http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/criminals/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:59:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418385/posts Roger Simmie is no angel. Twenty years ago, the Mountain View carpenter was convicted of resisting arrest and drug possession. Fifteen years after that, he was found guilty of battering his girlfriend. Three times, he's been convicted of drunken driving. But it's what he didn't do that got him locked up recently in the Santa Clara County Jail. Simmie, a Scot by birth who fought in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine, never applied for U.S. citizenship. Now he finds himself facing deportation as one of about 400,000 immigrants incarcerated this year by the U.S. government. A growing number of noncitizens... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418385/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416843/posts On December 15, Representative Luis Gutierrez of Illinois introduced his version of Comprehensive Immigration Reform to the House of Representatives. Amongst its many provisions, the bill would eliminate the successful 287(g) immigration enforcement program in which local law enforcement are trained and deputized by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to carry out federal immigration law. Yet, Gutierrez’s bill is not the only blow made against 287(g) this year. Following an early 2009 GAO report that resulted in claims of racial profiling and a lack oversight and direction within 287(g), the Obama administration announced changes to the Memorandums of Agreement (MOAs)... Heritage Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416843/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:37:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414982/posts The two chief executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could get paid as much as $6 million each for 2009, despite the companies’ dismal performance this year which cost taxpayers more than $100 billion. Fannie’s CEO, Michael Williams, and Freddie CEO Charles “Ed” Haldeman Jr. each will receive $900,000 in salary, $3.1 million in deferred payments next year and another $2 million if they meet certain performance goals, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. The pay packages were approved by the Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates Fannie and Freddie The Times and Democrat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414982/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:35:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400934/posts Some recent events should have come as no surprise to me, having spent decades observing the illogical workings of the liberal mind. First has been the strange reaction to Climategate, from an administration that boldly proclaimed its intention to demand critical thinking in our science and to base policies on the best scientific thought available. Their reaction to the news that political correctness has infected the science of man-made global warming has been to spin the facts and then to deny the implications of the false data and the burying of any study that did not support the global warming... From Sea To Shining Sea http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400934/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:30:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395729/posts The archive contains eight stories censored or removed from the on-line archives of the Guardian, Observer, Telegraph and New Statesman. Seven stories were removed in their entirety and one partly redacted following legal pressure by Iraqi-British billionaire fraudster Nadhmi Auchi who has been linked to US senator Barack Obama via the so-called “Rezko Affair”. The action was taken during April-June 2008. The material complements the Wikileaks release a few days ago of a significant 2004 Pentagon Inspector General's report into Mr. Auchi's, apparently grossly fraudulent, activities in Iraq — see US Defense Inspector General: Mobile Telecommunications Licenses in Iraq, 2004.... Political Damage http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395729/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:42:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393730/posts Acorn's plans for Oklahoma City discovered; including their plans to use the current economic crises to swell their numbers in the metro area. Big Government.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393730/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:22:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391762/posts ON Fox News now, Vote is underway!!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391762/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:58:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390142/posts The cover of Nobel Laureate Al Gore's new book "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" was intentionally doctored to exaggerate the appearance of hurricanes in the northern hemisphere as well as reduce the amount of ice present in the Arctic. Maybe even more ominously, Florida was so diminished it's almost totally gone. As reported by Florida State University hurricane expert Ryan Maue at the website Watts Up With That, the truth was apparently inconvenient for the Global Warmingist-in-Chief (h/t NBer Blonde): The cover opens and closes half and half - so you only see one hurricane...as in... Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390142/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:47:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388191/posts JERUSALEM – A radical who served as an adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign keynoted an environmental activist festival whose satellite event was addressed by former Weather Underground terrorists William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. Cornel West, a professor at Princeton University, addressed the Washington DC Green Festival over the weekend, an event promoting environmental awareness whose speaker list is teeming with radicals. Ayers and Dohrn keynoted the satellite Green Festival in Chicago, alongside Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of Democracy Now, a far-left, pro-socialist news organization. A Green Festival promotion reads, "Enjoy more than 125 renowned authors, leaders and... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388191/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:03:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385187/posts Financial 'Reform': Sen. Chris Dodd's proposed overhaul would replace the Federal Reserve with a "super regulator" to oversee the banking and financial industries. Will it work? Consider the source. Along with fellow Democrat Barney Frank, now chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Dodd, who heads the Senate Banking Committee, has done as much to damage this nation's financial system as anyone — and that includes all the CEOs and subprime scoundrels as well as former Fed chief Alan Greenspan, whom many blame for lax oversight and too-loose credit in the run-up to the meltdown. What did Dodd do? In... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385187/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:20:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384165/posts SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday was successful in overriding Mayor Gavin Newsom's veto of legislation changing the sanctuary city ordinance. Newsom, who said the ordinance conflicts with federal law, said through his spokesman that he would ignore the legislation - prompting the legislation's author to threaten a legal challenge to the mayor. The new law takes effect in 30 days, and Supervisor David Campos said the board may fight the mayor in court if no compromise can be struck. Campos' ordinance - which garnered eight votes Tuesday - requires that undocumented juveniles be turned... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384165/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:55:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382976/posts Rupert Murdoch defends Glenn Beck's accusation that the president was a racist in his long interview with Sky News Australia. Dittos Rush! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382976/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:01:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379926/posts The House Ethics Committee is trying to figure out how to clear seven crooked Black Democrats. Blacks you must remember are untouchables in Democrat-think. These Black crooks aren’t going down easy. They have a lifetime of experience being crooked Black politicians; they well understand their skin color is their “Get out of jail free” card. They know how to generate White liberal Democrat guilt. Phrases that stoke the fires of guilt One anonymous Black Congressional Caucus member said: “Is there concern whether someone is trying to set up [Congressional Black Caucus] members? Yeah, there is. It looks as if there... The Collins Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379926/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:47:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378507/posts Ayers, William....Davis, Angela....Moore, Michael....Shabazz, Malik....Wright, Reverend Jeremiah....Kelly, R.... The White House http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378507/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:51:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377601/posts Here's the youtube of the woman talking about what happened: Link to youtubeHere's the story: http://patdollard.com/2009/11/nj-democrat-party-hires-gangbangers-for-voter-influence-campaign-with-video/ November 3, 2009 by EJ How would you like to be a New Jersey police officer and look out your window and see several known criminals, including a man you arrested several weeks ago and another who had just been released from prison for shooting a cop? And then find out that the men were sent into the neighborhood by the Democratic Party for GOTV operations - complete with lists of voters names, addresses and phones numbers! That is what happened Sunday on a... Pat Dollard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377601/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:08:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377061/posts A famously-rude Kiwi politician has proposed a new solution to the country's dire child abuse problem - sterilise the "underclass". Michael Laws - who stirred up contempt by calling the late Tongan King a "bloated brown slug" - has again hit headlines for the wrong reasons. The regional mayor claimed that the children of social security beneficiaries, drug addicts and criminals had little chance in life and were prime targets for child abuse. Sterilising their parents was the best solution, he brazenly suggested. "If we gave $10,000 to certain people and said 'we'll voluntarily sterilise you' then all of society... WA today New Zealand http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377061/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:07:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374751/posts Feds Gun Down Muslim Radical in Detroit Victim Tried To Make Motor City a Muslim State ByPaul L. Williams, Ph.D.thelastcrusade.org Federal officials have issued a warning that the shooting death of a radical Sunni Islamic leader in Michigan on Wednesday night may engender retaliatory violence against law enforcement officers in Detroit, Atlanta, and even Washington DC.Gunfire erupted during the arrest of Muslim gangster Luqman Abdullah and members of his group after Abdullah pulled a gun and shot and killed an FBI canine, according to a document from the Washington Regional Threat and Analysis Center (WRTAC).FBI agents returned fire at... The Last