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Who is the ultimate authority on whether a homeland security surveillance measure is appropriate: the president, Congress, or the Supreme Court? According to its president, the answer is the American Library Association. Dom Giordano, talk show host for Philadelphia’s radio station WPHT 1210-AM, interviewed American Library Association (ALA) president Michael Gorman on February 9. One of issues addressed concerned the ALA’s policy towards governmental investigation of library patron’s reading materials. During the interview Gorman reiterated the policy of the ALA, which instructs librarians to ensure that any search warrants they receive from the FBI regarding library records are legal. They...

 To view all related posts, use the "keyword database"-- KEYWORDS: AFTERMATH; HURRICANE; KATRINA; TROPICAL;    Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII    Previous Threads: Katrina Live Thread, Party XIIKatrina Live Thread, Part XIKatrina Live Thread, Part XKatrina Live Thread, Part IXHurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIIIHurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIIHurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIHurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VHurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IVHurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part IIIKatrina Live Thread, Part IIHurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I   And a special hattip to our own  NautiNurse  who started and maintained the above valuable posts--   ==================================================================================   First...

Christian family butchered in NJ -- big thread at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1321798/posts?q=1&&page=1#1  'I don't want you to join me, I want you to join bin Laden'(Paltalk connection to NJ murders?)  See thread: here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313753/posts for information.  Four family members slain in their Jersey City, NJ home   FAMILY OF 4 SLAUGHTERED   'ISLAMIC HATE' EYED IN SLAYS(threatened for making anti-Muslim remarks online)   Slaying of 4 may be tied to (Islamic) religious extremism (NJ Christian family had throats slit)   ISLAMIC HATE' EYED IN SLAYS   Islamics suspected in multiple slaying in NJ   Tension between Copts, Muslims also immigrated    I...

 Below is maybe the best summary of this treason.  http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=4656    This is the most interesting thread I have been on in sometime. This is when FR shines if you ask me because everyone is adding more of the puzzle pieces--  THE 9/11 COMMISSION IN MORTAL DANGER -- The best summary I've read yet about this massive coverup. Anyone doubt what Sandy berger was trying to shove down his pants now?  Archives Search Results.. Sandy Berger and SoxGate  The Gorelick article index Agreed -- it is explosive. Therefore, the media will start making excuses and hide the facts. Folks in new...

WHO IS JOHN KERRY? (RNC RESEARCH)Posted on 01/22/2003 7:41 PM PST by PhiKapMom Who Is John Kerry? A Massachusetts Liberal Out Of Touch With America. “Kerry is .     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1062408/posts Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry (apparently new web site)Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry ^ | on or before January 21, 2004 | U.S. Veteran Dispatch     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1062220/posts What You Don’t Know About John KerryNewsmax. ^ | Jan. 20, 2004 | Chuck Noe It's about time somebody put together the real biography of John Kerry. All one hears nowadays is his "Vietnam hero" lines. Before this campaign is over,...

Use the keyword database to see all the articles:  KEYWORDS: CINDYSHEEHAN;    Drudge Focuses on Vacaville Mom ( Cindy Sheehan Responds with Lying Press Release) -- The original Vacaville Reporter article was first found by Freeper tgslTakoma Saturday evening on Cindy Sheehan's own Website.  Cindy Sheehan's Website has now scrubbed the original article.     He Acted Like It Was A Party’? (Cindy Sheehan Busted!)      PROTESTING SOLDIER MOM CHANGED STORY ON BUSH (Cindy Sheehan)  --tgslTakoma did the legwork on this story yesterday (as usual) on this thread:"** http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1458638/postsAnd here, too: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1458809/posts  Freeper DrDeb compiled a good list of people...

 The original, huge thread:   BLAST AT CITY TUBE STATION - SEVEN EXPLOSIONS AROUND LONDON     Live Media Links Here     NEWS UPDATE: London Bombing (Preliminary Facts and Figures)     Key points on the London blasts -- What's getting the biggest laugh is that these morons might actually think that a city that went thru the Blitz and the IRA campaign will EVER be defeated by a bunch of goat farmers.    London explosions: Blair statement     Blair vows terrorists won't win    Blasts fit al-Qaeda pattern: analysts    George Galloway: "Give in, Britain"    Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat...

