http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/doofus/ en-us Sun, 3 May 2009 21:11:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243344/posts The first couple took full advantage of the cool spring night. After a date night out on Saturday evening, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama decided to take a stroll when their motorcade arrived back at the White House. So they began walking on the driveway of the White House South Lawn while holding hands. First they passed the West Wing, then their children's swing set. They kept walking, swinging their hands together. There were no Secret Service agents right behind them - the agents stood off... (read the story for more) As the Obamas walked behind shrubbery... APMYWAY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243344/posts#comment Sun, 3 May 2009 21:11:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2240729/posts   The White House just put up a Flickr Stream (291 photos uploaded yesterday, 1 uploaded today) of their comings and goings. These are some pretty good shots.If you can't get enough of your Obamas and Bidens and Emanuels and presidential dogs, look no further. If not, look at little further.  Also, if you've got one of those digital picture frames with Flickr support, you can probably hook up your frame to directly feed photos from the White House stream and pretend you're some kind of secret agent or witch, being able to see their every move. [Flickr] - Gizmodo   Gizmodo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2240729/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:35:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2239060/posts Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Armando Robles a worker at Serious Materials Chicago, Monday, April 27, 2009, in Chicago. The company formally known as Republic Windows and Doors declared bankruptcy in December 2008, leaving over 260 people unemployed. Serious Materials acquired the assets of the factory in February and plans to rehire 250 union employees tied to spending under the Recovery Act Vice President Joe Biden. left, listens as U.S. Sen. Roland Burris introduces U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin while speaking at at Serious Materials Chicago, Monday, April 27, 2009, in Chicago Vice President Joe Biden tours an assembly... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2239060/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:48:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2239024/posts CRESTVIEW -- Around 6 a.m. on April 18, officers were called to investigate a car that had been parked and left running for about an hour at an intersection. When they arrived, they found a man asleep in the driver's seat and a woman sleeping on the back seat, according to the driver's Crestview Police Department arrest report. The officer reached in and turned the vehicle off. He then woke up the driver and asked him why he was sleeping in a car at an intersection. He didn't answer, but later said he was "sleepy." He said that he had... nwfdailynews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2239024/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:02:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2233600/posts President Barack Obama points to a familiar face in the crowd as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House after returning to the United States Sunday, April 19, 2009 in Washington. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd R) talks with Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega (L) as U.S. President Barack Obama arrives for a meeting with Central American leaders at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain April 19, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at the official dinner of the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, April 18, 2009. U.S. President... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2233600/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:53:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228827/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228827/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:27:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2212760/posts [Video, photo, definitions] According to the media we hate, George Bush was a moron for saying, “Nu-cu-lar” (despite the fact that he captained a nu-cu-lar submarine, Jimmy Carter said it the same way). We’re still waiting to hear how stupid Barack Obama is for mispronouncing “defibrillator” on the Tonight Show. Guess the story was simply lost in the flood of mainstream reportage of the President’s “Special Olympics” quip. Oddly enough, ... IHateTheMedia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2212760/posts#comment Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:20:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2207264/posts Zionism is the problem The Zionist ideal of a Jewish state is keeping Israelis and Palestinians from living in peace. By Ben Ehrenreich It's hard to imagine now, but in 1944, six years after Kristallnacht, Lessing J. Rosenwald, president of the American Council for Judaism, felt comfortable equating the Zionist ideal of Jewish statehood with "the concept of a racial state -- the Hitlerian concept." For most of the last century, a principled opposition to Zionism was a mainstream stance within American Judaism. Even after the foundation of Israel, anti-Zionism was not a particularly heretical position. Assimilated Reform Jews like... Vicious Babushka http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2207264/posts#comment Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:54:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142928/posts The Al Franken campaign is demanding the Minnesota Secretary of State oversee an “immediate and intensive search” for a lost envelope in November’s election. The lost envelope contains 133 ballots from Minneapolis Ward 3, Precinct 1. Minneapolis Ward 3, Precinct 1 covers the Dinkytown neighborhood and includes a large population of students at the University of Minnesota. "These ballots must be found,” Franken attorney Marc Elias said. “The outcome of this election is at stake. But let me be clear: The integrity of this election is also at stake, as is the integrity of Minnesota's electoral process. We won't stand... myfoxtwincities.