http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/destruction/ en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:11:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414846/posts New pictures of the ongoing eruption and destruction from Chaiten in southern Chile. More are at the header link. All pics are half-size; click for full-size. The growing dome Dome incandescence at twilight Blast zone View from the river (volcanic dome on the horizon) Photovolcanica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414846/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:11:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395068/posts Tune in - is a repeat - but well worth it. Discussing Freddie Mac / Fannie Mae - banks / investment banks - all that went on under Clinton - and how Saul Alinsky prescribed just what has occurred - in order to destroy Capitalism.... Cspan 2 - Interview - on Book TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395068/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:38:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389040/posts PASCO COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- Owning a small business can be difficult and starting soon local entrepreneurs will be dishing out a lot more cash to the government. The annual fee employers pay to fund unemployment benefits is about to go up drastically. The fee is jumping from $8.40 per employee to $100.30. "That'll have a huge burden on the small business man and woman -- any business in the state of Florida -- who are struggling right now," said state Sen. Mike Fasano. The state is out of unemployment money according to the Florida Department of Revenue. It's... baynews 9 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389040/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388991/posts <p>Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Through that lens, the current course of fiscal and monetary policy is absolutely insane.</p> <p>One would hope we've learned from the past as we prepare for the future but there's little evidence we have. Consistent with previous patterns of government intervention, policymakers -- many of whom never saw the cumulative imbalances building -- have overcompensated with reactive response and created the conditional elements of the next phase of crisis.</p> Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388991/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:59:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370165/posts BUENOS AIRES N.W.R., Arizona | Michael M. Hawkes, manager of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, reaches across his desk and pulls out a homemade blue-and-red bumper sticker that reads, "Littering is always a crime." It turns out that here on the U.S.-Mexico border, even that is a controversial statement — because it's aimed at the humanitarian groups that drop gallon jugs of water on public lands to help illegal immigrants crossing the rugged borderlands. Mr. Hawkes says dealing with those groups now takes up most of his time, and it only builds on top of the pile of other... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370165/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:09:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352105/posts ...Domestic abuse is the most common cause of nonfatal injury to American women and more than half of all American women who are murdered each year are victims of domestic abuse. www.bostonherald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352105/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 01:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346079/posts Link only, due to Wired's copyright complaints. Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday MachineI'm posting this without any text, because I think it's important. The "Doomsday" machine is apparently real, and still operational. Read the article for more details. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346079/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:35:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268777/posts When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,... Library of Congress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268777/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:28:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2260268/posts I altered this graphic slightly from the original. Now it only needs a caption! http://acidcow.com/fun/1757-funny-picdump-89-pics.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2260268/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 02:41:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2255700/posts Pravda, former official voice of the Soviet Union in the days of former President Mikhail Gorbachev, is cheering the Death of America under the leadership of “Marxist” Barack Hussein Obama. In his Pravda-run piece, blogger Stanislav Mishin gloats in ‘American capitalism gone with a whimper’. “It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American descent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people” writes Mishin. “True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century,... canada free press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2255700/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 19:15:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238310/posts I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that Barack Obama is damaging America more than any other president in its history. Here are ten of the biggest ways Obama is destroying America. 1. He's running up crushing federal debt at a level unprecedented in American history. We are talking trillions upon trillions of dollars in debt. This ensures the the future will bring ruinous taxes, runaway inflation, or eventual financial collapse. 2. He has endorsed and benefitted from systematic violation of election and campaign funding laws. His election saw widespread voter registration fraud from his allies at ACORN and... RWNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238310/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:06:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2222014/posts There has been an ongoing effort in the liberal, secular Mainstream Media here in the United States and in the Global Media abroad to demonize Israel at every opportunity. As I was following the many different news outlets especially during the recent Gaza War, I was astounded over the anti-Israeli bias. This Bias was so blatantly obvious that even a fan of MSNBC couldn’t miss it. The Mainstream Media was hell-bent on slamming Israel on all fronts of the war in Gaza, and Hamas knows this. THE IGNORANT FISHERMEN BLOG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2222014/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 02:47:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212427/posts WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans on Sunday predicted a doomsday scenario of crushing debt and eventual federal bankruptcy if President Barack Obama's massive spending blueprint wins passage. But a White House adviser dismissed the negative assessments, saying she is "incredibly confident" that the president's policies will "do the job" for the economy. In a TV interview, Obama himself laughed when discussing the dire state of parts of the economy — and ascribed his laughter to "gallows humor." White House Council of Economic Advisers chairwoman Christina Romer insisted that the nation's flailing economy will be rebounding by 2010. Administration officials — and... Yahoo / AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212427/posts#comment Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:57:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200321/posts My dear fellows and you socialists lurking out there. This is not uplifting. I do wish someone could convince me that I am wrong and that there is cause for hope. If you suspect that this is a demoralizing plant by the left you would be wrong. It is however the most heart felt struggle to understand why this has happened to us all i can write. I am not alone. I looked to my Senator, whom I respect very much, to provide some encouragement that this wave of destruction could at least be held back and moderated...he gave no... FreeRepublic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200321/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 02:24:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2185160/posts About one hour remains until the Senate votes on the Porkulus Looting of America Bill. Which means only one hour remains of the free America we were bequeathed by previous generations of patriots. We have done what we could, but our so-called rperesentatives, especially the blue state ones, refuse to heed the wishes of their constituents, and are set to approve a bill which will cement the doom of our beloved country. All that is left is a direct appeal to our benevolent God, to overlook our many sins as a nation and as individuals,to save our country, and to... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2185160/posts#comment Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:43:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2182498/posts I was given the link to the following story by one of my readers (HL) in a comment. It was written by William Jacobson, Associate Clinical Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. Warning: the point packs a wallop: "Steal This Country"As an early teen, I was fascinated with Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book." The book, by the 60's radical Yippie, was a guide to using the capitalist system to destroy the capitalist system. Hoffman gave advice on how to cheat various institutions, such as the post office (e.g., mail an envelope to yourself without a stamp, with the return... Start Thinking Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2182498/posts#comment Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:53:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2181741/posts An ACORN insider just told me that the group is planning to send hundreds of activists to Capitol Hill this Wednesday to press lawmakers to approve the porkulus spending legislation that would give the heavily tax-subsidized ACORN a shot at up to $5.2 billion in taxpayer dollars. I wrote a massive profile of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) in the November Foundation Watch, have written several articles about ACORN in the American Spectator, and talked about ACORN on "The G. Gordon Liddy Show" on Feb. 6. Meanwhile, the D.C. Examiner has a good primer by Kristen Lopez... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2181741/posts#comment Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:50:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170005/posts Talk radio’s Rush Limbaugh and Democratic firebrand Rahm Emanuel agree on one thing: Barack Obama’s presidency could alter America for decades. Emanuel, the new White House chief of staff, recently told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that the financial meltdown provides an opportunity “to do things that Americans have pushed off for years.” Limbaugh offered the contrary view, with this warning: “We're about to see an encroachment by the left that will take a generation to roll back.” Here are a “dirty dozen” changes Team Obama is most likely to enact. Ratings Key [1 to 10 scale]: Probability Likelihood that the measure... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170005/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:03:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167037/posts TIKRIT, Iraq – A Coalition force Air Weapons Team from 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, destroyed a house-borne improvised explosive device Jan. 16 at Khan Bani Sad, northeast of Baghdad, after a local shaykh told the Iraqi Army about the danger. “This HBIED was a clear threat to Iraqi civilians, and was reported by a village leader to the Iraqi Army,” said Capt. Mike McLean, an Apache Longbow helicopter pilot involved in the operation. McLean said the IAs on-scene commander then requested a precision-strike capability from partnered ground forces to destroy the house. The AWT successfully destroyed the house with no... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167037/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:24:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2126659/posts The Old Testament has very much to say about the end of the wicked. Its poetic books of Job, Psalms and Proverbs repeatedly affirm the moral principles of divine government. The wicked may thrive now and the righteous suffer, these books tells us, but that picture will not be the final one. These books reassure the godly again and again that those who trust will be vindicated, they will endure forever, they will inherit the arth. The wicked, however proud their boasts today, will one day not be found. Their place will be empty. They will vanish like a slug... Book: The Fire That Consumes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2126659/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 03:37:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2123575/posts If you would like to see a couple of websites that talk about the great impact of Propostition 8 in California, see http://protectmarriage.com/ and http://marriagematterstokids.org/. What it really comes down to is that in the end only one marriage model will be left standing since they are mutually exclusive. If Americans approve marriages between homosexuals or whatever kind of arrangement, departing from what God ordained from the beginning of the creation of mankind, the traditional, Christian marriage between a man and a woman will be looked down upon and those who do not accept this non-Christian form of marriage will... God and Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2123575/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:20:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032563/posts Wherever you  stand, please take the time to read this; it ought to scare the beejeebers out  of you! We know Dick Lamm  as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are  particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration overpopulation  conference in Washington , DC , filled to capacity by many of America's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor  Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, 'Mexifornia,' explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California. He said it would march across the country until... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032563/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:51:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000042/posts U.S. consumer confidence fell to its lowest in more than a quarter century in early April, diving deeper into recessionary territory on heightened worries over inflation and jobs, a survey showed Friday. The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said its preliminary index of confidence fell to 63.2 in April from 69.5 in March. This was well below economists' median expectation of a reading of 69.0, according to a Reuters poll. The April result is the lowest since March 1982's level of 62.0, when the "stagflationary" period of low growth and high inflation was still fresh in the memory of... CNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000042/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:18:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996981/posts Habitat Destruction May Wipe Out Monarch Butterfly MigrationA monarch butterfly gathering nectar from a swamp milkweed flower. (Credit: iStockphoto/Willie Manalo) ScienceDaily (Apr. 5, 2008) — Intense deforestation in Mexico could ruin one of North America’s most celebrated natural wonders — the mysterious 3,000-mile migration of the monarch butterfly. According to a University of Kansas researcher, the astonishing migration may collapse rapidly without urgent action to end devastation of the butterfly’s vital sources of food and shelter. “To lose something like this migration is to diminish all of us,” said Chip Taylor, KU professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. “It’s so... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996981/posts#comment Sat, 5 Apr 2008 01:02:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984091/posts A B-1B Lancer drops six 500-pound GBU-38 bombs onto an al-Qaeda in Iraq torture house and prison in northern Zambraniyah, March 10. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway. FOB KALSU — A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped six 500-pound GBU-38 bombs onto a recently discovered al-Qaeda in Iraq torture house and prison in northern Zambraniyah, March 10. Members of a ‘Sons of Iraq’ (SoI) group led Coalition forces to the al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) torture house and prison in northern Zambraniyah last week.The patrol was conducted based on intelligence provided by an SoI leader in the... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984091/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:39:49 GMT