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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will join former President Bill Clinton and Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman on Wednesday at the final presentation to FIFA's executive committee of the U.S. bid to host the 2022 World Cup.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Anger on Sunday over a Somali-born teen's failed plan to blow up a van full of explosives during Portland's Christmas tree lighting ceremony erupted in arson on Sunday when a fire damaged an Islamic center frequented by the suspect, authorities said. Police don't know who started the blaze or exactly why, but they believe the Islamic center in Corvallis was targeted because terror suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, occasionally worshipped there.

My GMC 2002 Envoy has tripped over 113,000 miles. While still in great condition and it is not costing me anything other than gas and oil for now, I am quite tempted to move it out of the garage and get a 2010 Toyota Highlander, Limited Trim package, NON-hybrid. With the economy on the edge, I have a pre-approved loan through my State Farm group at 3.49% @36 mos. but ONLY until 10/31/10. Toyota will match this rate plus $750 cash back. They also have 2 years of free maintenance for routine things. So, who has experience with the Highlander...

Rep. Zoe Lofgren D, Chair of the House Committee on some such related to Immigration or Workers is holding hearings today. Steven Colbert from the COMEDY CHANNEL is present to testify, IN CHARACTER, about his vast experience on this topic. You can watch live stream at the URL or check out CSPAN-3 on yer telebox communicator. Fox News' Judge Napalitano commented this morning that it is highly irregular for someone to testify under oath while 'in character' pretending to be someone else.

CLEVELAND – President Barack Obama strongly defended his opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans on Wednesday and delivered a searing attack on Republicans and their House leader for advocating "the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first place." Obama said the struggling U.S. economy can't afford to spend $700 billion to keep lower tax rates in place for the nation's highest earners despite a call by House Minority Leader John Boehner and other GOP leaders to do just that.

Muslim protesters caused outrage yesterday by abusing soldiers returning from Afghanistan - as three more brave troops were killed fighting the Taliban. The frontline heroes were branded "murderers", "butchers" and "baby killers" by a group of 40 militants who barracked them while they marched through the streets.

At least 21 people were wounded in separate shootings around the city, including a man who died this morning after he was shot in the head, Chicago police said. One of the shootings happened about 3 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Cottage Grove in the Woodlawn neighborhood. A 56-year-old man was standing on the corner when a passing car fired in his direction, police said. He fell to the ground in pain and discovered he was shot in his calf, police said. He was taken to an area hospital and listed in good condition. About 8:10 p.m. in...

Spring has sprung in Alaska, and with this beautiful season comes the news today that the Palins have a new neighbor! Welcome, Joe McGinniss! Yes, that Joe McGinniss. Here he is – about 15 feet away on the neighbor’s rented deck overlooking my children’s play area and my kitchen window. Maybe we’ll welcome him with a homemade blueberry pie tomorrow so he’ll know how friendly Alaskans are. We found out the good news today. Upon my family’s return this morning from endorsement rallies and speeches in the Lower 48 states, I finally got the chance to tackle my garden and...

Former US Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, clearly stated that he believes Iran will complete the construction of nuclear weapons while the Obama Administration looks the other way. During his interview on Fox News "Fox and Friends", Bolton said that he thinks the Obama Admin has a tolerance and contain policy that Iran is using to their advantage. A nukular Iran, he said, would be contained and tolerated by other countries in the region and that the sanctions are toothless. He also said that while the Dept of Defense likely has several contingency plans in place to handle Iran,...

Watching now as the DemonRats OVERPLAY their hand...big time Clymers....

Obozo is on the TeeVee now, been lying through his teeth for the past 10 minutes. Sycophants in audience all wee-weeing themselves... Says that preventative care visits are FREE for the rest of your life, saves money for years and years, forgets to mention the 500BILLION in new taxes... I can't stand this crap anymore...

Here's the deal: Daughter in Spain studying her Spanish language major since Jan, will be there until end of May. Her spring break starts 3/26 for two weeks. I am going over, alone, and arrive 3/26 and will stay in her town of San Sebastian for two days. We intend to take the train to Paris and then to Normandy to see the D-Day sites and perhaps stay overnight there before returning to Paris. ANY input into a decent hotel near the DDay sites?? (Checking TripAdvisor later...) Then train to Berlin for several days and finish up with several days...

Season 8 Premiers on SUNDAY NIGHT, January 17 with a TWO hour opening episode at 9 Eastern.On Monday night we are treated to ANOTHER two hour episode again starting at 9 Eastern.Hard to tell which way this episode will swing...back to the tough as nails UN-PC style or will we get more handwringing and Islamo-Gaia Love like last year?Here's a little feature from the 24 website http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=twentyfour&ep=1256696811731 This season starts off in NYC with Jack trying to establish a 'normal' life with his daughter. But...some stuff goes down at the UN and "that's when the day starts to go wrong"...

So, I'm sure many of us have been getting these letters, see the URL for an example, in the mail from our credit card companies. Since my wife passed away, I've been able to pay off all of them and now have just one card with CitiBank that I use and now pay off each month. I like it because I get airline miles on it and I've had the account for over 20 years. Citibank took $300BILLION of tax payer bail out money and have tried to jack up my rates twice since July. The first time, I called...

The end of October is just around the corner. IF YOU HAVE NOT DONATED TO Free Republic for the 4th Quarter you need to do it. If you are lurking, reading or posting on FR you have a DUTY to support FR. I have just donated another $100 over my dollar-a-day monthly and I CHALLENGE those of you who can to match my donation. Of course, you should donate what you can afford, but the tally shows only 1,611 people have donated in support of FR and we all know there are "tens of thousands" of people who read us...

So, how did YOU shoot today? Getting ready for when TSHTF (The Sh!t hits the fan) and had another great time. I took my friend Ray with me, he's the one with all the hair and we popped off an even 600!! rounds of 9mm personal protection. My focus today was to work on target acquisition and then trying to squeeze off five controlled shots fairly quickly. See pics below to see the best two sets. Then, I worked on strong hand/strong eye, see the black target for one of those sets. Felt REAL good to put holes in that...

Spent almost three hours at the range today with my new Sig226, 9mm. Sent 270 rounds down the tube! Very much fun! Here is a photo of one target:MORE AT LINK

Members of Free Republic hold candles in memory of those lost on 9/11 and in defense of our country. On Saturday, all of us here in Washington will be marching for all of you who could not be here. God Bless America We The People...

Arrived in DC this afternoon safe and sound. I will be posting pics at link over the next few days. If technically able, also links to YouTube vids of the Tea Party March itself. Staying at the FR Hotel, but I haven't met up with any FReepers yet. From my hotel window, I have a view of the Washington Monument and this other monument that I don't recall... I also saw Marine 1 flying in this afternoon as Obozo returned from some sort of memorial for Walter Crankheit... More pics to come. G

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