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142928/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2008 19:50:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141308/posts Word from Capitol Hill is that, despite his kind words for Hillary Clinton yesterday, Sen. John Kerry is angry and disappointed about not being considered a serious candidate for Barack Obama’s secretary of state. “He’s pretty PO’d,” said Someone Who Knows. “After going from the early front-runner to not even being considered, he’s pretty disappointed.” Kerry yesterday issued a statement congratulating Clinton on her nomination for the globe-trotting gig. “President-Elect Obama has chosen a terrific national security team to protect our security and help restore America’s rightful place in the world,” Kerry’s statement read. “As Secretary of State, my friend... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141308/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2008 08:06:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135548/posts COLEMAN CAMPAIGN NOT HAPPY WITH FRANKEN'S GAIN IN RAMSEY Mike Roman, Coleman's lead representative in Ramsey County, says he remains unsatisfied with the apparent emergence of 12 new ballots in a St. Paul precinct, but that the campaign's only recourse might be to take the issue to court — a step that would be made by campaign officials superior to him. The issue could be important because, as of Thursday afternoon, Franken had picked up at least 13 more votes than he did Election Day. The concern arose late yesterday when the total number of ballots sorted in Ward 3,... Twin Cities.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135548/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:06:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2134871/posts <p>During the cold war, JFK claimed to have gone to the moon. He got congress to spend billions on his moon landing and pretended america landed there, convincing congress to give him billions, the fakeness of the landing is well documented.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2134871/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:26:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130524/posts Let's assume the 32 disputed ballots in Minneapolis were legitimate. Let's assume the newly discovered 100 votes in Pine County -- all for Al Franken -- were just overlooked by a sleepy official, and the 100 votes found in Mountain Iron -- again, all for Franken -- were valid. Let's suppose the trickle of votes moving inexorably in Franken's direction is just a function of a normal process, as Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's office assures us. One fact remains troubling. The referee in Minnesota's hotly contested Senate race must act in a nonpartisan fashion, yet Ritchie came to office... [Minneapolis] Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130524/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:27:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128144/posts Electronic voting machines that a Michigan election official said last week incorrectly tabulated vote counts during pre-election tests in the state were used in Minnesota where the senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken is in dispute. The Intelligence Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128144/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 21:10:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125837/posts Coleman wins by 1000 votes. Franken refuses to concede -- promises court fight. Fox News Live http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125837/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 14:10:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112091/posts I get it -- Al Franken is a serious senatorial candidate despite his penchant for the pornographic. Franken's one-liners about rape and oral sex and his leering fantasies about big-busted women were just for yucks, right? Last June, DFL bigwigs chose to forget about their man's decades-long record of sexual crudity after he hooked the endorsement by putting on a serious face and saying "sorry" at the party's convention. But Franken didn't apologize for another aspect of his trash-talking shtick. He's aimed some of his most offensive material at religious believers, particularly Christians. Why hasn't this been aired in public?... Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112091/posts#comment Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:28:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2103934/posts AfroJacks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2103934/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:07:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067149/posts Barack Obama's selection of U.S. Sen. and former presidential candidate Joe Biden as his running mate is not generating a momentous immediate reaction from the nation's voters. Just 14% of registered voters interviewed in a new USA Today/Gallup poll say Biden makes them more likely to vote for Obama in November and 7% say less likely while 72% say he will not have much effect on their vote. This results in Biden potentially having a net positive impact on voter support for the Democratic ticket of +7 percentage points -- small by comparison with other recent vice presidential selections. A... gallup http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067149/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066709/posts In choosing Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate, Barack Obama has acknowledged his own shortcomings while recognizing that the election he and his people thought a cakewalk a few months ago is now a battle royale along the lines of the 2000 and 2004 contests. Republicans would do well not to celebrate too much over this choice. On the surface, it may appear to be a mistake - an almost comically bad selection by Obama due to Biden's well known (and well documented) verbal gaffes. And, as Politico points out, this should worry the Obama camp: But... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066709/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:27:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050161/posts Manny Ramirez will not be in the starting lineup for this afternoon's series finale in Seattle. Red Sox manager Terry Francona said Ramirez showed up this morning and said his right knee was sore, an overnight development that the manager said caught him by surprise. The trainers had not communicated any issue to Francona after the game. "He showed up this morning, I wasn't ready for that,'' Francona said. "He said his right knee hurts.'' Francona then joked, "The (expletive) jaywalking, if you do it right, you won't hurt your knee.'' Ramirez told reporters his knee has been bothering him... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050161/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:44:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048240/posts Obama Makes Stop On Way To Afghanistan In Whirlwind Tour Of Middle East, Europe CHICAGO (CBS) A group soldiers serving overseas, including some from the Chicago area, were overjoyed Saturday when presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama visited in Kuwait. As CBS 2's Susan Carlson reports, Obama stopped in at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait before making his first trip to Afghanistan. Camp Arifjan is a major gateway for U.S. soldiers moving into and out of Iraq. The soldiers applauded thunderously when Obama arrived; one of them could barely contain herself as she sported a Chi-town sign. When the cheers settled... cbs2chicago.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048240/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:23:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047461/posts In one of Senate candidate Al Franken’s literary efforts titled “Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot,” he reveals his personal feelings about a topic important to many Minnesotans. In Chapter 12 of his book, I learned that candidate Franken is against private ownership of guns due to his belief that firearms in the home are “too dangerous.” I believe these views are more consistent with California or New York, where Mr. Franken still maintains corporate interests. His problem is Minnesota has always been a pro-gun state. Remember, a bipartisan majority passed “conceal and carry.” I called the National Rifle... Albert Lea Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047461/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042869/posts Warning: The following contains extreme vulgarity by a candidate for the United States Senate. In the nationally important Senate race in Minnesota, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman is presented with a unique political problem. Should he raise in his ads the issue of comedian Al Franken's offensive vulgarity? Or would this risk a backlash against Coleman for coarsening the public conversation? Remember that when Ken Starr detailed Bill Clinton's most repulsive antics -- stained dresses and such -- it was Starr who was accused of sexual obsessiveness. Franken's defenders explain that his edginess is the result of being a "satirist" --... Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042869/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:08:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002499/posts On an episode of her Mob Logic.TV called "Hybrid Hullabaloo" the lovely Lindsay Campbell (pictured right) had the opportunity to ask an owner of the iconic super-sized Tonka toy something she has been wanting to ask for a long time. While interviewing random people in the parking lot of a "big box" store about hybrids and why they aren't driving them, she spots a man returning to his king-sized ride and runs to confront him. With mic in hand and cameraman in tow she starts, "Tell me seriously, I've always wanted to talk with a Hummer owner and find out... www.autobloggreen.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002499/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:27:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002209/posts "DIFFERENT OPINIONS" Jimmy Carter was on the West Bank today. He met with, and reportedly hugged, a senior Hamas official. He placed a wreath on Yasser Arafat's grave. (One of Carter's hosts helpfully explained that "Arafat's resting place was temporary, and the Palestinians hope to move his remains to Jerusalem one day.") The U.S. government has criticized Carter's determination to meet with Hamas, and Israeli officials are more or less shunning the former President. Carter defends his mission to Hamas in these terms: Carter acknowledged Tuesday he was not on an official mission and had "no authority at all." "I'm... Powerlineblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002209/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:16:12 GMT