http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gramsci/ en-us Wed, 11 Dec 2002 19:37:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/804825/posts   Current 2002 2001 2000 1990s     November   2000THE GREATEST CONSPIRACY THE EDITOR A few months back, during social chit-chat which turned with predictable concern to the modern plague of clerical apostasy, a venerable member of the Society of Jesus recounted various word of mouth histories of Communist infiltration of the Jesuits. These included two men sent to join the Society in Italy and Spain by their respective national Communist Parties - the former having left to return to the Party in the early 1950s after more than a dozen years of study and actual ordination; the... Christian Order http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/804825/posts#comment Wed, 11 Dec 2002 19:37:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332453/posts VETERANS RIGHTS ADVOCATES UNDER ATTACK BY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBERS [Snip]Article... What vets don't know is how the American Legion, VFW and other groups have advised the DVA and Congress, led us, every step of the way, to the total failure and utter disaster we have now. These groups "played" at helping vets but became a home for political extremists or dimwits addicted more [sic] grandstanding than the hard work required by informed veterans advocacy. Veterans Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332453/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 22:04:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2322368/posts ome things are not up for a vote. Some things we as creatures do not have the right to even think we can change. We as creatures have forgotten our place. Instead of prostrating ourselves face down on the ground before God, Our Father and Our Creator, in humble obedience and prayer, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America—as a shrinking “sideline” denomination—decided to continue its in-your-face unfaithful and disrespectful conduct toward God, Our Maker, ignoring all interventions, warnings and signs. The ELCA put God’s Word and all of its teachings on the natural order, marriage and family up for a... Word Alone Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2322368/posts#comment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:51:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295035/posts This lying communist bastard needs to be run out of Dodge on a rail! This IS America!! Land of Freedom!! You don't like it move to Russia. No wait, they're going Capitalist. Move to China... oops. Try Cuba or Venezuela! Fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295035/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:14:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295027/posts The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s support in a bitter legislative dispute, then the group’s chairman flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295027/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:02:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294918/posts Marines Under Investigation After Autistic Man Allowed to Enlist Pvt. Joshua Fry, Recruited From Group Home, Is In Camp Pendleton Custody on Child Porn, Military Charges By SARAH NETTER July 17, 2009— Joshua Fry's career as a Marine never should have been. Now his recruiter and other military personnel who pushed the autistic 20-year-old through boot camp could face criminal charges. Fry, who has a history of being abused and neglected and has a criminal record, is sitting in a cell at Camp Pendleton on disciplinary charges as the military investigates why a Marine recruiter picked Fry up from a... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294918/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:58:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2292213/posts A lay Catholic organization founded in 2002 in the wake of the clerical abuse scandal is facing financial collapse. “I think a lot of people were energized by the crisis and wanted to do something, and Voice of the Faithful was there at the right time,” Philip Lawler, founder and editor of Catholic World News, told the Associated Press. “Now, with the crisis having passed, the organization's agenda is not so popular.” The organization “has used the current crisis in the Church as a springboard for presenting an agenda that is anti-Church and, ultimately, anti-Catholic,” Archbishop John Myers of Newark... Catholic Culture http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2292213/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:54:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290673/posts Her father had just won agreement from the Russians to cut back on the world's stockpiles of nuclear weapons. And Barack Obama's eldest daughter was obviously keen to make her own statement on the issue - even if it was merely a fashion statement. Just 48 hours after the U.S. President signed agreements with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to reduce weapon stores, 11-year-old Malia Obama was spotted wearing not one, but two T-shirts with an anti-nuclear message. She wore the tops emblazoned with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's famous logo as her father prepared for three days of G8 talks... Daily Mail UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290673/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:12:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289108/posts SAN DIEGO, California, July 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The general counsel for the National Education Association (NEA), America's largest teacher's union, complained last week of the "conservative and right-wing bastards" that are "after" the NEA. At the same meeting, the NEA rejected a proposal that would have ceased their abortion advocacy, and went on record in support of same-sex "marriage." "We are not paranoid, someone really is after us," said General Counsel Bob Chanin in an address to NEA affiliates on the occasion of his retirement. "Why are these conservative and right-wing bastards picking on NEA and its affiliates? I... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289108/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 19:59:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289098/posts David Keene, the Chairman of the American Conservative Union trashed Sarah Palin publicly today on NewsMax. However, a quick search of Mr. Keene's recent political contribution history reveals the following: David Keene, Managing Associate of the Carmen Group Lobbying Firm, and Head of ACU, Alexandria, VA. Political contributions in 2008 election cycle: KEENE, DAVID, ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314 THE CARMEN GROUP/EXEC 5/1/07 $1,000 Specter, Arlen (R) KEENE, DAVID, ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314 THE CARMEN GROUP/EXEC 12/19/07 $800 Specter, Arlen (R) KEENE, DAVID, ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314 THE CARMEN GROUP/EXEC 12/19/07 $200 Specter, Arlen (R) What I want to know is, how does a guy like this... opensecrets.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289098/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 19:44:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288797/posts ANAHEIM, CA - Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says it's "heresy" to believe that an individual can be saved through a sinner's prayer of repentance. In her opening address to the church's General Conference in California, Jefferts Schori called that "the great Western heresy: that we can be saved as individuals, that any of us alone can be in right relationship with God." The presiding bishop said that view is "caricatured in some quarters by insisting that salvation depends on reciting a specific verbal formula about Jesus." According to Schori, it is heresy to believe that an individual's prayer... One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288797/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:03:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279183/posts BURIEN, Wash. -- Controversy is surrounding a new sculpture at the Burien/Interim Arts Space. The bronzed piece is of a squatting, nude woman, and it leaves little to the imagination, according to concerned parents. "Just cover it up a little bit. Too much parts showing for the little kids," said parent Adam Sankey. Anybody can walk through the privately-owned art space at Fifth Avenue SW and SW 150th Street. And for some, that's an issue, especially with a new library right next door. "I don't want my kids around it," said parent Jole Sankey. "My 8 year old doesn't need... KOMONews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279183/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:04:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2273921/posts Responding to concerns that psychologists might be required to counsel homosexual couples about strengthening their relationship, Catholic leaders in Nebraska are asking for conscience protections for psychologists who refuse to treat or refer clients because of religious or moral convictions. Speaking during a licensing rules hearing before the Board of Mental Health Practice, Nebraska Catholic Conference executive director Jim Cunningham proposed a “convictions of conscience” rule for psychologists. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that he warned that Catholic Charities in Omaha and Catholic Social Services in Lincoln might have to stop hiring licensed counselors and psychologists if they are not... Catholic News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2273921/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:26:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272420/posts A hardcore pornographic movie was accidentally screened at PS 17 in Brooklyn, N.Y., school officials said. Students from five classes at the school had assembled to watch "Camp Rock," a Disney Channel movie starring the Jonas Brothers, but after a teacher powered up the DVD player and walked away to get the Disney movie, a skin flick began to play, the New York Post reported Sunday. The students, some as young as 5-years-old, were exposed to 45-seconds of sex acts in the incident late last month, the newspaper said. "My son told his friend he saw a naked lady at... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272420/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:51:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2269390/posts THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS IN A BULLFIGHT . . . And it's the bull. So far, Obama's picadors and toreadors have stabbed, slashed, and otherwise compromised the bull of American capitalism. Don't kid yourself: they're going for the kill. Most of the crowd is cheering, but a few are starting to figure out that when this bull is gone, there is no more meat, ever. Moreover, a few are actually starting to worry about what it will be like to be the next "bull" when this one is gone---because there will be another bull. The unbelievably idiotic and dangerous decision... Larry Schweikart's Patriot's History USA Blogspot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2269390/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:26:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261975/posts Maria Guzman Hernandez Florida Epidemic: Teachers Sleeping with Students By Tim Padgett / Miami Saturday, May. 30, 2009 Maria Guzman Hernandez * Print * Reprints * Email * 858 digg it * Twitter * Linkedin * Buzz up! (84) * Facebook * MORE... o Add to my: + del.icio.us + Technorati + reddit + Google Bookmarks + Mixx + StumbleUpon o Blog this on: + TypePad + LiveJournal + Blogger + MySpace If you're the parent of a teen-aged boy in Florida, you probably muttered "not again" while reading your morning newspaper this week. There on the front page was... Time Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261975/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 07:54:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257215/posts EVERYONE knew. When the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse issued its report this week, after nine years of investigation, the Irish collectively threw up their hands in horror, asking that question we have heard so often, from so many parts of the world, throughout the past century: How could it happen? Surely the systematic cruelty visited upon hundreds of thousands of children incarcerated in state institutions in this country from 1914 to 2000, the period covered by the inquiry, but particularly from 1930 until 1990, would have been prevented if enough right-thinking people had been aware of what was... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257215/posts#comment Sun, 24 May 2009 04:31:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252139/posts At 11 a.m. Monday, Front Sight Firearms Training Institute and its president, Ignatius Piazza, went into receivership. All financial transactions involving the firearms training facility -- from accepting payment for classes to paying staff and vendors -- must take place through a court-appointed administrator. The facility and all assets have been seized by the court, down to the hundreds of firearms included as part of new members' benefits. However, despite the ruling, this weekend at Front Sight everything was "business as usual," according to Operations Manager Rick Morello. He said he knew nothing about the legal proceedings. "We have a... Pahrump Valley Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252139/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2009 11:24:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248257/posts Friday May 8, 2009 Pro-Abortion Organization Upset by LifeSiteNews' Coverage of Development and Peace Recognizes and supports CCODP's funding of pro-abortion movement By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman UNITED STATES, May 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An abortion advocacy group in the US has criticized LifeSiteNews for exposing the involvement of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP) with the funding of pro-abortion, homosexualist, and anti-Catholic groups in foreign countries. "RH Reality Check," a blog created by Ted Turner's United Nations Foundation for the purpose of promoting abortion "rights," has published an article by a contributor who recognizes that, indeed,... LifeSiteNews.com -- Your Life, Family and Culture Outpost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248257/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 00:48:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236578/posts A campus Christian group that receives funding from the student activity fee is coming under scrutiny after a student was asked by advisors to step down from its leadership team when he told them that he had openly accepted his homosexuality. This incident is also raising questions about the effectiveness of campus mechanisms for addressing instances of discrimination. Chris Donohoe ’09, who joined the Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship when he was a freshman, said he had been openly struggling to reconcile his sexuality with his faith in Chi Alpha before he was asked to step down from the leadership team... © 2009 The Cornell Daily Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236578/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:00:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233072/posts S. Steven Powell wrote in his 1987 book, Covert Cadre, that the revolutionary activity advocated by Marxist Antonio Gramsci involved the need to “infiltrate autonomous institutions—schools, media, churches, public-interest groups—so as radically to transform the culture, which determines the environment in which political and economic policies are played out.” Or, as Carl Boggs, author of Gramsci’s Marxism wrote, “the role of revolutionary theory is to create the foundation of a new socialist order precisely through the negation and transcendence of bourgeois society.” This “transcendence of bourgeois society,” Boggs explains, was the basis for Gramsci’s first priority—“the multi-dimensional transformation of civil... Accuracy in Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233072/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:57:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231963/posts Field trip? Teacher resigns after strip club visit She acknowledges taking female students to male show, said parents OK'd HAMILTON, Ohio - A school spokesman said a 47-year-old southwest Ohio teacher resigned after acknowledging she accompanied four female students to a male strip club. The teacher, who resigned Thursday, told Edgewood High School administrators that the students, all cheerleaders, asked her to take them to the bar in February, said Bill Solazzo, Butler Tech school district's spokesman. The teacher told school officials in an e-mail that she got permission from the parents of the 17- and 18-year-olds to bring them... AP Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231963/posts#comment Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:10:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2231202/posts It's Not About Homosexuality--Not Really by Paul R. Hinlicky — April 14, 2009 It is not only, or perhaps even primarily, about homosexuality. My whimsical lament “I Think I Want a Divorce” got quite an echo in “this church”; apparently, the bone-deep disenchantment articulated in the piece has been building up among theologically serious Christians in the ELCA for many reasons for a long time. Slowly we are waking up to reality. The truth is that Luther is being overshadowed by Zwingli, so to say; plainly put, homosexuality is being used as a wedge issue by the religious Left. This... Lutheran Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2231202/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:42:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2231162/posts The Episcopal Church filed suit Tuesday to regain control of Fort Worth-area church buildings and other property held by a breakaway contingent led by Bishop Jack Iker. "We're stewards of property that has been given for generations to the Episcopal Church. We can't just let people walk off with it," said Kathleen Wells, chancellor for the reorganized Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. The suit was filed in Tarrant County district court and names Iker as a defendant, among others. -snip- Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2231162/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:47:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227529/posts The distemper of lies, misdirection and tawdry thinking abroad in the world today has now acquired bubonic proportions. This is mainly a a liberal-left phenomenon intent upon a campaign of cultural domination that began with the rainbow revolution of the so-called Woodstock generation and which has finally percolated into every nook and cranny of our daily existence. In its takeover of our cultural life, the generation of the 60s has adhered loyally to the course of action set down for it by two neo-Marxist philosophers, the Italian New Left prophet Antonio Gramsci and the German emigré Herbert Marcuse, whose doctrines... Front Page Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227529/posts#comment Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:32:24 GMT