http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/greeley/ en-us Sun, 9 Nov 2008 06:32:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2128574/posts The Rev. Andrew Greeley, the best-selling novelist and Chicago Sun-Times columnist, fractured his skull in a freak fall in Rosemont Friday and is listed in critical condition at a suburban hospital, his family and friends said this afternoon. The outspoken priest had just lectured before a religious conference in Rosemont, and had taken a taxi to the nearby River Road Blue Line L stop. As Greeley, 80, exited the taxi, his jacket snagged in the door and he fell down and hit his head around 3:30 p.m. Friday, according to Rosemont police and friends. “Right now he’s critical but stable,... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2128574/posts#comment Sun, 9 Nov 2008 06:32:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087537/posts Abdiamar Bare, 21, walks up to the nondescript mosque in Greeley for noon prayers and pauses a moment to talk about his faith. He is asked by a visitor if he's seen the DVD "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West." No, he says. He's asked if the principles of Islam allow other religions to coexist with it. "Every religion is the same. No religion is better than another religion," Bare says. "I believe in Islam. I like my religion, and I don't want it to interfere with other religions." Bare is one of about 120 Muslim workers recently fired... Greeley Tribune (Greeley, CO) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087537/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:08:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085143/posts Let's fill some trucks with books, drive them downtown and burn them in front of the Chicago Public Library. Let's drive other trucks to the regional libraries and burn them, too . . . I mean the books, not the libraries, though libraries are the source of the problem. If it weren't for the libraries, it would be hard for innocent young people to be corrupted by the filth pouring out of the country's printers. Instead of burning books or libraries, perhaps we ought to start smashing printing presses. They have served as tools of sin and the devil since... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085143/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:37:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079680/posts At least 130 Muslim workers at the north Greeley JBS Swift & Co. plant were fired Wednesday afternoon, apparently over a dispute involving breaks during Ramadan. At issue is a request by Muslim workers to be able to take their lunch breaks at sunset to end their fast during Ramadan... expressed their dissatisfaction with negotiations by saying, “No prayer, no work.” Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079680/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:51:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080165/posts More than 100 Muslim workers were fired from a Greeley slaughterhouse Wednesday after refusing to report for work a day earlier in protest of the company's refusal to allow a prayer break during the work shift. ... "This action is a direct violation of our collective-bargaining agreement," Swift said of the walkout in a statement. "Employees were told . . . failure to report to work when recalled would result in their immediate termination." ... "There were no negotiations (Wednesday), nothing," said Ahmed Mohamud, a spokesman for the workers and one of those fired Wednesday. "I honestly thought we'd work... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080165/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:00:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065000/posts Andrew Greeley's column in today's Chicago Sun-Times is "American warmongers excel at talking a good game." Greeley's writings are often unintentionally amusing, filled with the sort of kneejerk liberalism we'd expect from a Barack Obama contributor. This morning's article is typically hilarious: If we chant "USA!" Often enough, sing God "Bless American!" fervently enough, wear flag pins, fly the flag in front of our house and croak the national anthem loudly enough, we will win victory and honor our dead heroes. Who are those who reject compromise of a useless and criminally deadly war like Iraq? They are the blusterers,... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065000/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:20:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993290/posts Blaring at readers from newspapers across the nation was continuing evidence of the press' obsession for benchmarks of servicemen who've sacrificed their lives in Iraq, as if the 3,999th soldier to die -- or for that matter, the first -- merited no mention. This issue isn't about freedom of the press. It's about journalistic ethics. The media circle like vultures waiting for the next lapse in government accountability, but demands virtually unlimited freedom to use anonymous sources. Who polices the "policemen of democracy?" Why, they do, of course, creating their own rules of conduct (such as "Deliberate distortion is never... Greeley Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993290/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:28:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988428/posts We took on the local chapter of MoveOn today in Greeley Colorado. We found this out after the rally when searching on a other thread about Move ON activies in the country. weldgophardline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988428/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:05:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986304/posts The Greeley rally was held today with the spirit of D.C. in attendance. We had some V.F.W. Warriors with us and the honks were plenty. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986304/posts#comment Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:30:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962332/posts Did the Clintons know what they were doing? I believe that they were unaware what they're doing to themselves by their vicious negative campaign against Sen. Barack Obama. They and their colleagues set out to destroy him by innuendo, distortion and smear. His brilliant victory in South Carolina over the weekend was too late. There is not enough time for him before next Tuesday to erase the images they have created -- a teller of fairy tales, a racial candidate, a friend of crooks. Sen. Hillary Clinton shouted him down in the debates, the former president exploded in temper tantrums.... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962332/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:45:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1931047/posts GREELEY, COLO. -- Tom Selders is still baffled at how quickly the city he served for years turned on him. The two-term mayor of this conservative farm town had been a political fixture for nearly two decades. A businessman who prided himself on bringing efficiency to city government, Selders infuriated his constituents after jumping into the national debate over illegal immigration. In May he spoke at an open forum in Washington about the effects of last year's immigration raid on a meatpacking plant here, which led to the detention of 262 undocumented workers. Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1931047/posts#comment Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:13:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922396/posts GREELEY, Colo. -- Retired police officer Ed Clark ousted Mayor Tom Selders by a wide margin Tuesday after a hard-fought campaign that often centered on illegal immigration. Clark had 61 percent of the votes to Selders' 39 percent in unofficial final results. Immigration is a heated issue in Greeley, where a raid by federal immigration agents in December rounded up about 260 Swift & Co. meatpacking plant workers. Selders has said such raids create community turmoil that could be avoided with better policies. He was criticized for traveling to Washington in May to discuss the impact of the raids. A... Denver Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922396/posts#comment Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:12:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919134/posts Calling Colorado Eagles to Greeley on Saturday Nov. 3rd from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919134/posts#comment Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:31:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915893/posts I am ashamed for America. Note carefully that I do not say I am ashamed of America. Despite all its inherent flaws and all its tragic mistakes, the United States stands, however incompletely and with whatever imperfections, for the highest standards of freedom and democracy that the world has yet known. I am ashamed for America because all the evil done in the nation's name in recent years is turning off the light on the mountaintop. 