http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cwii/ en-us Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:58:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048892/posts Gov. Deval Patrick filed a special appropriations bill for fiscal year 2008 that would drastically increase the fees for certain firearm licenses. The cost of the License to Carry Firearms would double under the proposal, jumping from $100 (for six years) to $200 (for six years). The non-resident License to Carry Firearms fee would jump from $100 for one year to $250 for one year. Licensed firearm dealers will also feel the bite as their license fees would be increased from $100 for three years to $250. The governor then adds a $100 inspection fee in the second and third... southcoasttoday.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048892/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:58:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049820/posts Cross posted from Radarsite We all have them, these little civil wars. These almost always very civil little civil wars. All you have to do is leave the house. Some poor souls don't even have to leave the house; they can have them right there in their own kitchens. Generally, they start off innocently enough. You can get into one by just talking to someone about something as innocuous as the weather. I got into one today, when I went to the local optometrist to replace a broken nose pad on my glasses. The woman ahead of me --... Radarsite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049820/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:03:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048157/posts In Barack Obama’s July 2, 2008 speech calling America to national service, Obama proposed “a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as our military. This has prompted some in the blogosphere to raise the specter of a huge new domestic paramilitary organization. Others suggest that he may have been talking about our “current non-military security agencies - FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, DHS, etc.” I think that both interpretations are probably wrong. If you listen to the whole speech –- or even the couple minutes before his security force proposal — I think... The Volokh Conspiracy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048157/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:11:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047194/posts But the reality is: this thing is done. It is over. It is not fixable by any form of conventional politics. Either you want to keep it, or you want to throw it out. Any other political opinions you may have are irrelevant next to this choice. On that note, let's review our rules for reactionaries. Rule #1 is the one we just stated. Reaction is a boolean decision. Either you want to discard our present political system, including democracy, the Constitution, the entire legal code and body of precedent, the UN, etc, etc, or you think it's safer to... Unqualified Reservations http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047194/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:48:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046682/posts Tucson open-borders official gloats about effigy-beating By Michelle Malkin • July 16, 2008 12:45 PM [See Picture at link--Oyarsa] Tucscon residents remain up in arms over the unhinged open-borders mob, led by reconquistadora Pima County (AZ) public defender Isabel Garcia, who beat and tore apart an effigy of tough, anti-illegal immigration Sheriff Joe Arpaio at his recent book tour event. See the videos here in case you missed it yesterday. Garcia is now gloating about the incident–calling it “funny.” She has posted a bigotry card-playing response at her militant website, Derechos Humanos. Laugh line: “We stand for the principles of... MichelleMalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046682/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:28:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046264/posts Unhinged in Arizona: Open-borders mob, led by public official, ravages Joe Arpaio effigy By Michelle Malkin • July 15, 2008 03:34 PM Scroll down for updates…Jon Justice has more… Reader Tim C. in Tucscon sent me an e-mail about some completely unhinged open-borders activists who mobbed a book event for Sheriff Joe Arpaio. A group of young pro-illegal alien protesters repeatedly beats an effigy of Arpaio as Isabel Garcia–local reconquistadora and an official from the Pima County legal defender’s office–eggs them on. She then parades around with the effigy’s head as onlookers cheer and hoist up the rest of the... MichelleMalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046264/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:00:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045791/posts Read the indictment here._____________________________________________A former Marine sergeant charged with killing captured enemy combatants in Fallujah, Iraq more than three years ago has taken another bullet from a California federal Grand Jury. The Grand Jury has handed up a superseding indictment charging Jose L. Nazario with the added charges of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Discharging a Firearm during a Crime of Violence, and Causing an Act – in this case multiple murder – by two junior Marines under his command, the undated indictment shows. The 28-year old former Riverside Police Department rookie and eight year Marine veteran is already charged... Defend Our Marines http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045791/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:27:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043839/posts Right up front, let me state that this column is for ACADEMIC purposes only. According to friends of mine still with our government, because of my last novel, my home phone and computer became the subject of curiosity for at least two of our three-letter agencies. The novel was entitled “America’s Last Days” and dealt with a revolution led by a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former Director of the FBI. Both men felt that the United States of their childhoods, of traditional values, and of true sovereignty, was in a death-spiral from which it... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043839/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:15:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042559/posts Massachusetts Presidential Voting System Could Be Changed!!!! The Massachusetts House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill Wednesday, July 9, 2008 that would change the way Presidents are elected. If passed, H.678 "An Act Relative To The Agreement Among States To Elect The President By National Popular Vote" would place Massachusetts into a group of states that would elect the President and Vice President via a popular vote system. While this is not an obvious Second Amendment bill, it could have a serious impact as it could change who will be appointing future Supreme Court Justices. Currently the... Gun Owners Action League http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042559/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:36:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2033612/posts The noted blogger Fjordman is filing this report via Gates of Vienna.For a complete Fjordman blogography, see The Fjordman Files. There is also a multi-index listing here. This post was compiled from comments made on one of last night’s posts. The scale of violent crime white people are being subject to in countries such as Sweden resembles warfare. Not only does the state not protect people against this racist violence, it actively sides with the attackers. Which means that the social contract is now dead and buried in most Western countries. The state is either expensive and irrelevant or... The Gates of Vienna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2033612/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:58:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032386/posts Conservative and pro-family groups spoke of an outrage Friday after a coalition of Republican and Democratic lawmakers joined to create the House’s first Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus. Democrats Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin – the only openly gay members of Congress – were key backers of the new caucus and were successful in gathering bipartisan support for the new initiative. Altogether, 52 House representatives signed on as members of the new caucus, including two Republicans. House members and supporters of the new measure were optimistic of their future plans and what they said was... The Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032386/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:49:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027484/posts Return to the Article June 07, 2008The Audacity of the DemocratsBy Rocco DiPippo There was a pre-Lewinsky time, before moral relativism blurred America's vision, when associating with people like Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers would have automatically excluded someone from attaining the highest office in the land. Back then, anyone with well known connections to such America-averse personalities would have been rejected by a super-majority of the electorate during primary season and almost certainly blocked by the Democratic Party before they could have gotten to within a mile of the White House. But those days -- when patriotic, true... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027484/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 06:09:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988355/posts Just got a call from Kristinn on-scene.This is the SECOND round of attacks that the station and Freepers have withstood today.Cops are clearing the street of cars so the violent radicals can march down the street to the recruiting center unencumbered.Crowds have been throwing rocks, paint bombs in GLASS bottles, water bottles, and anything esle they can throw.MPDC Chief Cathy Lanier was there before the attacks, ORDERING HER OFFICERS to DO NOTHING if the station was attacked.No arrests are being made.More info as I get it.Kristinn is asking any Freepers and Friends in the area to come down and stand... On-Scene Call From Kristinn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988355/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:48:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981532/posts A three-judge panel of the California Court of Appeal has determined parents in that state have no legal right to home school. A Christian attorney in Sacramento says unless the ruling is reversed, literally thousands of students in the Golden State will be subject to criminal sanctions. (click here for special webcast starting at 2 p.m. CST) California Justice H. Walter Croskey has stated in an opinion that "parents who fail to [comply with school enrollment laws] may be subject to a criminal complaint against them, found guilty of an infraction, and subject to imposition of fines or an order... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981532/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:31:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981192/posts A breathtaking" ruling from a California appeals court that could subject the parents of 166,000 students in the state to criminal sanctions will be taken to the state Supreme Court. The announcement comes today from the Pacific Justice Institute, whose president, Brad Dacus, described the impact of the decision as "stunning." "The scope of this decision by the appellate court is breathtaking," he said. "It not only attacks traditional homeschooling, but also calls into question homeschooling through charter schools and teaching children at home via independent study through public and private school." "If not reversed, the parents of the more... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981192/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:27:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960811/posts The case of District of Columbia et al v. Dick Anthony Heller has put the question of the Second Amendment before the Supreme Court for the first time in more than half a century. In an amicus brief filed with the Court 15 historians argue that the DC law is consistent with the Amendment's history. An excerpt of the brief appears below. Click here to read the full brief. http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-290tsajackn.rakove.pdf INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT The central question is whether the Second Amendment protects a private right to keep handguns and other firearms, independent of an individual’s membership in a... History News Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960811/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:39:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952916/posts Last year's scamnesty bill had widespread support among the powers-that-be, with the president, the Democrat majority and mainstream media all singing its praises.  Yet it went down to defeat, slain by a new-media coalition of talk radio and blogosphere warriors.  Working tirelessly to expose the truth and rally the grassroots, they became a David who slew a Goliath.  