http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/irresponsible/ en-us Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:02:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998342/posts A school board in Arizona has decided that condoms are among the items that should be given to students attending this year's prom. The school board in the Bisbee District voted 4-1 at a recent meeting to include the condoms in a "prom bag" that will be given to prom-goers this year. A spokeswoman in the office of Supt. Paul McDonald confirmed the condoms would be handed out to the event celebrants, along with other items such as picture frames, balloons and candy. "The governing board approved [this]," she told WND. "They are to have what they call prom bags,... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998342/posts#comment Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:02:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924745/posts VALENCIA, Spain - The U.N.'s top climate official warned policymakers and scientists trying to hammer out a landmark report on climate change that ignoring the urgency of global warming would be "criminally irresponsible." Yvo de Boer's comments came at the opening of a weeklong conference that will complete a concise guide on the state of global warming and what can be done to stop the Earth from overheating. It is the fourth and last report issued this year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, co-winner of this year's Nobel Peace prize. Environmentalists and authors of the report expected tense... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924745/posts#comment Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:45:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876392/posts WASHINGTON - First Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was attacked by political rivals at home. Now he is under fire from abroad. A senior Pakistani government official Friday criticized as "irresponsible" a threat Obama made this week to launch unilateral American military strikes against Al Qaeda havens in a remote border region of the Muslim nation. Obama's comments also stirred street protests in Pakistan and criticism from Pakistani-Americans living in the Chicago area. "It's a very irresponsible statement, that's all I can say," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khusheed Kasuri told AP Television News. "As the election campaign in America is heating... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876392/posts#comment Sat, 4 Aug 2007 18:40:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872967/posts With the new majority raising the bar on ethics, new directions for America, and faith in Government, we should all be grateful for the lengths to which they will go to bastardize the Constitution and destroy the intended functions of the Executive branch. I happen to have come across (THIS) little beauty from the Tony Snow press briefing of 25 July. Consider what the Dims are doing with YOUR money over this non-scandal, solely for the purpose of keeping bad Bush press in the fore so you won't notice that they CONTINUE to accomplish a whole lotta NOTHING in their... Redstate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872967/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:17:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1756041/posts Billions of Home Ownership Wealth to be Lost by Minority Americans; Chart Contains Detailed MSA-Specific Projections of Home Foreclosure Impacts WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) study reveals that 2.2 million American households will lose their homes and as much as $164 billion due to foreclosures in the subprime mortgage market. Titled, "Losing Ground: Foreclosures in the Subprime Market and Their Cost to Homeowners," the CRL study is the first comprehensive, nationwide review of millions of subprime mortgages originated from 1998 through the third quarter of 2006. CRL's research suggests that risky lending practices... Yahoo finance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1756041/posts#comment Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:46:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643486/posts It’s no wonder that the American people are frustrated with the Republican Congress. Americans deserve progress, but instead are bombarded with politics driven by fear and division. They deserve action on the challenges we face as a nation - an endless and costly war in Iraq, skyrocketing gas prices and soaring health-care costs. Rather than dealing with real priorities, the Republican leadership is focused on writing discrimination into the Constitution. Just like the circus surrounding the Senate’s effort to intrude into the Terry Schiavo case, today the Senate will begin debate on the Federal Marriage Amendment - a wholly inappropriate... The Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643486/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jun 2006 06:31:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1641263/posts Recently, Oprah Winfrey aired a special show featuring author and Holocaust survivor, Elie Weisel. Oprah and her guest toured Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp in Poland. Weisel was a survivor of Auschwitz. Winfrey...uttered a statement that was an insult to the millions of Americans and others who fought against Hitler's war machine. Speaking to Weisel, Winfrey said of the Holocaust, this all went on while the world did nothing. Winfrey made her comment based on Weisel's statement that the Allies knew of places like Auschwitz as early as 1942. The truth is, some historians do not agree with Weisel's take... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1641263/posts#comment Wed, 31 May 2006 16:52:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600389/posts The best thing that can be said about the call by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) to censure President Bush is that practically none of his colleagues is backing him up. Democrats are not, as he charges, "cowering" in the face of possible Republican allegations that they are pro-terrorist. Rather, they don't want to distract attention from the main Democratic assaults on Bush and the GOP - that he's "incompetent" and that Republicans are in "disarray."Moreover, as The New York Times reported Thursday, Feingold's move is being used by Republicans, right-wing talk show hosts and conservatives in general to motivate the... RealClearPolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600389/posts#comment Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:23:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537080/posts Let me guess. These words were taken out of context. RNC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537080/posts#comment Fri, 9 Dec 2005 14:43:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1536726/posts The DRUDGE REPORT has learned from a top GOP operative that the Republican National Committee will provide state parties with a web video prior to release tomorrow afternoon that shows a white flag waving over images of Democrat leaders making anti-war remarks. The ad is in response to the controversial comments Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry made earlier in the week. A Democratic strategist who had the web ad described to her said, “This is way over the top but we have no one to blame but Dean, Kerry and others who continue... The Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1536726/posts#comment Thu, 8 Dec 2005 23:46:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1505338/posts Couple poisoned children to escape debts BEAUVAIS, France, Oct 18 (AFP) - A French married couple poisoned their five children in a desperate bid to escape spiralling consumer debt but only their 11 year-old daughter succumbed to the injection of insulin, a court was told Tuesday. Emmanuel and Patricia Cartier, aged 37 and 44, accumulated EUR 230,000 euros of debt divided between more than 20 bank and loan accounts, and when they could no longer meet repayments resolved to take the family "to a better place", the court heard. However the murder-and-suicide pact went wrong on August 19, 2002, when... AFP via Expatica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1505338/posts#comment Wed, 19 Oct 2005 17:32:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1497130/posts BRITNEY Spears and Kevin Federline reportedly fear a steamy home video is about to be made public. A member of the singer’s entourage is believed to have copied one of the couple’s personal video tapes – allegedly recorded while Britney was still expecting baby son Sean Preston - and is threatening to release it. A source told America’s US Weekly magazine: "He has threatened to release raunchy footage of the two taken before Spears looked pregnant.” The Sun Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1497130/posts#comment Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:02:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435003/posts It doesn’t really matter why they do it. Democratic (and some Republican) politicians and party operatives vocally oppose U.S. foreign policy and international efforts. They may be seeking personal political leverage. They may deeply believe that if their group gains a majority they can make everything right in the world. They may even believe that they are being “patriotic” by vocally dissenting. They’re wrong, no matter what they believe. There are no bounds on political rhetoric today. Up until a few years ago (read: before 9-11), American politicians generally abided by the phrase “politics ends at the water’s edge.” This... CHRONWATCH.