http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/flimflam/ en-us Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:04:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049601/posts During my more than 60 years of covering national politics, I have never seen a candidate's principles and character so effectively tarnished — after so extraordinarily inspiring a start — as Barack Obama's. Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049601/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:04:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048761/posts Madison, WI - Seated cross-legged onstage in a large upholstered chair, one of the world's best-known religious leaders delivered his trademark messages of compassion, peace and unity with typical humor, verve and humility Saturday afternoon. In response to a written question from the audience about Tibetan culture being strong enough to still mount widespread demonstrations against Chinese rule this year, he also ventured into the political arena. “I want to make clear. We always respect the Chinese people, not the Chinese government,” he said, to loud applause, adding that the uprisings were pro-freedom, not anti-Chinese. For the more than 7,000... JSOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048761/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:53:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994463/posts Dr. Khurana says there may be broader health ramifications than asbestos or smoking. What? Now just think about that. Again, I foresee a huge higher tax on cell phone use and a higher health and life insurance premium. And maybe people (like me) that don't use cell phones unless its an emergency, would rather not be seated in bars and restaurants where cell phones are in use. Ah, can you say ban? Associated Content http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994463/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:06:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790456/posts In a scene worthy of a Dan Brown novel, archaeologists a quarter of a century ago unearthed a burial chamber near Jerusalem. Inside they found ossuaries, or boxes of bones, marked with the names of Jesus, Joseph and Mary. Then one of the ossuaries went missing. The human remains inside were destroyed before any DNA testing could be carried out. While Middle East academics doubt that the relics belong to the Holy Family, the issue is about to be exposed to a blaze of publicity with the publication next week of a book. Entitled The Jesus Tomb and co-written by... The Daily Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790456/posts#comment Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:14:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764367/posts BILLINGS (AP) — A Butte-based coalition is predicting farmers in Montana, Wyoming and Colorado are on their way to getting paid for conservation practices such as no-till farming that keep carbon dioxide in the ground Ted Dodge of the National Carbon Offset Coalition believes the Chicago Climate Exchange will soon allow farmers in the three states to bundle their ‘‘carbon credits’’ for sale. The private agency trades greenhouse gases and pollutants much like other exchanges trade commodities. A spokesman for the Chicago Climate Exchange was out of the office Friday and did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764367/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733441/posts DID a clairvoyant help US commandos ferret Saddam Hussein out of his hiding place in Iraq three years ago? Israeli-born celebrity psychic Uri Geller, best known for his spoon-bending antics, says the power of the paranormal led US troops to the fugitive Iraqi ex-dictator. News.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733441/posts#comment Mon, 6 Nov 2006 20:11:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671900/posts The documents seized in the FBI raid on the offices of Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) remain unread by Justice Department investigators, pending a federal Appeals Court ruling scheduled for August 27. [snip] But we already know a bit about the charges and some of the alleged partners of Congressman Jefferson. Two people have pleaded guilty to bribing him. The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671900/posts#comment Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:44:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651597/posts THE THIRD PARTY HILLARY NEEDS... TO WINFLIM FLAM SCAM42% WILL VOTE FOR HILLARY. 40% WON'T. SHE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THE OTHER 18% WON'T VOTE REPUBLICAN... JUST LIKE THE DNC MANAGED TO DO IN BOTH 1992 AND 1996 n 1991 when Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton decided to challenge President George H.W. Bush for the White House, all of the honest in-house polls the Clinton Campaign and the Democratic National Committee took indicated that Clinton would lose to Bush by a margin of 16 points. The polls taken by Bush and the Republican National Committee said the same thing. Bush... jonchristianryter.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651597/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:28:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644093/posts An ABC News poll finds that most Americans oppose gay marriage but markedly fewer — especially those outside George W. Bush's core supporters — would amend the U.S. Constitution to ban it. Opponents, however, are far more likely to call it a make-or-break issue in their vote for Congress — a finding that explains Bush's renewed push for a gay marriage ban. Among all Americans, 58 percent say gay marriage should be illegal, but fewer, 42 percent, say it rises to the level of amending the U.S. Constitution. Among conservative Republicans and evangelical white Protestants, though, opposition to gay marriage... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644093/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jun 2006 04:54:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644130/posts Governor Mitt Romney has sent this letter to every member of the Senate encouraging them to Vote "Yes" on this landmark peice of legislation--the Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA). A few excerpts are below: "Americans are tolerant, generous, and kind people. We all oppose bigotry and disparagement, and we all wish to avoid hurtful disregard of the feelings of others. But the debate over same-sex marriage is not a debate over tolerance. It is a debate about the purpose of the institution of marriage. Attaching the word marriage to the association of same-sex individuals mistakenly presumes that marriage is principally a... National Review Online--Transcript of Romney's Letter To Senators http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644130/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jun 2006 08:49:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644180/posts by Mark Finkelstein June 6, 2006 While considerable attention focuses on Ann Coulter's more superficial charms, from a conservative perspective Ann's real beauty is her absolute refusal to buy into liberal logic, no matter how pervasive. That independence of mind was on display this morning during her interview with Matt Lauer. Ann was on to tout her new book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, released today on . . . 6/6/6 - sign of the devil and all that. The first example came in the the context of President Bush's current push for a constitutional amendment that would prohibit gay... Today Show/NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644180/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jun 2006 12:13:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644273/posts In a year it is wrestling with an out-of-control budget, a war going badly, and one impasse on immigration and another on its own ethics, the Senate is taking time out to debate altering the U.S. Constitution by adding the Marriage Protection Amendment. The amendment is widely predicted to fall short of the needed votes to amend the Constitution for only the 23rd time in its 217-year history _ 13th if you omit the original 10, the Bill of Rights _ and well it should. At its gravest level, the amendment would make a significant incursion into federalism and state's... Rocklin & Roseville Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644273/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jun 2006 14:32:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643712/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush and congressional Republicans are aiming the political spotlight this week on efforts to ban gay marriage, with events at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue - all for a constitutional amendment with scant chance of passage but wide appeal among social conservatives. "Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society," Bush said in his weekly radio address. "Government, by recognizing and protecting marriage, serves the interests of all." The president was to make... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643712/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:00:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639872/posts In 1964, just one congressman from the Deep South, Atlanta's Charles Weltner, voted for the Civil Rights Act. For all practical purposes, his righteous leadership on civil rights — he also supported the Voting Rights Act — cost him his congressional career. In 1966, he resigned his seat rather than sign an act of loyalty to the segregationist Lester Maddox, as Georgia Democrats insisted. But some analysts believe he would have lost the race for re-election. Doing the right thing is difficult because it often means losing. And the typical politician is willing to lose anything — honor, integrity, dignity... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639872/posts#comment Mon, 29 May 2006 00:33:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638060/posts May 25, 2006, 5:56 a.m.Call It What It Is.The presidentÂ’s plan is an illegal-immigrant amnesty. By Rep. J. D. Hayworth Am-nes-ty: the act of an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals. Last week, I had the honor to travel to Arizona aboard Air Force One with President George W. Bush to see firsthand the situation along the Mexican border. President Bush is a good man, and when he is right I am among his strongest supporters in Congress. But on the issue of illegal immigration, he is profoundly wrong.  In... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638060/posts#comment Thu, 25 May 2006 13:49:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1584908/posts Inside Scientology Unlocking the complex code of America's most mysterious religion The faded little downtown area of Clearwater, Florida, has a beauty salon, a pizza parlor and one or two run-down bars, as well as a bunch of withered bungalows and some old storefronts that look as if they haven't seen customers in years. There are few cars and almost no pedestrians. There are, however, buses -- a fleet of gleaming white and blue ones that slowly crawl through town, stopping at regular intervals to discharge a small army of tightly organized, young, almost exclusively white men and women, all... Rolling Stone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1584908/posts#comment Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:05:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1569035/posts If John Edward’s new book turns out to be as popular as his previous endeavors, we could soon see rosaries for sale at Wal-Mart.With Practical Praying: Using the Rosary to Enhance Your Life, the best-selling author and TV psychic medium is putting himself on the line in an entirely new way. “I had major, major blocks on a personal level,” he said in a telephone interview. “I’ve been very private about my rosary praying.”A book about the rosary wouldn’t be commercial coming from most writers, but Mr. Edward, 35, has such a built-in following of far-reaching fans that his book... National Catholic Reporter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1569035/posts#comment Wed, 1 Feb 2006 00:36:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528659/posts