http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lincoln/ en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:28:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409288/posts (CNSNews.com) - Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) told CNSNews.com that Congress has the authority to force individual Americans to buy health insurance because the U.S. Constitution “charges Congress with the health and well-being of the people.” CNSNEWS.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409288/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:28:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401284/posts The Reid bill cuts $42 billion in Medicare home care for seniors. Today the Senate took up an amendment by Republican Mike Johanns (R-NE) that would have restored the cuts and prevented the continued looting of the program. In this video, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) is standing in the well of the Senate and, along with the other Democrats, votes 'no' on the amendment, thereby keeping the cuts in the bill. Her no vote is clearly announced by the Senate clerk. It appears that shorty thereafter, Reid and the boys realized they had enough votes to kill the amendment without... Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401284/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 01:44:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399611/posts Liberal democrat Blanche Lincoln now trails four Republicans in her home state after voting to open debate on Obamacare. During the debate to open Obamacare Lincoln said government is too big to fail then went ahead to vote to make it bigger anyway. Ony 18% of Arkansas voters strongly favor Obamacare while 56% strongly oppose it. Rasmussen reported: Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln has found herself right in the middle of the national debate over health care, and that’s a tough spot as she prepares to face Arkansas voters in 2010. As she did in September, Lincoln trails four possible Republican... Gateway Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399611/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:38:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2399359/posts From the start of his political career, Obama seems to have modeled himself on Lincoln. Both were born in other states - Hawaii for Obama, Kentucky for Lincoln - before settling in Illinois. Each became a lawyer then served in the state legislature before serving a single term in Congress. Each rocketed onto the national political stage with powerful speeches and became commander-in-chief without any military experience. CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2399359/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:45:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392503/posts WASHINGTON -- Now that health-care reform has reached the Senate floor without a single Republican vote, four Democrats are vying to become King of the Hill by demanding laundry lists of changes in exchange for their votes -- prompting liberals to vow not to be held hostage by a few foot-draggers. Majority Leader Harry Reid got the bill to the floor by a 60-39 vote, the narrowest possible margin. The close vote provided a vivid demonstration of each Democrat's ability to sink President Obama's top domestic priority -- or use his vote to try to extract concessions Sen. Ben Nelson... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392503/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:47:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392502/posts Sometimes, not even a politician can be all things to all people. With Saturday night's vote to bring Harry Reid's health-care bill to the floor, "moderate" Senate Democrats like Ben Nelson (Neb.), Mary Landrieu (La.), and Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) had to choose between pleasing party leaders and their reputations for moderation. Moderation lost. Of course, some will say that this was merely a vote to proceed, not a vote on the merits of the bill. They were just "moving the debate forward," will try to improve the bill on the floor, and, as Seinfeld would say, yada, yada, yada. But... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392502/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:42:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392279/posts November 20, 2009 Just a day after Oprah Winfrey announcing that she will be ending her talk show, we are already being overloaded by columns and news reports speculating on “Oprah's next move". I think she’s going to enjoy the attention from this PR stunt immensely. I can see it spinning out of control already and I’m not looking forward to listening to the speculation propounded ad nauseam by media pundits over the coming months. It’s on par to be bigger and more vexing than “who shot JR?”. Some, like Jon Friedman of Marketwatch.com are speculating that she may run... Table Of Wisdom http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392279/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:45:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2391601/posts A Zogby Poll this week illustrates the stark choice facing Senate Democrats as they have to decide whether or not to vote for ObamaCare. The poll shows that Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln, high up on the list of vulnerable Senate Democrats seeking reelection in 2010, literally faces a choice between being reelected and voting for the bill. The Zogby Poll shows Arkansans opposed to the Obama/Reid bill by 28-64, with 50 percent “strongly opposed” to the legislation. To swim in the face of such a current of public opinion is risky business for a U.S. senator. Lincoln’s most likely Republican... Dick Morris.