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435003/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jul 2005 00:11:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1424317/posts "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. "For the traitor appears not a traitor – he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots... vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1424317/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1414789/posts Geldof denounced as 'irresponsible' By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent (Filed: 02/06/2005) Politicians, senior police officers, church leaders and businessmen yesterday condemned Bob Geldof's "irresponsible" plea for a million people to march on Edinburgh. They gave a warning that a mass protest at the start of the G8 summit next month could cause a tragedy and seriously damage the cause of anti-poverty campaigners. Five miles of metal security fence are being erected around the Gleneagles Hotel estate Police said they were happy to deal with events already planned, including a march by about 100,000 people on July 2, but could not... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1414789/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jun 2005 00:55:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1403052/posts Yahoo Photos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1403052/posts#comment Sat, 14 May 2005 13:02:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1339385/posts NASHVILLE -- In his first public remarks about the controversies surrounding him, state Sen. John Ford lashed out at "white media" in a speech Tuesday to Tennessee NAACP leaders, whom he asked to issue a statement in his defense. Ford said he is the target of press attacks because he's successful and doesn't "kowtow" to the media, which he said never reports on his record of helping others. Instead of criticism, he said he should receive "kudos" for supporting his children and the children of others. The Memphis Democrat was one of several state officials who addressed about 150 NAACP... The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1339385/posts#comment Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:40:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1329323/posts What's the deal with all the dead scientists? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1329323/posts#comment Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:41:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1325127/posts Ever hear of how republican's always call the liberal left "Whiner's"? Well, take a look at Wa. State, ...who are the Whiner's now? LOTS OF LAUGHS! Boy, the shoes on the other foot now! I think it's great, don't you? These people deserve it..! Has anyone seen the comedian on HBO, who gave a discription of a "Republican"? Wow was that great, and very very true. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1325127/posts#comment Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:10:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1317193/posts Silvia Reyes follows temptation toward oceanfront property in Westerly. On this chilly November afternoon, the view from the passenger seat of her husband's 2004 Toyota Sienna LE minivan is of shuttered motels and boarded bathhouses. Silvia turns down the volume on the Latino music playing over the radio and studies the flier she had tucked between the front seats. "Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Reyes," it states, "you have been chosen to receive a fabulous New England Escape package." The promotion promises free restaurant and shopping coupons. All they have to do is listen to a sales pitch. "How many weeks... Providence Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1317193/posts#comment Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:58:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1316558/posts The respected columnist Andres Oppenheimer of the Miami Herald has gotten hold of a pretty seamy secret document showing an emerging alliance between South America and the Arab League. The 28-page draft document for a May 10-11 summit in Brazil will endorse Arab terrorism and condemn Israel. It would also 'study' the 'root causes' of terrorism, and 'distinguish' the kinds of terrorism they justify and the kinds they can condemn without consequence. We all well know what that means. Oppenheimer writes: My conclusion: South American countries are playing with fire by extending the focus of the summit to Middle Eastern... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1316558/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jan 2005 06:04:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/734316/posts The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/734316/posts#comment Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:39:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1280840/posts COUNTRY CLUB HILLS (CBS 2) A family in the south suburbs has 17 children at home and is still waiting for help that was promised almost a year ago. Now time is running out. The Lemons could be homeless within weeks, and to make matters even worse, the dad just lost his job. The Lemons gained national attention just before last Christmas. A sister's dying wish led to two family's becoming one. Now the family's breadwinner just lost his job, and they are forced to move from their rented home in Country Club Hills. Many offers for help have gone... CBS 2 Chicago http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1280840/posts#comment Tue, 16 Nov 2004 03:26:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1266341/posts Remember all the media shenaningans in 2000 - calling Gore races right at the hour the polls closed (including Florida while the panhandle polls were still open), waiting far too long to call states for Bush, building up phony momentum for Democrats in hopes it would turn into real momentum, sometimes outright cheerleading for Democrats (using "we" when discussing Dems, etc.)? We know they're not going to sit idly by after a six-month Monica on John Kerry and let the returns speak for themselves. They're going to do their best to make this look like a Kerry victory before you... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1266341/posts#comment Tue, 2 Nov 2004 15:25:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1247372/posts Comments made by Senator John Kerry more than seven months ago may have helped trigger the recent wave of violence afflicting Haiti, according to the Brazilian commander for the UN peacekeeping troops in that Caribbean nation. In an interview posted on the website of Agencia Brasil, the Brazilian government's official news agency, Lieutenant-General Augusto Heleno Ribeiro said comments made in March by Kerry had raised the hopes of supporters of Jean-Bertrand Aristide that the former Haitian president would be able to return to power. "Statements made by a candidate to the presidency of the United States created false hopes among... Seven Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1247372/posts#comment Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:22:31 GMT