http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/commonsense/ en-us Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:06:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2471767/posts Unlike George W. Bush and the Republicans in 2002, Reagan did not try to divert the electorate’s attention away from the economy. Foreign policy and national security played almost no role in the election. Nor did abortion or school prayer. The election was very much a referendum on Reagan and his economic policies. Many Republican candidates wanted to run on local issues, but Reagan knew that he and his economic policies were going to be more important--in the final tally 70 percent of the voters told pollsters that they were voting “for or against Ronald Reagan”--and he wanted to confront... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2471767/posts#comment Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2462869/posts RALEIGH, N.C. (Associated Press) -- A North Carolina school board has voted to scrap a policy of assigning students by socio-economic background in favor of a system of neighborhood schools. The 5-to-4 vote on Tuesday night approved a resolution to begin moving away from busing to achieve diversity. It was an illustration of the Wake County Public School Board's makeup. Board members in favor of the change were swept into office by a group of vocal parents who complained that the current student assignment plan took their children too far from home. Cox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2462869/posts#comment Wed, 3 Mar 2010 01:36:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2462154/posts Having read Sarah Palin’s book: Going Rogue, Common Sense University is absolutely baffled by what she describes happened during the ten-week Presidential campaign in 2008. As if it was not bad enough that the liberal media, the vast majority of our media, tried everything in the book to dishonor and discredit her with atrocious accusations and slander, her own campaign staff, the so called ‘B’ team did not at all support her and advise her properly. Instead, they treated her like some country hick and micro-managed her every day activities. They set up interviews with the likes of Charlie Gibson... Common Sense University http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2462154/posts#comment Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:25:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2447775/posts Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) on Tuesday used the D.C. snowstorm to make a political jab, saying that it provides evidence for global warming skeptics. The conservative senator took to Twitter on Tuesday amid reports that the area is due to receive another 10 to 20 inches of snow this week: It's going to keep snowing in DC until Al Gore cries "uncle" Some conservatives have echoed DeMint's sentiments that the snowstorm should poke holes in evidence backing global warming. DeMint took direct aim at the former vice president, who is one of the foremost proponents of government action to counter... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2447775/posts#comment Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:18:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2444410/posts An irate Staten Island mom blasted a grade school principal Wednesday for treating her son like a pint-sized Plaxico Burress after he brought a 2-inch-long toy gun to school. "This principal is a bully and a coward, and needs to be held accountable," said Laura Timoney, 44, after her teary fourth-grader was nearly suspended for playing with the tiny toy at lunch. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2010/02/04/2010-02-04_big_trouble_over_this_tiny_toy_mom_fuming_at_a_lack_of_common_sense_as_son_buste.html#ixzz0eb3gUwhC NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2444410/posts#comment Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:23:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2444283/posts When a gang member was released from jail soon after his arrest for selling methamphetamine, friends and associates assumed he had cut a deal with authorities and become a police informant. They sent a warning on Twitter that went like this: We have a snitch in our midst. Law enforcement officials say gangs are making greater use of Twitter and Facebook, where they sometimes post information that helps agents identify gang associates and learn more about their organizations. And gang members sometimes turn the tables, asking contacts across their extended networks for help identifying undercover police officers. Gang use of... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2444283/posts#comment Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:06:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2442280/posts As an obstetrician who has delivered over 4000 children, I have long been concerned with the rights of unborn people. I believe this is the greatest moral issue of our time. The very best of the western intellectual tradition has understood the critical link between moral and political action. Each of these disciplines should strongly inform and support the other. I have become increasingly concerned over the years that the pro-life movement I so strongly support is getting further off track, both politically and morally. I sponsored the original pro-life amendment, which used a constitutional approach to solve the crisis... Ron Paul Library http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2442280/posts#comment Tue, 2 Feb 2010 01:33:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2435570/posts Alinsky VS Paine Two fellow FREEPers have joined together to do a series of threads on Saul Alinsky Rules for Radicals VS Thomas Paine Common Sense. The concept is much like a cyber book club; for those who have read the books, those who might start, or even those who cannot find the time, but want to learn. The tentative start date will be Monday, January 25th, 2010. The template we will start with will be that I will start with the very beginning of Rules