http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:tli/ en-us Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:52:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2433205/posts (CNSNews.com) – A bill currently before the Senate would empower the Obama administration to nationalize the student lending industry, eliminating the federally subsidized private loans millions of university students rely on to finance their educations. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act – currently being considered by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee – would eliminate the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program. FFEL loans are federally subsidized and make up approximately 80 percent of the student lending industry. CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2433205/posts#comment Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:52:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337186/posts CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337186/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:13:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276507/posts 60 Minutes just three minutes ago pushed the blatant lie of 90% of the drug cartel's machine guns come from the U.S. citizens. It is complete with pictures of M-60 belt fed GP machine guns, hand grenades, etc etc. Not a peep on the origin of the select fire weapons coming from Mexican army defectors and the huge increase of State Department approval of sales of those very same M16's to Mexico. Just the usual pack of lies, it our fault `cause American are evil enough to actually but the dope THEY smuggle into the U.S. I included the link... 60 Minutes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276507/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:45:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275341/posts . Legendary oil man T. Boone Pickens says that if the U.S. doesn’t take major steps to curb its reliance on foreign oil, the consequences will be drastic. “Let’s say in 10 years, you do nothing,” Pickens tells Fortune. “You will be importing 75 percent of your oil (up from 68 percent now), and you’ll be paying $300 a barrel.” . Moneynews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275341/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:07:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246855/posts WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's budget blueprint Thursday canceled plans to extend the border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border beyond the 670 miles already completed or planned, symbolically breaking with a much-heralded approach to border security advocated by President George W. Bush. The Obama administration's turnabout left limited funds for roads, lights and so-called tactical infrastructure – but not a dime to extend the pedestrian fencing and vehicle barriers erected along roughly one-third of the nation's 1,947 mile border with Mexico. As a Democratic senator representing Illinois, Obama joined 79 other senators in 2006 to support construction of the barrier... Dallasnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246855/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 13:01:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239605/posts CNN reporting Arlen Spector is switching Parties. CNN has this as breaking news. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239605/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:09:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231476/posts . Obama said that U.S. demand fuels the drug trafficking that plagues communities on both sides of the border, and he vowed that the United States would work harder to reduce drug use among its citizens. He announced that, in addition to the appointment of a new border czar and tough new financial penalties against three Mexican drug cartels, he would push the U.S. Senate to approve a long-delayed inter-American treaty to curb regional weapons trafficking. The treaty, known by its Spanish acronym, SIFTA, was signed by the United States in 1997 but not ratified by Congress, and its passage... KHOU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231476/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:04:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222181/posts Shooting in Philadelphia. Three Police officers shot in Philly CNN Live No other word CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222181/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 13:00:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2213648/posts The Group of 20 should be replaced by a new Global Economic Council, an advisory panel of senior international economists has said. Under the panel’s proposals, the council, which would be a United Nations body, would become the main forum for setting the agenda for worldwide economic and financial policy. The proposal, made by an 18-member UN commission headed by Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel-prizewinning economist, will be raised at next week’s expanded G20 summit in London, at which heads of state will debate a global response to the world financial crisis. It is part of a draft 10-point plan put... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2213648/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:21:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2210966/posts Resurrection Of Economic Idiocy Lyndon Johnson’s Un-Great Society and Roosevelt’s depression era social programs did not solve the problems they purported to address. Rather, they extended the pain and suffering of their programs’ victims and worst of all taught them to belly-up to the taxpayer trough forever. We are saddled with generations of uneducated losers, who have sunk their collective psyche into a myriad of social problems passed down repeatedly from indigent lazy parents who learned from their parents. The latest version of this socialism-destruction designed and being implemented by the Obama team of adult children, will in our view... Kitco http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2210966/posts#comment Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:36:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2194579/posts August 27, 2006 Ever since the BUSH White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued its Mid-Session Review last month, the administration has been doing cartwheels celebrating the fact that the budget deficit for fiscal 2006, which ends on Sept. 30, 2006, will be less than $300 billion. After the administration projected a 2006 deficit of $296 billion last month, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently estimated that the 2006 deficit would be $260 billion. Compared to recent deficits of $377 billion (2003), $413 billion (2004) and $318 billion (2005), a deficit of $260 billion does represent some... The Washington times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2194579/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:16:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2184077/posts VIENNA - Surging crude inventories and investor skepticism over the U.S. stimulus package dragged oil prices below $36 ($35) per barrel Thursday. Investors seemed more wary than relieved after U.S. lawmakers finally agreed overnight to a $790 billion stimulus bill designed to pull the economy out of recession. Minneapolis Star Ttribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2184077/posts#comment Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:54:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154914/posts A Beverly Hills-based company is being examined by a federal grand jury looking into contributions the firm made to political committees formed by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. The grand jury apparently is investigating if the contributions that CDR Financial Products made had any impact on a New Mexico government contract that CDR landed from the state. According to reports, CDR received $1.48 million in 2004-05 for work done through the New Mexico Finance Authority. The authority is a government agency that issues bonds and finances building and public works projects throughout New Mexico. CDR was involved in helping put... The Beverly Hills Courier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154914/posts#comment Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:42:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154787/posts HONOLULU (Reuters) - The island of Oahu, including the resort where President-elect Barack Obama is vacationing, was hit by a power blackout on Friday, possibly caused by a lightning strike, authorities said. An electricity company spokesman said the entire 600 square mile (1553 sq km) island, which is home to around 900,000 people, was affected. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154787/posts#comment Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:24:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2154626/posts Ya just gotta see this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anDvU530g2o KSL TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2154626/posts#comment Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:39:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2140336/posts ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A statement by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., makes it more likely the Senate could intervene in a Minnesota election, an analyst says. The Minnesota U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken is undergoing a recount, with the candidates separated by less than 300 votes out of 2.9 million cast. But a controversial decision by the state's Elections Canvassing Board could end up throwing the election into the lap of the Senate itself, a scholar told Minnesota Public Radio. "Ultimately, the Senate has complete authority... UPI.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2140336/posts#comment Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:41:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092536/posts http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/28/news/pdf/index.htm CNN Money http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092536/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:38:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092524/posts http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/business/21draftcnd.html The NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092524/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:24:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059401/posts Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has begun further power-sharing talks amid reports that leaders are close to a deal which will name Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister. Mediator South African President Thabo Mbeki has started meetings today as state radio reported they may soon reach an agreement. The spokesman for Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF said the party, after lengthy talks to try to end a post-election crisis, wants any unity government to last five years. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Mr Tsvangirai would become premier in the arrangement under discussion, although his powers were still being debated. Zimbabweans are longing... SKY News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059401/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:48:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059127/posts GORI, Georgia (Reuters) - Georgia called for a ceasefire on Saturday after Russian bombers widened an offensive to force back Georgian troops seeking control over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. President George W. Bush said Russian attacks on Georgia marked a "dangerous escalation" of the crisis and urged Moscow to halt the bombing immediately. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Bush the only solution was for Georgian troops to quit the conflict zone. Russia said it had seized the rebel capital, Tskhinvali, but Georgia denied the claim on the second day of fighting that threatens oil and gas pipelines seen... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059127/posts#comment Sat, 9 Aug 2008 18:11:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031791/posts Aparently nothing today... Anyone know if they might release more today or is that it? Supreme Court http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031791/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:14:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031469/posts As Texas officials sort evidence that could lead to new criminal charges against polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs, charges against him in another state are shrinking. Just two of five cases originally brought against the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leader in Arizona are still in play, and a significant portion of those two cases have been dismissed. Now, a judge has set a July 11 hearing on whether the remaining charges, based on Jeffs' alleged role conducting marriages for underage girls, came out of a tainted grand jury proceeding. Defense attorney Michael Piccarreta argues... The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031469/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:33:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030757/posts A week after 440 children from a polygamist sect were reunited with their parents, a majority still haven’t returned to the Yearning for Zion Ranch in West Texas. Child Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins said 178 children are living in 33 households in the San Antonio area and 143 children are living in 30 households at the YFZ Ranch near Eldorado. The remaining 19 children are scattered across Texas, but Crimmins said CPS officials are not providing more details about their whereabouts to protect their privacy. Under the court order signed last week by District Judge Barbara Walther, families cannot... Fort Worth Star Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030757/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:43:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030730/posts More than 50 percent of Irish voters rejected the European Union Treaty meant to streamline decision-making for the 27-member union. Tendai Maphosa has this report from London. Results of Thursday's referendum trickled in throughout the day Friday and it was not looking good for supporters of the EU treaty. The official announcement was met with jubilation by opponents of the document. OFFICIAL: "Votes in favor of the proposal 752,451, votes against the proposal 862,415." Ireland was the only EU member that required a popular vote on the treaty, because it would have needed to make constitutional changes before it could... Voice of America News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030730/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:31:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028894/posts COLORADO SPRINGS — A court hearing was delayed at the last-minute for the woman considered a "person of interest" in the phone call that sparked the massive raid on the Fundamentalist LDS Church's YFZ Ranch. Rozita Swinton, 33, was scheduled to appear in an El Paso County courtroom on Friday for a pre-trial hearing on a misdemeanor charge of making a false report to police. The hearing was postponed at the request of her defense attorney. "He asked for a continuance due to the amount of discovery in this case," said prosecutor Frederick Stein. "I did not object to... Deseret News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028894/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:34:04 GMT