http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/neveragain/ en-us Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:40:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327248/posts We’ve written about this before but the new and “improved” version of the bill’s just been leaked by Jay Rockefeller’s office. Remember the Bush years, when the Democrats ferociously opposed executive power? Good times. If you think they’ve changed now, wait and see what happens if/when the GOP takes back Congress. Article II fee-vah! A Senate source familiar with the bill compared the president’s power to take control of portions of the Internet to what President Bush did when grounding all aircraft on Sept. 11, 2001. The source said that one primary concern was the electrical grid, and what would... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327248/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:40:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293652/posts I am 58 years old and a lifelong Republican. I am writing this letter on behalf of myself and countless other Republicans who feel the same way I do. I am that good person who is tired of sitting back and doing nothing to change our government for the better. I am calling on Sen. John McCain not to run again for the Senate from Arizona. He has served that state as a progressive Republican for a very long time and for the most part, I believe, honorably. There are two problems with that statement — one, that he is... The Standard-Times, San Angelo, Tex. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293652/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:09:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266925/posts No often means yes in Washington, but we hear from Sen. John McCain's posse that he is not considering a 2012 rerun of his failed 2008 presidential campaign. (W beat him in the 2000 primary, remember.) Word came this week that he is mulling over another try, but a key insider says, "Ridiculous." US News & World Report - Washington Whispers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266925/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 02:58:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2126159/posts According to exit polling Barack Obama won 77% or 78% of the Jewish vote in yesterday's election. John Kerry won 74% of the Jewish vote in 2004. Gateway Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2126159/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 18:27:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014672/posts WASHINGTON - A new Gallup survey found that 61% of Jewish voters prefer Obama to McCain, who got 32% of the Jewish support. That number is far greater than the rate found for the general population, who only preferred Obama to McCain 45-43, according to the poll. Obama also still trails Clinton in Jewish support, according to the survey, with Clinton winning against Obama in the Jewish community 50%-43%. Though the results showed Obama is favored by the Jewish community, the Republican Jewish Coalition pounced on them to attack Obama. jpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014672/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 07:48:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010513/posts Steiner and those like him miss the tragic element regarding the state of the Jews. Israel is the only country in the world that sees other countries calling, either bluntly or meekly, for wiping it off the map. Not only do he and his colleagues fail to recognize this, they also fail to note that Israel is actually the one that adopts limitations and restraint on using its defensive force, and even on addressing it, more than any other defensive democracy. Perhaps it does so precisely because of its moral heritage and Jewish values. However, on Holocaust Memorial Day, we... Ynet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010513/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 00:58:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885356/posts Was there an Armenian genocide during World War I? While it was happening, no one called the slaughter of Armenian Christians by Ottoman Turks "genocide." No one could: The word wouldn't be coined for another 30 years. But those who made it their business to tell the world what the Turks were doing found other terms to describe the state-sponsored mass murder of the Armenians. ... Was there an Armenian genocide during World War I? The Turkish government today denies it, but the historical record, chronicled in works like Peter Balakian's powerful 2003 study, "The Burning Tigris," is overwhelming. Yet... Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885356/posts#comment Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:05:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831305/posts The Genocide Games Using China's pride in the 2008 Olympics as a weapon against its shameful support of the Darfur nightmare by Nat Hentoff May 8th, 2007 10:39 AM April 25 was a characteristically murderous day in Darfur. Rwandan Harry Soko, an officer stationed in Sudan with the African Union—whose small, underequipped "peacekeeping force" is increasingly endangered—made a complaint to António Guterres, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees. Soko charged that, as usual, the Arab Janjaweed (which translates as "devils on horseback") were murdering and raping black Africans while Sudanese police merely looked on. Many of the more than 400,000... The Village Voice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831305/posts#comment Thu, 10 May 2007 14:30:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816758/posts Warning: don't get hung up on a few disagreements with a democrat Orson Scott Card - we have overwhelmingly more points of agreement. If you disagree with me, see my tagline    :^)Duty. Honor. Country. Once these words could inspire the hearts of patriots. Now, in our benighted era, the elite in