http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/doublestandards/ en-us Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:46:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2310789/posts Here’s the latest from guest blogger Loud Lion: I feel that there is nothing wrong with a double standard. I am OK with the fact that Congress has a much better health plan that I do. I have no problem that people in my office get paid more than me. Do I wish I got paid as much as the named partner? Hell yeah; who wouldn’t? But that desire, that wish and want, is what drives me to work better each day. I do not believe that everyone has a right to go to college. We need garbage collectors and... Vocal Minority http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2310789/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:46:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279866/posts I often find myself thinking that if liberals didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any standards at all. Consider the uproar from the left when Don Imus opened his silly yap about the black women on the Rutgers basketball team. Now compare that to their response when David Letterman made his smarmy cracks about Sarah Palin and the governor’s 14-year-old daughter. The liberals immediately sprang to his defense, pointing out that Letterman is nothing more than a TV personality and is therefore free to make offensive jokes without fear of censure. So what do they think Don Imus is?... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279866/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:15:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264337/posts When a right-wing Christian vigilante kills, millions of fingers pull the trigger. When a left-wing Muslim vigilante kills, he kills alone. These are the instantly ossifying narratives in the Sunday shooting death of late-term abortion provider George Tiller of Kansas versus the Monday shootings of two Arkansas military recruiters. Tiller's suspected murderer, Scott Roeder, is white, Christian, anti-government and anti-abortion. The gunman in the military recruitment center attack, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, is black, a Muslim convert, anti-military and anti-American. Both crimes are despicable, cowardly acts of domestic terrorism. But the disparate treatment of the two brutal cases by both the... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264337/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 02:56:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237696/posts The newest false meme invented by the Old Media is this claim that ex-presidents and ex-vice presidents have some sort of "tradition of silence" where it concerns commenting on those that take residence in the White House after they leave. The reason the Old Media is pushing this false claim is because Dick Cheney has been commenting on Obama's security mistakes and the Old Media wants to scold Cheney for his efforts to get the truth to the people [..] Can you remember any report by any Old Media outlet that excoriated Al Gore for his constant, wild-eyed, screaming fits... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237696/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:22:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200153/posts In a nice stroke of NBC corporate synergy, radical-left MSNBC host Rachel Maddow appeared Tuesday night on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and when the topic turned to Rush Limbaugh, Maddow insisted that it’s one thing for Rush to oppose Obama’s socialist agenda before it passes, but once it becomes law, he should salute and get behind it (Snip) This is not the approach Maddow took to the Iraq war: that she opposed it, but it became government policy, so she rooted for it to succeed. Take Maddow on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on September 13, 2007. She expects... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200153/posts#comment Thu, 5 Mar 2009 22:18:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2144556/posts Scott Johnson at Powerline refers to an article by Victor Davis Hanson Victor Davis Hanson adapts Plutarch to a review of notable stories of the past year in his column on the parallel lives of Democrats and Republicans. After his comparisons of Richard Fuld with Robert Rubin, Ted Stevens with Charles Rangel, Alberto Gonzales with Eric Holder, and Christopher Dodd with Trent Lott, Hanson concludes: I could go on and on with these Plutarachean examples of Parallel Lives but you get the picture. Here, the contrast is not the respective virtues of Greece and Rome. Nor is there any regret... The Virginian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2144556/posts#comment Sun, 7 Dec 2008 20:42:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2114315/posts Ironically, presidential candidate Obama criticizes traditional American foreign policy for being moralistic. Yet, his global mindset is moralistic and legalistic. His planetary policies are grounded in a new "global neighborhood ethic" of solidarity, economic justice, and redistribution of wealth. He supports the 1995 Commission on Global Governance proclamation that the "global ethic of common rights and shared responsibilities ... would provide the moral foundation for constructing a more effective system of global governance." His platform pledges "to support reforming key global institutions -- such as the U.N. Security Council ...so they will be more reflective of 21st century realities." Such... