http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/imposter/ en-us Fri, 15 May 2009 16:12:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251655/posts A Denver-based veterans organization has voted to disband after accusing its founder of fabricating an identity as a former Marine captain who served three tours in Iraq and was at the Pentagon on 9/11. Thirty-two-year-old Richard Glen Strandlof, who used the name Rick Duncan, founded the organization, the Colorado Veterans Alliance, about two years ago. Major Carl Redding, spokesman for the U.S. Marines, said there is no record of Richard Glen Strandlof or Rick Duncan serving in the Marines. Strandolf appeared several times as a campaign spokesperson attacking Republicans in 2008 on national security issues. Colorado Republican State Chairman Dick... TheDenverChannel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251655/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 16:12:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249692/posts Man impersonated federal agent on 2007 flight from Logan May 12, 2009 07:33 PM Email| Comments (1)| Text size – + By Globe Staff The man in his late 40s flashed a badge, said he was a Department of Homeland Security agent, and filled out a flying-while-armed form at the airline ticket counter at Logan International Airport. Then he bypassed security and boarded a plane to San Diego. The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249692/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 01:16:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2246620/posts In an effort to resolve this issue once and for all, the Obama Administration has put together a team tasked with producing a believable Hawaii Birth Certificate Forgery Efforts to compel President Barack Obama to produce a valid birth certificate for the purpose of proving he is constitutionally eligible to be President of the United States continue. Team Obama, however, has continually tried to dismiss the efforts as “garbage.” Barack Obama, however, is finding it more difficult to dismiss the question, and would like to be done with it once and for all. He was hoping the issue would simply... American Daily Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2246620/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 02:19:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174407/posts Obama’s popularity has really spread around the world. Everything from streets, hotels, and even people are being named after the newly elected President of the United States. For one photographer in Indonesia, it is not the name Obama that has thrown him into almost instant fame, but rather his face. Ilham Anas bares a striking resemblance to the president-elect Barack Obama in this recent commercial. CNN report on Sen. Obama's Indonesia school- VIDEO A LITTLE LATE CNN TO START VETTING DON'T YOU THINK? Weird ASIAN News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174407/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:42:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129453/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) – As President-elect Obama visits the White House, a new national poll suggests that the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the most unpopular president in the six decades since presidential approval ratings were first measured. Seventy-six percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday disapprove of how George W. Bush is handling his job as President. That's an all-time high in CNN polling, or in Gallup polling dating back to World War II. "No other president's disapproval rating has gone higher than 70 percent. Bush has managed to do that three times... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129453/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:09:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883878/posts Thirty-six years and hundreds of billions of dollars after President Richard M. Nixon launched the war on drugs, consumers worldwide are taking more narcotics and criminals are making fatter profits than ever before. The syndicates that control narcotics production and distribution reap the profits from an annual turnover of $400 billion to $500 billion. And terrorist organizations such as the Taliban are using this money to expand their operations and buy ever more sophisticated weapons, threatening Western security. In the past two years, the drug war has become the Taliban's most effective recruiter in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's Muslim extremists have reinvigorated... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883878/posts#comment Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:06:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861428/posts ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Florida man described as patriotic, who faced prison time for wearing a U.S. Army uniform at Orlando International Airport, won a legal battle Thursday when an Orange County, Fla., judge ruled the state law unconstitutional. In May, Fernando Montas, who is not a member of the military, was arrested at OIA for violating a state law prohibiting civilians from wearing military clothing. "My client is patriotic with what is going on overseas and he is proud to be in this country and was basically exercising his First Amendment rights to freedom of speech," Montas' attorney Rajan... local6 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861428/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jul 2007 22:59:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1839718/posts Azia Kim was like any other Stanford freshman. She graduated from one of California’s most competitive high schools last June, moved into the dorms during New Student Orientation, talked about upcoming tests and spent her free time with friends. Azia Kim allegedly climbed through this first-floor window in Okada to sleep during spring quarter. The 18-year-old was evicted after her ruse was uncovered Monday night. Azia Kim allegedly climbed through this first-floor window in Okada to sleep during spring quarter. The 18-year-old was evicted after her ruse was uncovered Monday night. The only problem is that Azia Kim was never... Stanfurd Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1839718/posts#comment Fri, 25 May 2007 15:30:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752471/posts BE HERE, OR BE NOWHERE! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752471/posts#comment Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:43:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666214/posts McALLEN — A combat veteran always knows when there is another one in the same room. That’s what many Rio Grande Valley veterans have said since J.C. Ortiz, the Mission man who claimed to be a decorated combat veteran, admitted his supposedly illustrious and heroic military career in the U.S. Marine Corps was really less than honorable. “He told me about his Purple Hearts,” said Homer Gomez, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam. “The things he told me didn’t jive.” Ortiz, born Gerrald Jerome Bowman, lived a lie for at least a decade, convincing many he served four tours... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666214/posts#comment Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:52:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665245/posts The Monitor has created a multimedia presentation on Ortiz which can be viewed at www.themonitor.com/ortiz. MISSION — Marine Sgt. Maj. J.C. Ortiz has spent at least the last 15 years living a lie. The story he has told his friends and family countless times about his decorated war record is not true. Sgt. Maj. J.C. Ortiz never existed. There were no seven Purple Hearts. No four tours of combat in Vietnam. And he certainly was never a sergeant major. The lies caught up with Ortiz, born Gerrald Jerome Bowman, on Tuesday. He admitted the medals and battlefield stories were all... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665245/posts#comment Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:57:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662277/posts This morning I noted the lame Star Tribune story by Dane Smith on Keith Ellison's vehicular infractions. Smith seemed not to realize that the story was the number of infractions combined with nonpayment of fines and the suspension or revocation of his driver's license to an extent Ellison himself could not recall. Minnesota Democrats Exposed remains on top of the story, updating it tonight to note 38 parking violations and 17 moving violations for a total of 55 tickets. All in all, it is a picture of an attorney who does not have much respect for the law. Also lying... Power Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662277/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jul 2006 12:02:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1651121/posts Evangelicals are joining hands with mainline Christians, Catholics, and Muslims once again to help shape government policies, this time in the area of torture. Wednesday, Jun. 14, 2006 Posted: 5:06:24PM EST Evangelicals are joining hands with mainline Christians, Catholics, and Muslims once again to help shape government policies, this time in the area of torture. Some 27 religious leaders, including Saddleback Church's Rick Warren and the National Association of Evangelicals' president Ted Haggard, have signed onto a statement urging the United States to "abolish torture now - without exceptions." The statement, published today in newspapers nationwide, marks the official launch... The Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1651121/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:52:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630003/posts My new book, "Impostor," is very critical of President Bush for not standing up for conservative principles. One of the main criticisms I have heard is that Republicans in Congress deserve much of the blame for out-of-control spending and other sins I blame on him. This is a valid point. But I take the view members of Congress will always behave myopically, seeing spending that benefits their constituents as supremely virtuous even as they decry deficits and bloated budgets. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630003/posts#comment Wed, 10 May 2006 19:25:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1610511/posts The area's home prices have a 60-percent chance of dropping, one of many factors making San Diego the riskiest real estate market in the nation, according to a quarterly report put out by a California mortgage insurer.The report, put out by the Bay Area insurance company PMI Group, is well-respected by experts, who said it usually gives an accurate picture of the state of the nation's 50 largest home-buying markets. However, they stressed that the report is merely the latest in a long line of analyses that point to something the industry already knows: The nation's housing market is cooling,... Voice of San Diego http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1610511/posts#comment Thu, 6 Apr 2006 22:14:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1608900/posts ....They weren't the vanguard of a sweeping social revolution that will erase the U.S.-Mexico border or reconfigure the American political order. Nor were they a grim harbinger of an alien takeover that will turn "our" hard-won privileges and prosperity over to hordes of invading foreigners. I believe a lot of these kids sincerely feel that their families and culture are under assault by a politically motivated wave of anti-immigrant sentiment. They wanted to make a stand. As teenagers invariably do, some of them went too far, waving Mexican flags, chanting slogans in Spanish and trying to stretch the festivities to... Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1608900/posts#comment Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:24:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1500863/posts Though widely viewed as an arch conservative in the major media, Bruce Bartlett increasingly finds himself alienated from the president of his party. Bush's policies, he warns, have been anything but conservative. Bartlett faults Bush for moving away from free trade, adopting Keynesian economic theories, increasing government regulation and doing an extremely poor job of developing and selling conservative initiatives, such as Social Security reform. As such, George W. Bush, he says, has been a disaster for conservatism. Criticism of Bush from the right has largely been confined to fringe elements outside the mainstream of the conservative movement. Bartlett... writersreps.