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Especially the last one...

Media Research Center President Brent Bozell appeared on the Hannity show last night and broke his silence amid the Daily Caller investigation into the liberal Media Matter for America, saying they "want to do the dirty work for the Obama Administration." "Well, let me first premise it by saying, as a matter of policy I refuse to talk about this organization. I'm making an exception tonight because I do want to comment on it tonight because that memo- and kudos to Tucker Carlson and the Daily Caller for this- that memo confirms everything you and I have talked about for...

Last night, before going to bed, I took a peek at the Grammys just in time to see Glen Campbell performing Rhinestone Cowboy. They announced that although he suffers from Alzheimer’s, he finished another album last year and is currently doing a farewell tour. His performance was exhilarating, with all the celebration of a victory lap. He kept pointing his mike at the audience as they sang along with him, blurring the difference between those on stage and those no longer seated in the audience. Everyone there seemed truly connected, more like a party than a performance. Glen showed no...

I was given the honor of judging a word play contest that was put on by iOwnTheWorld, that Freepers may enjoy the results of. The contest is over, but add what you would've submitted to this thread, I've been posting here long enough to know some of the most clever stuff comes out of these threads :-D The rules (as outlined by iOTW's BigFurHat) are simple: The idea is to completely switch the meaning of a sentence midstream, like, the ultimate flip-flop. For example -Obama is the smartest guy in the room would never vote for Obama.This is a sentence...

His full name is Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco, and his legacy is equally voluminous. Born on July 24, 1783, he was serendipitously raised in an age of revolutions, and was one of the key leaders in the struggle for independence from Spain which spread throughout Latin America. On June 15th, 1813 he dictated his “Decree of War to the Death,” and the rest is history. He would go on to lead Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia to independence from Spain. At one point he was dictator of Peru, president of Colombia,...

The story of, A Miracle, is true and the place that this story happened is in, Chepachet Rhode Island in the late 1960s. Roy was young when he went to his final home a few years later in the early 1970’s and had faith in his Savior Jesus Christ the Lord. In Loving Memory of Roy, past tragically in early 1970's. The instrumental medley of this video is, Precious Memories, In The Garden and Precious Lord Take My Hand, author is unknown.

It's there... trust me!

The polo magnate who adopted his girlfriend in an alleged attempt to protect his fortune from a lawsuit must now battle with his teenaged children who want the adoption thrown out. John Goodman adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend in the fall, giving her a share of the more than $300 million trust he established for his two biological children -- a move that critics said was a ploy to save millions for himself if he loses an upcoming wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a car accident that killed Scott Wilson in February 2010. The guardian of Goodman's children opened another legal...

Sarah Palin isn't seeking the GOP nomination for president. But if these "social media" numbers are any indication, more than twice the voters prefer Sarah Palin to Mitt Romney.  At present, 3,283,462 followers "like" Sarah Palin on her Facebook page. That is more than twice the number of those who, so far, have "liked" Mitt Romney on his Facebook,-1,469,434.Palin likewise smashes Romney on Twitter with 734,104 "followers" , while Romney has a mere 333,569 "followers".Perhaps this "follower" on Palin's Facebook echos the sentiment of many with this recent comment"["Happy Birthday Sarah !,-God bless you ! RUN SARAH RUN, for president you are the last...

Ann Murray, a South Bend, IN mother, came home Monday night around 11:30 and found a strange man in her apartment on North Lance Court. She thought she was being robbed, but instead the man, "had cooked some chicken and onions in a pot, folded my clothes and swept my floor," Murray says. That’s right – the burglar was making dinner, had neatly organized Murray's laundry and cleaned her floors. When asked if he did a good job, Murray laughed and said, "Yes, he drank up my orange juice, but it's cool, because he swept my floors and folded my...

There once was a country called Decline. It was an immense land, blessed by many forests, lakes, and rivers, and overflowing with natural resources. But its most valuable resource was its people. They were generally hard-working, industrious, and innovative, but over the years many of then had grown lazy. Their laziness led to poverty, and that poverty led to envy and resentment of those who had remained productive and prosperous. Many of the citizens of Decline were also naive and easily swayed by emotion, allowing rational thought to fall by the wayside. As the years passed, the people of Decline,...

