http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hasbeen/ en-us Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:00:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269410/posts TV host David Letterman has been criticised for making "sexually perverted" comments and "rape jokes" about Sarah Palin's teenage daughter. The former vice presidential candidate hit back after he called her "slutty" and appeared to suggest her 14-year-old child slept with a baseball star. Letterman, the host of The Late Show on CBS, told his audience Mrs Palin looked like a "slutty flight attendant" on a trip to New York. The Alaskan governor was there for a baseball game and to be honoured by a special needs group, accompanied by Willow, 14. Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269410/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:00:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2251689/posts MADONNA is set to commit to Jesus Luz, a 22-year-old model, in a Kabbalah wedding ceremony this weekend. Mr Luz's father told Brazil's Quem magazine the commitment ceremony would take place in New York. "He is already living with her," Luiz Heitor Pinto da Luz said of his son's union with the 50-year-old pop star. "I don't know if there will be an actual wedding. From what I have read, there could be a sort of ritual, but I don't know Kabbalah ... to know if it's valid and legal.' The couple met in Rio de Janeiro in December during... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2251689/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 16:48:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260605/posts "Let's play grown-up." When I was a child, that's what we said when we ran out of things to do like playing potsie or throwing rocks in the vacant lot. You'd go in and take your father's hat and your mother's purse and walk around saying, "Would you like tea?" In retrospect we weren't imitating our parents but parents on TV, who wore pearls and suits. But the point is we amused ourselves trying to be little adults. And that's what the GOP should do right now: play grown-up. The Democrats in the White House have been doing it since... www.opinionjournal.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260605/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 16:02:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242536/posts All of April and the start of May 2009 find us still being bombarded by the media hyping up the first 100 days of President Obama with no sign of it dying down. Following the introduction to the monthly thread I will post some photos to remind us of the first few days of the first May of the George W Bush Presidency - those were the days. The quote I have chosen for this month are remarks made during Commander-In-Chief Trophy Event at the South Portico on May 4, 2001. Tomorrow I will post some more photos from May... www.georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242536/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 03:57:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227594/posts Famed Mercury astronaut John Glenn has an open seat at his lunch table, provided you're willing to foot the bill. Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, is offering an afternoon lunch as part of a charity auction for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, which is raising college scholarship funds for aspiring engineers and scientists. It was 50 years ago today that NASA unveiled Glenn and the six other Mercury astronauts - the country's first spaceflyers - to the world in a frenzied press conference that made the seven men instant national heroes. On that April 9 in 1959, Glenn... Space.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227594/posts#comment Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:23:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200748/posts Newt Gingrich Eyes 2012 Run Susan Davis reports on politics. Newt Gingrich is keeping an eye towards 2012, the former speaker of the House told reporters Thursday evening before a speaking engagement at Randolph Macon College. Gingrich said he and his wife, Callista, “will look seriously and we’ll probably get our family totally engaged, including our two grandchildren, probably in January 2011, and we’ll look seriously at whether or not we think it’s necessary to do it,” he said, according to the Richmond Times Dispatch. “And if we think it’s necessary we’ll probably do it. And if it isn’t necessary... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200748/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:43:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2136611/posts Tennis great Jimmy Connors was arrested outside the campus arena where UC Santa Barbara and top-ranked North Carolina were playing a basketball game. The eight-time Grand Slam champion was taken into custody Friday night after refusing to comply with an order to leave an area near the entrance of the Thunderdome following a confrontation, police Sgt. Dan Massey said in a statement. The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2136611/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:06:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093423/posts Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said the Wall Street bailout plan pushed by President Bush signaled the “final collapse” of the current administration. “The Bush administration has now provided three case studies in arrogance, isolation and destructiveness: Michael Brown during Hurricane Katrina, Ambassador Jerry Bremer in Baghdad and Secretary [Henry] Paulson at Treasury,” Gingrich said. “It is a tragic and very expensive legacy. No conservative and no Republican should doubt how much it has hurt our cause and our party.” The former Speaker reiterated his call for the resignation of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. “As long as Secretary Paulson... The Source http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093423/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:50:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072566/posts The Weekly Standard Fred Thompson in 2012? Laying the groundwork for another presidential run. by Stephen F. Hayes 08/29/2008 3:00:00 AM IF FRED THOMPSON was the latest entrant in the 2008 Republican primary process, he may well be the earliest in 2012. Not that he will admit it. Over the course of the past two years, there has been much talk that the Republican party lacks a strong conservative leader. In May 2007, Thompson offered himself up and, on the issues, made a plausible case that he could be the guy. But his late entry to the presidential race, together... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072566/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 20:06:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949349/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) – George McGovern, the Democratic Party's 1972 nominee for president, is calling on Congress to impeach President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. And in an editorial in Sunday's Washington Post, McGovern writes the case for impeaching the current president is "far stronger" than the case made against former President Richard Nixon — the man who soundly defeated McGovern in the general election match up."Bush and Cheney are clearly guilty of numerous impeachable offenses," McGovern writes. "They have repeatedly violated the Constitution. They have transgressed national and international law. They have lied to the American people time after... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949349/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2008 00:41:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912445/posts In their push this week to try to override President Bush's veto of an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP), congressional Democrats called on singer/songwriter Paul Simon to press their case and to press Republicans to join in the attempted override. "The president's veto of the reauthorization of SCHIP appears to be a heartless act," said Simon at a press conference Tuesday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democratic leaders. Paul Simon is the co-founder of Children's Health Fund (CHF), a group that provides mobile health care to poor children in urban and rural areas.... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912445/posts#comment Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:13:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898419/posts Check it out here, at The New York Times' Contributions to Presidential Campaigns page. 3 Manilow, Barry Woodland Hills CA 91367 Self employed $2,300 Hillary Clinton 4 Manilow, Barry Woodland Hills CA 91367 Self employed $2,300 John Edwards 5 Manilow, Barry Woodland Hills CA 91367 Self employed $2,300 Barack Obama 6 Manilow, Barry Woodland Hills CA 91367 Self $2,300 Ron Paul 7 Manilow, Barry Woodland Hills CA 91367 Self $2,300 Joe Biden Reason Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898419/posts#comment Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:08:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1881694/posts BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Former major league All-Star Jose Offerman was charged with two counts of second-degree assault after hitting an opposing team's pitcher and catcher with his bat during an independent minor league game. Offerman posted $10,000 bond and was due in Bridgeport Superior Court on Aug. 23, court officials said Wednesday. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1881694/posts#comment Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:08:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880362/posts Karl Rove to Resign At the End of August By a WALL STREET JOURNAL Staff Reporter August 13, 2007 4:00 a.m. Karl Rove, President Bush's longtime political adviser, is resigning as White House deputy chief of staff effective Aug. 31, and returning to Texas, he said in an interview with Paul Gigot, editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page. (See related editorial1.) [nowide] 'THE MARK OF ROVE' Read the editorial2 by The Wall Street Journal's editorial page editor, Paul Gigot, on his interview with Karl Rove. Mr. Rove, who has held a senior post in the White House since... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880362/posts#comment Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:31:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880123/posts ...Day's story is a revealing way for McCain to open his book, for the success of the decision is far from obvious. In the very long run, it proved right—Day lived through the war, was an inspiring figure for McCain and others in captivity and ultimately came home to his family—but it was a very long run indeed. The lesson McCain takes from Day's experience is that you make the best call you can given the facts of the moment, and then you take your chances, come what may. Sometimes things work out sooner, sometimes later, sometimes never—and in the... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880123/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:23:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817561/posts This vacuum in Paris plays straight into le Pen's hands Next week's presidential elections will confirm what many Europeans fear, that France is moving inexorably to the right Will Hutton Sunday April 15, 2007 The Observer (UK) Nicolas Sarkozy, the front runner for the French presidency, has suggested that paedophilia is an incurable genetic disposition, that rioting Arab youths are scum and that an Orwellian sounding ministry for immigration and national identity is a good idea. Segolene Royal, his socialist challenger, wants the French to celebrate family, work and the flag. And on Friday, a suppressed official poll suggested that... The Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817561/posts#comment Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:27:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1808262/posts Broncos sign Bly to five-year, $33M contract By Michael Smith ESPN.com The Denver Broncos signed cornerback Dre' Bly to a five-year, $33 million contract, ESPN.com's Michael Smith reported Wednesday. The deal includes $18 million in bonus money, $16 million guaranteed. The signing should end any speculation Bly wouldn't report to the Broncos. Neither Bly nor his agent, Kennard McGuire was available for comment. Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan told the Denver Post that Bly initially wasn't happy when traded to Denver from the Detroit Lions, but he believes Bly will be happy with the Broncos. Michael Smith is a senior... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1808262/posts#comment Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:23:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1780359/posts NEW YORK - In the sensitive post-wardrobe malfunction world, some are questioning whether a guitar was just a guitar during Prince's Super Bowl halftime show. Prince's acclaimed performance included a guitar solo during the "Purple Rain" segment of his medley in which his shadow was projected onto a large, flowing beige sheet. As the 48-year-old rock star let rip, the silhouette cast by his figure and his guitar (shaped like the singer's symbol) had phallic connotations for some. A number of bloggers have decried "Malfunction!" — including Sam Anderson at New York magazine's Daily Intelligencer. Daily News television critic David... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1780359/posts#comment Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:24:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1717782/posts If we all go out and vote for peace candidates and get our friends to vote, and if our votes are really counted, it's no contest. There'll be a change in the Congress, and then we'll just have to keep building so we can get a president who won't send our soldiers to fight a war based on lies. We should have thrown the bastards out years ago. Let's do it now! Give Peace A VOTE! Fat Hog Moore http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1717782/posts#comment Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:48:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716768/posts <p>Liberal diva Barbra Streisand gave fans an earful of Bush-bashing last night at Madison Square Garden - then told a man in the audience to "shut the f- - - up" after he heckled her for poking fun at the president.</p> NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716768/posts#comment Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:31:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1680350/posts Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett tussled with police during a traffic stop early Wednesday before officers discovered four loaded guns in his sport utility vehicle, a police spokesman said. Officers used Mace to subdue Clarett after a stun gun was ineffective because the suspect was wearing a bullet-resistant vest, Sgt. Michael Woods said. Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1680350/posts#comment Wed, 9 Aug 2006 11:32:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671217/posts the Israel-Lebanon conflict never would've happened. Check out this article: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060723/UPDATE/607230360 Detroit News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671217/posts#comment Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:12:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662535/posts It's wonderful that Ralph Klein and Stephen Harper are working to raise our profile in Washington, but for every silver lining there is a cloud -- and in this case it's a glowering thunderhead named Al Gore. Last week, Ralph was in the U.S. capital promoting Alberta, and specifically the oil-sands as a reliable source of energy. This week it was the PM's turn, with a meeting Thursday with birthday boy George Bush, and earlier a working dinner with heavy hitters from the president's cabinet. It's still news to most Canadians that our country is America's No. 1 source of... Toronto Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662535/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jul 2006 23:40:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1653341/posts Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters, who inspired the rock band's iconic album "The Wall," scrawled "tear down the wall" on the concrete panels of Israel's West Bank barrier on Wednesday. The barrier was the first stop on a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories for Waters, who had been criticized by some fans for planning to play a concert in Israel. "It's a horrific edifice, this thing," Waters told reporters as he stood beside a section of the barrier in Bethlehem. "I've seen pictures of it, I've heard a lot about it but without being here you can't imagine... Am-Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1653341/posts#comment Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:13:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646809/posts While Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman John Murtha has ascended to the national stage as one of the most vocal critics of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq, he has also long downplayed the controversy and bitterness surrounding the two Purple Hearts he was awarded for military service in Vietnam. Murtha is a retired marine and was the first Vietnam combat veteran elected to Congress. Since 1967, there have been at least three different accounts of the injuries that purportedly earned Murtha his Purple Hearts. Those accounts also appear to conflict with the limited military records that are available, and... CNSnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646809/posts#comment Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:21:10 GMT