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SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate."

Please DO use this graphic anywhere you can. We need to beat home the fact that Obama is claiming that his "judgment" is why he is a good candidate, yet he has always, and STILL DOES, insist that the surge is a failure even with proof to the opposite staring him in the face. His judgment is faulty. The American people must understand this.

The Believer's Guide to Legal Issues is favorably reviewed in the August, 2008, issue of Pulpit Helps Magazine. "The author gives practical advice on a number of issues," notes reviewer Glen H. Jones, writing in the Pastors' Library literary section. "[Author Stephen Bloom's] legal calling is geared toward Christians who must often face conflicts between the law and their Christian profession," he continues. Jones rates the book "highly recommended" for all readers. Pulpit Helps has provided help and resources for pastors and Bible teachers for 30 years.

On July 2, 2008 an Arab terrorist seized a bulldozer in Jerusalem, rammed it into people and vehicles, and ended up murdering three people (including the mother of an infant) and injuring dozens. The home of the murderer was not demolished. Because the murderer held Israeli citizenship, as an East Jerusalem resident, his family members collected “survivor benefits” from Israel’s National Insurance Institute (like social security). They probably also collected payoffs from the Palestinian terrorist groups or their bankrollers in Arab countries who reward families of murderers. Terrorist family members were not expelled or deported. All in all, engaging in...

For a little humorous break from the world of hard news, we have the embarrassing story of the Valley News that serves Vermont and New Hampshire misspelling its own name on the front page of the July 21 issue. The big oopsie was followed on July 22 with an egg-on-the-face, editor's note apologizing to the readers for this ridiculous mistake. Editor's Note - Readers may have noticed that the Valley News misspelled its own name on yesterday's front page. Given that we routinely call on other institutions to hold them accountable for their mistakes, let us say for the record:...

Media sources such as CNN, and also several questionable academics have come out with a multi-pronged attack on John McCain's knowledge of the "Information Economy" this week. Amongst those is a media professor from American University named Steinhorn Comments By L. Steinhorn, Prof of Communications Steinhorn claims that McCain's funny syllogism of "A Google", his desire to avoid email, and lack of a MySpace webpage prove that McCain does not understand the Information Economy. He points to Barrack Obama's use of YouTube and MySpace to win over young voters as proof that he understands modern economics. This is false on...

"Don't be bullied by your bowl, bully your bowl instead!" A great comedian asked of this 80's slogan for Bully Toilet Bowl Cleaner,"Does it have to be one or the other?" This question could prove, for liberals, a great first step on the path to moral wisdom if they would think to ask this of their own judgment. If you are a political conservative, expect to be called many names: racist, bigoted, homophobe, evil, Islamophobe, greedy, misogynist, Nazi, fascist, a**hole, and this could all be in the same sentence. These, and many other, epithets are cavalierly applied by the left...

The one thing we can credit liberals for is their very creative minds. They have this ability to imagine whimsically how the world can be refashioned to suite their various constituencies and accompanying agendas. In all of these lofty goals liberals are extremely adept at selling a goal by glossing over the negative consequences of their advocacy. In glossing over the negatives, they sell the goal as having magical abilities to solve all kinds of problems, in the real world we call this a panacea. Panaceas are born of wishful thinking by people who lack the ability, knowledge, skill or...

Earlier this week, the Mike and Juliet Morning Show featured a segment about divorce and the damage it can wreak on children's lives. Texan Mario and his ex-wife Brenda appeared on the show with their two teenage kids to discuss how the divorce has affected them. Mario was in a tough situation, due to the angry and accusatory Brenda, but I thought he handled himself well. I'm sure Mario was not a perfect husband/father -- we men aren't as perfect as women are -- but she threw accusation after accusation at him and little seemed to stick. Mario and Brenda...

Liberal Greed by: Melinda Zosh, July 24, 2008 Liberals accept cheating on taxes, cheating on their spouses and lying for their own self interests, Peter Schweizer, author of Makers and Takers, said. Schweizer spoke at the Heritage Foundation about his book focusing on “why conservatives work harder, feel happier, have closer families, take fewer drugs, give more generously, value honesty more, are less materialistic and envious, whine less…and even hug their children more than liberals.” He decided to write his book after liberals published articles about conservatives. His book is based on research conducted by non-partisan researchers at the University...

A coworker recieved this email from a soldier he knows in Iraq today. ******************************** Hello everyone, As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to "The War Zone". I wanted to share with you what happened. He got off the plan and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram. As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he...

