http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mobrule/ en-us Thu, 28 May 2009 15:24:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259868/posts We are faced with the ultimate nightmare of any democratic republic, and that is the possibility of the tyranny of the majority voting liberty out of existence. Constitutional safeguards are only as good as those charged to safeguard them, and in this respect government officials in every branch of government who take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution have been the worst offenders. The integrity of our political process has been compromised by rampant voter fraud, a tidal wave of illegal campaign contributions and a complicit media. We won’t know just how permanent and deep the damage is... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259868/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 15:24:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220843/posts WASHINGTON -- The only thing worse than bankers making up accounting rules is members of Congress making them up. Repeating its blunder from the 1994 battle over stock options, the staid Financial Accounting Standards Board has buckled to political pressure demanding that it change accounting rules. The FASB voted Thursday to ease the interpretation of rules requiring banks and other big institutions to value their assets on a reasonable basis. The value of the banks' assets is a huge issue for the global economy right now, because banks are required to have a certain amount of cushion to back up... Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220843/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:59:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2219417/posts Thoughtful Americans – people of common sense and good will – know exactly what is going on today in American Politics. Whether or not the proposed absurd, onerous tax penalties are eventually signed into law, we share the outrage you must feel for the utter hypocrisy, heavy handedness, and pure idiocy of our elected officials. There is nothing new about the concept of politicians identifying scapegoats to divert attention from their own ineptness, but they have now taken it to a preposterous level. These polished, practiced hypocrites, aided by the media, are staging a vicious charade aimed at stirring anger... Technology Onsite Services http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2219417/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 01:26:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2214459/posts By Michelle Malkin  •  March 25, 2009 11:48 AM Have you seen this? It’s the handiwork of an “anti-capitalist vigilante group calling itself Bank Bosses Are Criminals.” The broken window is in the home of Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland. His car was also vandalized. The thugs are threatening other targets: The ex-banker’s £3 million Edinburgh house was targeted in the early hours, with at least four ground-floor windows smashed and a black Mercedes vandalised. Police were called at around 4.15am to Morningside, a leafy suburb of the Scottish capital lined with substantial, stone-built... michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2214459/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:35:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203086/posts US President Barack Obama mustered his powerful campaign army on Monday, calling on his millions of supporters to lobby on behalf of his budget and economic plan. The appeal to back the president was made in an email and video sent out by "Organizing for America," the organization which morphed out of Obama's campaign machinery to push his agenda when he entered the White House. In the video, Mitch Stewart, the director of Organizing for America, urged the president's supporters to take part in the "Organizing for America Pledge Project." Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203086/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:50:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149134/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned down another challenge to Barack Obama's eligibility to serve president because of his citizenship. The appeal by Cort Wrotnowski of Greenwich, Conn., was denied Monday without comment. Wrotnowski argued that Obama was a British subject at birth and therefore cannot meet the requirement for becoming president. He wanted the high court to halt presidential electors from meeting to formally elect Obama as president. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149134/posts#comment Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:48:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148824/posts In his election-night victory speech, Barack Obama said he would be a president for all Americans, not just those who voted for him. But as a candidate he didn't campaign with equal vigor for every vote. Instead, he and John McCain devoted more than 98% of their television ad spending and campaign events to just 15 states which together make up about a third of the U.S. population. Today, as the Electoral College votes are cast and counted state-by-state, we will be reminded why. It is the peculiar mechanics of that institution, designed for a different age, that leave us... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148824/posts#comment Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:55:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128620/posts A man wearing a McCain-Palin T-shirt during a Philadelphia celebration on election night was arrested, cuffed and stuffed into a police cruiser, and supporters said it was for no more than wearing the endorsement of the GOP nominees for president and vice-president. Although the man protested that he didn't want to cause any trouble, officers manhandled and arrested him, the video posted on YouTube shows. World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128620/posts#comment Sun, 9 Nov 2008 07:46:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128110/posts Obama to take Internet army to Washington By Frank Greve McClatchy Newspapers Wednesday, November 05, 2008 WASHINGTON — A powerful new lobbying force is coming to town: Barack Obama’s triumphant army of 3.1 million Internet-linked donors and volunteers. In a mass e-mail thanking them, written moments before his Grant Park victory speech, Obama put them on notice. “We have a lot to do to get our country back on track, and I’ll be in touch soon about what comes next,” he wrote. AJC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128110/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 20:24:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027796/posts The U.S. would no longer use the Electoral College to choose its presidents under a proposal introduced Friday by Florida's Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. Instead, presidents would be picked by popular vote, a method that would have given former Vice President Al Gore the White House after the contested 2000 election. "It's time for Congress to really give Americans the power of one person, one vote," Nelson said in a statement. But changing the system requires a constitutional amendment and a meat grinder of legislative tests. First, Congress must approve the idea, and then 38 state legislatures must ratify... Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027796/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 04:55:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019792/posts SAN ANGELO, Texas - A state appellate court has ruled that child welfare officials had no right to seize more than 400 children living at a polygamist sect's ranch. The Third Court of Appeals in Austin ruled that the grounds for removing the children were "legally and factually insufficient" under Texas law. They did not immediately order the return of the children. Child welfare officials removed the children on the grounds that the sect pushed underage girls into marriage and sex and trained boys to become future perpetrators. The appellate court ruled the chaotic hearing held last month did not... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019792/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 17:46:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019471/posts Greenwich, CT (AHN) - A controversial plan for a 54,000-square-foot mansion proposed by Russian mogul Valery Kogan was rejected by officials after receiving a flurry of complaints from neighbors saying the house would be too large. The permit was denied Tuesday by the Greenwich Planning and Zoning Commission, halting construction of what would have been the largest single-family residence since the city began reviews back in 2001. Reports revealed that in order to construct the mansion, Kogan and his wife Olga were planning on tearing down a 20,000-square-foot home currently erected on the area they purchased in 2005. Commissioners reportedly... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019471/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 01:16:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1972454/posts The Democratic Party is finding itself in a very strange position. They’re approaching a potential situation where neither of their candidates have enough elected delegates to secure the nomination, and the race will turn to the superdelegates to decide. Primary results can then be trumped by the say-so of the “party elites”. Thus, the party who complained that Al Gore “really won” the 2000 election due to the popular vote may nominate Hillary Clinton, who now looks unlikely to win the national Democrat popular vote or the elected delegate count. The schadenfreude of watching the Democratic Party put into a... The Liberty Papers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1972454/posts#comment Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:30:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918664/posts Many people with whom I talk about politics with are stunned by my constant assertions that America is not supposed to be a democracy. I credit public education for this. The fact is that most people are almost totally ignorant of history and completely brain-dead about the Constitution. Our Founding Fathers did not give us a democracy, nor did they intend to. They were very well-educated men (especially by today's standards), and they knew, historically, democracies had never worked, even on the small scales when they had been attempted. They knew if democracy wouldn't work on the small scale of... Martinsville Reporter-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918664/posts#comment Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:17:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916480/posts In the heat of the electoral controversy — the worst possible time to make constitutional decisions — many people, such as Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton, are calling for an end to the Electoral College. Big mistake. Someone once said, Don’t knock down a wall merely because you cannot immediately see what it’s good for. The same can be said for the Electoral College. We should keep in mind that the Founding Fathers were of somewhat better caliber than the politician you are likely to see on television, including those with presidential ambitions. The Electoral College was not an idea floating... Future of Freedom Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916480/posts#comment Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:50:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915170/posts Abstract: "The Irony of Populism: The Republican Shift and the Inevitability of American Aristocracy" analyzes the shift in the role of the Supreme Court following the movement towards a democratic Senate which culminated in the Seventeenth Amendment. The Supreme Court's shift is presented as the inevitable result of the system of mixed government that underlies the constitutional order, which orders American Government into democratic, aristocratic, and monarchical parts. While in the original conception of the constitution the Senate was the aristocratic part, the Senate would become part of the democratic part with the Seventeenth Amendment and prior procedural changes. Into... Social Science Research Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915170/posts#comment Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:12:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893345/posts IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA   DON ADAMS, ET AL.,     PLAINTIFFS        v.   TEAMSTERS LOCAL 115, ET AL.,     DEFENDANTS   CIVIL ACTIONNO. 99-CV-4910   JUDGMENT AND NOW, this 4th day of Sept., 2007, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of defendant Teamsters Local 115 and against plaintiffs Don Adams and Theresa Adams in the amount of $450.10.   