http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bushknew/ en-us Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:01:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136606/posts On the eve of a Republican National Convention invoking 9/11 symbols, sound bytes and imagery, half (49.3%) of New York City residents and 41% of New York citizens overall say that some of our leaders "knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act," according to the poll conducted by Zogby International. The poll of New York residents was conducted from Tuesday August 24 through Thursday August 26, 2004. Overall results have a margin of sampling error of +/-3.5. Zogby News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136606/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:01:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828939/posts If you need more evidence than a quick look at any left-wing blog that the Democrat Party has become the party of derangement, denial, conspiracy theories and blind hatred, a new Rasmussen poll shows that 35% of Democrats believe Bush knew about the 9/11 attacks in advance. Democrats in America are evenly divided on the question of whether George W. Bush knew about the 9/11 terrorist attacks in advance. Thirty-five percent (35%) of Democrats believe he did know, 39% say he did not know, and 26% are not sure. Republicans reject that view and, by a 7-to-1 margin, say the... Little Green Footballs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828939/posts#comment Sat, 5 May 2007 19:23:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828512/posts 22% Believe Bush Knew About 9/11 Attacks in Advance Friday, May 04, 2007 Democrats in America are evenly divided on the question of whether George W. Bush knew about the 9/11 terrorist attacks in advance. Thirty-five percent (35%) of Democrats believe he did know, 39% say he did not know, and 26% are not sure. Republicans reject that view and, by a 7-to-1 margin, say the President did not know in advance about the attacks. Among those not affiliated with either major party, 18% believe the President knew and 57% take the opposite view. Overall, 22% of all voters believe... Rasmussen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828512/posts#comment Fri, 4 May 2007 18:57:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699313/posts The percentage of Americans who blame the Bush administration for the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington has risen from almost a third to almost half over the past four years, a CNN poll released Monday found. Asked whether they blame the Bush administration for the attacks, 45 percent said either a "great deal" or a "moderate amount," up from 32 percent in a June 2002 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. But the Clinton administration did not get off lightly either. The latest poll, conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for CNN, found that 41 percent of respondents blamed his... Clinton News Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699313/posts#comment Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:56:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577715/posts Bush Knew Saturday About Hunting Accident Staff and agencies 13 February, 2006 By NEDRA PICKLER, 40 minutes ago WASHINGTON - President Bush knew Saturday evening that Vice President Dick Cheney had accidentally shot a hunting companion, but the information wasn‘t made public until the next day — by a private citizen — the White House said Monday. Cheney apparently did not see Whittington, and the vice president accidentally hit him in the face, neck and chest with bird shot. McClellan was informed Saturday night that someone in the Cheney hunting party was involved, but he didn‘t know that Cheney was... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577715/posts#comment Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:45:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554391/posts Yaa, you repukes are not doing so well, huh? Imagine, you repukes control the presidency, both houses of Congress, and appointed 7 of the 9 Supreme Court justices. Yet the Supreme Court thre out sodomy laws in all 50 states and recognized the right of government to seize land for any reason. And you couldn't pass your Social Security changes could you? Sorry, that was your last shot. Come November, we're going to start seeing more Democratic faces in the House. It's the end for you guys. You guys are celebrating when Bush's numbers go *up* to 45%. Then Faux... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554391/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jan 2006 02:43:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551102/posts Bush’s giant Right Wing Noise Machine (RWNM) loves to preach about the Bush economic miracle. In fact, the RWNM’s current thinking is Bush doesn’t spend enough time talking about his economic triumphs. If only he did, then everyone would fall in line and believe in the great Bush economic miracle. There is one problem with this argument: it’s a lie. Any way you look at the Bush economy, it comes up short. Today, I want to compare Bush’s job creation record with other economic recoveries. As usual, Bush comes up way short. The national Bureau of Economic Research has identified... bopnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551102/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:29:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550230/posts Why does anybody support George w Bush as President? He is clearly the worst President I have ever seen -- a complete disaster. And before you say anything, I have been a registered Republican for 25 years. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550230/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:27:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1542277/posts Lies of omission about 9/11 -- stoking fears of terrorism THEY WANT YOU TO BE AFRAID The following post was censored by freerepublic.com shortly after it was posted on their "public" forum on 9/11/04. That forum is designed to appear as though it is a community forum open to all, but this post only received three responses before it and its replies were deleted, and a repeat posting at 4 am PST on 9/20/04 didn't stay online for 5 minutes! Someone is apparently watching closely over the content of the freerepublic.com forums and censoring them 24/7 (though they might have... Censored News & Ideas http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1542277/posts#comment Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:27:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475051/posts www.HillCAP.org INTRO and EPISODES 1-10 11- $2,000 Returned, We Keep the 2 Mil, Meet Bill on AF One with More 12 – Hillary’s Laundromat at 88 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 13 - How Is David Rosen Like Sally Field? 14 - Lying Chart of Sandler Was Like Unwelcome Visiting Relative 15 – If Rosen Didn’t Do It, Who Did It? 16 – The Civil Trial Is Coming (in song) 17 - BWAHAHAHAHA! 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AJC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1449017/posts#comment Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:35:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421353/posts EDCOUCH — The mid-April incident looked like a typical one for the Edcouch Police Department: two men caught and charged with multiple counts of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon while committing a home invasion. But something stood out to Police Chief Jose Perez as one of the suspects was being interviewed by his officers. The male suspect, who said he lived in the Elsa area but was really an undocumented Mexican citizen, said in Spanish to watch out for the Mara Salvatrucha-Treces, also known as the Maras or MS-13. The group has ties to Central America but began forming... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421353/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jun 2005 14:02:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1405042/posts A Senate report says the Bush administration was aware of U.S. firms' illegal kickbacks to the Iraqi leader in oil-for-food sales but did nothing to stop them.The U.S. administration turned a blind eye to extensive sanctions busting in the prewar sale of Iraqi oil, according to a new Senate investigation. A report released Monday night by Democratic staff on the Senate investigations subcommittee presents documentary evidence that the Bush administration was made aware of illegal oil sales and kickbacks paid to the Saddam Hussein regime but did nothing to stop them.The scale of the shipments involved dwarfs those previously alleged... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1405042/posts#comment Tue, 17 May 2005 19:43:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1341147/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A newly released memo warned the White House at the start of the Bush administration that al Qaeda represented a threat throughout the Islamic world, a warning that critics said went unheeded by President Bush (news - web sites) until the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The memo dated Jan. 25, 2001 -- five days after Bush took office -- was an essential feature of last year's hearings into intelligence failures before the attacks on New York and Washington. A copy of the document was posted on the National Security Archive Web site on Thursday. The memo, from... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1341147/posts#comment Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:42:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309388/posts HONOLULU (AP) -- The earthquake-driven tidal wave that devastated coastlines from Asia to Africa registered in the Pacific Ocean as far away as the United States and the coast of South America, experts said Monday. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck near Indonesia generated tsunamis that killed more than 22,000 in 10 countries as it spread west and north across the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. But the energy generated by the deep ocean waves also traveled to the Pacific, said Stuart Weinstein, a geophysicist with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center on Oahu. "We recorded tsunami waves along... AP via North County Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309388/posts#comment Tue, 28 Dec 2004 06:12:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1292732/posts CLEVELAND (AP) -- Ohio counties finished certifying votes in the presidential race Wednesday, and the results showed that election officials accepted about 77 percent of the provisional ballots that were cast. Ohio's 88 counties reported validating 121,598 provisional ballots from 156,977 checked, according to an Associated Press tabulation. The deadline for counties to certify election results was Wednesday.Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell plans to certify the final result Monday.President Bush's margin of victory against John Kerry on Nov. 2 was 136,483 votes. Kerry conceded after figuring he would not get enough of the provisional ballot vote to overtake Bush's total.... WINS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1292732/posts#comment Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:24:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1203460/posts Released: August 30, 2004 Half of New Yorkers Believe US Leaders Had Foreknowledge of Impending 9-11 Attacks and “Consciously Failed” To Act; 66% Call For New Probe of Unanswered Questions by Congress or New York’s Attorney General, New Zogby International Poll Reveals On the eve of a Republican National Convention invoking 9/11 symbols, sound bytes and imagery, half (49.3%) of New York City residents and 