In his recent MSNBC commentary Katy Perry and the media’s ‘Kiss’ of hypocrisy (7/22/08), Tony Sclafani examines the controversy over what he calls "two gay-unfriendly songs by newcomer Katy Perry: 'Ur So Gay' and 'I Kissed a Girl'." While I have often condemned societal prejudice against gays and lesbians, in this case the anti-gay bigotry which gay advocates claim to see seems a lot more like anti-male sentiment to me. Sclafani writes: Well, it’s official. It’s cool to make fun of gay people again. How do we know? Because the folks in Medialand told us as much by relentlessly cheerleading...

Once again MSNBC president Phil Griffin is claiming that his cable outlet is not liberal on purpose. (I know what you're saying, if you believe that he has a bridge to sell you) In an interview with a TV reviewer for the Kansas City Star, Griffin once again made the claim that the extreme leftward tilt that MSNBC has taken over the last few years was a complete accident and that they aren't "tied to ideology" like Fox News is. Griffin also attacked Fox News saying that, "you can't trust a word they say." It all started when Aaron Barnhart...

Freeping: My First Ten Years Of Free Republic by B-chan*** "I have been sitting here for the last 45 mins looking straight at the sun. there is a host over the sun so i can look at it..its a sign a miracle.. can anyone else look at the sun and see anything?" - classygreeneyedblonde, 2002 *** Ten years ago this week, on 18 July 1998, I joined a then-fledgling news discussion site on the then-fledgling World Wide Web. The name of the site was freerepublic.com. I had logged on before, of course. I remember spending many an hour at my...

After hearing about dental work containing lead, because it's made in China, I called my dentist to see if the crown material (porcelon-based) is made in China. He didn't know, but gave me the name of the company, "Cerec." I e-mailed the company, and am awaiting an answer.

In the recent www.feministing.com post Two-thirds of Egyptian men admit to harassing women, Jessica Valenti quotes from Reuters: Nearly two-thirds of Egyptian men admit to having sexually harassed women...and a majority say women themselves are to blame for their maltreatment, a survey showed Thursday. The forms of harassment reported by Egyptian men, whose country attracts millions of foreign tourists each year, include touching or ogling women, shouting sexually explicit remarks, and exposing their genitals to women. "Sexual harassment has become an overwhelming and very real problem experienced by all women in Egyptian society, often on a daily basis," said the...

Overshadowed by the news of Israel’s trade of live Lebanese terrorists for dead Israeli soldiers was no less important news about Israel’s arrests of six Al Qaeda-linked Israeli Arabs charged with plotting to shoot down President Bush’s helicopter earlier this year. Two of the suspects were from towns—Nazareth and Taibe—within pre-1967 Israel; the other four were from East Jerusalem. The former two, in other words, were full Israeli citizens with voting rights and so on. Although full Israeli citizenship has also been available to East Jerusalem Arabs since Israel annexed East Jerusalem after the 1967 war, all but a few...

If U.S. network censors banned the Secret Obsession scent ad campaign, will they ban the Calvin Klein Underwear ad, where Eva is also semi-nude?

"Basically throwing me out on the street." Yup. Getting $750,000, as agreed in their prenup, is being "thrown out into the street." You remember Tricia Walsh-Smith--according to the AP, she vilified husband Philip Smith in a "furious YouTube video, which has attracted more than 3 million hits. She makes embarrassing claims about their intimate life and then calls his office to repeat those claims to a stunned assistant. "On the video, Walsh-Smith also goes through their wedding album, describing family members as 'bad,' 'evil' or 'nasty,' and expresses concern about eviction from the couple's luxury apartment." Her routine was so...

In a gesture of good will, Israel last week released five imprisoned terrorists, plus the remains of two hundred others, in exchange for the remains of two Israeli soldiers. How was this received by the Arabs? If the Lebanon government were not in thrall to the Iranian-Syrian terrorists of Hizballah, if there were a pretense of action against terrorism, these men would have gone from one prison to another. But Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and other dignitaries greeted the freed jihadists at the Beirut airport as heroes. Among the terrorists was Samir Kantar of the Palestinian Liberation Front, who bludgeoned...

A very early ping. Tom is out of pocket and I'm pinging and running off to the doctor. I've been quietly recovering from surgery but lurk most days on the thread. Step up to the plate you big hitters. You know who you are.

A young Israeli security guard at a small railway station in northern Israel was severely beaten late last week in what police are now classifying as a terrorist act. The 20-year-old victim told Israel National News that he was standing guard at his post when a group of young Arab men descended on him and struck him in the face. The assailants then demanded the guard hand over his weapon, but upon learning that he was unarmed continued with their brutal attack.