for Radicals. I will write a little about the intro, and prologue of the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2435570/posts#comment Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:37:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416352/posts 100% of the terrorists who have attacked our airlines have been young, Arab, Muslim and/or male. Yet we insist on searching little old white ladies from Nebraska. Was Bobby Kennedy being a racist when he targeted only white males to end Klan violence? Of course not. White males were generally the only ones attacking people. Bomb-sniffing dogs are trained to identify the chemicals Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab carried on board that plane. If we would have been giving extra scrutiny to those who fit the profile, we would never have had to rely on some random passenger to prevent a terrorist... The Macon County Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416352/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:16:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411903/posts This is a video that helps explain the mentality of news reporters. Check out this airhead news reporter doing a report on gun safety. The woman reporter in this video keeps pointing the loaded gun at the cameraman. Even after she fired a round down range at a target she looks at the camera and non nonchalantly shakes the gun with the barrel pointed towards the cameraman. Honestly, you cannot make this stuff up. Watch the video of the airhead reporter here After watching this video, all I could think about was all the gun laws we have. The only... Interesting, Weird, and Educational Videos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411903/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:43:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2391252/posts Small Business Tax & Toil By: Larry Walker, Jr. I have been contemplating all the blood, sweat, and tears shed by Small Business owners like me. Having been in business for the past 9 years, I have come to the realization that: I am paying a hell of a lot in Taxes (and government mandated fees), and I am feeling mighty under appreciated. The Federal Government, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, chose to give a Social Security tax cut, the Making Work Pay Credit, to workers making under $75,000 per year. That's all well and... Natural Born Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2391252/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:16:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386721/posts I don't typically watch Oprah. But I won't miss Monday's interview with Sarah Palin. The appearance is supposed to be about Ms. Palin's new memoir, but a lot more will be riding on the encounter than book sales. After last year's brutal presidential campaign, Ms. Palin is now reintroducing herself to the American public. Nothing less than her future in American politics—and a possible run for the White House in 2012—hangs in the balance. Ms. Palin has two problems. The first is that she's become one of the most polarizing figures in the country. The second is that voters continue... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386721/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:14:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372756/posts A Des Moines girl was suspended after school officials said she violated their weapons policy. Jazmine Martin, 12, brought an empty shotgun shell to school on Monday, a souvenir from a summer vacation to South Dakota. The shell was empty and had the word "blank" written on the front. KCCI TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372756/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:29:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2349937/posts "We don't believe that human nature is perfectible; we're suspicious of government efforts to fix problems because often what it's trying to fix is human nature, and that is impossible. It is what it is. But that doesn't mean that we're resigned to any negative destiny. Not at all. I believe in striving for the ideal, but in realistic confines of human nature... The opposite of a common-sense conservative is a liberalism that holds that there is no human problem that government can't fix if only the right people are put in charge. Unfortunately, history and common sense are not... Morning Companion http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2349937/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:36:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349801/posts "Common Sense Tea Party" Rally held in Downtown Kenton Saturday. - News Dept. on 10:41:23 AM EDT A "Common Sense Tea Party" Rally was held in downtown Kenton Saturday. The Tea Party movement is a grassroots political movement. It carries many specific messages but primarily it believes in smaller government, lower taxes, and fiscally conservative government spending. Its name is derived from the Boston Tea Party but also is and achronim for "Taxed Enough Already". Organizers of the rally in Hardin County relayed these messages among others Saturday in downtown Kenton. Among those who spoke to people in attendance were... KentonToday.