http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/punk/ en-us Fri, 7 Nov 2008 21:35:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128162/posts Barack Obama conducted his first press conference as President Elect, with Vice President Elect Joe Biden and his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel at his side and his economic advisors, looking appropriately dour and serious, standing behind him. There was not much in the way of news made at the Obama press conference, aside from a shot taken at an old lady named Nancy Reagan. The majority of the questions were about the current economic situation and what Obama intends to do about it. The short answer appears to be the enactment of some kind of economic stimulus package, the... Associated Comment http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128162/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 21:35:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123720/posts Drudge has pic of Obama flipping McCain the bird on top of his site! Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123720/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:14:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2116969/posts SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008 AT 10:54 AM "Punk Rock Republicans" POSTED BY MEGHAN I am often asked what my favorite band of all time is, and for me it is an incredibly difficult decision - almost impossible. However, if I had to pick a band, it would probably be The Ramones. I have been a fan since around sixth grade when I first heard the song "I Want To Be Sedated" on the radio and was immediately hooked (I even had my first kiss while "Beat on the Brat" was playing in the background). The power, impact and influence of... The McCain Blogette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2116969/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:08:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085309/posts Mordecai Specktor says his 19-year-old son, Max, "has never been in a fight" and is "not a violent person." "He's an anarchist," said Specktor, the publisher and editor of Minnesota's Jewish newspaper, the American Jewish World. He's also "a University of Minnesota student, Jewishly educated." His son, he said, is "a wonderful guy." Max Specktor is also now branded a terrorist after his arrest earlier this month, along with seven others, on charges of planning to disrupt the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. He's been charged with conspiring to riot "in furtherance of terrorism" and could face up to... Jewish Exponent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085309/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:36:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2084072/posts "The one thing that I want to insist on is that, as I travel around the country, the American people are a decent people. Now they get confused sometimes. You know, they listen to the wrong talk radio shows or watch the wrong TV networks, um, but they’re, they’re basically decent, they’re basically sound." - Barack Obama, speaking at a Planned Parenthood rally National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2084072/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:25:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073303/posts Barney Frank: Sarah Palin’s family life is fair game Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - Updated 5m ago WASHINGTON - Rep. Barney Frank is among the first Democrats to publicly say Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s family background, including the pregnancy of her unwed teenage daughter, should be fair game for campaign discussion. Republicans have stressed Palin’s conservative family values in announcing her selection as John McCain’s running mate. Frank says the disclosure about her daughter undercuts conservative claims that liberalism harms family life. Frank said Palin’s family is "in great turmoil." Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has said he considers family... The Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073303/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:58:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051123/posts My husband FINALLY had a cartoon published! Conservative Punk Goes French! One of Conservative Punk's original cartoons was picked up by Currier International, a weekly magazine put out by Le Monde. It was featured in their Obama issue, as an accompaniment to an op-ed piece by Karl Rove. My husband, Craig Holloway along with Nick Rizzuto who is the producer of The Wilkow Majority which can be heard from 12-3pm EST Monday-Friday on Sirius Patriot 144, are the creators of GUTTER POLITIX. www.ConservativePunk.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051123/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048549/posts Dan Rather’s $70 million lawsuit against CBS heated up in a Manhattan court on Wednesday as his lawyers sought to have several key documents in the case made public. Rather’s lead attorney Marty Gold asked Justice Ira Gammerman to release the documents, arguing that they would help refute CBS’s public characterization of Rather’s claims in the suit as a fantasy, the New York Observer reported. Gold said that Rather would like to give the public access to about 10 of the thousands of documents handed over by CBS. But Gammerman rebuffed the effort, saying he considered the request to release... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048549/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:32:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032200/posts A police spokesman says Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker was found unconscious on a Las Vegas street after apparently being the victim of a robbery. Police spokesman Bill Cassell said in a statement that Walker was taken to a hospital with "significant injuries" after being found early Monday on a street off the Las Vegas Strip. Cassell said Walker was in fair condition at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. A Raiders spokesman said the team was "in the process of gathering information" and had no further comment. Walker, 29, played the past two seasons for Denver after four seasons... StarTribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032200/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:17:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2027952/posts “I am an Obama supporter. I am also pro-life. In fact, without my family’s involvement in the pro-life movement it would not exist as we know it. Evangelicals weren’t politicized until after my late father and evangelical leader Francis Schaeffer, Dr. Koop (Reagan’s soon-to-be Surgeon General) and I stirred them up over the issue of abortion in the mid-1970s. Our Whatever Happened to the Human Race? book, movie series and seminars brought the evangelicals into the pro-life movement. “In 2000, we elected a president who claimed he believed God created the earth and who, as president, put car manufacturers and... Zoecarnate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2027952/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 18:12:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024143/posts CNN story. Apparently Obama sent a letter to his pastor but that has yet to be released. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024143/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 21:49:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2017614/posts I have come to the sad conclusion that President Bush is a Punk on the World stage. If ever a US President deserved that term, it is George W. Bush. In case you haven't been keeping up with current events, the leader of the free world made a special trip over to Saudi Arabia recently to ask them to increase oil production. They said no, Bush left with hat in hand. While some may see this as some sort of diplomatic effort to reduce the price at our pumps, I see it as surrender to the OPEC tyrants. This is... n/a http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2017614/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 12:29:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013266/posts SAN FRANCISCO -- Bernie Ward, a prominent radio talk show host and reporter in the Bay Area for more than two decades, admitted today to distributing child pornography in a plea deal that will send him to federal prison for at least five years. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker was prepared to accept Ward's guilty plea at a hearing in San Francisco to one count of distributing child pornography, but agreed to hold off at the request of Ward's attorney, Doron Weinberg. Had the guilty plea been officially submitted today, Ward could have been sent to prison immediately. Instead,... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013266/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 22:07:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2011527/posts Hi all, several years ago those of you who were around FR might remember a band of young rocker brothers who did a song "Hateful Lies" that skeweed Michael Moore. Well, the band is still around, and has just released a music video for its new song "Westboro", inspired by the lunacy of the WBC. We thought some of you might be interested, if so the video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD0oSIyBUBQ. If you like their music video, let them know please, they have a myspace at http://www.myspace.com/attilahuns. FYI, here are the lyrics: Westboro, words and music by Andrew O'Donnell... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2011527/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 18:31:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926798/posts - Gov. Spitzer said at a private fund-raiser that he wants a Democratic-controlled state Senate to legalize gay marriage - a highly divisive and controversial issue - as one of its first priorities in 2009, a witness to the remarks told The Post. Spitzer, a gay-marriage proponent, pledged to help Democrats next November win the three Senate seats they need to gain the majority. "One of the first things we're going to do when [Senate Minority Leader] Malcolm Smith is [majority] leader is gay marriage," the witness recounted Spitzer as telling some 60 people who paid up to $10,000 each... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926798/posts#comment Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:19:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1920907/posts MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Vice President Walter Mondale is endorsing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, the Clinton campaign announced Sunday. "America is ready for change, and Hillary Clinton has the strength and experience to deliver it," Mondale said in a statement released by the campaign. "Hillary is uniquely qualified to rebuild America's standing in the world and lead this nation from her first day in the White House." Mondale, a former U.S. senator from Minnesota, was vice president from 1977 to 1981 under President Carter. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 1984, but lost to Ronald Reagan... Google/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1920907/posts#comment Sun, 4 Nov 2007 21:53:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1918463/posts Calling it silly yet serious, a judge sentenced a 35-year-old man to time served in jail and probation in a case that police say involved an assault with -- and over -- pickles. Bobby Lee Bolen, who lives in the southwestern Michigan community of Buchanan, was sentenced Monday to 54 days in jail with credit for 54 days served and one year of probation as well as restitution for third-offense home invasion. According to police reports, Bolen broke into Jody Lee's home in Buchanan Aug. 20, got into an argument and threw two large pickles at friends Lee and J.W.... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1918463/posts#comment Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:20:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913142/posts While on the House floor, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), took the SCHIP debate to a new low. He said, “You don't have money to fund the war or children. But you're going to spend it to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the President's amusement.” So not only is Stark accusing President Bush of waging a war for "amusement," but he's accusing American troops of "blowing up innocent people." Pete Stark should apologize immediately to our troops, and President... Blogs for Bush http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913142/posts#comment Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:47:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908363/posts Reid Continues To Press For Limbaugh Apology WASHINGTON -- October 8, 2007: Clear Channel CEO Mark Mays last week declined to apologize for a September 26 on-air remark by Rush Limbaugh -- syndicated by CC-owned Premiere Radio networks -- so now the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has sent an e-mail, signed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, to supporters asking them to contact Mays and demand that he make Limbaugh apologize. "It's one thing to call me 'Dingy Harry,' Reid wrote, "it's another to insult our men and women in uniform, calling those who oppose the war 'phony soldiers' as... Radio Link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908363/posts#comment Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:17:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905106/posts October 1, 2007 Reid Calls On Senators To Join In Condemning Limbaugh's Attack On Our Troops Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate, urging Senators to sign a letter that calls on Mark P. Mays, CEO of Clear Channel Communications, to publicly repudiate Rush Limbaugh’s characterization of troops who speak out against the Iraq war as “phony soldiers.” Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: “Freedom of speech is one of our country’s most cherished values. Nothing sets us further apart than the countries and regimes we oppose... democrats.senate.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905106/posts#comment Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:42:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897152/posts McGreevey tells wife: You'll get zilch from me BY ADAM NICHOLS DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Saturday, September 15th 2007, 4:00 AM Jim McGreevey yesterday accused his soon-to-be-ex wife of "greedily" grabbing at the perks of being New Jersey's First Lady - and refusing to give them back. In legal papers packed with snide and catty comments, the openly gay McGreevey told estranged wife Dina Matos McGreevey she can expect to get nothing from him. Matos McGreevey had asked him to pony up $4,000 a month in alimony to help her live a lavish lifestyle like his. "Her jealousy and contempt... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897152/posts#comment Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:39:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888326/posts NEW YORK -- Hilly Kristal, whose dank Bowery rock club CBGB served as the birthplace of the punk rock movement and a launching pad for bands like the Ramones, Blondie and the Talking Heads, has died after a battle with lung cancer, his son said Wednesday. He was 75. Kristal, who lost a bitter fight last year to stop the club's eviction from its New York home of 33 years, died Tuesday at Cabrini Hospital, said his son, Mark Dana Kristal. Last October, as the club headed toward its final show with Patti Smith, Kristal was using a cane to... The News-Times [CT] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888326/posts#comment Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:13:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886747/posts CINCINNATI, Aug. 24 A 10-year-old boy who said he hated snakes killed a 10-foot python at petting zoo by stomping on the reptile's head. Scott Braunstein, a reptile handler who brought the snake to the St. Bernadette Festival in Amelia, Ohio, last weekend, said he was shocked by the boy's violence, The Cincinnati Enquirer said Thursday. The snake, named Popcorn, was a non-poisonous albino Burmese python. Braunstein, who operates House of Reptiles in Dry Ridge, Ky., said the boy approached him and told him that he hated snakes. The child then raised his leg and stomped down on the snake's... EARTHtimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886747/posts#comment Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:15:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886951/posts OAKS BLUFF, Mass. (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to her favorite family vacation spot Saturday to raise money for her presidential campaign at a celebrity-studded event where she took some pointed swipes at President Bush. Clinton—accompanied by her husband and their daughter Chelsea—smiled broadly and swayed to the music as singer Carly Simon and her two children, Ben and Sally Taylor, sang "Devoted to You" for a Martha's Vineyard crowd of more than 2,000. Simon, along with actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, showered the Clintons with praise and predicted the senator from New York will be elected... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886951/posts#comment Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:54:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883492/posts Ex-soccer star Maradona tells Chavez he hates U.S. Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:21PM EDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Former Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona on Sunday said he hates the United States "with all my strength" during an appearance on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's weekly television show. The leftist soccer legend, like the fiercely anti-U.S. Chavez, is a close ally of Cuba's Fidel Castro. "I believe in Chavez, I am Chavista ... . Everything Fidel does, everything Chavez does for me is the best (that can be done)," Maradona said, sitting with Chavez on the set of the president's Sunday talk... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883492/posts#comment Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:46:37 GMT