http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/morgan/ en-us Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:41:39 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101858/posts Plunge also due to concerns about Mitsubishi investment; 'you can short Morgan Stanley today' The stock price of Morgan Stanley plunged as much as 25% on Thursday. The drop was attributed to the end of the SEC’s ban on short-selling of financial stock, as well as concern about the status of a planned $9 billion investment by Japan’s top bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. “There is continued unease about the prospects of the Mitsubishi deal going through, and that has also impacted (their) credit default spread,” said Matt McCormick, Portfolio Manager and banking analyst at Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101858/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:41:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056292/posts Morgan Freeman is critically ill after a car crash, a US hospital has confirmed. A spokesman for the Regional Medical Centre in Memphis, Tennessee, said the 71-year-old The Dark Knight actor's condition was "serious". Mississippi state troopers told showbiz website TMZ.com that Freeman was involved in the crash at around 11.30pm local time on Sunday (5.30am BST), north of the small town of Ruleville. He was airlifted from the accident scene to the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is being treated. An unidentified female passenger was also in the car and her condition was not known. The hospital, commonly... http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j59XKeceYrmRjfRuFl9zrVyH9JfQ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056292/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:00:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037379/posts Telethon Breaks Records, Troops to Receive Largest Care Package Delivery in History Written by Melanie Morgan    Friday, 27 June 2008 The telethon exceeded my wildest expectations. I thought that if we were really lucky, really good, caught some major breaks -we might raise $400,000- tops. Instead, the final tally on the electronic tote board was $1,055,719. In reality, the total far exceeds the final number. The response was so overwhelming that our website could not keep up with the orders. When all is said and done, I am guessing that Move America Forward will have collected about  1.2... MelanieMorgan.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037379/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:42:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036784/posts Free Republic Friends Move America Forward and Michelle Malkin have teamed together to host the first ever Internet telethon for our troops.Entitled, From the Frontlines, the eight-hour extravaganza will be V-cast live on UStream.The goal is to send the most number of care packages at one time to our troops fighting the war on terror.The all-star line-up of guests includes Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Jackie Mason, Ann Coulter as well as veterans and Gold Star parents including Marcus Luttrell and Joe and Jan Johnson.Michelle Malkin wrote about From the Frontlines today:I’ll be in beautiful Mountain View, CA all... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036784/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:48:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009369/posts Mugabe 'accepts that Morgan Tsvangirai won' By Peta Thornycroft in Harare and Sebastien Berger, Southern Africa Correspondent Last Updated: 7:49PM BST 30/04/2008 Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has signalled that it is willing to accept that the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai came first in the country’s presidential election. The Zimbabwe Election Commission has still not announced the results But they insisted that, contrary to claims by his Movement for Democratic Change, he had falled short of the absolute majority required for victory. More than a month after the poll, the Zimbabwe Election Commission has still not announced the results. Nonetheless senior... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009369/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:17:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980048/posts The classic car makers Morgan have created the world's first green sportscar. The car is a concept at this stage but Morgan does not rule out going into production at some point The Lifecar can go from 0mph to 60mph in seven seconds but produces no emissions except water vapour. The hydrogen-powered vehicle, which has a top speed of 90mph, has been released to celebrate the centenary of the Morgan Motor Company. The result of a £1.9 million project, the lightweight model has advanced fuel cells and an energy storage system, allowing it to travel 250 miles on a tank... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980048/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:12:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1765349/posts While Americans keep their eyes on the war in Iraq, we're quietly being conquered on the home front. From within. And without a whimper. In Minneapolis, Muslim cab drivers make their own rules as to who they will allow to ride in their cabs. If you're carrying liquor, you're out of luck. Meanwhile, in Texas, a food chain has started accepting Mexican pesos for American pizzas. In Washington, newly elected congressman Keith Ellison takes the oath of office on the Koran while managing to dodge legitimate questions about where his ultimate loyalty lies. In San Diego County, 40% of U.S.... RightBias http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1765349/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:34:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727978/posts According to Charles Krauthammer unilateralism does not mean that a nation SEEKS to act alone but instead is WILLING to act alone. Al Gore becomes President on Tuesday. Tuesday night a rainstorm floods your backyard. On Wednesday Al Gore takes ownership of your backyard and declares it a protected wetland. As a straight, white, Christian male I forever live with the realization that the multiculturalism gang sees me as an obstacle to social progress. RightBias http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727978/posts#comment Sun, 29 Oct 2006 