http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/convention/ en-us Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:25:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262312/posts This is a tremendous speech by a young republican at the state Republican convention in Richmond, Virginia. The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4_0L2ZJAvQ for part one. Part two is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejvNWt65VI&feature=related You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262312/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:25:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261796/posts <p>Please Remember May 31, 2009 is the last day to confirm your attendance at our DC Tea Party Convention.</p> <p>Right now, I have close to 400 people who plan on attending BUT in order to reserve our place at a conference venue, we need to have an accurate measure of those who will be joining us.</p> Brytani http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261796/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 22:33:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2241228/posts To start off, this shouid be in the news/activism section, but because it links to a blog the autopilot forced me to post here. In addition to the ill advised meeting with Obama it appears that the national leaders of the tea party effort are pushing for a constitutional convention. There can be no form of national suicide more painful than this! I do not want to be associated with any effort to destroy The Constitution. I can't believe that most of the participants in the effort have been aware of this.This is no time to lay The Constitution, naked... MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY BLOG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2241228/posts#comment Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:55:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238404/posts I haven't posted in a very long time and I hope the pictures post correctly. The Convention was held in Orlando at the Gaylord Palms. It was a fun, informative event and nice to put a face to all the Freepers. Our thanks go out to ROOS_Girl, MinuteGal, and seekthetruth for organizing the event. Thanks to Surfer for moderating...what a great job he did. Special thanks to all the speakers who shared their knowledge with all of us. Please share your comments about the event. self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238404/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:22:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234441/posts Sometimes, careless diplomacy looks like a mistranslated Russian phrase, or a set of incompatible DVDs. But those things, though damaging and indicative of superficiality and carelessness, are the stuff of day-to-day incompetence. The real work of diplomacy centers on presenting the government's policy, reporting home, and negotiating treaties. Commentary Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234441/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:23:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205972/posts Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed a California constitutional convention – last used in 1878 – as a way to fix what he described Thursday as the state's "dysfunctional" system. Speaking at the Commonwealth Club of California, the Republican governor took dead aim at potential foes of budget-related measures he wants voters to pass May 19 while embracing several political changes not on the ballot. Schwarzenegger said legislative term limits should be extended so state lawmakers have time to build sufficient experience. He said the initiative process should be changed to prevent well-heeled groups from pitching bond measures the state can't afford.... Sac Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205972/posts#comment Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:56:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2198755/posts Anybody in the Carolina's up for organizing a Freeper convention? With the recent success of the Tea Parties here in Carolina's, where we had almost 2000 people just in the small city of Greenville, I think the time is right. Not sure if a Caroina Freeper gathering has been proposed already. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2198755/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 05:56:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2192971/posts I had never been involved with the Republican Party until this last election. I went to my local Presque Isle County Republican Party and was selected as a delegate to the convention. I was a little unsure of how I was going to get to the capitol because my car needed tires and has too many miles on it and was not going to make it all the way to Lansing, but luckily, there was a lady in the Upper Peninsula named Doreen who was organizing a bus for the delegates to take and she offered a ride for myself... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2192971/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:51:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2188527/posts Just throwing out a handful of ideas for discussion: How to develop local chapters/conservative grassroots groups. Develop a conservative platform and a plan for recruiting, training, supporting and electing conservative candidates. Develop ideas for building an effective nationwide conservative grassroots network. How to combat the Fairness Doctrine? Install offshore servers? Private BBS? Email/Phone/Fax lists? Shortwave radio? Local/personal networking? Working with other conservative groups, political parties? Would a FReeper PAC be feasible? Practical? Effective? Would a FReeper 527 organization be feasible? Practical? Effective? How to infiltrate/influence local political organizations? Select and fund delegates for a national convention should our membership decide... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2188527/posts#comment Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:01:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191301/posts Reporting from Sacramento — After five years as governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger came full circle on Friday: The film star who promised to rescue California from its fiscal wreckage without raising taxes signed into law $12.5 billion in tax hikes. With that, the Republican governor broke one of the few bonds left between his shrunken party and California's mainstream voters, marring its hard-won image as a guardian against higher taxes. "Their last gasp has been taken from them," said Larry N. Gerston, a political scientist at San Jose State, citing the unpopularity among most California voters of the party's conservative stands... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191301/posts#comment Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:53:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2186730/posts Okay, I posted to the Florida board and I heard back from no one interested in helping out to get something set up locally. Below is a good starting point that I borrowed from a W. Va Freeper getting started in his neck of the woods. I think this is a good starting point that can be massaged. Is anyone interested in teaming up with me to get something worked out in Central Florida? No one else is going to do it except us. 9AM - MeetnGreet over coffee & donuts 10:30AM - Introductions and brainstorming session to come up... Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2186730/posts#comment Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:34:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2179614/posts Defend our Freedoms Convention - Email to: freedomfinally@lycos.com Please distribute to all your lists. Scroll to bottom of post for updated info. "There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction"..... John F. Kennedy I used the quote at the top as I think this is where we stand today. We have to act, even if we are ones that are not used to being part of the action. I do not know about you but I am tired of seeing Obama compared to John... Defend Our Freedoms Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2179614/posts#comment Fri, 6 Feb 2009 13:44:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2177798/posts I need a pick-me-up!!!! There has been entirely too much Obama in the news. Here is the best of Sarah-cuda. Just click at the link to Youtube if you want to feel good for a moment. You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2177798/posts#comment Wed, 4 Feb 2009 00:53:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158705/posts Social activist, organizer ... and FBI informant It was all about stopping violence, says Austin man who revealed alleged firebomb plot at GOP convention. By David Hanners ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS Saturday, January 03, 2009 ST. PAUL, Minn. — In a federal courtroom in Minneapolis this month, the public transformation of Brandon Darby of Austin will become complete. In four years, he has gone from a never-trust-the-government activist to the confidential informant who helped the FBI arrest two Austin men on suspicion of building firebombs during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul in September. "I feel like, as an... Statesman.