http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/government-bloggers/ en-us Fri, 5 Sep 2008 21:53:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075606/posts The government inadvertently offered people who wanted a duck something altogether different. The Fish and Wildlife Service isn't going to remedy the error because doing so would cost too much. That's according to this wire service report, "Gov't Error Sends Callers To Sex Line: People Hoping To Order Duck Stamps Greeted By Phone-Sex Line Due To Printing Mistake": People calling a federal phone number to order duck stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line, due to a printing error the government says would be too expensive to correct. The carrier card for the duck stamp transposes two numbers, so... Cantankerous Gentleman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075606/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 21:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075482/posts I'm no fan of George Bush, but this collection of the Messiah's gaffes makes even Bush look eloquent. Here's a Top Ten list in no particular order. 1. 57 States. Umm...what? It's not that he said it, which is bad enough. It's that he said it with confidence. Right Werds, Korrekt Speech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075482/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:34:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075473/posts To wipe your ass with US mag would be offensive to asses everywhere. The Moderate Separatist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075473/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:23:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075398/posts It’s a shame there are so many stupid people in this country. What’s scary is that these people have the same number of votes as you and me. One. (Well, one legal vote any way.) Watching the political conventions these last two weeks, we’ve seen just how stupid these idiots are. While many political protesters were content to demonstrate their displeasure with America in an orderly fashion, still more of those in the hate-America crowd felt the need to go above and beyond the scope of simple political protest, escalating their actions to criminal acts against people and property. Granted,... kerrythomas.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075398/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:43:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075381/posts Two years after the Israeli-Hezbollah war which left much of south Lebanon's infrastructure in shambles, military analyst W. Thomas Smith, Jr. offers new insight into recent developments surrounding Hezbollah's quest for power in that country. Lending a trained eye to the strength and activities of Hezbollah, challenges faced by Lebanese Army and police forces, as well as sharing a portion of a personal conversation with President Michel Sleiman, Smith unveils the truth behind Hezbollah: He describes the extremist state within the legitimate state, and expounds on the regional dangers of the Shiia terrorist organization and its newly acquired political powers. Right Side News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075381/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:30:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075349/posts With their stony silence in the midst of Russia’s brutal attack against the Republic of Georgia, the organizations that spearhead the contemporary “peace” movement have spoken volumes about the true nature of their core motives. They are united, above all else, by their unwavering conviction that a racist, imperialist United States is the chief wellspring of evil on earth—guilty of unspeakable and unrivaled atrocities, past and present, foreign and domestic. The “peace” for which these groups agitate generally requires the U.S. and its close ally, Israel, to refrain from defending themselves against enemies sworn to their destruction—all in the venerated... Front Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075349/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:34:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075307/posts Penetrating Insights into the Obvious Penetrating Insights into the Obvious http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075307/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:41:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075292/posts John McCain's acceptance speech may not have been the most eloquently spoken or powerfully delivered, but it was a lesson in political courage and more importantly, he finally dispelled once and for all to the nation, the left's attempts to brand him as a "war monger". McCain showed true political courage by calling for his own party to reach out to the other side and admitting that his administration would include Republicans, Democrats and Independents. Could you image Barack Obama stating the same in his acceptance speech; but then again, he would never do that. Political courage is bringing up... PDOP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075292/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:19:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075143/posts John McCain isn’t Ronald Reagan, which is the principal reason I don’t like the guy. He also may be a tad too old to begin the job as POTUS. As with family, I feel free to mention that and not be accused of age-ism since he’s not much older than I am. In addition, McCain had that “Keating Five” stink of twenty years ago in which he was a very minor player, along with four Democrats who played much larger roles in the Lincoln Savings and Loan mess which cost taxpayers $2,000,000,000. For a review of that scandal and McCain’s... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075143/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:59:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075085/posts So I just saw the first part of O'Reilly's 4 part mini series I like to call, "Obama: Unscripted" Check Out the video at this link! I know many of you dislike O'Reilly and I understand you have your reasons, but check out this video, and let me know what you honestly think. The O'Reilly Factor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075085/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 04:24:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074983/posts self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074983/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:22:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074886/posts OUTTA SIGHT! [PART TWO] The Winnowing of the Candidates By John W. Cassell Where have all the candidates gone…short time passing? This is my attempt at an answer to the question "where has the spontaneity gone" asked earlier. This is where it gets tricky, folks. This is the part we never see. They don't cast any blinking, blinding bright lights on THIS process…no music and special effects psychologically calculated to bring a human being to the point of joyful tears, no matter WHAT is going on at the podium. This is where both the spontaneity went and the real power... John W. Cassell's MySpace Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074886/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 22:18:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074791/posts Marching On Chavez by: Lance Nation, September 04, 2008 On December 2, 2007, Hugo Chávez’s attempt to grant complete power to his PSUV and instate himself as Venezuela’s dictator failed. An average Venezuelan student decided not watch every liberty stripped from Venezuelans and led 200,000 people on marches against Chávez’s constitutional reforms. For his efforts, Yon Goicoechea is this year’s recipient of the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty. “Chávez is not Venezuela. There is another different Venezuela that is growing in our land. Another different Venezuela, with a new perspective of life, with a new perspective of government, and... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074791/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 20:28:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074784/posts Dramatic Debt by: Irene Warren, September 04, 2008 The film I.O.U.S.A. premiered in home-town theatres across America in August, but is now available online for viewing, makes no bones about it: America is in financial crisis. Director Patrick Creadon and Former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker and others make it perfectly clear: If we don’t do something soon, America could find itself shipwrecked and drowning in an ocean of debt. Creadon and Walker take you on a rollercoaster ride across the country, while explaining America’s fiscal policies and financial debt and how it could impact our personal pocketbooks right here,... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074784/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 20:20:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074766/posts Churchill’s Ministry of Peace by: Bethany Stotts, September 04, 2008 Ward Churchill, a former ethnic studies professor at the University of Colorado (UC), may have been fired after a UC investigation revealed his plagiarism and poor scholarship, but some anti-war outlets still court the controversial professor’s company. Churchill has shown himself to be more than willing to equate the September 11, 2001 attacks with the death of infants in the Iraq War and to label the victims of the 9/11 attacks as “little Eichmanns.” During a 2006 interview on Hannity & Colmes, Churchill defended his comments, arguing that they were... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074766/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 19:57:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074762/posts Getting It Right by: Bethany Stotts, September 04, 2008 Given the historic nature of this year’s election, the issue of race has been repeatedly brought up in news coverage of the election, whether for Senator Joe Biden’s (D-Del.) controversial “clean” and “articulate” remarks, allegations of unfair attacks by the Hillary Clinton (D-NY) campaign, or John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) claim that the Barack Obama (D-Ill.) campaign was illegitimately using the “race card” during his campaign speeches. According to Keith Woods, the Dean of Faculty at the Poynter Institute, it is not necessarily a bad thing for reporters to cover racial issues, but... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074762/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 19:54:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074751/posts Apparently, only Democrat women are capable of juggling work and family life. I’m sure many successful conservative women who have cultivated a balanced work and home life are shocked to learn that they have failed. ‘Who are you voting for? McCain? What are you doing in this boardroom? Get back in the kitchen! You’ve got kids, for Heaven’s sake!’ The Moderate Separatist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074751/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 19:39:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074640/posts At the risk of sounding like Robert Novak, and I don't want to rain on the GOP parade, what exactly is Gov. Palin's political future should McCain lose the election? I do not want this very talented, young conservative lost to America because of a political misfortune. How can she remain a viable, powerful force over the next few years should things turn out this way in November? In my view, the GOP cannot afford to see her cast by the wayside. She cannot run for Congress until 2010. So, is her best bet to stay in the Governor's chair... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074640/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:09:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074545/posts Source: http://www.house.gov/pelosi/biography/bio.htmlY'all can skip to here if you want... Biography Since 1987, Nancy Pelosi has represented California's Eighth District in the House of Representatives. The Eighth District includes most of the City of San Francisco including Golden Gate Park, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, and many of the diverse neighborhoods that make San Francisco a vibrant and prosperous community.Overwhelmingly elected by her colleagues in the fall of 2002 as Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi is the first woman in American history to lead a major party in the U.S. Congress. Before being elected Leader, she served as House... HotelSierra blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074545/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:02:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074500/posts ...accused her of playing the race card, demonized her husband and showed up to rallies wearing shirts telling her to pick back up the iron. And Now... The very same crowd has launched the very same attacks upon Sarah Palin. Let's take a breath, stop reading the attack stories for five minutes and consider...where these attacks are coming from and the actions of these groups in the past. Governor Palin,has not risen to power through money,through a lifetime of party loyalty, nor through a Political machine with a hundred years of proven corruption. She rose to power through her involvement... PDOP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074500/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:10:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074450/posts Since when did anyone make a campaign issue out of “vetting”? Since the mainstream media needed a sneaky excuse to attack Gov. Sarah Palin’s family without being obvious in doing so, that’s when. The coverage of John McCain’s running mate over the past several days has been some of the most disingenuous, disgusting behavior I have ever seen from the mainstream media. They are engaging in character assassination without having the courage to at least do so honestly. When the news broke on Monday that Palin’s 17-year-old, unmarried daughter is pregnant, the left-wing chatterbox sites went bananas with glee and... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074450/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:07:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074439/posts Many of us have complained for years that our political system doesn’t give anyone who isn’t filthy rich a chance to be nominated. South Park writers eloquently described the 2004 election as a choice between a “Giant Douche” and a “Turd Sandwich”. And then we have a year like 2008, featuring a widely unknown Republican vice-presidential candidate with nowhere near the experience level we’re used to, and a Democratic presidential candidate with even less. Neither is a billionaire, nor is married to someone with her own ketchup brand. One is a hunter/mother-of-five-turned-governor, and another is an author/community-organizer-turned-senator. It’s definitely different... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074439/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:55:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074345/posts I opened the International Herald Tribune today here in Korea and read an absolutely precious letter from a Mr. Bruce Joffe of Piedmont, California (who, as far as I can tell is a professional writer of leftist letters to the editor): "How can I say this in a politically correct manner? A four-month baby needs a lot of time in the arms of its mother. Most mothers feel a similar need to be close to their baby. And a Downs Syndrome baby needs even more maternal attention. So what kind of family values is Palin exhibiting by going off on... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074345/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:20:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074136/posts We reported on Bob Barr being the only candidate to submit his paperwork on time to be on the Texas ballot last Wednesday. Then we reported on the Texas Secretary of State "finding" the Democratic and Republican paperwork "upon further checking." We also covered the Barr camps response to this "upon-further-checking-discovery." Now we can mention a few legal precedents that might get the Democrats and Republicans on the ballot, in spite of the technical legal requirements. According to Ballot Access News: "Although that it seems undisputed that both the Republican and Democratic Parties missed the August 26 Texas deadline for... Western Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074136/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 23:37:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074098/posts Obama has released a new radio ad attacking McCain's positions on abortion, labeling them as extremist. Here are some quotes on the ad's content from the Political Punch: "As a nurse practitioner with Planned Parenthood," says a woman's voice, "I know abortion is one of most difficult decisions a woman will ever make. I'm Val Baron. Let me tell you - if Roe v Wade is overturned, the lives and health of women will be put at risk. That's why this election is so important. John McCain's out of touch with women today. McCain wants to take away our right... Right Werds, Korrekt Speech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2074098/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:59:39 GMT