1. The president urges Congress in effect to accept the Turkish protest against the attribution of Armenian genocide because it might interfere with Turkish... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915893/posts#comment Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:43:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898807/posts Last week was a strange one. The commander in chief, the president of the United States, took refuge behind a military field commander to achieve credibility with the American people. Through constant repetition of his name, almost an invocation, George Bush built up Gen. David Petraeus as the man who finally found a strategy that would work in Iraq. Because he said it would work, therefore, it had worked. Robert Draper's Dead Certain, a sympathetic portrait of the Bush presidency, reports that the president had insisted to his chief of staff Andrew Card up to the time of Card's resignation... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898807/posts#comment Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:59:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1888444/posts Perhaps the quote is out of context. Perhaps I misunderstand the genius and insight of the sociologist/priest/pulp fiction writer. Perhaps I'm overreacting (no, that couldn't be it. Never!) But this remark by Father Andrew Greeley, found in a rather annoying National "Catholic" Reporter piece by John Allen, Jr. about "evangelical Catholics" vs. "liberal Catholics", is worth pondering for a moment: Pointing to Hoge’s survey, noted sociologist Father Andrew Greeley expressed skepticism about the long-term prospects of evangelical Catholicism. “It is not within the pope’s power to establish a Catholic identity,” Greeley said. “He may think it is, but he deceives... Ignatius Insight http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1888444/posts#comment Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:57:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863049/posts Most of northern Colorado has seen explosive growth in the past two decades. But Greeley stands out in one particular way: Much of the growth has occurred in the Latino population. While Loveland and Fort Collins’ populations are about 10 percent Latino, in Greeley it is 30 percent and climbing... Many people say the biggest reason is jobs. Latinos are coming to the Greeley area because they can find work in agriculture, meatpacking, construction and service industries. And people within any minority group are more likely to move to a community where they feel more comfortable. Such is the case... greeleytribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863049/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:48:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860944/posts FReepers Weldgophardline and Fire engine red entered a float dedicated to our brave troops serving in the armed services. Fire engine red worked tirelessly for two months to prepare a float that was a proud tribute to our troops for the annual parade in Greeley, Colorado. Besides displaying pictures of current service personnel, there is also a special heart on each side of the float with pictures honoring our brave troops who lost their lives fighting for our Country. Pictures will be posted shortly, and FReepers Weldgophardline and Fire engine red will add their report later. eye witness http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860944/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jul 2007 21:57:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854677/posts The vice presidency, John Nance Garner is alleged to have told his fellow Texan Lyndon Johnson, isn't worth a bucket of warm spit. A lame-duck presidency isn't worth much more. While George W. Bush was traveling through Europe on what should have looked like a triumphal journey, back home, Republican senators were burying his immigration reform bill and the secretary of defense was confessing that he could not reappoint Bush's handpicked chairman and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Does Bush comprehend that the public and Congress are repudiating him? His jaunty swagger on the shore of the... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854677/posts#comment Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:15:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847042/posts They might look like blue jeans and a white T-shirt to anyone else. But for Adolfo "Li'l Grim" Rodriguez, they are an essential part of his daily uniform. His expletive-laced speech, defiant attitude and blue bandana that usually hangs from his back pocket define who he is and what he says he represents. The 19-year-old says he has been a member of a Hispanic street gang for the past eight years. In that time, Rodriguez has survived a bullet and spent months in juvenile detention and the county jail. He proudly admits he's a gang member in Greeley. He was... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847042/posts#comment Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:23:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834372/posts Greeley mayor heads to Washington to stop immigration raids Vanessa Delgado May 16, 2007 Greeley Mayor Tom Selders will go to Washington on Thursday along with several religious groups to ask the President and Congress to stop immigration raids and urge for legislation on immigration reform. "I'm not making a stance one way or the other, but I am saying that we need some policies that work," Selders said. "Every time there is a raid, it creates a lot of turmoil in the community, and I think we can overt that turmoil by having better policies." Selders is set to... Greeley Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834372/posts#comment Wed, 16 May 2007 12:19:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821384/posts We had fun today showing support for the troops. We also had the Coordinator for the Colorado chapter of the Gathering of Eagles come all the way from Denver to Freep with us. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821384/posts#comment Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:49:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817483/posts We had a beautiful day to show SUPPORT FOR THE TROOPS. We had fifteen people out today for this event. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817483/posts#comment Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:21:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813719/posts We Freeped the left in Greeley,Colorado again today. It was cold and spitting snow but we had 5 of us to the one lone misinfromed that did show up. The horns did blow today and we even had some people roll down their windows to thank us for being out here in the cold. After we got done we even had a gentleman stop and give us coffee. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813719/posts#comment Sat, 7 Apr 2007 20:06:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809928/posts Good day to freep the left in Greeley,CO. We took on the left here again today, it was much better weather then last week. Last week we stood in the rain for a hour and the left never showed up. This week the fair weather antiwar crowd did show up. But we took it to them again and the honks proved they still do not have the hearts of all. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809928/posts#comment Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:41:47 GMT