http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bookexcerpt/ en-us Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:37:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904484/posts The following is an excerpt from Ann Coulter's new book, If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans Uttering lines that send liberals into paroxysms of rage, otherwise known as “citing facts,” is the spice of life. When I see the hot spittle flying from their mouths and the veins bulging and pulsing above their eyes, well, that’s when I feel truly alive. This happens, I dearly hope, once a week when my column is released. But the public gnashing of teeth that I incite occurs approximately every six to eight months, which is rather peculiar, since I believe I... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904484/posts#comment Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:37:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644094/posts GODLESS: The Church of Liberalism, Chapter One On the Seventh Day, God Rested and Liberal Schemed They exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator. . . . Therefore, God gave them up to passions of dishonor; for their females exchanged the natural use for that which is contrary to nature.—Romans 1:25–26 Liberals love to boast that they are not “religious,” which is what one would expect to hear from the state-sanctioned religion. Of course liberalism is a religion. It has its own cosmology, its own miracles, its own beliefs... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644094/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jun 2006 05:06:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542311/posts WASHINGTON — The New York Times is under fire for not disclosing that a front-page story on domestic spying by the National Security Agency was excerpted from a future book by the reporter. Media watchdogs questioned the timing of the article.... The Times said it held James Risen's story a year over White House fears of endangering ongoing probes. But what it didn't write in yesterday's article or in a follow-up statement by editor Bill Keller was that Risen had written a book scheduled to hit stores in January. Internet columnist Matt Drudge noted that Risen turned in the manuscript... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542311/posts#comment Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:55:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1541889/posts God sent the human race what I call good dreams: I mean those queer stories scattered all through the heathen religions about a god who dies and comes to life again and, by his death, has somehow given new life to men. He also selected one particular people and spent several centuries hammering into their heads the sort of God He was — that there was only one of Him and that He cared about right conduct. Those people were the Jews, and the Old Testament gives an account of the hammering process. Then comes the real shock. Among these... The Spectator - UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1541889/posts#comment Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:31:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1448515/posts ...Iraq - low on the danger list One of My Life's most arresting passages describes the handover meeting Clinton had with his successor in December 2000. George Bush reckoned the biggest security issues he would face would be national missile defence and Iraq. "I told him that, based on the last eight years, I thought his biggest security problems, in order, would be Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida; the absence of peace in the Middle East; the standoff between nuclear powers India and Pakistan, and the ties of the Pakistanis to the Taliban and al-Qaida; North Korea; and then Iraq."... Guarian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1448515/posts#comment Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:06:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1443444/posts HILLARY'S SECRET WAR The real Ken Starr Posted: July 15, 20051:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: The following is an eye-opening look into New York Times best-selling author Richard Poe's revealing book, "Hillary's Secret War." Whereas Edward Klein's book on the New York senator reveals previously unknown aspects of her personal life, Poe's expose focuses on how Hillary Clinton and the left's "shadow government" have labored to put her and her far-left agenda in the White House by controlling the still-uncensored flow of real news to Americans – via the Internet.If that sounds too fantastic to be true, read on.... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1443444/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:46:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1442911/posts HILLARY'S SECRET WAR The gelding of Rupert Murdoch Posted: July 14, 20051:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: The following is an eye-opening look into New York Times best-selling author Richard Poe's revealing book, "Hillary's Secret War." Whereas Edward Klein's book on the New York senator reveals previously unknown aspects of her personal life, Poe's expose focuses on how Hillary Clinton and the left's "shadow government" have labored to put her and her far-left agenda in the White House by controlling the still-uncensored flow of real news to Americans – via the Internet.If that sounds too fantastic to be true, read... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1442911/posts#comment Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:58:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1410651/posts At long last, what the media wouldn't tell you about...BILL AND HILLARY'S 11TH-HOUR CRIME SPREE Final Days by Olson, Barbara "Disgraceful." That was former president Jimmy Carter's word for the final days of the Clinton administration. But as the late Barbara Olson shows in this riveting book, it was worse than disgraceful; it was well-nigh criminal. Here's the whole shocking story of a manic Clinton White House consumed with self-enrichment, gifts, pardons, federal land grabs, and an orgy of spending and regulating. If the Clinton administration was the most corrupt in American history, here was its most obscenely corrupt moment.... CONSERVATIVE BOOK CLUB.