http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fearlessleader/ en-us Mon, 7 Dec 2009 21:34:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402330/posts Pencils and notebooks resembling President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign ads have been sold in at least one Columbia school and other public schools, causing the company that distributes the materials to travel around the state yanking the supplies out of machines. “Don’t be mad at us,” said Greg Jones, a sales representative with Pencil Wholesale. “It was a total accident.” Pencil Wholesale distributes supplies to six Columbia schools: Parkade Elementary, Cedar Ridge Elementary, Paxton Keeley Elementary, Mill Creek Elementary, Smithton Middle School and Hickman High School, said Linda Quinley, the district’s chief financial officer. At Mill Creek, at least one... Page A1 of the Thursday, December 3, 2009 edition of The Columbia Daily Tribune. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402330/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 21:34:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355325/posts Over the last week, Big Hollywood and Big Government have been extensively covering the August 10 conference call between the National Endowment for the Arts and a group of artists – a call on which the artists were encouraged to support President Obama’s agenda, with the tacit promise that they would be handsomely rewarded with government grants. The NEA representative on the call was then-Communications Director of the NEA Yosi Sergant. Now we have new evidence that the White House itself has been using its sway to recruit artists – not just to support President Obama’s “volunteerism” initiatives, but to... Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355325/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:07:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348061/posts BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP -- New Jersey's education commissioner ordered a review after a YouTube video shows school children learning a song celebrating President Barack Obama. The video shows more than a dozen youngsters at B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington Township. The district said the students were participating in Black History Month in February. Education Department spokeswoman Kathryn Forsyth said the commissioner has directed the school superintendent to review what happened. Forsyth said the commissioner wants to ensure that students can celebrate Black History Month without "inappropriate partisan politics in the classroom." Forsyth also said the teacher who directed the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348061/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:06:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348081/posts Another video of children singing praises of Barack Obama has surfaced on Youtube. In this case the kids appear to be students at B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, New Jersey. The overall effect is somewhat creepy. American patriotic hymns do not, as a rule, celebrate people, even great ones like Washington and Lincoln. The Star Spangled Banner and the Battle Hymn of the Republic celebrate the common people of America, struggling to win and to maintain freedom. What happened at B. Bernice Young Elementary School is even more egregious in the fact that at least for the Sing... Associated Content http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348081/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:34:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345799/posts PHILIP ELLIOTT (AP) - Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON White House officials told agencies across the government Tuesday they should take care to avoid even the appearance that politics played a part in the award of federal grants. The advisory came in response to an embarrassing incident last month in which a National Endowment for the Arts official asked artists on a conference call to coordinate with the Corporation for Public Service on ways to help bolster President Barack Obama's public service agenda breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345799/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:31:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344493/posts On August 25th 2009, Big Hollywood’s Patrick Courrielche broke the story of a conference call he attended with other “rising artist and art community luminaries”: On Thursday August 6th, I was invited by the National Endowment for the Arts to attend a conference call scheduled for Monday August 10th hosted by the NEA, the White House Office of Public Engagement, and United We Serve. The call would include “a group of artists, producers, promoters, organizers, influencers, marketers, taste-makers, leaders or just plain cool people to join together and work together to promote a more civically engaged America and celebrate how... www.bighollywood.brietbart.tv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344493/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:24:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340397/posts Per Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340397/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:27:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340311/posts While Jay Leno had a fake presidential interview on his first show Monday night, David Letterman will have the real thing September 21. President Barack Obama will make the first appearance ever by a sitting U.S. President on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman on next Monday’s show. He will be the sole guest on the broadcast. President Obama has already appeared on The Tonight Show since being inaugurated in January, making a visit to the program, then hosted by Jay Leno, on March 19. Broadcasting & Cable http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340311/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:34:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336744/posts WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- President Obama will deliver a "major speech" on the global financial crisis on Monday, the White House said on Thursday evening. The speech comes one year to the day after Lehman Brothers collapsed and precipitated a financial crisis that reverberated across the globe. Obama will deliver the remarks on the crisis at Federal Hall in New York City at midday. "He will discuss the aggressive steps the Administration has taken to bring the economy back from the brink, the commitment to winding down the government's role in the financial sector and the actions the United... BreakingNewsOnline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336744/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:42:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2336351/posts The "post-partisan" candidate for "change" has conducted his umpteenth ultra-partisan misinformation-fest on ObamaCare. The most egregious distortions and falsehoods are as follows... 7. "Unfortunately, in 34 states, 75 percent of the insurance market is controlled by five or fewer companies. In Alabama, almost 90 percent is controlled by just one company. And without competition, the price of insurance goes up and quality goes down...I just want to hold [insurance companies] accountable." The glaringly obvious (and cost-free) solution to insurance monopolies is to eliminate the government restrictions that make them unavoidable. This is a blatantly dishonest attempt to misrepresent a clearly... Macon County Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2336351/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:49:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2335585/posts Print out one of these handy banners and tape to the bottom of your TV screen....You know those annoying news banners at the bottom of the television screen on news channels? Well, here's your chance to make your own and have some fun if you plan to watch Obama's big speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. Copy one or more of these into your word processor and print them out on a sheet of paper with a font large enough to be seen from across the room. Then tape to the bottom of the screen as Obama... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2335585/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:46:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334843/posts Must go to the site for audio and see the Glenn Beck links too. http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2009/sep/01/official-dishonesty-national-endowment-arts/ Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334843/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:28:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334659/posts Recycling posters featuring the picture of US President Barack Obama have reportedly been spotted on garbage cans at the Estonian capital's airport. Obama's photograph is encircled with the three arrows that symbolize recycling and encourages consumers with his campaign slogan "Yes, We Can," Russia Today (RT) reported citing a report at delfi.ee. Eesti Pakendiringlus, an Estonian recycled packaging company, is stressing on the “can” with a pun on the word's other meaning tin. Press TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334659/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:27:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331238/posts The purpose of this thread is to secure a commitment from each local Principal to provide an opt-out so that no one is forced to endure Obama's subtle, presumptuous speech. Below, I will provide a sample of reasonable letters we want the Principal to sign. If refused, we know where they stand and will take the appropriate action against them. Here is an article of how they roll in Colorado. http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/09/douglas_county_school_allows_p.php It would be useful if the only comments on this thread are how to do this, report your results and contact information for the press to report and follow-up... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331238/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:51:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2331009/posts By PUMA Pundit on September 2, 2009 Remember, the Dept. of Education expects your kids to read books on the life of Barack Obama before the monumental speech on September 8th, well here’s a look at two of the books that shall be used: The first book is aptly titled: Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope and here is the description, direct from the Publisher’s Website: Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from the jungles of Indonesia to the plains of Kenya, he... PUMA Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2331009/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 05:13:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328362/posts In this video at Representative Jim Moran’s (D-VA) town hall meeting on ObamaCare held at South Lakes High School in Reston, VA, many people were left outside when the school filled to capacity. School security officer Wesley Cheeks, Jr. did not like a protester’s anti-ObamaCare poster which used one of the viral "Joker" graphics. Officer Cheeks told some town hall protesters to put away their signs or he’ll "charge them with trespassing or whatever he wants." Then, when a protester said to Officer Cheeks, "This used to be America!" his response was: “It ain’t no more, OK?” Pro-Obama Cop to... Common Sense 2020 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328362/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:59:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325881/posts Subject: A Back to School Message from U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan - K12 (GA,HI,IA,ID,IL,IN,KS,,KY,LA,MA,,MD,ME,MI) [You have received this message because of your affiliation with ------------ High School.] Dear Principal: In a recent interview with student reporter, Damon Weaver, President Obama announced that on September 8 – the first day of school for many children across America – he will deliver a national address directly to students on the importance of education. The President will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning. He will also call for a shared responsibility and commitment... an email sent to my principal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325881/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:07:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319489/posts <p>A Florida teenager could face felony vandalism charges for allegedly gluing posters depicting President Obama as the Joker onto public property, FOXNews.com has learned.