http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lyingliar/ en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:24:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412745/posts Former US President Jimmy Carter is asking for forgiveness of the Jewish community for forgiveness for any stigma he may have caused Israel. “…..I have the hope and a prayer that the State of Israel will flourish as a Jewish state within secure and recognized borders in peaceful co-existence with its neighbors and with all the Moslem States, and that this peaceful co-existence will bring security, prosperity and happiness to the people of Israel and to the people of the Middle East of all faiths. “We must recognize Israel’s achievements under difficult circumstances, even as we strive in a positive... The Yeshiva World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412745/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:24:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409680/posts Ben Nelson says that he knows who started the rumor, and that it may be embarrassing if/when that info comes out. Says, no one threatened him or offered him ANYTHING for his vote. He's says the abortion issue is not the only thing stopping him from supporting the Senate bill. klin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409680/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:11:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390018/posts Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages AUSTIN — Texans: Are you really married? Maybe not. Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state. The amendment, approved by the Legislature and overwhelmingly ratified by voters, declares that "marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman." But the troublemaking phrase, as Radnofsky sees it, is Subsection B, which declares: "This state... Fort Worth Star-Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390018/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384834/posts Barack Obama is to reject all of the options outlined for increasing troop numbers in Afghanistan in favour of revised plans which include a clear exit strategy, it has been claimed. The report came from a senior administration official close to the high-level deliberations Mr Obama is holding with his war cabinet over the refocusing of the Afghan war effort. The President is said to have raised questions at a meeting on Wednesday that could alter both the size of any possible troop increase and the length of time they are in the country before they can hand over to... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384834/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:53:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383413/posts Former President Bill Clinton speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, following the weekly caucus luncheons where he spoke to the Democrats Senators about health care reform. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383413/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:28:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382805/posts A fuming Gov. Deval Patrick is taking on University of Massachusetts officials who now say they must allow a convicted terror bomber to speak on campus because of “academic freedom” - even after angry cops thought the event had been stopped. “Gov. Patrick is outraged and extremely disappointed at reports that the University of Massachusetts has again extended a speaking invitation to Raymond Luc Levasseur,” said Patrick spokesman Joe Landolfi. The governor last night called on UMass brass to “review” the abrupt about-face. Levasseur, now under federal parole in a Maine halfway house, was the radical leader of United Freedom... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382805/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:17:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380264/posts Congressman-elect Bill Owens was sworn in at noon today. Owens indicated in a press release that he was now in favor of the bill in direct contrast to his earlier position during his campaign. According to Politico.com, Mr. Owens assured voters that he felt the public option had no place in the health care reform bill. Contrary to that position, Mr. Owens now indicates that he intends to vote in favor of the bill even though it now contains a public option. Mr. Owens also indicated during his campaign that he was firmly opposed to cutting Medicare benefits, taxing health... GOUVERNEUR TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380264/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:32:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379297/posts Harriet Harman was yesterday slapped down by national statisticians over her claims that women are paid a fifth less than men. The Women and Equality Minister was told she must no longer use a single figure to describe the complex differences in the earnings of men and women. Instead she will have to give three measures - among them one which shows that far from earning less than men, women in part-time jobs are actually paid more on average than their male counterparts. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379297/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:07:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2378640/posts The Obama Kool Aid may be wearing off, while Barack Obama Campaigned as a post partisan "moderate" for the first time since his election, Gallup is reporting that most Americans view the POTUS as governing from the left-wing. The number of American's who feel he has kept his promises fell 17 percentage points since April to 48% 54% of Americans believe his policies have been mostly liberal while 34% call them mostly moderate. There were also 7% of the public that need to get back on their meds, because they feel that Barack Obama's policies have been mostly conservative. This... Gallup/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2378640/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:38:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373589/posts When Van Jones resigned his White House job, under fire for his pro-communist views, White House adviser David Axelrod said that Jones had himself made the decision to leave the administration. But new documents indicate that Jones didn't even write his own resignation letter. It is now abundantly clear that he was pushed out because the scandal threatened to implicate Obama friend and White House adviser Valerie Jarrett in the scandal that gave him a critical White House position without proper vetting. Jones, a self-identified communist, was an anti-police activist in Oakland, California, before an extreme makeover landed him at... Accuracy In Media - AIM Column http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373589/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:46:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369490/posts When Barack Obama promised to deliver "a new kind of politics" to Washington, most folk didn't picture Rahm Emanuel with a baseball bat...What is a little novel is the public and bare-knuckle way in which the Obama team is waging these campaigns...In recent weeks the Windy City gang added a new name to their list of societal offenders: the Chamber of Commerce. For the cheek of disagreeing with Democrats on climate and financial regulation, it was reported the Oval Office will neuter the business lobby. Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett warned CEOs they'd be wise to seek better protection. That was... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369490/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364016/posts OBAMA: What I reject is when some folks say we should go back to the past policies when it was those very same policies that got us into this mess in the first place. (Applause.) Another way of putting it is when, you know, I'm busy and Nancy busy with our mop cleaning up somebody else's mess --- we don't want somebody sitting back saying, you're not holding the mop the right way. (Applause.) Why don't you grab a mop, why don't you help clean up. (Applause.) You're not mopping fast enough. (Laughter.) That's a socialist mop. (Laughter and applause.)... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364016/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:27:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361527/posts President Obama delivered an unprecedented message to the Human Rights Campaign Saturday night. Sounding more like a homosexual activist than a sitting president, Obama went well beyond his expected message of “I’m here with you” on the homosexual agenda. “My expectation is that when you look back on these years, you will see a time in which we put a stop to discrimination against gays and lesbians -- whether in the office or on the battlefield,” Obama told an estimated audience of 3,000. “You will see a time in which we as a nation finally recognize relationships between two men... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361527/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:19:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356970/posts Limbaugh is going to change the name of the team from the Rams to the Nappy-Headed Hos..Rush Limbaugh might one day own the St. Louis Rams. Hell, sometimes these column thingies write themselves. The only thing that could make this news even more fantastic is if in his first two acts as owner Limbaugh traded for Donovan McNabb and made Jesse Jackson the head coach. Followed by Ann Coulter's hiring as general manager. My head exploded after hearing this Limbaugh news. How exactly will Limbaugh address the team after he purchases them? "I just want to introduce myself and say... WashPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356970/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 19:12:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2355300/posts "Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad’s lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis, and others for their brilliance and perfection.” IOC not swayed whatsoever at the made up story... Al Gore invented the internet. Truth…It was invented by the miltary and others Obama,-Selma Got Me Born, Parents had you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. Bill Clinton saw Black churches burn to the ground while he was living in Arkansas.Truth…A check of the records shows there were NO burnings there during all his time there. Hillary... Hot AirPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2355300/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:43:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2353722/posts Here is video of Michelle Obama's pitch to the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen, where she said at around the 1:10 mark of the video, that some of her best memories are of "sitting on her Dad's lap," watching the Olympics, and "rooting for Olga, Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their brilliance and perfection." Uh, Carl Lewis was born in 1961, and Michelle Obama was born in 1964. Lewis first participated in the Olympics in 1984 - when Michelle was 20 years old! In her rush to be overly dramatic, she forgot to check some of the facts. If... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2353722/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 20:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352749/posts Via Breitbart. Evidently the entire country, including the White House, misunderstood what he meant by “intensely demonstrated” when he said, “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he’s African-American.” That’s the money quote from the interview that aired on NBC on September 15 — just six days after Joe Wilson’s outburst and three days after the 9/12 Project’s massive rally in D.C. Compare and contrast the before and after below. I wonder which Obama aide was tasked with dialing him up... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352749/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 19:55:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352505/posts AP can not post details AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352505/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:12:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346774/posts Confirming the literary detective work of WND columnist Jack Cashill prior to the 2008 election, author Christopher Andersen says in a newly released book that former domestic terrorist William Ayers helped Barack Obama write the president's highly acclaimed memoir "Dreams from My Father." WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346774/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:04:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346062/posts Bill Clinton on Lewinsky Affair: "I Cracked"Posted by Brian Montopoli September 21, 2009 3:14 PM (CBS)During a series of secret interviews in the White House with author and historian Taylor Branch, then-President Bill Clinton said his affair with Monika Lewinsky began because he "cracked" as a result of personal and political pressure. "I cracked; I just cracked," Clinton said, according to Branch, USA Today reports. The former president reportedly blamed the death of his mother, combined with the Democrats' losses in the 1994 midterm elections and the Whitewater investigation, for putting him in a state of mind that left him... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346062/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:18:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342475/posts I wonder how many more are made up? Special Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342475/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:05:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341787/posts President's speech writers appear to have been informed by erroneous media reports, including an article on Slate.com, about a man who was dropped from his insurance plan and later died. President Barack Obama, seeking to make a case for health-insurance regulation, told a poignant story to a joint session of Congress last week. An Illinois man getting chemotherapy was dropped from his insurance plan when his insurer discovered an unreported gallstone the patient hadn't known about. "They delayed his treatment, and he died because of it," the president said in the nationally televised address. In fact, the man, Otto S.... FOXNEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341787/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:54:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336619/posts Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah LIE blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah LIE blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah LIE LIE LIE blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336619/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:40:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336580/posts Republicans Distance Themselves From Heckler Who Shouted "You Lie!" During Obama's Speech President Obama said he accepts the apology of Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., who interrupted the president's speech last night to yell, "You lie!" after a line about how health insurance would not be provided to illegal immigrants. Share The president brushes off Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during health care speech. "I'm a big believer that we all make mistakes," the president told reporters today following a meeting with his Cabinet members. "He apologized quickly and without equivocation, and I'm appreciative of that." ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336580/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:50:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2336351/posts The "post-partisan" candidate for "change" has conducted his umpteenth ultra-partisan misinformation-fest on ObamaCare. The most egregious distortions and falsehoods are as follows... 7. "Unfortunately, in 34 states, 75 percent of the insurance market is controlled by five or fewer companies. In Alabama, almost 90 percent is controlled by just one company. And without competition, the price of insurance goes up and quality goes down...I just want to hold [insurance companies] accountable." The glaringly obvious (and cost-free) solution to insurance monopolies is to eliminate the government restrictions that make them unavoidable. This is a blatantly dishonest attempt to misrepresent a clearly... Macon County Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2336351/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:49:07 GMT