  Supreme Court's illegal ruling (on cap punishment) should TRIGGER THE NUCLEAR OPTION -- The problem is, SCOTUS is basically immune to public opinion. Which can be a good thing or a bad thing. We can protest at SCOTUS until we are blue in the face - but I doubt Sandra Day O'Connor would care. Now, if governors told SCOTUS that their ruling was illegitimate and carried no influence on their state perogatives, now THAT would get the attention of SCOTUS.    A MOVE TOWARD DEMOCRACY ... AND THAT'S A DANGEROUS MOVE    The Supreme Court and Foreign Law...

This is a small collection of links, organized into four consecutive categories:1- A look back from now. 2- The 9-11 attack "as it went down, live..."3- The aftermath.4- Remembrance.As with all such posts, there are links within links within links, and to fully remember and inform yourself, you need to follow them all- but be warned! Some will take you to gruesome pictures and disturbing stories, so tread carefully.I honestly believe that most Americans need to view these things, and never forget, or forgive, what was visited on defenseless and innocent people on that black day.Use your own judgement, but...

 Firsthand reports from days 5 and 6 of Minuteman Project -- The Minuteman Project takes this to a whole new level. There will be no denying that the border traffic can be stopped if there is someone there with the will to actually stop it.    After incident, man asked to leave Minuteman Project -- Thanks for the info the MSM won't report...    The Minutemen Will Make A Fool Of President Bush -- The Minuteman project is proving that the "Border Patrol" has not been doing their job - a job that has been rather limited by the "powers...

Normally, I link without commentary aside from brief quips or quotes.   "You're Next..."  Just keep that concept firmly in mind when you remember Terri.   My links lead to much commentary and other links- use them all, and you will "get it," if you do not already.     This is the Roe v Wade of our time. That is why so many are so angry at the GOP and Bush. Roe v Wade defined legally when life begins, at birth, now Terry will define life ends when you can no longer communicate clearly a desire to live. We...

In the Blogosphere, Lightning Strikes Thrice    O'Malley Blames GOP Plot For Rumors (MD GOVERNOR'S AID FIRED FOR FREE REPUBLIC POSTS)    No Bids but Lots of Bite at Budget Panel Hearing (NCPAC Mentioned)    Ehrlich: "Rogue Operation" (free republic/Gov. Ehrlich story about Mayor O'Malley's cheating)  click here for more info back story licks there as well as better discussion :)  Jim Robinson's short and cryptic reply re what really happened in the Md Gov mess and Free Republic: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1341174/posts?page=20#20  MD4Bush posted, "Yeah, he cheats on his wife. I heard that he is not allowed in the house and is...

Here is a pretty good current summary of the situation: The Shot Heard Round the World   The echoes of the big Internet bang which annihilated a 60 Minutes story in under 12 hours are still resounding. The key riffs apparently started at Powerline and as Samizdata notes, the distributed intelligence of the Internet took over. Under the scrutiny of thousands of analysts, the CBS story began to melt down.   The start of it all:  Documents Suggest Special Treatment for Bush in Guard   -more- The Thread that broke the Camels Back:Post 47, and the Freepers who busted C.B.S. Let us...

The beginning:   Note date: Posted on 09/01/2004 2:52:44  Armed men seize school in Russian region on North Ossetia, reports say       Cult of Death   PUTIN ADVISER: SCHOOL TERRORISTS GOT ORDERS FROM ABROAD (DURING BESLAN SIEGE)   Wesley Pruden : Time to Wake Up the Girlie Men    Russia Buries its Dead-Toll Rises to 394, 260 Others Missing    Shaking Up Islam in America    From NRO---Regarding Beslan   Just maybe opinion is stirring, a prominent arab journalist wrote this weekend that 'all terrorists are moslem' etc, wonder how long before he's killed, on the other hand an...

