http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/joanief/ en-us Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:24:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091777/posts America is facing the most dangerous crisis in the history of our nation. It is not simply an economic crisis. It is a crisis whose outcome may well determine whether America continues to survive as a representative republic ... and whether America remains strong enough to face the massing, determined enemy outside of her borders. The ‘economic’ portion of this crisis did not occur by accident. It occurred, in large part, as a result of leftist ‘social engineers’ who are intent on circumventing the Constitution to use pretended altruism in order to expand their power and further implement their... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091777/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:24:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083830/posts <p>Perhaps more than any presidential candidate in recent history, Barack Obama’s pious rhetoric has focused on his concern for ‘the little people’ and his disdain for the big money represented by corporate America.</p> <p>I’d like to take a brief look at the words/deeds comparison of this man, and then pose a few crucial questions regarding not only Senator Obama’s honesty, but also his personal and professional affiliation with an organization that bears much of the responsibility for the sub-prime mortgage crisis and subsequent financial meltdown, and his fitness to hold office of any kind.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083830/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:47:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066543/posts The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart … Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Western Europe can accept at least part of the blame for Vladimir Putin’s strategic ruthlessness. Nearly a year ago Western Europe dragged its feet in allowing Ukraine and Georgia into NATO, partly as a result of Putin applying oil-supply-related pressure to the Germans. No surprise there. Western Europe prefers incessant bureaucratic quibbling to action, or even real diplomacy, anymore. So Putin rightly figured that, having been denied current membership in NATO, Georgia’s chance of... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066543/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:22:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001132/posts I am a ‘small town Pennsylvanian’. There is no amount of explanation, or any claim of ‘mis-statement’ that can erase for me Barack Obama’s recent diagnosis of what ails small-town Americans. I resent the fact that Barack Obama sees my faith, my belief in my right to keep and bear arms, and my negative opinion of those who have illegally invaded my country, as abnormal behavior, in need of remedy, and evidence of personal weakness and shortcomings on my part. I suggest to Senator Obama that offering such unsolicited advice and diagnosis is evidence of deep arrogance and elitism... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001132/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:24:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847252/posts 6/08/2007 The Unraveling of America During her two-century-plus history, America has faced many threats -- domestic, foreign, moral, military, economic … The integrity, and unbridled courage, of the majority of her citizenry – whether they be in leadership positions, or ‘average Joes’ -- has always paved the way to victory over hardship and tragedy. And that same integrity and courage has always sought and succeeded in achieving the preservation of liberty. I believe we have reached a point in our survival as a national when past historical precedent is no longer valid. I believe we have reached critical mass ...... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847252/posts#comment Fri, 8 Jun 2007 21:59:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463418/posts As you probably already know, I am not a movie-goer – only set foot in a theater maybe once or twice a year, if that -- for three reasons: (1) most of the ‘stuff’ that passes for cinematic excellence these days is no more visually or intellectually rewarding than staring at road kill, (2) I cringe at the thought of lining the pockets of the politically-activist Hollywood left, and (3) I’d rather be biking. :) With that disclaimer out of the way … Rick and I saw the just-released movie ‘The Great Raid’ last night. Knowing the shared love that... FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463418/posts#comment Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:57:07 GMT