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1410651/posts#comment Thu, 26 May 2005 03:15:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385347/posts WND Exclusive COMING MONDAY Excerpts of blockbuster 'Atomic Iran' 3-part series presents second-by-second description of nuke attack Posted: April 15, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Beginning Monday, WorldNetDaily will feature a three-part excerpt of Jerome Corsi's blockbuster, "Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians." In the chapter excerpted, Corsi explains how the ruling mullahs in Tehran could use the nuclear technology they are bent on developing to help terrorists in the U.S. detonate an improvised nuclear device, or IND, in a large American city. Corsi provides the reader a hair-raising description, second-by-second, of... WorldNetDaily.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385347/posts#comment Sun, 17 Apr 2005 07:48:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383336/posts EDITOR'S NOTE: This piece is excerpted from NR White House Correspondent Byron York's new book, The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy. York's new book details how MoveOn.org, George Soros, Michael Moore, 527 groups, Al Franken, and other Democratic activists built the biggest, richest, and best organized political movement in generations. Among other things, the book discusses MoveOn's origins and how, in the summer of 2004, the group used its Internet organizing power in an attempt to create the impression in the media that there was a wave of anti-Bush anger sweeping the country. On the morning of September 11, 2001, a... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383336/posts#comment Thu, 14 Apr 2005 04:16:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1367264/posts THE BIBLICAL STORY OF Samson and Delilah is familiar (Judges 16:4-30). Delilah deceives her husband, Samson. She betrays him to her people, the Philistines, who are the enemies of the Israelites. The Philistines put out Samson's eyes and rob him of the source of his strength by cutting his hair. Samson repents of his sin, his hair grows back, and he regains his strength. Not letting on that his strength has returned, Samson in turn deceives his captors. When the opportunity arises, he uses his renewed strength to bring down the two middle pillars of a great temple when the... Iran Freedom Foundation web site http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1367264/posts#comment Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:03:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1352736/posts Capitalism is not economic anarchy. When properly defined, it recognizes several necessary conditions for the kinds of voluntary relationships it supports. One of these is the existence of inherent human rights, such as the right to make decisions, the right to be free, the right to hold property, and the right to exchange peacefully what one owns for something else. Capitalism also presupposes a system of morality. Under capitalism, there are definite limits, moral and otherwise, to the ways in which people can exchange. Capitalism should be viewed as a system of voluntary relationships within a framework of laws that... The Schwartz Report - Volume 39, Number 3; March 1999 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1352736/posts#comment Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:12:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1345541/posts Timothy G. Standish, biology First published in In Six Days Science and origins testimony #9 Edited by John F. Ashton Dr. Standish is associate professor of biology at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. He holds a B.S. in zoology from Andrews University, an M.S. in biology from Andrews University, and a Ph.D. in biology and public policy from George Mason University (University of Virginia), Charlottesville, Virginia. He teaches genetics at Andrews University and is currently researching the genetics of cricket (Achita domesticus) behavior. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reading The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins was a pivotal experience for me. I had... In Six Days http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1345541/posts#comment Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:10:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1342066/posts Excerpts from Rick Warren'sThe Purpose-Drivenâ Life  What On Earth Am I Here For? It's not about you.  The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness.  It's far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions.  If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God.  You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will not make sense. Planned For God's Pleasure Bringing pleasure to God is called "worship."  It is the... mmpublicrelations.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1342066/posts#comment Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:49:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1255642/posts This is an excerpt from the book Unfit for Command, copyright 2004 by John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi. The excerpt begins at the top of page 123. "It is a fact that in the entire Vietnam War we did not lose one major battle. We lost the war at home, and at home John Kerry was the field general."ROBERT ELDER Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Press ConferenceWashington, D.C., May 4, 2004 Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking Soviet intelligence officer to defect to the West, spoke out in June 2004 about the KGB intelligence operation that he believed... Unfit for Command http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1255642/posts#comment Sun, 24 Oct 2004 23:37:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1249360/posts Bush isn't protecting our seaports? Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush is Winning the War on Terror | 2004 | Richard Miniter Posted on 10/18/2004 6:49:46 AM PDT by TexasTaysor (John Kerry stated in the 3rd debate that our seaports were not being protected, that Bush had failed miserably and he would do it better. Bush is doing it just fine.) Chapter 5 - Terror At Sea “This is the story of that war, one that America and it’s allies have unequivocally won so far. It is the largely untold tale of ingenious terrorist plots, modern-day pirates, and... Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush Is Winning the War on Terror http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1249360/posts#comment Tue, 19 Oct 2004 01:29:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200502/posts Chapter 6 "A TESTIMONY OF LIES" Pages 99 - 122 Introduction: “Lt. Kerry returned home from the war to make some outrageous statements and allegations. Numerous criminal acts in violations of the law of war were cited by Kerry, disparaging those who had fought with honor in that conflict.” --LT. COL. JAMES ZUMWALT, USMC (RETIRED) Humanevents http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200502/posts#comment Fri, 27 Aug 2004 01:09:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1199101/posts From “Unfit for Command,” p. 123 - 124: Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking Soviet intelligence officer to defect to the West, spoke out in June 2004 about the KGB intelligence operation that he believed was the basis for the assertions of war crimes and atrocities at the heart of John Kerry’s 1971 testimony to the Fulbright Committee.For Pacepa, the case was clear. John Kerry’s 1971 accusations of war crimes in Vietnam sounded to him just “like the disinformation line that the Soviets were sowing worldwide throughout the Vietnam era.” The KGB had as a top priority the damage of American... Unfit for Command http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1199101/posts#comment Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:47:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195260/posts John Kerry was involved in his final "combat" in Vietnam on March 13, 1969.     The public has seen it: The incident has been the subject of more than $50 million in paid political advertising.     The incident was featured before the Democratic presidential caucuses in Iowa, where Kerry met in tearful reunion with Jim Rassmann, the Special Forces lieutenant who he "rescued from the water."     Here is Kerry's account of the final episode of his four-month Vietnam cameo, for which he received his third Purple Heart and a Bronze Star:     A mine went off alongside Kerry's Swift Boat, PCF 94. Rassmann... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195260/posts#comment Fri, 20 Aug 2004 06:21:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195068/posts Kerry’s March 13, 1969, “Medals” According to the records, Kerry claimed in the casualty report he prepared on March 13, 1969, that he was wounded as a result of a mine explosion. Within a short period, he presented his request to go home on the basis of three Purple Hearts. By March 17, 1969, Kerry’s short career in Vietnam was over. Regarding the action on March 13.1969, Kerry’s medals were once again a complete fraud. Notwithstanding the fake submission for his Bronze Star, Kerry was never wounded or bleeding from his arm. All reports, including the medical reports, make clear... Unfit for Command http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195068/posts#comment Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:02:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193710/posts A number of the combat commanders, fellow officers and other men who served with Sen. John Kerry in Vietnam have challenged his accounts of combat heroism in a new book, "Unfit for Command" (Regnery Publishing), by John E. O´Neill, who took over command of Swift Boat PCF 94 from Lt. Kerry, and Jerome R. Corsi, a political scientist who has written extensively about the Vietnam War protest movement. Each of these excerpts from "Unfit for Command" includes comparisons of Mr. Kerry´s earlier published accounts to recollections of others who served with him. First of three excerpts Kerry, now the four-term... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193710/posts#comment Wed, 18 Aug 2004 06:03:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1191856/posts Why I Am Running for President * * * I am a child of the greatest generation of Americans and therefore a member of the most fortunate generation of Americans. Like my parents, I have always hoped and often assumed that my own children will have more opportunities in life than I had and will live in a country and in a world where such opportunities are more widely shared and more deeply rooted than at any time in the past. I am running for president in no small part to redeem that promise for the America to come. While... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1191856/posts#comment Sun, 15 Aug 2004 08:59:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1188250/posts Christmas In “Cambodia" Vietnam, December 1968 JOHN KERRY’S STORY If there is one story told over and over again by John Kerry since his return from Vietnam, it is the heart-wrenching tale of how he spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day illegally in Cambodia. From the early 1970s, when he used the tale as part of his proof for war crimes in Cambodia, through the mid-1980s and the 1990s, Kerry has spoken and written again and again of how he was illegally ordered to enter Cambodia. On the floor of the U.S. Senate on March 27, 1986, Kerry launched one... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1188250/posts#comment Mon, 9 Aug 2004 22:56:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185354/posts Christmas In “Cambodia” Vietnam, December 1968JOHN KERRY’S STORY If there is one story told over and over again by John Kerry since his return from Vietnam, it is the heart-wrenching tale of how he spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day illegally in Cambodia. From the early 1970s, when he used the tale as part of his proof for war crimes in Cambodia, through the mid-1980s and the 1990s, Kerry has spoken and written again and again of how he was illegally ordered to enter Cambodia. On the floor of the U.S. Senate on March 27, 1986, Kerry launched one of... Unfit for Command http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185354/posts#comment Thu, 5 Aug 2004 06:25:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185240/posts T H R E E THE PURPLE HEART HUNTER “Many took exception to the Purple Hearts awarded to Kerry. His ‘wounds’ were suspect, so insignificant as to not be worthy of the award of such a medal. That Kerry would seek the Purple Heart for such ‘wounds’ is a mockery of the intent of the Purple Heart and an abridgement of the valor of those to whom the Purple Heart had been awarded with justification.” WILLIAM FRANKE Swift Boat veteran A normal tour of duty in Vietnam was at least one year for all personnel. Many sailors, like Tom Wright... Human Events Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185240/posts#comment Thu, 5 Aug 2004 01:45:30 GMT