http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/history-bloggers/ en-us Sun, 3 Jan 2010 23:32:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420253/posts SNIPPET: "Over the past few weeks, in the aftermath of the Anwar al-Awlaki’s rise to mainstream media prominence, I’ve been asked by several journalists to identify and discuss the role of the influential ‘online celebrity shaykhs.’ At the top of my list of Western jihadist clerics has been a guy known as Shaykh Abdullah al-Faisal. Well, turns out, he’s not just at the top of my list. This Jamaican-born fire-breathing jihadist cleric whose spent time in UK prison for incitement to terrorism was just arrested in Mombasa, Kenya for preaching in Kenyan mosques." JARRET BRACHMAN.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420253/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 23:32:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420220/posts SNIPPET: "From today’s Times Online: “Suicide bomber kills 70 at Pakistan sports event” A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives on to a field during a volleyball tournament in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least 70 people. Police said that at least 65 people were wounded and some 20 houses destroyed in the attack." SNIPPET: "Now how does Adam Gadahn’s video earlier this month in, “The Mujahideen Do Not Target Muslims” at all fit with attacks on people watching volleyball games? Seems to me that al-Qaida is either suffering from “acute disconnected from reality syndrome” (a la Stalin... JARRET BRACHMAN.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420220/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:23:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420203/posts In the spirit of our Founding Fathers let us recall the words of Israel Putnam. "Patriot, remember the heritages received from your forefathers and predecessors. Protect and perpetuate them for future generations of your countrymen." To those that don't know Israel Putnam, Israel Putnam was born in Salem Village (now Danvers), Mass. to a prosperous farming family. On April 20, 1775, when Putnam received news of the Battle of Lexington that started the day before, he left his plow in the field and rode one hundred miles in eighteen hours, reaching Cambridge the next day, to offer his services to... syc1959 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420203/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 21:51:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420185/posts Mark Steyn coins a new term for 2010: Generational de-assimilation. Lots of lazy assumptions are being put to rest this century. The assumption that electing a “Black” President will eliminate America’s racial tensions. The assumption that the scientific establishment is only interested in truth. Climategate! The assumption that more education will lead to wiser, more intelligent, people. And the assumption that the people of the world are moving from a tribal, superstitious, religion-ridden model to an accepting, multicultural, atheist-rationalist way of thinking. So why was Abdulfarouk Umar Muttalab trying to kill people for religious, tribal and cultural reasons while (in... The Virginian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420185/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 21:13:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420147/posts We will welcome the one and only Thomas Joscelyn writer for the Weekly Standard and Senior Editor of the Long War Journal who will update us on all issues national security. We also welcome back , Major Vaughn Ward, conservative candidate for the House from Idaho, formerly CIA and also served in Iraq, to give us the benefit of his knowledge and experience on this issue. And we also welcome a new member to the Freedom Radio family Lt. Col. John Loughlin, presently a member of the Rhode Island legislature, another Combat Vet for Congress, and running against Patrick Kennedy,... BlogTalkRadio/NiteCap at Freedom Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420147/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:15:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420054/posts Revelation that, as a teen employee of Baskin-Robbins, Barrack Obama gave away free ice cream to his friends was held to be a demonstration of “the type of generosity that drives this great man,” according to CNN reporter Ed Henry. “Even as a young man, when faced with the choice of serving corporate interests or benefiting the average citizen, Barrack Obama chose courageously and wisely,” Henry observed. “Your typical minimum wage worker would’ve been too scared to opt for social justice in such a situation. After all, getting caught could’ve meant getting fired.” “The pay-off to America today is a... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420054/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 17:45:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420013/posts Dick Cheney may no longer be the Vice President of the United States, but he has not gone quietly into the night. He is still speaking out and antagonizing those who disagree with his assessment of political controversies and figures, especially in his criticism of Barack Obama. Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420013/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 16:22:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419992/posts Possibly the greatest video on free speech you will ever experience! HailColumbia! YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419992/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 15:37:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419785/posts Yes, this is that good! Professionally done and incredibly inspiring! Worth the watch and pass it along! Video libertas http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419785/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 02:08:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419718/posts At around the turn of the century, before or just after World War I, the progressive amendments were passed. Not since the post Civil War era was there ever such a speedy passage of amendments to the Constitution or since. In a period of about 10 years or so, we saw four radical amendments passed and ratified into the Constitution. They are amendments 16, 17, 18, and 19. The era in which they were passed was one of optimism among the American Left and many of the influential leaders. New areas of science were opening up as well as new... On the Rim of Insanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419718/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 23:26:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419580/posts I have been reading Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain, a memoir of her service as a nurse in World War I, and would like to share an excerpt that I found particularly moving. This young lady, still in her early 20s by the end of the war, writes very eloquently of the horrors that she witnessed and personally experienced. I think it's fair to say that she did not have a "good war," since the war took from her, her fiancé, many close friends and her only brother. One of the most moving passages comes when she describes events... Testament of Youth (a Memoir) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419580/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 17:58:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419502/posts Meet sand artist Kseniya Simonova, who just won Ukraine’s version of “America’s Got Talent.” She uses a giant light box coupled with appropriate music to match her imagination and incredible talent as an artist, using sand as her media. What comes across as talent honed over many years of practice is actually a skill she taught herself in less than a year when she appeared on the TV show shown here. She taught herself this skill after her business collapsed due to the credit crunch. Grand Rants http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419502/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:21:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419486/posts n Federalist 51, James Madison writes about the checks and balances provided by the Constitution. It is in this paper he penned these famous words: "...But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature. If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external or internal controls on government would be necessary." And, of course, we know that men (read: our elected officials and bureaucrats) are not angels. Yet somehow our respect for the government our Founders gave us has blinded us to the reality that government is... Constitutional Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419486/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 14:50:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419483/posts I understand the Board of Inquiry (BOI) results are mixed and the recommendation is that LtCol Jeff Chessani is permitted to retire with his rank intact. I am truly happy that General Carparotto and his other two board members submitted that recommendation. I am very concerned, however, that this small crumb is a political accommodation to cover the possible administrative, political deception and trickery yet to come. DefendOurMarines.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419483/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 14:46:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419366/posts Abdelmutalib's Act of War By Walid Phares SNIPPET: "In the Arab world there is a saying: “Take their truth from their crazies.” I didn’t think it would fully apply in geopolitics until I heard Libya’s dictator, Moammar Qadhafi, claiming on al Jazeera few years ago that Bin Laden had acquired intercontinental missiles. The “crazy boy,” as the late Egyptian President Sadat used to call him, argued sarcastically that al Qaeda has developed an unstoppable weapon: human transoceanic missiles (Sawareekh bashariyya abira lil qarrat). He meant by that Jihadists who were committed to istishaad (martyrdom) by blowing up commercial jets over... COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419366/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 06:23:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419325/posts ... This is an issue that our elected leaders need to address formally and soon… ...snip.... Notice that INTERPOL is the only entity remotely close to a law-enforcement agency. The overwhelming majority of entries can be viewed as humanitarian or trade. Notice further that only two entries have “limited privileges” – INTERPOL and the International Food Policy Research Institute. Of course, now, the IFPRI stands alone in that category. snip... Clyde Middleton has done a tremendous amount of research on this with Steve Schippert of ThreatsWatch.org. From Clyde: INTERPOL is more a cooperative than an entity – police organizations around... NoisyRoom.