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2114315/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:13:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094096/posts Alcee Hastings used to be a federal judge. Then he got impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate. Now he's a congressman from Florida. People have a right to vote for whomever they want, even one of the six federal judges in America ever to be removed by Congress. But with friends like Hastings making the case for him, Barack Obama doesn't need enemies. Participating in a panel discussion in Washington this week sponsored by the National Jewish Democratic Council (I don't even want to ask why they invited him — maybe everybody else was busy trying to... Creator's Syndicate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094096/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:38:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003922/posts With the Olympics coming on, what's more poignant than the image of the sprinter hopefully awaiting the official time, only to learn he missed the record by 1/100th of a second? I'm in that same heartbroken mood for the Associated Press this morning. The wire service came so close to equalling the world record for revealing the Republican party affiliation of someone finding himself sideways of the law. Check out the first sentence from this AP story of April 17th: "A Republican congressional candidate was charged Thursday with felony burglary and criminal trespass stemming from an encounter last year with... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003922/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:27:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993583/posts It's hard to imagine how Detroit's liberal populace can charge hip-hop Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for perjury. After all, doesn't everyone lie about sex? I'm not certain that Kilpatrick should be charged or convicted either. Those of us who live in cities like Detroit or Los Angeles accepted that kind of political double standard long ago. Detroit clearly needs to loosen up a little -- maybe create its own ethics commission. That's what works for us. In LA, our Ethics Commission makes it unnecessary for police to investigate messy corruption scandals or other embarrassing felonies. Our Commission would issue a warning... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993583/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:04:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944170/posts Honest, I'm not looking for trouble. Just hanging out on Christmas afternoon, watching the Heat vs. the Cavs on ABC, when a State Farm Insurance commercial comes on. Funny stuff. A guy on a treadmill gets so distracted by a shapely young woman on a hamstring machine that he slips and falls off. A trim man, identified by a screen graphic as Dr. Ian Smith, comes by to help him to his feet, and says this: Go on, laugh. But it's not easy getting back in shape. That's why we created the 50-Million Pound Challenge. It's a new way to... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944170/posts#comment Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:54:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912272/posts When agriculture inspectors come calling at 7 on a Saturday evening, watch out. That's what Barbara and Steve Smith learned last Saturday evening. The Complete Patient http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912272/posts#comment Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:58:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886283/posts (Offender will be in secure treatment for indefinite term) Waukesha, WI - A convicted sex offender whose thoughts and fantasies about children, rather than actions against them, prompted authorities to revoke his parole two years ago now faces indefinite secure commitment for treatment after a jury verdict Thursday branded him a sexual predator. The case likely will spark debate in the legal community over whether it presages a new dimension to the 13-year-old Wisconsin sexual predator law or merely highlights one of many factors already considered in determining the likelihood of sex offenders striking again.Michael Monyelle's lawyer, Steven Prifogle, said... JSOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886283/posts#comment Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:56:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865666/posts Washington was rocked -- ROCKED -- this week when it was revealed that Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, is a practicing heterosexual. The news came as part of a larger bombshell, as Vitter’s name was revealed to be on the client list of the so-called “D.C. Madam” (who is apparently not Nancy Pelosi, by the way, but a physical prostitute.) Vitter, obviously unfamiliar with how to react when one’s sexual identity is made public, immediately apologized and foolishly focused on the paying-for-sex aspect of the whole affair. He also used the word “sin,” which at the time that this... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865666/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:08:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842288/posts Consider three criminal cases. No. 1: Christopher Newsom and his girlfriend, Channon Christian, both students at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, were carjacked while on a dinner date in January, repeatedly raped (both of them), tortured, and killed. His burned body was found near a railroad track. Hers was stuffed into a trash can. Five suspects have been charged. The crimes were interracial. No. 2: Three white Duke lacrosse players were accused in March 2006 of beating, kicking, choking, and gang-raping an African-American stripper, while pelting her with racial epithets, during a team party. No. 3: Sam Hays bumped... National Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842288/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2007 03:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801902/posts Newsweek's Eleanor Clift on Friday morning complained, as many liberals have this week, that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has drained all the independence out of his office, that he's acting too much like the president's "personal lawyer." In 1993, when Janet Reno announced the mass dismissal of all 93 U.S. Attorneys, no one demanded her resignation for her lack of independence from the White House. In fact, it could be because someone else was coordinating with the White House on how to run the Justice Department, the felonious one-man Webster Hubbell. At that time, the Wall Street Journal editorial page... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801902/posts#comment Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:24:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796703/posts Barack Obama's presidential campaign Wednesday defended two investments he made right after his election to the Senate, saying he was unaware of the stock purchases at the time and did nothing to directly aid either company in its business before the federal government. The two companies — AVI Biopharma and Skyterra Communications — were backed by some top donors to Obama's political committees. Obama purchased $5,000 in shares for AVI, which was developing a drug to treat avian flu. Two weeks after buying the stock, Obama pushed for more federal funding to fight the disease, but company officials said they... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796703/posts#comment Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:09:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1782088/posts Acceptance of a double standard has always been a sign of inferiority. To let someone behave according to one set of principles or values while demanding that you be subjected to others is to validate a claim of superiority that justifies the inconsistent and unfair behavior. A double standard can also reflect incoherent thinking, a failure to apply consistently a principle that presumably has universal validity. In the West’s struggle with Islamic jihad, doubts about the superiority of Western values have coupled with a breakdown in ethical reasoning. The result is the appeasement of jihadist aggression and the confirmation of... CaliforniaRepublic.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1782088/posts#comment Fri, 9 Feb 2007 18:36:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776755/posts SEN. BIDEN SHOCK INTERVIEW: OBAMA FIRST 'CLEAN' BLACK IN MAINSTREAM... 'I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy'... Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776755/posts#comment Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:22:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780671/posts Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) was in the news recently for saying some things that he wished he hadn't said. Presumably intending to compliment Barack Obama, Biden made some remarks that were patronizing, at best. I salute him. Why? Do I approve of making thoughtless remarks about African-Americans? Of course not. Do I think he should have thought before he spoke? You bet. But I admire him for what he didn't do. After saying something stupid and embarrassing and potentially harmful to his career, he didn't run off to a rehab center. Biden took responsibility for his actions, didn't blame them... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780671/posts#comment Wed, 7 Feb 2007 15:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752241/posts Pinochet tortured and murdered. His legacy is Latin America's most successful country. In the past 15 years, Chile's economy has grown at twice the regional average, and its poverty rate has been halved. It's leaving behind the developing world, where all of its neighbors remain mired. It also has a vibrant democracy... Like it or not, Mr. Pinochet had something to do with this success. To the dismay of every economic minister in Latin America, he introduced the free-market policies that produced the Chilean economic miracle -- and that not even Allende's socialist successors have dared reverse. He also accepted... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752241/posts#comment Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:07:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1676367/posts Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who wants to be president, made a big mistake the other day. No, I'm not referring to his use of the term "tar baby" in front of Iowa Republicans last weekend. I'm referring to his subsequent apology. Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1676367/posts#comment Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:22:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1663513/posts When liberals start caterwauling about civility, it reminds me of when my kids were young. When my daughter Anna was 5 and my son, Jonathan was 4, World War III broke out in our household at least once a day. Anna’s modus operandi, as she explained it to her grandfather, was: “I hit Jonathan. He hits me. Then I tell Mommy.” In essence, that’s the liberals’ civility scam: They hit us. We hit back. Then their media lap dogs begin howling about incivility and yapping about the decline of gentility in the political debate (which, if I’m not mistaken, started... ChronWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1663513/posts#comment Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:35:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1651458/posts Liberals like to claim that GW Bush is trapped in a quagmire in Iraq. However, when it comes to being captive to irrational thinking, no one can top liberals. Consider, please, the liberal position on several current issues and the quagmire such thinking produces: *Rising gasoline prices are devastating to working Americans,but protecting obscure organisms at the bottom of the food chain is of greater concern. Which is why drilling for oil & adding refining capacity are unacceptable. * Large profits are obscenely un-American, except when it comes to George Soros, Oprah Winfrey and other liberals. *Illegal aliens deserve driver’s... JOHN W LILLPOP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1651458/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:24:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650756/posts Breaking news on the local news program. More later. WSB TV Breaking News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650756/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:19:16 GMT