http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/civil/ en-us Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:41:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046284/posts Everyone knows this, but it's worth repeating: The Republican Party is the party of Abraham Lincoln and was established in 1854 to block the expansion of slavery. The Democratic Party was the party of slavery: Its two founders, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, owned large numbers of slaves, and every party platform before the Civil War defended the institution unequivocally. After the war, it was the Republican Party that rammed through the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution over Democratic opposition. Republicans also enacted a series of civil-rights laws that culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1875,... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046284/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:41:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035881/posts HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan, June 24, 2008 – U.S. Marines and British forces of Task Force Helmand opened a joint civil-military operations center yesterday near the British Forward Operating Base Delhi in the Garmsir district here. On its first day, the CMOC had 31 visitors and paid 15 claims. The Marines established the CMOC and provided the initial administration, command and control to run it, and will continue to maintain the secure environment in which the center will operate, officials said. Their focus will be battle damage reparations and coordinating with those follow-on agencies to continue the work of reconstruction and... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035881/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:23:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021988/posts LBJ should share in Obama's success Johnson's voting rights program marked an earlier pivotal point in American history. And yet his name is rarely invoked. By Carl Leubsdorf As former aides, historians and journalists met recently at a celebration of Lyndon Johnson's 100th birthday, a persistent theme was the way echoes of his presidency still reverberate through the nation's politics. Four decades after Johnson's inability to settle the Vietnam War destroyed his presidency, the nation is coping with how to extricate itself from another quagmire - in Iraq. But the impact of his landmark domestic achievements, especially the historic measures... The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021988/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 17:38:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993410/posts HABBANIYAH — One Civil Affairs Group (CAG), although only recently arriving to Iraq, is already making improvements to the quality of life of the Iraqi people. During a routine mission March 17, CAG, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, stopped by the Habbaniyah mayor’s office for a meeting. They intended to discuss the quality of the water treatment facilities in the Coolie Camp area. “Unfortunately, the mayor wasn’t available. We were supposed to pick-up some documents from him, but he was called to Ramadi by the governor,” said 2nd Lt. Matt R. Ashton, the officer in charge.... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993410/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:37:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990957/posts As a black American, I would love to see a class action law suit against those responsible for the big lie,“Blacks can't make it in America”. Black America vs The Modern Civil Rights Movement. Big Civil Rights is guilty of an relentless and cruel self aggrandizing effort to instill victim and entitlement mindsets into black youths. Damages are extensive including an elevated percentage of black males in prison, school dropouts, illegitimate births, stolen dreams, racial hatred and anti-patriotism. My witnesses for the prosecution would begin with Oprah, Chris Gardner, portrayed in the movie, “The Pursuit of Happyness” and the roster... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990957/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:30:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990612/posts SHARPSBURG - Antietam National Battlefield is one of the 10 most endangered battlefields in the United States, according to a list released Wednesday by the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT). The battlefield is "threatened with a 120-foot-tall cellular tower that would be visible from all of the battlefield's most famous vantage points," according to a CWPT press release. Monocacy National Battlefield near Frederick, Md., also is on the list, which also includes sites in several states from Virginia to Oklahoma. National Park Service officials were notified in December 2007 of a proposal to erect a stealth cell tower south of... Herald Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990612/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:48:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973561/posts After Miami handyman Glenn Rudge was accused of shoplifting an $8 set of drill bits at Home Depot, he thought he'd settled the matter when he showed his receipt to prosecutors and they dropped the charge.But a few weeks later, a law firm hired by Home Depot began sending him letters demanding first $3,000, then a total of $6,000, implying he'd be sued if he didn't pay it. In an escalating battle against theft, retailers are going after anyone suspected of shoplifting, turning over their names to lawyers and collection firms, who pursue the suspects for stiff penalties and split... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973561/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:03:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967837/posts How conservative is Mr. McCain? During his quarter century in Washington, the senator has assembled an 82% rating from the American Conservative Union, placing him 39th among senators in 2006, while drawing a 25% lifetime rating from the liberal American Civil Liberties Union. Hillary Clinton, by contrast, has a 75% ACLU lifetime rating. A scorecard by the antitax Club for Growth, a conservative political-action committee, ranked him 29th among 55 Republican senators in 2006. Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967837/posts#comment Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:17:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954877/posts WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2008 – Operation Phantom Phoenix, a series of division- and brigade-level strikes against al Qaeda and other extremists in Iraq, continues to disrupt terrorist safe havens and bases, a top military official said. The joint coalition-Iraqi forces operation, launched Jan. 8, also is achieving gains for Iraqi citizens, Army Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, a spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq, told reporters today during a briefing at Camp Victory. in Baghdad. “This is a tough fight on many levels, and it will continue to be so,” he said. “But even as offensive operations pressure the extremist networks, there... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954877/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:17:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953689/posts BEGIN TRANSCRIPT (Music: When Johnny Comes Marching Home) RUSH: We'll start today with the Democrats, ladies and gentlemen. There's an uncivil war brewing on the left. On one side, African-Americans. On the other side, Clinton-Americans. And caught in the middle of this, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Clintons, ladies and gentlemen, plain for all to see, will do or say anything to win. But now the question: Will African-Americans take anything? Amazing to watch this, is it not? Clintonistas are saying about Obama -- and Obama saying about the Clintons -- what they have been saying for... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953689/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:18:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883140/posts I guarantee you it’ll be looked back upon as pivotal in terms of Romney’s first run for President down the line in terms of political history. Keep in mind the following quote: Mitt Romney on Thursday called the failure of inner city schools “the great civil rights issue of our time.” This man impresses me more and more every day… Health Care, Race Relations, Immigration, Education…there isn’t one issue where he’s trumped by another candidate… LONDONDERRY, N.H. - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Thursday called the failure of inner city schools “the great civil rights issue of our time.”... Elect Romney in 2008.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883140/posts#comment Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:31:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868621/posts US says Iraqi rebel head is an inventionTina Susman in Baghdad July 20, 2007 IN MARCH, he was declared captured. In May, he was declared killed, and his purported corpse was displayed on state-run TV. On Wednesday, Omar al-Baghdadi, the supposed leader of an al-Qaeda-affiliated group in Iraq, was declared non-existent by US military officials, who say he is a fictional character created to give an Iraqi face to a foreign-run terrorist group. In reality, said Brigadier-General Kevin Bergner, an Iraqi actor has read statements attributed to al-Baghdadi, who has been identified since October as the leader of the group,... Sydney Morning Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868621/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:30:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861313/posts The mother of a San Luis Obispo man who died after an attempted organ donation at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center last year claims she never gave hospital officials consent to take her son off life-support and was misinformed when agreeing to the organ harvest, according to a wrongful death lawsuit. Rosa Navarro also alleges in her June 29 civil lawsuit that a transplant surgeon misrepresented himself as her son’s doctor, an allegation the surgeon’s attorney strongly denies. She also said she agreed to the organ donation only because she believed her son had no chance of survival. Defendants in... San Luis Obispo Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861313/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:34:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842808/posts LSA ANACONDA, Iraq, May 31, 2007 – Rifles, pistols and tanks are a few tools of war. Active listening, patience and cooperation are a few of the tools used by Capt. Glen A. Stambone, a civil affairs officer with the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, starting at 8:30 a.m., the Civil Military Operations Center (CMOC) lets the people’s voices be heard. Most of those voices are speaking Arabic. In order to provide good customer service, the civil affairs office here uses two interpreters. Stambone said one is more of a “street smart” interpreter, the other is... Defend America News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842808/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:40:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839741/posts Point being: no matter what flags Americans have served under — or causes they have fought for — since initially choosing between the colonies and the Crown back in 1775, all are indeed Americans. ... U.S. Navy Commodore Stephen Decatur said in 1815, nearly a half-century before the Civil War: “Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong!” ... We remember those soldiers and sailors — right or wrong — in various annual observances, from Veterans Day to Armed Forces Day. This week, we remember the dead.... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839741/posts#comment Fri, 25 May 2007 16:27:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1835273/posts The liberals have used "civil disobedience" for decades. It has worked on occassion. Do you think such actions are right or wrong? self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1835273/posts#comment Thu, 17 May 2007 18:13:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820084/posts CONCORD, N.H. --Gov. John Lynch told The Associated Press on Thursday he will sign legislation establishing civil unions in New Hampshire. New Hampshire thus will become the fourth state to adopt civil unions and the first to do so without first having a court fight over denying gays the right to marry. boston.com (Boston Globe) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820084/posts#comment Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:36:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1808776/posts There is NO "civil war" in Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1808776/posts#comment Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764426/posts I often wonder how we in the 21st-century would manage the tragedy surrounding the sinking of one of our ships at sea when in some cases, during World War II, thousands of sailors and Marines perished within minutes. After all, would it not have been "criminal" – by today's standards according to some political commentators – to send our young men to sea in ships not adequately protected from submarine attacks or suicide pilots? World Defense Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764426/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jan 2007 01:34:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763203/posts Gaza on brink of civil war as cleric is killed By Tim Butcher in Jerusalem Last Updated: 2:00am GMT 06/01/2007 An unarmed Muslim cleric was shot dead as he drove home from leading prayers yesterday, the latest victim of the Gaza Strip violence that is threatening to spiral into all-out civil war. The funeral of Col Ghayeb saw a huge display of Fatah firepower on the streets of Gaza City Witnesses said Adel Nassar, 50, was murdered because, during his sermon, he dared criticise the killers of a Fatah security chief and seven of his bodyguards. That attack, on Thursday,... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763203/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jan 2007 02:23:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1745336/posts Some major U.S. news networks are now describing the violence in Iraq as "civil war," but President Bush is refusing to go that far. At a news conference in Estonia Tuesday morning, President Bush said Iraq is engulfed in "sectarian violence" fomented by al Qaeda and other extremists who can't stand the idea of a democratic nation in the heart of the Middle East. "We've been in this phase for a while," Bush said. He said the recent bombings "are part of a pattern that has been going on for about nine months" - ever since the bombing of a... CNSNEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1745336/posts#comment Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:25:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717890/posts Note that this came during a time when the tide was turning against the South. Note how the Southern soldier stands upright, with a broken sword underfoot, while the Northern Soldier is dejected and "broken"... (Where have we heard that before?) Note the phrase, "useless war." Should we have listened to the defeatists back then, and have allowed the odious practice of slavery to go on? Should we listen to the defeatists now, and allow Islamo-fascism to rule the day? Psycmeistr's Ice Palace http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717890/posts#comment Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:13:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713946/posts Muslims are waging civil war against us, claims police union By David Rennie, Europe Correspondent (Filed: 05/10/2006) Radical Muslims in France's housing estates are waging an undeclared "intifada" against the police, with violent clashes injuring an average of 14 officers each day. Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy was warned of an 'intifada' As the interior ministry said that nearly 2,500 officers had been wounded this year, a police union declared that its members were "in a state of civil war" with Muslims in the most depressed "banlieue" estates which are heavily populated by unemployed youths of north African origin. It said... The Telegraph(UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713946/posts#comment Thu, 5 Oct 2006 02:48:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706003/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2006 – Though violence and crime continue to hinder progress, the challenge in Afghanistan isn’t military in nature, the commander of coalition forces serving in that country said here today. “The coalition, NATO and Afghan national security forces dominate wherever they encounter the enemy,” Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry said at a Pentagon news conference. “The critical task at this stage is strengthening the government of Afghanistan, developing the economy, and helping to build Afghan civil society.” The general acknowledged that terrorists, militant extremists, drug traffickers and a determined criminal element have hindered progress. “Their influence has... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706003/posts#comment Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:03:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690977/posts WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2006 – Despite a recent increase in violence in Baghdad, Iraq is not on a path toward civil war, the commander of U.S. Central Command said yesterday. Army Gen. John Abizaid recently visited Baghdad and talked with Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the highest-ranking military commander in Iraq, as well as Iraqi government officials. He also had the opportunity see the situation in Baghdad firsthand while moving around the city with coalition forces. Abizaid said he left confident that progress is being made on the Baghdad security plan. “It’s still too soon to say how the... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690977/posts#comment Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:09:56 GMT