http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/greatthreads/ en-us Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:02:44 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041011/posts Governor will use cornhole to fund campaign Strickland holds games throughout the state and even plays himself By Stephanie Warsmith Beacon Journal staff writer Published on Friday, Jul 04, 2008 Forget the rubber chicken dinners. There's a new game in town: cornhole. And Gov. Ted Strickland has let it be known he will soon hold a cornhole tournament to raise money for his campaign, with regional competitions around Ohio, including one in North Canton. Not familiar with cornhole? It's a bean bag-tossing game that's popular on campuses and at tailgate parties. ''The tournament is a fun way of bringing Ohioans... ohio.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041011/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:02:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1939811/posts Is there a standard procedure here for having a private conversation with a moderator? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1939811/posts#comment Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:21:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714359/posts Another amazing piece to the Foley blackmail story. To jump into the middle of the story: we have established that it was Jordan Edmund, the then-18 year old page, now 21-year old political operative, who was the recipient of Rep. Foley's IM lust. Edmund, a gay, 21 year-old college student from San Diego CA, has somehow, mysteriously and inexplicably, managed to get the job of campaign manager for a repub candidate from Oklahoma. Edmund has a companion, also 21 and also from San Diego, working with him on the Oklahoma campaign. I have posited on other posts that these two... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714359/posts#comment Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:54:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706670/posts <p>FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON ON NOT CAPTURING BIN LADEN: 'At least I tried. That's the difference between me and some, including all the right wingers. They ridicule me for trying. They had eight months to try, they did not try. I tried. So I tried and failed'...</p> The Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706670/posts#comment Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:09:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1574566/posts In this war freedom should come first not after! In New Hampshire the Motto is Live free or Die! I don't need Bush spying on law abiding americans and taking our freedoms. Anyone who surrenders a square inch of freedom to the government in the name of saftey is a traitor and should be treated like one! Let the Bush Fashists all drop dead! Filthy Commys! LET FREEDOM RING! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1574566/posts#comment Wed, 8 Feb 2006 20:53:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519349/posts November 09, 2005 Mary Mapes Names Names ("Anonymous" Ones) Posted by Bill An excerpt from page 201 of her new book: Within minutes of Buckhead's original posting, Freepers began to repeat and embellish Buckhead's thoughts. Not surprisingly, they all agreed with him, they all agreed with one another, and they all agreed this should be pursued aggressively. Freethinkers they are not. The Freepers and their lockstep like-minded fellow travelers moved as a group, like a school of sharks sweeping toward an unaware and unarmed victim. CBS was like some sunburned, overweight Florida tourist with a cut foot, floundering and flapping... INDC Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519349/posts#comment Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:34:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1418216/posts CHP pursuit of kidnap suspect broadcast live nationwide. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1418216/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jun 2005 17:00:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1317689/posts Report just issues, mapes finally fired cbs radio news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1317689/posts#comment Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:02:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1317710/posts REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANEL DICK THORNBURGH AND LOUIS D. BOCCARDI ON THE SEPTEMBER 8, 2004 60 MINUTES WEDNESDAY SEGMENT “FOR THE RECORD” CONCERNING PRESIDENT BUSH’S TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE JANUARY 5, 2005 KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART NICHOLSON GRAHAM LLP Michael J. Missal, Esq. Lawrence Coe Lanpher, Esq. 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 778-9000 Counsel to the Independent Review Panel i TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................1 II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...............................................................................................4 A. 60 Minutes Wednesday Background..............................................................................6 B. The Pursuit of a Story on President Bush’s TexANG Service ......................................7 C. Obtaining Documents ....................................................................................................8 D. The Production of... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1317710/posts#comment Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:32:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/734316/posts The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/734316/posts#comment Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:39:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1289325/posts Announcing ApologiesAccepted.com, which styles itself the world's answer to SorryEverybody.com, featuring words of forgiveness from Bush-haters in Holland, Canada, South Korea, Australia and other countries. Somehow this crowd doesn't seem quite as pathetic as the SorryEverybody folks, though it may be that we judge foreigners by a lower standard. Actually, there's at least one dissenting photo, showing the top half of some guy's head with the following message beneath: What actually makes Kerry so much better than Bush? We know about Bush now, and we know, what to expect. The majority of the American people has made their decision and... Opinion Journal Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1289325/posts#comment Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:32:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1273094/posts By Jim Emerson Editor, RogerEbert.com October 14, 2004Who's the, uh, biggest villain in "Team America"? Kim Jong Il or Hollywood celebrities?"You should learn to keep your opinions OUT of your reviews!" Every critic I know has received at least one letter like that from an indignant reader. Of course, it's an absurd proposition; critics are paid to express their opinions, and the good ones (who exercise what is known across all disciplines as "critical thinking") are also able to cite examples and employ sound reasoning to build an argument, showing you how and why they reached their verdict. Well, since... Chicago Sun Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1273094/posts#comment Sat, 6 Nov 2004 23:59:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1220971/posts Since most FReepers are personally responsible, hard-working, well-prepared, self-sufficient individuals, I thought it would be nice for us to get to brag about the fruits of our labor--whether it be traditional county-fair fare (canning, crochet, quilting, crops, cheeses) or FReeper-oriented fare (political slogans, FReep posters, FReep ideas, breaking news, opus posts, FR handles, FR profiles, posts-of-the-day, etc.) I'm not sure who the judges will be, but you all are welcome to post your entries here. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1220971/posts#comment Mon, 20 Sep 2004 03:11:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1213734/posts <p>For a couple of days now we've been talking about whether the CBS memos could have been produced using the technology available in 1972 and 1973. We've talked about two typewriters mainly, both widely used at that time: the IBM Executive series and the IBM Selectric series.</p> Shape of Days via Instapundit.com (Glenn Reynolds) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1213734/posts#comment Sun, 12 Sep 2004 06:58:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/620413/posts Upon request, I have collected links to many of the earliest threads from September 11, 2001 below. I reviewed threads from the very first FR report (http://www.freeRepublic.com/focus/fr/520255/posts)through thread number 520326. Feel free to add other significant threads, including photo archives. Bumping this thread periodically instead of the original threads will also avoid scaring people with the headlines. Bookmark this thread, and bump it from time to time when the nation and the press seems to forget why we need resolve in the face of evil. Forgive some of the early misinformation and broken photo links, and recall the horror and ... Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/620413/posts#comment Sat, 2 Feb 2002 05:08:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1211771/posts <p>September 10, 2004 -- THE populist revolu tion against the so- called mainstream media continues. Yesterday, the citizen journalists who produce blogs on the Internet — and their engaged readers — engaged in the wholesale exposure of what appears to be a presidential-year dirty trick against George W. Bush. What the bloggers and their audiences did was call into profound question the authenticity of four documents proudly trumpeted by CBS News in a much-heralded investigative report on Wednesday night's edition of "60 Minutes" about the president's National Guard service in the early 1970s.</p> New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1211771/posts#comment Fri, 10 Sep 2004 05:31:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1212088/posts Excerpts.... The Kerry end is near? At this precise time every four years, the most media-savvy members of the Gang of 500 begin to think about their roles in the premiere post-election forum that revisits the actions and players of the presidential race. But if nothing changes in the race as it now stands — with President Bush winning a decent-sized victory — much of the talk will be about the greater technical proficiency of the Bush-Cheney effort.Democrats, who deny up and down that they had anything to do with the documents, tell ABC News that they plan to continue... ABC Notes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1212088/posts#comment Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:54:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158886/posts STOCKHOLM, Sweden - It's healthy and tasty, for those with expensive tastes. Farmers in northern Sweden are milking moose and making cheese, which they sell for a lot of dough — nearly $500 a pound. The buyers include upscale hotels and restaurants in Sweden. AP Photo Christer Johansson and his wife, Ulla, started their 59-acre dairy farm "Moose House" seven years ago in Bjursholm, 404 miles