http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/patriotism/ en-us Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:03:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094367/posts As Ashley Barrett-Carter left Ryan Memolo's Army recruiting station after their first meeting more than a year ago, the staff sergeant thought, "I'll never see her again." Sgt. Memolo had encountered overweight applicants before, including some who dropped the pounds and returned to enlist. But those people exceeded the weight requirement by 20 or 30 pounds. Ms. Barrett-Carter needed to lose 100. Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094367/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:03:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2092412/posts We all saw Barack Obama stumbling to remember the name of the fallen soldier on the bracelet he wore during the first Presidential debate. It seems there may actually be a reason that Obama forgot the name. The family of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek has repeatedly asked Obama to stop wearing the bracelet because he is using it for political purposes. Crafting the death of their son into a campaign slogan. "I have a bracelet too." Family Told Obama NOT To Wear Soldier Son's Bracelet... Where is Media? Jopek began by saying that his ex-wife was taken aback, even upset,... Pagan Power http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2092412/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:16:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088388/posts Deployment to the battlefield is the gravest and most important form of national service. But as the country learned during Vietnam, the most important battles are often fought on the home front. Troops who are preoccupied with whether the grass is getting cut or if the bills are being paid can’t give their focus to the task at hand. This puts their entire unit at risk and lives at stake. That doesn’t make it any less understandable. Deployed for up to 18 months at a time in strange, hostile lands, it is natural for a soldier’s thoughts to revert to... humanevents.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088388/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2086935/posts On one fundamental maxim all professional propagandists would agree: It you repeat a lie often enough and loudly enough, sooner or later it becomes accepted truth. Considering the long ignoble record of relentless and vociferous attacks by the Communist-inspired left on our American history, it's a wonder that there can be any true American patriots left. Immediately following World War Two, and up until this present hour, we have been, and are still being, assaulted with vicious and totally unsubstantiated lies and distortions about the history of our great nation. These outrageous falsifications have been repeated so often by so... Radarsite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2086935/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:38:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2085862/posts It seems to me that liberals have stopped trying to disguise their policies as socialist; they are out there flaunting it openly. Comrade Biden, just this morning, was quoted as saying that rich people paying more taxes is the patriotic thing to do. First of all, patriotism is love and devotion to one’s country, not the willingness to give them all of your hard earned money, so they can waste it on pork barrel projects, and waste it on programs and other functions that help no one but themselves. Notoriously Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2085862/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:48:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2085648/posts In defending their plan to raise taxes even higher, Joe Biden says that paying higher taxes is the "patriotic" thing to do. First off, as Jon Sanders points out on Townhall, patriotism is a voluntary act. Sure, paying income tax is voluntary, it's just that the government provides a little bit of an incentive to comply. That is, staying out of prison. [Excerpt--read the rest at www.notwrightforamerica.com] Not WRIGHT for America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2085648/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:00:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085582/posts September 18, 2008 For G-d's Sake, Give This Deceased American Hero His Medal! By Debbie Schlussel Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta is a role model for all Americans, whether they are immigrants like him or native born. He made the ultimate sacrifice, giving his life to save those of his fellow Marines. Sadly, nitpickers in our military are denying him and his grieving family the Medal of Honor. It's a travesty. This late patriot deserves the honor. He earned it in blood and gutted limbs. This is the kind of one-time illegal alien I wish we had more of in America.... Debbie Schlussel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085582/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:35:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085151/posts Disgusting anti-American comments from ungrateful, unappreciative millionaires who have reaped the benefits of living in this country enrage me. Especially infuriating are remarks from now rolling-in-it street thugs who became rich by having extraordinary athletic ability – like, for instance, being able to bounce a ball and dunk it through a hoop. These gutter punks who openly, defiantly, blatantly, and without a shred of humility, disrespect the very country that afforded them the opportunity to be this repulsive are a complete disgrace. Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard, a man whose judgment has come into question before, has once again shown... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085151/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:44:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084806/posts Josh Howard Of The Dallas Mavericks Curses The National Anthem And Invokes Barack Obama! "The Star Spangled Banner is going on right now. I don't even celebrate that (sh*t) . . . I'm black. Obama 08!” Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opo2rPF_Fg4 LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084806/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2084537/posts OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM DISSED ONCE AGAIN Remember Roseann Barr’s class act of grabbing her crotch during her rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner?” That was just one of the most public and most disgraceful displays of contempt for our flag and our country. There have been too many others. AOL features a collection of them here: http://sports.aol.com/photos/anthem-blunders?icid=200100397×1209838424x1200574480. The first picture depicts Dallas Maverick’s Josh Howard who said, ” ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is going on right now and I don’t even celebrate that s–t. I’m black, goddamnit.” The collection also includes Denver Nuggets guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Abdul-Rauf who refused to stand... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2084537/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:35:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084221/posts Of course we all know that it's absolutely wrong and mean-spirited to suggest that anyone on the left could conceivably be unpatriotic [though an exception might be made for unrepentant terrorist friends of Barack Obama who accept from Vietnamese communists rings made from downed US planes.] So while we won't be using the u-word here, two recent MSNBC shows offer a remarkable contrast. Compare and contrast Chris Matthews' giddy reaction to news of difficulties in the markets with Mika Brzezinski's gloom in begrudgingly discussing the Iraq surge's success. View the video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084221/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:17:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2082636/posts A Federal judge said that it was OK for a Poway, California school teacher to sue his school district for forcing him to remove a banner that featured well known, patriotic American references to God in an early September ruling. Math teacher Brad Johnson who teachers at Westview High in San Diego County, California, had the banner on his classroom wall for the last 20 years but only last year was told by school administrators that the banner was supposedly an affront to the principles of separation of Church and State. After two decades without complaint, Johnson was told his... publiusforum.