Here are the results of a boolean search of Free Republic for +corruption +fraud.Corruption, along with vote fraud ( already covered here: -The Vote Fraud Archives-- )...are the two most destructive forces working against a representative form of government like our own. Senate adopts new criminal penalties for corporate fraud, but NOT Union fraud (New Orleans) City Hall corruption sweep begins News/Activism by keyword FBI CORRUPTION Gene Giacumbo goes through the looking-glass [Free Republic] Scandal of HIV blood sold as safe by South Africans [Free Republic] Archives: Robert Ray's Prosecution and Conviction of Archie Schaffer (Before the Clinton Pardon) [Free...

Here is a partial selection of articles & stories we have on Vote Fraud-- you can, of course, click here:   VOTE FRAUD;   ...to access the entire database.   What is signifigant- perhaps critical and unique- about this election is how these stories appeared before the election. Normally, they surface too late to do anything about them.     Click: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772292/posts MD. Dem Guv candidate summons dead earlyNBC eve. news "The reporter DID say that polls showed it may be "backfiring" some fifty-odd percent to twenty-eight percent...."   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772334/posts?page=22#22 IPOL TO USE HIGH TECH TO DETECT AND PREVENT VOTER...

Annan's son caught   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1068887/posts "No Blood for Oil"- bribery & corruption worldwidevarious FR links | 01-31-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095509/posts Kofi Annan's son implicated in Oil for Food!Foxnews on air ^ | 3/11/04 | Foxnews     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095781/posts Kojo & KofiNRO ^ | 3/11/04 | Claudia Rosett     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095532/posts The Oil-for-Food Scandal ~ WSJ. The Wall Street Journal. ^ | March 11, 2004 | THERESE RAPHAEL       http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095444/posts AFTER THE WAR: The Oil-For-Food Scandal (long)The Wall Street Journal (opinionjournal.com) ^ | 11 March 2004 | Therese Raphael     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095623/posts Mercenary intrigue...

  Sea surges kill thousands in Asia -tragedia"9,500 people have been killed" -- Yahoo News now says the death toll is nearing 12,000. This is an enormous tragedy.  Tsunamis hit south India; over 1,800 dead  Bodies line south India beaches; tsunami kills up to 3,000  Personal reports from the Asian disaster    Chittagong, Bangladesh has been hit by a 7.36 quake -- So, don't they say that when there's a big earthquake there's usually one on the opposite side of the globe? Because the closest big fault opposite this one seems to be the New Madrid...      IRIS Seismic Monitoring...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1050959/posts What they're saying about "Onward Muslim Soldiers" - An expose of militant Islam.JihadWatch ^ The FREEPERS Guide To Islamic Terror Websites - CYBERTERRORISM (And It's Sponsors)     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1052371/posts Palestinian Children Say the Deadliest Things FrontPageMagazine.com ^ | 1/06/04 | Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook, Jerusalem Post     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1051593/posts The Myth of Mecca (oldie but goodie)pol usa ^ | 9/27/2001 | By Jack Wheeler     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1051529/posts ISLAM IN AMERICA, PART 1 WorldNet Daily.com ^ | 1-3-04 | Sherrie Gossett     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1049887/posts Palestinian Authority Sermons 2000-2003(Barf Alert; CODE RED)Memri ^ | December 26, 2003 No.24 | By:...

  The Manifesto of Pukin Dog    The Dawn of New Media    A New Era of Credibility     A revolution in news    Bloggers knew!    Blogs: Halting the march of the mainstream media  What is happening is that for the first time in decades, if not ever, the power of the mainstream media (MSM) in the United States is being seriously challenged by a mostly ragtag army of outsiders armed with little more than the internet. The age of the blogger is upon us.  I think of it as a gestalt- the sum of the whole, together, is...

Homosexual Agenda: Categorical Index of Links (Revision 1.1) Category Year Title Posted On FreeRepublic Adoption   2002 Pediatrics Group Endorses Homosexual Adoption     Trophy children Yes Bible   2003 What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality, Adultery...     What does the Bible actually say about being gay? Yes     The Christian Confronted by Homosexuality Yes     Talmud on Homosexuality     Is banning the Bible next?     Christianity and Homosexuality Yes     A divisive debate over the Bible spotlighted Episcopalians' OK for gay bishop   2002 Responding to Pro-Gay Theology   1999 The...

