http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fired/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 04:32:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418798/posts A prison guard who acknowledged being a member of white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan has been fired for belonging to a subversive or terrorist organisation, a violation of the county agency's code of ethics. Wayne Kerschner, an Alachua County Sheriff's Office corrections officer, was fired on Tuesday following a 10-month internal investigation. The investigation revealed that Kerschner applied online for membership to the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan a year ago, paid $US30 a month for access to a members-only Klan web site and that the group did a thorough background check that... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418798/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 04:32:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418331/posts An Idaho pharmacist who wrestled down an armed robber was fired. A pharmacist who fought off an armed robber in Coeur D’ Alene, Idaho was awarded a special award from the city. But his award from his employer was termination because he fought and captured the robber. He chased an armed gunman who stole prescription medications, and was able to tackle him outside the store. He confronted the man who informed him he had a gun and started reaching for his pocket. But, the former college wrestler tackled him. As often happens, the robber accidentally dropped his gun.... secondamendmentfreedom.blogspot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418331/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:05:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417809/posts LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech fired coach Mike Leach on Wednesday, just two days after he was suspended by the school as it investigated his treatment of a player with a concussion. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417809/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417781/posts LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech has fired football coach Mike Leach. The school handed a termination letter to Leach's attorney, Ted Liggett, on Wednesday just before the two sides were to appear in a Lubbock, Texas, courtroom for a hearing on the coach's suspension. Liggett says the letter says Leach is "terminated with cause effective immediately." espn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417781/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:27:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412157/posts What politicians say to get elected can come back to haunt them and vilifying the lobbyist profession to score campaign points is going to do that to President Barack Obama, according to MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-anchor Joe Scarborough. Scarborough appeared on BBC Radio 4's Dec. 20 broadcast of "Americana" with host Matt Frei and explained how Obama's 2007 pledge to not hire lobbyists isn't necessarily a good policy. "Listen, the Obama administration is in trouble right now," Scarborough said. "We got a lot of friends in the Obama administration right now and they're in trouble because Barack Obama made promises... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412157/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:29:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411455/posts Christian Teacher Lost Her Job After Being Told Praying For Sick Girl 'Was Bullying' By JONATHAN PETRE 20th December 2009 Distraught: Olive Jones said her dismissal 'was like a bad dream that had come true' [Pic in URL] A devout Christian teacher has lost her job after discussing her faith with a mother and her sick child and offering to pray for them. Olive Jones, a 54-year-old mother of two, who taught maths to children too ill to attend school, was dismissed following a complaint from the girl’s mother. She was visiting the home of the child when she spoke... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411455/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:58:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411437/posts A northern Idaho pharmacist who tackled a gun-toting robber and received a special award from the city of Coeur d'Alene has been fired for violating company policy. Jerry Gunderson says he was dismissed from the Shopko pharmacy ... A Shopko spokeswoman at the company's corporate office in Green Bay, Wis., declined to comment. Police arrested the man and Gunderson later received a Citizen Appreciation Award from city leaders. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411437/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:23:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408646/posts A localized media frenzy has ensued after a Catholic reporter was let go from his 19-year position at a Maine newspaper for voicing his opinion against same-sex “marriage” and the campaign to legalize it in Maine. According to an article by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Larry Grard, a former employee of the Morning Sentinel, was sent a mass email from the pro-gay rights organization, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), following the repeal of the same-sex “marriage” law in Maine during the mid-term elections on Nov. 4. In the email, Trevor Thomas, spokesman for the HRC, voiced his disappointment with the... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408646/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:41:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402394/posts Grard was fired by Bill Thompson, editor of the Sentinel and its sister paper the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, shortly after the Nov. 3 election in which Maine voters repealed a same-sex marriage law approved by the Legislature. Grard said he arrived at work the morning after the vote to find an e-mailed press release from the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, D.C., that blamed the outcome of the balloting on hatred of gays. Grard, who said he’d gotten no sleep the night before, used his own e-mail to send a response. “They said the Yes-on-1 people were haters. I’m... Downeast.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402394/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:03:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397072/posts Cheeseburger Charlie out at Notre Dame.... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397072/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:01:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397039/posts Charlie Weis is out as Notre Dame head football coach, a source close to the program told the Daily News. AD Jack Swarbrick has decided to make a change after Weis finished the season with a 6-6 record and four straight losses to Navy, Pitt, Connecticut and Stanford. Weis coached Notre Dame for five years and leaves with a 35-27 record. He has told friends in South Bend he has at least six offers from NFL teams to become their offensive coordinator. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/2009/11/30/2009-11-30_source_notre_dame_fires_head_coach_charlie_weis_.html#ixzz0YN6yjvNp NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397039/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:14:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392050/posts From the ugly truth forum: "I KNEW this was going to happen. (That way Obama wasn't lying when he said illegals would not be able to get medical coverage under his ObamaCare plan. His simple fix is to make them all legal first.) EVERY ONE--PLEASE TAKE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS--IT TELLS ABOUT THE BILL GOING THRU CONGRESS RIGHT NOW REGARDING IMMIGRATION. " EVEN CNN IS GETTING UPSET ABOUT THIS!!!!!!!!!! Pass this on after you watch it. NOTICE THAT THIS IS FROM CNN, NOT FOX!!! This from CNN news: The Ugly Truth forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392050/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:31:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391813/posts According to POLITICO, Obama’s fans in the Beltway are shocked, shocked that he and his White House minions scapegoat White House General Counsel Greg Craig for Obama’s failed promise to close Guantanamo in one year. The closing of Guantanamo – as Obama’s critics have long predicted – ain’t gonna happen, because there’s no place else to put the hardcore terrorists currently housed there. When Obama announced his dubious executive order closing Guantanamo by January 2010, the Kool-Aid drinkers were ecstatic. “See?” they said, “This is why we elected him. We were so right.” No, they were so wrong. It was... Seattle Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391813/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:16:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385339/posts White House Counsel Greg Craig is expected to announce on Friday that he plans to step down from his post following a rocky tenure, people familiar with the matter said. Craig, the top lawyer at the White House and a close aide to President Barack Obama, has helped lead the administration's efforts on several national-security policies that initially enjoyed popular support but have since become liabilities for Obama. These include the planned closure of the prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the release of Bush administration-era national-security documents. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385339/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:37:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385002/posts Only way you gonna know how the libs are thinking is join them and so here is what I got from one of the sites I subscribe to Thank you. Last night was Lou Dobbs' last show on CNN. Dobbs' sudden departure is a powerful reminder of what we are capable of when we work together. For years, Dobbs used his prominent platform on CNN as a perch to spread hate, misinformation, and wild conspiracy theories. Thanks in no small part to your continued dedication and activism, starting today, Dobbs no longer has that platform. Watch a video highlighting our... MyFreePress.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385002/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:21:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381049/posts A manager at a Massachusetts retail store claims he was unjustly fired after he told a colleague he thought her impending marriage to another woman was wrong. Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381049/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:31:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378381/posts A Massachusetts man has been fired from his sales A Massachusetts man has been fired from his sales position at the Logan Airport branch in Boston of Brookstone allegedly for telling a female manager that his Christian faith says homosexuality is wrong. Peter Vadala was fired, and the company says he violated a tolerance policy. But Vadala reports his dismissal came because he expressed his Christian view of homosexuality after a female manager made repeated references, as she approached him four times during work hours, to her plans to marry her lesbian partner. "At the start of the day, she... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378381/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376431/posts A Massachusetts man was fired from a national retail corporation because of his traditional beliefs on same-sex marriage. Peter Vadala was formally dismissed from his job as second deputy manager of the Brookstone store at Boston’s Logan Airport on August 12, 2009, after a supervisor reported him to Human Resources regarding an incident two days earlier. massresistance.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376431/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:17:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374899/posts If members of Congress were up for a job review right now — instead of a year from now — the ranks of the unemployed would swell to an even higher level. Americans place a lot of the blame for conditions in the country on Congress and, because of that, about two-thirds want to “throw them out” of office, according to the latest FOX News poll. The national telephone poll was conducted for FOX News by Opinion Dynamics Corp. among 900 registered voters from October 27 to October 28, 2009. The poll has a 3-point error margin. A sizable majority... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374899/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:42:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373111/posts A Florida man says he was fired from his job at The Home Depot for wearing an American flag pin that said "One nation under God, indivisible." Trevor Keezer, 20, said he had worn the button ever since he started working at the home improvement retailer 19 months ago. He said it was his way of supporting U.S. troops, the Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. Keezer, whose brother Army Spc. Steven Keezer Jr. is set to return to Iraq in December, said none of his supervisors had anything negative to say about the pin until last month when he began bringing his... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373111/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:56:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373017/posts WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A former cashier for The Home Depot who has been wearing a "One nation under God" button on his work apron for more than a year has been fired, he says because of the religious reference. The company claims that expressing such personal beliefs is simply not allowed. "I've worn it for well over a year and I support my country and God," Trevor Keezor said Tuesday. "I was just doing what I think every American should do, just love my country." The American flag button Keezer wore in the Florida store since March 2008... Yahoo news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373017/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:04:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370999/posts ESPN fired Steve Phillips on Sunday, less than a week after a newspaper revealed that he had had an affair with a 22-year-old production assistant with the network. “Steve Phillips is no longer working for ESPN,” the network said in a statement. “His ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been significantly and irreparably damaged, and it became evident it was time to part ways.” NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370999/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:08:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369172/posts HERE IS AN EMAIL JUST SENT TO PELOSI ABOUT HER LACK OF VOTES FOR THE GUMMIT OPTION AND HER "OPT OUT" PLAN requiring states to "PROVE" to her satisfaction the state has another plan SHE judges to be acceptable or they can't opt out of her plan. =============== MA_DAMN SPEAKER, ENOUGH! HOW ABOUT AN "OPT-IN"? WHY SHOULD THE STATES DO A DAMN THING AND JUMP THROUGH YOUR CIRCUS HOOP AND "PROVE" ANYTHING TO OPT OUT? IT'S TIME YOU AND HARRY REID START LOOKING FOR WORK. IF YOU SURVIVE THE NEXT PRIMARY AND GET RE-ELECTED, THE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369172/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:28:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365329/posts As a black Rush Limbaugh fan still fuming from the lynching of Rush for false charges of racism by the liberal media led by Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, I thought what can I do to end this tyranny of political correctness. For me, the Limbaugh Incident was “the straw that broke the camel’s back” as my mom used to say. Then I thought, as a Christian should I go after Sharpton and Jackson? The words of Edmund Burke came to mind,“The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing!” Final confirmation came when... Canada Free Press. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365329/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:46:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364959/posts As a black Rush Limbaugh fan still fuming from the lynching of Rush for false charges of racism by the liberal media led by Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, I thought what can I do to end this tyranny of political correctness. For me, the Limbaugh Incident was "the straw that broke the camel's back" as my mom used to say. Then I thought, as a Christian should I go after Sharpton and Jackson? The words of Edmund Burke came to mind, "The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing!" Final confirmation came... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364959/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:12:50 GMT