Many of us have taken to calling the media establishment the "MSM," or "Mainstream Media." But is that a fair and properly descriptive monicker to bestow upon them? A New York Times Blogger pondered that very question on July 21 in a "The Caucus" blog entry -- one that was a barely disguised effort to highlight and advertise the opinion of one Markos Moulitsas of the DailyKos. Still, regardless of the origin of the question, it is an interesting point to ponder. With the failing of newspapers country wide, with the ever falling audience that the big three TV networks...

Apparently the Britney Spears/Kevin Federline divorce/custody battle is over, at least for a while. In the face of a trial that was scheduled to start in a month, Spears instead agreed to give Federline sole legal and physical custody of their two sons. I have received many letters over the past several months saying that I should take up Britney Spears' cause. After all, I publicly advocate shared parenting, and should do so whether the noncustodial parent is a father, as is usually the case, or is a mother, as in this case. A few people have told me that...

I remember reading an article her within the last week about Obama and his talking about USSC justices. Something about the justices only agree 95% of the time and wen on about social issues and the like. No where did he mention the Constitution. If anyone remembers where/when it was please provide the link for here on Free Republic. Thanks in advance.

The constant bad news from the liberal media corporations is very dangerous! I've been finding communist/Stalinist propaganda like this all over the net: Frankly the people ranting against "community" don't realize how they've benefited from it - it was non-profit inventions like the internet, computers, modern electricity, phones, x-rays, penicillin, radio waves, and lightbulbs (Göbel), that make life better today. (*Also* state funding of science, medicine, & university research!) "Conservatives" like to rant about how everything good came from greed, but it's just a huge lie: 1. The computer - “This came from pure scientific thought, and not at all...

The following is a Term paper written by a young Vietnamese woman now married to one of the Pilot's I served in Viet Nam with. Lily was born after American involvement ended in Viet Nam and the Communist takeover. She is enrolled in a Business Law Course and the Term paper was for that class. Her effort was awarded with a 100% Posted with the permission of Lily. Do You Really Want to Rear Your Child in a Socialist Society?By Lily Cuc WhiteI was born and reared in a Socialist Society. Here is my personal testimony as to how good,...

Here's another idiotic aspect of the child support system--demanding that incarcerated obligors continue to make child support payments even though we know they have no income and no ability to pay. Then, when they're released, they're several thousand dollars behind on child support (with interest on overdue payments added), and are subject to arrest or driven underground. This problem has now been recognized by the Justice Department and Hillary Clinton actually addressed it during her campaign--to learn more, see my co-authored column New Justice Department Report’s Recommendations Could Reduce Prisoner Recidivism (Chicago Sun-Times, 10/26/07). Usually the above scenario applies to...

Lebanese murderer Samir Kuntar one day after his release from an Israeli prison promised to continue on the path of jihad against the Jewish state. Israel said he wouldn’t get the opportunity. Kuntar and the four Hizballah militants released with him attended a special prayer service on Thursday at the graveside of slain Hizballah operational chief Imad Mughniyah, who masterminded an untold number of attacks against Israel and Jewish targets abroad.

As much as I enjoy the O'Reilly Factor, Bill is becoming less objective every day. This is the latest instance.

What is the measure of a man? Faithfulness and strength... peace in the face of adversity... Joy when there seems to be no good reason. A man's worth is not in what he has or does but in the treasures that lie in his spirit. Not in the friends he chooses, but in the friend he is. Too few men possess anything more than a head of stone and a heart of mush. Too many believe in everything, or nothing at the cost of all. They are: Too often unaccountable… Too blissfully irresponsible… Too utterly inconsistent… What is the measure...

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday said that Israel’s willingness to release a blood-soaked killer like Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar in exchange for the corpses of two Israeli soldiers would significantly raise the price Jerusalem must pay for the freedom of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Recently a few readers have sent me an e-mail that has been circulating around the internet for the past few months warning about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The e-mail says: Think you know who this man is? This possible President of the United States!! We CANNOT have someone with this type of mentality running our GREAT nation!! I don't care whether you a Democrat or a Conservative. We CANNOT turn ourselves over to this type of character in a President. PLEASE help spread the word. It then calls our attention to several quotations from Obama's book Dreams from My...

The big winner in all of this will be Jesse Jackson. As Obama fails to live up to his teleprompter image and the media can't protect the legend in the making that they've tried to build, he will end up losing the election. When that happens the democrats will go into their normal recount or litigate mode and the inevitable chant will be RACISM, RACISM. At that point Jesse and Al, the justice brothers will step forward to proclaim a full time enduring state of victimhood, demand reparations and widen the dividing of the country on racial lines. At that...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A leading pro-life group that monitors the use of fetal cells from abortions in vaccinations is warning doctors and patients about a new polio vaccine. Children of God for Life is calling on both to "just say no" to the newly-licensed vaccine Pentacel made by Sanofi Pasteur. On June 26, the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended the vaccine as part of the immunization schedule for children. That's despite the fact that vaccines that were not derived with the controversial fetal cells have been on the market and in use for years. "We find it...