Mohammed, The Mad Poet Quoted.... Not too long ago I was listening to the radio, Bill O'Reilly on KFMB, as I recall. During his show, Bill was talking about some passages from the Koran that had appeared in print that seemed to contradict much of the CAIR and other Islamic apologist propaganda. During the program a man, a Muslim, called in to the show to accuse O'Reilly of being unfair and taking things out of context, etc. He then said that you need to have an Imam explain these passages to you so you can understand their meaning. This of...

 Prominent Muslim lauds van Gogh slaying, blesses murderer     Imminent attacks on Hirsi Ali and Wilders prevented [captured TROP terrorists targeted 2 Dutch MPs]    Dutch Muslims dismayed by anti-Islamic backlash    Netherlands Confirms Iraq Pull-out    Motive sought in New York subway bomb plot (1997)    Anti-Muslim backlash grows in Netherlands     Dutch mosque hit by suspected arson attack (Another Mosque)     Mosque set on fire in Netherlands  Yes I am Dutch. People here have been terrorized by muslims for the past decade: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/573603/postshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/582864/postshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/687216/posts (more links in the 3rd one). In their schools they tell their children to...

Friends and neighbors, there is a great storm gathering across the World- or perhaps you could call it a gathering of bonfires which threaten to join into a conflagration. When World War One began, it was said"All across Europe, the lights of civilization are being extinguised. We shall not see them relit in our time..."I suggest that now a somewhat opposite process is being started- first one fire of terrorism, then another is being lit- the question is, can we put them out?What follows are links for a quick overview- it's what I could pull quickly from my own collection,...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/946730/posts What Bush really said about Iraq -- excerpt from Bush's SOTU (REMINDER)(w. my major points about it)White House ^ | January 28, 2003 | President George W. Bush The Internet will spell the death of the Democrats. For ages, they've been able to control public opinion via their lackeys in the media. Now the public has access to the truth.     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/946281/posts WHO LIED TO WHOM? (The Original Seymour Hersh Article About Uranium and Niger That Started It All!)The New Yorker ^ | March 31, 2003 | Seymour M. Hersh This seems to have been the first "mainstream"...

Yes, Down My Pants. Oh, Like You Haven't?   Berger Story -- Dem Talking Points -- It's The Timing of the Leak, Not the Offense!  Just ask them how many classified documents they have "inadvertantly" stuck in their pants.  The People will fixate on the "Sandburglar".      Berger Theft Summarized by me, Kerry and Clinton Connections, and Implications...     Fallout Continues Over Clinton Aide's Handling of Secret Memos   "inadvertantly" is the DNC talking point of the day.    Clinton’s Former Aide Drops Windfall in the Lap of Bush Campaign    SANDY BERGER QUITS KERRY CAMPAIGN!  I like...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1117538/posts Sensenbrenner Calls on Gorelick to Resign From Sept. 11 CommissionTampa Bay on line (AP) ^ | 04-14-04 | The Associated Press Kinda blows a hole the size of the Grand Canyon into this whole "Independent, Non-partisan" 9/11 Commission, eh?The only person who previously knew about this memo was Gorelick and she was covering up to protect herself.     -And already, information on the internet is being "scrubbed"-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1117286/posts?page=26#26     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1117388/posts GORELICK GATE: Gorelick Memo Exposes 'Feckless' Clinton PolicyInsight On The News ^ | April 13, 2004 | By Kenneth R. Timmerman     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1117383/posts GORELICK GATE: Rule...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1051426/posts Dem Ad Morphs Bush into Hitlernewsmax ^ | 010404   See for yourself and decide HERE     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1052030/posts (Website Democrats.com founded by former Clinton Administration) Democrats Defend Bush-Hitler AdNewsMax ^ | 1/5/04 I swear...these so-called adults act like little children. I don't think I've ever seen (Clinton & Associates) such an immature group of people in my life. No wonder they hate the latest occupant of the WH; they just can't stand that the adults are back in charge...as they throw their childish temper tantrums. I've always believed liberals were adults who never grew up...and they keep proving...

