http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/freedom/ en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:56:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051790/posts Heritage Lecture #1094 Delivered June 27, 2008The Heritage Foundation founded the Index of Economic Freedom in 1995 as a way for countries to measure progress and compare themselves in what we believe is an essential ingredient of prosperity— namely, economic freedom. The Index is now in its 14th edition, and it is co-published with the Wall Street Journal.[1]Over the years, it has been interesting to see how competitive some countries have become regarding their own scores in the Index. In fact, sometimes gov­ernments actually try to persuade us to give them a better score. We steadfastly refuse to be lobbied... The Heritage Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051790/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:56:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051654/posts This edition features mentoring Iraqi Policeman and an Iraqi Army exercise. American Forces Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051654/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:04:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050619/posts Former Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown is waging war on California suburbs because of global warming, says Joel Kotkin, a presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University. Brown is concerned about the alleged environmental damage caused by the suburbs. He wants to compel residents to move to city centers or to high-density developments clustered near mass transit lines: • Brown has threatened to file suit against municipalities that shun high-density housing in favor of building new suburban single-family homes, on the grounds that they will pollute the environment. • He is also backing controversial legislation -- Senate bill 375 --... National Center for Policy Analysis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050619/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:37:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049295/posts Gasoline is at over $4 a gallon in late summer of an election year. Once upon a time, incumbent congressmen and senators would have reacted to this about as well as Dracula to sunlight and crucifixes. And they would have rushed to get prices lower by the first Tuesday in November, so as to best protect their precious re-elections. But not this year. Democrats have stopped all attempts to increase domestic drilling with the ruthless efficiency of The Terminator. On its face, this would seem to be an insane and suicidal move. Even with a biased mainstream media giving them... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049295/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:25:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048502/posts [note: You won't read this in five minutes] Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.: Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and the fifth Margaret Thatcher Freedom Lecture.The Margaret Thatcher Lecture series began in Sep­tember 2006, with a major speech by former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky on the subject, "Is Free­dom for Everyone?" It was followed by lectures on economic freedom and religious freedom by Hernan­do de Soto and Michael Novak, and by Ambassador John Bolton's lecture "Does the United Nations Advance the Cause of Freedom?"Our distinguished speaker today is Victor Davis Han­son, who will address the theme, "In Defense of Liberty: The... The Heritage Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048502/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:35:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048460/posts The Mossad secret was involved in the operation to free hostage Ingrid Betancourt from Colombian rebels, AFP quoted a Spanish newspaper as reporting on Sunday. Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, right, greets her daughter Melaine Delloye after Melanie arrived from France to a military base in Bogota. Photo: AP Slideshow: Pictures of the week According to the report, American and French secret services were also involved. "Mossad, the US, and French intelligence services worked for more than a year with the Colombian authorities to develop the plan," the story run by Vanguardia claimed, citing an Israeli secret service source. The Jerusalem... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048460/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:16:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048273/posts Address on behalf of Senator Barry Goldwater Rendezvous with Destiny October 27, 1964 This speech is a verbatim transcript of "The Speech" given as a portion of a pre-recorded, nationwide televised program sponsored by Goldwater-Miller on behalf of Barry Goldwater, Republican candidate for the presidency whom Ronald Reagan actively supported. 4,626 words Thank you very much. Thank you and good evening. The sponsor has been identified, but unlike most television programs, the performer hasn't been provided with a script. As a matter of fact, I have been permitted to choose my own ideas regarding the choice that we face... The Reagan Library http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048273/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:16:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047787/posts At a town hall meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said that rival Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, had the "most extreme" record in the Senate. Kansas City Star reporter Dave Helling later asked McCain about that comment. "Extreme?" Helling asked. "You really think he's an extremist? I mean, he's clearly a liberal." "That's his voting record," responded McCain. "All I said was his voting record, and that is more to the left than the announced Socialist in the United States Senate, Bernie Sanders of Vermont." Asked Helling: "Do you think he's a socialist, Barack Obama?" "I don't... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047787/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:04:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047509/posts One of the unappreciated casualties of the War of 1861, erroneously called a Civil War, was its contribution to the erosion of constitutional guarantees of state sovereignty. It settled the issue of secession, making it possible for the federal government to increasingly run roughshod over Ninth and 10th Amendment guarantees. A civil war, by the way, is a struggle where two or more parties try to take over the central government. Confederate President Jefferson Davis no more wanted to take over Washington, D.C., than George Washington wanted to take over London. Both wars are more properly described as wars of... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047509/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:05:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045888/posts …After reading the comments on “The Lesser of Two Evils” I realized most of them could be divided into two groups: The “Strugglers” and The “Settlers”. Good.This perfectly describes the conditions before and after the founding of America. The only problem in this case is that the settlers of that time came after the struggle, not before. As long as there have been elections there have been those making the claim in one form or the other that, “this is the most pivotal election in history”. Strangely enough, they were probably all correct! Each time we have the opportunity to... fracturedrepublic.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045888/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:30:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045811/posts Links6th ColumnACTAmil ImaniAnnagedAmerican Border PatrolAmerican Patriot CouncilAmerican ThinkerAnswering IslamAnti-CAIRApostates of IslamAtlas ShrugsAyaan Hirsi AliBetter ImmigrationBibleMap.orgBlack FiveCAIR WatchCampus WatchClarity & ResolveCounterTerrorism BlogDaniel Pipes9/11 Conspiracy MythsDhimmitudeEFSHAe-VotingBooth.comExposing IslamFaithFreedom.orgFather O'MalleyFormer MuslimsFrontPageMag.comFrosty WooldridgeHugh HewittHistory of Terrorism (Israel)Immigration ControlIn The Name Of AllahInternet HaganahInvestigate IslamIran Military ForumIslam ReviewIslam: The Religion of Peace?Islam UndressedIslam - What The West Needs To KnowIslam WatchJewish Task ForceJihad WatchLiberal PinheadsLittle Green FootballsList IslamMEMRIMichelle MalkinMiddle East FactsMiddle East ForumMiddle East Info.orgMilitant Islam MonitorMinuteman HeadquartersMinuteman ProjectMIPT Terrorism Knowlege BaseMosque WatchMuhammadanismMuslimFact.comMuslim RefusenikNeal BoortzNegative Population ControlNo To Political IslamNortheast Intelligence Network Nuke Alert NumbersUSA.com Obsession - The MoviePalestinian Media WatchPatriotic Pillow ProjectPeople's Truth ForumProphet... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045811/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:00:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044573/posts Local toll road activist Terri Hall, the Spring Branch home schooling mom who's campaign against toll roads made her WOAI's San Antonian of the Year for 2007,. is taking her populist campaign nationwide. Hall is among the speakers for Saturday's 'Freedom March,' in Washington DC, organized by supporters of former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, and designed to keep alive his message of smaller government and vigilance against encroaching government power. "They wanted someone to speak about the Trans Texas Corridor, and what's happening here, and the eminent domain abuses, and how all these toll roads are tied to corporate... WOAI radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044573/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044272/posts If you’re a liberal goob or a PETA-loving tree-hugger, you might want to take a sedative before reading this… however, if you love your freedom to be a moron and want to protect it, you better go ahead and read anyway... If you’re a conservative, a Christian or both and don’t mind giving up your religion and your values, then just walk on and don’t look back… But neither group better say you were not warned. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Mama Jed) has once again predicted the demise of Israel. Monday, June 02, 2008 he promised that Muslims would uproot... fracturedrepublic.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044272/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:42:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044031/posts The English Speaking Nations are the Greatest Nations in the World By Christopher CookLet's face it... People are rotten. Governments are rotten. Human history is mostly slaughter, oppression, and privation. True freedom—in the context of civil government that protects that freedom—is a relatively recent phenomenon. English history was made by humans, and by the governments the they empowered or suffered to rule over them. And it is a history filled with the kind of rotten behavior by people and governments that we have seen in every corner of the globe for all of human history. And yet... ...something put the... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044031/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:30:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043621/posts For Americans the Fourth of July marks national independence, but the holiday has become symbolic of a more universal cause: human liberty. The development of human freedom, in theory and in practice, is in large measure the story of Christianity. How we understand the past influences how we live in the present, which is why debates about history can be so rancorous. Whether Christianity is a vehicle of oppression or a force for liberation is a question whose answer has remained contentious for two millennia. For many, Christianity is oppressive. For them, the Christian religion is associated with the Crusades,... Acton Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043621/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:12:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042198/posts <p>Happened to come across this web site that was devoted to the Obama birth certificate issue. It looks like the Obama SS troops acted like Nazi's and scared this guy to shut his site down.</p> http://www.birthcertificatenow.