http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fr-news/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:15:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419046/posts Image only - LINK Washingtontimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419046/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:15:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418739/posts ~ FReeper Canteen Asks... What Are Your New Years Traditions? ~ Another creation by unique. Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Auld Lang Syne Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians Cyril Pahinui Peerless Quartet Chris Isaak Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Jingle Cats Entering Familiar Territory - U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment enter Combat Outpost Changalok, Afghanistan, Dec. 26, 2009. The Marines are in the area to provide security and develop relationships with the local... Serving the Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418739/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 02:00:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418075/posts The Freeper Canteen Wishes Everyone Eve! **Click Here** NEW YEAR WISHES May peace fill all the empty spaces around you And in you, may contentment answer all your wishes. May comfort be yours, warm and soft like a sigh. And may the coming year show you that every day is really a first day, a new year. Let abundance be your constant companion, so that you have much to share. May mirth be near you always, like a lamp shining brightly on the many paths you travel. ~~Diana Krall - What Are You Doing New Years Eve~~ ~~Guy Lombardo... Happy New Year Troops, Vets, Allies & Military Families! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418075/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:00:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417896/posts After a cold and rainy Christmas Day Rally at Walter Reed, Olney was the FReepers Christmas Gift. A misty rain was still there, blowing all over our glasses, but it was sufficiently warm that no gloves were needed. At least I didn't wear any. And the State Highway Administration has provided us with another flag pole support. BELOW LEFT: The new signal pole that will hold some additional flags. I’m putting up one flag on the power pole but the new pole will hold two. BELOW RIGHT: Lurker Bill setting up a banner on the soon to be torn down... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417896/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:30:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417595/posts What did we all do before Free Republic? Well, it might surprise you to know there never was a time before Free Republic. And as good as the forum is now, it was much then. I remember the Good Old Days of Free Republic. It was the 1970's. You should have been on Free Republic back in the 1970's. It was all different back then. "Clinton's a liar" was named "Kennedy's a perv". Michael Rivero was posting a series debunking the moon landing hoax, and showing how Apollo 13 was likely crippled by a Soviet missile, not some 'center fuel... Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417595/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:17:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417355/posts Freeper Canteen: What Kind of Salad Are You? Today We Want To Know...What Kind of Salad Are You? Click here and take the quiz! To share your results, click "Code", then copy and paste the code into a "Reply" box. Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly. Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417355/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:00:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416668/posts     ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), the Army's oldest active proving ground, is one of the world's foremost research, development, testing, and training facilities for military weapons and equipment. It is bounded by the Susquehanna and Gunpowder Rivers, the Chesapeake Bay, and the AMTRAK Railroad. The Installation occupies more than 72,500 acres in Harford County. Notable for its convergence of talents and abilities, APG encompasses more than 60 different tenant activities representing every facet of technology. Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) was established on the shores of Chesapeake Bay in... Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416668/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:00:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415988/posts Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Robert L. Howard All info from this website.             Robert L. Howard (July 11, 1939, Opelika, Alabama – December 23, 2009, Waco, Texas) was a highly decorated officer of the United States Army and Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam War.  Biography He entered the Army at Montgomery,... Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415988/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:00:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415846/posts U.S. President Barack Obama and his family are taking a well-deserved holiday vacation in Hawaii, a White House spokesman says. The New York Times said Saturday that Obama's Hawaiian vacation was temporarily interrupted Friday by news of the attempted terrorist attack on a flight bound for Detroit. SNIP The Times said Obama's decision to visit Hawaii during the holiday season has not set well with everyone, as the conservative Web site Free Republic offered harsh words on the matter last week. A Free Republic posting said while other U.S. residents "are still caught in the grips of the recession, Obama... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415846/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:11:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415837/posts On November 19th, Rush Limbaugh caused a stir when he mentioned PrisonPlanet.com on his radio show and linked to them on his website, touting their article 'With Hurricanes At Thirty Year Low, Gore Turns To Photoshop'. By the end of the day, though, Limbaugh or his handlers had tried to erase all signs of the endorsement, as Paul Joseph Watson pointed out in his article Rush Limbaugh Censors Mention Of Prison Planet From His Own Archives. Watson noted "Any links to the Prison Planet.com story, which were prominently featured all over Limbaugh’s website, have also been deleted and replaced with... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415837/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:55:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415564/posts Christmas Day evening at Walter Reed, Week 245, December 25, 2009 Wet, Icy and Standing Tall FRONT GATE NOTES Not just another Friday Night at Walter ReedAfter four and a half years of Friday night... “support the troops” rallies at Walter Reed, the DC Chapter of Free Republic, lurkers and friends, were way overdue for a Friday evening on Christmas Day (and next week on New Year’s Day). And so it was last night on a wet, icy dark evening. It was quiet with only one ambulance arriving, Very few cars or pedestrians going in or out of the front... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415564/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:59:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415541/posts         PERSISTENCE -- THE KEY TO SUCCESS? Walter Wintle once wrote: "If you think you are beaten, you are; if you think you dare not, you don't; If you'd like to win, but think that you can't, it's almost a cinch that you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost, for out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow's will; it's all in the state of mind. If you think you're outclassed, you are; you've got to think high to rise. You've got to be sure of yourself before you can ever... The Canteen Crew http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415541/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:00:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415504/posts The center, which is closely aligned with the Obama White House, voiced no complaint about the current president’s vacation. But the conservative Web site Free Republic did. While Americans “are still caught in the grips of the recession,” a posting on the site said last week, “Obama is living like a king with no criticism from the mainstream media.” NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415504/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:27:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415161/posts    *Click* ***** ~ Canteen Music Dedication ~ *****~ Support The Artists ~   Support the artists you hear throughout the Canteen! Click on the links below! Keep the music going! ArtistDirect l  Internet Radio l  AOL Music l  Sonique (Lycos) l  Real Radio Live365 l  971TheRiver  l  GotRadio  l  Wherehouse  l  Target  l Shoutcast AFRTS l  VH1 l XM Radio l  BET l  audiophile l  Virgin Radio l  Soma (Alternative) Acaza l AudioRealm l VH1 l  Yahoo! Launch Music l  Radio Disney l  Live-Radio Net ITunes l Amazon l Salsa Radio l MTV l CMT l Ticketmaster l... Our Troops Rock!!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415161/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:00:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414785/posts ~ Merry Christmas, Troops and Veterans !! ~~ Families and Allies !! ~ Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Martina McBride ~ Away In A Manger Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti ~ Adeste Fideles Handel ~ Hallelujah Chorus Johnny Cash ~ Hark The Herald Angels Sing Mater Dolorosa Choir of Holyoke Mass ~ Gesu Bambino Waitresses ~ Christmas Wrapping Toby Keith ~ All I Want For Christmas Ronettes ~ Sleigh Ride Rockapella ~ Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree Sesame Street ~ It’s... Merry Christmas Troops and Vets, Families and Allies !! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414785/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:00:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414157/posts ~Favorite School Song~ ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - 15/12/1979 5 weeks at #1 - 12 weeks on chart We don't need no education We dont need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teacher leave them kids alone Hey, Teacher, Leave them kids alone All in all it's just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall We don't need no education We dont need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave those kids alone Hey, Teacher, Leave those kids alone All in all you're... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414157/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:00:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413461/posts Freeper Canteen:How Much Do You Love the Holidays?   Today We Want To Know...How Much You Love the Holidays Click here and take the quiz! At the last question, choose "Get HTML and BBCode ", then submit, to get your answer. After you do so, please post your findings in the Canteen!   Have fun! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413461/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:55:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412675/posts     ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Favorite Christmas Treats Gingerbread has been baked in Europe for centuries. In some places, it was a soft, delicately spiced cake; in others, a crisp, flat cookie, and in others, warm, thick, steamy-dark squares of "bread," sometimes served with a pitcher of lemon sauce or whipped cream. It was sometimes light, sometimes dark, sometimes sweet, sometimes spicy, but it was almost always cut into shapes such as men, women, stars or animals, and colorfully decorated or stamped with a mold and dusted with white sugar to make the impression visible. During the nineteenth... Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412675/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:00:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412668/posts The Lost City, The Lost Patrol and now the Lost Walter Reed Rallies. With the BIG 9/11Walter Reed Rally and the HUGH Tea Party 9/12 March closely following these two weeks at Walter Reed, the After Action Reports were lost. They have been recovered from our archives for your pleasure. WEEK 226, August 14 Patriots attending this week include Lurker Bill, BufordP, Cindy_True_Supporter, Fraxinus, GunsAreOK, Jimmy Valentines Brother, Sensei Ern, [Mrs] Trooprally and me. BELOW LEFT: BufordP before the banners and flags showed up, with cigar in hand listening to Mark Levin. Cindy_True_Supporter on her way to help. BELOW RIGHT:... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412668/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:50:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412424/posts THOUSANDS OF Iranians gathered yesterday in the holy city of Qom to mourn Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri, the country’s most prominent dissident cleric and harshest critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. His death from natural causes at 87 was announced by his family early in the day. But the authorities, fearing demonstrations against the regime by the opposition Green Movement, withheld the news for 10 hours. He will be buried today at the shrine of Hazrate Masoumen, a female saint revered by Shias. Ayatollah Montazeri, one of the architects of the 1979 revolution that toppled the shah, was born in... IrishTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412424/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:52:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412412/posts This Saturday, to all those who have attended Olney’s Support the Troops Rally, YOU WERE OUT ON OLNEY’s CORNER “IN SPIRIT”. And those who have read the Olney AARs as we come up to our 4 Year Anniversary on January 2,2010, Thank You for your support. BELOW LEFT: Distant view of our red banner from Friday night thru Monday morning. BELOW RIGHT: Close up of banner, dah. That explanation is for any moonbats who are reading this AAR. BELOW LEFT: Saturday AM at the Olney Bunker. “Hey [Mrs] T - think we can make it up the hill?”. BELOW RIGHT:... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412412/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:35:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412015/posts Walter Reed, Week 244, 12/18/09 T’was the Friday Before Christmas Santa Arrives at Walter Reed FRONT GATE NOTES T’was the Friday Before Christmas and Santa joined the DC Chapter in Supporting the Troops and their Families.This past Friday night saw the beginning of what the lame stream media is now calling the great Blizzard of ’09. It began during our Support the Troops Friday night rally and ended early Sunday morning leaving 21 inches on the ground. But it didn’t scare the DC Chapter of Free Republic away from its 244th consecutive Friday night at the front gates of Walter... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412015/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:01:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411936/posts Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~ The Christmas Truce All info from this website.             You are standing up to your knees in the slime of a waterlogged trench.  It is the evening of 24 December 1914 and you are on the dreaded Western Front. Stooped over, you wade across to the firing step and... Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411936/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:00:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411931/posts Subject: DO NOT GIVE UP! Senate Watch TONIGHT with NATIONWIDE Virtual Vigil Greetings Patriots,It is five days before Christmas and it looks as if the Scrooges in DC aren't packing it up and going home.  Instead, they have decided to call Ba-humbug and pass this legislation that 61% of Americans do not support.  This past week, even Howard Dean came out and said it was not good for this country because it is a bailout for big insurance companies.  On Thursday, MoveOn.org sent a message to their members that they do not want the legislation passed either and that... Tea Party Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411931/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:47:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411453/posts Florida FReepers and others beware! Dem operatives and other ne'er-do-wells are trying mightily to co-opt the Tea Party moniker. In Florida, a Democratic lawyer has registered the name "Tea Party" as an official party and has been recognized by the state as such. This clown is obviously trying to capitalize on the Tea Party name and fame and also trying to split conservatives and harm their effort to retake the Republican Party. Do not be fooled. Warning Will Robinson! Burn after reading... personal information http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411453/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:52:53 GMT