Once again, Latin America is catching fire...   Dubious? Here's a partial selection of our stories... be certain to follow the "links within the links" and use the bump lists and "keyword" tabs to see all of the data.     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/774054/posts US scents political shift in Latin AmericaFT.com ^ | Oct 22 2002 | Richard Lapper"I don't know what it is about Latin America, but they seem incapable of governing themselves. Everything goes to extremes..."     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/762587/posts Democracy Has Failed, Say ArgentinesBBC News ^ | October 3, 2002 | Peter Greste Republic vs. Democracy: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/762587/posts?page=20#20     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/774838/posts...

Over the past few months I have noticed and noted a repeated question from FR members:   "What will they( the appeasers, enablers, obstructionists and refusenicks of the Left )do when the dungeon doors of Saddam's criminal regime swing open and the victims of his brutality pour out and tell their tales to a horrified world?"   Let's cull some links from our posts here:     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/889159/posts Mountains of baby food stashed in secret warehouses - Troops help with babiesyahoo.com ^ | April 9, 2003 | AP, Reuters The UN had better be getting ready for some serious questions....

According to sources from Baghdad, Iraq, a recent series of violent murders of Assyrian Christians in the Baghdad area has left many Assyrian Christians deeply concerned for their safety and well being. On July 25, 1997 the Arabic language newspaper Al-Hayat reported that the Iraqi National Congress announced that Uday, the son of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, had shot and killed an Assyrian girl earlier in June. The Assyrian girl, Asil Salman Mansour, was last seen walking home within the predominantly Christian Doura district of Baghdad. Witnesses reported that the girl was stopped by a "presidential" vehicle and was forced...

Audio link to ABC Nightly News broadcast declaring Osama a freind of Iraq as he sought WMDs.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925952/posts Alert Issued as U.S. Monkeypox Cases Grow to 37     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/925554/posts?page=39#39 Officials Scramble to Contain Monkeypox   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925529/posts Medical Alert (Global SARS Response & Bioterror Preparedness)     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925177/posts West Nile virus crops up early     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/924577/posts Identifying A Killer   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/922928/posts New kids' respiratory virusNews 24 (South Africa) ^           http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925789/posts Germ research gets urgent     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/924937/posts MYSTERY DISEASE KILLS 19 INDIAN INFANTS     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/921908/posts Researchers Discover Possible Diagnosis, Treatment, Vaccine For Mad Cow, Prion Diseases   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/916640/posts Cats Likely Source of SARS, Say Researchers (Chinese delicacy likely source of...

FR posted articles on UN Food for Oil program MASTER list THIS TOP ONE IS THE LATEST REPORT OUT OF THE USELESS NATIONS ON THE OIL FOR FOOD PROGRAM UN OIL FOR FOOD PROGRAM REPORT (what UN is really raking in) 2/22-28/03 UN deal leaves Iraq Kurds at Baghdad's mercy Oil, Food and a Whole Lot of Questions The Oil-for-U.N.-Jobs Program Kofi Annandersen: Enron-style accounting at the U.N. Oil-for-Food Program William Safire: Follow the money Bum's Rush for Butcher's Big, Bad Debts Don’t expect UN to clean up Iraq (a sane German alert!) U.N. crambles to Reclaim Role Amid Debate...

Here's what we have on the Dishonourable Mr. Galloway: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/897994/posts Labour Investigates Iraq Cash ClaimSky News ^ | 4/22/03 | Sky News     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/886368/posts Or: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/886136/posts Victim of Saddam makes Galloway shut up (Galloway alert!) The Telegraph ^ | Filed: 06/04/2003) | unknown     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/885700/posts British MP Galloway used fund for leukaemia girl to pay for Iraq trips (sickening) The Times (of London) ^ | April 05, 2003 | Dominic Kennedy     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/897567/posts Galloway was in Saddam's pay, say secret Iraqi documents (PACIFISTS ON SADDAM PAYROLL)The Daily Telegraph ^ | April 22, 2003 | David Blair  ...

