http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/brownshirts/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:32:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286081/posts I would welcome fellow Freeper input on an exchange I had with the police last night. First a little background. I've got 20 years in the military, started out my life giving police officers a great deal of respect and knee jerking to their defense. Over the course of years, however, I've lost a lot of respect for the police via watching continual police traffic violations, watching unprofessional behavior and seeing shows of petty tyranny over their fellow citizens. Although I'd still like to be wholeheartedly pro-law and think the way to get respectable enforcement officers is to demand professionalism,... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286081/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:32:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278854/posts "The demonstration was supposed to be peaceful," a contact in Teheran told this reporter. "But the Basiji [militiamen] beat people down like animals." He said the son of one of his employees, who participated in the rally, compared the scene to the frontlines of a war: "It was like they were beating up dolls. The security forces were out for blood. Hundreds of them charged out of nowhere. The next thing we saw was fire, blood, and clouds of tear gas," he reported. With Mousavi out of view, and all prominent reformist figures under arrest or also in hiding, the... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278854/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:47:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273623/posts Hear video from Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk radio show of a conversation between a Shreveport man and Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover. Robert Baillio was stopped by a police officer who, without a warrant or without probable cause, took a gun from his truck. When Mr. Baillio called Mayor Glover for an explanation, he was told, more than once that ‘when you are stopped by a police officer, your rights are suspended’. The Mayor owes an explanation for his remarks. Listen to the broadcast and to Mr. Baillio’s conversation with the Mayor here: 090614guntalkA.mp3 The mayor's comments start at 12:30 into... My Bossier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273623/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:15:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273412/posts At a campaign rally in Colorado Springs last July, that former community organizer, Barack Obama, grandly told an enraptured audience: "We've got to have a civilian national security force that is just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded" as the U.S. military. Now, understand, he wasn't talking about a "security" force in the sense of an armed militia. He was talking about a network of social service workers. When I first heard that, I wrote it off as a politician's extravagant, feel-good campaign rhetoric. After all, the Department of Defense includes about 3 million men and women... The Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273412/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:10:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270221/posts WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he has lost confidence in the inspector general who investigates AmeriCorps and other national service programs and has told Congress he is removing him from the position. Obama's move follows an investigation by IG Gerald Walpin of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is an Obama supporter and former NBA basketball star, into the misuse of federal grants by a nonprofit education group that Johnson headed.... Associated Press via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270221/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:47:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270275/posts President Barack Obama plans to fire the inspector general who investigates AmeriCorps and other national service programs amid a controversy between the IG and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is an Obama supporter and former NBA basketball star. The IG, Gerald Walpin, was criticized by the U.S. attorney in Sacramento for the way he handled an investigation of Johnson and his nonprofit group, which received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants from the Corporation for National Community Service. The corporation runs the AmeriCorps program. On Thursday, Obama said in a letter to Congress that he had lost confidence... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270275/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:41:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266909/posts At a family picnic tonight, I heard a story so unsettling and unreal, that I thought it was a joke until confirmed otherwise. A number of weeks ago, my uncle through marriage took it upon himself in a public place (a local convenience store) to criticize the policies of Barack Obama which was heard by a few patrons. A little background on my relation: he is a burly man with a creative tongue who, when speaking makes clear his opinions to everyone around him, but does so more to steam and vent than to do 'anything' about it. On this... The GOPNation.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266909/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 02:24:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264001/posts DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa is moving to fire an Iowa State Patrol trooper accused of using his state-owned computer to forward an e-mail that included jail mug shots of people wearing Barack Obama T-shirts. Sgt. Rodney Hicok, who's based in Fort Dodge, is appealing. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says Hicok remains on paid leave until the case is resolved. Public Safety Commissioner Eugene Meyer said in a statement Tuesday that his department on May 20 initiated firing procedures following an internal investigation. Chicago Trib http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264001/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:06:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259889/posts LOS ANGELES — Even as he conceded there is still much hard work to do, President Obama was in a boastful mood Wednesday night, telling a star-studded crowd at a fundraising dinner that he "would put these first four months up against any prior administration since FDR." The president, speaking to a dinner that included Hollywood A-listers like Kiefer Sutherland, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx, Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg, lauded the legislation he has signed since taking office but added that he is "not satisfied." The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259889/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 15:46:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246114/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed on Thursday nearly doubling funds to enforce U.S. tax laws next year, with an aim of more than quadrupling funding for tax compliance to $2.1 billion within five years. The budget plan seeks $12.1 billion for the Internal Revenue Service, responsible for collecting and enforcing individual and corporate tax laws in fiscal 2010 that begins October 1. That amount includes a $890 million request to boost tax enforcement, including in the international arena, an increase of $400 million from 2009. Earlier this week, Obama unveiled a series of proposals to overhaul mainly corporate... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246114/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 15:18:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242691/posts The Interfaith Alliance, a far-left religious advocacy group in Idaho, has accused Scott Lively, a scheduled speaker at this weekend's "Shake the Nation" conference in Boise, of "bearing false witness" and of being "mean-spirited and hurtful." Lively's crime? In his book, "The Pink Swastika," Lively exposes a secret homosexual activists don't want you to know about Nazi Germany: that although the Nazis did persecute homosexuals, the homosexuals the Nazis persecuted were almost exclusively the effeminate members of the gay community in Germany, and that much of the mistreatment was administered by masculine homosexuals who despised effeminacy in all its forms.... RenewAmerica.Us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242691/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 13:52:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240064/posts Milwaukee, Wisconsin Chief of Police Ed Flynn is hopefully going to be out of a job soon. This is a good thing. Take a deep breath and read this excerpt from a recent Associated Press release. MADISON (AP) — Milwaukee’s police chief said today he’ll go on telling his officers to take down anyone with a firearm despite Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen’s finding that people can carry guns openly if they do it peacefully. Please take the time to read the entire piece (JPFO copy) This is very important information for any gun owner. Chief Flynn then goes on... JPFO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240064/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235426/posts Obama signs huge expansion of youth brigades legislation © 2009 WorldNetDaily President Obama today signed into law the "GIVE Act," H.R. 1388, which massively expands the National Service Corporation and allocates to it billions of dollars, and one executive for the program now says it will allow for the "managing" of up to 8 or 9 million people. WND has reported on plans to create the corps since Obama told a campaign stop in Colorado Springs last year he wants a "Civilian National Security Force" as big and as well-funded as the U.S. military. The bill includes a "National Service... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235426/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:20:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235230/posts On Tuesday, April 28, the Senate Public Safety Committee will hear Senate Bill 697. SB697, authored by State Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-7), would prohibit the sale of handguns other than "owner-authorized (or ‘smart’) handguns" -- that is, handguns with a permanent, programmable biometric feature that renders the firearm useless unless activated by the authorized user. No proven, viable handgun of this type has ever been developed. The bill would require the California Attorney General to report to the Governor and Legislature on the availability of owner-authorized handguns; once the Attorney General finds that these guns are available, only “owner-authorized” handguns... NRA - ILA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235230/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234546/posts President Obama is poised to sign the "national service" bill. This will more than triple the size of Bill Clinton's creation, AmeriCorps, from 75,000 to 250,000 enrollees, after already being expanded by President Bush. The AP reports that the bill passed Congress with broad bipartisan support. The bill was co-sponsored and championed by Orrin Hatch (R-UT). Categories of service include anti-poverty, education, energy and environment, health care and veterans' assistance. For those keeping track, these priorities dovetail nicely with the Communist Party USA's platform as I have previously tabulated. 1.5 Increase low income energy assistance, ... 2.1 Enact massive public... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234546/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:30:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2234298/posts THE SHOCKING REPORT - Civil Liberties at Risk under Secretary Janet Napolitano DHS Right Wing Extremism Report (Note: This file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. See below.) Download, Read & DISTRIBUTE this disturbing report This report, first made public on The Roger Hedgecock Show, should be read by all Americans. Roger Hedgecock's commentary on this report and what it means is available here. The implications of the impact on the civil rights of EVERY American, regardless of their political affiliation or beliefs, is chilling. Every concerned citizen, from the left, the right, moderate, Democrat, Republican, Independent and those who... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2234298/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:54:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2233157/posts My friend Yael from Boker Tov Boulder sent me this story which was not as shocking as is horrifying. This report indicates the United States Government was spying on the peaceful tax day Tea Party Demonstrations: ....unsuspecting Tax Day TEA Party participants were being closely watched during the demonstration planning stages in a covert operation that began on or about March 23, 2009. ... Media cameras, however, were not the only cameras taking video at these events, something that has at least one current FBI agent concerned over the future of America. According to this agent.... covert surveillance was “planned... Canada Free Press/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2233157/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:28:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230661/posts I have been reading the many different articles today on the NSA's eavesdropping activity. It's appalling, to me, that the occupier of the White House would allow such a practice to continue, especially after campaigning on the promise of: No warrantless wiretaps if you elect me!" Now, since being elected, by hiding his Birth Certificate and lying in nearly everything he promised, he proves himself the Socialist and liar that he truly is. 0bama has steadfastly defended President Bush's wiretapping program, and, in fact, 0bama has increased the wiretaps! All the while staking claim to his own brand new... Various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230661/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:43:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229422/posts After the flippant dismissal by U.S. Circuit Court Judge James Robertson of the lawsuit to attempt to determine whether Barack Obama is constitutionally eligible to serve as President, D.C. attorney John Hemenway received a letter from a lawyer representing Barack Obama and Joe Biden, his Vice President.  (Hemenway had enjoined the suit launched by Hillary Clinton's ally, Philip Berg, the former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania and attorney Lawrence Joyce of Arizona, in an attempt to force President Obama to disclose his birth records, currently being protected against public scrutiny by the Obama legal team at a reported cost of as much as one million dollars.) ... FamilySecurityMatters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229422/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:21:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229018/posts A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) analysis being distributed to law enforcement agencies is warning of a new era of domestic terrorism spawned by the election of the nation’s first African-American president, unemployment, rising poverty, a backlash against illegal immigration and the return of disgruntled veterans from the nation’s warfronts. The highly charged document, first reported by talk-radio host and World Net Daily columnist Roger Hedgecock is entitled “Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.. newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229018/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:36:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228584/posts Yesterday, Roger Hedgecock and the Liberty Papers posted an unclassified DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis report titled:Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.The “report” was one of the most embarrassingly shoddy pieces of propaganda I’d ever read out of DHS. I couldn’t believe it was real.I spent the day chasing down DHS spokespeople, who have been tied up preparing for a very important homeland security event later today: The First Lady is coming to visit their Washington office. Priorities, you know.Well, the press office got back to me and verified that the document... http://michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228584/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:02:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228608/posts The Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement officials about a rise in "rightwing extremist activity," saying the economic recession, the election of America's first black president and the return of a few disgruntled war veterans could swell the ranks of white-power militias. A footnote attached to the report by the Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines "rightwing extremism in the United States" as including not just racist or hate groups, but also groups that reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority. "It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue,... WashTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228608/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:49:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218618/posts This is a very good 10 minute video on where our country is going. It discusses the different types of governments in the world. This is not political. Both parties are responsible for the shift in the type of government that represents us. Can WE stop that shift. Never saw this before...it should be passed on... The Wimp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218618/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:53:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2215865/posts Senators have tabled, or killed, an amendment offered by Senator David Vitter (R-LA) to the Serve America Act (S. 277 / H.R. 1388) by a vote of 53 to 43.The amendment would state that no funds within the underlying bill for various service-related programs can go to “ACORN or any of its affiliate organizations in any way.”ACORN stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. It’s a community organizing group for “low- and moderate-income people” according to its website.The group’s political committees generally support Democrats. You’ll recall that it came under fire in the media for alleged voter... senatus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2215865/posts#comment Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:51:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215088/posts Congress appears ready to pass an Obama administration plan that could create mandatory public service requirements for all American youth, fulfilling a campaign promise. The bill, HR 1388: The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, otherwise known as the "GIVE Act," has already passed the House by a vote of 321-105. On Tuesday, the Senate voted closure on the motion to proceed by a margin of 74-14 in a move that makes its ultimate passage likely. The bill, promoted by the Obama administration as a means of encouraging America's youth to participate in voluntary community service, has received little scrutiny... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215088/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:04:42 GMT