Too funny! Glad i found this clip.

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A young filmmaker risks everything, including his life to tell his brothers' story. Often humorous, sometimes lethal, this embedding with four combat units in Iraq, gives him insight into his two soldier brothers, his family, and ultimately into his own character.

The creeps from the Westboro Baptist Church are planning to protest Tony Snow's funeral:

Race gets snippy: Barack beats scissors. Papers cover Barack. The Reverend Jesse Jackson, leader of the Rainbow Coalition and director of United Eunuchs, wants action, not distraction, against an overpopulation of politicians. In a recent interview in the second stall of the Fox News studio bathroom, Jackson said the overwhelming number of stray politicians who are issuing Civil Rights messages should be dealt with sooner, rather than later.“There’s too much talkin’ and rappin’,” said Jackson. “And not enough happenin’. People need to see works, not words.”

Heard a lot of stuff come out of the mouths of preachers this year. Encouraging criminal behavior from the pulpit is a new one.

Not sure what to make of this. Over the 4th July Ellison spent time in Kenya with Obamas grandma. This from Star Tribune: "The 10-day journey, which ended Monday, culminated in a July 4th reception at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Nairobi, Kenya, where Ellison met Sarah Hussein Onyango Obama, the grandmother of presidential candidate Barack Obama." I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for this conversation.

It was an inspiring evening. A very close friend and colleague invited a few intimate buddies to his 80th birthday at Tavern on the Green in Central Park. More than 300 people packed the main banquet room. He has been a great mentor to me, a pioneer in the art of television lighting. Literally a pioneer That term is bandied about, but when Immie started there was no such thing as TV lighting. He was trained in theater, so when he was hired on at ABC in 1950 he told his new boss that he knew nothing about TV lighting....

Ok, this is my first post. Yes, it's a vanity, but for a good cause. My brother-in-law is over in Iraq right now. He has asked my wife and I to send him some foot powder because it is hard to come by there, and is very needed. My wife has contacted a few companies that make foot powder to ask if they have any special samples or discounts for soldiers. One company will send us some coupons to purchase their product, but we were hoping to get more then they will send to help my brother's friends as well....

I don't do prayer requests very well, but a dear friend of ours needs one. Their grandson has a Schwannoma tumor on the vagus nerve and will be undergoing surgery on July 25. Their Dr. wants to remove it before it grows into the brain stem or chest area. This is a very rare tumor for an adult to have let alone a child. There have only been a handful of these surgeries done. They will not know until they get inside if this growth is on the side of the nerve or surrounding the mass. Please Pray for Aaron,...

Michael, a reader, writes: Just thought you would enjoy the usual feminist carrying on by Hillary. Seems she expects Obama's gang to bail her out financially. Why does this sound so familiar? Mike refers me to CNN’s Jack Cafferty and provides the following excerpt: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton may be campaigning and fund-raising together these days. But behind the scenes, there are some nasty wounds that are a long way from being healed. The New York Times reports that many Obama donors are not too eager to help Clinton pay off her estimated $23 million in campaign debt. Some...

American Conservative Daily has officially ceased the publication of columns by Mr. Swank. I wish to apologize to our readers for the way that some of his posts degraded and became so far away from what we had originally hoped they would. I of course take full responsibility for Mr. Swank’s columns appearing on this site since I was the one that made the decision to syndicate him originally. The fact is however that for every reasonable post by Mr. Swank, there were three that were completely out of character with what we want to promote, that degenerated into insanity...

From the department of completely obvious. I thought it was an interesting insight into how political celebrities manage the media: create controversy to remain relevant. Like Jane Fonda using the "C" word, Dianne Keaton the "F" bomb on morning television, Jackson goes into the belly of the beast (Fox News) and says something outrageous just to tell The Chosen One: hey Obama, throw me a bone already!

Boone Pickens is a very smart man. He understands oil and energy better than most analysts. But, he has just made an $85 million ad buy to run the above commercial. The ad says he has a plan to solve the energy "problem". The ad states that wind power is part of his plan. What he doesn't tell you is that he is looking for huge subsides for his wind farms. When someone has a plan, they can go ahead and execute it. When someone has a plan and they run commercials to tell you about the plan, they want...