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158705/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:05:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158218/posts Leather convention precedes inaugurationDecember 31, 2008 Those with a fetish for leather and motorcycles will in Washington the weekend before President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, convention organizers say. The Centaur Motorcycle Club, a group of men with an enthusiastic interest in motorcycles, leather and other men, said the 25th annual Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend will take place Jan. 16, 17 and 18 -- overlapping with many inauguration-based parties and balls, ABC News reported Wednesday. **SNIP** Certainly many of our guests are happy about the inauguration and some people will be attending both, but for us we're celebrating what we normally celebrate --... Moldova .org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158218/posts#comment Sat, 3 Jan 2009 21:31:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151814/posts "Thirty-two (32) other states have already called for a Con Con (allegedly to add a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution). 34 states are all that is required, and then Congress MUST convene a Convention." snip - "You may have heard that some of those 32 states have voted to rescind their calls. This is true. However, under Article V of the Constitution, Congress must call a Constitutional Convention whenever 2/3 (or 34) of the states apply. The Constitution makes no provision for rescission." American Policy Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151814/posts#comment Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:47:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111056/posts HARTFORD -- The archbishop of Hartford sent the word out at Sunday Masses: Vote "yes" for a constitutional convention on Election Day. Every parish bulletin in the Archdiocese of Hartford included a statement of support from Archbishop Henry J. Mansell and the state's other Catholic bishops last weekend. The Catholic dioceses of Bridgeport and Norwich and the Ukranian Catholic Diocese of Stamford are also planning appeals in their parishes, said Michael C. Culhane, executive director of the Connecticut Catholic Conference. Every 20 years, a ballot question asks voters in Connecticut if they want to rework the state constitution. If a... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111056/posts#comment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:35:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153062/posts DENVER - Police officers did nothing wrong during mass arrests on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, an independent police monitor said Monday. snip- The American Civil Liberties Union complaint also contended a police officer pretending to be a protester created a tense atmosphere when he confronted another officer. Rosenthal said the undercover officer acted appropriately. Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153062/posts#comment Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:45:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151955/posts There are some things I have always thought wouldn’t be in question or jeopardy from the powers that be in the US, but the skeletal structure of our very country, our precious and unique Constitution may now be in question. 1787 was the last time a Constitutional Convention was called, simply to replace the Articles of Confederation with the US Constitution. These were committed patriots who had fought for their country and Constitution, protecting our freedoms. Now, from the 1970s onward there have been those in Congress pushing to get a vote of at least 34 states to convene a... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151955/posts#comment Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:49:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149836/posts The mind-boggling amounts of the bailouts Congress has passed and is still debating, plus shocking Wall Street frauds, seem to have plunged some lawmakers into a silly season. Ohio state legislators this month held a surprise hearing on a resolution calling for a national constitutional convention, and then canceled a vote after dozens of citizens showed up to speak against it. We already have a U.S. Constitution that has withstood the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune for more than two centuries, and we don't need a new constitution. There is nothing wrong with the one we have except that... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149836/posts#comment Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:15:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149173/posts The Ohio state legislature is expected to vote as early as Dec. 10th, to call for a Constitutional Convention (Con Con). If Ohio calls for a Con Con only one more state need do so and Congress will have no choice but to convene a Convention, throwing our U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights up for grabs. Ohio's vote today poses a grave threat to the U.S. Constitution. Please immediately call the Ohio lawmakers listed below. … Thirty-two (32) other states have already called for a Con Con (allegedly to add a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution). 34 states... Christian Worldview Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149173/posts#comment Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:01:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2147427/posts A public policy organization has issued an urgent alert stating affirmative votes are needed from only two more states before a Constitutional Convention could be assembled in which "today's corrupt politicians and judges" could formally change the U.S. Constitution's "'problematic' provisions to reflect the philosophical and social mores of our contemporary society." "Don't for one second doubt that delegates to a Con Con wouldn't revise the First Amendment into a government-controlled privilege, replace the 2nd Amendment with a 'collective' right to self-defense, and abolish the 4th, 5th, and 10th Amendments, and the rest of the Bill of Rights," said the... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2147427/posts#comment Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:05:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2135768/posts Whether by plane, train or car, thousands of Jewish activists from all over the world made their way to the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., for the much-anticipated 25th annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries. The rabbis began trickling in on Tuesday as their flights landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport. More so than in years past, this year’s conference will shine a spotlight on Jewish unity. It takes place in a year of hakhel, a once in seven years occurrence that was marked during the time of the Holy Temple by a gathering of men, women and... Chabad.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2135768/posts#comment Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:33:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131919/posts CHRIS MATTHEWS: We begin with the Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami today. And with us now, a guest we like to have on the show, Mississippi governor Haley Barbour. Governor Barbour, let me ask you about the South and the Republican Party. You helped build the South as a bastion of Republican strength all these years, but if you look at the map that was put out by "The New York Times" - and I think it's an accurate map - it shows that the only places in the country, the only counties where the Republicans picked up strength... MSNBC Hardball with Chris Matthews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131919/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:09:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131431/posts FYI Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131431/posts#comment Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:52:15 GMT