http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/propaganda/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:11:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285849/posts TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya is set to return to Honduras on Sunday, a week after the army threw him out, amid fears of clashes after coup leaders threatened to arrest him on his return. The Organization of American States suspended the Central American country late Saturday -- in the first such move since the exclusion of Cuba in 1962 -- for failing to reinstate Zelaya. (snip) AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285849/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:11:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286177/posts Want to make a lasting impression at the next Junior Republican Convention? Just tell everyone you have the President in your pocket,... Maximum PC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286177/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:16:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285884/posts I had a discussion a while back with someone and it got me to thinking about just how long that leftists have been trying to change the american mindset. So was Cruella a capitalist? I don't know, but I'm sure we could all agree she was clearly a conservative. She wanted to kill puppies for their furr. And she was white. So there you have it. Heh. Well, based on the media caricature of conservatives anyways. All of us around here on FR could clearly pick on the easy modern examples of liberal propaganda in the media and in TV... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285884/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:18:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097226/posts A wave of nostalgia for the former GDR is sweeping parts of Berlin. Eighteen years after reunification, knowledge of the communist regime is fading, and its most unpleasant aspects are beginning to be glossed over. 18 years after German reunification, the Wall that once divided the country in two has all but vanished. In Eastern Berlin, memories of the former communist state remain vivid – as evidenced in one local pub. The bar's sign, which reads "come to us or we will come to you," is a slogan once used by the East German secret police. The interior is decorated... france24.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097226/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 04:50:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285479/posts Honduras rebuffed demands by the international community to reinstate President Manuel Zelaya and pulled out of the Organization of American States AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285479/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:37:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285270/posts As president, Barack Obama takes care to get pronunciations correct — from heads of state and foreign nations to the director of a small nonprofit in Jersey City. In Obama’s view, pronouncing someone’s name or hometown correctly is a simple way of showing respect, they say. It’s a sort of baseline diplomacy. That’s particularly so in foreign relations, where aides say the president will privately practice pronouncing a leader’s name a number times before saying it publicly. The response to Obama’s efforts as president has been positive, aides say. Pakistanis have told the White House they appreciate it, and some... Politico via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285270/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:38:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285097/posts TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas' top international diplomat Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline. Jose Miguel Insulza, who heads the Organization of American States, flew to Honduras in an attempt to persuade the forces that ousted Zelaya to take him back in the face of overwhelming international condemnation and economic sanctions. He met for two hours with Jorge Rivera, president of the Supreme Court that authorized the military to seize Zelaya on Sunday and fly him into exile. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285097/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:06:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284711/posts TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, July 2 -- Honduran leaders who supported the coup against President Manuel Zelaya maintained a defiant stance Thursday in the face of international pressure, as diplomats conceded that a quick, painless resolution to the regional crisis might not be possible. Officials in the new Honduran government led by interim President Roberto Micheletti said that they were prepared to hunker down for weeks or months and that they could survive economic sanctions, diplomatic isolation and even the condemnation of their closest ally, the United States, which has played an outsize role in the history of Honduras for a century.... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284711/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:04:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284416/posts Debby Smith, the woman who President Obama hugged during yesterday's town hall meeting and promised to help after she described her difficulties getting treatment for a tumor, "is a volunteer for Organizing for America, Obama's political operation within the Democratic National Committee" who "obtained her ticket through the White House." One can only imagine what the press would have to say if the Bush White House had done something as cynical. To sum up, during the session, Obama received questions from an advocate of a socialized, or single-payer health care, a representative of the liberal activist group Health Care for... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284416/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:11:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284304/posts ANOTHER TIRESOME ENGLISH-LANGUAGE JIHAD MAGAZINE Introducing Defenders of the Truth INTERNET-HAGANAH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284304/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:56:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284165/posts Propaganda 101 disarm the opposition by introducing assumptions that will not allow for any form of argument or disagreement. If I have to hear one more propaganda phrase from Obama , Axlerod and Gibbs in the form of "I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE" ( On What? How can we agree when you start every sentence with this phrase so there is no opportunity to argue on a point you have yet to make?) "ALL EXPERTS SAY" (Straw man technique. Who are you speaking of? Could it be same people who debated man-made global warming still looking for those clowns.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284165/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:01:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274549/posts One of the more thought-provoking columns I make sure I read every week is called Spiritual Wealth. It's written by my good friend Alex Green, who is Investment Director of the Oxford Club. Alex gave me permission to share one of his columns with you, with the request that I also tell you about his new book. I'm delighted to do both. See the end of today's column for details on how you can receive his column every week and learn about The Secret of Shelter Island, his inspiring and informative new book. According to A.C. Nielson Co., the average... Straight Talk Newsletter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274549/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:49:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283105/posts IN the weeks leading up to Honduras’s coup, President Manuel Zelaya, an ally of Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, knew what he was doing. In pushing the limits of democracy by trying to force a constitutional change that would permit his re-election, he set a trap for the military. The military fell for it, turning an unpopular president who was nearing the end of his term into an international cause célèbre. Although the coup has popular support in Honduras, it has also allowed Mr. Chávez, who is leading the international response, to claim the moral high ground. The coup leaders, who... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283105/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:43:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283342/posts (snip) But I asked one of the senior McCain campaign officials who worked closest with Palin what he thought of the article, by e-mail last night and then this morning over the phone. He e-mailed back immediately, calling the article "absolutely fascinating" and "completely riveting." "While the Palin camp is surely marshaling the torches and pitchforks and baying for blood by now, my hope is that somehow — against the odds -- Palin is able to draw some sort of lesson out of all of this that helps her find a way to exist peacefully in the public space. It... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283342/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:10:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282985/posts When I first heard about the coup in Honduras, I immediately thought of something that Bill O'Reilly once said. He covered the war in El Salvador. He said that when he speak to common folk in El Salvador, they told him both sides, the military lead government and the leftists militias, were rotten to the core. The outbreak in Honduras has immediately turned partisan. Supporters of the president also now support deposed leader Manuel Zelaya. Here's an example of that support from the Huffington Post. The Provocateur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282985/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 03:02:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282833/posts Defying a coup and bolstered by international support, ousted President Manuel Zelaya said he will return to Honduras on Thursday to serve out the rest of his term. He said he would be accompanied by the Argentine and Ecuadorean presidents, and the U.N. General Assembly and Organization of American States chiefs. But the interim government -- set up after the army bundled Zelaya out of the Central American country on Sunday -- said it would arrest him if he tried to re-enter Honduras. reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282833/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:54:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282102/posts A U.S. effort to forestall a military takeover failed, and it is now focused on encouraging a political solution. But it doesn't threaten sanctions and won't say whether it regards events as a coup.Reporting from Washington -- After failing to stave off the military coup in Honduras, the Obama administration moved gingerly Monday to try to undo it, leaving key levers of U.S. influence untouched as it urged Hondurans and other countries in the region to seek a settlement. The administration's approach appeared designed to avoid damaging Washington's ties either to U.S.-allied backers of the coup that forcibly removed President... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282102/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:08:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281951/posts It’s difficult to make sense out of the foreign policy coming out of the White House under Barack Obama.  On the one hand, Obama insisted that he could not interfere with the internal politics of the “sovereign government of Iran,” refusing for days to even condemn Iran for its flagrantly violent repression of dissent.  When Honduras’ military staged a coup, though, Obama apparently had no such reticence in involving the US on behalf of deposed President Manuel Zelaya — a close ally of Hugo Chavez: In an unusual concurrence of views, the Obama administration and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281951/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:50:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281721/posts It’s difficult to make sense out of the foreign policy coming out of the White House under Barack Obama. On the one hand, Obama insisted that he could not interfere with the internal politics of the “sovereign government of Iran,” refusing for days to even condemn Iran for its flagrantly violent repression of dissent. When Honduras’ military staged a coup, though, Obama apparently had no such reticence in involving the US on behalf of deposed President Manuel Zelaya — a close ally of Hugo Chavez: Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281721/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:36:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281507/posts The first military takeover of a Central American government in 16 years drew widespread condemnation from governments in Latin America and the world — including the U.S. — and Chavez vowed to overthrow the country's apparent new leader.......... AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281507/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:28:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281505/posts BOGOTÁ, Colombia — With their condemnation on Sunday of the coup ousting President Manuel Zelaya in Honduras, governments in the Western Hemisphere from across the ideological spectrum found a rare issue around which they could swiftly arrive at unity. NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281505/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:26:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278406/posts It turns out the Obama White House planted two questioners at yesterday's press conference by Barack Obama, a move that further cements the reputation of the media as being complicit with the Obama administration.The incident also raises uncomfortable questions for liberals who falsely accused the Bush administration of the same practice. The news media's tolerance and complicity One of the plants acknowledged Obama's staff chose the topic of his question for him.Huffington Post blogger Nico Pitney and Spanish language EFE reporter Macarena Vidal were invited by the White House to the press conference and given special access. Obama called on... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278406/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:54:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276875/posts Good Morning America's Diane Sawyer popped up on Sunday's Reliable Sources and swore that ABC's much-scrutinized health care special with President Obama "won't be an infomercial." She also seriously touted the objectivity of the network, cheering, "I know that our network has worked very, very hard to be completely-completely responsible and fair and serious about big issues." NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276875/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:08:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276567/posts I can't take it anymore, just when we were thinking that Obama's response on the conflict in Iran rivals the weakness of Jimmy Carter, today we find out that those people risking their lives have been inspired by the election of Obama... hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276567/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:32:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275896/posts [[From this ]] San Francisco’s alternative news source, Beyond Chron, pointed out yesterday that San Francisco Chronicle reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken was honored by the vehemently anti-immigrant group, Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), when they awarded him with their “Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration” last week. According to Beyond Chron, Van Derbeken won the same award that was bestowed upon Lou Dobbs for “attacking San Francisco’s two-decade-old Sanctuary Ordinance and perpetuated harmful stereotypes against immigrant children.” Beyond Chron claims that Van Derbeken is partly responsible for Mayor Gavin Newsom’s “hasty” decision to issue a new... ThinkProgress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275896/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:56:19 GMT