http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/chat-chat/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:07:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050841/posts How do you rate Gov. Ritter's job performance? Excellent Good Fair Poor Not Sure Don't Care denverpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050841/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:07:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050828/posts Who do you think would do a better job at building stronger international ties? McCain Obama cnn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050828/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:49:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050660/posts Today's Morning Coffee comes from Army and sadly, isn't good news. ESPN.com ran a story Wednesday evening stating that former Army linebacker Caleb Campbell will not be allowed to play in the NFL. It was covered on the NFL side, but I wanted to make sure any Army fans, and fans of college football, saw the result of this ongoing story. Campbell was a seventh-round draft pick of the Detroit Lions in April and was told that if he was drafted he could serve the Army as a recruiter. But Army policy has changed, and Campbell has been called to... espn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050660/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:55:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050653/posts was a headline waiting to happen: "FBI grabs Princess' Diaries." The FBI confiscated Anne Hathaway's intimate diaries during another raid on Raffaello Follieri’s $37,500-a-month Trump Tower apartment, according to the Daily News. Anne's former boyfriend is charged with 11 counts of fraud and money laundering. Anne has not been implicated or charged with any crime. She has cut off all contact with her ex and changed her numbers so he can’t reach her, a friend told the Daily News, but "he has been trying to call her all the time.” Maybe he should be charged with stalking as well. Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050653/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:42:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050627/posts If you’re not wearing the right type of bra, you could be damaging your breasts without even realizing it. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England found that wearing the wrong “support system” could lead to fragile ligaments in the breasts becoming irreparably stretched, the Daily Mail reported. Fox News. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050627/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:53:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050584/posts A judge in New Zealand made a young girl a ward of court so that she could change the name she hated - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. Judge Rob Murfitt said that the name embarrassed the nine-year-old and could expose her to teasing. He attacked a trend of giving children bizarre names, citing several examples. Officials had blocked Sex Fruit, Keenan Got Lucy and Yeah Detroit, he said, but Number 16 Bus Shelter, Violence and Midnight Chardonnay had been allowed. One mother wanted to name her child O.crnia using text language, but was later persuaded to use Oceania,... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050584/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:48:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050576/posts Is AMC's Mad Men an indictment of the early '60s American male, who smoked, drank, and sexually harassed women? Or is it a fun visit to a time when drinking, smoking and sexual harassment were normal? Matthew Weiner, the former Sopranos writer who created Mad Men (which was just nominated for 16 Emmy awards, including Best Drama), is out to teach us a lesson about how not to behave — he told a recent Television Critics Association panel that the first season was "grimy and gritty" and that the second season, beginning July 27, will make the first look "innocent"... Macleans http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050576/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050548/posts The other day I heard my mother call downstairs to my father, “Honey, there are a bunch of roosters out in the front yard.” Lest you think we live on a farm or out in rural America, let me set you straight. We live in suburban America where houses are stamped next to each other every hundred feet or so. We don’t get many roosters walking in our neighborhood, and if we did they would be cited for jaywalking. So it was no surprise that curiosity got the best of my father as he ran up the stairs to check... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050548/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050392/posts Joe Lieberman would be a personal choice of mine in that I would believe it could bring in enough votes to take the win for McCain, but obviously while I admire him so very much there are a number of political issues I disagree with – but there are also many that I agree with Joe on. The problem is I’m dreaming this one, because I don’t think the conservatives would be very happy with this choice. Still, I have him as a personal favorite, but it isn’t going to happen. I liked Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska), but the problem... opinion http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050392/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:48:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050345/posts On a trip to Caracas, I saw a graffiti comment written on a phone kiosk but can't get the translation. It was: "Chavez Farzanet (or maybe farzanct) Comunista" A friend from Venezuela couldn't translate the second word while the rest is obvious. Can anyone help? I get the probable contextual meaning, I'm looking for someone who can actually do the translation. Phone booth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050345/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:27:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050127/posts The lawyer for Casey Anthony, mother of missing toddler Caylee Anthony, disclosed late Tuesday that the family had received a credible tip that a small child matching Caylee's description was seen boarding a flight to Atlanta at Orlando International Airport. The tip was even more credible because the person reported that the little girl pronounced her last name the same way Caylee's grandparents say she does, attorney Jose Baez told FOX News. The child's grandmother Cindy Anthony confirmed that the lead surfaced late Tuesday. She said the tip was from a woman who lives in Orlando and was left on... Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050127/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:34:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049986/posts Drunken elk meets sorry end after toddler attack Published: 23 Jul 08 12:10 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/13222/ A drunken elk paid dearly after attacking a toddler playing in a sand pit at her home in Kungälv in western Sweden on Monday. * Elk safari Swedish style, with a green conscience (4 Jul 08) * Path clear for world's biggest elk (18 Jun 08) * Swedish cowboy lassoes loose llama (5 Jun 08) Three-year-old Nova was playing in her backyard sandbox when a young elk calf attacked and bit her. "It bit me on the arm," the terrified toddler said to the... The Local (Sweden) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049986/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:03:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049977/posts My brother in Gainesville, Georgia closed down his store for a bit to capture the funeral procession of Corporal Matthew Phillips, on the way to neighboring Cumming. Matthew was one of the nine killed in Afghanistan not long ago. email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049977/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:42:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049914/posts Already pointed out the need to carry a camera with you at all times to catch amazing pictures. Now, here's one reason to always remember to carry a good videocamera. And survival kits and a GPS and armored suits and canned burgers and infrared goggles or a F-35 helmet. Unlike Lori Mehmen, however, these guys didn't take cover and just kept driving to this huge mother of all dust storms in Australia. Not as dangerous as a tornado, sure, but scary doesn't even start to describe it. WATCH: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a94_1216779982 Gizmodo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049914/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:48:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049911/posts It seems the mainstream media loves cats and will gives them favorable treatment all the time. That’s why I find it incumbent upon myself to put stories on this blog about the realty of the the feline class. It doesn’t hurt if there’s a degrading picture to go along with it. Take for instance this story of a kitty wasting taxpayer resources, by getting her head stuck in a jar. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049911/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:43:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049851/posts As a volunteer of the 29th Olympic Game that will be held in Beijing soon,I gave up my summer holiday and have been working in the Olympic village since 20th this month.Every day,we work really hard to prepare well for the coming of the big event,and I'm wondering if anyone here will come to Beijing. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049851/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:28:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049716/posts Senator John Edwards caught at LA Hotel with mistress and love child. Curing poverty one child at a time. National Enquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049716/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:57:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049626/posts all over http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049626/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:06:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049492/posts "May we live long and die out" Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed will allow Earth's biosphere to return to good health. Crowded conditions and resource shortages will improve as we become less dense. vhemt http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049492/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:20:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049410/posts Imagine the delight on the faces of troops in Iraq when Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt arrive to put on a show. One can only assume that Montag will sing and Pratt will glare at soldiers with his simultaneously vacant and menacing Svengali leer. People.com reports that the reality show duo will visit the troops in homage to Montag's stepbrother, who served as an airborne ranger before he died in an accident stateside. Apparently, John McCain's daughter Meghan plans to help the two with their travel plans. From People: LA Times Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049410/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:59:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049388/posts Garmin International today plans to launch a series of more-rugged Nuvi portables that combine street navigation with outdoor recreation capabilities. The Nuvi 500 series was designed to be taken from car to trail to bike to boat, said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. “This product allows us to combine features from several of our most popular automotive and outdoor navigators into one compact unit,” Bartel said. “From weekend trips to the lake, to a hike around the trail, Nuvi 500 is ideal for people seeking automotive and recreational navigation in one dynamic device.” The 500-series Nuvis feature... Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049388/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:26:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049382/posts Ugggh I am livid. I just found out Google did a street view of my neighborhood, not only that they got me outside in the picture. They should be required by law to give forewarning that they are taking pictures in your neighborhood. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049382/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:20:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049375/posts Do you remember your puppy days when you’d lay in a field, look at the sky and use your imagination on the puffs of clouds floating by? Yup, the good old days. These were the times long before you were asked to humiliate yourself by standing on your hind legs just to get a treat. Of course in my cloud observation days, I never really got much further than “Hey, that looks like a ball!” or “Hey, that looks like a chewy!” but no one ever accused me of being creative or bright. Our first entry is this Dachshund running... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049375/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:53:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049358/posts Fellow Freepers, help me out here. How could Malaki pull the rug out from under McCain -- and the U.S. -- by echoing Obama's 16-Months-and-Out-Plan, allowing Iran to take-over Iraq in 2010? Does he really resent the U.S./Bush that much? Does he really want a democratic Iraq or does he want a continuation of tribes at one anothers' throats with him on top? Any anwers would be appreciated. Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049358/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:29:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049353/posts 'The Dark Knight' actor allegedly lashed out while staying at London's Dorchester hotel on Sunday, where he has a suite. His mother Jenny (61) and sister Sharon (40) lodged a formal complaint against the star at a police station in Hampshire, Southern England. Bale (34) was permitted by police to attend the European premiere of 'The Dark Knight' - in which he plays superhero Batman - last night but will face questioning over the claims. Welt.de http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049353/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:19:56 GMT