http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/constitution-news/ en-us Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:22:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386563/posts David Brooks had a thoughtful profile on South Dakota Senator John Thune in Friday's New York Times. It is a useful introduction to a man who we will likely be hearing more about and from as the clock slowly ticks away towards 2012. But that said, as is the routine with everything Brooks' pen produces these days, an otherwise coherent piece is disrupted by the author's gratuitous displays of affection towards President Barack Obama. After ticking off all of the qualities that might make Thune presidential material and the issues that may lead the country towards a GOP revival (balanced... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386563/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:22:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386562/posts The Conscience of Kansas radio program with host Paul A. Ibbetson invites you all to place an order through the Obama Burger Drive-Thru. Enjoy! The Conscience of Kansas radio program http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386562/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:19:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386556/posts Many observers feel that Obama cannot be compared with Hitler until Obama becomes German, sleeps with his niece, grows a moustache, and trims it just so. Any comparison of political tactics, between the National Socialist (Hitler) and the Socialist (Obama), are off-limits due to umpteen traits that “just don’t match.” One such objection? “Hitler stuffed Jews into ovens! Obama hasn’t done, and won’t do, anything nearly as evil!” I couldn’t agree more. Obama can’t get away with that, and probably wouldn’t want to. But I have two questions: Question #1: The week before Hitler murdered his first Jew, were Hitler’s... Brave New Commie http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386556/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:01:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386550/posts George W. Bush inherited a recession. He also inherited the Iraq no-fly zones, a Middle East boiling after the failed last-minute Clintonian rush for an imposed peace, an intelligence community wedded to the notion of Saddam's WMD proliferation, a Congress on record supporting "regime change" in Iraq, a WMD program in Libya, a Syrian occupation of Lebanon, Osama bin Laden enjoying free rein in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a renegade Pakistan that had gone nuclear on Clinton's watch with Dr. Khan in full export mode, and a pattern of appeasing radical Islam after its serial attacks (on the World Trade Center, the... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386550/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:46:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386543/posts If I were the parent or spouse of one of those killed in the terrorist attack at Fort Hood last week, I would begin raising utter hell in the public arena the minute my loved one was buried and my tears dried up. Not only did outrageous political correctness convince otherwise rational people in authority to put our soldiers in unnecessary danger, but since 1993, there has been a gun-ban in place on our army bases. American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386543/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:36:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386538/posts The Universal Declaration of Human Rights- VIDEO PREAMBLE Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people, Whereas it is essential, if man is not... Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386538/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:30:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386535/posts Finally, a chance to vote on President Obama's performance on this Economy-AT&T/Yahoo Poll... This totally unbiased poll asks but one question.. The question is stated very simply... and, to the point. No tricks. No hidden messages. No nothing JUST A SINGLE, SIMPLE QUESTION.. I'm glad that I've been asked to give my opinion to such a poll. I don't know why this hasn't been done before... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386535/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:24:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386530/posts RABBI FIRST U.S. VICTIM OF JIHAD KAHANE CEREMONY OFFENSIVE TO OBAMA thelastcrusade.orgAny commemoration in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) of the anniversary of Rabbi Meir Kahane's assassination would be harmful to the peace process, the American Embassy told The Jerusalem Post.The American comments came after the Jerusalem Post obtained e-mails in which an embassy official told Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin's office that any plans for such a ceremony was "something that Senator [George] Mitchell and his team are following with concern."The e-mails also implied that such a ceremony would be frowned upon by President Barack Obama who is attempting to... The Last Crusade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386530/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:18:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386515/posts The latest trip down memory lane from Naked Emperor News and a new entry in the database of things that Obama thought were a good idea before January 20 of this year (see also “winning in Afghanistan”). On a related note, and as a supplement to Ed’s post about The One’s weekly address this morning, JWF makes a good point: Did this guy actually have the brass balls to warn people about turning the Fort Hood trial into “political theater” the morning after he granted Khaled Sheikh Mohammed a jihadist megaphone in New York City? Don’t think he won’t use... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386515/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:47:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386513/posts MrLint writes "The City of Schenectady has decided that their laws are copyrighted, and that you cannot know them without paying for an 'exclusive license' for $200. This is not a first — Oregon has claimed publishing of laws online is a copyright violation." This case is nuanced. The city has contracted with a private company to convert and encode its laws so they can be made available on the Web for free. While the company works on this project, it considers the electronic versions of the laws its property and offers a CD version, bundled with its software, for... Slashdot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386513/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:45:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386512/posts Both Allahpundit and I referenced this blast from the past at the time Barack Obama bowed to Abdullah earlier this year. It’s worth posting again, not just because Obama pulled another boneheaded protocol violation and bowed to an emperor, but in this case bowed to the same emperor with whom Bill Clinton almost committed the same protocol violation. Douglas Jehr, in a 1994 New York Times report, made it clear that had Clinton actually executed a full bow, it would have destroyed a precedent dating to the founding of the Republic: Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386512/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:44:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386507/posts ndogg writes "Earlier this year, there was much ado about a Ron Paul staffer, Steve Bierfeldt, being detained by the TSA for carrying large sums of money. The ACLU sued on his behalf, and the TSA changed its rules, now stating that its officers can only screen for unsafe materials. With that, the ACLU dropped its suit. '[Ben Wizner, a staff lawyer for the ACLU, said] screeners get a narrow exception to the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches, strictly to keep weapons and explosives off planes, not to help police enforce other laws.' Slashdot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386507/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:39:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386475/posts “DREAMS OF MY VIOLENT DRUNKARD FATHER” thelastcrusade.org Our alcoholic father beat me, says Barack Obama's half brother, Mark As the US President arrives in China, Barack Obama's half brother reveals that when he was a child their father was a violent drunk Telegraph & News Sources On the eve of his older sibling's first-ever visit to China, Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo has emerged from the shadows to reveal the disturbing truth about the late Barack Obama Sr, his and President Obama's father.Last week, Mr Ndesandjo published an autobiographical novel, Nairobi to Shenzhen: A Tale of Love In The East.... The Last Crusade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386475/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:48:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386472/posts How do we know that the attack at Fort Hood was an act of Islamist terrorism? Simple, Major Nidal Hassan told us so. You’ve seen reports of a long list of things he did and said along these lines. But what’s most amazing of all is this: Hassan is the first terrorist in history to give an academic lecture explaining why he was about to attack. Yet that still isn’t enough for too many people—including the president of the United States--to understand that the murderous assault at Fort Hood was a Jihad attack. It was reported that the audience was... Rubin Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386472/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:43:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386459/posts I am really not sure who Sandra Rose is. It appears she has some kind of Hollywood celebrity blog, but she sure understands prison, Nancy Pelosi and, it appears, the constitution. She writes: Remember kiddies, if ObamaCare passes and you don’t buy health insurance you’re going to prison. I keep forgetting that you think health care will be free! House speaker Nancy Pelosi (who I think has a touch of Alzheimer’s) confirmed this legislation again today during a press conference. Shomari Stone, KOMO reporter: “Do you think it’s fair to send people to jail for not buying health insurance?” Pelosi:... Economic Policy Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386459/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:21:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386406/posts Breitbart has uncovered then Senator Obama claiming while discussing that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that 9-11 mastermind KSM will get a MILITARY trial, not a CIVIL trial and that such was good http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386406/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:07:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386453/posts How low will the new American president go for the world's royalty ? This photo will get Democrat President Obama a lot of approving nods in Japan this weekend, especially among the older generation of Japanese who still pay attention to the royal family living in its downtown castle. Very low bows like this are a sign of great respect and deference to a superior. To some in the United States, however, an upright handshake might have looked better. Remember Michelle Obama casually patting Britain's Queen Elizabeth on the back during their Buckingham Palace visit? America's royalty tends to make... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386453/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:12:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386448/posts Top aides to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign hit back at Sarah Palin Friday, after news reports revealed that the former vice presidential nominee’s soon-to-be-released book extensively criticizes the campaign’s press strategy – with many of its hardest shots aimed squarely at campaign manager Steve Schmidt. Schmidt, she writes, was “grim-faced” and “cool,” and tried to pin the campaign’s troubles on what he claimed was Palin’s post-partum depression, and even went to so far as to try and dictate her diet. According to excerpts published on the Huffington Post, Palin “took in his rotund physique and noted that he used... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386448/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:07:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386435/posts Major Nidal Malik Hasan, poster boy for America's suicidal “Diversity programs”, has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder. “Terrorism” charges were apparently never considered. thelastcrusade.org A jihadist hiding in plain sight By MARK STEYN Shortly after 9/11, there was a lot of talk about how no one would ever hijack an American airliner ever again – not because of new security arrangements but because an alert citizenry was on the case: We were hip to their jive. The point appeared to be proved three months later on a U.S.-bound Air France flight. The "Shoebomber" attempted to light... The Last Crusade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386435/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386419/posts "...[I]t’s equally clear that you can’t be a right-wing party and govern the country." --Newt Gingrich quoted by Jonathan Martin, Politico, November 12, 2009 Dr. Newt Gingrich (Ph.D. History) should know better by now not to use “right-wing” as an adjective to describe the GOP. The GOP is not “right-wing,” but rather a conservative political party. Members of that party responded to Newt Gingrich’s “Contract for America” that was not “right-wing,” but an expression of the conservative philosophy of limited government shared by most Republicans and many Independents. Unfortunately, had Newt Gingrich adhered to political principle he might not have... The Yorktown Patriot, Yorktown University, Denver, Colo. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386419/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:32:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386411/posts Thursday, 11/12/09 La Hora (Quito, Ecuador) 11/11/09 Ecuador asks U.S. for immigration reform The issues of security, commerce and immigration between the United States and Ecuador were dealt with at the U.S. Department of State when a 25 person delegation, including Luis Gallegos, the Ecuadoran Ambassador to the U.S., met with Thomas Shannon, U.S. Undersecretary for Latin America. The Ecuadoran delegation, headed by Jorge Orbe, the Sub-Secretary for Bilateral Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Commerce and Integration, also brought out the problems which concern the two million Ecuadorans estimated to be residing in the United States. Ambassador Gallegos... National Assn. of Former Border Patrol Officers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386411/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:16:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386386/posts "Magic Mirror on the Wall, who is the fairest one of all?" was uttered by the wicked Queen in the 1937 Walt Disney animated movie 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.' Do you remember that poignant little snippet from the movie that became a childhood classic for generations? The nation did not necessarily embrace the evil Queen as a hero but some were on the edge of their seats wondering if the truth or the continued lie would ever come out. The question which many have speculated over was whether or not this movie's focus on the dark side of... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386386/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:42:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386350/posts   The headline reads "Newt Gingrich warns of 'destructive' GOP primaries". Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich predicted disaster for his party if the conservative wing of the GOP continues to field independent candidates to the right of the party's nominee. "If we get into a cycle where there are tea parties and there are conservative third-party candidates, we will make [Nancy] Pelosi speaker for life," Gingrich told POLITICO in an interview Thursday, calling the practice "totally destructive." There is a telling confusion in this POLITICO.com piece that should be carefully pondered. Gingrich's quoted words discourage conservative third party candidates. But... Loyal to Liberty http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386350/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:53:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386338/posts Legislation purporting to reform health care in the United States has passed the House of Representatives. However, it did so only after it was amended by way of the “Stupak/Pitts Amendment” which was forced to a floor vote by the heroic perseverance of the US Bishops and the hard work of faithful Catholics in the Democratic Party like Bart Stupak and faithful Catholics in the Republican Party like Chris Smith. My purpose in this article is not to discuss whether that legislation will ever make it through the Senate, how it may be amended in the process or whether the... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386338/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:36:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386302/posts Barack Obama won the White House by campaigning against an unpopular incumbent in a time of economic anxiety and lingering foreign policy concerns. He offered voters an upbeat message, praised the nation as a land of opportunity, promised tax cuts to just about everyone, and overcame doubts about his experience with a strong performance in the presidential debates. Does this sound familiar? It should. Mr. Obama followed the approach that worked for Ronald Reagan. His victory confirmed that voters still embrace the guiding beliefs of the Reagan era. ...Obama took command of the race during the 10 days following the... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386302/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:46:30 GMT