http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/godblessamerica/ en-us Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:09:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403062/posts This Thanksgiving, my husband and I were deeply aware of the many things we have to be thankful for — chief among them being the fact that we are once again living in the United States. As most of you know, we spent 15 months in England, pursuing (but not precisely living) a lifelong dream. Those 15 months made us appreciate so many things that, as Americans, we take for granted. Freedom, for example. One thing I’ve always taken for granted is that if a civil authority (e.g., the police) wishes to enter my home, a warrant is required to... Janice Campbell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403062/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:09:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382639/posts Metroplex Hospital in Killeen has sent out the following statement on behalf of Kimberly Munley and her family. "Kimberly Munley and family would like to extend their thanks and appreciation for all of the thoughts and concerns surrounding Kim from around the nation. They are deeply touched by the outpouring of strength, thoughts and prayers that have been sent their way. At this time, the main concern for Kim's family is her safe and rapid recovery. The family would also like to extend their heartfelt condolences to all those affected by the tragedy on Fort Hood. Mrs. Munley is very... Killeen Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382639/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:44:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373785/posts Is the New IRS Wealth Squad Coming for You? Smart Money, Oct. 27, 2009 Being wealthy has its downsides, chief among them the higher risk of an IRS audit. Now, amid the continuing debate over whether the government is doing enough to combat financial fraud, comes news that gives the uber-wealthy – or maybe even the “merely” wealthy – yet another reason to fear Uncle SamÂ’s attention. In a speech before the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or AICPA, IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman announced the recent formation of a new unit, dubbed Global High Wealth Industry Group, which will focus on the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373785/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:16:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2339563/posts TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Three teenagers who say they were tossed from a New Jersey ballpark for sitting through the song "God Bless America" are suing the minor league Newark Bears. hosted. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2339563/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308387/posts CLEARWATER — Stung by fierce criticism, the Clearwater City Council on Monday canceled a plan to remove about a dozen flagpoles and American flags from city property to save money. "We're going to leave all the flags as is," Mayor Frank Hibbard said after a lengthy and contentious discussion of the topic at a council meeting Monday morning. Council members criticized City Manager Bill Horne for not telling them about the flag removal plan that city staffers had come up with. Instead, the council first learned about it from the St. Petersburg Times. Council member George Cretekos said Horne had... TampaBayOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308387/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 01:29:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266178/posts D-Day:Overlooking Normandy From the Air Today, June 6, D-Day, my thoughts, prayers are with those brave men who fought for us all, to all those who gavetheir lives on the beaches of Normandy. This is my heartfelt memorial, in eternal gratitude to all those who helped save the world from tyranny, evil. God Bless You All. God Bless America. Life Magazine has provided the public with a priceless treasure having opened up its complete image archives available via Google Images. Those of you unaware of the availability of Life Magazine's images are in for a rare treat. Life Magazine http://www.life.com/... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266178/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 14:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232715/posts Obama Repeats '90 Percent' Stat for U.S. Guns Recovered in Mexico The White House stands by the president's use of the word "recovered" in describing the role firearms smuggled from the U.S. play in Mexico's drug war. By Major Garrett FOXNews.com Sunday, April 19, 2009 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago -- What's the difference between "recovered" and "traceable" when it comes to firearms seized in Mexico's bloody war against drug cartels? The White House says none. But that's a distinction with a difference, even if President Obama used the words interchangeably last week to talk about the role firearms smuggled from... FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232715/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:05:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164573/posts Friends, Americans, conservatives; lend me your ears. I come to praise George W. Bush, not to bury him; I'll leave that to our famously unbiased media. *snip* We can also be pretty certain that his departure will not feature the ransacking of the Oval Office and Air Force One, or the sophomoric removal of the "O's" from White House keyboards. If, as has been the case for his entire presidency, he is true to his word, he will be as magnanimous to his successor as he was to his predecessor; notwithstanding the disrespect he received at the hands of both. American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164573/posts#comment Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:16:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2156644/posts I was just looking at my favorite videos on youtube and came across this one once again. It is a great video, aside from the screaming rock and the cursing (however, I do like the heavy metal screaming) It is a great video and I would encourage everyone to view that one and the ones related. all great videos!! Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2156644/posts#comment Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:46:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129299/posts A historic Senate runoff in Georgia is shaping up as a political battle royal that could hand complete control of Congress to President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. The Dec. 2 special election comes on the heels of the Nov. 4 election in which incumbent Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss outpolled liberal Democratic challenger Jim Martin. But Chambliss fell just short of the 50-percent margin that Georgia law requires. newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129299/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:49:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125371/posts Now is the time for all men and women of goodwill to commit to praying for the president elect. God is still in control. Maybe he has humbled us. Maybe he has decided that we are too proud, too selfish, too...whatever. Yes, it's going to be hard, but this is a good test of our character. Will we respond with hatred, bitterness, and despair, or with the eternal hope that our God is in control? We have a choice. If you don't think that God can use a man like Obama, then your God is much too small. Remember -... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125371/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 04:17:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2105427/posts Tin Pan Alley, the home of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and other great American songwriters, is up for sale. Five buildings on West 28th Street in Manhattan's Chelsea district are being offered as a group for $44 million. A listing on real estate Web site Loopnet recommends that the buildings be torn down and a high-rise take their place. Preservationists and tenants aren't happy... Tin Pan Alley housed a concentration of music publishers and songwriters from the 1890s to the 1950s. AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2105427/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:28:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076125/posts Palin’s Radical Pastor Calls on God to ‘Bless’ USA by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace · 2 Comments (2008-09-06) — In the days following Gov. Sarah Palin’s appointment as John McCain’s running mate, Americans have grown increasingly concerned about her brand of radical Christianity. A new recording released to the media today by Barack Obama’s campaign, gives definitive proof that Gov. Palin’s pastor, in an emotional tirade, once called on God to “bless” America. The recording captured at Wasilla Bible Church, the Palin’s home congregation, will doubtless cause discomfort among educated Americans, and raises new questions about Gov. Palin’s worldview. “It’s... Scrappleface http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076125/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:59:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2056016/posts Obviously over the last number of weeks we have on Sunday nights been addressing issues that are on our minds and hearts at this time in our nation when we had been subjected to terrorists' attacks. I'm trying to keep up with all of the nuances, all of the twists and turns in the road as we go and try to shed some biblical light on the issues at hand. One of the new features in our country in recent weeks is this obsession with "God Bless America." In itself certainly a nice tune and a well-crafted song that was... Bible Bulletin Board http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2056016/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 02:34:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044815/posts One idea that I have tried to understand but cannot possibly fathom is the failed concept of American liberalism. While deceivingly free and independent, this traitorous definition of "equality" champions abolishment in place of opportunity, and resides on the sole principle that each should put in according to his ability, yet that each should receive according to his need. In an ideal, Utopian-like society without original sin, this idea could become reality. But in a world (like the one we live in) where this kind of society is blatantly unachievable, American liberalism shows its inability to keep in touch with... Independent Source http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044815/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:27:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041248/posts America the beautiful, or so you used to be. Land of the Pilgrims' pride; I'm glad they'll never see. babies piled in dumpsters, Abortion on demand, Oh, sweet land of liberty; your house is on the sand. Our children wander aimlessly poisoned by cocaine choosing to indulge their lusts, when God has said abstain From sea to shining sea, our Nation turns away From the teaching of God's love and a need to always pray We've kept God in our temples,how callous we have grown. When earth is but His footstool, and Heaven is His throne. We've voted in a... http://www.truthorfiction.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041248/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:28:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041197/posts We have always been a moral and religious people — and evidently we are becoming more so, according to a January 2006 poll conducted by the Barna Research Group. The percentage of the United States that can be classified by their beliefs as “born again” (not self-identifying by that phrase) has risen in the last two decades from 31 percent to 45 percent. As one of the primary contributors to our founding documents and our second U.S. president, John Adams, cautioned, our government is wholly inadequate for a people who are not moral and religious. America was a new and... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041197/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:48:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040636/posts IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040636/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 08:51:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039735/posts What does it mean to be an American? What does our nation really stand for? Why, even though some people around the world claim to hate us, are we still the place where so many from so many other places dream of living? There’s no doubt that God has blessed the United States of America in an awesome way, and that he continues to do so. But with so much anti-Christian spin dominating our secular media and educational institutions, many Americans today might not realize that the U.S.A. was founded by men who unashamedly relied on God for his wisdom... Good News Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039735/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:39:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011765/posts Iraqi MP Iyad Jamal Al-Din: We Are Like a Bird Born in a Cage - America Broke the Cage Open, but the Bird Does Not Know How to Fly Following are excerpts from a TV debate with Iraqi MP Iyad Jamal Al-Din, which aired on LBC TV on September 10, 2006. Iyad Jamal Al-Din: Blessed be America for giving Saddam a good kick, sending him straight into the abyss of jail. Blessed be America for giving Mula Omar a good slap, sending him straight into the garbage bin of history and into the dunghills of oblivion. These people were... Natural News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011765/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 03:05:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009609/posts What do inmates at 166 federal prisons; an estimated 40,000 groups of various sizes meeting around the country in places like Mount Rushmore, churches and state capitols; and a gathering in the United States Congress have in common today? They are praying for our nation. And the God of the Universe will hear equally the prayers of every one of them as they seek his face with humble hearts. What an amazing, wonderful loving God. He is no respector pf persons and is not impressed by status. One only need bow their hearts and seek His face in order to... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009609/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 11:53:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958977/posts No, seriously why won’t you listen to me? I’m not trying to change your mind. I’m just trying to understand where you’re coming from. Maybe I can get you to look at this from my point of view for once, minus all the hatred. Why won’t you listen to me? A bomb just exploded outside the gate and I can't sleep. I swear that’s true. I thought a mortar hit my room. (I found out later that it was a very large car bomb that killed four and wounded 40 Iraqi’s manning a local checkpoint – they are tired of... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958977/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:55:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946920/posts The following photos may not necessarily be the best photos or the most important but they are chosen because they appeal to me and hopefully to you as well. It maybe because of the content, the expression on the face(s) or just an unusual photo. As there are so many photos I have split this thread into 2 the first one will be January - June and second one July - December 2007 As with the normal Day in the Life Thread I would request that photos are not posted until the all clear so that we have a chronology... www.yahoo.com/news www.whitehouse.gov/news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946920/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jan 2008 00:00:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897038/posts Post pics,news,speeches on the Fight for Victory Tour/Gathering of Eagles Pro Troop Rally http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897038/posts#comment Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:17:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1872331/posts Every American needs to see "Rescue Dawn," in theaters nationwide today. If it's the only movie you see this year, you've done yourself a service at the box office. It is the best movie of the year. The silver screen story of Dieter Dengler--a Navy pilot shot down over Laos and imprisoned in a Vietcong POW camp--is not only a great movie. It is patriotic and uplifting. It is the story of survival against all odds, and the story of a man who refused to denounce his adopted country, the United States of America. And it is the story of... Debbie Schlussel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1872331/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:21:18 GMT