http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fools/ en-us Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:24:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087880/posts Oil up 20& after Nancy announcement Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087880/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:24:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074758/posts Organizers demand apology from Alaska governor, say “we’re working to clean up your mess!” Community organizers across America, taken aback by a series of attacks from Republican leaders at the GOP convention in St. Paul, came together today to defend their work organizing Americans who have been left behind by unemployment, lack of health insurance and the national housing crisis. The organizers demanded an apology from Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for her statement that community organizers have no “actual responsibilities” and launched a web site, http://organizersfightback.wordpress.com, to defend themselves against Republican attacks. “Community organizers work in neighborhoods that have been... Organizersfightback.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074758/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 19:48:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062725/posts LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Six Mexican border states pledged on Friday to strengthen cooperation with California in fighting climate change and increase green investment through Public Private Partnerships. As part of the cooperation, the six Mexican border states -- Sonora, Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas -- and California have joined together with Pacific Gas& Electric (PG&E) and the California Climate Action Registry (CCAR)in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to combat climate change, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said at an annual U.S-Mexican Border Governors Conference being held in Hollywood, Los Angeles. California and the Mexican border... Xinhua http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062725/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:03:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061895/posts Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens said on Thursday crude prices may soon fall as low as $110 a barrel amid falling gasoline demand, but should not sink below $100 because the United States depends heavily on oil imports. "I don't think it'll drop below $100," Pickens told Reuters in a telephone interview. "I would say $110 is where it might go, something like that." ~snip~ Pickens' hedge fund BP Capital, which manages about $7 billion in assets, sank about 35 percent in July, according to a report this week in the New York Post. Pickens declined to comment in... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061895/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:24:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031223/posts US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived here last night for two days of talks and criticized proposed housing expansion in Jerusalem over the Green Line as undermining the US-backed push for peace. As Rice arrived, she appeared more exasperated with the Israeli construction than she has in past condemnations of announcements of building plans that have often come just before or after her visits in the past 18 months. "Unfortunately, there have been a few [building plans], whether I'm coming or not," Rice told reporters on her plane. "Look, it's a problem, and it's a problem that we're going... jpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031223/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:15:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014034/posts Obama is a complete fool and Oprah said he has wisdom!!! Shame, on Obama for saying 57 States in the USA, also two States he didn’t see, Alaska and Hawaii. YouTube Video http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014034/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 14:49:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011060/posts This would be the first of my many trips to the minefield at the junction where love and politics meet. Jimmy is not an elected official, but being married to him has given me a sliver of appreciation for the pressures couples feel and the judgments they provoke when they move in the world of politics, whether or not they sit on the same side. My friends--Westside-Topanga-artist-former-Peace-Corps-writer-multicultural-all-is-Zen pals--first questioned my sanity, then became angry. After my buddy Rachel was sure I wasn't kidding about the whole Republican thing, she demanded to know how I could even stand to be in... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011060/posts#comment Sun, 4 May 2008 16:12:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995253/posts All McCain voters are selling the rest of us TRUE CONSERVATIVES out! Enough! Show you have the values of your convictions and leave the BLUE BLOOD REPUBLICANS in Washington, crawling on their knees for forgiveness! Randy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995253/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 01:26:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884708/posts RAMALLAH – United States-run programs that train militias from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah organization have been utilized to kill Jews and were instrumental in the "success" of the Palestinian intifada that began in 2000, a senior Fatah militant trained by the U.S. told WND. "I do not think that the operations of the Palestinian resistance would have been so successful and would have killed more than 1,000 Israelis since 2000 and defeated the Israelis in Gaza without these [American] trainings," said Abu Yousuf, a senior officer of Abbas' Force 17 Presidential Guard unit in Ramallah. The U.S. has... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884708/posts#comment Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:55:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866360/posts Bin Laden Video Fools AP I’m more convinced than ever that Osama bin Laden is no longer consuming oxygen, as another videotape is released by the As Sahab freakazoids: Bin Laden praises martyrdom in new video. CAIRO, Egypt - A new al-Qaida videotape posted Sunday on a militant Web site featured a short, undated clip of a weary-looking Osama bin Laden praising martyrdom. The bin Laden clip, which lasted less than a minute, was part of a 40-minute video featuring purported al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan paying tribute to fellow militants who have been killed in the country. Bin Laden glorified... Little Green Footballs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866360/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:59:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866282/posts RENO, Nev. — A couple authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect. The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said. Both children are doing well and gaining weight in foster care, prosecutor Kelli Ann Viloria told Reno Gazette-Journal. Michael Straw, 25, and Iana Straw, 23, pleaded guilty... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866282/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:36:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1810686/posts One would think that Britney Spears should catch a break. She is freshly out of her 'rehabilitation' program and already out clubbing and attending basketball games. She has covered her bald dome with a variety of wigs and hats, has had some work done on her teeth, and now even has big blue eyes thanks to some new contact lenses. She looks refreshed, but still the memory of her crotch flashing ways has caught up to her. National Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1810686/posts#comment Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:50:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787352/posts MESA - Hundreds of people who believe the government has lied about the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States plan to gather in Chandler later this week to strategize about how to find out the truth. The 9/11 Accountability: Strategies and Solutions Conference will be held Friday through Sunday at the Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort in Chandler. The conference will include keynote speakers, panel discussions, strategy workshops and a documentary film marathon. Theories on what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, include one that the government planted bombs to bring down the World Trade Center towers... Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787352/posts#comment Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:03:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766506/posts Former revolutionary Daniel Ortega has been sworn in as president of Nicaragua nearly 17 years after he was ousted from power. (Pic: Reuters) Mr Ortega was joined at his inauguration by Venezuela's leftist leader Hugo Chavez and Bolivian President Evo Morales. In a rousing speech before thousands of supporters the three called for a leftist front in Latin America which would unite in favour of the poor and oppose US influence in the region. "Now we have the task of forging a new path, a road that allows Nicaraguan families to live with dignity, that allows the Nicaraguan people... www.itv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766506/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:37:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750279/posts THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Former President Bill Clinton on Thursday endorsed the idea of talks with Iran and Syria to help ease the bloodletting in Iraq, saying it would also be in Tehran's interests. Clinton spoke in the Netherlands the day after the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan panel that included senior officials from his administration, proposed engaging the two Middle Eastern countries -- and U.S. foes -- in the search for peace in Iraq. AP via Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750279/posts#comment Fri, 8 Dec 2006 06:58:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750662/posts BE HERE, OR BE NOWHERE! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750662/posts#comment Fri, 8 Dec 2006 22:39:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723213/posts Stars and politicians are battling big business in California's multi-million-dollar green crusadeIT IS a bitterly fought campaign that is pitting Hollywood against big oil; environmentalists against businessmen and millions of dollars against even more millions. As Americans prepare to vote in congressional elections, the most expensive campaign battle is taking place in California. But the nearly $110 million (£58 million) spent to date is not about a seat in Congress. It’s about oil. California has long been a pioneer state for environmental issues, so it was little surprise that it should come up with Proposition 87 — a tax on... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723213/posts#comment Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:04:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1718095/posts Subject: Democratic Convention Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:29:10 -0500 7:00 P.M. Opening flag burning. 7:15 P.M. Pledge of allegiance to the United Nations. 7:30 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 7:30 - 8:00 P.M. Non religious prayer and worship(mostly to selves) == Jessie Jackson & Al Sharpton. 8:00 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 8:05 P.M. Ceremonial tree hugging. 8:15 - 8:30 P.M. Gay Wedding -- Barney Frank Presiding. 8:30 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast. 8:35 P.M. Free Saddam Rally. Cindy Sheehan -- Susan Sarandon. 9:00 P.M. Keynote speaker: The proper etiquette for surrender – French President Jacques... my e-mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1718095/posts#comment Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:44:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1711074/posts I normally do not comment about other people's blogs, but I was cruising the blogosphere when I happened upon this prizewinning road apple over at Wonkette. Filled with that morbid curiosity that drives one to look more closely at a particularly ghastly traumatic injury, I just had to look to make sure my eyes did not deceive me. They didn't. Great fancy Moses, people! I haven't seen so many maggots in one confined space since I lifted the lid on my garbage can last month during the trashmen's strike. Evidently, the slouches at Wonkette are unable to carry on conversations... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1711074/posts#comment Sat, 30 Sep 2006 07:29:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699353/posts What happened to the support that the Bush administration said it had for sanctions against Iran? LAST SPRING the Bush administration struck what looked like a clever diplomatic bargain with European governments, Russia and China on addressing Iran. The Islamic regime, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, would be offered a "clear choice" between a package of economic and political treats -- including the direct dialogue with the United States that Tehran has long craved -- and international sanctions, depending on whether it agreed to suspend its nuclear program. Bush administration officials said they agreed to back the incentive package... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699353/posts#comment Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698079/posts On the Pete Wilson Show, he is allowing and/or encouraging the leftist tin-foil mad hatter crowd to call. The moonbat gang are repeating all the great conspiricy theories attributed to G.W. and 9/11. Numbskull's on display. This is only of interest to those able to recieve KGO radio 810 AM. KGO 810 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698079/posts#comment Fri, 8 Sep 2006 22:36:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695772/posts CHICAGO, Illinois -- Living in Boston these past two years I have had many opportunities to visit the Old Granary Burying Ground, where several Boston Massacre victims are enjoying their final rest alongside John Hancock, Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. During my sole semester in the Emerson College Master's program last fall, these little forays became a near daily ritual. At this point I have tagged along on more of the free tours of the graveyard than I can count. In all that time, however, I don't believe I ever heard as much talk of Samuel Adams as I did... tas http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695772/posts#comment Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:32:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1683297/posts TEL AVIV, Israel — With a cease-fire appearing to unravel even before it begins, Israel is facing a protracted war under a divided government. At the insistence of the government's political opposition and other parties, plans are already under way to launch a formal inquiry in the Knesset into what went wrong in what many here are calling the worst defeat in Israel's history. The inquiry also will explore a further indignity: how the Jewish state has come for the first time to agree to negotiate the relinquishment of land, the Shebaa Farms, in direct response to a deliberate act... The New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1683297/posts#comment Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:52:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667232/posts Flood of claims for 'Noah's Ark' Legendary vessel of Genesis story goes from nowhere to everywhere -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: July 16, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Joe Kovacs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com After centuries of scouring the Earth for Noah's Ark, claims are now flooding in that the legendary vessel of the Bible has been found. Last month, headlines screamed that a Texas team of archaelogists believed they had possibly located the biblical boat in Iran. But hang on to the "Hallelujah!" chorus a little longer. There are numerous claims about the final resting place, from Ararat to Armenia. With modern... WorldNetdaily.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667232/posts#comment Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:45:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657568/posts Psst! Hey kid! Come over here and jump off this bridge! All the cool kids've done it 'n you're the only one left! It won't hurt, it'll be fun. Anyhow, if ya don't do it, I'm gonna come back 'n bugya, 'n bugya, 'n bugya forever till ya do. With that sort of reasoned discourse in the background, accompanied by taunts of "You smell like an ASHTRAY!", Philadelphia finally jumped on the bandwagon and banned smoking. Well, sorta. They banned it unless you're a bar that agrees not to feed its customers anything healthy, one that's well-off enough to have... Philadelphia City Paper Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657568/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:39:04 GMT