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1500863/posts#comment Wed, 12 Oct 2005 02:09:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470714/posts Good interview by Mike Rosen on KOA 850am today with Melanie Morgan of Move America Forward and Deborah Johns of Northern California Marine Corps Moms. In the final minutes of their one hour appearance a caller from Colorado Springs called in to argue against the two guests and the mission of our military in Iraq. He started the call by stating that he had served for ten years in the Army during the first gulf war in Kuwait / Iraq. The caller was unhinged during his 5 to 7 minutes 'debating' with Mike and Melanie Morgan, totally undisciplined. He was... Opinion / Post at Hannity Forums http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470714/posts#comment Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:27:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1358365/posts Thomas B. Griffith, President Bush's nominee for the federal appeals court in Washington, has been practicing law in Utah without a state law license for the past four years, according to Utah state officials. Under Utah law, Griffith's only option for obtaining the state license was to take and pass the state bar exam, an arduous test that lawyers try to take only once. He applied to sit for the exam, but never took it, Utah bar officials confirm. Utah State Bar rules require all lawyers practicing law in the state to have a Utah law license. There is no... Washington POst http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1358365/posts#comment Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:13:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340895/posts 630 KHOW afternoon show hosts Dan Caplis and Craig Silverman have obtained numerous University of Colorado documents regarding Professor Ward Churchill through a freedom of information request. The documents show that Churchill filled out an Affirmative Action form claiming American Indian heritage when he applied for a job as an Associate Professor. The record shows only two people were interviewed for the job and that both were American Indian. In addition, Churchill claims Creek/ Cherokee heritage on his resume. Churchill has claimed he is three-sixteenths Cherokee but has never provided any documentation to support the claim. A Rocky Mountain News... KHOW 630am http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340895/posts#comment Fri, 11 Feb 2005 06:28:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1334357/posts The coming economic crisis. Unemployment. Health care for the poor. The almost 1,500 dead soldiers. The almost 100,000 dead Iraqis. Armstrong Williams and Maggie Gallagher. The Christian Conservative takeover of our nation. The missing 9 billion. The missing weapons of mass destruction. The impending invasion of Iran, and Syria. The total failure to protect us on 9-11. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1334357/posts#comment Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:48:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1324996/posts US Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, who had hoped to replace George W. Bush as president yesterday, instead sat in the cold and clapped as the Republican began a second four-year term. Iowa Democratic Senator Tom Harkin patted Senator Kerry on the back shortly before the inauguration Senator Kerry had hoped would be his. As Mr Bush delivered his inaugural address, Senator Kerry, about 10m away on the steps of the US Capitol, joined other lawmakers and the crowd in repeated applause. Senator Kerry looked relaxed, at times wistful. He frequently smiled, able to hide any disappointment over what... news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1324996/posts#comment Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:09:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1228231/posts ...Boat Commander Chenoweth in his sworn affidavit states that he was preparing to rescue Rassman from the water when Kerry's boat returned and picked him up. His boat was right beside Kerry's. Chenoweth states that at that time no firing was taking place. Chenoweth later stated "His (Kerry's) account of what happened and what really happened are as different as night and day." Crewman Van Odell, who was on the boat next to Kerry's (Chenoweth's) when Rassman was rescued, stated, "Kerry lied to get his Bronze Star ... I know. I was there." Also remember that most of those present... christian-news-in-maine.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1228231/posts#comment Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:22:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1227651/posts By WALTER WILLIAMS GUEST COLUMNIST During his first term, George W. Bush has inflicted more damage on the nation's people than any other president in the post-World War II era. Not only has the Bush administration failed, it has been far and away the most dangerous presidency in this period. No other administration has seen itself above the law or so disregarded the Constitution by attacking the venerable institutions created to uphold democracy. In addition, the Bush presidency pushed through its policies by employing a calculated lawlessness that featured both deception and secrecy. A couple of examples help illustrate the... Seattle Post Intelligencer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1227651/posts#comment Sun, 26 Sep 2004 19:58:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1213286/posts Open Letter to the Democratic Party To whom it may concern: Be advised that the majority of Veterans and Independent Voters are fed up with your assaults on the Viet Nam Veterans that are exposing your “war hero” When Kerry used his Viet Nam service as his central theme, he seems to have conveniently forgotten the insults he poured on us during the 1971 Senate Hearings. It also seems that he has done everything to keep his “New Soldier” out of the hands of the general public, to include the latest PDF version on a website that is now blocked.... Private Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1213286/posts#comment Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:58:58 GMT