William H. Yohn, Jr., Judge IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA   DON ADAMS, ET AL.,     PLAINTIFFS        v.   TEAMSTERS LOCAL 115, ET AL.,     DEFENDANTS   CIVIL ACTIONNO. 99-CV-4910  ... U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893345/posts#comment Sun, 9 Sep 2007 03:11:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813272/posts A movement is sweeping the nation that could eliminate the Electoral College in national elections, and with it much of this country's republican form of government, instead giving unstoppable control over the White House to any coalition the major population centers would choose to create. Maryland's state legislature already has given approval to a proposal that would, in conjunction with other states' efforts, eliminate the college, and similar plans have already been approved by single legislative houses in Hawaii, Colorado and Arizona. In seven more states – Washington, Montana, California, New Mexico, Louisiana, West Virginia and Connecticut – the plans... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813272/posts#comment Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:22:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1812659/posts More than 4,000 clubbers danced through the rush hour at Victoria station in Britain's biggest flash mob stunt. Revellers responded to e-bulletins urging them to "dance like you've never danced before" at 6.53pm. Party time: the dancing starts at Victoria Station at 6.53pm There were knowing looks and giggles among the casually dressed crowd that gathered from 6.30pm, wearing earphones. A deafening 10-second countdown startled station staff and commuters before the concourse erupted in whoops and cheers. MP3 players and iPods emerged and the crowd danced wildly to their soundtracks in silence - for two hours. University of London student... This is London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1812659/posts#comment Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:51:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1810079/posts RCTV is under fire. The big television station, which has been broadcasting under license in Venezuela for 54 years, sort of the equivalent of FoxNews or CBS, officially loses its right to broadcast at the end of today. But that wasn't all that happened. Like furies, red tshirted Chavista mobs gathered and bayed liked wolves in the days leading up to this end of an era, graffiting and spray-painting the TV station with words like 'expropriacion' along with filthy slogans that if you know Spanish, you can see the equivalent of 'f word' among, racism charges, campesino movement slogans, anti-Vatican... Publius Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1810079/posts#comment Sun, 1 Apr 2007 06:36:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1745781/posts America's college campuses, once thought to be bastions of free speech, have become increasingly intolerant toward the practice. Visiting speakers whose views do not conform to the prevailing left-leaning political mind-set on most campuses are at particular risk of having their free speech rights infringed upon. While academia has its own crimes to atone for, it's the students who have become the bullies as of late. A disturbing number seem to feel that theirs is an inviolate world to which no one of differing opinion need apply. As a result, everything from pie throwing to disrupting speeches to attacks on... SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1745781/posts#comment Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:26:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741717/posts Mexico leftist to swear in as "legitimate president" By Kieran Murray Mon Nov 20, 1:19 PM ET MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's leftist opposition leader was to swear in as "legitimate president" on Monday to revive his flagging campaign against a July election he says was rigged and to prevent his conservative rival from running the country. Tens of thousands of supporters were expected to cram into Mexico City's vast Zocalo square to see Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador take an oath of office in a ceremony that has no legal weight but could mark the start of new street protests.... Rooters/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741717/posts#comment Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:25:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697144/posts Immigration activists plan to mass in front of the Capitol today, renewing their appeal for legislative reform as Congress reconvenes after a recess in which many members experienced a backlash against illegal immigration back home. The turnout at today's rally may provide a barometer of the vitality of the immigrant rights movement, which sent millions to the streets this spring but has generated less public attention in recent months. Local organizers said they expect hundreds of thousands of demonstrators from the East Coast, but protests this week in Phoenix and Chicago drew disappointing crowds. (snip) Immigrant activists are seeking legal... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697144/posts#comment Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:43:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694931/posts A violent fight between clans in Khan Yunis in central Gaza on Saturday erupted into an all-out battle in which an officer of the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s new elite army was killed, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Five children and 24 others were injured in the fracas, which broke out Saturday night between two clans. The newly-created Interior Ministry Executive Force, made up of terrorists from various organizations, tried to break up the fight and was drawn into an armed battle. Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694931/posts#comment Sun, 3 Sep 2006 19:23:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664143/posts In the 1980s, the historian and social critic Christopher Lasch pronounced dead the conventional political categories of right and left and argued for a revitalization of politics through a redefinition of terms. "The idea of a 'left' has outlived its historical time and needs to be decently buried, along with the false conservatism that merely clothes an older liberal tradition in conservative rhetoric." Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664143/posts#comment Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:45:31 GMT