http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/freedom/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:14:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420532/posts How out-of-touch is the D.C. pundit class with the rest country? Look to John McLaughlin for the answer. During part two of "The McLaughlin Group 2009 Year-End Awards," McLaughlin, who has hosted the program since 1982, declared the concept of freedom, at least from a political standpoint in the United States, is overrated. "The most overrated is freedom," McLaughlin said. "When faced with economic uncertainty, people don't want freedom. When they can't see their economic future, they want the nanny state." Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420532/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:14:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2420118/posts We elected you on a promise of hope and change. You've disappointed us. In 2010, we are taking the country back. Blue collar democrats, independents, and conservatives. We love our country. We are proud of our founders. And we will fight to protect our traditions. We don't want your revolution. Youtube video 3:11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2420118/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:27:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420144/posts I have come to ask for the knees that tremble as you stand and say the words that make you whole. I am present in the prayer softly whispered, the chant with fists raised, and the shout. I have come to ask -- not for a king -- but for a farmer. A soldier. A teacher. A child. And if by chance you hear me speak the password primeval it’s not because I read it off a teleprompter, but because I hum the notes of an old song, that of your very creation. The song of your creation is Freedom’s... YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420144/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:07:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419747/posts And so the solstice passes and a new year dawns, leaving “newsmen” everywhere with a dearth of “news” to report (since the government bureaus close down, issuing no new edicts for the “newsmen” to interpret and praise, which should give you some indication of what really passes for “news,” these days.) Traditionally, those in the “news” business respond by taking a stab at predicting noteworthy events of the year to come. We can predict the future quite accurately. Unfortunately, accurate predictions are a bore. The sun will rise 363 more times this year. When I ask for extra salt and... Vin Suprynowicz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419747/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 00:34:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419567/posts I just got this first one from a friend and wish I had written it I'd call it: THE THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419567/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 17:29:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419298/posts America does not want a state church. England has a state church — the Anglican Church. America does not want one denomination considered The Nation’s Church. On the other hand, America has a religious heritage. It’s not Muslim. It’s not Hindu. It’s not Shinto. It’s not animism. It’s not New Age. It’s not Paganism. It’s not Voodoo. It’s Judeo-Christian. Allvoices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419298/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 02:25:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418659/posts Scott Brown is running for the United States Senate in Massachusetts in the Special Election on January 19. Scott Brown is having a nationwide moneybomb on January 11 www.RedInvadesBlue.com YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418659/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:18:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418573/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press has learned that the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and was not searched. A former senior intelligence official says the man was being courted as an informant and that it was the first time he had been brought inside the camp. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418573/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:18:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418367/posts The US has released the leader of an Iranian-backed Shia terror group behind the kidnapping and murder of five US soldiers in Karbala in January 2007.Qais Qazali, the leader of the Asaib al Haq or the League of the Righteous, was set free by the US military and transferred to Iraqi custody in exchange for the release of British hostage Peter Moore, US military officers and intelligence officials told The Long War Journal. The US military directly implicated Qais in the kidnapping and murder of five US soldiers in Karbala in January 2007. “We let a very dangerous man go,... Live War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418367/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:43:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418419/posts Editor's Note: Originally posted yesterday at Gaze of a Nation, I share it with readers today, unedited, due to the time-sensitive nature of its content. Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418419/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:53:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418365/posts TREASON - This word imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of allegiance. The Constitution of the United States, Art. III, defines treason against the United States to consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort. This offense is punished with death. By the same article of the Constitution, no person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. Huntington Political Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418365/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:38:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418349/posts Revealed! 100-year-old memo from Department of Horses Posted: December 31, 2009 1:00 am Eastern By Franklin Raff Men are not always enslaved as a result of kidnapping, piracy or war. We often surrender our freedoms willingly, in the name of safety, and in increments we barely notice. Moreover, we become accustomed to the successive changes, degree by degree, over long periods of time, until we "suddenly" find ourselves living – or barely living – in conditions we might once have thought impossible. Exactly a century ago, when the horse was still our primary mode of short-distance transportation, the following memorandum... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418349/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:23:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2416619/posts How much more evil does Islam have to visit upon the West before the West finally decides to decently fight back? How many more attempted massacres of 289 innocents, like Christmas Day over Detroit? How many more successful massacres like Bali (10/12/02), Madrid (3/11/04), London (7/7/05), Mumbai (7/11/06), Mumbai (11/26/08), and New York (9/11/01)? Does anyone seriously doubt that the Muslims are fanatically determined -- at the very least -- to set off simultaneous suitcase nuclear bombs in Washington DC and New York City? The likelihood here is they will succeed! The West ought to hate Islam. We ought to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2416619/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:34:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416528/posts Katy Graves 10 Dec. 2009 Free Men or Slaves? Almost every people group has been subjected to slavery and indentured servitude at some point in the history of our world. Our ancestors were treated like work animals. They were told what to do, how to do it, when to do it. They waited for their masters to give them food, clothing, and shelter. They were told what work they were capable of doing and allowed to only do that work. These people were “given” to each other to produce more workers and to bring money to their owners. They were... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416528/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:46:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416264/posts The December of 1989 marked the end of one of the most extraordinary six months of the century. Over that short period of time all of the communist-run dictatorships in Eastern Europe collapsed as the people of those countries sought freedom. The execution of the Romanian tyrant Nicolae CeauÅŸescu on Christmas Day of that year brought the revolutions to an end with a bang. An ideologically and economically exhausted Soviet Union stood by and did not do what it had done so many times in the past: send in tanks to crush these rebellions. That countryÂ’s Communist Party boss, Mikhail... The Atlas Society - The Center for Objectivism http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416264/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:26:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416074/posts Freedom fighters in Iran and China pay a high price this Christmas. In Iran and China, Christmas weekend brought two inspiring examples of the high price that men and women are still willing to pay in the eternal struggle for political freedom. In Beijing, the Chinese Communists ignored the protests of more than a dozen countries and sentenced 53-year-old literary critic Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for the crime of peacefully agitating for democracy. His verdict came after a two-hour, closed-door trial Wednesday from which diplomats, his wife and his chosen lawyer were barred. "When he decides to... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416074/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:28:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415967/posts Here is video of the nephew of Iranian opposition leader Ali Mousavi, reportedly laying on the ground shot in the back on Azadi Street, or Freedom Street, during clashes in which security forces reportedly fired on demonstrators. There were protests all across Tehran today against the thug Ahmadinejad's regime. A crowd in the Southern city of Sajin also fought police today to try and rescue two prisoners who were being hanged. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415967/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:02:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415422/posts A Michigan man who was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 says he witnessed Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab trying to board the plane in Amsterdam without a passport, and believes at least one other person from the flight was arrested on Friday at Detroit Metro Airport. Kurt Haskell of Newport, Mich., who posted an earlier comment about his experience, talked exclusively with MLive.com and confirmed he was on the flight by sending a picture of his boarding pass. He and his wife, Lori, were returning from a safari in Uganda when they boarded the NWA flight on Friday. Kurt HaskellLori and... mlive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415422/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415319/posts Father reported him to US Authorities six months ago The young man, who yesterday night attempted to ignite an explosive device aboard a Delta Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, Michigan in the United States has been identified as Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old son of Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, former First Bank chairman. Mutallab, a former minister and prominent banker recently retired from the bank's board. The older Mutallab, as at the time of filing this report, had just left his Katsina hometown for Abuja to speak with security agencies, family sources say. According to the family members, Mutallab... This Day http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415319/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:45:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415332/posts The quote below is like the firing pin hitting the primer on a 357 magnum round. We are indeed seeing the destructive edge of unlimited government and the ultimate disenfranchising of the private citizens rights. “If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions’ authors (James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, respectively), it will continue to grow – regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government power.” –Thomas E. Woods http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415332/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:24:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415081/posts Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that Congress has the authority to mandate that people buy health insurance and that there is no constitutional limit on Congress’ power to enact such mandates, adding that this unlimited authority stemmed from the Commerce clause of the Constitution. And apparently 59 other Democrat senators agree with her. It is my understanding that the intent of the commerce clause is to assign the responsibility of regulating commerce (the transportation and trading of goods with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes) to the central government, taking the law-making responsibility for... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415081/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414835/posts As we approach the celebration of Christ's birth, I am reminded of the words of John Quincy Adams. On July 4, 1837, he spoke these words: "Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day? ... Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414835/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:10:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2414749/posts Earlier today the US Senate passed a sweeping new law of mind-numbing complexity and bureaucracy which dictates a vast government take-over of the medical industry, and which is likely to devastate virtually the entire health care sector. All these new government schemes, scams, mandates, and dictates just about gaurantee that health care costs will skyrocket, health care quality will plummet, and people will die like flys. Together with the recent, various, industry-wide "bail-outs," and economic "stimuluses" of the past two years, Big Brother has really hammered us in at least three different ways. It would have been far, far better... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2414749/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:21:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414744/posts It is 2009's quiet story -- quiet because it's about what didn't happen, which can be as important as what did. In this highly partisan year, we did not see a sharpening of the battles over religion and culture. Yes, we continued to fight over gay marriage, and arguments about abortion were a feature of the health-care debate. But what's more striking is that other issues -- notably economics and the role of government -- trumped culture and religion in the public square. The culture wars went into recession along with the economy. The most important transformation occurred on the... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414744/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414518/posts Calling all red blooded, Patriotic Americans! It’s time for another march on Washington DC. On the date of the State of the Union address, January 20, 2010. Facebook http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414518/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:28:11 GMT