http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/chinagate/ en-us Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:36:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363093/posts President Obama recently shifted authority for approving sales to China of missile and space technology from the White House to the Commerce Department -- a move critics say will loosen export controls and potentially benefit Chinese missile development. The president issued a little-noticed "presidential determination" Sept. 29 that delegated authority for determining whether missile and space exports should be approved for China to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363093/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:36:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260973/posts RICHMOND, Va. – In a governor's race that's all about jobs, Terry McAuliffe is facing questions about huge profits he made from a company that collapsed two years later, leaving 10,000 people unemployed. ... In 1997, McAuliffe sank $100,000 into the Beverly Hills, Calif.-based startup's bold plan to link North America and Europe with a trans-Atlantic fiber optic cable, a super-fast conduit for voice, video and digital data. "When I invested in Global Crossing, understand that it was a very risky deal," ... His return was $8.1 million, ... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260973/posts#comment Sat, 30 May 2009 01:36:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255685/posts Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was convicted yesterday of making illegal campaign contributions. Earlier this month, Hsu pled guilty to operating a Ponzi scheme in which investors were swindled out of $20 million. Hsu’s favorite politician was Hillary Rodham Clinton, for whom he raised $850,000. Hillary is Secretary of State. That would seem to invite at least some media attention, if not a full-blown firestorm, but nary a word is heard about Hillary’s ethical suitability for the post. At the Hsu trial, the jury was played a phone message left by Hillary for Hsu that went like this: What am I... National Legal and Policy Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255685/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 18:53:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193427/posts The Chinagate/Buddhist temple cash skeletons in Gary Locke’s closet By Michelle Malkin  •  February 24, 2009 09:53 AM Is it possible for Barack Obama to pick a Commerce Secretary nominee who’ll actually make it past first base? Bill Richardson withdrew in the midst of a pay-for-play scandal. Judd Gregg withdrew in the midst of a humiliating power play over the Census and porkulus bill.Now, former Democrat Gov. Gary Locke — a lawyer for international firm Davis, Wright, and Tremaine who specializes in China — is rumored to be the next nominee for the post. The MSM is pulling for him. WaPo... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193427/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:20:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185517/posts In her first major speech as secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton drew a clear line between the Obama administration’s approach and that of the Bush White House, which viewed China more as a rival than a partner and kept relations fixed on economic matters like exchange rates. “Some believe that China on the rise is by definition an adversary,” she said at the Asia Society in New York on the eve of a trip to China and other Asian countries. “To the contrary, we believe the United States and China benefit from, and contribute to, each other’s successes.” New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185517/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:35:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164130/posts WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton, President-elect Barack Obama's choice for secretary of state, rejected calls Tuesday for more details about donors to her husband's foundation, saying she has revealed enough to avoid even the hint of conflicts. An Associated Press review found that Clinton stepped in at least a half-dozen times on issues involving businesses and others who later gave to the charity. Clinton said as secretary of state she will not be influenced by her husband's contributors, which include foreign governments. "It will not be in the atmosphere," Clinton said. Richard Lugar of Indiana was among GOP senators on... Yahoo News / AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164130/posts#comment Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:01:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141360/posts Want to know what organic chickens are fed? If it's soy meal from China -- a cheap source of protein -- it may also contain melamine. That's what happened with 300 tons of soy meal being fed to organic chicken in western France. Authorities discovered the soy meal contained an astonishing 50 times the maximum limit of melamine: 116mg per kg of soy meal. This cheap Chinese soy meal was delivered to 127 "organic" chicken farms in France. Nobody yet knows how many organic chicken farms in the U.S., Canada, U.K. or Australia might also be feeding their chickens toxic... NaturalNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141360/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2008 12:54:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135026/posts A state appeals court in San Francisco has upheld a San Mateo County Superior Court sentence of three years in prison for a former political fundraiser who was a fugitive for 15 years. Norman Hsu, 57, was sentenced in January for a 1992 no-contest plea to a charge of grand theft in an investment scheme. County prosecutors said Hsu operated a so-called Ponzi scheme, by soliciting investments in a purported latex glove company and paying returns to early investors with funds from later investors. Prosecutors said he defrauded about 20 victims of nearly $1 million. After pleading no contest to... NBC11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135026/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:48:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039471/posts It now has been four years since Dr. William Graham, Science Advisor to President Ronald W. Reagan and Chairman of the General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament, and a distinguished panel completed a study of High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and its potential effects upon this country. The conclusions of this study are the most frightening I have seen concerning modern-day threats. Few have heard of it because the report has yet to be made public. The reason it has not been made public is simple: if EMP were understood by the American people, the next logical question... FrontPageMag.