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2082636/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:29:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2081894/posts "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." ------------------------------------------------------- This is an article which, up until a few days ago, I would have thought it impossible to write. But, even at my age, life is - or should be -- a continuing learning experience. That is what these last few days have been for me. This election cycle has been one of the most contentious in my long memory. Never have the two sides, the Republicans and... Radarsite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2081894/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:06:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081239/posts A pretty scathing charge from Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., this morning as he spoke to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and assailed Sen. John McCain's, R-Ariz., position on free trade. "Just ask the machinists in Pennsylvania who build Harley-Davidsons," Obama said of McCain's record. "Because John McCain didn’t just oppose the requirement that the government buy American-made motorcycles, he called Buy American provisions 'disgraceful.' Just ask the workers across this country who have seen their jobs outsourced. The very companies that shipped their jobs overseas have been rewarded with billions of dollars in tax breaks that John... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081239/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:58:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081170/posts A pretty scathing charge from Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., this morning as he spoke to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and assailed Sen. John McCain's, R-Ariz., position on free trade. "Just ask the machinists in Pennsylvania who build Harley-Davidsons," Obama said of McCain's record. "Because John McCain didn’t just oppose the requirement that the government buy American-made motorcycles, he called Buy American provisions 'disgraceful.' Just ask the workers across this country who have seen their jobs outsourced. The very companies that shipped their jobs overseas have been rewarded with billions of dollars in tax breaks that John... Political Punch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081170/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:29:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080270/posts Today, I received an e-mail from my parents. I believe on a day like today we all need the lift and joy of a tribute like this to our great nation. The e-mail read: In a time of disaster, hurricanes, political conventions, and elections, what a time to be reminded of the real reason why our country exists. Listen to these high school kids singing. At the conclusion, listen to the high notes on the trumpet, played by a high school kid! One of the fathers recorded it, added some graphic enhancements to the recording, and posted it on the... E-mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080270/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:00:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2078181/posts One of the great things about the Youtube generation is that you can catch these politicians in all of their spins and lies, of which the Democrats are piling up an unprecedented number. I guess in the old days they could get away with it when we only had the big 3 Media outlets who were in the tank for the Dems. Nowadays, with Youtube and conservative/libertarians all over the internet it is almost impossible to hide the lies. I'm not some naive conservative/libertarian who thinks that Republican candidates don't lie. Of course they do. It's the nature of the... Right Werds, Korrekt Speech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2078181/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:24:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077420/posts MIDI - LONELY PEOPLE DFU News of the Day in Song http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077420/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 16:33:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077117/posts U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe predicted voters' uncertainty over whether Barack Obama really loves his country will help Republicans win the White House again in November. A spokeswoman for the Democratic nominee said Obama will not let anyone question his love of his country, adding that Americans have grown tired of cynical partisan politics such as challenging an opponent's patriotism. Inhofe made his comments at a breakfast for the state party's delegation earlier this week at the Republican National Convention. "I have no doubt in my mind that we are going to win this election, the presidency and vice presidency," the... The Tulsa World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077117/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 05:37:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077112/posts I received this email from an individual today who was responding to another somewhat over-the-top email regarding Obama's Muslim roots. I want to respond to this dork and wanted some Freeper suggestions. Here's the gist of his email: Senator Obama is an individual who has a born-again experience with Jesus Christ. His personal relationship with God is between he and his Saviour. Please do not judge Senator Obama or question his commitment to the United States. He has attended the United Church of Christ for over 18 years. Senator Obama spoke at length about his Christian beliefs in a 2004... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077112/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 05:30:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076334/posts Democrats are not caring for their Stars and Stripes. At least that’s the message out of John McCain’s campaign. McCain supporters, claiming they rescued 12,000 miniature American flags from the site of Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last Thursday, redistributed the orphan flags to audience members ahead of a McCain rally in Colorado Springs on Saturday. The move was an overt swipe at Obama from a campaign whose motto has been “country first.” But Democratic convention organizers claimed the flags were not going to be discarded — but instead were snatched from the site of Obama’s historic address to carry... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076334/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 23:03:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076141/posts At a campaign event at 11:00AM PST Boy Scouts will recycle 12,000 American Flags that were thrown in the trash after the democratic convention. Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076141/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 17:15:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076122/posts This will not sit well with many. Here’s a rundown of my night at convention: 2:55 p.m. — After a long walk, I reach the huge white tents where we have to go through the scanning and search routine. There are dumpsters filling up with stuff people can’t take into the stadium. I notice umbrellas and even American flags thrown in the trash cans. (Ironically, everyone inside was handed an American flag.) This story is now breaking. Bob Parks: Black & Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076122/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:56:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076087/posts This morning, Republicans tell me that a worker at Invesco Field in Denver saved thousands of unused flags from the Democratic National Convention that were headed for the garbage. Guerrilla campaigning. They will use these flags at their own event today in Colorado Springs with John McCain and Sarah Palin. Before McCain speaks today, veterans will haul these garbage bags filled with flags out onto the stage — with dramatic effect, no doubt — and tell the story. “What you see in the picture I sent you is less than half of total flags,” a Republican official emailed. “We estimate... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076087/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:10:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074593/posts Don't be put off that this is a home video. It's hard to believe this much patriotism still exists in the youth despite all the liberal indoctrination in our schools. These kids went through a lot of effort to honor SEAL team 10. youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074593/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:13:10 GMT