http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gramsci/ en-us Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:19:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049291/posts Contact Recent forays into Ramesh Ponnoru’s “Right Matters” forum over at the Washington Post online reveals the need for an update to Godwin’s Law. (You know—whoever brings up Nazism first loses the argument.) A prototypically knee-jerk liberal over there (“All conservatives are racist, sexist, bigot homophobes…) asserts that labeling Obama a socialist immediately sucks all credibility out of one’s argument. Fine. I’ll grant that Obama may or may not be a socialist—it is a broad-brush term to describe his policies—and that one needs to be more precise in how one portrays the change he apparently believes in. (And I call... WhenWeAreQueen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049291/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:19:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047703/posts Site pulls slogan after controversy Committeeman linked Obama to O.J. Simpson By David Maccar; Editor A Pemberton GOP committeeman came under heavy scrutiny last week after it was discovered he posted a slogan linking presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama to O.J. Simpson on what was called "The Official Website of the Pemberton Township Republicans."The slogan, "Obama Loves America like O.J. Loved Nicole," referring to retired NFL star and his late ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, was denounced by many as racist. Simpson was tried and acquitted for the murder of Brown and her boyfriend Ronald Goldman in 1994, but was... SouthJerseyLocalNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047703/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:37:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047632/posts ... The United States is the only country to take the position that some police misconduct must automatically result in the suppression of physical evidence. The rule applies whether the misconduct is slight or serious, and without regard to the gravity of the crime or the power of the evidence. “Foreign countries have flatly rejected our approach,” said Craig M. Bradley, an expert in comparative criminal law at Indiana University. “In every other country, it’s up to the trial judge to decide whether police misconduct has risen to the level of requiring the exclusion of evidence.” But there are signs... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047632/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:03:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039519/posts Images from the attack on Combat Outpost Inman. On the morning of March 23, 2008, an Easter Sunday, a massive blast rocked the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Eight kilometers away at Forward Operating Base Marez, the US Military Transition Team for the 6th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, prepared for the worst. The blast was so large many thought incoming rounds landed close by inside the base. But a large plume rising in the distance in the northwest made it clear a very large suicide vehicle attack just occurred inside Mosul. The US adviser team, led by Lieutenant... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039519/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 01:48:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038634/posts Department of Veterans Affairs Prepares to Strip John McCain of Vietnam Veteran Title News Release Date: 26 June, 2008 From: website, www.BlueWaterNavy.org  Note: This article refers to proposed changes to the rules defining 'Service in Vietnam' set forth by the Department of Veterans Affairs in response to the 'Haas vs. Peake' decision in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. By the implementation of changes as set forth in the Federal Register, April 16, 2008, regarding "Definition of Service in the Republic of Vietnam," for the purpose of clarifying eligibility for presumption of exposure to herbicides status, the DVA very clearly... Blue Water Navy Vietnam Vetarans Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038634/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:54:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036027/posts It's fair to say, I think, that the Democratic Party can be characterized as a collection of groups that perceive themselves as being victims. Hence, for example, the Barack Obama versus Hillary Clinton campaign devloved into what Fred Siegel aptly called "competitive victimization." An extreme case in point. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is reported to have commented, in the course of a discussion whether sexism played a role in the Clinton defeat, that: I'm a victim of sexism myself all the time, but I just think it goes with the territory, I don't sit around to say, "but... ProfessorBainbridge.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036027/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:20:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032114/posts SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court ordered reinstatement Monday for 33 janitors in Los Angeles who were fired because their Social Security numbers did not match the government's database, a ruling that could strengthen unions' case against a Bush administration proposal to pressure employers to get rid of suspected illegal immigrants. The decision by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco did not address the legality of the administration's so-called no-match rule, which a federal judge blocked in October. That rule would threaten employers with civil fines and criminal prosecution unless they fired workers who failed... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032114/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:40:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1253703/posts Issues, Etc.Scroll down to Monday, October 11 KFUO Host: Todd Wilken Hour 1 WMA [] Hour 1 MP3 free download "The Religious Left" (Everything you'll ever need to know about them.) Dr. Ron Nash (pictured guest) Issues, Etc. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1253703/posts#comment Fri, 22 Oct 2004 18:31:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021324/posts SAN ANTONIO — A group of faith-driven activists is trying to organize a network to help illegal immigrants who fear new local immigration-related laws and massive raids. The advocates — all Catholic — hope to provide places to stay, food and health care for immigrants. They have a few families who have volunteered to host immigrants, but ultimately want to open a shelter. If the project is successful, immigrants seeking sanctuary would simply need to ask for "Romo." ... The Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021324/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 05:37:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020087/posts California Chief Justice Ronald George could have taken the easy road in the legal conflict over gay marriage. When the clock struck 10 a.m. and the Supreme Court released its decision, George knew his court had made history. The 68-year-old George penned the 121-page ruling striking down California's ban on same-sex marriage, opening a new chapter in this era's most wrenching civil rights battle. The 4-3 decision, which George calls the toughest of his career, was announced as the chief justice was in his office, hosting a television crew from New York filming a documentary on the death penalty. Now... Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020087/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 04:53:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011208/posts U.S. Frustrated By Elusive Justice Served to USS Cole Plotters May 04, 2008 It's been called "the forgotten attack" but it's one of the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history. Eight years after the USS Cole was attacked by a motorboat packed with explosives, all of the six men convicted of the strike have escaped from prison, or been freed by Yemeni officials. Seventeen sailors were killed and 40 more wounded in the strike, blamed on Usama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. Jamal al-Badawi, who helped organize the Cole plot, has reportedly escaped from Yemeni prisons twice. He is supposedly... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011208/posts#comment Sun, 4 May 2008 23:20:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2010119/posts Pope Benedict XVI's recent visit with victims of church sex abuse cast light on how reports of sexual abuse are handled in other churches. CBS 42's Annalisa Petralia sat down with an Austin woman who says she was sexually abused at her Baptist Church. She's a mother, a lawyer, and a victim of sexual abuse in her church. Christa Brown launched a web site and crusade against sexual predators in the Baptist Church. She shared her story Thursday and talked about how the experience prompted her to help others. "I want kids in Baptist churches today to be a very... keyetv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2010119/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 07:28:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010093/posts I have really tried to accept things, but I have finally reached my point. Disclaimer, Mods, please move this wherever necessary. I have been watching "Carrier" on PBS plus a few other documentaries lately on our military and I am embarrassed. When did our military people turn into baby machines looking for a reason out because of a child they should not have had? They teach new parent classes on a ship, how about a class on how not to be a parent when you can't be one? And don't whine when you get deployed because you miss your kids.... My brain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010093/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 05:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2009131/posts Yesterday, 29 April 2008, at 3:32 PM, the United Methodist Church formally and explicitely rejected it's long held and Biblically-based mission to make disciples of Christ by saving souls, and declared officially that its mission is to transform the world. This codifies in the Book of Discipline of the UMC, its book of law, what was already the de facto case in practice. Here's the new text: The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.Here's the previous text: The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ.... United Methodist Church General Conference in Fort Worth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2009131/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:05:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007038/posts TUCSON - Some surprising news came from the United States Border Patrol. The Patrol has purchased 1,000 guns that fire non-lethal paintball or pepper pellets. The goal of a target practice session was to hit the white rag at the end of a hall with paintballs. Border Patrol agents may soon use paintballs to defend themselves against smugglers along the border due to an increase in violence. Surveillance video from an incident last year in El Paso shows a Border Patrol agent retreating after people pelt him with rocks. Some could argue the same about being hit by a paintball... azfamily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007038/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:26:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006153/posts <p>Whether he was up to no good or simply desperate to play BrickBreaker, a Mexican press attache was caught on camera by Secret Service pocketing several White House BlackBerries during a recent meeting in New Orleans, FOX News has learned.