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039471/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:26:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009788/posts ABC reporter Jake Tapper on Wednesday night undermined Hillary Clinton's campaign trail tale blaming the Bush administration for allowing a Valparaiso, Indiana manufacturer of magnets for smart-bombs to move to China, costing 200 jobs and giving the technology to the communist regime. Tapper, however, pointed out that the sale occurred in 1995 and was approved by....the Clinton administration. “Senator Clinton decries how the company Magnequench moved from Indiana to China in 2003,” Tapper reported, “but there's one key part of the story Senator Clinton tends to leave out: Her husband's role.” He elaborated: Over and over again, Clinton blames President... newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009788/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 17:14:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964300/posts CLICK HERE TO ASK HER YOUR QUESTION The Beast's website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964300/posts#comment Sun, 3 Feb 2008 19:25:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962724/posts Someone emailed me this and I thought I'd share. www.commonsensepoliticalthought.com/?p=2290 Common Sense Political Thought http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962724/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:14:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962796/posts The Hillary Clinton Accountability Project will shortly launch its fundraising drive to raise $500,000 to support the most important citizen’s legal initiative of 2008. The landmark civil fraud suit of Paul v Clinton et al which the California Supreme Court ordered to proceed against the Clintons, Grammys Producer Gary Smith and Clinton agent Jim Levin, will be set for trial and a discovery schedule at a special conference to be held in Los Angeles Superior Court on February 21, 2008. The first law suit in American history to bring a President and a Senator to court for defrauding the Senator’s... Peter Paul Project ! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962796/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:35:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956151/posts As American banks go hat in hand to foreign financial institutions and governments, begging for capital to help them get out of the mess into which their subprime loans have landed them, the question arises as to whether the United States should permit nations like China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the banks they control to acquire part ownership of our leading banks. The presidential candidates discussed this issue in their Nevada debate and Hillary was asked about it in an interview with Neil Cavuto on the FOX Business Network yesterday. She replied that she would not... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956151/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:47:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949589/posts Every time there’s another story about Brittany Spears’ infantile, self-destructive behavior, I condemn the American press for covering that subject like a horse blanket. And I watch as the national I.Q. drops two points in a day because the Brittany story is everywhere, on all channels. But the performances of Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail and in presidential “debates” in Iowa and New Hampshire, demonstrate parallels between Brittany and Hillary. The comparisons are in favor of the singer, not the lecturer. The most incredible thing that Hillary has said, in front of God and everybody, is this, “I have... Special to FreeRepublic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949589/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:54:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952502/posts NASHUA – A top Clinton adviser faces charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated after city police caught him speeding through Greeley Park a day before the state primary. Sidney Blumenthal, longtime friend and senior adviser to presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. was allegedly driving a rented car north on Concord Street at a speed of 70 mph when Nashua Police Sgt. Mike Masella decided to stop it at about 12:30 a.m. Monday. -snip- Blumenthal was arrested after completing the test and taken to the police department where he refused to take a breath test and was booked on... Nashua Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952502/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:50:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949811/posts Hillary Clinton has been playing a dangerous game with China. After over a decade of illegal contributions to the Democratic party and special favors by the Clintons, Hillary has turned on her old Chinese friends and sold them out in a desperate bid to win in 2008. The American dollar and economy have suffered collateral damage in this Clinton double cross with China. "Chinagate" was the name for numerous illegal campaign contributions from the PRC to the Democrats that helped them to win the 1996 elections. As you may remember back in 1996, the Clinton administration's apparently traded missile secrets... http://www.dagnyd.