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A Minnesota mom is fuming after her 9-year-old son was suspended from school for mimicking Michael Jackson's famous groin-grabbing moves during a performance of "Billie Jean" at a fundraiser last week Mindy Boberg says the principal of St. Stanislaus in Winona, Pat Bowlin, tore into her and her son, Lenny, immediately after the boy's Jacko act on Thursday night, claiming the crotch-clutching portions constituted "gross misconduct," the Winona Daily News reported. "[Lenny] is heartbroken," Boberg wrote on her Facebook page. "He worked so hard on this and then to have your principal scream at you immediately after." "And as of...

Many freepers are having hard times; I've heard of some via freepmail, seen comments on threads, and as times get harder, more of us will experience financial hardship, health problems, emotional sorrows of many kinds, family problems - the human condition. I've heard of spouses with chronic terminal illness, members here with chronic, painful and incurable ailemnts; husbands laid off and rent past due, people with relatives who have cut themselves off from contact, and countless other sorrows and problems. I pray to God that all who seek Him find His shelter. I pray that everyone here finds the means...

I am requesting prayer for my father in law who is failing. I would like to add to that request a prayer for my wife who has been given, by her father, the right to make the final decision.

Over the last several years, Iran and Turkey have had an alliance of convenience but the situation in Syria is putting great strain on that alliance. Syria, which borders Iraq to its east, Lebanon to its west, and Turkey to its north has essentially been an arm of Iran under the Assad regime. Assad has allowed his country to act as a funnel for weapons and Hezbollah fighters into Lebanon. Prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, those efforts were more difficult. With the removal of Saddam Hussein and the subsequent withdrawal of American troops from Iraq more than eight...

We live in a time of cultural crisis. The freedoms I took for granted forty years ago are now in jeopardy. Big government looms menacingly. Many self-defined victims or “have-nots”, who think the Kool-Aid offered by the new tyranny is the promise of a good life, make so much noise in the media that I can hardly hear myself think. I don’t like those guys. Now, more than ever, we need a moderating influence from the Church. Americans in general (not just church-going Christians) need a principled influence for hope and calm and clarification. But the mainstream Christian church has...

Original article link: http://www.birthersummit.org/news/85-has-the-cold-case-posses-investigation-been-delayed.html Posted by: Dean C. Haskins dean@birthersummit.org 202.241.3648 Posted: February 08, 2012 © 2012 The Birther Summit An Editorial Following an August 18 meeting with members of the Surprise, AZ Tea Party, Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that he had assigned an investigation into the presidential eligibility of Barack Obama to the privately-funded Cold Case Posse. Five of its most qualified investigators were tasked with leading the investigative work, and have been doing so in compliance with the highest standards of law enforcement investigation practices. At the start of the process, it was estimated that their results would...

So holds Dixon v. University of Toledo (N.D. Ohio Feb, 6, 2012). As Associate Vice President for Human Resources, Plaintiff was an “appointing authority” at the University, which means she had the power to hire and fire employees…. The University had an Equal Opportunity Policy which prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation. Further, the University has taken explicit steps to reach out to homosexuals and make them feel welcome. On April 4, 2008, the Toledo Free Press ran an opinion by Michael Miller which Plaintiff felt compared the modern movement toward increased tolerance and rights for homosexuals to the historical...

Do we want a big name blogger - one who is nearly a member of the traditional media - named to the CPAC Blogger of the Year? Or do we want a grassroots, self-taught blogger like you and me to represent us? I know many of the bloggers who will most likely be nominated and would be proud to call them friends, but Sonja Harris better represents me and most of the Pajamas crowd. So read the blog, nominate Red Sonja!EMAIL THIS FORM, FILLED OUT WITH YOUR INFORMATION, TO BloggerAward@conservative.org CPAC 2012 Blogger of the Year Award Please submit nominations...

I live on the edges of one of the biggest cities on Earth. Unlike many, my prep priorities are not to bug out. Those plans are there, as always, the vehicles are always fully fueled and there are 12 different routes to each bug out location all not just planned but repeatedly practiced, but the chances are that in a real serious scenario my family will not to be able to get out of the city. So why prep at all then? Because I live on the edge of one of the biggest cities on Earth. Once read the idea...

