http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/loonyleft/ en-us Wed, 9 Dec 2009 02:25:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403395/posts The Oscar-nominated movies in recent years have been enough to make a grown man cry… Or worse. Consider “There Will Be Blood,” “No Country for Old Men” and “The Reader” as a sampling of the morbid films jockeying for Oscar glory. This year, add Oscar wannabes “The Road” and “Precious” to the list. Newsweek scribe Ramin Setoodeh writes about the trend in the liberal magazine’s latest edition. Setoodeh bemoans the fact that some of the best films lately take a too sober view of society. On that we can agree. bighollywood.breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403395/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 02:25:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374942/posts Alan Grayson's recent self indulgent behavior has paralyzed his ability to serve as an advocate for the citizens of Central Florida. On December 16th 2009, the day on which the Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor, Central Floridians will again say no to the overreaching government intrusion propagated by Grayson. Central Floridians will drop a money bomb to show Grayson and Pelosi that an oppressive, overreaching government has not and never will be what makes America great. Pledge your support today, so that Grayson is defeated. web http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374942/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:48:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374835/posts A group of angry Florida voters has launched the Web site MyCongressmanIsNuts.com in a drive to oust Democrat Rep. Alan Grayson, the outspoken congressman who grabbed national headlines earlier this month by calling an adviser to the Fed chairman a "K Street whore." The site is raising money to defeat the Orlando-area congressman and the site's organizers describe it as a "more appropriate alternative" to Mr. Grayson's CongressmanWithGuts.com, which the Grayson campaign says helped raised more than $250,000 in the first three weeks of October. As of Friday morning, the "Nuts" site took in about $3,335 since its launch Thursday... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374835/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:05:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374604/posts Gore Vidal says he wanted to murder Bush during his administration. Vidal also says that Obama is too "intelligent" for America. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374604/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:51:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362241/posts Are the Democrats the Racism Party? Just when OK thought the race(ism) card was too worn out for liberals to do anything more than retire it from the life deck, Obama-media has once again resurrected it. It’s a strategy designed to keep Conservatives and the Right on the defensive. The Left’s current target is talk show host Rush Limbaugh. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently lectured us on the importance of civility and accountability for one’s words. She suggested that a lack of civility could lead to violence. However, the Left loves to sermonize while isolating and smearing any dissent. An... OK, WE'RE RIGHT! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362241/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:55:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337424/posts A former Austin woman convicted of threatening to shoot local officials pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to making bomb threats against eight U.S. post offices in southern Minnesota. Austin Post-Bulletin (Minnesota) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337424/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:58:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288163/posts I’m madder than Winston Churchill at an A.A. meeting! Just when I figured Al Gore couldn’t get any nuttier, yesterday he made a fool of himself again. He gave a speech at some fancy British college, and told the kids that fighting global warming was like fighting Hitler. Well, global warming and World War II both had something to do with “gas”, but other than that, I don’t get it. I didn’t drop out of divinity school like Al Gore did, and I didn’t invent the internet or get a hoity toity Nobel Prize, so can somebody explain his speech... Weekly World News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288163/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:30:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252589/posts Seymour Hersh says that Dick Cheney headed a secret assassination wing and the head of the wing has just been named as the new commander in Afghanistan. Hersh said that there is a special unit called the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) that does high-value targeting of men that are known to be involved in anti-American activities, or are believed to be planning such activities. According to Hersh, the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) was headed by former US vice president Dick Cheney and the former head of JSOC, Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal who has just been named the new... Press TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252589/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 12:16:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252402/posts Candidate Barack Obama severely criticized president Bush for using military tribunals to try terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay. On President Obama's first day in office, he suspended the tribunals. Now, he has decided to use the same military tribunals he criticized President Bush for during the 2008 campaign. His backers on the Loony left are very angry. Bluegrass Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252402/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2009 