</p> fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006153/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:01:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000635/posts Jefferson Township, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- A piece of artillery that was apparently misfired by the military crashed through the roof of a home miles away Friday and injured a young girl's cat, which had to be euthanized, officials said. No people were injured when the 2-pound piece hit the Jefferson Township home about 2 1/2 miles from the Picatinny Arsenal and landed in the girl's bed, said Peter Rowland, arsenal spokesman. She wasn't home, but her cat was sleeping on the bed. Excerpt 1010Wins http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000635/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:33:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999411/posts Rep. Tom Tancredo today asked Gen. David Petraeus about infiltration of American gangs into the U.S. military. "The fact that gang members are being trained in our military is a growing cause for concern," said Tancredo. "Our local law enforcement officers and gang units are now facing criminals who have obtained advanced weapons and training courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer." News reports indicate that the growing level of gang activity, driven largely by the growing problem of illegal immigration, has begun spilling over into the military. A number of gang members have returned to their communities only to commit crimes... Congressional Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999411/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:46:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995167/posts When he came outside around 7:30 p.m., his truck was missing. Inside the truck, police said, were two .40-caliber Glock pistols with 100 rounds of ammunition, an AR-15 assault rifle with five fully loaded magazines, a ballistic vest, police uniforms and IDs, flat badges and wallet badges. kpho.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995167/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:44:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993490/posts Haditha Exposed- The “Shadow Conspiracy” Since 21 December 2006 seven Marines and their families have been persecuted by the United States government. The Thomas Moore Society has taken the first steps in exposing the “shadow regime” agenda to vilify Our Haditha Marines.” The battle for three of these Marines is not over. I shutter to think of the tactics which will now be employed against these brave and honorable men. I don’t know how far up the chain this conspiracy goes, but if you follow the money, it leads me to one place. Donald C. Winter is the 74th Secretary... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993490/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:39:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991272/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that it mistakenly shipped non-nuclear ballistic missile components to Taiwan from a U.S. Air Force base in Wyoming. Google News (AP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991272/posts#comment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:52:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989863/posts Despite the efforts of most of the main stream media (and Obama himself) trying to spin the incidents regarding Barack Obama's preacher and spiritual advisor into something acceptable to Americans, and his speech regarding race, by doing some individualresearch, it becomes clear that the spin will simply just not wash. The Trinity Church subscribes to Black Liberation Theology. I believe that Obama will not leave that Church for one simple and obvious reason. Despite his new found disgust in "some" terminology that Wright employed, Obama must agree with the theology that the church teaches. He is raising his kids in... JEFFHEAD.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989863/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:08:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989643/posts PHILADELPHIA COMMITTEE FOR CONSTITUIONAL JUSTICE P.O. 306, Cheltenham, PA 19012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Adams CLINTON PROTESTERS AND TEAMSTERS END TEN YEAR LEGAL BATTLE Philadelphia, PA (March 21, 2008) -- One of the few remaining civil suits stemming from the Clinton-era Lewinsky scandal—involving the vicious beating of two anti-Clinton siblings by pro-Clinton Teamsters outside Philadelphia’s City Hall during a 1998 presidential visit—settled out of court today. The victims, Don Adams and Teri Adams, signed an agreement after Teamsters Local 115 and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters opted to pay an undisclosed sum in exchange for dropping the suit, which... Don Adams http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989643/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:53:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987533/posts Compassionate fascism is just as anti-liberty as the other kind Perhaps you wonder how society's self-appointed hall monitors got the right to make you feel bad about the fries on your plate or the cigarette you're smoking, or outlaw listening to iPods while crossing the street. If so, you may also be fed up with being nagged about recycling, and be wondering why just because you don't think we're all responsible for global warming, you have been designated a pariah through that infelicitous phrase -- climate-change denier. You know what that's supposed to sound like. Worse, some of your accusers... Calgary Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987533/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:31:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987291/posts This is the idol that both Barack Obama --and-- Hillary Clinton both look up to! If you want to see the original just type the word "Lucifer" into Amazon's search window--GGG “Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins -- or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer.” --Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, 1971 Amazon.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987291/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:05:30 GMT