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349801/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:04:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348861/posts Again I come to you with an article about Sarah Palin. My turnaround regarding the former governor is perhaps as perplexing to you as it is to me. It is certainly so that the paradigm shift in the national dialogue and the sudden urgency that has arisen in the conservative base about the proper role of government has produced something of a change in what I perceive as a proper strategy. It has forced me to reassess what the practical should and could be — and the question of ends and means. But it is more than this, I think.... Race42012 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348861/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:58:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348798/posts Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin emerged from a two-month absence from public view with a private talk, heavy on foreign policy, to a group of investors in Hong Kong. Palin was paid an undisclosed amount, said to be in the low six figures, for the 90-minute speech. She has said one of the reasons she resigned was to pay legal bills that have topped $500,000. The speech was closed to reporters, but Palin later posted lengthy excerpts on her Facebook page. "This speech had very little to do with advancing her political career and more to do with advancing her... Yahoo Finance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348798/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:07:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348375/posts Remember when the self-proclaimed most powerful woman in the world, Nancy Pelosi promised the most “honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history." But Pelosi must believe that being honest and open has nothing to do with reading a bill before it is voting. Back in June, Congressional Republicans introduced H. Res 554. The bill's purpose is to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet for 72 hours before consideration by the House, giving the members and the public time to read the bill before it... antimullah.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348375/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:31:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347807/posts COMMON SENSE CONSERVATISM Written by Sarah Palin Thursday, 24 September 2009 [Text of speech delivered at the CLSA Pacific Markets Conference in Hong Kong on September 23, 2009] You can call me a common-sense conservative. My approach to the issues facing my country and the world, issues that we'll discuss today, are rooted in this common-sense conservatism... Common sense conservatism deals with the reality of the world as it is. Complicated and beautiful, tragic and hopeful, we believe in the rights and the responsibilities and the inherent dignity of the individual. We don't believe that human nature is perfectible; we're... To The Point News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347807/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:04:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2347294/posts Quite a contrast with the rogues gallery on display at the United Nations!While liars, terrorists and Jew hating psychopaths (you figure out who was who) spoke from the platform of the United Nations on Wednesday, Sarah Palin was in Hong Kong delivering a long awaited speech to Asian investors. She surprised even her critics, including the New York Times, which reported: A number of people who heard the speech in a packed hotel ballroom, which was closed to the media, said Mrs. Palin spoke from notes for 90 minutes and that she was articulate, well-prepared and even compelling. Though the... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2347294/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:33:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332144/posts This is an excerpt of Bob Basso as Thomas Paine with "Common Sense" for America and his visit to Kansas State University. We invite you to listen and comment. The Conscience of Kansas radio program http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332144/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 15:32:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331732/posts At noon, on Tuesday, September 8, President Barack Obama will deliver a "back-to-school" address to students. The 15-20 minute speech will be broadcast via the web and on C-Span. You can learn more about this event at http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/bts.html. The White House and the U.S. Department of Education did not involve the Georgia Department of Education in the planning of this event. A letter inviting students to view the speech was sent directly to principals and local superintendents, not to the GaDOE. There is nothing in state or federal law that would require or prohibit a school from showing this speech... GA Dept of Ed website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331732/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:49:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321087/posts MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico enacted a controversial law on Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging government-financed treatment for drug dependency free of charge. The law sets out maximum "personal use" amounts for drugs, also including LSD and methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities will no longer face criminal prosecution; the law goes into effect on Friday. NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321087/posts#comment Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:53:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2320702/posts GLENN BECK’S ‘COMMON SENSE’, by Glenn Beck. (Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions, $11.99.) Thomas Paine-inspired thoughts on government. (†) NYT/Amazon.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2320702/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:47:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319628/posts Now is the time for all good capitalists to shop at Whole Foods. Not only will you get great produce, fresh meat, fish and healthy to-go meals, but you'll irritate those who think that President Obama's health-care plan isn't quite progressive enough. John Mackey, co-founder and chief executive of Whole Foods Market -- green missionary and exemplar of corporate compassion -- has riled hard-core reformers by endorsing free-market principles over government-managed health care. Well, knock me over with a wakame frond. (That's seaweed for you tofu-averse.) ...If you're unlucky enough to live in a city without a Whole Foods store,... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319628/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:38:51 GMT