A LITTLE KNOWN OBSCURE FACT, IS THAT BILL W., THE CO-FOUNDER OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, PRODUCED AND WROTE THREE PAPERS ABOUT THE BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF ALCOHOLISM. BILL, SUFFERED HORRIBLY FROM DEPRESSION MOST OF HIS LIFE, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER SOBRIETY. HE FOUND SOME SUBSTANTIAL RELIEF FROM HIS DEPRESSION IN 1960 AFTER MEETING TWO DOCTORS IN NEW YORK; ABRAM HOFFER AND HUMPHREY OSMOND. THESE TWO DOCTORS WERE RESEARCHING ALCOHOLISM AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS IN CANADA. AFTER MEETING HOFFER AND OSMOND BILL BEGAN TAKING VITAMIN B-3 (NIACIN). BILL FOUND SUCH A GREAT RELEASE FROM HIS DEPRESSION, THAT HE SET OUT TO ADVANCE THIS...

The economy is in a tailspin, with the worst statistics in decades, even after the Administration has made use of every statistical trick to tweak the way the numbers are calculated and reported. With honest reporting, unemployment would be recognized as being close to 20%... the Administration would be recognized for the most mind-blowing corruption in history… and the foreign policy disasters of 2011 would be recognized as having turned over at least two more Middle East countries to the islamofascists and jeopardized our security in countless ways. And yet… while such a record should guarantee the incumbent a resounding...

The fight to finally reverse the "gay marriage" law in New Hampshire is coming to a head. Bill 437 is now before the NH Legislature and will be taken up and voted on within the next several weeks. New Hampshire's constitutional amendment process is very difficult,requiring a 2/3 vote of the Legislature just to get it started. The Republican leadership has promised they will let it go through. Rep David Bates has taken up this campaign and is spearheading it. There are definitely the votes in both houses to pass it. But the Governor has promised to veto it, so...

It is now almost 24 hours after voters in Nevada went to their caucuses to try to cast their votes and we still mysteriously only have results for 71.1% of the caucuses .  The remaining caucuses that are still not reported actually make up the most populated caucuses in the entire state.  We were told late last night that all the votes cast in Clark County had to be recounted to ensure accuracy before they would release any of the numbers to the press.  Excuse me? Where does one even begin to voice their outrage regarding this complete joke of a corrupt system we are...

Anyone who knows me is well aware that I have a great love of our military and a great love of dogs, especially the German shepherd. Our family has a 4-year-old shepherd, Apollo. (He is affectionately known around here as just "The Boy.") That's him over there on the right. These dogs are loyal, protective, highly trainable and always looking for ways to please their masters. Our military, dating back to the Civil War, has been using dogs in warfare for more than 100 years. It is estimated that dogs saved the lives of more than 10,000 troops in the...

"My husband WAS very abusive to me. The physical abuse stopped, after going to a men's support group. Should i stay or leave? We have a child. I am a student. No work experience because I cared for the baby...WHat to do?" One question and one question only should be guiding you right now. Will the abuse stay stopped? I'm not saying it won't, but I'd also not bet on it. Breaking the cycle of abuse is very hard, and most abusers will eventually re-offend. Maybe your husband is different, I don't know, but there is nothing wrong with keeping...

A wealthy Florida man has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as a daughter in a move critics say will protect the man's assets during an upcoming lawsuit surrounding a deadly car accident. Polo Club Palm Beach founder John Goodman, 48, adopted his longtime partner Heather Laruso Hutchins in October, The Palm Beach Post reports. The strategy could shore up Goodman's wealth as he confronts a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Scott Patrick Wilson, The Associated Press says. Wilson was killed in 2010 when Goodman allegedly ran a stop sign. The trial begins March 27. Goodman had previously set...

Original article at: http://www.birthersummit.org/news/84-an-open-letter-to-the-post-a-emails-sharon-rondeau.html Sharon: On January 20, 2012, I received the following email from you: "I am personally appalled at the defamation of character you have displayed against Orly Taitz. As editor of The Post & Email, I normally keep opinions to myself; however, your egregious attack on her character and efforts is very revealing about your motivation. I am truly shocked at what you have written, for which Dr. Taitz could hold you legally liable. I will not be publishing anything from The Birther Summit in the future." Having thoughtfully pondered your message, Sharon, I have decided to...

