http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dallas/ en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:05:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414695/posts A White Christmas in Dallas. Never before in my 44 years. I have now seen everything. "Snow" (Irving Berlin, 1954) Snow It won't be long before we'll all be there with snow Snow I wanna wash my hands, my face and hair with snow Snow I long to clear a path, and lift a spade of snow Snow oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow Snow where it's snowing all winter through That's where I want to be Snowball throwing, that's what I'll do How I'm longing to ski through the Snow Those glist'ning houses that... Irving Berlin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414695/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:05:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413878/posts A little more than a year ago, Dave Clifton, president and co-owner of Rational Radio (1360 on Your AM Dial), told Sam that his left-leaning station would be a success, no doubt about it: "More than half of the people who vote are on my side of the political fence, and they have very little to support their views on the radio." But that was before what Clifton now calls "The Great Bank Heist" of 2008 and '09 -- before, as he puts it this morning, "radio stations lost a lot of their value because the advertisers quit advertising." Clifton,... Dallas Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413878/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:59:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412146/posts In two of the most dramatic games of the NFL this weekend, the Dallas Cowboys went into New Orleans and defeated the unbeated Saints 24-17, defying all the pundits who said they had no chance. Also, the Pittsburgh Steelers won on the last play of the game, but scoring a Touchdown against the Green Bay Packers. Here are highlights from those two games . . . . (VIDEOS) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412146/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:14:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410618/posts A short-sleeved squabble ended suddenly Thursday when Town East Mall security raided a kiosk and seized a stash of T-shirts that had southeast Dallas business owners up in arms. Half an hour after the raid, a half-dozen Pleasant Grove business owners gathered at the Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce and celebrated a medium-sized victory. In the center of the room, draped across the back of a chair like a pelt, was one of the vanquished T-shirts: "Welcome to Pleasant Grove," it read – below a silkscreen image of a man tossing a body into the trunk of an old Buick.... Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410618/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:16:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408308/posts Bishop Kevin Farrell Dallas, Texas, Dec 14, 2009 / 07:22 pm (CNA).- As Christmas quickly approaches, the Diocese of Dallas has launched a campaign to bring lapsed Catholics back into the Church. One part of the outreach involves bus ads with the message: “Catholics come home for Christmas.”“When I travel around the diocese, I have so many people tell me that their wife or husband or parents or kids have abandoned their church or faith,” Bishop Kevin Farrell explained to the Dallas Morning News on Sunday. “They're always asking me what we can do about it.”The recent bus ads are... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408308/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:54:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404353/posts Snips: Dallas is now officially one of the nation's top 10 terrorist targets – a designation that sounds alarming but which state and local officials have sought for years, because it means millions in federal funds to beef up security. In Washington, homeland security officials had little to say publicly about the rationale for moving Dallas – along with Boston and Philadelphia – into the top tier of cities facing potential threat. The additions create a top 10 list for the first time. The Tier 1 list already included New York and Washington, which were attacked on Sept. 11, 2001,... DallasNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404353/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:50:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400018/posts Video just doesn't get any better than this. Apparently at a meeting, Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price was not one too happy regarding money spent on a legal case. From there, it just becomes really, really entertaining. There is yelling, swearing and fist banging. Just. Wow. CBS 11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400018/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:28:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2399876/posts Sarah Palin, everyone's favorite Christian conservative hockey mom turned ex-Governor of Alaska, is headed to the Dallas-Fort Worth area for a book signing event in Plano. This is the only book signing scheduled for North Texas to promote Sarah's new book "Going Rogue - An American Life." And which lucky store gets the honor? Legacy Books, a massive three-level 24,000 sq. foot independently owned bookstore located at 7300 Dallas Parkway, Plano, TX 75024. Legacy Book's website states: "Tickets to Sarah Palin's GOING ROGUE book signing at Legacy Books sold out completely in November in just two days ... Access to... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2399876/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 02:46:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396725/posts Top 50 all-time Dallas Cowboys: Hats off to Landryby Tim Cowlishaw 07:03 PM CST on Saturday, November 28, 2009 Football is a coach's game. More than a coach means to a basketball team, far more than a manager means to his baseball club, a football coach sets a tone for a team and an organization if it is to carry on a winning tradition. You can have one-year wonders in football just as you can in any other sport. Sustained greatness almost inevitably flows from a superior coach walking the sideline. And the Cowboys' winning tradition – specifically, 20 consecutive... Dallas Morning Snooze http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396725/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:24:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2395403/posts A man was shot and killed in Dallas by Garland police early this morning at the end of a chase. According to Garland police, a Garland officer was attempting to make a traffic stop involving a Ford pickup just before 2 a.m. near Centerville and Kingsley Roads. When the officer turned his emergency lights on to make the stop, the pickup began to flee and the officer started pursuing. The chase made its way to Interstate 30 into Dallas, and two more officers joined the pursuit. The chase ended in the 900 block of Montclair in Dallas after the driver... Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2395403/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:07:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391219/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Dallas Resident Uriel Palacios Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for His Role in Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy Related to Mexico's Gulf Cartel DALLAS—Uriel Palacios, 23, of Dallas, was sentenced this morning by Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 360 months (30 years) in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Palacios pleaded guilty in June to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and one count of conspiracy... DALLAS.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391219/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:17:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390255/posts DALLAS - Dallas police are looking for Tony Romo – not the football player, but a man they believe has robbed multiple area businesses. Police suspect 21-year-old Anthony Elias Romo is one of two men responsible for at least 10 robberies since August 15, including one at the Azteca Meat Market on Forest Lane and one at the Big C Grocery on Irving Boulevard. KDFW TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390255/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:06:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2386662/posts Apologies for the vanity. I'm looking for FReepers in Dallas, TX to try to regain contact with someone in an Evangelical Church there.They helped me make it through one of the toughest times of my life and promised to email me later, but never did. I never got a chance to properly thank them and tell them my life was truly changed.The only clues I have are that they had in 2006 an assistant pastor whose voice sounded like Al Michaels and they were about 20 minutes away from downtown Dallas.Can someone jog my memory? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2386662/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:54:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385016/posts Former President George W. Bush, in his first open-to-the press appearance, said that as the world's economies recover, they should resist the temptation to replace free markets with government spending. Bush said he acted to funnel billions to banks because of a crisis situation. His action, he said, prevented a worldwide Depression. (Full quotes to come.) *** UPDATE *** NBC's Andrew Gross adds Bush's quotes: "The decision last fall was one of the most difficult of my presidency," Bush said in a speech on his vision for his presidential institute at Southern Methodist University. "I went against my free-market instincts... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385016/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:34:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2384080/posts Dallas Cowboys NFL Team Column By Russell Easley 2009 NFL Draft Coverage 10 November 2009 Plenty of Credit To Go Around For those of you who haven’t heard, the Cowboys defeated the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday night to take sole possession of first place in the hotly contested NFC East. The game featured plenty of penalties and challenged plays, but what it really showed was the progress this team has made since the beginning of the season. So who gets the credit for the continued improvement of this team? Well, there’s plenty to go around. Credit QB Tony Romo for his... nfldraftdog website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2384080/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:32:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359874/posts Pittsburgh was treated to an impressive show the week of the recent G20 conference. A nice assortment of military choppers of various types and missions, along with odder aircraft difficult both to identify and explain. Both police and the National Guard were out in force, with downtown nearly sealed off. None of this hardware was used against the "3,000 - 4,000" (more like a few hundred) anarchist demonstrators when they turned their righteous wrath on a dozen Starbucks and a Whole Foods store. No serious confrontation was expected and none occurred. Because all of it - the Guard troops, the... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359874/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:53:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357484/posts DALLAS – A 19-year-old Italy resident was arrested by federal authorities after he attempted to blow up a prominent downtown Dallas skyscraper last Thursday. Italy, a town of 2,000 located south of Waxahachie, was home to the Jordanian born Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, who worked at a Shell gas station on Interstate Highway 35 and lived in a Monolithic dome house in town. Smadi was arrested in a sting operation when the phony bombs the Federal Bureau of Investigations provided to him to detonate failed to go off. FBI agents, in widely reported news accounts, monitored Smadi for several months... The Ellis County Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357484/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:58:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354825/posts AJLOUN, Jordan – Hosam Maher Husein Smadi cradled his mother, weeping. Just 16 years old, the eldest of four children, he had dreaded this moment. During his mother’s 18-month fight with cancer, he had kept vigil by her bed. Now it was time to let her go. Along with his brother, Husein, and several loved ones, he gripped his mother’s cloth-wrapped body. They began to lower her into the freshly dug 3-foot-deep grave. Suddenly, he froze. Please, he implored of his uncle, a doctor. Check her pulse. Maybe she is still alive. Dallas News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354825/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 22:45:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352876/posts In an age when smoking has been outlawed in most public places – government buildings, bars and pool halls – a person's home is one of the few places you can puff in peace. Until now. A Dallas woman has filed a lawsuit seeking six figures from a former neighbor and landlord for damage she says was caused by cigarette smoke wafting through adjoining walls of her high-end townhome. The Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352876/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:49:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352221/posts Younger Americans just starting out in their careers have always been willing to relocate, but with unemployment high and jobs hard to come by, this mobile generation has become more cautious about making just any move. As a result, cities with staying power and emerging industries may benefit the most once the recession lifts. Leading the list and sharing the number one spot are Washington D.C and Seattle. They're cities with long histories of government jobs and related industries. A Wall Street Journal panel ranked the cities based on job possibilities, affordability and quality of life. One big change, panelists... WFIE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352221/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 04:05:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350815/posts Health officials have confirmed that a fifth person, a 16-year-old, has died from the swine flu in Dallas County. WFAA-TV reported that the teen was a student at Berkner High School in Richardson. A Richardson school district spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment this morning. Dallas News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350815/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:00:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2349029/posts Dallas' lingerie football team smashes Denver in opener The Denver Dream loses to Dallas Desire 20-6 in Dallas Desire's season opener on Friday at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie. The teams are part of the Lingerie Football League. Dallas Morning News video http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2349029/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:21:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348361/posts A 19-year-old Jordanian citizen accused of trying to blow up a downtown Dallas skyscraper told a federal magistrate this morning at his first court appearance that he understands the charges against him. Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, who was provided a court-appointed attorney, is charged with trying to detonate a weapon of mass destruction. He is expected to enter a plea at a later hearing. Smadi was arrested Thursday after he parked a vehicle laden with government-supplied fake explosives in the underground parking garage of Fountain Place, a 60-story tower at Ross Avenue at Field Street, authorities said. [Hosam Maher Husein... Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348361/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348346/posts Terror Plot Targeting Dallas, Texas Skyscraper Foiled By FBI Well, if anyone still has any doubt that our borders aren't well protected, this should send a clear and decisive message that we need action NOW! The FBI reported that James T. Jacks, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and Robert E. Casey, Jr., Special Agent in Charge for the Dallas Office of the FBI, announced today that Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, 19, has been arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Smadi, who was under continuous surveillance... TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348346/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:59:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347819/posts DALLAS - Dallas FBI agents arrested a Jordanian citizen Thursday afternoon for attempting to bomb a skyscraper in Downtown Dallas. According to the bureau, 19-year-old Mosam Maher Husein Smadi was arrested and charged for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Smadi had been under continuous FBI surveillance and was arrested after he allegedly placed and tried to detonate an inactive car bomb near Fountain Place, a 60-story glass office tower located at 1445 Ross Avenue, the FBI said. Fox 4 Dallas http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347819/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:24:08 GMT