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042198/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 02:57:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042179/posts This edition features a mass re-enlistment ceremony, U.S. service members explaining why they are proud to serve, and a bazaar celebration for the 4th of July. http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21033&Itemid=163 Freedom Journal Iraq, July 6 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042179/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 02:03:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042011/posts Barbara Walters: Syrian Dictator 'Charming,' 'Intelligent' By Justin McCarthy | July 7, 2008 - 15:31 Surprise! Barbara Walters visits an anti-American dictator and returns with very nice remarks about him. Returning from the week long break on "The View" July 7, Barbara Walters described how she spent America’s birthday, and the celebration of a document denouncing tyranny, with an anti-American tyrant.While most Americans celebrated Independence Day with fireworks and barbeques, Barbara Walters spent the occasion dining with Syrian leader Bashir al-Assad, whom Walters described as "intelligent" and "charming" who wants "very much to have good relations with us." Perhaps... NewsBusters.Org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042011/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:14:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041771/posts Think there's no such thing as too much parking? Take a look at Tysons Corner, where there's more parking than jobs, more parking than office space, more parking than in downtown Washington. That must change, said advocates and politicians seeking to transform Virginia's largest business hub from suburb to city. Reducing parking, charging for parking and finding new uses for the acres of parking that separate Tysons' buildings and the people inside is at the heart of plans to remake the area.... "Who wants parking spaces to be the hallmark of a development?" said Clark Tyler, chairman of a Fairfax... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041771/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:34:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2041308/posts The flame of which America is the white-hot heart is the living fire of the West. But who knew I would find one of the most moving descriptions of what the United States represents in one of my youngest son’s books? Rick Riordan has created Percy Jackson, son of a human woman and Poseidon, the (Greek) God of the Sea. In The Lightning Thief, Percy discovers what it means to be a half-blood; that the gods truly are immortal—and they are living in America: Explains Charon the Centaur: “Come now, Percy. What you call ‘Western civilization.’ Do you think it’s... WhenWeAreQueen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2041308/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 02:36:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041114/posts For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryJuly 5, 2008 President's Radio Address   President's Radio Address  Audio  En Español       Independence Day THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This weekend, Americans are celebrating the anniversary of our Nation's independence. Two hundred and thirty-two years ago, our Founding Fathers came together in Philadelphia to proclaim that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The man who wrote those immortal words was Thomas Jefferson. Yesterday, I celebrated the Fourth of July at Monticello, Jefferson's home in Virginia. While there,... WhiteHouse.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041114/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:52:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040853/posts TODAY, the 232nd anniversary of the day our Declaration of Independence rang out in Philadelphia, we rightly honor the men who debated and signed the document: Jefferson, Adams, Franklin and their colleagues. Yet, after that glorious declaration was signed in ink, it had to be counter-signed in blood. Without men willing to take up arms and fight for the freedoms the Founding Fathers asserted, the words themselves would have secured us nothing. It took courage to affix a signature to the Declaration. But it had taken another kind of courage entirely to stand at Lexington and Concord the year before.... nypost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040853/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:47:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040958/posts Independence Day 2008 finds the United States too dependent on foreign oil and in a surly mood about the president, Congress, food prices, home values and much else. Americans need to reassert a national character trait to put the country back on a more productive path. That trait is American exceptionalism, the product of mixing individualism, freedom and national vision. This virtue, first identified by Alexis de Tocqueville in his 1835 treatise "Democracy in America," has led to unrivaled private and public accomplishment: from the westward expansion that built a continental nation to NASA's mission to colonize the moon; from... The Riverside County Press-Enterprise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040958/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 03:40:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2040883/posts Rembember! Robert Drobot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2040883/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:56:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040837/posts CNN) -- How would the likes of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin feel about the way the United States has turned out 232 years after declaring its independence? Most Americans say they're proud to be citizens, but most also think the Founding Fathers wouldn't be pleased. Not pleased, a majority of Americans recently polled said. According to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, 69 percent of adult Americans who responded to a poll June 26-29 said the signers of the Declaration of Independence would be disappointed by the way the nation has turned out overall. Twenty-nine percent responded "pleased," the... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040837/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:41:42 GMT