http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/irony/ en-us Thu, 6 Nov 2008 04:11:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126691/posts Enough already. Please.Vanities used to be well thought out, researched and/or funny and somewhat rare. Now the vanities consist of whatever crap pops in someone's head and they are drowning out whatever news is being posted.I'm not the forum police, but please add you're rant, joke or pearl of wisdom to an ongoing thread. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126691/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 04:11:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091060/posts Slavery still stalks the American consciousness, its wounds yet festering in many hearts. If Barack Obama were to set his mind to it, he could heal much of the damage this peculiar institution wrought on our national soul. This great and tragic error that must be given justice. Obama is the best person in the world who can recognize, remember and honor the deaths of 125 million and the enslavement of tens of millions of people. His unique qualifications can be found in his names. Until he was 20 years old, he went by the first name Barry. Then he... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091060/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:09:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083566/posts Dear Senator Biden,Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Obama has admitted interfering with the Presidential power to "make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur", when he advised a foreign government (Iraq) not to negotiate with the current Administration a permanent treaty concerning the presence of U.S. troops in their country. I call on you, as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and as the self-acknowledged "dean of Foreign Affairs" of the U.S. Senate, to bring a motion of censure against Senator Obama for his reckless disregard of the President's constitutional authority. You also have the opportunity... vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083566/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:46:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050944/posts WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama has picked up support from nearly all the Hispanics who voted for his rival Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries, giving him a nearly 3-1 lead over John McCain, according to a new poll. Results of the Pew Hispanic Center survey show Obama with 66 percent of the Hispanic vote to McCain's 23 percent. The results represent a ''sharp reversal'' in Obama's fortunes from the primaries, when he lost the Latino vote to Clinton by nearly 2-1, prompting speculation that Hispanics were leery of voting for a black candidate, said Susan Minushkin, the center's deputy director.... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050944/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:16:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050751/posts John McCain is winning a paltry 23 percent of the Hispanic vote compared with 66 percent for Barack Obama, according to a large poll released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center. While Obama’s lead among Hispanics is not drastically ahead of where Democratic nominee John Kerry stood in the summer of 2004, McCain trails President Bush’s standing at this point four years ago. At that time, Pew found that Hispanics broke 62 percent for Kerry and 32 percent for Bush. Exit polls later found that Bush earned the support of about four in 10 Latino voters. That difference — from... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050751/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:34:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048239/posts 3 shot in press conference gun blast Created: 2008-7-19 0:24:19 Author:Yang Lifei THREE reporters in Sichuan Province were injured at Nanchong City Public Security Bureau when a confiscated gun accidentally went off, Chongqing Times reported yesterday. The gun was used for hunting birds and was loaded with buckshot at the time of the accident, the report said. Su Dingwei, a reporter from West China City Daily, was in stable condition after surgery. Wang Xiaofeng from Chinanews.com.cn and Zhang Yicheng from Nanchong Daily received minor injuries, the report said. The accident occurred 10 minutes after a public security bureau press conference... Shanghai Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048239/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:17:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044962/posts with consumerist guilt, that the green left protests against the loudest. Meanwhile arugula…doesn’t, though it should. It’s a well established pattern everybody gripes about SUV’s; nobody gripes about pickup trucks even though they get about the same lousy gas mileage. I think it’s because environitwits know instinctively that pickup drivers are immune to their green guilt, whereas suburban SUV-drivers might be more susceptible to it. But Surber doesn’t stop at arugula. What else do liberal hippies love that hurts the environment? Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044962/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:43:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042197/posts ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) -- A frustrated gun shop owner in Ottawa County has been robbed again - the third time in three years. On the evening of the Fourth of July, or sometime the next morning, Felix's Gun Shop in Robinson Township was broken into, say authorities. Eighty-two guns were stolen - including handguns, antiques, military style rifles, and pellet guns. WOODTV.COM Grand Rapids, Michigan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042197/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 02:55:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021598/posts (Cannot be excerpted because of copyright restrictions at Wired. PLease follow link.) http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/the-huffington.html Wired Blog Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021598/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 21:54:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2013450/posts Six translations of Qur'an 4:34: "Men are superior to women on account of the qualities with which God has gifted the one above the other, and on account of the outlay they make from their substance for them. Virtuous women are obedient, careful, during the husband's absence, because God has of them been careful. But chide those for whose refractoriness you have cause to fear; remove them into beds apart, and scourge them: but if they are obedient to you, then seek not occasion against them: verily, God is High, Great!" (Rodwell's version of the Koran, Quran, 4:34) "Men have... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2013450/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 04:33:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997980/posts But for those Mexicans unceremoniously returned home — those deported and dropped off by U.S. immigration in Mexican border towns such as Nogales, Tijuana and Juárez — there is no such welcome. "The poor undocumented guy who gets sent back is seen as a burden on the government," said Erica Dahl-Bredine, country manager for Catholic Relief Services' Mexico program in Tucson, Ariz. "Those who have documents are seen as the heroes." While the Mexican government is taking small steps in response to growing criticism that it ignores Mexicans deported from the U.S. — unveiling a test program in Tijuana last... Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997980/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996789/posts Last week, Pittsburgh got a visit from a politician with the rare ability to transcend partisan divisions, and to remind us that -- no matter what our political differences -- Americans share a vision of a Shining City on the Hill. I'm talking, of course, about Hillary Clinton. While Barack Obama visited Oakland's Soldiers & Sailors Hall on March 28, Clinton was bewitching Pittsburgh Tribune-Review publisher Richard Mellon Scaife. Yes, that's right: The architect and arch-fiend behind what Clinton herself called a "vast right-wing conspiracy" is apparently quite taken with his onetime adversary. And the proof is a March 30... Pittsburgh City Paper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996789/posts#comment Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:48:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987129/posts From the ground in Iraq on his eighth trip there, Sen. John McCain's campaign was able to respond to Hillary Clinton’s criticism of him earlier this morning in her speech on America’s presence in Iraq. Clinton, speaking from the comfort and safety of American soil, has been to Iraq only twice. Her Democratic opponent Barack Obama has visited only once. Amidst a poll released today showing the positive changes Iraqis see overall, Clinton once again denounced the foundational agenda America serves in Iraq. Playing off of McCain’s badly misused quote, she said, “"Withdrawal is not defeat. Defeat is keeping troops... Red State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987129/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:39:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975681/posts Program officials said the executive director of a nonprofit agency that gives classes to DUI offenders has been suspended after the Palm City woman received a DUI herself. Margot Cioffi has been suspended from her job as executive director of the Comprehensive Offender Rehabilitation and Education program. The program, which operates in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties, will continue. According to a deputy's report, Cioffi was arrested in Palm City on Monday night. She's facing charges of DUI with property damage, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, resisting arrest without violence and disorderly intoxication.... wftv.com 9 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975681/posts#comment Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:06:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975596/posts I saw this sign on my way to my parents' house yesterday afternoon. I thought the irony was poetic. Enjoy http://www.flickr.com/photos/9342558@N08/2286898088/ Flickr http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975596/posts#comment Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970858/posts If Venezuela's strongman cut off oil exports to the United States, the first victim would be his regime. One of the more regrettable ironies of international relations is that the United States, through its voracious consumption of oil, underwrites President Hugo Chavez's regime in Venezuela. In November, the United States bought more than 41 million barrels of Venezuelan crude, roughly 10 percent of all U.S. oil imports that month. If the Bush administration were really as committed to overthrowing Chavez as Chavez claims, the administration might be tempted to declare a boycott of Venezuelan oil. That would make a small... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970858/posts#comment Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:26:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965554/posts A man facing execution for a 1985 robbery murder has hanged himself in a Texas prison, prison officials said. William Robinson, 49, was the ninth inmate on Texas's death row to take his own life since the state reinstated the death penalty in 1974 and the second in a week, the Houston Chronicle reported. He had been transferred to a prison in Fort Bend County for mental health treatment. "William was a very seriously mentally ill man and had been for many, many years," said Michael B. Charlton, a federal public defender in Las Vegas, who formerly represented Robinson. "That's... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965554/posts#comment Wed, 6 Feb 2008 00:31:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955831/posts LAKE JACKSON — Charles Tyler’s mobile 55-foot tribute to presidential candidate Ron Paul was afflicted with a problem the congressman’s grassroots campaign is unlikely to face. It lost its bearings. Tyler is the driver of a stretch limousine adorned with images and slogans of the Lake Jackson lawmaker, promoting Paul’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination. He was driving Wednesday through Houston when the wheel literally came off. “I had already driven from Florida and still had thousands of miles left, so I was pretty upset it already needed repairs,” said the 50-year-old Paul supporter, who is making his way... Galveston Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955831/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:52:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955721/posts It snowed, but they still came. A heavy snowfall blanketed a global warming protest outside the State House in Annapolis this morning, but it did not dampen the shouts of about 400 activists who urged lawmakers to pass the nation's toughest greenhouse gas control law. As supporters waved signs, chanted and banged drums, 18 legislators walked down a symbolic green carpet to sign up as co-sporsors to a bill that would mandate that all businesses in Maryland cut emissions of global warming pollution by 25 percent by 2020 and 90 percent by 2050. "We are going to pass this bill... Baltimore Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955721/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:25:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951653/posts For the second straight day, US President George W. Bush intervened in Israeli politics, calling upon ministers at a working meal in Jerusalem to support Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. "Take care of Olmert, so he will stay in power," Bush said. "He's a strong leader. Israeli politics is like Karate that you never know when the next chop will come." Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951653/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:58:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940736/posts THOUSANDS of British doctors are quitting the NHS to find work in India . . . where hospitals are better equipped and bug free. The private Apollo hospital in Delhi is receiving five job applications a week from medics. Half of its 3,000 consultants are from Britain. Doctors — many originally from India — say they are moving because of the state-of-the-art equipment, higher health standards and better quality of life. Indian hospitals also suffer far less from infections. One doctor said: “The hospitals are better. Where I work is spotless. In the UK many hospitals are more than 100... thesun.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940736/posts#comment Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:08:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1937345/posts JAMES WATSON, the DNA pioneer who claimed Africans are less intelligent than whites, has been found to have 16 times more genes of black origin than the average white European. An analysis of his genome shows that 16% of his genes are likely to have come from a black ancestor of African descent. By contrast, most people of European descent would have no more than 1%. The study was made possible when he allowed his genome - the map of all his genes - to be published on the internet in the interests of science. “This level is what you... The Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1937345/posts#comment Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:57:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917781/posts Not to "step on anybody's rice bowl" here, but does anyone besides me find this a bit IRONIC??Here we have a case where we are told by The Pentagon back in the States that military funerals, involving a time-honored tradition of flag-folding, must be "religiously cleansed", and other references for example to Jesus Christ kept out of Chaplains' public comments.All the while, here in Japan, just one week ago (as in previous years), the US Navy's Commander of Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) and MWR Office officially sanctioned, paid for, or otherwise arranged American sailors to parade through the streets in... Japanese News sources and US Military, Japan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917781/posts#comment Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:06:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1906686/posts The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Israel) is recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, I have always believed firmly in the qualities of civility in this House, and bipartisanship and constructive dialogue and engagement and respect for one another's disagreements. In fact, last night I spent an hour on this floor with Members on both sides of the aisle talking constructively in a bipartisan Center Aisle Caucus Special Order on Iraq. And we managed to put our political differences aside and talk not about left or right,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1906686/posts#comment Thu, 4 Oct 2007 21:37:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897001/posts ...you might be a Good Republican! by Bender2 If you don't want Hillary Clinton spending your money... you might be a Good Republican! For anyone who ever saw John Sturges classic 1965 comic western, The Hallelujah Trail, they must chuckle whenever they think back on Brian Keith and Burt Lancaster both having that great "...Good Republican..." punchline. Combined with a small theft from Jeff Foxworthy and in that spirit, I hereby offer up this thread for entertainment purposes only... As if any thing posted on Free Republic... could not be considered political! Bender2 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897001/posts#comment Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:25:59 GMT