http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/quislings/ en-us Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:47:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277675/posts The situation in Iran is not letting up. We've got people in jail, protestors being shot to death, a fraudulent election in the hands of a regime on the verge of obtaining a nuclear weapon. All of this and the best that our White House Press Secretary can come up with is the fact that Barack Obama ... the leader of the free world ... has been "moved" by the protests in Iran. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98VTF400&show_article=1&catnum=3P Moved? Moved? Well I'm so glad he's moved. People are fighting for their freedom, and Obama is moved. That's just so special. I'm moved that he's... NEALZ NUZE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277675/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:47:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276475/posts President Obama was accused yesterday of being "timid and passive" in his response towards the turmoil in Iran where, Republicans claim, protesters are crying out for America to show moral leadership. Although he used his strongest words yet over the weekend, when a written statement called on the Iranian Government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people, Mr Obama has so far declined to pronounce on the fairness of the election and is facing growing criticism at home. Senator John McCain, who was defeated in America’s own presidential election last November, said yesterday that Mr Obama... UK Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276475/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:13:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275864/posts In this week’s New York Times opinion pages, John Kerry articulates the rationale perhaps underlying President Obama’s reluctance to speak out boldly in support of the uprising in Iran. Kerry’s piece reveals the sickness inherent in his foreign policy perspective. Kerry’s argument boils down to depriving the Iranian leadership of its ability to use words of support for the Iranian people’s protest for freedom against U.S. interests. Kerry concludes, of course, that by staying “tepid,” Obama is appropriately balancing U.S. interests in maintaining Iranian leadership goodwill so that proper negotiations over their nuclear weapons program can eventually proceed. Many liberal... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275864/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:33:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275676/posts President Obama's first response to the protests in Iran was silence, followed by a cautious, almost neutral stance designed to avoid "meddling" in Iranian affairs. I am reminded of Ronald Reagan's initially neutral response to the crisis following the Philippine election of 1986, and of George H.W. Bush's initially neutral response to the attempted coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991. Both Reagan and Bush were able to abandon their mistaken neutrality in time to make a difference. It's not too late for Obama to do the same. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275676/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:51:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275660/posts With Iran on a razor’s edge after a week of swelling protests, the Obama administration has fended off pressure from both parties to respond more forcefully to the disputed election there. But if Iranian authorities carry out their latest threat of a more sweeping crackdown, the White House would reconsider its carefully calibrated tone, officials said Friday. Administration officials said events this weekend in Tehran — when demonstrators plan to rally in defiance of the authorities — would be a telling indicator of whether President Obama will join European leaders and lawmakers on Capitol Hill in more harshly condemning the... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275660/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:12:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275634/posts Protesters hit the streets demanding freedom and fair elections. A repressive government strikes back and denounces the dissidents as unpatriotic subversives. Change, even revolution, is in the air. Partisans of liberalism and progressivism should be natural allies of those trying to overturn the existing order. Progressives stand for democracy, equality and freedom, or they stand for nothing. In principle, it's conservatives who preach prudence. But there is a tension in the progressive worldview, because the left usually stands for restraint in foreign policy. It typically prefers negotiation to war, advises caution in the use of American power and recoils at... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275634/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:33:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273372/posts Centrist House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are working together privately on healthcare reform. The talks have been so secretive and politically sensitive that some members interviewed by The Hill refused to name other legislators involved in the bipartisan effort. Members of the centrist GOP “Tuesday Group,” the New Democrat Coalition and the 52-member Blue Dog Coalition have been discussing both the policies and politics of moving their middle-of-the-road ideas in a body of Congress usually dominated by liberal or conservative ideology. Those centrist factions are wary of the proposals their respective leaders will introduce this month. Blue... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273372/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:11:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240739/posts In cities across the country, U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez, a member of the Hispanic Caucus in the House of Representatives, is pimping for yet another full-blown amnesty for illegal aliens. ‘Family re-unification’ is the latest public relations ploy being used in an attempt to convince citizens and government officials that the plight of illegal aliens is somehow the responsibility of the United States. This amnesty would reunite deported illegal aliens with their so-called ‘anchor babies’ on American soil. There is no impediment to family reunification in the parents’ country of origin. In the legislative queue in the U.S. Congress are... FamilySecurtiyMatters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240739/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:47:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239535/posts As citizens' outrage over the torture memos heats up, and the US Congress is barraged with calls to appoint a special prosecutor, Americans may be about to commit an egregious miscarriage of justice. Republicans have now accused Democrats in Congress of having "blood on your hands too" in relation to the escalating calls to investigate. I would go further: not only do Congressional Democrats have blood on their hands – but so do we, the American people. And CIA agents may be about to be sacrificed to assuage their – and our – actual and associative guilt. The suddenly urgent... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239535/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:42:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183930/posts The courtship of Senator Olympia Snowe started in December with a phone call from Joe Biden. The Vice President-elect made sure Snowe had his home telephone number in Delaware so she would know how to reach him on weekends. In the weeks that followed, the two traded memos back and forth about how an economic stimulus package should work. "I had an infinite number of ideas, because they had been stored up," says Snowe, a Maine Republican who never got that kind of treatment when her party controlled the White House. "Now somebody was listening." Snowe isn't the only GOP... Time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183930/posts#comment Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:47:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067700/posts ... Five weeks ago, after being targeted by gossip again, the chairman and chief executive of Lehman Brothers fired off a memo to his 25,000 staff worldwide....By the time many Lehman employees reached the end of Fuld’s memo, they concluded that he had just put the business up for sale. ...A sale mandate has been circulated regarding the invest-ment-management business, much of which is accounted for by Neuberger Berman, bought in 2003 for $2.6 billion.......now the biggest player on the London Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and most of the world’s other big bourses. In London, Fuld has spent millions since 2000... Timesonline Uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067700/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:20:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032988/posts American Accused of Spying for Iraq Faces Court    The hearing for a Maryland woman accused of acting as an unregistered agent for the Iraqi Intelligence Service began yesterday at the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Ex-journalist and self-proclaimed anti-war activist Susan Lindauer, 48, was arrested in 2004 on charges of accepting $10,000 from the Iraqi government in 2002, according to the Center for Counterintelligence Web site.    A reporter and a professor who have known Lindauer since the early 90s testified at Lindauer's hearing today. They reported that she was close to individuals in intelligence circles.    She allegedly met... The Epoch Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032988/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:22:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008654/posts Congressmen debate merits of border fence in public hearing at UTB-TSC Construction of the U.S.-Mexico border fence might only be a few weeks away, but in Washington, D.C., the barrier continues to be a hot button issue. The fence's significance - and its divisiveness - became clear on Monday, when eight congressmen and a number of local, state and national officials met at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College for a congressional field hearing. U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., introduced the hearing, titled "Walls and Waivers," as a forum on the expedited construction of the border... The Brownsville Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008654/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:46:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988206/posts NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- One frigid March morning last year, federal agents raided a factory in this old whaling town, arresting hundreds of illegal immigrants as they sewed vests and backpacks for U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most were shackled and sent to a detention center in Texas, where they faced rapid deportation unless they could post thousands of dollars in bail -- money they didn't have -- to buy time to mount a defense. Then, a mystery benefactor appeared. The anonymous donor ponied up more than $200,000 to spring 40 people from detention. The payments, which until now... wsj http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988206/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:15:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982903/posts Slowly but surely Washington is acknowledging the high cost illegal immigration inflicts on local governments. The New York Times reports on a study by the University of Arizona and San Diego State University showing counties along the Mexican border spent $1.23 billion processing illegal immigrants through the justice system. Heritage research shows the cost of low skilled immigrants does not end there. In FY 2004, at the local and state level, the average low skill immigrant household received $14,145 in benefits and services and paid only $5,309 in taxes. The average low skill immigrant households imposed a fiscal burden on... Heritage Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982903/posts#comment Sun, 9 Mar 2008 16:42:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978958/posts John McCain could officially wrap up the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, and he'll celebrate in Atlanta on Thursday. As the GOP establishment in Georgia begins to align behind the presumptive nominee, trouble still lingers among some conservative voters who doubt McCain's bona fides. Those skeptical voters ultimately could determine McCain's fate. Do they stay home? Do they vote Democrat instead? Tom Nesbitt is not sure what he's going to do. A retired postal worker from Turner County, the 66-year-old Republican voter said he's "disgusted" with his party in general and McCain in particular. "I have not yet decided whether I... Atlanta Journal Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978958/posts#comment Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:04:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975693/posts Some of them have been trying to gather support in the Rio Grande Valley. Others belong to nascent coalitions in small towns in Southwest Texas. Some don't live anywhere near the border but want to help out. The federal government's plan to erect physical barriers along various stretches of the U.S.