Beginning next Thursday, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will take place in Washington DC. Some of the speakers will include Rick Santorum, Willard Romney, Newt Gingrich, and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will be there as well. So is it any wonder that the Obama/Debbie Wasserman-Schultz endorsed Occupy squatters, along with their labor union allies, are planning a siege of the event. Marathon Pundit pointed to this Twitter posting from Occupy Chicago. Labor Union Report also found this on the AFL-CIO website: With workshops like “Return of Big Labor: What Can We Learn from Wisconsin...

As I readied myself for what promised to be a bombshell of a hearing on February 2nd, I thought Attorney General Eric Holder would have his toughest test yet. He would now be in front of the committee that Darrell Issa chairs - the House Oversight Committee. In every Fast and Furious hearing Issa had been involved in, he stood out as the top bulldog, the fieriest and most knowledgable about the case. On February 2nd, he had the gavel and much more evidence with which to go directly at Holder. As I watched the hearing, I was struck by...

A Massachusetts woman says the FBI used a chain saw blade to cut through her door and held her at gunpoint for at least 30 minutes before agents realized they were conducting a raid at the wrong home. Judy Sanchez, of Fitchburg, says she awoke to heavy footsteps in the stairwell on Jan. 26 and walked into her kitchen in time to see a blade chop through her door. "I took two steps, face the second door, and I heard the click of a gun, and saying, ‘FBI, get down,’ so I laid down on my living room floor,” Sanchez...

The other day I was talking to Kipp Greggory, our morning talk show host, during whose program this radio blog broadcast airs. We do not see each other very often, but when we do, it’s a fast-paced gab fest! He brought up a point of aggravation to him that amazed me, because it is something that bothers my husband and me, as well, and I have not heard anyone else make the point. It is the profusion of advertising that appeals to the prevalent sense of entitlement that infects many people in our society today. You have heard the ads...

At Noon on January 31, 2012 a non supporter named Paul Ferro attempts to tear down the Tent of Dreams erected around the General McPherson statue. In this video Paul explains the reasons he hates Occupy and why he tried to tare it down.

The last one is particularly stunning...

The GOPe is essentially telling us to go to hell. I got a call last night from RNC wanting money. I told them I'm no longer a member of GOP as long as they force these despicable spineless candidates un me. I have no interest whatsoever in helping Mitt-type candidates win any more. Faced with the choice of watching "Paris" burn quickly or slowly, I have decided to buy some popcorn and watch Paris burn quickly. I will back true Tea Party candidates, but no one else at this point. Quite frankly, I would welcome a third-party candidate.

Discussing the recall of two Pfizer brands of birth control pills on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry pressed Dr. Keri Peterson on an "option" for women who "may be now vulnerable to being pregnant." Peterson offered this tip: "There are options....You're going to want to use condoms immediately...there are also over-the-counter termination kits available that you can take right away." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] At the top of the broadcast, fellow co-host Matt Lauer warned about a "false sense of security" in the wake of the recall and promised viewers advice was...

One of Mitt Romney's fundraising "bundlers" works as a lobbyist for the Green energy firm Ener1, which became a flash point for Republicans last week after it filed for bankruptcy three years after receiving a $118.5 million grant from the Obama administration...

Just received notice that I'm being "followed" on Twitter by "The Lone Republic". Is this an affiliated website of "Free Republic"? An "offshoot" of FR or what?

I was recently asked to pray about the death of a woman’s sister. I had not known the person who died, but because the tragic circumstances of this family’s loss are all too common, I feel compelled to write on the subject of death. Out of respect for their privacy, I will not identify them. But their situation is universal, and my message is for everyone. The woman was in declining health. By the time her sister got there, she had passed away. There was no time left to say good-bye; no time left to say I love you, I...

I think the judges would give this to him...

He is a fool who rejects the facts simply because he does not like them. Where the law concerning birth certificates from the State of Hawaii are concerned, it is certainly disheartening to see so many people within our movement play the part of utter dunderheads. Because we so want to believe that there is some legal maneuver that will grant an attorney license to walk into the Department of Health in Honolulu and inspect whatever may or may not exist pertaining to Barack Obama, we are easy prey for the deceptive legal claptrap of a narcissistic attorney, and the...