http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/not/ en-us Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:23:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2102653/posts The Sun Times today gave a major clue that Barack Obama will indeed go down with Tony Rezko, sooner rather than later. It looks as though Rezko is about to turn on Alexi Giannoulias, the 30-year old State Treasurer of Illinois (who was elected only because Obama backed him). Here’s where all the clues are…and then we’ll walk you through the local Chicago politics on how today’s hint by the Sun Times has us convinced, for the first time ever, that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald could indeed send Barack Obama to jail. We need to repeat that: we never believed, until... HillBuzz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2102653/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:23:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088919/posts  Facing the Giants http://www.youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088919/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:15:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066409/posts "New Mexico and Sedona"POSTED BY MEGHAN AND PHOTOS BY HEATHER Earlier this week, we traveled to Las Cruces, New Mexico where Dad held a very lively town hall on the campus of New Mexico State University.  From there we flew to Sedona where everyone was able to chill out a bit and Dad grilled dinner for everyone.  More from Sedona soon!  Song of the Day: "Red House" by Jimi Hendrix   Duprey and his summer bumper stickers. Frank is ready for the day. Dad catches up on his reading material. Dad's opening remarks at the town hall. Waiting in the... http://mccainblogette.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066409/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:36:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042662/posts RUSH: Have you heard about this? Folks, I'm thinking, and I haven't finalized details. We've been working on the operational plans all morning here at the EIB Network. But it may be time to implement a Phase II of Operation Chaos. Donald Sutherland, who is the father, as you know, of Kiefer Sutherland, who stars in "24," posted something on the Huffington Post, and this is what he wrote. "The Democrat National Committee's Terry McAuliffe mind-set ruined the campaigns of Algore, John Kerry, and Senator Clinton, and now the legions of McAuliffe-ites who have surrounded Barack Obama are doing their... Rush Limbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042662/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:02:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008912/posts ...I, too, think Wright is digging center stage. But I also suspect he specifically wants to tank Obama's candidacy. I mean, this is a man who has spent a fair portion of his career spreading the message that blacks cannot get a fair shake in this country; that America was, is, and always will be fundamentally racist; that the U.S. government in particular has it in for blacks. So what happens to all that if suddenly a black man--and not just any black man, but one who has been counseled by Wright and so cannot be dismissed as some pathetic... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008912/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:06:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851879/posts Craig Venter says success is near, but critics blast efforts to patent synthetic organisms First he succeeded in reading humanity's genetic code. Now gene pioneer J. Craig Venter believes he is within weeks or months of creating the world's first free-living artificial organism in his laboratory. It won't be much to look at—a tiny bacterium with only a few hundred genes. But if it's truly feasible, he says, "it will be one of the bright milestones in human history, changing our conceptual view of life." business week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851879/posts#comment Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:37:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819265/posts Violence is never positive. Violence breeds more violence. Often people get confused about the meaning and use of this word and think they can be violent in order to defend right and so on. But this is not so. islamonline.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819265/posts#comment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:48:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777621/posts WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2007 – The Army faces significant challenges in the years ahead, but it is still the world’s preeminent land power and has not been overly strained by the war on terror, Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., commander of Multinational Force Iraq, said here today. Casey, who has commanded in Iraq since July 2004, is President Bush’s pick to be the next Army chief of staff. Speaking at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Service Committee, Casey expressed confidence in U.S. soldiers. “I see in Iraq every day a splendid Army,” Casey said. “I know... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777621/posts#comment Thu, 1 Feb 2007 23:26:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1754542/posts It turns out you only have to attend a White House Christmas party to find out where President Bush is headed on Iraq. One guest who shook hands with Bush in the receiving line told him, "Don't let the bastards get you down." Bush, slightly startled but cheerful, replied, "Don't worry. I'm not." The guest followed up: "I think we can win in Iraq." The president's reply was emphatic: "We're going to win." Another guest informed Bush he'd given some advice to the Iraq Study Group, and said its report should be ignored. The president chuckled and said he'd made... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1754542/posts#comment Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:00:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752846/posts RICHMOND -- Stephen Murmer is known to his students as a popular art teacher who is always quick to crack a joke. But another side to Mr. Murmer has agitated school officials and resulted in his suspension. A side that focuses, almost entirely, on his backside. Outside of class and under an alter ego, the self-proclaimed "butt-printing artist" creates floral and abstract art by plastering his posterior with paint and pressing it against canvas. His creations sell for up to $900. This has not gone over well with Chesterfield County school officials, who placed Mr. Murmer on administrative leave Friday... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752846/posts#comment Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:53:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1751253/posts This is on the same page as Rich's screed. Brooks tries to peer into the future by having the NYT outdo the Book of Revelations. "In fall 2007, the United States began to withdraw troops from Iraq, and so began the Second Thirty Years’ War. This war was a bewildering array of small and vast conflicts, which flared and receded and flared again across the entire Middle East, but which were joined by a common theme... The essence of all this disorder was that the Arab nation-states lost control. Subnational groups — like Hezbollah and the Mahdi Army — and... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1751253/posts#comment Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:32:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749168/posts Robert M. Gates was unanimously approved by a Senate committee yesterday to become President Bush's new defense secretary, after a day-long confirmation hearing in which he bluntly stated that the United States is not winning the war in Iraq. Gates also told the panel that "it's too soon to tell" whether the Bush administration made the right decision in launching the invasion in March 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein. Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749168/posts#comment Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:43:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1732123/posts November 3, 2006 -- SO, we are told, all is lost in Iraq. My colleague Ralph Peters has thrown in the towel, declared the war a failure, and has laid the blame at the feet of the Iraqis for refusing to save themselves from anarchy and tribalism. My friend David Brooks says this was all written into Iraq's DNA - that the amalgamation of Sunnis, Shia and Kurds into a nation by the British in 1920 has ensured there can and will never be anything remotely resembling a civil society there. If Peters and Brooks are right, then the common... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1732123/posts#comment Sat, 4 Nov 2006 13:15:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713249/posts Breast milk 'does not boost IQ' Breastfed babies tend to be brighter Breastfed babies are smarter because their mothers are clever in the first place, not because of any advantage of breastfeeding itself, a study suggests. Researchers found breastfeeding mothers tend to be more intelligent, more highly educated, and likely to provide a more stimulating home environment.However, they stressed that there were still many advantages to breastfeeding. The British Medical Journal study was carried out by the Medical Research Council and University of Edinburgh. Lead researcher Geoff Der said: "This question has been debated ever since a link between the... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713249/posts#comment Wed, 4 Oct 2006 03:44:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710210/posts The world is recoiling from the recent Israeli display of brutality and militarism in Lebanon and Palestine. It is such behavior on the part of Israel that has destroyed all hopes for peace in the region. Now the nations and organizations of the world are standing up to stop this spiraling madness. The UN was able to force Israel to end its hostilities in Lebanon despite American and British support. There were reports that several European states denied Israeli aircraft the use of their airports. Capt. Etai Regev, chairman of El Al’s union of pilots, said the refusals came from... Arab News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710210/posts#comment Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:25:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704383/posts LONDON - London's Metropolitan Police pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from the death of a Brazilian man who was shot last year after officers mistook him for a suicide bomber. Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, was shot seven times in the head by Scotland Yard anti-terror officers as he sat aboard a train at a subway station in south London on July 22, 2005. Two weeks earlier, four suicide bombers had attacked London's transit system, killing 52 people. The day before de Menezes was shot, four other men attempted similar attacks that were thwarted. No individual officer was... http://www.comcast.net/news/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704383/posts#comment Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:13:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698211/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2006 – Army leaders are committed to ensuring soldiers have the best force-protection capability possible, but also want to avoid giving soldiers a false sense of security, service officials said here today. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A, Sorenson, the Army’s deputy for acquisition and systems management, took exception to an NBC News report that said the Army is not buying an Israeli system, called Trophy, that could protect soldiers and their vehicles from rocket-propelled grenades. The report alleges the Army manipulated information in favor of a competing Raytheon system, called Quick Kill. Both the Israeli and Raytheon systems... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698211/posts#comment Sat, 9 Sep 2006 03:40:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690977/posts WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2006 – Despite a recent increase in violence in Baghdad, Iraq is not on a path toward civil war, the commander of U.S. Central Command said yesterday. Army Gen. John Abizaid recently visited Baghdad and talked with Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the highest-ranking military commander in Iraq, as well as Iraqi government officials. He also had the opportunity see the situation in Baghdad firsthand while moving around the city with coalition forces. Abizaid said he left confident that progress is being made on the Baghdad security plan. “It’s still too soon to say how the... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690977/posts#comment Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:09:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1690927/posts Breast milk may not be enough Janet Raloff A new study finds a high incidence of vitamin D deficiency in breast-fed babies, mostly during winter. Such a deficiency limits the body's use of calcium, which is essential for healthy bones and teeth. As part of a trial of iron supplementation, Ekhard E. Ziegler of the University of Iowa in Iowa City and his colleagues regularly took blood samples over 2 years from 84 newborns who were initially breastfed exclusively. The researchers noticed that few infants were getting supplemental vitamin D. The scientists evaluated vitamin D in the infants' blood. They... Science News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1690927/posts#comment Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:34:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690415/posts ...From the first day of his presidency, Truman invoked the Almighty. He believed that America had been called to foster peace in the world, and that it had dodged that responsibility after World War I. He often explained that this duty now extended from U.S. participation in the United Nations to combating the onslaught of communismworldwide. Only in the context of freedom, he believed, could humankind exercise the free will necessary to achieving peace and happiness. Here is the conclusion of his inaugural address in 1949: “But I say to all men, what we have achieved in liberty, we will... Wilson Quarterly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690415/posts#comment Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:54:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688321/posts WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2006 – Iraq is experiencing some localized sectarian strife, but it’s not embroiled in a full-blown civil war as reported by some news media, a senior coalition officer said here today. “In my judgment, we are not in a situation of civil war,” said British Royal Marine Lt. Gen. Robert Fry, deputy commander of Multinational Force Iraq and the senior British military representative in Iraq. He spoke to Pentagon reporters via a satellite connection from his Baghdad headquarters. Fry acknowledged a “very intense sectarian conflict” in Iraq and said violence is mostly occurring in an area that... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688321/posts#comment Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:26:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1687084/posts Origin of the Celts - Caucasian, not European The Celts are Circaesir from Circaesya, who lived on the Sea of Grass in what is now west Kazakhstan until late in the second millennium B.C. They were by their own definition a linguistic group, but now they are a culture. Contrary to popular belief, they had nothing to do with European inhabitants known to archaeologists as the 'Beaker folk' and 'Battle Axe people'. The 'Urnfield people' farther east were Circaesir, and obviously related to the Celts. Their descendants integrated with Celts in central Europe. Tradition suggests that the Celts left the... Angelfire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1687084/posts#comment Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:01:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1683786/posts Tucson Police are trying to track down two men of Middle Eastern descent who, reportedly, bought a number of cell phones within a 36-hour period over the weekend at a Tucson Sam's Club. The incident comes on the heels of other similar incidents across the country. The incidents have prompted terror investigations because, authorities say, those cell phones can be untraceable and used as detonators. Tucson Police issued a news Release Tuesday afternoon regarding the incident that occurred three days ago. Tucson Police were called to Tucson's Sam's Club on Friday just before noon on a 'suspicious activity" call. Apparently,... KVOA Tucson Channel 4 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1683786/posts#comment Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:06:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1683708/posts WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, 2006 – The ongoing effort to secure Baghdad is an evolution, and solutions must be long-term, the spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq told reporters in Baghdad today. “Abating the extremists in the capital will neither be easy nor rapid,” Army Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said of progress in Operation Together Forward. “Challenges will ensue, but efforts will march forward block by block.” A variety of activities are occurring in Baghdad, with Iraqi and coalition forces working together to help quell violence and build stability, Caldwell said. Caldwell cited some of the statistics that reflect Operation Together Forward’s... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1683708/posts#comment Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:00:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682975/posts AS Parisians crowd to the beaches in August, tourists are descending on the City of Light in droves, undeterred by a recent survey highlighting complaints that visitors get the cold shoulder from locals. The most visited country in the world, France received 76 million tourists last year, with Asians making up a growing proportion of those who came from non-European countries and 50,000 visitors jetting over every month from China alone. All this despite stereotyped images of rude waiters, bored shop assistants and impatient Parisians all too ready to give nervous tourists the brush off in rapid French. "French hospitality... News.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682975/posts#comment Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:14:12 GMT