http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/communismkills/ en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:53:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413964/posts Chris Matthews on Tuesday called "Rules for Radicals" author Saul Alinsky one of his heroes. This admission came only five days after the "Hardball" host proudly admitted on the air that he was a liberal. "I always try to remind myself of Saul Alinsky when I get confused," Matthews told "Hardball" guest Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). Such was revealed as the pair discussed the fate of health care reform. CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Well, to reach back to one of our heroes from the past, from the `60s, Saul Alinsky once said that even though both sides have flaws in their arguments... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413964/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:53:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413853/posts Over the past few months, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has witnessed the nation's energy secretary applauding companies for leaving the group, activists masquerading as its officials to hold a mock press conference, and now, protesters attempting to take over its building. And this is all because the group doesn't agree that global warming is man-made and that federal cap-and-trade policies are the answer to stopping it. Last Thursday, Greenpeace brought ladders to the chamber's D.C. headquarters, located directly across from the White House, to wrap yellow "crime scene" tape around the building. Roughly a dozen protesters descended on the... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413853/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:29:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413793/posts It didn’t take long for Jim DeMint’s outrage over highly unusual language protecting a care-rationing board to generate a response from Sarah Palin. This came just days after Politifact called her statement about “death panels” the “lie of the year,” but the attempt to rule any Congressional motion that changes the rulings of the Independent Medical Advisory Board out of order in perpetuity has highlighted once again this rationing board and its potential impact in a government-run system. And that, Palin writes at her Facebook page, was her point all along: No one is certain of what’s in the bill,... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413793/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:18:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413239/posts Why let a holiday season come between the White House and making some political statements? The White House pegged controversial designer Simon Doonon to oversee the Christmas decorations for the White House. Mr. Doonon, who is creative director of Barney’s New York has often caused a stir with his design choices. Like his naughty yuletide window display of Margaret Thatcher as a dowdy dominatrix and Dan Quayle as a ventriloquist’s dummy. For this year’s White House, he didn’t disappoint.These photos of ornaments on the White House Christmas tree in the Blue Room were taken just days ago. Of course, Mao... Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413239/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:12:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410487/posts Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he "still" smelled sulfur after President Obama made a keynote speech at the Copenhagen climate conference Friday, accusing the American president of carrying same satanic Chavez believes followed Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush. Chavez, who was not included on the original list of speakers for the final day of the summit, ended the proceedings with bitter references to the Peace Prize-winning Obama as the "Nobel Prize of War." "The Nobel Prize of War just finished saying here that he is here to act. Well, show it sir. Don't leave by the back door," he... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410487/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:44:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409789/posts Here is video showing flag-waving Communists and Socialists marching in the streets of Copenhagen in support of radical steps to stop the Global Warming hysteria they believe in. Many held banners attacking "Capitalism," and saying things like "Long Live Socialism." Many communist flags are visible featuring the "hammer and sickle." They marched in connection with the "Climate Change Summit" being held in Copenhagen. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409789/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:27:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408891/posts Michael Moore calls for boycott of Connecticut By Jordan Fabian - 12/16/09 01:04 PM ET Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore on Thursday called for a boycott of the state of Connecticut in reaction to Sen. Joe Lieberman's (I-Conn.) opposition to key provisions of healthcare reform legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) recerntly removed the public option and Medicare-buy in proposal, which the centrist Lieberman opposes, from the bill in order to attract centrist votes. Reid needs 60 votes in order to break a Republican filibuster of the bill. Moore focused his anger on the Connecticut voters who reelected Lieberman in... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408891/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:37:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408188/posts The video is here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9--Zp-d5Zs Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408188/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:57:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407149/posts Howard Zinn (left) with the very serious-looking actor Viggo Mortensen The small-screen version of Marxist historian Howard Zinn’s leftward-slanted history of America, The People Speak, aired Sunday night on the History Channel. The film, based on Zinn’s influential book, A People’s History of the United States, is chock full of useful idiot celebrities including Matt Damon, Marisa Tomei, Morgan Freeman, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Penn, Bruce Springsteen, and its executive producer Josh Brolin, all parroting the radical platitudes written for them. One scene in the shlockumentary tells the story of an organizer-agitator who rallied tenants against landlords during the Great Depression.... David Horowitz's NewsRealblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407149/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:55:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407503/posts This is my latest post for NewsReal. I thought I'd post it here, because I'm pretty sure you guys will enjoy it. You would think that someone who writes a book called A People’s History of the United States would at the very least believe there is such an entity as the “United States,” wouldn’t you? Well, you’d be mistaken in historian and radical leftist Howard Zinn’s case. In his most famous work, he writes: The pretense is that there really is such a thing as “the United States,” subject to occasional conflicts and quarrels, but fundamentally a community of... David Horowitz's NewsRealblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407503/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:45:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404831/posts HAVANA: Fidel Castro is calling President Barack Obama's accepting of the Nobel Peace Prize a "cynical act," given that he is sending 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan. The 83-year-old former Cuban leader initially applauded Obama's selection, but he has backed off that recently. In a column on a government website on Wednesday, Castro wrote: "Why did Obama accept the Nobel Peace Prize when he had already decided to take the war in Afghanistan to its ultimate limit?" Castro said Obama "was not obligated to commit a cynical act" by accepting the prize. He said Obama's Dec. 1 speech during... Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404831/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:32:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397078/posts "Members of the Health Access protest group stage a crime scene-like 'body pile-up' as part of their campaign against what they say is the poor state of US Healthcare in Los Angeles" Daylife Photos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397078/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:08:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397024/posts During the past few months, the United States has been embroiled in a debate about the government takeover of Health Care. Our friends "across the pond" in Great Britain have been discussing healthcare as well. The UK discussions are not about a government health care takeover, that has already happened, their discussions have been about how awful the medical care is in the British socialized medical system. We are constantly that a most important part of treating cancer is early detection. The newest revelation about the over-worked British medical system is up to 10,000 British lives a year are lost... Various/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397024/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:50:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388479/posts The diaries of the journalist who helped expose the Soviet Terror Famine in the Ukraine are now on display in Cambridge. At the time of his writings he was denounced as a liar by Soviet sympathizers including Walter Duranty of the New York Times. Had he not died in suspicious circumstances he would no doubt have been pleased to see that the truth of his accounts is now accepted, although he would perhaps be disappointed to see that one of the outlets for his writing, the Guardian (then the Manchester Guardian), frequently publishes articles explicitly and implicitly supportive of totalitarian... Johnny Newton blogsite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388479/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:24:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388010/posts Chinese artist Liu Bolin warms his hands as his sculpture "Burning Man Obama" is tested at a workshop in Beijing A man wears basketball sneakers with an image of US President Barack Obama and the words "change" and "yes we can" along a street in Beijing Fridge magnets are seen at a shop in Beijing, including one of Chinese president Hu Jintao and some with the "Oba Mao" design by Liu Mingjie, in which he superimposed the face of Barack Obama over that of Chairman Mao The owner of a shop in Beijing shows a card sold at his... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388010/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:55:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387915/posts CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cancer experts fear new U.S. breast imaging guidelines that recommend against routine screening mammograms for women in their 40s may have their roots in the current drive in Washington to reform healthcare. Critics of the guidelines, issued on Monday by the U.S. Services Task Force, an independent panel sponsored by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Quality, say the new guidelines are a step backward and will lead to more cancer deaths. Here are some of their concerns. * Dr Carol Lee, chairwoman of the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Commission, said she fears insurers -- both... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387915/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:13:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387649/posts Chris Ariens at TV Newser reports that CNN reporter Emily Chang was detained for two hours today in Shanghai for holding up a T-shirt depicting Barack Obama wearing a Red Army uniform. "Chang bought the T-shirt at a basement souvenir shop in Beijing and brought it with her to Shanghai as she covers President Obama's visit to the city." The front of the t-shirt says "Serve the People" in Chinese. On the back, it reads "Oba Mao" in English. The shirts have been seen in Chinese shops for months, but were "banned" ahead of Obama's trip. When Chang held up... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387649/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:53:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387309/posts "The Reagan revolution sits on her like an anvil. "It's a mystery to me why a lot of people don't want Democrats. When I was growing up, it was all Democrats. We wouldn't let a Republican in the back door." "Another mystery: how, like Vanessa Redgrave, she always managed to keep the hard angles of politics out of her work. How many social reformers could say they regret never having worked with Fred Astaire "because we were so much alike"?" People Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387309/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:23:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383072/posts The White House's top communications aide is stepping down at the end of the month and will be replaced by her deputy. SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383072/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:58:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382629/posts Jane Fonda Says Sex Is Better Than Ever At 71... Despite Her Metal Hip [Pic in URL] By BEN TODD 10th November 2009 She might not be offering workout tips in a leotard now, but Jane Fonda still has a pointer for ladies keen to stay young - an active love life. At 71, the fitness guru who recently had spinal surgery and boasts an artificial knee and titanium hip said her looks are partly down to having the best sex of her life. Miss Fonda, who became a Hollywood sex symbol in the 1968 film Barbarella, said: 'How do... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382629/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:35:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380241/posts Green groups and activists for the developing world on Thursday accused rich nations of tiptoeing away from vows to seal a binding, far-reaching UN treaty on climate change in Copenhagen next month. Their bitter response came after European Union (EU) negotiators in Barcelona spelt out the likelihood that the much-trumpeted pact would be concluded in 2010, not at the December 7-18 meeting as planned. The talks, launched under a two-year "road map" in Bali, call for a global accord to curb emissions of heat-trapping carbon gases beyond 2012 and channel funds to poor countries most threatened by drought, floods, storms... Breitbart/AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380241/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:59:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2379422/posts On the day I born, June 9th, 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy was asked the famous question; “Have you no sense of decency sir?”. Some members of the media who saw an opening, pounced on the opportunity, and never looked back. This would become the beginning of the end of the anti-communist mood in America. It would be the birth of terms like McCarthyism, Redbaiting, and Blacklisting. The heirs of this movement are much more numerous today than in 1954, and the true journalists have been replaced by mere actors, playing the part of journalists. We have gone from a nation... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2379422/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:55:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378755/posts Cold War: The White House has announced our absence at ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Meanwhile, Russia has been practicing a nuclear invasion of an abandoned Poland. The Berlin Wall has been a famous backdrop for American presidents sounding the battle cry of liberty in the struggle against tyranny. It was there that John F. Kennedy expressed our solidarity with the encircled residents of that outpost of freedom with his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner." And it was there that Ronald Reagan, with a defiant "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall," voiced our... Investors Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378755/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:18:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2377596/posts I have discussed with Freepers over the last 4 months that I am back in school earning my Masters degree. Today my head about exploded when not only my professor but people (grown adults) said Communism was a fear on paper but never a real threat to the U.S. Let me give you direct quotes taken from today's lecture. "Exactly where does communism fit in today's classroom, newspapers, and television sets? It doesn't, only the right wing fringe in this country wants you to believe that is the case, where is the proof? America feared communism based on it being... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2377596/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:03:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376816/posts For nearly three decades the Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War - it divided a city and in effect the entire country. And then on November 9, 1989 it crumbled and with it Communist East Germany and the Cold War itself. On the outskirts of Berlin lies the Glienicke Bridge. It spans the Havel River and connects Berlin to the neighboring city of Potsdam. Its idyllic setting belies a darker history. During the height of the Cold War, it was known as the Bridge of Spies - where communist and western officials exchanged secret agents that had... VOA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376816/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:50:50 GMT