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Dashcam footage captured the horrifying moment two police officers drew their guns on a husband and wife after pulling them over while they were rushing to the hospital to give birth. James Reiner was driving his wife Dana to the hospital after her water broke in January 2012 in Hebron, Indiana when they passed a police car that suddenly turned on its lights and pulled them over, despite the fact that they were not speeding. That is when James got out to tell Sgt. Anthony Dandurand that his wife was pregnant and they needed to get to the hospital. He...

A member of the Desgraciados Motorcycle Club named George Bergman appeared at an examining trial last Friday in Waco. Bergman had just arrived at the Twin Peaks restaurant last May 17 and was walking to the Don Carlos restaurant on the other side of the parking lot to use the bathroom there when he heard a gun shot. He was detained, found to be in possession of two, small, legal knives incarcerated for hours and finally arrested. He spent 20 days in jail before being released on $80,000 bail. He lost his job and continues to suffer from injuries suffered...

The leaked video from the Don Carlos parking lot capturing a small piece of the conflict in Waco may not show us exactly what transpired on May 17th, but it very well may reveal the key witness and what triggered the shooting. The man in the blue shirt must be identified. The leaked video shows a man in a blue shirt surveying the Twin Peaks parking lot and the bikers gathered there. He does not look like a patron waiting for a table or taking a break from a meal. This man is completely absorbed in observing the gathering and...

Expect the Mongols Nation case to be dismissed by Judge David O. Carter next Monday afternoon. A hearing on the dismissal is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Carter’s courtroom in the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse in Santa Ana, California. The case has attracted national attention. At issue is the question of whether the government, or a couple of rogue federal prosecutors named Christopher Brunwin and Stephen R. Welk, can forbid members of the Mongols Motorcycle Club from wearing the club’s distinctive insignia. Brunwin and Welk have made careers of this. They attempted to seize the Mongols trademarks in...

Vanity post here, which I rarely do... Who is going to Sturgis this year? With well over a million attendees expected in Sturgis this year for the 75th anniversary of the Sturgis Rally, I can only imagine there will be a number of Freepers present. I'd like to commence a thread for this, and facilitate some in person meetings. It would be a pleasure.

All, I am in the process of working through a book concept. Most of the framework is there (i.e. the ideas I want to get across, the concepts and details). I would like to solicit some opinions on the introduction and see how the tone, content and style resonates with fellow Freepers. A couple of quick notes. This is not intended as a theoretical/grandstanding work, but rather one of a) SWOT analysis based on my professional experience and education; b) recommendations of practical tactics on an individual and organizational level based on my conclusions from that analysis; and c) shot...

TYRANNY RESPONSE TEAM The 2008 election results, personality cult of the President-elect and a concentrated intolerance of opposition by his party are being combined with a known agenda of attacks on civil arms and First Amendment freedoms. TRT leaders and activists please contact me, especially TRT-Colorado. I'm afraid the sleep is over. Thanks. References

All right! I am about 10 feet from Sarah's podium in Raleigh! Can't take pictures from my Blackberry but the crowd is huge... Tens of thousands lined up outside. I managed to get VIP access at the last minute for the family and we're going to get a close-up view of our next Vice President! I'll try to post updates as the night goes on. Any Freepers in the crowd, let me know!

Hey - a quick vanity question here. A friend is looking for recommendations on a carry pistol while biking up in the Colorado mountains. I am recommending a shrouded hammer, short-barrelled .44 for him. Unfortunately I am having trouble finding a shrouded hammer, short barrelled 44. Anyone have a suggestion?

This is great! I can't hear well enough to get the dialogue, but can get the 5-4-3-2-1 countdown to the best ZOT of all.... can some enterprising Freeper turn this into a ZOT flash? Presidential Salute to DU

All excited about Christmas morning. My son's presents are still hidden away; they'll be under the tree in the morning. We're arguing about how Santa is going to get into the apartment, since there's no fireplace here. I say the heating vents. He says Santa can just slip under the door. Either way we both agree the reindeer can park up on the roof. [ MORE ]

The family firm of beheaded American Nick Berg, was named by a conservative website in a list of 'enemies' of the Iraq occupation. That could explain his arrest by Iraqi police --a detention which fatally delayed his planned return from Iraq and may have led directly to his death. -- snip -- The FreeRepublic.com web site and forum has a reputation for right-wing views, fanatical Republicanism and relentless pro-war activism. On 7th March, 2004, just three weeks before the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, an 'enemies' list of anti-war groups and individuals was posted on the Free Republic...