22:42:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229323/posts Apparently finding reasons to be sympathetic toward Somali pirates, the Reverend Al Sharpton in all seriousness appears to believe they should actually be called Somalia's "voluntary Coast Guard". radioequalizer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229323/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:42:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225108/posts It isn’t quite true these days that, to cite that over-quoted Monty Python sketch, “nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.” Case in point: Phillipe Sands, a British lawyer with Cherie Blair’s London firm. Last year, he published a book claiming that when the Bush administration came to an end, six of the president’s top-level advisors would face charges in international court. Sure enough, now Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon wants to charge those six senior policy advisors with “giving legal cover” to alleged torture at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. How will Obama respond?... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225108/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 20:43:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2219316/posts The annual White Privilege Conference (WPC) serves as a yearly opportunity to examine and explore difficult issues related to white privilege, white supremacy and oppression. WPC provides a forum for critical discussions about diversity, multicultural education and leadership, social justice, race/racism, sexual orientation, gender relations, religion and other systems of privilege/oppression. WPC is recognized as a challenging, empowering and educational experience. The workshops, keynotes and institutes not only inform participants, but engage and challenge them, while providing practical tips and strategies for combating inequality. The WPC is pleased to announce the intiation of the WPC Youth Leadership Conference! The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2219316/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:16:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217399/posts Using 'Miss' and 'Mrs' has been banned by leaders of the European Union because they are not considered politically correct. Brussels bureaucrats have decided the words are sexist and issued new guidelines in its bid to create 'gender-neutral' language. The booklet warns European politicians they must avoid referring to a woman's marital status. This also means Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein and Senora and Senorita are banned. 'Political correctness gone mad': The European Parliament has banned MEPs from using 'Miss' and 'Mrs' because it claims they are sexist Instead of using the standard titles, it is asking MEPs to... Daily Mail UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217399/posts#comment Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:50:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211583/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of war protesters from across the country gathered in Washington on Saturday to mark the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Organizers from the ANSWER Coalition said more than 1,000 groups sponsored the protest to call for an end to the Iraq war. Holding signs that read "We need jobs and schools, not war" and "Stop the war!" they rallied around noon across the street from the Lincoln Memorial and by 1:30 p.m., were beginning to march across the Memorial Bridge to the Pentagon. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211583/posts#comment Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:33:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2207290/posts Keith talks to Howard Fineman about Sy Hersh's claim that Cheney was running a secret assassination ring. Red State reports: Cownell alum Keith Olbermann has a tough job. Imagine going on TV every night and trying to outdo your own prior outrage. I mean, once you’ve called someone worse than the Nazis you really got nowhere to go but down. So it is that, with the audacity of a dope, our intrepid Cownell grad Keith went on the air two nights in a row hissy-fitting that Dick Cheney was running an “assassination ring” out of his office. Yes, seriously. An... Red State, ConservativeXpress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2207290/posts#comment Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:47:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194864/posts A group of liberal bloggers said it is teaming up with organized labor and MoveOn to form a political action committee that will seek to push the Democratic Party farther to the left. Soliciting donations from their readers, the bloggers said they are planning to recruit liberal candidates for challenges against more centrist Democrats currently in Congress. The formation of the group marks another step in the evolution of the blogosphere, which has proved effective at motivating party activists to give money and time to political campaigns, especially in local races. But it also illuminates a deepening wrinkle for President... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194864/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:52:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193006/posts A reporter for an NBC affiliate in Baltimore who inserted a racist remark into a video clip of FOX News' John Gibson and posted it on YouTube is no longer employed by the station, FOXNews.com has learned. The offensive video clip was doctored so that the viewer heard Gibson using the words "bright blue scrotum" in reference to Attorney General Eric Holder, rather than to a defining characteristic of a monkey on the loose in Seattle. The video circulated rapidly on blogs and news Web sites Thursday and was not corrected for hours. Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193006/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2191342/posts Last week, CNN’s Glenn Beck interviewed PETA spokesman Matt Prescott about a UN Report calling out the meat industry as the #1 cause of Global Warming. According to Prescott, the report issued by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), “found that the meat industry causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, planes ships - all of the world’s transportation systems combined.” ... read more MensNewsDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2191342/posts#comment Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:04:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175604/posts As someone who has spent nearly three frustrating years actively advocating the impeachment of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for their many crimes and abuses of power, I have to admit that not only did it not happen, but that the likelihood of their being indicted and brought to trial now that they have left office is exceedingly slim. While both men are clearly guilty of war crimes, and have in fact admitted to willful violation of international law and the US Criminal Code relating to torture and treatment of captives, and while Bush has admitted to... Baltimore Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175604/posts#comment Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:44:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173779/posts Berkeley -- Berkeley's city council voted early today to let the public library override the Nuclear Free Berkeley Act in order to get its checkout machines serviced.After a heated debate, the council voted 6-2, with one abstention, to grant a waiver for the library to contract with 3M, a multinational technology company, even though the firm refused to sign a form promising it does not engage in nuclear research or development.The library asked permission to sign a 5-year, $63,000 contract with 3M to maintain five self-checkout scanning machines at the main library and four branches. The Peace and Justice Commission... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173779/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:44:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159176/posts WHAT: A long column of figures dressed all in black with white death masks and bearing the names of those killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine. The march will be followed by a dramatic nonviolent action intended to awaken Congress to the need to end the wars. WHERE: The march will approach the U.S. Capitol on Pennsylvania Ave. SE and turn north on 1st Street to pass between the Capitol and the Supreme Court, turn west on Constitution Ave. to pass the Senate office buildings, turn south to pass the west front of the Capitol, and turn east on Independence... Progressive Democrats of America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159176/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:25:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158735/posts Dear President-Elect Obama, Congratulations on your historic election as the next President of the United States. Last year, you pledged to ""take an active role, and make a personal commitment to do all I can to advance the cause of [Israeli-Palestinian] peace from the start of my Administration."" We are eager to work with you to fulfill this goal. To do so, your Administration should break with past policies of unconditional support for Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip, and change U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine to support human rights, international law, and... tehran times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158735/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jan 2009 01:14:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151233/posts On election night, hope was palpable. A sort of jittery excitement filled the air at the Catoosa Democratic Headquarters in Ringgold, Ga. A year ago, the local party was lucky to have 20 people at a breakfast meeting. Now, giddy Obama supporters edged past each other in the crowded banquet hall, sharing smiles and ogling the vast array of T-shirts and buttons. “Your grandparents were right,” read one sticker, “Vote Democratic.” For decades, this area has been Democratic. That’s the reason we are known for having some of the best public schools around. It’s the reason we have a fabulous... Catoosa County News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151233/posts#comment Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:55:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137726/posts President and Mrs. Bush couldn't be handling the transition more graciously. But rather than celebrating the peaceful transfer of power that is the hallmark of our democracy, Hardball has announced a new feature, "Final Daze," intended to mock W as we count down his last weeks in office. Mike Barnicle, sitting in for Chris Matthews, announced the new segment on this evening's show. MIKE BARNICLE: And that brings us to a new, regular item we're starting tonight called "Final Daze." President Bush has 57 days left in office, and many are asking "where's Dubya?" With the economy tanking and the... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137726/posts#comment Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:29:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127614/posts Class action lawsuit against world leaders for allowing global warming being mulled at the International Criminal Court in the Hague __ A climate activist in Boston is currently mulling creating a lawsuit in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, the Netherlands, asking for US$1 billion dollars in damages on behalf of future generations of human beings on Earth. Asking to remain anonymous for now, the green activisti says he is mulling the lawsuit with the help of a team of pro bono international lawyers to sue -- according to the proposed lawsuit's language -- "all world leaders for... Tree Hugger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127614/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 04:49:50 GMT