north of the capital, Stockholm. They claim it is the only moose dairy farm in Europe. The Johanssons currently have 14 moose in the fields but only three — "Gullan," "Haelga" and "Juna" —... yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158886/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:55:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1151290/posts Second Thoughts By: William W. Lawrence 06/08/2004 The champagne corks were not popping at 400 N. Broad St., but there were some smiles. Circulation rose a paltry 800 to 387,692, which was an improvement over past years when the left-wing, liberal publication appeared to be in free-fall. In 1999, the Inquirer was losing readers faster than any newspaper of comparable size in the country. An Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), the largest independent verifier of newspapers' circulation figures, showed that the Inquirer's daily circulation had dipped to just under 402,000 -- a 7.2 percent decrease from the same six-month period... The County Press (Suburban Philadelphia) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1151290/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:02:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1127440/posts Hi! My name is John Martineu. Im 18 and a student of Dover high School in Dover Delaware. I have been assigned a final term project. We are to do a 20 page turn paper on different subjects. I am doing one on the collapse of communism. Since you coservatives know alot about this, I was wondering if you could help me out. First Id like to know what communism is and how it is different from socialism? Second I would also like to know about why Russia collapsed. Third could you tell me why you refer to certain people... myself http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1127440/posts#comment Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:13:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1103363/posts I posted the following statement to our front page in response to the criticism I'm receiving lately as to not being fair and balanced and perceived mistreatment of trolls and assorted malcontents. Got news for all, I'm NOT fair and balanced. I'm biased toward God, country, family, liberty and freedom and against liberalism, socialism, anarchism, wackoism, global balonyism and any other form of tyranny. Hope this helps. Statement by the founder of Free Republic: In our continuing fight for freedom, for America and our constitution and against totalitarianism, socialism, tyranny, terrorism, etc., Free Republic stands firmly on the side of... Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1103363/posts#comment Tue, 23 Mar 2004 02:22:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095156/posts WHEN John Knoll created Photoshop in 1989, he knew he was designing an image-editing program that could be used in good ways and bad. But even Mr. Knoll, who wrote the software with his brother, Tom, was unprepared for how outlandish photo manipulation would become. "When we worked on it, mostly we saw the possibilities, the cool things," said Mr. Knoll, 41. "Not how it would be abused." The same tools that can be used to crop, retouch and otherwise edit digital images can be used just as easily to distort, alter and fabricate them. With Photoshop and similar programs... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095156/posts#comment Thu, 11 Mar 2004 03:41:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1093324/posts (This is a Google translated excerpt from a Spiegel article regarding Freeping) Vote vote-pfuscher You need tons click "co-ordinating" Of franc Patalong Votes are a fine thing, the butter on message bread. They give a feedback to the on-line Medienmacher, how the reader sees a thing. George W. Bush regard nearly 60 per cent of the readers of MIRROR ON-line ONE for example as a Top president. We know also, why. From the guidance for the falsification of the Mirror On-line Votes: "You need tons cklick ' co-ordinating!'" The widow Vivian Freep from Midland (Texas) is "George Bush's biggest more... Spiegel (Germany) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1093324/posts#comment Mon, 8 Mar 2004 21:00:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/851038/posts   Song Stuck in Your Head? You're Not AloneBy Alison McCookNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The vast majority of people say they have been mentally tortured at one point in their lives by a song that keeps repeating itself over and over in their heads.And new research shows that people most frequently plagued by this phenomenon are those with slightly neurotic tendencies , and people who enjoy and listen to music often. These mental broken records are also more likely to play the first or last song we hear in different situations, such as the first song that comes on... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/851038/posts#comment Tue, 25 Feb 2003 04:26:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1078723/posts Wanted: Preferably Dead $0.01 As you have noticed, there has been an increased level of "troll traffic" at FR, so I have decided to make lemonade out of lemons and placed a $0.01 USD reward out for every Troll ZOT!ed at Free Republic. The contribution to the Bush re-elecion campaign, Republican candidates, and the RNC will be based on the total number of ZOT!ed Tolled blasted away between 2/16/2004 and Election Day. The AdminMods are highly effective in what they do so the final total could be a rather large sum. If you are wondering why I'm only contributing... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1078723/posts#comment Sun, 15 Feb 2004 20:30:37 GMT