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2391601/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:04:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2391286/posts It appears the fate of the Senate Health Care Bill is now in the hands of two Democrat senators - Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska has announced he will vote for cloture tomorrow, which would open the way for the bill to be taken up on the Senate Floor and receive an up or down vote. If Democrats can cobble together the 60 votes needed to invoke Cloture tomorrow, they will then only need 50 votes (plus VP Joe Biden) to gain final passage of the bill. Fifty votes would appear... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2391286/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:12:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389897/posts The lesson of history for any small child is that if you are lucky enough to be presented to the future president of the US, then make sure you have evidence of the encounter before bragging about it to your classmates. George Patten, aged eight, discovered the bitter truth of that maxim in 1860 after he boasted at school about having met Abraham Lincoln, having been introduced to the then presidential candidate with his journalist father. The boy's friends thought he had made the story up, and bullied him. To settle the matter, Patten's teacher wrote to the White House... Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389897/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:51:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389494/posts TEGUCIGALPA — A top US envoy said Wednesday that Honduran elections were key to resolving the crisis set off by the June 28 coup, despite the rejection of the polls by ousted leader Manuel Zelaya. "The elections are an important part of the solution in order to advance," said US deputy assistant secretary for the Western Hemisphere Craig Kelly, in comments to journalists 11 days before the presidential polls. Zelaya, who has been holed up in the Brazilian embassy since his surprise return home on September 21, has called on his supporters to boycott the polls after the latest crisis... AFP via Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389494/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:59:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388023/posts Ex-president Zelaya is still holed up in the Brazilian Embassy and surrounded by police armed with an arrest warrant against him if he steps outside of Brazil’s protection. However, he makes frequent statements to the press via phone. Yesterday, his complaints against the U.S. took a more personal tone. In an interview with local station Radio Globo he said that Lincoln “. . . gave an example to the American people that this [Obama’s] government doesn’t want to follow. These are not true heirs of Lincoln.” Although State Department spokesman Ian Kelly denied yesterday that U.S. policy towards Honduras had... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388023/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:38:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385336/posts BEIJING: China on Thursday invoked Abraham Lincoln’s anti-slavery philosophy to persuade US president Barack Obama from meeting the Dalai Lama. Obama is due to visit China in mid-November but the local government is worried he might meet the Tibetan leader immediately after that. "He is a black president, and he understands the slavery abolition movement and Lincoln's major significance for that movement," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters. Qin pointed out the Chinese government had abolished slavery, which was widespread in Tibet during the regime of the Dalai Lama, in 1959. Obama should also realize that the Dalai... Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385336/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365301/posts In 1909, in the great state of Illinois, school teachers one February day were directed to spend at least half the school day in public exercises, patriotic music, and recitations of sayings, verses, and speeches to mark the centennial birthday of a great hero. At the end of it all, they were to have their students face in the direction of Springfield and chant in unison the following: “A blend of mirth and sadness, smiles and tears; “A quaint knight errant of the pioneers; “A homely hero, born of star and sod; “A Peasant Prince, a masterpiece of God.” Who... The New American Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365301/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:57:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2373378/posts Much has already been made of Landesman’s comparisons of Obama to Julius Caesar. As a teacher and lifelong student of history, I find that comparison amusing on various levels. Caesar was an accomplished military leader whose campaign through Gaul was the subject of his major literary work, still available in your local Barnes and Noble. Barack Obama is an indecisive teleprompter reader whose book will certainly be long forgotten 2,000 years from now. Julius Caesar’s actions as leader of Rome turned the Republic into a dictatorial empire that later spawned such rulers as Nero and Caligula. Might the Messiah, who,... The Constitutional Alamo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2373378/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370265/posts Only half-joking, Jody Kerzman said she's thinking of putting a sign in the window of the '49 Lincoln. "Will never be for sale," it would say. Her father, Jack Franken, loved this car. Turned it into a street rod. Drove it everywhere, especially car shows. Scored cool grandpa points with his grandchildren who saw the world zip past from its sofa-like back seat. For Jody, the car is a powerful connection to her dad, a south side Milwaukee truck driver who died in 1997. So you can understand her distress when the car got away from their family - not... JSOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370265/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:56:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2359508/posts The concepts of race, war, and politics have changed immeasurably from the Civil War to the present. Our first African President has tried to emulate the legend of Abraham Lincoln, it is time to dispel some of the myths. This article will use letters and documents written from 1863 to 1865, borrowed from the ‘The Boisterous Sea of Liberty’ by David Brion Davis and Steven Mintz. Black soldiers fought for the Union at great personal risk, The Confederacy threatened to summarily execute or sell into slavery any Black soldiers that were captured. Lincoln threatened to reciprocate against Southern prisoners if... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2359508/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:57:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356661/posts Army Col. Conrad Reynolds is one of several Republicans vying to take on Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) for Arkansas’ Senate seat in 2010. Reynolds’ campaign issued a press release last week blasting Lincoln for a vote, and among those who received it was Greg Chance, the news director of an NPR affiliate based at Arkansas State University. It seems Chance attempted to forward the e-mail to Katie Laning Niebaum, Lincoln’s Washington-based communications director. In his forward, which HOH obtained, Chance mocked the press release and even the campaign’s logo, which features the Army colonel insignia. “There was another one from... Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356661/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:17:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356504/posts Army Col. Conrad Reynolds is one of several Republicans vying to take on Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) for Arkansas’ Senate seat in 2010. Reynolds’ campaign issued a press release last week blasting Lincoln for a vote, and among those who received it was Greg Chance, the news director of an NPR affiliate based at Arkansas State University. It seems Chance attempted to forward the e-mail to Katie Laning Niebaum, Lincoln’s Washington-based communications director. In his forward, which HOH obtained, Chance mocked the press release and even the campaign’s logo, which features the Army colonel insignia. “There was another one from... Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356504/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 05:06:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2355359/posts "I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered. Or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me.”– Abraham Lincoln, 1862 Oh to hear those words from our President today. While our troops--the sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers of our fellow Americans--are dying in Afhanistan, our general in charge of the region, General McChrystal, waits for the President to consider his August 30th request for 40,000 additional troops. This request is the result of his on the ground analysis of what it would take to win in Afghanistan,... Constitutional Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2355359/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:59:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351203/posts Another Democratic senator may be at-risk in 2010. Arkansas' Blanche Lambert Lincoln trails all four of her leading Republican challengers in the first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 survey in the state. Lincoln fails to get 50% of the vote in any of the match-ups, and any incumbent who falls short of that level is considered vulnerable. In three of the match-ups, however, she is virtually tied with the challengers at this Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351203/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:27:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2344981/posts Abraham Lincoln's Religious Beliefs By Eldon Smith -- Sunday, February 11, 1996 Bible Reading At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal... The Swedenborgian Online Church: Online Sermons http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2344981/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:44:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343329/posts In 1859, Ohio Native Dan Emmett first performed “Dixie” New York City. Huntington News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343329/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:55:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2340933/posts A US worker came within seconds of destroying Lincoln's copy of the Magna Carta after nearly spraying it with a chemical cleaner. The 800-year-old document is currently on display in New York, but almost met a sticky end thanks to an overzealous cleaner. Lincoln Cathedral's archive conservation consultant Chris Woods accompanied the document, spending hours making sure the inked sheepskin which contains the charter of freedom, was placed correctly into a £42,000 vacuum-sealed display case to keep it safe from the elements. And it was, until a lock briefly malfunctioned just as a workman tried to give it a last... Lincolnshire Echo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2340933/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:10:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338994/posts To mark the 200th anniversary year of the birth of Abraham Lincoln Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) wants to analyse the mercury-based medicine thought by some to have been responsible for the President's notorious bouts of rage in the decade before the American civil war.But the society first needs to track down some of the legendary Victorian "Blue Mass" concoction and to that end is offering a reward of £200 for information that results in some of it being pinpointed by the end of November.Blue Mass, sometimes known as "Blue Pills", was used widely, often ineffectively, for a range... Royal Society of Chemistry http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338994/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:56:13 GMT