Running with the President Part III: Neoconservatives and Democracy by Rod D. Adams Saddam Hussein defied the United Nations. Saddam plotted with Al Qaeda. Saddam possessed weapons of mass destruction. After the failure of these early rationales for invading Iraq, the Bush administration settled on an official reason: liberation of Iraq and establishment of democracy there. Neoconservatives have advocated democracy in the Middle East for years, arguing that democratizing the region would decrease terrorist activity, increase Israel’s security, and enhance oil flow to the West. They also argue there are humanitarian benefits. Just after the American invasion of Iraq, neoconservative...

Running with the President Part II: Neoconservatives and the Bush Doctrine by Rod D. Adams Many have called the recent U.S. invasion of Iraq a “neoconservative war.” However, neoconservatives in the Bush administration are not Cabinet members but second-tier appointees. Is it plausible to believe they could compel President Bush and his Cabinet to declare a war? “The neocons in and out of government are quite influential,” says Colorado State University political science professor Robert Lawrence, “although in the final analysis the president makes the decision.” He claims the Iraq war follows logically from the so-called “Bush Doctrine,” first presented...

Running With the President Part One: The Neoconservative Influence by Rod D. Adams Editor's Note: This is the first part in a three-part series on neoconservatives in politics. As we look toward the November election, it is now clear who will run against President Bush. It is also clear who is running with Bush. News reports sporadically mention a group of influential appointees known as neoconservatives in the Bush administration. They occupy second-tier positions, primarily in areas of foreign policy. Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute, a neoconservative think tank in Washington, D.C., President Bush praised neoconservatives as being "some...

<p>My best friend is with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines in Iraq up north in the badlands near Syria. Got an e-mail from him the other day that he and his fellow soldiers are under fire regularly; they've lost a few comrades. I'd like to respectfully ask that FReepers help send some support!</p>

I was contacted by a reporter yesterday following an interview I did Wednesday on 88.9FM in Fort Collins. He had a few questions, and wanted some comments from me. I thought I'd run my responses by FReepers and see what they think: I'll post the article once it runs in the paper (Rocky Mountain Bullhorn). 1. Do you agree with the Bush Administration's (and neoconservatives') goal of using military force to democratize Iraq? Yes, primarily for two factors. First, because of the horrific, tyrannical butchery continually perpetrated on the Iraqi people by the Hussein regime; and secondly, because that regime...

To All: I am requesting Freepers to point me to some resources on a) jihad quotes from terrorist groups and radical Muslim clerics, and b) images of terrorism that I can use. It's important that the images be public domain. What I'm doing is creating a Religion of Peace video, in the same style as the Global American Revolution video. Any help from FReepers would be much appreciated.

The Islamic Vision "In reality Islam is a revolutionary ideology and programme which seeks to alter the social order of the whole world and rebiuld it in conformity with its own tenets and ideals... ...Islam wishes to destroy all States and Governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and programme of Islam..."Sayeed Abdul A'la Maududi, Jihad in Islam "Jihad and the rifle alone. NO negotiations, NO conferences and NO dialogue."Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, Join The Caravan An American Answer:

<p>Fort Collins residents rallied Saturday as part of a global day of protest, joining cities such as New York City, Los Angeles, London and Rome in speaking out against U.S. military action in Iraq.</p> <p>More than 150 people gathered at United Campus Ministry, 629 S. Howes St., for a rally marking the one-year anniversary of the war in Iraq. They then marched down College Avenue to Old Town Square, where a eulogy was read for those who have died in the war. Marchers carried a coffin draped with the American flag, tombstones bearing the names of American and Iraqi casualties and signs bearing slogans such as "An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind" and "Life is always a gift," drawing honks and thumbs-up from passing motorists.</p>