http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/idiotarian/ en-us Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:53:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642862/posts Jimmy Carter is without doubt one of the most active and influential ex-presidents in American history. After leaving office, he established the nonprofit Carter Center, tasked with advancing human rights around the world. Through his and the center’s work, Carter has helped monitor more than 60 democratic elections, worked with governments in sub-Saharan Africa to develop sustainable agriculture, negotiated for peaceful conflict resolution in various countries, and worked to eradicate diseases such as Guinea worm and river blindness. For these and other efforts, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Carter–whose presidency was highlighted by achievements in international... Mother Jones http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642862/posts#comment Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:53:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1621474/posts "Certainly this isn't the first Hollywood production done in by the competing corporate and personal interests that funded it (consider the unspoken implications—both commercial and propagandistic—of the film's last-minute title change from Flight 93 to United 93), but it is the only one I've come across where the families of those onboard gave it their full-on approval. Not all the families, of course. All evidence suggests that the terrorists' relatives were left entirely out of the creative process, an action which goes a way toward revealing the film's hagiographic bias (how easy it then becomes to turn victims into heroes... Slant Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1621474/posts#comment Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:47:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1585661/posts Address to: Summer Sounds Symposium Punga Cove, New Zealand February 11 2006 For the past three decades and more, many of the leading opinion makers in our universities, the media and the arts have regarded Western culture as, at best, something to be ashamed of, or at worst, something to be opposed. Before the 1960s, if Western intellectuals reflected on the long-term achievements of their culture, they explained it in terms of its own evolution: the inheritance of ancient Greece, Rome and Christianity, tempered by the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the scientific and industrial revolutions. Even a radical... The Sydney Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1585661/posts#comment Sun, 26 Feb 2006 03:00:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1569303/posts How to address a bitter, war-torn but still somehow giddy and deeply horny nation. My fellow Americans, we're not as royally screwed as everything Bush has done during his miserable term in office would have you believe. San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1569303/posts#comment Wed, 1 Feb 2006 13:48:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1564299/posts Here's the audio and transcript of Hugh's interview with Joel Stein. It's another glaring example of why the Times is the worst newspaper in America: HH: Welcome now Joel Stein of the Los Angeles Times, columnist there. Hi, Joel. Welcome to the Hugh Hewitt Show. JS: Hey, thanks for having me. HH: You wrote a very controversial column today, and I want to talk about it. But first, some background. How long have you been a columnist for the L.A. Times? JS: A little more than a year. HH: All right. And you're a graduate of Stanford, right? What year?... Radio Blogger.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1564299/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:44:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554391/posts Yaa, you repukes are not doing so well, huh? Imagine, you repukes control the presidency, both houses of Congress, and appointed 7 of the 9 Supreme Court justices. Yet the Supreme Court thre out sodomy laws in all 50 states and recognized the right of government to seize land for any reason. And you couldn't pass your Social Security changes could you? Sorry, that was your last shot. Come November, we're going to start seeing more Democratic faces in the House. It's the end for you guys. You guys are celebrating when Bush's numbers go *up* to 45%. Then Faux... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554391/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jan 2006 02:43:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556062/posts I was all wrong about "Narnia." Which is to say, about six months ago in this space I was hell-bent on the white-hot idea that Hollywood and the Christian-right group/billionaire that helped produce the tepid and saccharine flick would absolutely ruin "The Chronicles of Narnia" books, ruin the deep magic and the astounding sense of wonder these books held for millions of children (including this writer) by regurgitating them as a slick, dumbed-down, poorly acted smarm-fest full of ham-fisted Jesus allusions and excessive special effects, all from the director who brought you, ahem, "Shrek 2." Things did not, shall we... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556062/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:36:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544272/posts Mourners overflowed a church Tuesday for the funeral of executed murderer and Crips gang co-founder Stanley Tookie Williams, listening to eulogies by hip-hop star Snoop Dogg and Rev. Jesse Jackson and a recording of Williams urging peace. As police watched, mourners including gang members flashing hand signs gathered at the 1,500-seat Bethel AME Church in South Los Angeles and in a parking lot where a TV showed the funeral for Williams, who was executed Dec. 13 despite a celebrity-studded campaign for clemency. Snoop Dogg recited a poem, "Until We Meet Again," in which he referred to the execution. "It's nine-fifteen... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544272/posts#comment Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:08:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539907/posts These photographs and videos were taken outside the gates of San Quentin Prison on the evening of December 12, 2005 during a vigil marking the execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, which happened shortly after midnight. Before arriving at San Quentin, I had been under the naive impression that the crowd in front would be evenly split between anti-death penalty protesters and pro-death penalty protesters. I was sorely mistaken. I quickly learned that the crowd was 99% anti-death penalty. And a substantial proportion of them were avowed socialists, since several radical groups showed up en masse…. Full collection of photos &... zombietime.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539907/posts#comment Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:24:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537923/posts The Inmates are Running the Asylum How much damage will men like George Bush, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Sam Brownback, Ralph Reed, and Rick Santorum inflict before reason prevails and they are unmasked as the twisted, malevolent charlatans that they are? Fundamentalist Christians, adherents to a nauseating perversion of Christianity (conjured from their twisted imaginations and their distorted interpretations of the Bible) wield a significant amount of power in the United States, socially and politically. Fund-raising, promotional, and organizational skills have enabled these Corpora-Fascist Capitalists masquerading as practitioners of the Christian faith to gain pervasive influence over the Republican Party.... Aljazeerah.info http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537923/posts#comment Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:51:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1531573/posts Unstoppable Political Correctness Meets The Immovable Identity Group In my sophomore year at Pomona College my intramural inner tube water polo team made it to the championship game. The co-ed activity required each 7 person squad to have two women in the water at all times. Women's goals counted as two points as well - nice shooting Emily Gold, class of 2003! Some called this setup sexist, but it achieved its aim - women were included both on the squad and during the games. (The unintended consequence - a team fielded by the Women's Water Polo Team proved very difficult... Local Liberty (The Claremont Institute) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1531573/posts#comment Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:36:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1529743/posts Anti-American left wing lunatic Ted Rall was not content with depicting the US military as rapists, pedophiles and idiots. In his latest piece of artwork, Rall portrays Iraq War Veterans as torturers and domestic abusers. The cartoon, Sex Lives of Iraq War Vets, published on November 26, 2005, shows the veterans torturing their girlfriends and the girlfriend's parents Abu-Ghraib style. The final frame shows a vet dropping bombs on his girlfriend's home in response to a break-up. This latest attempt to undermine our military comes on the heels of Rall's cartoon depicting US soliders in Iraq as rapists and pedophiles.Ted... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1529743/posts#comment Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528210/posts The bitter truth, as we feast on the bounty of the empire -Our myth of Thanksgiving warps a history of genocide ONE indication of moral and intellectual progress in the United States would be the replacement of Thanksgiving Day with a National Day of Atonement. Indigenous people have offered such a model; since 1970 they have marked the fourth Thursday of November as a Day of Mourning in a spiritual/political ceremony on Coles Hill overlooking Plymouth Rock, one of the early sites of the European invasion of the Americas. But the thought of changing this white-supremacist holiday is hard to... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528210/posts#comment Fri, 25 Nov 2005 05:15:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1494487/posts THE United States is “America” to most people. But that word refers to the continent. When applied to the United States, it is better spelled with a “k,” as in “swastika.” It’s the country most Filipinos want to visit. But if you’ve ever been involved in any group or activity faintly progressive; if you have relatives or friends who have been there; or you’re from a country that its officials say harbors “terrorist groups,” you’d be tempting fate to go there. No matter how vague or past your involvement, it could earn you a strip search, an interrogation session with... Phillipine Daily Independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1494487/posts#comment Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:21:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1466872/posts March 12, 1944 WARM SPRINGS (Routers) A Minnesota woman whose son was killed in the recent Anzio offensive has demanded a private audience with President Roosevelt, and has taken up residence outside his Georgia retreat until she gets one. Mrs. Etta Mae Hanberg, of Fergus Falls, had a son, Lawrence, who died after stepping on a land mine near the Italian village of Aprilia on January 25th. Overcome with grief, she now questions the war, and laments the apparent purposelessness of her son's sacrifice. She has set up camp outside the president's vacation retreat here, and refuses to leave until... Transterrestrial Musings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1466872/posts#comment Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1444200/posts http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20050715/tc_cmp/165702500 UN Panel: No Single Nation Should Control Internet Addresses Aoife White Thu Jul 14, 9:38 PM ET BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP)--A U.N. panel created to recommend how the Internet should be run in the future has failed to reach consensus but did agree that no single country should dominate. The United States stated two weeks ago that it intended to maintain control over the computers that serve as the Internet's principal traffic cops. In a report released Thursday, the U.N. panel outlined four possible options for the future of Internet governance for world leaders to consider at a November "Information... Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1444200/posts#comment Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:52:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1442983/posts Here is the list so far for sponcers to this hate America fest: ANSWER Code Pink UFPJ NION Al Awda World Workers Party Ruckas Revolutionary Communist party Moveon.org ACORN Campus Antiwar Network International Socialist Org Greens Party Muslim Student Association CPUSA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1442983/posts#comment Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:53:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1401252/posts COUNTDOWN TO ATTACK ON IRAN & SYRIA 27 days left before war with Iran Are we going to stand idly by as more sovereign countries are attacked? This farce has nothing to do with getting rid of nuclear weapons in the Middle East or else the US would shut down the billions of dollars of aid that Israel receives. Money that is funneled into its massive chemical, biological and nuclear arsenal, which is turning Israel into a dominant superpower. Their military & political might remains unchecked. They are in firm control of the world’s remaining superpower, the United States, and... bellaciao.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1401252/posts#comment Wed, 11 May 2005 22:02:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1397459/posts "Making fun of Repubicans won't get them on our side, but threatening to kill them might be more effective."WARNING: The screen blurb on the left of the front page is peppered with F-bombs and similar sentiments from this representative of the Tolerant Left. CafePress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1397459/posts#comment Thu, 5 May 2005 20:55:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1377889/posts Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in... Bolshie Mod Manifesto http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1377889/posts#comment Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:50:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374371/posts Here's the first of an amazing series of photos, audio and video files taken at the San Francisco Anarchist Bookfair by "Zombie". The entire series can be seen here.WARNING: Several of the images and files on the page -- especially the sixth image from the top -- are highly work-unfriendly, and might disturb Freepers not used to the open-air freak show that is San Francisco "alternative culture." Proceed with caution! zombietime.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374371/posts#comment Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:54:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1373248/posts University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill, under fire for linking Sept. 11 victims with Nazis, drew what seemed to be a largely sympathetic audience of more than 400 people to UC Berkeley Monday. Accusing critics of demonizing him, Churchill said that his comment characterizing World Trade Center workers as "little Eichmanns" had been distorted and that an ensuing conservative campaign against him posed a threat to all who would criticize government or society. Churchill, an ethnic studies professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, said he did not express support for those who launched the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1373248/posts#comment Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1363467/posts The family of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist killed by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer in Rafah two years ago, sued the State of Israel and the IDF for damages in the Haifa District Court on Tuesday. The 24-year-old Corrie was killed on March 16, 2003 when she tried to block an IDF bulldozer from destroying a Palestinian house near the Philadelphi Route, the strip of land in the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt. An IDF investigation ruled the incident was an accident and that the driver did not see Corrie, and the military prosecutor's office decided not to press charges... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1363467/posts#comment Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:36:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350367/posts Guilt can only weigh on a person's mind for so long before they crave the act of purgation; to get the weighty feelings of shame and responsibility out of the mind - or at least the guilty parties attempt to find some kind of peace if they cannot rid themselves of a screaming conscience that implicates and indicts its possessor.That said, perhaps some readers will understand why my friends and I rip yellow ribbon "support the troops" magnets off of cars or wherever people have affixed them. By ripping off these ribbons, we find a way to deal with our... Daily Collegian (UMass) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350367/posts#comment Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:28:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1336924/posts This link opens a 6-minute QuickTime video of a hate speech at the University of California at Irvine, by a Muslim speaker named Amir-Abdel Malik-Ali, announced as “a specialist in international politics:” After spewing antisemitic conspiracy theories and justifying suicide bombings of Israeli buses, the speaker says:And we have to sacrifice too, while we live here ... in Am-ri-ka. The belly of the beast. The number one imperialist in the world. ... But ... let’s call it a state, OK? And then you gonna go get some Uncle Tom Palestinian leaders to fall for this okey-doke. Two-state solution is off... StandWithUs.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1336924/posts#comment Sun, 6 Feb 2005 00:58:22 GMT