-Mexico border has mobilized a hodge-podge opposition movement ranging from border mayors to immigrant advocacy groups and environmentalists. Yet there has been no unified front — opponents have been doing their own thing without coordinating with counterparts in other areas of the state and country. This weekend, a small but... San Antonio Express-News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975693/posts#comment Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:43:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969200/posts ..."I didn't major in math," said the Baptist preacher, "I majored in miracles." Good for Huck. Why should he drop out? For too long conservatives have suppressed their convictions or meekly submitted, so as not to oppose a Republican president or get out of step with the party leadership.... ...For his party's and his country's sake, as well as his own, Mike Huckabee should keep the conversation going. Because right now, his party is looking at Hillary, Obama -- or Bush's third term. Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969200/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:25:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966371/posts WASHINGTON — The continuing drama of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination should not diminish what John McCain has accomplished on the Republican side of this campaign. The senator from Arizona still has to finish off the challenges from Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, but after Tuesday's victories in such key states as California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey and Missouri, and a commanding lead in delegates, the question is when, not if, he will secure the nomination. What is more, he has emerged — despite all the negatives of the George Bush legacy — as a serious possibility... Seattle Times.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966371/posts#comment Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:30:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965861/posts Despite his loud crusading for illegal alien driver’s licenses, Sen. Barack Obama lost out to Hillary Clinton on the Latino vote tonight....So, where did all of Hillary’s Latino votes come from? Well, there’s another legacy of Bill Clinton’s administration that should not be forgotten: The corrupted, reckless Citizenship USA program. Rosemary Jenks of Numbers USA first blew the whistle on the subversion of the naturalization process, pushed by then-VP Al Gore in 1996: The preliminary results of the INS internal review of naturalization applications approved during CUSA, as presented to the Subcommittee by Assistant Attorney General for Administration Stephen Colgate... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965861/posts#comment Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:53:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964857/posts Have GOP Voters forgotten that just a few months ago, John McCain stood hand-in-hand with liberal icon Ted Kennedy pushing for the largest amnesty for illegal aliens in American history? While Rasmussen polling showed that Americans following the legislation very closely opposed it 3 to 1 (69% to 23%), McCain ignored the massive public outcry! The angry calls rolling into the Senate offices, including John McCain's, were between 50 and 100 to 1 against McCain and Kennedy's bill. We know this because we stood outside his door counting calls received by his staff and because other Senators told us the... Power Line Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964857/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 20:04:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963951/posts TUSCALOOSA, ALA. -- Mike Huckabee has changed his mind and will sign an Alabama senator’s immigration pledge for presidential candidates - an effort to defeat the McCain-Kennedy proposal in the U.S. Senate. In Birmingham last week, Huckabee said he was almost ready to sign the pledge put forth by Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., but was on the fence regarding one of its aspects. "Which one?" a reporter asked. Huckabee said it had to do with the 13th point of the 15-point pledge, one to “eliminate the visa lottery program and change current preference categories that guarantee automatic entry for aging... CBSNEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963951/posts#comment Sat, 2 Feb 2008 22:25:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963619/posts PHOENIX -- The protesters gather every morning before dawn, monitoring the entrance to a fenced compound called the Macehualli Work Center. They are trying to shut the place down. They wave placards and take photos of anyone driving in to pick up the day laborers who congregate there. They want nothing less than to save America from what they call "the invasion." The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963619/posts#comment Sat, 2 Feb 2008 03:31:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1961765/posts Senator Mel Martinez (R-Fl) said: "I'm going to do my best to make sure a Democrat--- Republican wins in November." FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1961765/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:15:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961665/posts The date was Oct. 26, 1967. I was on my 23rd mission, flying right over the heart of Hanoi in a dive at about 4,500 feet, when a Russian missile the size of a telephone pole came up—the sky was full of them—and blew the right wing off my Skyhawk dive bomber. It went into an inverted, almost straight-down spin. I pulled the ejection handle, and was knocked unconscious by the force of the ejection—the air speed was about 500 knots. I didn't realize it at the moment, but I had broken my right leg around the knee, my right... U.S.News & World Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961665/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:36:04 GMT