http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/governmentabuse/ en-us Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:58:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405590/posts cut n paste link here: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20091211/1afedpay11_st.art.htm?loc=interstitialskip USA Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405590/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396735/posts This is a very good friend of mine (tried to post it allover, so we can expose this group) I am her POA and have now seen the government at it's very lowest!! I wanted to forward the link to the latest video about Evelyn, if u can pass this on to share; we need to get the word out about this! youtube video 3 of 3, short, personal- court ordered without consent!Please join this site, so we can help http://www.countygrandjury.orgthere are three videos off there and if u read the sidebar more details are there. I will get back... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396735/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:46:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361920/posts Coalition-building came with dance steps, sequins and plenty of rhythm at Fiesta Latina, a concert held Tuesday night in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House as part of the White House Music Series. From the open tent, the White House was the performers’ backdrop. Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, José Feliciano, Los Lobos, the New York bachata band Aventura, the Mexican singer Thalía, the reggaetón singer Tito El Bambino and the percussionist Pete Escovedo each performed a song or two, sharing a backup band led by Sheila E., Mr. Escovedo’s daughter. Most of the musicians were Americans,... The NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361920/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:07:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283410/posts Activist alleges abuse of power TBI questions man for posting ‘Battle of Athens’ message on Internet By SKYLER SWISHER/ sswisher@c-dh.net FLY — A Maury County political activist says the secretary of state used the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as a tool to intimidate him because of his efforts to advocate election reform. But a spokesman for Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett says the secretary was only concerned about what he deemed to be a possible threat of violence. The dispute started when Bernie Ellis, a resident of the Fly community, referenced a civil uprising called the Battle of Athens,... The Daily Herald (Columbia, TN) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283410/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:45:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274087/posts The National Security Agency is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance program, with critics in Congress saying its recent intercepts of the private telephone calls and e-mail messages of Americans are broader than previously acknowledged, current and former officials said. Brendan Smialowski for The New York Times Representative Rush Holt Readers' Comments Readers shared their thoughts on this article. Read All Comments (170) » The agency’s monitoring of domestic e-mail messages, in particular, has posed longstanding legal and logistical difficulties, the officials said. Since April, when it was disclosed that the intercepts of some private communications... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274087/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:56:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252844/posts It’s time to take the tea party movement directly to Washington, D.C. Please join thousands of local organizers and grassroots Americans from across the country as we gather in our nation’s capital to deliver a message to the politicians: Enough! We’ve had enough of the out of control spending, the bailouts, the growth of big government and the soaring deficits. And we reject the future tax increases to pay for all of this spending and debt down the road. We are gathering on 9-12-2009 to deliver our message in person that we’ve had enough! 912dc.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252844/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 21:34:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2251361/posts I'm a liar. You're a liar. He's a liar. She's a liar. Wouldn't you like to be a liar too. Feed Your ADHD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2251361/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 05:17:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2244220/posts Three well-dressed men crowd into a darkened room. At first they are somewhat disoriented, the drapes blocking all incoming light from the windows. Slowly their eyes adjust to the glow of a small halogen lamp at the back of the room, casting shadows backwards against the drapes. The men make out the silhouettes of what appear to be flags mounted on floor-standing poles to the either side of a great wooden desk. Between the poles, behind the desk, a man sits, smoking a cigar. They cannot see his eyes, but they can feel his stare… and the accompanying waves of... Feed Your ADHD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2244220/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 01:32:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218335/posts President Obama didn’t want any advice from Congress on the decision to ask GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign, according to Carl Levin (D), Michigan’s senior senator. “He didn’t ask us about it, he informed us,” Levin told reporters in a conference call Monday afternoon. “The president said he’d already decided.” Levin said he and three other lawmakers were informed of the decision in a phone call Obama made from the Oval Office. Obama told the members of Congress that Wagoner needed to resign so that the administration could show the public it was making an effort at a fresh... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218335/posts#comment Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:08:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195416/posts Barack Obama is well on his way to taxing the dog squeeze out of the achievers, the business owners, the wealthy - the people who create the jobs in this country. Starting in 2011, over the next 10 years, Obama is proposing almost $1 trillion in tax increases. And you wealth-envy types can rest your pretty little heads .. he is going to increase taxes on those evil rich people you so love to hate. Jake Tapper from ABC News has the breakdown: 1) On households making more than $250,000: ** $338 billion from turning back the Bush tax cuts.... NEALZ NUZE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195416/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:42:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189317/posts OAKLAND, Calif.- A California minister faces up to two years in prison and a $4,000 fine when he's sentenced today for trying to save the lives of unborn children by demonstrating against abortion outside an Oakland clinic. When he was arrested last year, the Rev. Walter Hoye II was carrying a sign that read "Jesus Loves You & Your Baby. Let Us Help You." He was convicted of "unlawful approach" under Oakland's "Access to Reproductive Health Care Facilities Ordinance." Hoye is appealing his conviction and challenging the constitutionality of the law, but says he's willing to go to jail if... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189317/posts#comment Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:50:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173514/posts "It was really terrible what I went through." These were the first words that Yvonne Scott blurted out, even though the incident happened more than five years ago. One morning a social worker and policeman showed up on the woman's doorstep. "Either you come with us to the abuse shelter or we take away your children," was their grim-faced ultimatum. Scott had been previously involved in an abusive relationship, but there was no current threat to Ms. Scott or any of her three children. One might expect such an encounter to occur in the former Soviet Union or maybe a... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173514/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:14:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117291/posts ordered it right after he was pushed into the public limelight, and she claims that it wasn’t political. Just standard operating procedure. Ohio’s inspector general is investigating why a state agency director approved checking the state child-support computer system for information on “Joe the Plumber.” Helen Jones-Kelly, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, confirmed today that she OK’d the check on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher following the Oct. 15 presidential debate KX.net CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117291/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:44:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053954/posts On Monday, Dick Heller and two other plaintiffs filed suits against the District of Columbia's revised gun laws. The complaint challenges the following provisions of D.C. law: The ban on all self-loading handguns (about 3/4 of handguns sold in the U.S.) by defining them as "machine guns." Allowing registration only upon the payment of an unspecified fee for ballistic testing of the handgun. The self-defense provision in the D.C. law which allows a gun in the home to be loaded, unlocked, and rendered functional only "while it is being used to protect against a reasonably perceived threat of immediate harm... The Volokh Conspiracy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053954/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:38:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010272/posts The group requires all employees to sign a contract agreeing to abstain from all sexual immorality, including homosexuality. When Christian Horizons fired a female employee who became involved with another woman, she complained to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, which fined the ministry $23,000 and two years back pay. Jeff Johnson - OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010272/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 15:41:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941529/posts Two Oklahoma City employees have sued the city over a memo from City Manager Jim Couch that the pair describes as "Anti-Christmas." The fuss is about whether to allow city employees to display nativity scenes, crosses, angels, cherubs and other religious items in their offices. Couch’s memo says such religious holiday items shouldn’t be displayed in government offices in order to “maintain neutrality” and avoid promoting one religion over another. Employees Christopher Spencer and Kenneth Buck disagree. They filed a federal lawsuit Monday accusing Couch and other city employees of violating their First Amendment rights by asking that religious-themed decor... NEWS OKLAHOMA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941529/posts#comment Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:12:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882342/posts Could martial law ever become a reality in America? Some fear any nuclear, biological or chemical attack on U.S. soil might trigger just that. KSLA News 12 has discovered that the clergy would help the government with potentially their biggest problem: Us. Read More KSLA-TV SHREVEPORT, LA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882342/posts#comment Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:59:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816467/posts Little Katie Hubanks came into the world on March 22, 2006, much to the joy of her Mom and Dad, siblings, grandparents, and