorists of the world! The Birthers are alive and well and advertising in the pages of the Washington Times. And what an advertisement it is. It's unclear what is more offensive here: the accusation that President Obama is not an American citizen, or the ape imagery. The former, of course, is utterly ridiculous. The latter is not. Also, now Obama is British. Ape imagery has well-documented racist undertones, making it fairly difficult to miss the subtle message here. Earlier this year the New York Post got in some very hot water for publishing a cartoon depicting policemen... Mediaite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398473/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:02:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398100/posts December 1, 2009 The impeccable timing of Somali Pirates By MrArbitrage What a strange and conveniently timed story. Usually the HIGHER a commodity goes, the more it becomes a target for criminals. Instead, these pirates seem to come out whenever oil has a pull back. Are these guys on the Goldman payroll? Speaking of strange, I stumbled upon this photo... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398100/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 02:11:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397676/posts Los Angeles (PIO) -- In the tradition of the Barack Obama Hope poster and the more recent socialism poster, a new image of President Obama has begun to turn up in Downey and other neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles. The new poster depicts President Obama as a medieval court jester and features the label "TWAP," the intended meaning of which is unknown. Apparently a protest against President Obama's increasingly unpopular policies, the image has inspired both anger and laughter among those who have seen it, most often dependent upon the viewer's ideological bent.... PIO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397676/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:53:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397283/posts The DMV now has yet another pro-gun source of information and cyberspace assembly area for gun owners. The Virginia Gun Owners Forum (VGOF) started up in March 2009 and its owner Rick Sandlin says the site already has "over 700 members strong with more than 21,000 forum posts . . . [and] provides a place for people within the Commonwealth of Virginia to conduct local firearm purchases, trades and sales." The Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397283/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 01:14:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397026/posts Hello, hyperventilating zealot. Greetings, denialist scum. Now that we've dispensed with the formalities, please allow me to point and laugh at you. Ahem. Ha ha ha! Point point point! Shut up.That's what you'd like me to do. That's what you'd like all of us to do. Shut our mouths and open our wallets. Did you really think it was going to be so easy? This doesn't prove anything. What doesn't? You know. We both do. I just want to hear you say it. This Clim... This Climateguh. Guh. That's it, almost there. This Climategate garbage doesn't mean anything! You science-denying... JimTreacher.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397026/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:51:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393675/posts How many times have we heard that the world’s climate is being destroyed by the actions of man, especially westerners? Our lifestyle, our cars, our fireplaces, our lawn mowers, barbeque grills, and so on, are destroying the planet. A global emergency is at hand or we will surely bring about our end. We cannot wait any longer, the end is near. The sea will rise and hundreds of thousands will be displaced. The sky is falling! Everyone that questions the science behind this claim has been labeled a “ring wing lunatic” or simply not intelligent enough to understand the situation,... www.examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393675/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2375153/posts According to Editor & Publisher and other sources, the Senate has worked out the wrinkles of a federal shield law to protect news gatherers from being forced to reveal confidential sources. The issues holding it up were from the White House involving classified leaks and national security issues. The major surprise however is it apparently covers freelancers and “citizen journalists,” a euphemism used to describe bloggers. "The negotiated compromise creates a fair standard to protect the public interest, journalists, the news media, bloggers, prosecutors and litigants," said Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., a cosponsor of the Free Flow of Information Act...." Island Turtle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2375153/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:37:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368647/posts An incredible host of conservative bloggers, ranging from Mark Tapscott at The Examiner, who is a member of the Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame, to me and Brian Faughnan at respective blogs at the Washington Times, to the directors of Red State, to Breitbart's blog, to several at Red County, to a particularly well-researched one by Jim Geraghty at The Campaign Spot at NRO, .... has stepped forward in solidarity with John McCormack of the Weekly Standard to demand that New York congressional candidate Dede Scozzafava withdraw ..... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368647/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:25:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366687/posts October 19, 2009 Obama Made Arlen Specter Big Promises For Switching Parties. Now, Specter Wants Him To Pay Up Howard Fineman Barack Obama and Ed Rendell were delighted when they convinced Sen. Arlen Specter to switch parties earlier this year. But now that coup falls into the category of "be careful what you wish for," because the president and the governor of Pennyslvania have a problem on their hands: Arlen Specter. Here's the problem: Specter is up for re-election next year, and he was promised the full campaign backing of Obama and Rendell--not just in the general election but in... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366687/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:35:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364563/posts ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iranian bloggers won a major press award Friday for their efforts to cover the Islamic Republic's disputed presidential election. Iranian journalist Delbar Tavakoli, who fled the country after losing her job, received Friday the 2009 Mohamed Amin Award on behalf of the bloggers "for their commitment, bravery and dedication under harrowing conditions and extraordinary pressure while covering the presidential election." "Iranian bloggers redefined the concept of citizen journalism and social networking when they became the only source of news in Iran post-election," Christoph Pleitgen, head of Reuters News Agency media business said in a statement. Established in... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364563/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:35:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2363899/posts We have met the enemy, and according to Peggy Noonan, it is us! Grand Rants http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2363899/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:07:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362460/posts There are rumors floating around that the Department of Justice has hired a group of ex-democratic bloggers to troll the internet for websites that are critical to President Obama and post comments that demand support for his policies. I can say that I have seen some troll activity on this site from lefties, but I didn't think anything of the situation...until now! The Muffled Oar first reported on this revelation: The Muffled Oar has received a great number of tips from DOJ employees about activities taking place within the Department since Holder became Attorney General. Conservative for change http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362460/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:23:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362228/posts press boxThe FTC's Mad Power Grab The commission's preposterous new endorsement guidelines.By Jack ShaferPosted Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at 6:29 PM ET If you're a blogger and you write about goods or services—and what blogger doesn't write about books, movies, music, theater, restaurants, home theaters, laptops, manicures, clothing, tutoring, bicycles, cars, boats, cameras, strollers, watches, lawn care, pharmaceuticals, gourmet food, maid service, hair care, concerts, banking, shipping, or septic tank service from time to time?—then you've just made yourself vulnerable to an investigation from the Federal Trade Commission.In new guidelines (PDF) released Oct. 5, the FTC put bloggers on notice... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362228/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:35:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360701/posts I kind of feel sorry for Obama. The Nobel committee ripped him off. As is always the case when something is given undeserved and unearned, he has lost the opportunity to prove himself. The Nobel Peace Prize is probably something Barack Obama has daydreamed about. His astounding sense of entitlement and self no doubt had led him to believe that one day he would receive the Nobel prize. And who knows, maybe someday he would have earned it. He certainly has a global view of himself, as a leader whose abilities and charms know no limit. And maybe after a... boblonsberry.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360701/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:37:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360202/posts This is going to be felt worldwide (October 2009) Gerald Celente, Trends Research founder, discusses the US Dollar on Russia Today I say it over and over again. You can’t print phantom money out of thin air, backed by nothing, and producing practically nothing without destroying the dollar. They’ve been doing it for decades. — It’s more than just the demise of the dollar. This is going to be felt worldwide. There’s a major financial crisis ahead. The United State, the world’s super power, is failing on its most basic level - and, that’s the gold rule. Those who have... SHTF Plan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360202/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:37:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360200/posts This is going to be an ongoing series, I suspect - tracking government abuse of the citizenry via debt-shifting. What am I referring to? Simple: Back-door bailouts of banks and industry (notably the auto industry) through farcical programs that con the citizens of the nation to take on unsustainable debt, thereby transferring what should be a corporate or bank failure to into a whole bunch of personal bankruptcies. There are two programs in particular that exemplify this attempt; "cash for clunkers" and the various machinations in the housing space, including the insanely loose FHA credit procedures. Cash for Clunkers violated... Market-Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360200/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:31:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360198/posts I'm going to go back to this quote by Barney Frank of the US House, because it says everything those in state and local governments need to know: Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said in an interview that the defaults were, in essence, worth it. “I don’t think it’s a bad thing that the bad loans occurred,” he said. “It was an effort to keep prices from falling too fast. That’s a policy.” Got it? It's a policy to screw the state and local governments. Huh, you say? It's simple, really:... Market-Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360198/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:28:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360197/posts We were promised one, you know. Dennis Kneale, Larry Kudlow, hell, name a "mouthpiece" on ToutTV or in the sell-side of Fraud Street and you'll find someone claiming that "the recession is over." But if it is, how can this be true? Lockyer’s spoke before Controller John Chiang said state general fund revenue fell $1.1 billion below estimates during the first three months of the fiscal year that began July 1. Let's boil this down a bit: Sales tax revenues came in at $99.8 million, or 4.5% lower than expected. Income tax revenues were also off big, but remember that... Market-Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360197/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:27:01 GMT