our nation sneer at the words and at those who still believe in them. ::: But there is such a thing as honor, and whether we name it by its right name or not, we depend on it. Honor is akin to the word "honest." We say a person... rhinotimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816758/posts#comment Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:18:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723966/posts In addition to his family's home movies of the Nazi takeover of Austria, Stan Baker donated the letters and diaries of his mother, Helen Porter Baker, to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Like the films, those writings from the spring of 1938 document -- from a rare American point of view -- the anti-Jewish persecution that launched the Holocaust outside Germany's borders, as well as the pro-Nazi frenzy that accompanied the German takeover. Helen Baker was writing as an educated, cultured Christian, appalled by what she saw. While she and her family were safe as foreigners and "Aryans," they had... Muskegon Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723966/posts#comment Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:05:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713284/posts Update: You can read an excerpt of the book at Town Hall.Update: Audio of the chat is archived here. Hot Air.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713284/posts#comment Wed, 4 Oct 2006 06:03:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685137/posts (IsraelNN.com) A group of reserve soldiers, who were recently discharged and are setting up a forum, have called upon Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, and Foreign Minister Tsipi Livni to resign. Tonight the soldiers will be holding a demonstration at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv at 7p.m. The demonstration is expected to be the first of several, under the banner, “You failed – resign!” In a petition publicized by the forum, the public is asked to sign the following: “We are very worried about the fate of the country. From all ends of the political spectrum, we... Israel National News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685137/posts#comment Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:37:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670369/posts On Tuesday, July 18, in Tehran, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke to his countrymen. He reminded them of the connection between Israel and the liberal West: "The final point of liberal civilization is the false and corrupt state that has occupied Jerusalem. That is the bottom line. That is what all those who talk about liberalism and support it have in common." He went on to explain that when the Muslim world erupts, "its waves will not be limited to this region." That same day, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, issued a warning to the... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670369/posts#comment Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:29:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1670367/posts When I was in the Navy, I once witnessed a bar fight in downtown Olongapo (Philippines) that still haunts my dreams. The fight was between a big oafish Marine and a rather soft-spoken, medium sized Latino sailor from my ship. All evening the Marine had been trying to pick a fight with one of us and had finally set his sights on this diminutive shipmate of mine... figuring him for a safe target. When my friend refused to be goaded into a fight the Marine sucker punched him from behind on the side of the head so hard that blood... Treppenwitz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1670367/posts#comment Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:20:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655020/posts Israel Needs A Preemptive Nuclear Strike Against Iran By Jonathan Ariel Israel News Agency Jerusalem ----- June 24...... One of the best ways to ensure the world doesn’t get wobbly over Iran, is to make it understand that although Israel prefers to regard the rogue Islamic regime as an international problem, we will, if necessary, do whatever it takes to ensure our survival, including a preemptive nuclear strike. In 1936, when Hitler marched into the Rhineland the allies appeased him, even though they could have been in Berlin in two weeks. In 1938 they once again let him off the... The Israel News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655020/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:32:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1656177/posts 10. Mitch Daniels—Indiana While the former Bush Office of Management and Budget chief upset Indiana conservatives with his call for a temporary tax increase on those earning more than $100,000-per-year (the legislature rejected this), he nonetheless overcame a $645-million deficit with spending cuts. He has also attracted more private-sector business to the state and signed a voter identification measure that infuriated liberals. 9. Mike Rounds—South Dakota Has made nationwide headlines by pushing a measure to ban all abortions in his state—a move almost certain to lead to the Supreme Court’s revisiting Roe v. Wade. Rounds did sign phone tax and... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1656177/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:11:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637742/posts - In a surprise move yesterday, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called for "most of the country" to return to a speed limit of 55 mph in an effort to slash fuel consumption... "The 55-mile speed limit really does lower gas usage. And wherever it can be required, and the people will accept it, we ought to do it," Clinton said at the National Press Club. New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637742/posts#comment Wed, 24 May 2006 22:25:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639498/posts Wednesday Canada's National Post published an error correction. Last Friday, the newspaper's lead story reported that the Iranian parliament had approved legislation that would compel Jews to wear a yellow strip, Christians to wear a red strip and Zoroastrians to wear a blue strip on their clothes. The story fomented an international storm. Yet it turned out that the story was untrue - or jumped the gun. The Iranian parliament did pass legislation expressing its intention to install a compulsory Islamic dress code for the country's subjects, but it did not characterize the required attire. On its Web site last... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639498/posts#comment Sun, 28 May 2006 00:02:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632093/posts We have found a remarkable recording from the Bergen Belsen Death Camp of the recently liberated inmates singing “Hatikvah”. This recording is a piece of history and makes the connection between the loss of the 6 million and the burning desire for the creation of a Jewish State. Sit down and listen: this is a short recording that you will remember for the rest of your life. Israel Reporter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632093/posts#comment Sun, 14 May 2006 17:31:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1621311/posts Apr. 25, 2006 2:55 | Updated Apr. 25, 2006 19:43 Never Again As the nation marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember history's greatest crime against humanity, the industrialization of murder that took the lives of six million Jews and millions of other people in Nazi concentration camps. We note the unfinished business relating directly to the Holocaust, including the failure of several countries - including Austria, Norway, Sweden, Syria and Ukraine - to prosecute still-living Nazi war criminals. However what is striking about this day in 2006 is not so much that anti-Semitic violence and neo-Nazi movements persist in the... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1621311/posts#comment Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:14:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1533202/posts Terri Schiavo would be 42 today, if she had not been dehydrated to death per court order. Instead of the happy squeals and vocalizations the brain-damaged woman was known to utter, the deafening silence of loss haunts her loved ones on this anniversary of her birth. Many Americans prefer the silence. The very mention of the name, "Terri Schiavo," elicits groans from those "burned out" on what they view as simply an overblown news story. "I do not understand why you keep pumping the glory of her death," wrote one WND reader in response to continuing coverage of the familial... Worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1533202/posts#comment Sat, 3 Dec 2005 06:31:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1440194/posts Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Weisel was once asked whether the world had learned anything from the Holocaust. Wiesel responded, "Yes - that you can get away with it."If Wiesel is right ­ and the international fury against the collective Jewish existence in Israel in recent years seems to confirm his words ­ then for Jews, the lesson must be the exact opposite: never again will we allow a Holocaust to happen. That means first and foremost that Israel must be strong, spiritually, morally and militarily. A Home and a PowerBetween 1939 and 1945, the Nazi regime, with help from millions... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1440194/posts#comment Mon, 11 Jul 2005 02:48:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383483/posts Sixty years on, the world must not forget Belsen, says liberator Sixty years ago 24-year-old Dick Williams set off through the woods of northern Germany in search of a "refugee" camp. The previous day, a German officer had agreed to hand the camp over to the advancing British. With only a map reference to guide him, Williams crossed the German frontline by jeep and turned left down an unmarked track. It was then that he found it: a vast concentration camp surrounded by a 10ft high barbed-wire fence and still guarded by armed SS soldiers. Yesterday Major Williams, now 84,... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383483/posts#comment Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:49:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1339412/posts Panel presents a program calling for a "One State Solution. Columbia University’s panel “One State or Two: Alternative Proposals for Middle East Peace” presented a biased, tendentious Israel-bashing program on Monday, January 31, that provided more heat than light. The very title was a dead giveaway: a one-state solution is widely understood to be a code word for the disappearance of the Jewish state and its replacement violently and/or demographically by an irredentist Palestinian majority. The evening, nonetheless, began on a largely sober note with an overview of the Islamic Middle Ages by Professor Mark Cohen of Princeton. He spoke... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1339412/posts#comment Wed, 9 Feb 2005 15:12:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1269850/posts Sudanese Troops Attack and Destroy Camp in Darfur Gripping a pair of pliers, a doctor pried a bullet from Amina Kharim's swollen and bleeding left arm. Eight hours earlier, at dawn Tuesday, she had been asleep in a shelter of grass and sticks when government soldiers and police stormed into this camp of 5,000 in South Darfur. Residents and relief workers said the troops burned shelters, smashed water pipes, fired tear gas and beat people as they fled half-asleep from their huts. Within five hours, they said, the camp was reduced to ashes and about 100 residents were crammed into... Troops Attack and Destroy Camp in Darfur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1269850/posts#comment Thu, 4 Nov 2004 04:21:31 GMT