As you all know, as conservatives, we believe it is good sometimes to spank our kids and our wife (ahem), as well as make love to the wife and tickle the children. Why? Because emotions of pleasure and pain etc, have a tendency to hard wire a learned fact. It is called the law of effect, and it is the enemy's strategy that aims at bypassing reason. The left is crude because the left is in a long range process of rewiring what people were taught at birth. They do not go beyond that, yet the scary thing is they...

The Damning Evidence: Iraq-Bin Laden Connection In an address on October 7, 2002, President Bush said: We know that Iraq and al Qaeda have had high-level contacts that go back for a decade…. Iraq could decide on any given day to provide a biological or chemical weapon to a terrorist group or individual terrorists. Alliance with terrorists could allow the Iraqi regime to attack America without leaving any fingerprints. Smoking Gun: Iraq Tempts Bin Laden To Attack West Posted by Uncle Bill 7 comments Posted on 09/18/2001 11:30 PM EDT Smoking Gun:Was bin Laden working with Iraq? Posted by...

<p>Did you know that any Free Republic topic can be a sidebar for you? Did you know you can remove any sidebar that you currently have? Did you know you can control how many posts show up in each sidebar, and what order the sidebars show up on your latest posts page?</p> <p>I have compiled this thread to help make the task of managing your sidebars easier.</p>

No. 1 independent newssite shoots up Alexa.com rankings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: January 13, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com WorldNetDaily has climbed to 995 on the Alexa.com website rankings of the largest websites in the world. Alexa.com is a ratings and website search partner of Amazon.com. As of yesterday, WorldNetDaily is ranked as the 995th largest website in the world over the last three months. It ranks considerably higher than that in more recent rankings – moving closer to the top 500 mark on a daily basis. Alexa's rankings show WorldNetDaily substantially larger and attracting bigger audiences than all of...

Humanitarian Work Progressing in Afghanistan By Kathleen T. Rhem American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2002 -- When coalition forces ousted the Taliban from Afghanistan last year, U.S. officials estimated up to 8 million Afghans were in danger of starving or freezing to death. "Thank goodness, very little of that happened," largely because of humanitarian efforts by the American and other governments and international aid organizations, a senior Defense Department official said in the Pentagon today. Much of the immediate potential for humanitarian disaster has passed, and much of the country is more secure than it's been in decades....

In an article in the Wall Street Journal, on October 5, 2001, Francis Fukuyama declared that his "end of history" thesis remains valid twelve years after he first presented it shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Fukuyama’s core argument was that after the defeat of Communism and National Socialism, no serious ideological competitor to Western-style liberal democracy was likely to emerge in the future. Thus, in terms of political philosophy, liberal democracy is the end of the evolutionary process. To be sure, there will be wars and terrorism, but no alternative ideology with a universal appeal...

Here is a partial list of our articles; for the full number, click the 'keyword' to access our database. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/769468/posts D.C. Terror Team?Newsmax ^ | Oct. 11, 2002 | John LeBoutillier Database:SNIPER; DC; FALLS CHURCH; MD; SEVEN CORNERS; SHOOTINGS; VA;   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/769460/posts Who Is the Sniper? Behind the Evil.NRO ^ | October 15, 2002, 9:00 a.m. | James S. Robbins   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/769346/posts Beltway Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary-Tuesday, Oct. 15Fox News, CNN, Press Conferences | October 15, 2002 | Fox News, CNN, Press Conferences   http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/768937/posts Poll Question: Do you think the sniper has U.S. military experience? WEAU TV 13 ^  ...

ASHINGTON, June 7— A re-examination of years of terrorist plots and attacks around the world, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, suggests that American intelligence agencies profoundly underestimated Al Qaeda's reach and aspirations for more than a decade as it grew from obscurity into a global terrorist threat, lawmakers and investigators said this week.As Congressional investigators look back far beyond the series of signals missed before the Sept. 11 attacks, they are seeking answers to many questions about Al Qaeda that law enforcement and intelligence agencies still cannot answer themselves, officials said.In particular, they said, Congressional investigators are trying...