Forty-three years ago it was a different world.  Ted Kennedy had co-authored the "Immigration Reform Act of 1965," which created a situation wherein 85 percent of our immigrants hail from the Third World and Asia.  He took to the Senate floor, claimed... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952916/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:54:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1935743/posts President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq . Bush's mistake came in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for in WWII. It is not. Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression. The country was steeled by the hardship of that depression, but they still believed fervently in this country. They knew that the people had elected their leaders, so it was the people's duty to back those leaders. Therefore, when the war... Dad http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1935743/posts#comment Thu, 6 Dec 2007 19:34:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930445/posts NEW BUCHANAN BOOK DECLARES 'END OF AMERICA' Sun Nov 25 2007 20:40:15 ET **Exclusive** “America is coming apart, decomposing, and...the likelihood of her survival as one nation...is improbable -- and impossible if America continues on her current course," declares Pat Buchanan. "For we are on a path to national suicide.” The best-selling author and former presidential candidate is on the eve of launching his new epic book: DAY OR RECKONING: HOW HUBRIS, IDEOLOGY AND GREE ARE TEARING AMERICA APART. This time, Buchanan goes all the way: "America is in an existential crisis from which the nation may not survive." The... The Drudge Report (Exclusive) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930445/posts#comment Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:58:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925259/posts City Wide Youth Leadership Agency's William Mackey spends a lot of time talking about toys, but he isn't playing around. He and other anti-violence advocates believe children playing with fake guns can potentially turn into a game of life or death, and Mackey's group is dedicated to boycotting stores who carry them. "This is very, very important," Mackey said. "Philadelphia's streets are a bloodbath." With the holiday season right around the corner -- and people already shopping for presents -- Mackey and his friends want stores that carry toy guns to hear their message. He and others promise to not... NBC10.com. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925259/posts#comment Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:21:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924441/posts Acrimony with racial overtones has plagued the advisory council. The key issue: whether meetings in Spanish should be allowed.For months, parents on a Los Angeles Unified School District advisory council have disagreed over whether their meetings should be conducted in Spanish or English. Such arguments became so abusive that district officials canceled meetings for two months and brought in dispute-resolution specialists and mental-health counselors. But Friday morning's gathering of the District Advisory Council proved dysfunctional in any language. By one vote, parents censured their own chairman for alleged bad behavior, leading to a walkout of most Spanish-speakers. The rebuked chairman,... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924441/posts#comment Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:29:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916694/posts Leftist Brown Shirts Shut Down Horowitz Speech at Emory   By Ruth Malhotra and Orit SklarFrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, October 26, 2007 On Wednesday evening, the Emory University Chapter of the College Republicans hosted acclaimed author and activist David Horowitz for a lecture on radical Islam as part of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. From the beginning of Horowitz’s speech, rowdy protesters continually interrupted him and less than half an hour into the event, the crowd became so disruptive that police were called in and Horowitz had to be escorted off stage.  The event was part of the Terrorism Awareness Project, a... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916694/posts#comment Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:32:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914895/posts William Gibson, South Carolinian by birth, British Columbian by choice, is famous for inventing the word "cyberspace," way back in 1982. His latest novel, Spook Country, offers another interesting coinage: Alejandro looked over his knees. "Carlito said there is a war in America." "A war?" "A civil war." "There is no war, Alejandro, in America." "When grandfather helped found the DGI, in Havana, were the Americans at war with the Russians?" "That was the 'cold war.' " Alejandro nodded, his hands coming up to grip his knees. "A cold civil war." Tito heard a sharp click from the direction of... MacLean's, Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914895/posts#comment Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:40:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893005/posts August 30, 2007 PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command along with U.S. Pacific Command, the Department of Homeland Security as well as local, state and other federal responders will exercise their response abilities against a variety of potential threats during Exercise Vigilant Shield ‘08, a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-designated, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)-sponsored, and U.S. Joint Forces Command-supported Department of Defense exercise for homeland defense and defense support of civil authorities missions. VS-08 will be conducted concurrent with Top Officials 4... USNORTHCOM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893005/posts#comment Sat, 8 Sep 2007 11:22:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1906219/posts A Mexican bar owner in Reno Nevada flew the Mexican flag above that of the United States. Only problem is that this is specifically illegal under United States Code Section 7, Title Four, which states, (c) No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America, except during church services conducted by naval chaplains at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the flag during church services for the personnel of the Navy. No person shall display the flag of the... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1906219/posts#comment Thu, 4 Oct 2007 00:33:07 GMT