41% of New York citizens overall say that some of our leaders "knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act," according to the... Zogby http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1203460/posts#comment Tue, 31 Aug 2004 01:18:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1177683/posts A sunspot group aimed squarely at Earth has grown to 20 times the size of our planet and has the potential to unleash a major solar storm. The amorphous mix of spots, together called Number 652, has been rotating across the Sun and growing for several days. On Friday, it sat at the center of the solar disk. Sunspots are areas of intense magnetic energy, cooler and darker than the surrounding surface of the thermonuclear furnace. Sometimes the magnetic fields let loose and huge amounts of radiation and charged particles are hurled into space. The Sun's last bout of intense... Space.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1177683/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:17:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175089/posts The question still remains, did President Bush, know in advance that 9/11 was going to happen and did nothing. Did he use 9/11 as a pretext for the US war on Iraq. A 1998 CIA document warned then President Clinton, of possible hijackings of airliners by the Al Qaeda. The report and other notes from the "SECRET" classified daily briefings held with the president are schedule to be declassified. The declassification is in preparation for presentation of the documents to the bipartisan commission investigating government failures related to the 2001 hijacked plane attacks, in which 3,000 people died. A brief... Pravda http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175089/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:33:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1146753/posts Bush Knew About Leak of CIA Operative's Name By Staff and Wire Reports Jun 3, 2004, 05:28 Witnesses told a federal grand jury President George W. Bush knew about, and took no action to stop, the release of a covert CIA operative's name to a journalist in an attempt to discredit her husband, a critic of administration policy in Iraq. Their damning testimony has prompted Bush to contact an outside lawyer for legal advice because evidence increasingly points to his involvement in the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to syndicated columnist Robert Novak. The move suggests the... Capitol Hill Blue http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1146753/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jun 2004 12:37:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1129707/posts DISNEY FORBIDS DISTRIBUTION OF MICHAEL MOORE FILM THAT CRITICIZES BUSH Headline only on board now; story just breaking -- Details to follow. The Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1129707/posts#comment Wed, 5 May 2004 02:38:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1130492/posts By JIM RUTENBERG and LAURA M. HOLSON Published: May 6, 2004 ASHINGTON, May 5 — Michael Moore took to television on Wednesday to denounce the Walt Disney Company's refusal to allow its Miramax division to distribute his new documentary criticizing President Bush, stoking a controversy that Hollywood executives expect to lure new distribution partners to the project and, eventually, audiences. As Mr. Moore sat for interviews with ABC News, CNN, "Entertainment Tonight" and elsewhere to discuss his film, "Fahrenheit 911," some Democrats in Washington said Disney was quashing dissent. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey called for hearings into... NYTIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1130492/posts#comment Thu, 6 May 2004 06:02:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1127818/posts An Arborg cattle farmer made a horrific discovery Monday when he found the partially skinned carcass of one of his animals that was missing its tongue and apparently drained of its blood. "The whole thing has turned out to be more sinister than I thought," said Yvonne, a neighbour, who examined the mutilated animal. She asked not to have her last name used to protect her family. "What sort of weirdos have we got travelling in our neighbourhood?" Gordon, who would only allow The Sun to print his first name, said he discovered the carcass on his farm Monday afternoon.... The Winnipeg Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1127818/posts#comment Sat, 1 May 2004 12:57:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1125710/posts <p>President Bush will answer most of the questions from members of the September 11 commission when he makes a joint appearance with Vice President Dick Cheney tomorrow morning at the White House.</p> <p>The president and vice president will meet in a private session with all 10 commission members at 9:30 a.m. The White House has requested that no stenographer record the meeting, although one aide from the commission and one White House staffer will be allowed to take notes.</p> Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1125710/posts#comment Wed, 28 Apr 2004 05:11:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1125712/posts As insurgents continue to use improvised bombs to attack U.S. military vehicles in Iraq, officials are growing increasingly concerned that the lack of heavy armored vehicles is putting U.S. forces at risk. Defense officials said yesterday they are working to increase the number of armored Humvees for Operation Iraqi Freedom but said the 2,000 specially armored trucks there account for only half the Army's estimated requirements. Standard Humvees, considered utility vehicles similar to jeeps, are too vulnerable to attack, officials said. Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said yesterday that every armored Humvee in the... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1125712/posts#comment Wed, 28 Apr 2004 05:13:10 GMT