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419325/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 03:40:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419264/posts The vast anthrax investigation, code-named Amerithrax, ended as far as the public knew on July 29 2008 with the death of Dr. Bruce Ivins, a microbiologist/wiki/Biodefense at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Maryland, at the nearby Frederick Memorial Hospital. The proximate cause of death was an overdose of the pain-killer Tylenol. No autopsy was performed, and there was no suicide note. Less than a week after his apparent suicide, the FBI declared Dr. Ivins to have been the sole perpetrator of the 2001 Anthrax attacks, and the person who mailed deadly anthrax... Jay Epstein's Weblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419264/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:03:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418911/posts Did Saddam Hussein's fall and the formation of a fledging democracy in Iraq encourage and embolden regime-threatening dissent in Iran? The anti-Iraq War crowd, many of whom suffer from Give-George-W.-Bush-No Credit-for-Anything Disease, says, "No, of course not." How dare anyone even suggest that the former President was correct, if not about the rightfulness of the war itself, then about his argument that a "free and peaceful" Iraq would provide a "dramatic and inspiring example" to the Middle East and the Muslim world. Good Lord! The Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418911/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:42:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418865/posts "Best (er, worst) of 2009: Hate mail edition" By Michelle Malkin December 31, 2009 12:24 PM SNIPPET: "Language warning, as always, as we head into the sewer for a year-end reminder of the depths of liberal intolerance for your humble “big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick:”" MICHELLE MALKIN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418865/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 09:32:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418854/posts The year 2010 is likely to be the pivotal year where pundits stop referring to the recession and begin openly talking about a depression. Our economic problem is rather simple to describe: There is too much debt relative to income and/or wealth. Below is a single graph that depicts the condition of our economy. It shows total debt of the U.S. as a percentage of GDP from 1870 forward. The debt figure includes all private and public debt. It does not include liabilities associated with unfunded government mandates like Social Security and Medicare. (Note: according to the U.S. trustees of... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418854/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 07:37:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418842/posts America The Beautiful: Now A Nation Which Stands Divided EDITOR’S NOTE: Dodie Smith, who hails from Texas, is a community activist, small business owner and a spokesman for America’s seniors. Smith is a frequent contributor to RFFM.org. What Has Happened To My Country? By Dodie Smith What has happened to my country? I ask this question over and over again and the answer gets harder and harder. I remember a country that once was free. There was truly a sense of community. Neighbors knew each other, helped one another when the need was there and every neighbor knew each child... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418842/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 07:00:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418696/posts The first question is what to call it. Circa Jan. 1, 2005, halfway through the first decade of the 21st century, Slate’s Timothy Noah implored us to decide what to call the decade we were living in. Neither “aughts,” “naughts,” “ohs,” nor “double ohs” seemed to be catching. Either Mr. Noah lacks influence or the decade is simply unnamable, because as we stand on the precipice of 2010, we are no closer to an agreed upon moniker. A proper name may be important because of our recent tendency to segment history by its third digit. In the past, I have... The Constitution Club http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418696/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:12:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418689/posts > China and India and other nations had larger GDP but it was Spain, Portugal, France, Netherlands and Britain that were the players in colonizing the Americas. > Next Big Future http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418689/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:02:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418634/posts ...All of that human and financial capital expended for CCongress 2009 - two weeks at a hotel, live video feeds, etc. - focused on a handful of issues like gun control; income tax; and the federal reserve system which, when distilled, amount to little more than a reassertion of states' rights over federal authority. And Robert Schulz, Founder and Chairman of the "We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education," who conceived and spearheaded the drive for a CCongress 2009, has been actively pursuing strategies to publicize these issues for more than 15 (fifteen) years. With this one exception. The mission... jbjd http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418634/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:23:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418530/posts On the last day of December 2009, we end the year with an article based upon Christianity and Culture ... Christianity has permeated our culture in every way conceivable ... everything that happens in our society can be linked to the sovereign will of God and the role that sin is allowed to play in this great cosmic experiment here on earth. America was founded as a Christian nation. Although that premise has been challenged frequently in recent years, a clear look at historical documents and monuments show an overwhelming support for the Bible and the God of the Bible.... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418530/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:13:07 GMT