Crusade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374751/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:24:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369771/posts Democrats Vote To Reward Trial Lawyers At The Expense Of Consumers WASHINGTON - During consideration of H.R. 3126, legislation to establish a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee voted against two amendments offered by Republicans that would prevent abusive litigation. One amendment offered by Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) would prevent abusive litigation by ensuring that the legislation does not create any new private rights of action. The McHenry amendment would leave enforcement of rules, regulations, and duties with the regulators, to ensure that these rules are implemented consistently and fairly. The Democrats' legislation confers... republicans.financialservices.house.gov/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369771/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:35:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357827/posts MIDI - I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN I beg your pardon, but wear this lab coat in the rose garden With cameras rolling, we want to see a rise in health care polling We admit that he is a disaster...a photo op is what we're after...smile We'll pull it off here in the rose garden Yes, the voters made an awful mistake It is clear he doesn't know what he is doing...this nation he is screwing The community that he organized is made up of hoodlums telling lies They are awful...they have done things unlawful So our... DFU news of the day in song http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357827/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 20:40:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356914/posts The vote comes the same day reports emerged that the New York Democrat funneled a $3 million earmark -- included in the massive Defense Appropriations Bill -- to City College to fund research on materials used to protect Army vehicles from attack. FOX NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356914/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 18:15:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352573/posts   Ex-cop’s shocker for yobs   Keep out ... electric wire running along inside of Ralph's fenceSOUTH WEST NEWS By JOHN COLES Published: Today     A RETIRED cop is defending his home against yobs - with an ELECTRIC fence. Now a beat bobby has warned Ralph Harvey, 63, he may be sued if louts are injured by the live wire. The former RAF police sergeant says his bungalow is "under siege" from thugs throwing bricks, paving slabs, breeze blocks - and even acid.   Victim ... Ralph was burgled SOUTH WEST NEWS  The final straw came after all... The Sun (U.K.) / Various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352573/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:26:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350572/posts BILLINGS - American Police Force officials showed up in Mercedes SUV's that had "Hardin Police" stenciled on the vehicles. The twist, the city of Hardin doesn't have a police department. Two Rivers Authority officials say having APF patrol the streets was never part of their agenda. "I have no idea. I really don't because that's not been a part of any of the discussions we've had with any of them," said Two Rivers Authority's Al Peterson. As it stands now the Big Horn County Sheriff's Department is contracted to patrol the city and APF has no jurisdiction. If that was... http://www.kulr8.com/news/local/61320122.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350572/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:51:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350592/posts With the revelation that White House Director of Political Affairs, Patrick Gaspard, has close ties to Bertha Lewis and to ACORN, Matthew Vadum and Erick Erickson appear to be onto something significant. While the Gaspard matter needs further investigation before we form any hard conclusions, it certainly seems to confirm that President Obama’s ties to a whole series of ACORN-controlled organizations are neither minor nor by any means long-past. In fact, making use of what Erickson and Vadum have discovered about Gaspard, we can trace these links still further. There’s been a good deal of attention to ACORN of late,... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350592/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:40:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2343845/posts Should the Justice Department immediately move to freeze ACORN's operations and assets until it completes a thorough criminal investigation? Yes. ACORN has shown it is a corrupt organization that should be shut down immediately. Yes, a Justice Department investigation is the only way ACORN can clear its name. No, regardless of its problems, ACORN provides needed services for low-income Americans. I'm not sure. foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2343845/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:55:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342251/posts The shocking ACORN videos produced and distributed by James O'Keefe, Hannah Giles and Andrew Brietbart reflect the founding purpose of ACORN: creating chaos to overwhelm the system. As I reported last September, and as Glenn Beck and others have reported since then, ACORN was created specifically to execute the Cloward Piven Strategy of manufactured crisis across our country. This series of videos demonstrates in microcosm how ACORN workers promote the strategy. By agitating for mortgage loans that the borrowers could never repay, ACORN and similar groups were primarily responsible for the conditions that led to our current financial crisis. This... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342251/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:16:59 GMT