14:31:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714279/posts Mourning in America Kathleen Antrim, The Examiner Oct 5, 2006 5:00 AM (7 hrs ago) Current rank: # 25 of 5,546 articles SAN FRANCISCO - Rarely does a book come along that touches the very essence of American culture. Even more rare is the book that does so while in the midst of that specific cultural phenomenon, as most are historical accounts of times past. “American Mourning” written by Catherine Moy and Melanie Morgan is such a book. The REAL Story Finally Told About Cindy Sheehan - CLICK HERE A personal story of two young men who worked, fought... San Francisco Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714279/posts#comment Thu, 5 Oct 2006 16:21:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685737/posts EXCLUSIVE Stab maniac out shopping Morgan ... in town centre     By JOHN COLES  A CRAZED knifeman doing life for stabbing 17 women shoppers is being let out unsupervised — to go SHOPPING.Woman-hater David Morgan, 43, was warned he may NEVER be freed over his terrifying rampage in a department store.But the psychiatric patient now spends up to four hours a day wandering among unsuspecting female shoppers in Stafford town centre.Morgan, serving TEN life sentences, is even allowed to go boozing.   Terror ... after Morgan's 1994 knife rampage     On one trip he sported a T-shirt... The Sun (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685737/posts#comment Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:16:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662536/posts .....Leftist leadership: A danger to AmericaPosted: July 7, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern This past week, liberals proved, again, that they are still unfit to lead this nation. Our nation is at war. An Islamic terrorist network that wants to topple the governments of Western nations and impose a strict code of Islamic fundamentalism across the globe has repeatedly attacked our nation and our people. But the left just doesn't get this. They are blinded by their own dark view of America: that our nation is the greatest threat to the world. I've spent the past few weeks personally involved in... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662536/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jul 2006 23:40:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654467/posts .....Believe it: Iraq had WMDs and terrorist tiesPosted: June 23, 20061:00 a.m. Eastern© 2006 WorldNetDaily.comI'm returning from my first personal vacation in the past two years, listening to news media reports on the discovery of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and noting that the anti-war crowd is apoplectic. It seems that those who want to see America lose the war against terrorism cannot accept the truth that Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a safe haven for terrorism, rife with chemical and biological weapons. I wonder … if the new al-Qaida in Iraq leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, were to order the... WorldNeytDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654467/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:01:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637297/posts While we were busy collecting more signatures on our "Censure Jimmy Carter" petitions from tens of thousands of Americans, some of the former president's supporters were responding in a rather hateful way. Just as those in the "Blame America First" crowd have profanely denounced our troops, our military, our Commander in Chief and carried signs saying "We Support Our Troops... When They Shoot Their Officers," they now have verbally attacked and made death threats against the staff and family members of the Censure Carter Committee. As I type this message our staff is assembling the emails and voice mails to... Censure Carter / Move America Forward http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637297/posts#comment Wed, 24 May 2006 04:43:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628573/posts Newspaper circulation fell 2.6 percent in the six-month period ending in March, according to data released Monday, as the industry continued to struggle with competition from other media outlets and the Internet. The decline in average paid weekday circulation was about the same as the previous time newspapers reported six-month circulation figures for the period ending last September, according to the Newspaper Association of America, a trade group. The NAA reported that average paid circulation at Sunday newspapers fell 3.1 percent versus the same period a year ago, also a comparable decline with the last time circulation figures were reported.... AP...BREITBART http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628573/posts#comment Mon, 8 May 2006 14:51:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627754/posts Native American items found, but little evidence of British uncovered at Victory Woods VICTORY MILLS -- Native American artifacts used thousands of years ago were found by archaeologists who examined the Victory Woods battlefield where British soldiers suffered their most decisive defeat in the American Revolution. Advertisement Among the finds was a 6,000-year-old roasting pit used to cook acorns located just a few feet beneath the surface of the forest floor. The dig also turned up darts and spear points that date from 1500 B.C. and 500 A.D. The National Park Service commissioned an archaeological study of Victory Woods, which... Albany Times Union http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627754/posts#comment Sat, 6 May 2006 10:25:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626555/posts SARATOGA SPRINGS -- U.S. Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park, announced a new commission Tuesday charged with promoting the Saratoga National Historical Park, the site where Americans turned back the British in 1777 during the American Revolution. Advertisement The battlefield has been taken for granted, Sweeney said at a lunch at the Holiday Inn hosted by the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce. "We have not done enough to develop one of the most historic sites in the country," Sweeney said. Julie Stokes, former deputy commissioner of the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, will lead the as-yet-unnamed commission as... Albany Times Union http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626555/posts#comment Thu, 4 May 2006 12:47:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619336/posts An article in Business Day on Wednesday about investors in The New York Times Company who withheld their votes for directors misspelled the name of the family that has controlled the company since 1896. It is Ochs-Sulzberger, not Ochs-Sulzburger. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619336/posts#comment Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:45:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618901/posts Arthur Ochs “Pinch” Sulzberger, Jr., the scion of a family dynasty founded by his great grandfather, is well into the process of destroying the patrimony handed to him on a silver platter. Even worse, the whole world is starting to notice, something which will make other family members distinctly unhappy. And because the family controls the election of a majority of the board of directors of the New York Times Company, despite owning a tiny fraction of the actual equity (thanks to a two class system of shares), this unhappiness could affect Pinch’s tenure in office. No less an authority... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618901/posts#comment Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:31:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614998/posts Former House Co-Speaker Richard Morgan on Wednesday took legal steps to shut down the independent political campaign being waged against him and like-minded Republicans by his GOP rivals.Morgan, a state House member from Moore County, formally asked for an investigation by the State Board of Elections into whether several groups with strong ties to former state Rep. Art Pope, a Raleigh retail executive, were using illegal corporate contributions to help defeat Morgan and his allies."I see that my colleagues and I are attacked unfairly through the use of corporate dollars that for a long time have been illegal in North... News and Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614998/posts#comment Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:58:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600473/posts The past few weeks the news media has been fixated on discussions of efforts by Democrats to either impeach or censure President Bush. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., has made the push to censure President Bush for the administration's wiretapping of suspected terrorists. Meanwhile a group of activist liberals has launched ImpeachPAC, which is raising money to support congressional candidates who favor impeachment proceedings against Bush for taking the fight to the terrorists in Iraq. I have a better idea, how about censuring a president who has increasingly led an effort to undermine American foreign policy and who has embraced terrorist... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600473/posts#comment Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:07:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1561899/posts ..... Never give in, never give up Posted: January 20, 2006 a.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com The news out of Pakistan this week should come as a shot in the arm to Americans: the Bush administration continues to push forward in the war against terrorism on all fronts. After reportedly receiving a tip that al-Qaida's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, would be visiting a small Pakistani village, the U.S. military swung into action, firing missiles from an unmanned Predator drone aircraft at a terrorist compound in the village. At this time, intelligence analysts do not believe al-Zawahiri was hit. However,... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1561899/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jan 2006 23:39:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515802/posts These powerful new radio ads from Move America Forward begin running next week - first in Sacramento, California - and then nationwide the week after. The Sacramento ad specifically responds to the 8-1 vote by the Sacramento, Calif. City Council to condemn the war against terrorism in Iraq and demand an immediate withdrawal of all U.S. Troops and bases from Iraq. Radio Ad: Pull Together as a Nation - LISTEN HERE Radio Ad: Sacramento Council Undermins Our Troops - LISTEN HERE Radio Ad: Don't Give Up - LISTEN HERE CLICK HERE - to purchase airtime for these ads on... Move America Forward http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515802/posts#comment Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:20:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515731/posts Rush Limbaugh has a penchant for putting his finger on the driving forces and central themes in contemporary American politics. And once again he's nailed it. I'm speaking of Mr. Limbaugh's repeated assertions of late that the Democrat Party has suffered a series of setbacks because they simply lack positive ideas on how to improve the lives of Americans. Instead, the Democrats have become the anti-party – being against anything proposed or advanced by President Bush or any other Republican politicians. It doesn't matter whether the dateline is Washington, D.C., or rural America – the party of Roosevelt and Kennedy... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515731/posts#comment Fri, 4 Nov 2005 17:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1503826/posts If you want a real life example of how tax cuts boost the economy, take a look at the Homeland Investment Act of 2004. This law allowed U.S. corporations to repatriate earnings from foreign operations back to these shores for one year at a reduced tax rate of 5.25%. Supporters argued that this tax cut would lead to an "in-sourcing" of jobs by luring corporate income parked in foreign vaults back to America. Those repatriated dollars could then be put to work for R&D spending, plant expansions, capital and technology purchases, or merely to improve balance sheets to the benefit... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1503826/posts#comment Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:40:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1460692/posts Tennessee authorities: "We are searching door to door" "We have not yet looked at the security video from the parking lot" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1460692/posts#comment Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:29:29 GMT