http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/deceit/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:15:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415125/posts Two sentences contained in an ABC News article published today stand as proof that the network and its faux reporters are in denial when it comes to identifying terrorism and terrorists: Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415125/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:15:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405376/posts * In a feature article based on an interview with Sarah Palin, USA's Kathy Kiely cherry picked some old poll data to make the former governor appear to be less popular with the American public than she actually is: "But even as her book sales soar, Palin remains a divisive figure in American politics. In an October Gallup Poll, 50% of those surveyed viewed the conservative Republican unfavorably, compared to 40% who had a favorable view."That Gallup poll was conducted October 1-4, more than three two months ago. Since then, an Opinion Research poll conducted November 17-18 for FOX News... Texas for Sarah Palin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405376/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:50:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401837/posts see link below source cannot be posted http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401837/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 04:25:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387511/posts Barack Obama left his 2.6 million fans on Twitter, the social networking website, bemused, disappointed and mildly irritated by admitting on Monday that he had never used the service himself. "Let me say that I have never used Twitter," he told students in Shanghai. "I noticed that young people are very busy with these electronics. My thumbs are too clumsy to type in things on the phone." During his election campaign, Mr Obama portrayed himself as "connected" to the people through Twitter and his ever-present blackberry phone. Some of his more understanding fans asked if it was any real surprise... Telegraph (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387511/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:01:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373692/posts An intern for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was ejected Wednesday from a conference held at the US Capitol Visitors Center Congressional Auditorium after behaving in a threatening manner and repeatedly violating conference rules by attempting to record conference speakers who have been the subject of death threats by Muslims. The CAIR official, Iyad Awadallah of Boca Raton, Florida, was ejected from the conference and escorted from the premises by Capitol Hill police. Awadallah showed up at the International Legal Conference on Freedom of Speech and Religion sponsored by the International Free Press Society and the Liberty Legal Project... Jawa Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373692/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:40:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370247/posts This is a Politico congressional race story that should have been labeled "WARNING: Read this story with a huge grain of salt." Why? First of all because the poll of the New York 23rd Congressional District was mostly taken before the big events of this past week were well known there. And even more importantly, the source of the poll was the Daily Kos which endorsed the very liberal Republican in the race, Dede Scozzafava. However, before we go into how absurd this poll was, let us watch Josh Kraushaar of Politico get all breathless about this highly questionable story:... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370247/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:15:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364280/posts "Rush and Soros partners in Rams deal! And you still believe him?" Michael Savage lies with his headline on Rush's Rams deal by inaccurately connecting Soros and Limbaugh. In the article it states, "Limbaugh said he learned Wednesday about the Reuters report that billionaire liberal Soros may have been a member of Checketts' group," while Savage makes up that Rush worked with Soros. http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Limbaugh_Rams_Soros/2009/10/15/272750.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364280/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:54:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364224/posts According to Fox, Pelosi has directed the House to ignore the cost of ObamaCare for years 2-10. She will insist that the only cost is for the first year (2013). Costs for years 2-10 will be "redistributed to other accounts" so as to be made invisible to Obamacare. CBO now saying cost of ObamaCare for the first ten years will be $ 1.2 trillion, at least, with years 11-20 at least $ 2 trillion, and the national debt to surpass $ 13 trillion. Fox News Special Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364224/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:27:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360792/posts The White House fired back Monday at the health insurance industry for issuing a study that claims the health care reform bill working its way toward a key vote Tuesday will raise the cost of individual coverage by hundreds of dollars a year. Linda Douglass, spokeswoman with the Office of Health Reform, said in a statement that the timing of the study, released just hours before the Senate Finance Committee is set to vote on its bill, raises questions about its legitimacy. She joined other Democratic officials in trying to keep the analysis from gaining traction. "This is a self-serving... Fox News / Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360792/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:02:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2353003/posts Our government still has not figured out what to do about the dependence on foreign oil that everybody agrees is an unacceptable situation. The sensible thing to do, of course, is to produce more oil and natural gas from sources within and off the coasts near the United States, and the sooner, the better. “Drill here, drill now” is not just a slogan; it’s a prescription for energy independence. The 30-year old ban on offshore drilling along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts expired a year ago, and yet the federal government has sat on its hands, allowing time to pass... Annuit Coeptis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2353003/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 01:12:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351291/posts Type Palin in Google News and a list of other negative words or phrases automatically pop up: Palin Resigns Palin Scandals Palin Indictment Palin Embezzlement Palin Letterman Tried to do a ScreenGrab on Firefox but it didn't work GOOGLE NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351291/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:45:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338143/posts “Hubris-laden charlatans” was the way a recent e-mail from a reader characterized the Obama administration. That phrase seems especially appropriate for the charlatan in chief, Barack Obama, whose speech to a joint session of Congress was both a masterpiece of rhetoric and a shameless fraud. To tell us, with a straight face, that he can insure millions more people without adding to the already skyrocketing deficit is world-class chutzpa and an insult to anyone’s intelligence. To do so after an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office has already showed this to be impossible reveals the depths of moral bankruptcy behind... Omaha World Herald (Omaha.com) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338143/posts#comment Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:13:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2336684/posts Supporters of the President have been bragging all day about the CNN poll which claimed that among people who watch the Health Care speech there was a 14-point gain in support for the plan read the report below.. pay extra