http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/moron/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:28:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286293/posts WASHINGTON'S traditional means of projecting power abroad was growing "increasingly obsolete" and its billion-dollar military hardware could be as ineffectual against future threats as the heavily fortified Maginot line was in defending France against the Nazis, a senior Pentagon adviser has warned. In a wake-up call to US military chiefs, Andrew Krepinevich, a leading architect of the counter-insurgency strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan, argued that the Pentagon was ill-equipped to counter rising powers such as China, hostile states such as Iran, the threat from irregular forces such as Hezbollah, and terrorists such as al-Qa'ida. It was also wasting billions on... the australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286293/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:28:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279624/posts A Columbus firefighter admits that he took his two dogs to the basement, tied them up and blasted them with a rifle so he and a girlfriend could vacation without paying to board the animals. "He said chunks of concrete were flying everywhere," Assistant Franklin County Prosecutor Heather Robinson said. "I think it was the thrill of the kill for him. He has shown no remorse for this." Firefighter David P. Santuomo, 43, pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of animal cruelty and one count of possession of a criminal tool -- for taping a 2-liter plastic bottle onto the... THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279624/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:16:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278838/posts South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford wipes his tears as he admitted to having an affair during a news conference in Columbia, S.C Wednesday, June 24, 2009, and said he is resigning as chairman of the Republican Governors Association. 'I spent the last five days crying in Argentina,' Sanford said. Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278838/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:24:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277740/posts MINNEAPOLIS - The city of Minneapolis is spending nearly $200,000 to sell something that would seem to sell itself: tap water. With her bottle of water in hand, Susan Davis was feeling hot and a little guilty. “It would be great if everyone did drink the tap water,” said Davis. “I think the tap water in Minneapolis is just fine.” Tap Minneapolis is the city's new web site, and PR campaign to promote the city's tap water. But unlike tap water, it's not cheap. The web site costs $75,000. The total cost paid to the PR firm was $180,000. fox 9 news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277740/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:19:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273862/posts "Controversy still swirls after some say a co-founder of the United Farm Workers union hijacked a commencement address at Cal State Bakersfield." "She also slammed America's most-listened-to talk radio host, Rush Limbaugh." KMJ 580 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273862/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:24:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270007/posts Senator John McCain, hurt during the presidential campaign by his differences with President Obama on healthcare, is trying to turn the tables. McCain today criticized Obama's insistence on a public insurance option to compete directly with private insurers. “State run plans have driven the private insurers out…it ends up being more and in some cases prohibitively expensive,” the former GOP presidential nominee said on Fox News Channel. McCain also pointed out that Obama is at least open to considering a tax on employer-paid healthcare benefits to pay for expanding access -- an idea that the president eviscerated McCain about during... The Boston Globe - Political Intelligence http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270007/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2263241/posts I don't know where the source picture came from, it was e-mailed to me. I figured it was ripe for adding a few things. Unknown http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2263241/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:34:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261042/posts Obama: What do you do Walter? Walter: I work at, uh, NGA, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Obama: Outstanding, how long you been doing [sic] that? Walter: About six years Obama: Yea? Walter: Yes. Obama: You like it? Walter: I do, keeps me... Obama: So explain to me exactly what this National Geospatial...uh... Walter: Uh, we work with, uh, satellite imagery.. Obama: Right Walter: [unintelligible] ...support systems, so... Obama: Sounds like good work. Walter: Enjoy the weekend. Obama: Appreciate it. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261042/posts#comment Sat, 30 May 2009 04:11:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255870/posts SNIP (McCain) was in high spirits, and we talked for a while about the Obama Administration's embrace of realpolitik, Pakistan, Iran, the whole nine yards. But first I asked him about Dick Cheney and his defense of Bush Administration torture policies. He told me of his fundamental disagreement with Cheney: "When you have a majority of Americans, seventy-something percent, saying we shouldn't torture, then I'm not sure it helps for the Vice President to go out and continue to espouse that position," he said. "But look, he's free to talk. He's a former Vice President of the United States. I... The Atlantic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255870/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 23:02:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251663/posts Oh-oh, Ocho. The Bengals’ top receiver has yet another name. The NFL had agreed to let the player formerly known as Chad Johnson wear his new name on the back of his jersey this season. There’s one catch for the receiver: It’s not exactly how he wanted it. Instead of Ocho Cinco, he’ll be Ochocinco. The receiver legally changed his name in Florida last August. He asked the league and the media to call him Chad Ocho Cinco, a two-word nickname he had adopted referring to his No. 85. The league has agreed to let him wear his new name... Yahoo Sports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251663/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 16:18:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242797/posts Despite His Own Flu Warning, Biden Takes Train Home Known for speaking freely, Biden told NBC's "Today" show on Thursday that he had urged family members to avoid airplanes and subways for fear of contracting the H1N1 flu virus FOXNews.com Friday, May 01, 2009 WASHINGTON -- One day after saying he wouldn't travel in tight quarters because of the swine flu scare, Vice President Joe Biden rode a train Friday from Washington to Delaware. FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242797/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 17:52:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242262/posts WASHINGTON - Congress should enact "badly needed" immigration reforms to bring in both unskilled and skilled foreign workers if it wants to maintain the nation's economic vitality, former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan said Thursday. Greenspan called for both a temporary worker program for low-skilled jobs and for an increase in visas for highly skilled workers...in testimony at the first Senate hearing this year on the prospects of an immigration overhaul. Noting the "very large participation" of undocumented workers in both low- and high-skilled jobs, he said, "if you were to remove either of those groups, the economy would be... Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242262/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 19:42:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241175/posts BISMARCK, N.D. — Police in North Dakota say a naked motorist has been charged with driving under the influence after crashing a pickup into a hospital emergency room. No one was hurt. Sgt. Dwight Offerman said 47-year-old Nicholas Krush drove into the admitting area of Bismarck's St. Alexius Hospital emergency room early Wednesday. Offerman says Krush may have overdosed on a prescription drug. He says police were told before the crash to look for a pickup driven by a man who overdosed and was heading to Bismarck for treatment... ...A message left for a Nick Krush in Mandan wasn't returned. Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241175/posts#comment Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:30:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239231/posts And John McCain’s defeat has been taken as the vindication of this premise. We tried running the maverick reformer, the argument goes, and look what it got us. What Americans want is real conservatism, not some crypto-liberal imitation. “Real conservatism,” in this narrative, means a particular strain of right-wingery: a conservatism of supply-side economics and stress positions, uninterested in social policy and dismissive of libertarian qualms about the national-security state. And Dick Cheney happens to be its diamond-hard distillation. The former vice-president kept his distance from the Bush administration’s attempts at domestic reform, and he had little time for the... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239231/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:16:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236582/posts Police in Bloomington say a 23-year-old man is in stable condition after he pretended that he was falling off a bridge over the Minnesota River, then actually fell off the bridge. Police got a call just before 5 a.m. Sunday from a 21-year-old man who said his friend fell off the Highway 77 bridge and into a marshy area about 30 feet below. The caller said he was driving north when his friend, who he said had been drinking, told him to pull into the bridge's emergency lane so he could urinate. The 23-year-old stood eventually climbed to the ledge... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236582/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:07:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2232065/posts And they are giving Mansourian President credit for the save. The question one must ask oneself is, who was Hussein secretly rooting for in this stand off? President Obama Restricted Navy SEALs From Rescuing Ship Captain With Force (hat tip Larwyn) Now this is interesting if true, and not surprising in the least. (h/t Ex-Liberal In Hollywood) Having spoken to some SEAL pals here in Virginia Beach yesterday and asking why this thing dragged out for 4 days, I got the following: 1. BHO wouldn’t authorize the DEVGRU/NSWC SEAL teams to the scene for 36 hours going against OSC (on... Atlas Shrugs Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2232065/posts#comment Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:17:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232610/posts WASHINGTON – While Barack Obama is basking in praise for his "decisive" handling of the Somali pirate attack on a merchant ship in the India Ocean, reliable military sources close to the scene are painting a much different picture of the incident – accusing the president of employing restrictive rules of engagement that actually hampered the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips and extended the drama at sea for days. Multiple opportunities to free the captain of the Maersk Alabama from three young pirates were missed, these sources say – all because a Navy SEAL team was not immediately ordered to... worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232610/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:36:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232591/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) – Meghan McCain warned a group of gay Republicans Saturday that there was "a war brewing in the Republican Party" – a war between the past and the future. "Most of the old school Republicans are scared s***less of that future," she told a gathering of the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of gay and lesbian party members. The 24-year-old daughter of former GOP presidential candidate John McCain pushed back against critics upset over her comments to CNN that she wanted President Obama to succeed, and played down her recent headline-grabbing feuds with conservative commentators Ann Coulter and... CNN - Political Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232591/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:37:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222602/posts Obama to Call For Nuclear - Free World By REUTERS Published: April 4, 2009 PRAGUE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will call for the elimination of all nuclear weapons across the globe, in remarks on Sunday he hopes will lend credibility to his message in atomic disputes with Iran and North Korea. Visiting Prague during an eight-day visit to Europe, Obama plans to deliver what his aides have billed as a major speech on weapons proliferation. Obama, who is making his debut on the world stage, said in Strasbourg, France on Friday that he would lay out an agenda to... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222602/posts#comment Sun, 5 Apr 2009 04:41:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2217033/posts <p>A British driver has blamed his GPS navigation unit for leaving his car teetering on the edge of a cliff after he followed its instructions.</p> foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2217033/posts#comment Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:03:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215869/posts ASHINGTON (ELCA) - The Rev. Callon W. Holloway Jr., bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Southern Ohio Synod, Columbus, was one of seven witnesses who testified before the U.S. House Energy and Environment Subcommittee on March 25 in a congressional hearing, "Preparing for Climate Change: Adaptation Polities and Programs." Holloway said that the United States "must acknowledge its role and moral responsibility" in the global climate change crisis and "commit to providing substantial financial support reaching between $7 billion and $21.5 billion a year by 2030 and further increasing over time." "For many people of faith, the conviction to... ELCA News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215869/posts#comment Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:58:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211326/posts A Florida congresswoman conducts the country's business on the floor of the House, and puts in a strong bid for the coveted title of Dumbest Member of Congress. Watch this incredible video from Corrine Brown. She was elected from a district gerrymandered by the Florida legislature. Watch Video American Thinker Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211326/posts#comment Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:59:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2206002/posts JERUSALEM (Map, News) - An American demonstrator was critically wounded Friday in a clash between protesters and Israeli troops over Israel's West Bank separation barrier. Peace activists with the International Solidarity Movement said Tristan Anderson, of the Oakland, Calif., area, was struck in the head with a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops. The military and the Tel Aviv hospital where Anderson was taken had no details on how he was hurt. "He's in critical condition, anesthetized and on a ventilator and undergoing imaging tests," said Orly Levi, a spokeswoman at the Tel Hashomer hospital. She described Anderson's condition... Indianapolis Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2206002/posts#comment Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:36:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204811/posts In an interview with GQ, Michael Steele called abortion an "individual choice" and said the question should be left to the states. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204811/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:01:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204574/posts Obama, Geithner Get Low Grades From Economists By PHIL IZZO U.S. President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner received failing grades for their efforts to revive the economy from participants in the latest Wall Street Journal forecasting survey. Charts and Full Results Their assessment stands in stark contrast with Mr. Obama's popularity with the public, with a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC poll giving him a 60% approval rating. But a majority of the 49 economists polled is dissatisfied with the administration's economic policies. On average, they gave the president a mark of 59 out of 100, and although there... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204574/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:10:51 GMT