As the Fed continues its inflation campaign, most have yet to come to grips with the reality of America’s uniquely precarious situation. In an act of prestidigitation that would impress Harry Houdini, the Fed is now attempting to hide evidence of the most inflationary monetary policy in its history by no longer publishing data on the growth of M3, while mystifying the public with phony CPI statistics. However, the relentless rise in the price of gold is evidence that fewer people are being fooled by the Fed’s slight of hand. Gold’s recent rise to just under $500 per ounce, gaining... Financial Sense Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528659/posts#comment Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:48:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1517474/posts Why is the FairTax better than our current system? Our present tax system is one of the reasons that people are finding it so difficult to get ahead these days. It is one of the reasons the next generation may not have a standard of living as high as this generation. Cars replaced the horse and buggy, the telephone replaced the telegraph, and the FairTax replaces the income tax. The income tax is holding us back and making it more difficult than it needs to be to improve our families’ standard of living. It makes it needlessly difficult for our... Americans For Fair Taxation Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1517474/posts#comment Mon, 7 Nov 2005 18:55:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513373/posts For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Number of training hours lost at Barry M. Goldwater Marine Corps Range, Arizona, from dealing with incursions by illegal immigrants, 2004: more than 1,250 Number of training days this figure represents: more than 50 Source: National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2006, Report of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives on H.R. 1815, Report 109-089, 109th Congress, 1st Session, May 20, 2005, p. 309. Special thanks to William R. Hawkins, USBIC AmericanEconomicAlert.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513373/posts#comment Tue, 1 Nov 2005 16:48:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1512552/posts No more federal income tax... if bill passes If you thought the Flat Tax was a good idea that failed, you're going to utterly love the FairTax. The latest "let's dump the Tax Code" idea from Washington's wishful well of best intentions we call Congress, the FairTax bill would abolish all federal income taxes, death taxes, capital gains taxes, and payroll taxes and replace them with a national retail sales tax. No, there is not a space missing between Fair and Tax. FairTax is how Rep. John Linder (R-Georgia, 7th), sponsor of the Fair Tax Act of 2003 has chosen... Your Guide to U.S. Gov Info / Resources. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1512552/posts#comment Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:16:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508331/posts Lori Wenzel lives in a nice house in a nice subdivision in Grand Blanc, Mich. She's worked hard to get there. She hired into an auto parts plant, now Delphi East, in 1977 when she was 18 years old, some 28 years ago. Now the Delphi bankruptcy, the largest industrial meltdown in U.S. history, threatens to shatter her world and the world of her coworkers. Delphi's skid into an economic ditch raises a fundamental question: How do U.S. firms compete in an increasingly rough-and-tumble global economy? Historically, U.S. firms have succeeded through innovation and high productivity, not low wages. Indeed,... The Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508331/posts#comment Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:52:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508154/posts Written as a letter to my Congressman: This morning I found myself killing 5 hours near the nemesis of any bibliophile: a bookstore. After dropping my high school son at a state-mandated volunteerism session, I entered the Barnes and Noble on Route 30, ruminating on the many forms of modern day involuntary servitude. I meandered to the History section where a copy of Democracy in America, by Alexis De Tocqueville, caught my eye. At $27.00, it promised to provide entertainment at a rate of $5.40 per hour; a bargain by any other name. I write today to encourage you to... Taken largely from Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508154/posts#comment Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:28:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504728/posts Tax Reform Panel Flops You Want Real Change? Support the Fair Tax 2005-10-18 Augusta Chronicle, The President Bush gave his tax advisory commission the mission of finding changes that would make the tax system simpler, less costly and foster economic growth. Although the panel's final report isn't due until Nov. 1, advocates of serious tax reform are repulsed by the tentative recommendations so far. Recent suggestions called for getting rid of the Alternative Minimum Tax - a desirable goal - by cutting back on popular tax deductions for home mortgage interest and tax-free employer-provided health insurance. That's not tax reform;... Blackenterprise.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504728/posts#comment Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:08:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1499541/posts And, the last comment that I would make before I turn to Senator Breaux for his comments, I think it's fair to say that as we go through this process of developing a better system, better tax system for America, that there will be five areas in which -- five principles, if you will, that will focus our effort. The first is filing taxes will be straightforward and easy to understand. Point two, our tax system will be fair and transparent. Taxpayers will be able to understand their tax obligations, and have confidence that they and their neighbors are all... President's Advisory Tax Panel website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1499541/posts#comment Sun, 9 Oct 2005 20:51:42 GMT