In light of the escalating conflict between India & Pakistan, here are some links to bring everyone up to speed: Our own articles regarding aspects of the conflict: -FR search of recent "India" posts---FR search of recent "Pakistan" posts---FR search of recent "nuclear" posts-- Some more specific information:CIA -- The World Factbook -- IndiaDescription: An overview of the country's government, economy, population, system of transportation, and military. Category: Kids and Teens > School Time > Social Studies > World Cultures > Asia > IndiaCIA -- The World Factbook -- PakistanDescription: Political and geographical information about Pakistan. Category: Regional > Asia > Pakistan > Guides and Directories A Glance at Indian, Pakistani Nuclear Arsenals British Military Preparing for Nuclear War Aftermath-India Situation 'Desperately Serious'...

For years I have tried to warn people about the heating up of trouble spots "south of the border" ( Central & South America ), the inter-linking of terrorist groups there and elsewhere, and the Cuban/left-wing ties to all this.Here are links, pulled from other links & posts, to give you a heads-up on "what the media doesn't want to talk about...." China's Whampoa Ltd. opens port in Bahamas Unresolved Questions- the Panama canal, good, bad, or a waiting disaster?--thread II Fidel May Be Part of Terror Campaign Yes, Cuba is a terrorist nation Castro: "Iran and Cuba, in cooperation ...

<p>WASHINGTON — President Bush said Saturday that Congress must deliver on prescription drugs for Medicare, a promise made by Bush and congressional candidates across the country.</p> <p>"Medicare is an essential program, but it has not kept pace with the advances in medicine," Bush said in his weekly radio address. "We need to do more to fulfill Medicare's promise."</p>

Fifth Edition of The Lexicon of FreeRepublic, culled from the original thread and subsequent editions. Thanks to the many Freepers who contributed! FreeRepublic Glossary Alpha Freeper - Top tier Freeper who can post most anything and draw dozens of replies from other alpha Freepers. Anti-Freeper - See Freeper Lore. Arkancide = Mysterious death that somehow manages to happen to former friends of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Usually ruled a "suicide" by the "controlling legal authorities" that happen to be conducting the investigation. Usually the body is found with all the fixin's; suicide note (in two or more handwriting styles), unregistered...

VANNROX BOOKMARK LINKS COMPILED 04-26-02COLLECTION 4 O.J. Simpson sued by lawyers for unpaid bill Pakistani Man Arrested In Plot To Blow Up Power Stations (They're Known For a Yr!) Russian Vagrant Eats Zoo's Rare Bird Taxes and the General Welfare "African Bible" Discourages "White" Christianity. "Another" Machu Picchu City Discovered! "That's Right, We're At War!" "Whip Me. Beat Me. Tax Me. Enslave Me: Shall We Pay Reparations to Taxpayers?" $301,000 cash in grocery bags raised doubts '72 Black Eyed Virgins': A Muslim Debate on the Rewards of Martyrs 'Arab terrorists' crossing border: Middle Eastern illegals find easy entrance into...

I am migrating various files I have accumulated on "Friends of Bill"- you all recall that One-Man Crime Wave who has thankfully become history?... and I am posting them here for all to see and use.Feel free to copy, re-send, and otherwise disseminate anything you care to.I apolgize for any weird formatting; they worked OK when compiled, but changes in the board sometimes cause strange problems with older files of links. Some links may be dead, they are FYI, FWIW.Bear in mind you too can create similar lists using these:HotBot Description: An advanced search engine. There are many configurable options,...

LINKS to Hugo Chavez's "government" June 2001 - March 2002 I'm keeping track of Hugoland formally known as Venezuela. Please LINK any stories or add what you wish to this thread. The above LINK takes you to past articles posted before the new FR format. Below I'll add what I've catalogued since that LINK no longer could take posts. (March 1, 2002)-- Venezuela's strongman faces widespread calls to step down By Phil Gunson | Special to The Christian Science Monitor [Full Text] CARACAS, VENEZUELA - The man who won Venezuelan hearts three years ago as a strongman who could deliver...