http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/losers/ en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:36:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411274/posts The head weasel at the RNC tells that I have a choice to make. To whit: 'Will Barack Obama continue to have Nancy Pelosi/Harry Reid majorities in Concress to ram through his radical leftist agenda of curtailed freedoms and government expansion, or... ...will our Party's commonsense conservative candidates prevail next November and roll back the left-wing gains that are threatening our prosperity and liberty?' Well, you have to admire their sheer nerve and effrontery in making this sort of play for my wallet. The letter mentions New Jersey and Virginia as signal victories, but they somehow forgot to mention their... The RNC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411274/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:36:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396641/posts The results from today's elections in Honduras are beginning to roll in and it looks as if Porfirio Lobo,from Honduran opposition National Party, is leading in the election at least according to the local media. According to preliminary data, the 61-year-old opposition leader received around 56% of the vote. His main rival, 46-year-old businessman Elvin Santos representing the ruling Liberal Party, came second in the presidential race, with about 38% of the vote. Even if the trend continues the Liberal party will not be the big loser today, Hugo Chavez, whose imperialist goals were thwarted when President Zelaya was ousted... The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396641/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:14:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395686/posts Women can be cruel, and they often do cruel things to men. Despite their reputation as the fairer sex, when it comes to relationships, sometimes women can be downright nasty. It seems like a reverse sexism started to take hold as the feminist movement came about and equality for women began gaining ground. Some women use their girl-power solidarity to come to a consensus on what’s socially acceptable for women to do to men in a relationship. They’ve agreed among themselves that these behaviors are perfectly justifiable regardless of how they play with a guy’s emotions or ego. With that,... Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395686/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:46:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380088/posts Subject: HR 615 On Tuesday, the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment, courtesy of Republican Tom Coburn, which would require all Members of Congress and their staff members to enroll in any new government-run health plan. Congressman John Fleming has proposed an amendment that would require Congressmen and Senators to take the same health care plan that they would force on us. (Under proposed legislation they are exempt.) Congressman Fleming is encouraging people to go to his Website and sign his petition. The process is very simple. I have done just that at: Petition LinkSenator... Congressman John Fleming http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380088/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:15:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378638/posts RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Last year, 23-year-old Rashida Hill watched the presidential debates, visited the college political party meetings and put a Barack Obama bumper sticker on her townhouse door. She voted for Obama because she felt like the election was about "being a part of something." But on Tuesday, the Virginia Commonwealth University student didn't bother voting in the governor's race because, she said, the candidates didn't give her anything to get excited about. "The simple fact is, unless you put it in front of somebody, they're really not going to seek it out," Hill said. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378638/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:33:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378128/posts NBC's "The Biggest Loser" is at the White House tonight. This is not a joke. Twitter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378128/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:08:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2377978/posts Blue Dogs got a warning shot across the bow...The bluest of blue states, and a deep pocketed incumbent Govenor who spent $28 million dollars and brought it Biden, Clinton 2x, and Obama 3x, gets sent home by Republican Chris Christie.... hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2377978/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 03:47:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2377972/posts Harry sure changed his mind... fast! We're not going to be held to any timeline, we are going to take the time to get it right [Healthcare] Harry tonight was dragged kicking and screaming back to the center by the ass kicking Dems got tonight. You can bet the Blue Dog's told Harry if the GOP sweeps tonight, we don't want any part of your mess. Dems in the House and Senate ... get ready for that enema that's been needed for some time. Who do you fear more? The voters of Pelosi/Reid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2377972/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 03:37:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370182/posts The hundreds of civil war gravestones in Culpeper cemetery tell of the town’s bloody history. Halfway between the opposing capitals of Richmond and Washington, it saw more battles than anywhere else in the United States. Today this town in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains is a battlefield of a different kind. In 10 days’ time Virginia, which last November voted for a Democratic presidential candidate for the first time since 1964, goes to the polls for a governor in the first electoral test of the Obama presidency. This contest between Bob McDonnell, a Republican, and Creigh Deeds, a... Times Online (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370182/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:39:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365552/posts WEST VALLEY CITY — The head of the Republican National Committee said Friday he believes voters may have moved beyond the bias against Mormonism that hurt Mitt Romney in last year's presidential election. Speaking to reporters after a town hall meeting at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Michael Steele said comments he made earlier this year about Romney being rejected by the GOP base because of his faith were "old news." "I was speaking to an attitude or a mindset at the time that I thought was unfortunate and I said that I think (Romney) proved just how unfortunate it... The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365552/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:09:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354189/posts Breaking News: Chicago Fails to Snag Hot Dog Contest WASHINGTON – The International Federation of Competitive Eating announced that the race for the 2016 NathanÂ’s International July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest is down to Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, and Wildwood, New Jersey as Chicago was eliminated in one of the most shocking defeats in IFOCE history. The defeat is especially painful for President and Mrs. Obama, who made personal pleas before IFOCE this morning in Coney Island. In an impromptu speech before IFOCE’s Board of Regents, Mr. Obama waxed eloquent by reading from a teleprompter for forty-five minutes about his memories of eating hot dogs... Carbolicsmokeball http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354189/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 17:19:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354014/posts That is only a sidebar to what happened on Friday, with an Olympic bid from Chicago that President Obama shouldn't have gone near. This wasn't the President's fight. For a smart guy, he does some dumb things sometimes. We can talk about winners and losers all we want to now that it is over. The biggest winners of all are the people of Chicago, because their city doesn't have to plunge itself into debt to host the Olympics. This is the kind of winner New York was despite Michael Bloomberg's insane quest to get the 2012 Games, which eventually -... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354014/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 11:03:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353970/posts Analysis: Chicago's Loss Is A Blow To Obama, Too By JENNIFER LOVEN and JULIE PACE, Associated Press Writers Oct 2 WASHINGTON – OK, so it wasn't health care, climate change or war. Still, President Barack Obama's high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives already nipping at his heels — that he's a better talker than closer, more celebrity than statesman. And this could hamper his efforts on the weightier issues. Despite Obama's fabled charm and powers of persuasion, his in-person plea for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Games fell flat. It was a hugely... AP Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353970/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 05:33:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353717/posts For Obama, An Unsuccessful Campaign By PETER BAKER October 2, 2009 COPENHAGEN — President Obama not only failed to bring home the gold, he could not even muster the silver or bronze. A dramatic 20-hour mission across the ocean to persuade the International Olympic Committee to give the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago proved such a miscalculation that his adopted hometown finished fourth of four candidate cities. Rarely has a president put his credibility on the line on the world stage in such a personal way and been slapped down so sharply in real time. While Chicago may have lost... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353717/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 20:44:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342478/posts .... Would you please sit down and shut up you old fool! Yup. Think about this one for a moment. You're a young black man or woman, you're finishing up your education and hope to have a career in politics. Along comes Barack Obama and you're just elated! The barrier has been broken and a black man is now President of the United States! Your path is clear! But wait! In the early months of Obama's presidency his inexperience starts to show. He fails on several big fronts: Health care, cap-and-trade and the union card-check bill. He tries to convince... Nealz Nuze http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342478/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:13:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2333615/posts It's a quiet Sunday afternoon, after the usual motley crew of assorted losers, twits, and dumb-bells spinning political sewage in the morning. If there's EVER a reason to go to church other than worship God, it's to avoid morning political shows. Anyway, I wondered if Webster's or Wikipedia would be accepting of the following premise: We need an appropriate photo to accompany the urban/slang definition of 'Tool'. Here are my suggestions. Which one best fits your mental image when the word 'Tool' is used in a defamatory way: 01) Obama (dumbo or salt-vampire) 02) Biden 03) Gore 04) Sean Penn... (self) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2333615/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 00:00:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2320831/posts It’s like déjà vu all over again,” noted philosopher Yogi Berra is credited with saying. And so it is. A liberal Democratic president has his heart set on pushing through a proposal strongly unpopular with most Americans. Enjoying substantial Democratic majorities in both the House and the Senate, he intends to win. So it was in September, 1977 when Jimmy Carter signed the Panama Canal treaties to relinquish United States control. An Associated Press opinion poll conducted that month found that only 29 percent of Americans favored the pact. A solid 50 percent opposed it and 21 percent expressed no... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2320831/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:46:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291159/posts A television advert for an Israeli cellphone firm showing soldiers playing football over the West Bank barrier has sparked cries of bad taste and prompted Arab lawmakers on Sunday to demand it be taken off air. The jaunty commercial for Israel's biggest mobile phone company Cellcom makes light of Palestinian suffering and shows how far Israelis fail to understand their neighbours, critics said. The company stood by the ad, however. It shows a ball falling on an Israeli army jeep from the far side of a towering wall. A game ensues, back and forth with the unseen Palestinians after a... Reuters via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291159/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:16:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282270/posts Sarah Palin trashed by members of John McCain's campaign team in Vanity Fair BY Michael Saul DAILY NEWS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Monday, June 29th 2009, 12:01 PM Grillo/AP Alaska's lipstick-wearing pit-bull is a "Little Shop of Horrors." That's how one longtime friend and campaign trail companion of John McCain, the vanquished 2008 GOP presidential nominee, described veep nominee Sarah Palin. In an expansive story in the August edition of Vanity Fair, a slew of senior members of McCain's campaign team told reporter Todd S. Purdum that they suffer a kind of survivor's guilt following the 2008 presidential election. "They can't quite... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282270/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:47:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275757/posts The Department of Defense has withdrawn a training manual question that linked protesters across the United States to terrorism, but there's evidence coming to light that describing Americans as terror suspects, or "low-level" terror suspects, is routine. reported just days ago that the U.S. Department of Defense had included in a training course a question that defined protesters as terrorists.According to the letter from the Northern California ACLU, the DoD's "Annual Level 1 Antiterrorism (AT) Awareness Training for 2009" tells department personnel "that certain First Amendment-protected activity may amount to 'low-level terrorism.'" Specifically the training "Knowledge Check 1" asks, "Which... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275757/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:31:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268286/posts General Motors (GM) has agreed to finance private equity firm Platinum Equity’s buyout of Delphi Corp. GM will provide more than $2 billion to Platinum Equity for purchasing most of the assets of Delphi.Troy, Michigan-based Delphi, which has been operating under ban kruptcy protection, is a former GM subsidiary and the auto-maker’s largest supplier. Under the deal, Platinum Equity will acquire most of Delphi's global operations, including its Troy headquarters. GM is also acquiring some troubled assets of Delphi. Further, the company is providing $250 million to help Delphi emerge from bankruptcy protection.... Automotive Business Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268286/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 21:52:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261738/posts US Middle East envoy George Mitchell (R) stands alongside US Vice President Joe Biden (C), US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd L) and National Security Advisor James Jones (L), as US President Barack Obama speaks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (not pictured) during meetings Getty Images http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261738/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 20:15:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2259114/posts Dallas Cowboys NFL Team Column By Russell Easley 26 May 2009 Roster Series Part 2: Wide Receivers Much has been said about the Dallas Cowboys receiving corps so far this offseason, most of it dealing with the departure of Terrell Owens, who shuffled off to Buffalo, but Owens is history and the show, as they say, must go on. There are two major question marks for the Cowboys receivers going into the 2009 season. Can Miles Austin step up and be a consistent downfield threat this season ? Can Roy Williams step up and be a consistent #1 target and... nfldraftdog website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2259114/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 16:15:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2259111/posts Roster Series Part 1: Offensive Line The draft picks have been made. The rookies had their (mini) mini-camp. The OTA’s are set to begin this week. So it must be time for a roster series. As I look up and down this roster there are question marks in only two areas. One of them is the offensive line. The other is – well, you’ll just have to come back here and read about it when it comes out. Overall, they’re in decent shape if the starters stay healthy. Consider last year. For the games the Cowboys had the entire starting... nfldraftdog website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2259111/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 16:11:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248018/posts Michael Steele guest-hosted Bill Bennett's radio program on May 8th, and... well... is this the type of analysis an RNC Chief should be providing? [...] STEELE: Yeah, but let me ask you. Ok, Jay, I’m there with you. But remember, it was the base that rejected Mitt because of his switch on pro-life, from pro-choice to pro-life. It was the base that rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism. It was the base that rejected Mitch, Mitt, because they thought he was back and forth and waffling on those very economic issues you’re talking about. So, I mean, I... GOP12.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248018/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2009 15:09:31 GMT