http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/chat-chat/ en-us Sun, 3 Jan 2010 02:57:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419798/posts Ellen DeGeneres; Eleanor Cliff; Oprah; Joy Behar; Whoopi Goldberg; Bill Maher; Geraldo; Larry King; Please feel free to add to list http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419798/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 02:57:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419549/posts Schedule for tonight: 8:00/7:00 Doctor Who: The David Tennant Special 8:30/7:30 Doctor Who: The End of Time Part 2 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419549/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:58:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419738/posts He tells a good story. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419738/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 00:18:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419676/posts Test your knowledge of federal firearms laws. 17 Questions. Fed. Firearm Law Questions gregandbeth.com/blog/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419676/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 21:07:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419664/posts One of my parents' deepest fears, I suspect, is that society would not properly value me as a musician, that I wouldn't be appreciated. I had very good grades in high school, I was good in science and math, and they imagined that as a doctor or a research chemist or an engineer, I might be more appreciated than I would be as a musician. I still remember my mother's remark when I announced my decision to apply to music school—she said, "you're wasting your SAT scores!" On some level, I think, my parents were not sure themselves what the... The Boston Conservatory Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419664/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 20:33:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419639/posts A SCANTILY-clad girl lies sprawled semi-conscious in the snow early yesterday as the UK celebrated New Year with yet another night of drunken shame. Experts reckon Brits got through a staggering £100million of booze as revellers drank pubs and clubs across the country dry - resulting in thousands being violently ill. The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419639/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:39:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419637/posts uests: Gerald Celente, Joe Meyer, Catherine Austin Fitts, Robert Chapman Ian Punnett welcomes experts in finance and the economy including Gerald Celente, Joseph Meyer, Catherine Austin Fitts, and Robert Chapman to discuss the outlook in 2010 for markets, commodities, and the U.S. dollar. Coast-to-Coast AM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419637/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:35:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419628/posts Warm weather is causing cold weather. Greenland is burning up, 50 degrees today! The Weather Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419628/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:14:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419605/posts Ted and Sharon (Sunflower) Forbes live in Sooke B.C. which is on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. This collection is without a doubt the absolute finest collection of fifties cars in the World. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419605/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:35:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419589/posts How difficult is it to pronounce "Orion"? During a March 23, 2009 speech on green energy, Obama manages to mispronounce it several times --- despite the fact that the firm using the name (Orion Energy Systems) had just finished a presentation to Obama a few minutes earlier. He asks the crowd if he pronounced it correctly, and no one corrects him. Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419589/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:13:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419546/posts Barack Obama was accused of double standards yesterday in his treatment of the CIA. The President paid tribute to secret agents after seven of them were killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. In a statement, he said the CIA had been ‘tested as never before’ and that agents had ‘served on the front lines in directly confronting the dangers of the 21st century’. He lauded the victims as ‘part of a long line of patriots who have made great sacrifices for their fellow citizens and for our way of life’. Yet the previous day he had blasted ‘systemic failures’... dailymail UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419546/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:51:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419515/posts It had become clear to the President and top advisors that before Christmas, the US government was in posession of "bits and pieces" of information, which, if they had been properly knitted together, "could have...allowed us to disrupt the attack In response to the post Northwest flight 253 Janet Napalitano critics, Democratic strategists asserted that President Barack Obama "has been far more aggressive in fighting al Qaeda" than the previous administration . In an e-mail this afternoon to supporters -- which incidentally excoriated Republicans for politicizing the attempted bombing of Flight 253 -- the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) stressed... blogspot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419515/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:47:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419458/posts ROME (Reuters) – A Sicilian man stole sweets and a packet of chewing gum so he could get arrested and spend New Year's Eve in a jail cell rather than be with his wife and relatives, Italian media reported on Friday. The 35-year old Sicilian first showed up at a police station on Thursday asking to be arrested because he preferred spending the night in prison rather than with his family, but was rebuffed because he had not committed a crime, the Agi news agency said. Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419458/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 14:00:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419441/posts Have we remembered that one of the ways of leveling the whole situation is forgiving the enemy? Jesus admonished His children: “Pray for those who persecute you, despitefully use you.” Jesus followed through with His own counsel: “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.” ZenithMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419441/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:26:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419386/posts They're back, in from the frigid north. The Drakes get here first with just a few hens in the flights, and the rest of the hens follow a little later. The little bitty guys are Pied Billed Grebes, strong swimmers and divers. They can feed in deeper water than the Mallards who just stick their butts up and dabble in shallow water. Past the Grebes to the left there is a Red Eared Slider turtle coming up for air. There is no season such delight can bring, As summer, autumn, winter, and the spring. William Browne (c.1591–c.1645) "Variety" self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419386/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 09:07:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419345/posts Ok, the experts, great columnists, American Thinker, conservative blogs are all convinced the numbers align to make a depression in 2010. Does Obama want this? Possibly. Are the experts right? Perhaps...if so, then my business will suck and we'll be poor. Well, a lot of folks will be in that boat. What I really DON'T like, is it seems like some even on our side WANT the depression just so we can prove Obama was the culprit, he was wrong, and the Dems will be voted out and perhaps he'll be impeached, etc. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419345/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 05:12:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419324/posts Wonders of the World: Chartres Cathedral, France 01 Jan 2010 [See Video Clip] The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Chartres is a French gothic masterpiece, writes Emily Craig. The 13th century Chartres Cathedral, the largest cathedral in France, is one of the finest examples of French high Gothic art. Several cathedrals stood on this site from the 10th century onwards, but the building we see today was completed in 1260. It includes several architectural inventions pioneered at Chartres, such as flying buttresses. The cathedral is surmounted by a pair of spires, one Gothic in style, the other an example of... Telegraph(UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419324/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 03:36:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419244/posts Mr. BROOKS: Well, we did have Afghanistan, which is sort of bipartisan. I do think when he gets his substantive policy grounds correct, you can actually create bipartisanship. I probably am the squishiest conservative on the face of the earth, but even I couldn't stomach the stimulus bill or the health-care bill. So, the policy just wasn't there for any kind of centrist alternative. All Things Considered http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419244/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 00:15:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419179/posts Come fly with me Let's fly, let's die today If you could use an efficient fuse There's a flight to bomb away Come fly with me Let's fly, let's die today Come fly with me Let's jet down to Detroit In Motown land there's an open hand Temps and trainees to exploit Come fly with me Let's make like hoity-toit Once Obama finds out There will be hot hell to pay He will say All's ok Once Obama finds out He'll conduct one mean review He might sue Me and you Martyrs forever Climate wise, we board the plane with... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419179/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:22:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419070/posts Happy New Year Freeper Friends http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419070/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 19:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419037/posts Has anyone heard anything? Still worried. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419037/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:59:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419024/posts Humanity needed a profound cultural renewal, the Pope said. "Our present crises – be they economic, food-related, environmental or social – are ultimately also moral crises, and all of them are interrelated. They require us to rethink the path which we are travelling together. "Specifically, they call for a lifestyle marked by sobriety and solidarity, with new rules and forms of engagement, one which focuses confidently and courageously on strategies that actually work, while decisively rejecting those that have failed." London Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419024/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:35:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418988/posts A friend said to me the other day: “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.” Allvoices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418988/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:28:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418940/posts link only ESPN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418940/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:47:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418929/posts What is your New Year's Resolution. Of course, the most popular (and broken) of all New Year's Resolutions is the Resolution to lose weight. Somehow I have the feeling there is someone out there right now whose New Year's Resolution is to invent a weight loss pill that actually works so he can beoome richer than the Phizer folks who invented Viagra. Anyway, I would like to hear what the New Year's Resolutions of my fellow Freepers are. I will start the ball rolling by telling you my personal New Year's Resolution. Unlike my New Year's Resolutions in previous years,... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418929/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:25:19 GMT