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949811/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:56:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949450/posts Hillary Clinton's campaign, anticipating probable defeat here in New Hampshire on January 8, is gearing up for an extended trench-warfare battle against Barack Obama. The former First Lady is planning to fight Obama in South Carolina on January 26, and in the gargantuan nationwide primary on Tuesday, February 5 -- with contests in 19 states, including New York, California, New Jersey, Georgia, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Colorado. If she remains competitive, Clinton's plan is to continue to compete in Louisiana on February 9, in Virginia and Maryland on February 12, in Wisconsin on February 19, in Ohio on March 4 --... The Hillary Project http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949450/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2008 05:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949428/posts HAMPTON, N.H., Jan. 6 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, slipping further behind her chief rival in the Democratic primary here, has taken direct control over her strategy and message as she scrambles to block the ascent of Sen. Barack Obama. -snip- In an unscheduled conference call with senior aides on Sunday morning, Hillary Clinton took what her advisers described as an unprecedented level of control over the direction of the daily message -- issuing orders rather than soliciting advice. According to one participant in the call, Clinton did not explicitly relieve any advisers of responsibilities, but made it clear that... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949428/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2008 04:50:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948856/posts The Tyranny of Super-Delegates Barack Obama's stirring victory in Iowa was also a good night for our democracy. The turnout broke records and young people – who were mobilized and organized – participated in unprecedented numbers. And now that Iowans have spoken – the first citizens in the nation to do so – here's the Democratic delegate count for the top three candidates (2,025 delegates are needed to secure the nomination): Clinton – 169 Obama – 66 Edwards – 47 "Huh?" you say. "vanden Heuvel, you made a MAJOR typo." In fact, those numbers are correct: the third-place finishing Sen.... nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948856/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2008 19:24:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1948858/posts It is hard not to feel sorry for Hillary Clinton. She is, in so many ways, the perfect presidential candidate for the Democrats. She has the brains and the name, the money and the machine. (snip) And yet, when actual voters are given the chance to seal the deal, too many of them balk, as they did in Iowa this week. Coming third in Iowa, with more than two-thirds of the voters choosing other candidates, is a shocking blow to the Clinton campaign. Yet the pollsters have always known what her problem is. Her problem is that a lot of... London Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1948858/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2008 19:36:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948791/posts MANCHESTER, N.H. — Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been in career-threatening scrapes before, but never quite like the one they face in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, when nothing less than their would-be dynasty will be on the line. In trying to battle back from her loss in the Iowa caucuses to Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, Mrs. Clinton is recalibrating her message in hopes of producing Comeback Kid: The Sequel — achieving the reversal of fortune her husband pulled off with his second-place finish here in the Democratic nomination contest in 1992. Mrs. Clinton, after arriving here... NY TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948791/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2008 16:49:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948831/posts NASHUA, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, reeling from defeat in Iowa at the hands of Barack Obama, urged Democratic voters on Friday not to build up "false hopes" by choosing an inexperienced presidential candidate. In Iowa, which kicked off the process of choosing the next U.S. president with its caucuses on Thursday, the former first lady finished a disappointing third, nine percentage points behind Obama and narrowly behind former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards............" ........."We can't have false hopes. We've got to have a person who can walk into that Oval office on day one and... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948831/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:19:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1948445/posts Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (R) walks out of the Gala Cafe to greet supporters while campaigning in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, January 4, 2008. Voters in New Hampshire go to the polls January 8 in the U.S. presidential primary elections. http://news.yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1948445/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 22:15:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948042/posts IOWA ANTHEM Oh, Hillary, oh, Hillary...you thought you'd make history Oh, Hillary, oh, Hillary...you are evil as can be We saw right through your phoniness Your crimes it's time that you confess Oh, Hillary, oh, Hillary...go away now, quietly DFU News of the Day in Song http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948042/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 03:18:09 GMT