other family members. Just over a month later that joy was replaced by anger, fear, disbelief, and any other negative emotion you can name. I'll allow Katie's "Nana"'s words to express what an entire family has been dealing with for nearly a year: Kathryn was born in Claremore, OK. on March 22, 2006. She was born 5 week early. Needless to say she was small and came with the risks of certain medical conditions that could develope... Personal Experience http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816467/posts#comment Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:10:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719269/posts Pianist George Spicka and his singing partner were booked to play the lounge at Baltimore's Tremont Park Hotel on Wednesday night, with a set list of smooth jazz numbers and pop hits that included "Just the Way You Are." Spicka never made the gig. Instead the composer and recording artist who has performed in the area for years found himself under arrest and in Anne Arundel County - accused of e-mailing a bomb threat to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Baltimore Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719269/posts#comment Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:03:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642833/posts A Chevy Chase couple has been ordered by the county to demolish their partially renovated home — or to move it 1.7 feet back from the property line. Marc and Marianne Duffy believe they are victims of a backlash against oversized homes being squeezed into small lots in older neighborhoods. They say they are being punished for a county agency’s mistakes. Neighbors who opposed the construction believe the Duffy’s problems are their own creation. Marc Duffy, an attorney, and Marianne Duffy, a stay-at-home mom and former attorney, served as their own general contractors on the project. ‘‘Three times my husband... Gazette.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642833/posts#comment Sat, 3 Jun 2006 16:42:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1641257/posts Virginia's secretary of transportation sent out a letter announcing the state's annual "Click It or Ticket" campaign May 22 through June 4. I responded to the secretary of transportation with my own letter that in part reads: "Mr. Secretary: This is an example of the disgusting abuse of state power. Each of us owns himself, and it follows that we should have the liberty to take risks with our own lives but not that of others. That means it's a legitimate use of state power to mandate that cars have working brakes because if my car has poorly functioning brakes,... townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1641257/posts#comment Wed, 31 May 2006 16:42:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1530237/posts MIAMI - Miami police announced Monday they will stage random shows of force at hotels, banks and other public places to keep terrorists guessing and remind people to be vigilant. Deputy Police Chief Frank Fernandez said officers might, for example, surround a bank building, check the IDs of everyone going in and out and hand out leaflets about terror threats. "This is an in-your-face type of strategy. It's letting the terrorists know we are out there," Fernandez said.The operations will keep terrorists off guard, Fernandez said. He said al-Qaida and other terrorist groups plot attacks by putting places under surveillance... Yahoo/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1530237/posts#comment Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1526718/posts WEST PALM BEACH — Police are rolling out surveillance cameras downtown and in the city's most violent neighborhoods, the first step in an ambitious plan to make West Palm Beach the most closely monitored city in South Florida.In the next month, four cameras are expected to be placed along Clematis Street and in troubled neighborhoods on the city's north side. Able to rotate 360 degrees and read a license plate a half-mile away, they will roll 24 hours a day and can be programmed to zoom in at the sound of gunfire. West Palm Beach police will test the first... Palm Beach Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1526718/posts#comment Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:08:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485749/posts Starting this year, every educational institution receiving federal aid must teach about the U.S. Constitution on the September 17 anniversary of its signing (September 16 in 2005...) The requirement is ironic, given that it came from the Senate's leading Constitutional scholar, yet clearly conflicts with the Constitution, and on many grounds. Last year, Senator Robert Byrd (D.-W.Va.) inserted it into a spending bill packed with pork that was blatantly inconsistent with Americans' general welfare, which is the Constitution's rationale. There is nothing in the document that permits the federal government to tell local schools what they can and cannot teach.... Ludwig von Mises Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485749/posts#comment Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:43:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379105/posts How America can end its divorce epidemic Posted: April 7, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern By David Kupelian © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com When 32-year-old Paul and his 17-year-old fiancee Anna walked into the Norristown, Pa., courthouse to apply for a marriage license, the justice turned them down flat when he learned they had known each other for only one day. Yet after much pleading and persuasion, the judge reluctantly granted them their license, and Anna and Paul were married three days later. The wedding, held at Paul's brother's house, wasn't much – only four people in attendance, no wedding gown, no flowers,... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379105/posts#comment Thu, 7 Apr 2005 12:54:01 GMT