special attention to the final paragraph: CNN/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2336684/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:17:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336448/posts '45 percent Democratic and 18 percent Republican'... in sample. CNN poll here: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/10/cnn-poll-double-digit-post-speech-jump-for-obama-plan/ Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336448/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:29:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336035/posts WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama used only-in-Washington accounting Wednesday when he promised to overhaul the nation's health care system without adding "one dime" to the deficit. By conventional arithmetic, Democratic plans would drive up the deficit by billions of dollars. The president's speech to Congress contained a variety of oversimplifications and omissions in laying out what he wants to do about health insurance. Yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336035/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:52:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334637/posts If we do not believe that the President is stupid, then what do we believe? The only reasonable alternative seems to be that he wanted to get this massive government takeover of medical care passed into law before the public understood what was in it. Moreover, he wanted to get re-elected in 2012 before the public experienced what its actual consequences would be. Unfortunately, this way of doing things is all too typical of the way this administration has acted on a wide range of issues. Real Clear Politics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334637/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:58:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331936/posts Looks like the LATimes got the story of a clash between pro- and anti-Obamacare protesters totally backwards. This was the lede in a September 3, 2009 LATimes blog (scroll down to find it under "Man bites off man's finger at Obama healthcare rally"): "A 65-year-old man at a Wednesday night California rally supporting President Obama's embattled reform ideas had a finger bitten off during a scuffle with anti-reform protesters." The democraticunderground.com website jumped on the piece and it provokes a series of comments. The first one was, "1. Why are Right-Wings always ruled by Emotions and Never by Logic" Well,... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331936/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:32:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324888/posts Bernard Goldberg is getting a good bit of attention for something he said on O'Reilly tonight -- that documents show the CBS investigation in 2004 revealed that George Bush volunteered to fly combat missions in Vietnam. The following is from his website, Bernard Goldberg.com (via Newsbusters): wizbang http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324888/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:15:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324826/posts On Tuesday, FNC's The O'Reilly Factor hosted FNC analyst Bernard Goldberg as the former CBS News correspondent highlighted a story recently posted on his Web site, BernardGoldberg.com, in which he complains of how little mainstream media attention was given to the fact that former President George W. Bush had volunteered to go to Vietnam as part of his service in the Texas Air National Guard, but that he was turned down because other pilots were more experienced, and that CBS News producer Mary Mapes, even though she knew this part of the story before the report aired, did not include... newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324826/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:56:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323049/posts Ever heard the saying, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"? That's true for any of the 1,000+ page versions of Obamacare. Having informed you in previous columns of "Dirty secret No. 1" and "Dirty secret No. 2" in Obamacare, dirty secret No. 3 is the sin of omission. It's what the health care bill doesn't say that will bite you in the end. If you were writing 1,000+ pages on a subject, don't you think you'd have enough space to cover the essentials? But what if some of the issues were political hotbeds? And, if you were... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323049/posts#comment Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:57:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321086/posts Last week, there were several instances of protesters showing up outside of town hall meetings openly carrying firearms. Anti-gun activists and the media were flabbergasted not only at the audacity of the protesters, but that the carrying of firearms happened to be perfectly legal where it occurred. (Eleven states allow unlicensed open carry, with 12 more requiring a permit.) MSNBC, not content to simply say, “Golly, guns are scary!” decided that there must be something racist going on. After showing close-cropped video footage of a protester with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle slung over his shoulder, MSNBC host Contessa Brewer went... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321086/posts#comment Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:50:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320641/posts On Tuesday, MSNBCs Contessa Brewer fretted over health care reform protesters legally carrying guns: "A man at a pro-health care reform rally...wore a semiautomatic assault rifle on his shoulder and a pistol on his hip....there are questions about whether this has racial overtones....white people showing up with guns." Brewer failed to mention the man she described was black. youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320641/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:09:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320023/posts I missed this yesterday at Newsbusters but Treacher, rightly aghast, tipped me to it this afternoon. Never will you see a starker example of MSNBC getting away with the sort of deception for which Fox News would be pilloried, especially in the context of race. If you missed Monday’s post about this, go watch the footage (or look at this photo) and see if you can deduce why they wouldn’t want to show the guy with the rifle from the neck up during this particular segment. For all the well-deserved heat that MSNBC’s primetime line-up has taken for its demagoguery... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320023/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:25:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319557/posts CNN's Larry King showed the above video of Barney Frank laying the smack down on a woman at a townhall meeting who compared Obama to Hitler. CNN left out the fact that this woman is a Lyndon LaRouche Democrat. In the full video (via Allahpundit), the woman says, "This policy is already on the way out. It already has been defeated by LaRouche." She also underscores her crazy LaRouchite beliefs by claiming that the U.S. has "30% real unemployment". No one disputes that LaRouchites are on the fringe -- but it's indisputable that they are fringe Democrats. They oppose Obamacare... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319557/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:42:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316804/posts Funny how the Dems accuse opponents of Obama's Hell Care of being set up or paid when that is exactly what THEY are doing!Remember the Town Hall meeting on health care held by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (DEMOCRAT-TX) where she rudely talked on her cell phone instead of listening to the question of a real constituent? (video here)Well, maybe Ms. Jackson Lee was on her phone asking her staff "where's that fake doctor you planted in here for me to call on." Eventually, she found her. Right there in the front row center: [VIDEO AT SITE] Ms. Jackson Lee embraces... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316804/posts#comment Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:04:51 GMT