http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fathers/ en-us Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:10:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2349395/posts It's a football Sunday, and between NFL matchups on television, Tyson Cole-Hines and his 9-year-old stepson create their own drama on the field with a video game on their Xbox 360. This is a father-son pastime, playing Madden NFL 10 or NBA 2K8 on a 62-inch flat screen. But late at night, the gaming gets edgier. That's when the Reston dad launches into higher-octane battles against enemies and aliens on mature-rated fare like Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4. In these war games, bullets are flying. Bad guys go down. Things blow up. This all happens in Cole-Hines's hushed... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2349395/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:10:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2306733/posts There is but one path ~ Jesus There is but one comforter~ The Spirit that goes out from the Father There is but one Father And there is only one will There is no other path but persecution For truly only he matters and is our way And it is on this path we must stay Total inihilation of the flesh This is our test Until we come to find He is our rock and without him we are blind So come to the Rock and do not alter Him into the Rock of Gibralter Fo all those that wrestle... The Joshua Chronicles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2306733/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 23:05:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297604/posts In Crespo v. Crespo, the New Jersey Appellate Division overturned the June 18, 2008 ruling of Francis Schultz, who vacated the final restraining order (FRO) entered against defendant Anibal Crespo. Judge Schultz vacated the FRO entered pursuant to the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act because the standard of proof provided by the Act, the preponderance of evidence standard as opposed to the clear-and-convincing standard, violated the defendant’s right to due process. (He also noted that the Act’s “practice and procedure” components violate the separation of powers doctrine, but this finding had no affect on his decision to vacate the FRO... fathersandfamilies.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297604/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:47:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2296128/posts "It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world." ~ George Washington I have written before about the critical need for Congress to reassert its authority over foreign policy, and for the American people to recognize that the Constitution makes no distinction between domestic and foreign matters. Policy is policy, and it must be made by the legislature and not the executive. But what policy is best? How should we deal with the rest of the world in a way that best advances proper national interests, while not threatening our freedoms... The Ludwig von Mises Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2296128/posts#comment Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:09:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277275/posts In the Parade Magazine interview he told the interviewer: “…we need fathers to step up, to realize that their job does not end at conception; that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child but the courage to raise one. As fathers, we need to be involved in our children’s lives not just when it’s convenient or easy, and not just when they’re doing well — but when it’s difficult and thankless, and they’re struggling. That is when they need us most.” At the Town Hall meeting following the White House Barbecue for young men... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277275/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:36:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276682/posts With Father’s Day almost upon us, expect a host of media stories on men and family life. Some will do a good job of capturing the changes and continuities associated with fatherhood in contemporary America. But other reporters and writers will generalize from their own unrepresentative networks of friends and family members, try to baptize the latest family trend, or assume that our society is heading ceaselessly in a progressive direction. So be on the lookout this week for stories, op-eds, and essays that include these five myths on contemporary fatherhood and family life. 1. THE ‘MR. MOM’ SURGE Open... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276682/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:11:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275058/posts Well....Fathers Day is this weekend, so I thought I'd give you some gift ideas.... Coughing and Screaming Ashtray If nothing else works, pick up one of our specially designed ashtrays that looks like a real pair of lungs. Place a cigarette on it and it starts coughing and screaming! Uses 2 "AA" batteries, not included. Condiment Gun Condiment Gun "Shoots" Ketchup And Mustard! Blast away at burgers, wage war on weenies, lay siege to steaks, and assault those sausages with a flavorful squirt from the Condiment Gun! Load the cartridges with mustard, ketchup, steak sauce, or other non-chunky condiment, then... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275058/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:44:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274946/posts LISTEN TO THE REAL REVEREND JESSE ON THE INTERNET OR A RADIO STATION IN YOUR AREA......BOND Action, Inc...Educating, Motivating and Rallying Americans! The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show Streamed live online from 6-9 a.m. PST / 9-12 a.m. EST. Call in the same times usually. For Live Questions or Comments Call 1-888-77-JESSE(5-3773) You can email comments and questions to radio@bondaction.org For more information on getting The Jesse Lee Peterson Show picked up on a station in your local area call Ermias Alemayehu at 1-877-WE ACT77 (932-2877) BOND Action, Inc. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274946/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:09:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2274167/posts Anger is a risky emotion. It inhibits clear thinking and leads to unwise actions. We would do well to control our anger, and direct it where it belongs – at terrorists, murderers, rapists and child molesters – rather than at those who disagree with us politically. www.stolinsky.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2274167/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:23:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257734/posts Video "Out of Order", a 2000 Chronicle (WCVB-TV) program, presents the injustice faced by men and fathers and the destruction caused to normal personal relationships today due to domestic abuse laws nationwide such as the MGL 209a restraining orders. Interviews of The Fatherhood Coalition leader Mark Charalambous, Harry Stewart, Dennis Watts and others. The Fatherhood Coalition http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257734/posts#comment Mon, 25 May 2009 12:34:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252661/posts Video"Out of Order", a 2000 Chronicle (WCVB-TV) program, highlights the injustice faced by men and fathers due to the MGL 209a-type restraining orders in Massachusetts. Interviews of The Fatherhood Coalition leader Mark Charalambous, Harry Stewart, Dennis Watts and others. The Fatherhood Coalition http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252661/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 15:23:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2252415/posts I have seen articles posted on FR quoting statements of faith by many of our founding fathers and how it influenced their view of governing. Can someone please post some of the most compelling statements as evidence in how their faith played a vital role in their daily lives? It will be much appreciated. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2252415/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2009 23:24:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2189384/posts "A Visitor From The Past" Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2189384/posts#comment Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:05:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2151328/posts When I was a child he ran out onto a frozen lake to try to save a man whose car had gone down the icy hill into the lake. He didn’t know the man, or know that the man was trying to commit suicide … RFU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2151328/posts#comment Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:43:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142434/posts Abortion and the Rights of Fathers by Armstrong Williams A fundamental assumption leading to the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade was that because women are biologically tied to the birth process, they should therefore bear all responsibility in deciding the life or death of their children. The reason for this perspective is straightforward: Roe v. Wade rejected the idea that another person controlled a woman's body. On the one hand, this shattered patriarchal stereotypes that regarded women as little more than vessels. Plainly that is a good thing. But in the continued fight for equality, various feminist groups... insidecatholic.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142434/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:28:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132246/posts Video here. Great interview with Sarah Palin in her own home kitchen as she prepares dinner and talks about what an awesome father to their kids Todd Palin is and related topics in the best four minutes and twenty eight seconds from the most recent home interview by Greta Van Susteren. The Sarah Palin Channel at YouTube (subscribe today) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132246/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:33:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131871/posts U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel apologized to an Arab-American group on Thursday for comments disparaging Arabs made by his father. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee sent a letter to Emanuel calling on him to distance himself from remarks made by the elder Emanuel in an interview with an Israeli newspaper following his son's appointment last week. In the interview, Benjamin Emanuel was reported as saying: "Obviously, he will influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn't he? What is he, an Arab? He's not going to clean the floors of the White House." Advertisement While some political... Ha Aretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131871/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:58:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2130938/posts This is the Veterans Day episode of the Conscience of Kansas radio program. This episode includes interviews with Meg Meeker MD on the value of fathers in the family and Bob Parks a conservative activist. In the second half of the show is the first post election comedic episode of "Letters to Liberals". We invite you to listen! KSDB Manhattan 91.9 f.m. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2130938/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:41:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082227/posts "The child support system is asking very poor people -- the fathers -- to support other very poor people --the mother and child. This has not worked and will not work, because the money just doesn’t exist. "By pursuing these fathers with an iron fist collection policy, we turn these fathers into fugitives. This takes away the only thing the very poor father has to offer his child: his love and guidance." .... cont. MensNewsDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082227/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:22:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078959/posts If you ever ran into Nokesville dad Thomas S. Vander Woude, chances are you would also see his son Joseph. Whether Vander Woude was volunteering at church, coaching basketball or working on his farm, Joseph was often right there with him, pitching in with a smile, friends and neighbors said yesterday. When Joseph, 20, who has Down syndrome, fell into a septic tank Monday in his back yard, Vander Woude jumped in after him. He saved him. And he died where he spent so much time living: at his son's side. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078959/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:45:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063773/posts The "Cindy Bischof Law" has the potential for victimizing innocent Illinois fathers and may spread nationwide. The Bischof Law is a draconian measure that will allow judges to order anyone, mostly men and fathers, to wear a GPS tracking device if they are simply considered to be at a high risk for domestic violence without being found guilty of any crime. There is a presumption of guilt without the benefit of a trial, yet the foundation of our criminal justice system is that a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Perhaps such a drastic measure would be warranted... Daily Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063773/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:59:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062845/posts Fathers' rights activists have complained about arbitrarily high child support orders for almost two decades. Class action suits were filed, the fathers' rights movement grew, debates broke out in academic journals, a few social scientists demonstrated with calculations and documentation, some men have committed suicide because they were unable to support themselves, and a few serious investigative journalists analyzed in depth. Congress finally decided to act – with a flat luxury tax on child support income. MensNewsDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062845/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:14:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059507/posts "I'm a dad, not a wallet." What may prompt millions of non-custodial dads to say this phrase -- or at least think it? How is it that millions of children of divorce or separation may wonder why they can't see their beloved Dad, or sometimes Mom, more than 4 to 6 days a month, if that? These are just two of the important questions raised by Angelo Lobo, Producer and Director of the full-length documentary "Support System Down," which examines problems within the nation's child support system. Lobo's film "Support System Down" comes to the Ohmann Theatre in Lyons,... MensNewsDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059507/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:26:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2058561/posts Hope comes in all different shapes and sizes. Today it comes in the form of a lizard. The hope? That some day I may procreate and produce Bo Jr. I know it sounds impossible, especially given that I had my nads removed, but if a 111 year old lizard can slip one by the goalie, I should be able to figure out a way to do the same. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2058561/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:13:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048451/posts Father, have you been to the mall lately and watched an unsupervised group of teenage girls get hit on by the ubiquitous male oxygen thieves? Pretty disturbing, eh? What’s even more mind numbing is the number of beautiful young ladies who actually give these scat based boys the time of day. Unreal. Ticks you off now, doesn’t it? If you have a pre-teen niña, then more than likely after watching those mall chicks capitulate to the weird male critter’s advances, you probably just swore to God that your daughter will never grow up to be one of “those girls” who... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048451/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:32:15 GMT