</p> <p>Clermont, Fla., Police Capt. Eric Jensen said the state attorney will review evidence to determine whether to charge the unidentified teenager with gluing "dozens" of the posters last week to the city's light poles, public and private buildings, bridge overpasses, road signs and a mailbox.</p> Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319489/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:07:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315209/posts The mother of a sixth-grade Malden girl, whose “mean sign” question to President Obama at his Portsmouth, N.H., health care forum was a softball that he slugged out of the park, insisted yesterday the child was not “a plant.” “I thought it was great,” Kathleen Manning Hall said of Obama’s answer to the question posed by her daughter Julia. The girl became a target of conservative critics such as Michelle Malkin yesterday, who alleged that the poised and eloquent 11-year-old was “a plant” after the revelation that her mother served as an organizer for Obama’s campaign. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315209/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228843/posts Sept. 19 is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Courageous Captain Rescued by Navy Seals View SlideshowCaptain Richard Phillips, who has been held by Somali pirates since Wednesday in a small life boat off of Africa, has been freed. After this weekend, April 12 might become International Keelhaul A Pirate Day. With a rescue of captured Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama -- and killing the Somali pirates holding him hostage -- the US Navy created a feel-good Easter story. Even more significantly in a political sense, President Barack Obama suddenly makes himself look rather different on the national... NBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228843/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:55:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228134/posts NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - President Barack Obama promised Monday to work with other nations "to halt the rise of piracy," while Somali pirates vowed revenge for the deaths of three colleagues shot by snipers during the daring high-seas rescue of an American sea captain. The pirates' threat raised fears for the safety of some 230 foreign sailors still held hostage in more than a dozen ships anchored off lawless Somalia. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228134/posts#comment Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:33:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2228024/posts Now, this has occurred before with Bill Clinton, and it quite possibly could have been the same with Bush - the issue is how the MSM spins this and how it will report one way if you are affiliated with one party versus the other way when you have the “scarlet” R next to your name. From Flopping Aces: “Cheered wildly by U.S. troops,” begins Jennifer Democratic Operative Loven’s AP report on Obama’s surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday. Quite a contrast to the silent treatment Marines gave Obama at his Camp LeJeune speech in late February. Just how did... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2228024/posts#comment Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:19:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228077/posts Monday, April 13, 2009 BREITBART: Jon Stewart and Kumar go to D.C. Andrew Breitbart On Tuesday night I was bestowed the honor of being ridiculed on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. The segment in which I was featured had Mr. Stewart mocking those of us who dare criticize the new president. In the era of Obama, mainstream American political humor is now officially on the defensive. Stewart lumped me with Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican — a cross section of people you might expect to be critical of an administration implementing... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228077/posts#comment Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:34:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213527/posts Video Here: http://www.butasforme.com/2009/03/24/busy-simon-cowell-tells-jay-leno-he-turned-down-obamas-invitation/Busy Simon Cowell Tells Jay Leno He Turned Down Obama’s Invitation to Have Dinner in LA — Says Washington Finally Getting Smarter for Criticizing Obama the Simon Cowell Way BAFM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213527/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:39:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2207670/posts Comic legend Jackie Mason is railing against accusations of racism following a performance in New York Thursday, where he referred to President Barack Obama as a "schwartza." Celebrity gossip site TMZ.com confronted Mason with a camera on Friday over the flap. The celebrity gossip site reported that that the literal translation of "schwartza" in Yiddish is "black," but added that some say "it's a disparaging reference to African Americans, akin to the N-word." Mason told a TMZ cameraman, "(I'm not going to answer) these stupid questions because you're trying to multiply me into a racist. I've called (people) a lot... KVVU-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2207670/posts#comment Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:07:10 GMT