http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/proterror/ en-us Mon, 9 Feb 2009 04:18:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2181324/posts Now that America has a liberal President, it is apparently no longer acceptable for a private citizen to express disagreement with the White House in Keith Olbermann’s world. On Thursday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Olbermann delivered his latest "Special Comment" rant, this time calling for former Vice President Cheney to "leave this country," and made a suggestion that Cheney, who recently criticized President Obama’s plans for handling counterterrorism, should somehow be "made to desist" from such criticism. Olbermann: "You, Mr. Cheney, you terrified more Americans than did any terrorist in the last seven years, and now it is time for... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2181324/posts#comment Mon, 9 Feb 2009 04:18:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1841218/posts ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. — Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves for Memorial Day and replaced many of them with hand-drawn swastikas, authorities said Monday. AP via FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1841218/posts#comment Tue, 29 May 2007 03:36:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801838/posts A controversial national Islamic civil liberties organization has revived its Minnesota chapter after a series of highly publicized incidents involving Muslim taxi drivers, store clerks and airline passengers. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which has 32 chapters in the United States and Canada, will open a St. Paul office this weekend, leaders said Thursday. CAIR Minnesota's resurrection, months in the making, comes as the state's Muslim community is being scrutinized as never before. This week, six imams (prayer leaders) who were removed from a US Airways flight in Minneapolis in November sued the airline and the Metropolitan Airports Commission... Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801838/posts#comment Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:21:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733430/posts Boise, Idaho -- Police arrested 24-year old Michael Burkett of Boise early Sunday morning after officers with Capitol Mall Security reported spotting him vandalizing two flag polls on the grounds of the Idaho Statehouse. The flags are memorials to soldiers who lost their lives in the war on terror. "It's certainly upsetting, not just to officers but for any citizen of this county who knows somebody who lost their lives in Iraq or Afghanistan," Lt. Ron Winegar said of the ongoing investigation. Burkett was charged with resisting arrest and Malicious Injury to Property. He and his 22-year-old brother, Tom Burkett,... Fox 12 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733430/posts#comment Mon, 6 Nov 2006 19:57:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714440/posts Neil has George Soros on for an interview. Should be replayed later today. Fox News Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714440/posts#comment Thu, 5 Oct 2006 20:06:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616651/posts Americans better start waking up and doing something about the madness that's occurring in our nation's high schools and elementary schools. Youngsters are being subjected to left-wing propaganda, and when teachers and principals are caught, they start two-stepping around the issue. For instance, a Tucson high school student is scheduled to appear before Arizona lawmakers to tell how she was forced by school officials to listen to a pro-immigrant speech by a speaker spewing left-wing propaganda to students without rebuttal. In addition, lawmakers are investigating why Tucson school buses were used to provide transportation for student protesters at a pro-illegal... The Post Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616651/posts#comment Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:55:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590804/posts Updated: 07:49 AM EST AOL Welcome page headine: "It started with her son's death. See how Cindy Sheen became a force."Acutal article headline: 'Peace Mom' Still Campaigning Against War By MICHELLE LOCKE, AP Jakub Mosur, APSAN FRANCISCO (March 5) - Lunching in the Mission District in a dark skirt, black cardigan and unfussy hairdo, Cindy Sheehan looks every bit the anonymous suburban mom she was not long ago. As the nation's best-known anti-war campaigner, Cindy Sheehan has drawn praise for her efforts, but others believe she has become a tool of liberal groups. That doesn't deter a man who stops... AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590804/posts#comment Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:31:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569305/posts "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan is so angry that she wasn't allowed to disrupt last night's State of the Union address that intends to file a lawsuit claiming she was brutalized by Capitol Hill police who suppressed her first amendment freedoms. "I have the bruises and muscle spasms to prove it," Sheehan said, in a message posted to several left wing web sites after she was arrested and then released on her own recognizance. Sheehan also contends she suffered emotional trauma, complaining: "I am so upset and sore it is hard to think straight." The Bush-bashing Gold Star mom says she... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569305/posts#comment Wed, 1 Feb 2006 13:50:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528609/posts Protestors Unveil Monument Honoring Sheehan By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer 27 minutes ago CRAWFORD, Texas - Anti-war demonstrators, back in Crawford to protest during President Bush's holiday vacation, unveiled a stone monument Friday with the words "Sheehan's Stand" in honor of the woman who inspired their efforts. ADVERTISEMENT Cindy Sheehan, who staged a 26-day protest outside Bush's ranch in August, cried when she saw the 2-foot-high sandstone marker. On the other side of the rectangular slab is the word "Why!" and names of more than two dozen soldiers whose families were part of the vigil. The name of... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528609/posts#comment Sat, 26 Nov 2005 01:08:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1527585/posts YAHOoooooooooooo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1527585/posts#comment Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:13:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1509814/posts A message from Cindy Sheehan Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the State becomes lawless and corrupt. Mahatma Gandhi Unfortunately the 2000th American death in Iraq is tragically coming up too soon. In addition to the wasted young lives in Iraq, 246 of our brave men and women have been killed in Afghanistan. Our troops and the war in Afghanistan get even less attention than Iraq, if possible. I am in Washington, DC now and along with a coalition of peace groups and local activists, we will be holding vigils at the White House for the rest of the... michael moore.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1509814/posts#comment Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:41:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1509774/posts Cindy Sheehan, antiwar activist and mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, has written a letter honoring the 2000th death of a US soldier in the Arab country and calling for civil disobedience so there will be no more. Sheehan said she will lay down each day at the White House and ask President Bush for "What Noble Cause?" he is asking staggering numbers of young US men and women and Iraqis to die. She answers the question herself that there is no noble cause, they are suffering for "power and money greedy criminals." Sheehan then calls on her fellow... Prensa Latina http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1509774/posts#comment Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:32:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491581/posts Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who has used her son's death in Iraq to spur the anti-war movement, is arrested by United States Park police outside the White House on Monday, Sept. 26, 2005 in Yahoo news/photos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491581/posts#comment Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:13:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491426/posts Washington, DC, Sep 25 - Kicking off three days of actions aimed ultimately at pepressuring the US government to pull troops out of Iraq, scores of protesters converged on Washington, DC yesterday for an all-day protest that included an array of speakers, a march past the White House and a concert that lasted well into the early morning hours. Estimates of the demonstration’s size ranged from 100,000 to 300,000 protesters. Participants from across the country spent long hours riding overnight on buses and in caravans to take part in the largest anti-war event the nation’s capitol has seen since the... The New Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491426/posts#comment Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:55:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491083/posts Having just embarrassed herself among her fellow crackpots by complaining about losing media attention to hurricane Rita, Mother Sheehan burned the midnight oil to scribe yet another rant for the Howard Dean paid shill site, the Daily Kos.The self-appointed saint didn't mean what she said before about being ignored. Suddenly, Cindy is now "content." After all, she now has the moral authority of the Reverends Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson as her sword and buckler.However, Cindy does admit she is a clown, which would seem to be some progress: We Don't Exist Sat Sep 24th, 2005 at 21:04:25 PDT We... Sweetness & Light http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491083/posts#comment Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:02:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490704/posts Opponents of the war in Iraq marched Saturday in a clamorous day of protest, song and remembrance of the dead, some showing surprisingly diverse political views even as they spoke with one loud voice in wanting U.S. troops home. The surging crowd, shouting "Bush out now" and "Peace now," marched in front of the White House and then to the Washington Monument in an 11-hour marathon of dissent. They were young people with green hair, nuns whose anti-war activism dates to Vietnam, parents mourning their children in uniform lost in Iraq, and uncountable families motivated for the first time to... The Washington Post AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490704/posts#comment Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:42:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490247/posts War protesters in Portland are organizing a Saturday night candlelight vigil on Portland's bridges that they say will be "quiet, reflective, (but) not necessarily silent." The event, planned for 7:30 p.m. on the sidewalks of the Burnside, Morrison and Hawthorne bridges, is intended as a call to bring U.S. soldiers home from Iraq. It is timed to coincide with a national protest this weekend. Busloads of war protesters are heading to Washington, D.C., to join what they are calling "a national mobilization" against the war. Among them will be Portland's Lynn Bradach, whose son, Travis Bradach-Nall, was killed in Iraq... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490247/posts#comment Fri, 23 Sep 2005 22:07:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490322/posts Weekend march aimed at bringing troops home... [snip] Bush did not plan to be in Washington on Saturday, but he will have support on the streets. The groups FreeRepublic.com and Protest Warrior plan their own demonstration on Saturday, with hundreds expected to join in. FreeRepublic spokesman Kristinn Taylor said a larger rally Sunday on the National Mall would honor military families. [snip] The war protests will coincide with planned demonstrations against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, which hold their annual meetings this weekend. Anti-globalization protesters will eventually join the marchers opposing the Iraq war. ANSWER and United for... Tallahassee Democrat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490322/posts#comment Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:09:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1487527/posts Protesters draw link between Katrina and Iraq war Mon Sep 19, 2005 04:40 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's faltering performance after Hurricane Katrina, like his decision to invade Iraq, show his priorities are at odds with actions needed to keep Americans safe, anti-war protesters said on Monday. "One of the bogus reasons that George Bush gives for this invasion (and) occupation of Iraq is to make America safer -- and Katrina exposed that clearly he has made America more vulnerable through his policies in Iraq," anti-war activist and bereaved mother Cindy Sheehan told a news... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1487527/posts#comment Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:10:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485868/posts Mother Sheehan jumps the shark, at (where else?) MichaelMoore.com. (Hat tip: protein wisdom.) I don't care if a human being is black, brown, white, yellow or pink. I don't care if a human being is Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, or pagan. I don't care what flag a person salutes: if a human being is hungry, then it is up to another human being to feed him/her. George Bush needs to stop talking, admit the mistakes of his all around failed administration, pull our troops out of occupied New Orleans and Iraq, and excuse his self from power. The only way... LGF http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485868/posts#comment Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:47:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481444/posts George Galloway and Jane Fonda are to appear at Northwestern Law School on Monday, Sept. 19, 7pm. The Program is call "George Galloway's Stand Up and Be counted: No To War and Occupation 2005 Tour." The cost is $10-$100, sliding scale. It's sponsored by The New Press, National Council of Arab Americans, International Socialist Review, and the Center for Economic Research and Social change. There isn't a website, but you can call 773.551.5780 for info. Details to follow; email pwchicago@sbcglobal.net if you're in for a counter-demonstration. email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481444/posts#comment Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:25:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475336/posts Antiwar groups hope to bring that many people to fill the spaces with their rally Sept. 24, the first time in more than a decade that demonstrators will be allowed to surround the White House. At a news conference yesterday, two major antiwar coalitions announced a demonstration and march that could be the largest since the Iraq war began, according to Bill Dobbs, a spokesman for United for Peace and Justice, one of the groups organizing three days of events. The Park Service and the groups are negotiating the fine points of a permit, such as electrical cord routes and... WP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475336/posts#comment Fri, 2 Sep 2005 04:17:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470159/posts A senior UN representative last night threatened to cite the British government for violation of human rights over its planned deportations of alleged terrorist sympathisers. Manfred Novak, the UN human rights commission's special investigator on torture, told the Guardian he is seeking permission through the Foreign Office to visit Britain to discuss the issue with the home secretary, Charles Clarke. In a statement on Tuesday night, Prof Novak said that the government's intention to return radical preachers to their countries of origin, even though some of those countries have a track record of human rights abuses, "reflects a tendency in... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470159/posts#comment Thu, 25 Aug 2005 03:45:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470980/posts Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is now "channeling" her slain son, Casey, from heaven, suggesting he's calling President Bush "an idiot," and she claims to have "tens of thousands of angels" supporting her cause to bring U.S. troops home immediately. "When I get up [to heaven], he's gonna say, 'Good job, mom,'" Mrs. Sheehan said in a speech last night upon her return to Crawford, Texas. "He's not going to say, 'Why'd you make me spin in my grave?' you know. And I can just hear him saying, 'George Bush, you are really an idiot. You didn't know what you were... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470980/posts#comment Fri, 26 Aug 2005 03:51:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463218/posts Cindy Sheehan Blasts Bush and U.S. Policy With Harsh Remarks August 14, 2005 12:18 p.m. EST Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter Crawford, Texas (AHN) - Cindy Sheehan aka "Mother Sheehan" to anti-war protesters currently lining a road that leads to President Bush's Crawford,Texas ranch, is calling the President out as well as U.S. policies which she says cost her son's life. Sheehan's son was killed in Iraq by terrorist insurgents in April 2004. Sheehan had claimed until recently that the meeting with President Bush was disgraceful and that Bush acted like the meeting with grieving families was... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463218/posts#comment Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:40:47 GMT