http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/liberalbigot/ en-us Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:23:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268773/posts "Any 'jokes' about raping my 14-year-old are despicable. Alaskans know it and I believe the rest of the world knows it, too." - Todd Palin "Concerning Letterman's comments about my young daughter (and I doubt he'd ever dare make such comments about anyone else's daughter): 'Laughter incited by sexually-perverted comments made by a 62-year old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl are not only disgusting, but they remind us Hollywood has a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands - that acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone's... Sarah Palin's Facebook Notes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268773/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:23:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2267387/posts Bad news for those living in “Middle America.” Actress Megan Fox would like Megatron, the evil character from her new movie “Transformers,” to blow you up. Kat Giantis, of Wonderwall, reported the actress was recently interviewed by “Total Film UK.” Although nobody asked her who she would like Megatron to obliterate, she volunteered it anyway. Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2267387/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:06:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259326/posts “Imagine a judicial nominee said ‘my experience as a white man makes me better than a latina woman,’” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., blogged today. “Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism. A white man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw.” He also tweeted similar comments, in so doing joined the ranks of conservative voices such as Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh accusing Judge Sonia Sotomayor of being a racist for her 2001 comments. The conservatives are decrying a comment made by Judge Sotomayor in 2001,... ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259326/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 21:03:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258543/posts Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's pick to become the newest Supreme Court justice, is on the record with some controversial remarks about 'diversity,' 'judicial activism' and female judges vs. male judges. For example, the New York Times reported that in 2001, at the annual Judge Mario G. Olmos Law and Cultural Diversity Lecture, Sotomayor had this to say: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” “Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences,”... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258543/posts#comment Tue, 26 May 2009 20:06:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254066/posts Actor Alec Baldwin's joke about getting a Filipino mail-order bride provoked a sharp response in the Philippines, with one senator saying Monday that the "30 Rock" star faces violence if he ever visits. Baldwin, 51, who is divorced with a teenage daughter, said in a May 12 interview on "The Late Show" with David Letterman that he would love to have more children. The Emmy-winning actor quipped that he was "thinking about getting a Filipino mail-order bride at this point ... or a Russian one." Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254066/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 18:02:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245530/posts On Thursday’s Countdown show, Michael Musto of the Village Voice appeared to help MSNBC host Keith Olbermann lambast Miss California, Carrie Prejean, because of her expression of opposition to same-sex marriage. After Olbermann set up the segment by revealing that Prejean had received breast implants paid for by the Miss California organization, Musto made a number of crude sexual jokes, and even cracked that she was like a "Klaus Barbie Doll," presumably a reference to Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie, who was a Gestapo officer responsible for thousands of deaths during World War II. Referring to the Miss California organization,... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245530/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 19:08:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240660/posts OAKLAND - A grand jury today voted to indict Yusuf Ali Bey IV, the scion of the defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery, for ordering the killings of journalist Chauncey Bailey and two other men in 2007, authorities familiar with the situation said. Prosecutors are likely to bring the case with special circumstances - allowing them to seek the death penalty against Bey IV, 23. He allegedly told two of his followers that in exchange for killing Bailey, he would teach them how to file fraudulent loan applications that could reap hundreds of thousands of dollars. Another man, Antoine Arelus Mackey,... Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240660/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:04:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236168/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama paid tribute Thursday to the memory of Jews murdered in the Holocaust and said it is the duty of the living all over the world to make certain there will be no more atrocities. Speaking at a Holocaust Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, Obama warned against what he called the dangers of silence. Every day, he said, people should fight the impulse to turn away when scenes of horror unfold across the world. He called for people to embrace a "habit of empathy." "We know," the president said, "that evil has... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236168/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:17:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235453/posts Director Ron Howard on Tuesday defended his film adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown 's "Angels & Demons" from criticism that it smears the Roman Catholic Church, heightening an ongoing battle over fictional depictions of the Vatican. Howard, who also directed the 2006 movie adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code," posted a blog at The Huffington Post website saying that neither he nor his new movie "Angels & Demons," which debuts in May and stars Tom Hanks, are anti-Catholic. "And let me be a little controversial: I believe Catholics, including most in the hierarchy of the Church... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235453/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:56:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235326/posts Frank Rich, mutant columnist for The New York Times, has a permanent sneer on his face — especially for proponents of traditional marriage. In a recent column, “The Bigots’ Last Hurrah,” he mocks the supposedly sad, pathetic creatures who have the audacity to stand for Judeo-Christian morality, notwithstanding media censure. His hook is a YouTube video called “Gathering Storm,” produced by the National Organization for Marriage, which Rich treats as the pro-family equivalent of “Triumph of the Will.” Just who is Rich calling a “bigot”? For starters a majority of voters in Oregon (57%), California (53%), Texas (76%) Florida (62%),... Boycott The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235326/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:19:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235182/posts Openly homosexual blogger defaces contestant's photos, gives her 0 score Note: This story contains material that some readers might consider graphic and offensive. An openly homosexual blogger and judge of the Miss USA pageant has launched into a full-blown attack on Christian contestant Carrie Prejean – calling her a b-tch and a c---, as well as defacing photos of her with sexually explicit drawings – because she believes marriage should be between a man and a woman. At Sunday night's pageant, Prejean was asked the one question she dreaded most, "Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage;... www.worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235182/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:34:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2231676/posts Friday, April 17, 2009 Kook Actress Garofalo: Tea Parties Were About Hating the Black Man You may have missed this. It was on Keith Olbermann's show. Actress Janeane Garofalo said the Tax Day Tea Party protests were really about hating the black man in the White House. How original. The 8 minute long hate-filled rant is Here. The Washington Times reported: Liberal actress and political activist Janeane Garofalo, in all seriousness, said activists who attended tea parties are racists with dysfunctional brains in a recent prime-time television appearance. "Let's be very honest about what this is about. This is not... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2231676/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:08:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231534/posts Paranoid, rage-driven, xenophobic nuts are taking over the Republican Party. Liberals haven't had so much fun in decades. Aside from the dwindling size of our 401(k)s, life is treating us well. True, we're heading into a major recession. But that's OK: That just presents us with new opportunities to Do Good. And while we wait for President Obama to bring us New Deal 2.0, we'll also get a few giggles out of watching the Bush administration preside over the nationalization of the nation's financial sector. (Tip: Practice saying "social democracy." Also, practice saying "Told ya so!" with compassion.) Maybe most... la times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231534/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:07:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230681/posts At a deeper level, the modern conservative movement, which eventually came to define the GOP (to its benefit for many years), was built on an ideological foundation--and a coalition--that took a charismatic leader to bring it together (Ronald Reagan), a tacit agreement among its coalition partners to give each other what they wanted, and a message machine to start selling the idea that that there was coherence to a conservative "philosophy." Modern conservatism wove together five discrete strands and interest groups that couldn't coexist. What is remarkable is how well it held together despite the fact that those strands were... The Blue Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230681/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:10:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224305/posts NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. civil rights activist Al Sharpton weighed into a fight over an Arizona sheriff's immigration sweeps on Tuesday, accusing him of racially profiling Hispanics and urging him to step down. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has dispatched deputies into Hispanic communities in the Phoenix area, where they stop people and arrest anyone who cannot prove he or she is a legal U.S. resident. Under a deal allowing them to enforce federal immigration laws, the deputies have arrested more than 1,500 people who they determined were in Arizona illegally, triggering street protests and condemnation from Latino activists... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224305/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:57:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219097/posts Can MSNBC Get More Liberal? Yes, They Can!  If you thought MSNBC could not possibly tilt any further to the left, you may — sadly — be wrong. According to the New York Observer, the cable network may be about to give liberal radio host Ed Schultz his own program. Schultz has already filled in three times this month as anchor of the 6pm ET 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the one-time venue of Meet the Press moderator David Gregory. “Schultz, with his rustic delivery, blue-collar bona fides and copious hunting references, would presumably add some heartland credibility to MSNBC's wonky cosmopolitan... MRC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219097/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:42:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218216/posts I stopped watching Bill Maher a long time ago, and it’s moments like this that remind me why he’s a waste of broadcast air time. Maher complains that we need to bring home the troops from World War II by pulling out of Germany and Japan, and gives us this pithy little “salute” to American fighting forces: hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218216/posts#comment Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:55:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218072/posts Wright's role among topics of 'Phenomenon' It was at the end of May last year, about one week before Barack Obama had sealed the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, that Daphene McFerren sent a letter to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. McFerren, the director of the University of Memphis' Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, was already planning a conference for April of 2009 that would examine the impact of Obama's historic candidacy. She explained her ambitions to Wright and invited him to come and speak. Less than a week later, Wright accepted, agreeing to the speaking fee of $4,000 that McFerren... Memphis Commercial Appeal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218072/posts#comment Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:51:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207699/posts March 16, 2009, 4:00 a.m. A Leadership of Cowards?Why is Eric Holder embarrassed about enforcing civil rights in Noxubee County? By Hans A. von Spakovsky Attorney General Eric Holder calls the U.S. “a nation of cowards” because we “do not talk enough about race.” I find this ironic, since the Justice Department seems embarrassed about a recent judgment in its favor by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. U.S. v. Ike Brown is a major Voting Rights Act case involving intentional race-based discrimination by local officials in Noxubee County, Miss. When the Fifth Circuit issued its... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207699/posts#comment Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:54:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202342/posts A humanitarian convoy led by maverick MP George Galloway carrying medical supplies for Gaza has come under attack in Egypt The convoy, carrying aid worth £1 million, was pelted with stones and vandalised after it stopped in El-Arish, a small town around 28 miles from the Rafah border crossing with Gaza. "It's an absolute disgrace,'' convoy organiser Yvonne Ridley told AFP. "The power was cut. Under cover of darkness members of our convoy were attacked with stones. "Vandals also wrote dirty words and anti-Hamas slogans,'' she said. "Several people in the convoy were injured in the attack." (snip) "George Galloway... TimesOnline (Times of London) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202342/posts#comment Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:05:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196101/posts For CCSU student John Wahlberg, a class presentation on campus violence turned into a confrontation with the campus police due to a complaint by the professor. On October 3, 2008, Wahlberg and two other classmates prepared to give an oral presentation for a Communication 140 class that was required to discuss a “relevant issue in the media”. Wahlberg and his group chose to discuss school violence due to recent events such as the Virginia Tech shootings that occurred in 2007. Shortly after his professor, Paula Anderson, filed a complaint with the CCSU Police against her student. During the presentation Wahlberg... recorderonline.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196101/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:15:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195755/posts Our friends over at Radio Equalizer caught liberal radio talker Mike Malloy in a bit of hypocrisy. Malloy obviously thought his wife was a scream as she pretended to be Governor Bobby Jindal portraying him as an outsourced computer tech from India replete with cutsey faux Indian accent. Malloy's wife acted as if Jindal was the Simpson's character Apu, or something. Now, one cannot help but realize that if a conservative had indulged in such an outrageous parody of an ethnic politician, Mike Malloy would have eviscerated that action presenting it as a high crime. Yet, when he and his... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195755/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:04:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193909/posts TV Newser: MSNBC's Chris Matthews has responded to his uttering of the words "Oh God" just as Gov. Bobby Jindal emerged to deliver the GOP response last night. TVNewser has obtained some of what Matthews will say on "Hardball" tonight: "I was taken aback by that peculiar stagecraft, the walking from somewhere in the back of this narrow hall, this winding staircase looming there, the odd anti-bellum look of the scene. Was this some mimicking of a president walking along the state floor to the East Room?" http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=286023 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193909/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:47:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2193856/posts Worth linking since the story’s already out there and it comes from a reporter at a major paper who seems to have witnessed it herself. Even so, especially after TV Newser and HuffPo uncritically posted the John Gibson “bright blue scrotum” smear, I’m erring on the side of out-of-context until there’s a full write-up. Bobby Jindal was ‘pitiful,’ Helen Thomas tells film crew, right before making a ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ crack hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2193856/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:05:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193733/posts Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obama’s appointment of White House “czars” to oversee federal policy, saying these executive positions amount to a power grab by the executive branch. In a letter to Obama on Wednesday, Byrd complained about Obama’s decision to create White House offices on health reform, urban affairs policy, and energy and climate change. Byrd said such positions “can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances. At the worst, White House staff have taken direction and control of programmatic areas that are the statutory responsibility of Senate-confirmed officials.” While it's... POLITICO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193733/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:15:31 GMT