http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rfkjr/ en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:32:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271218/posts <p>JACKSON, Miss. - Robert Kennedy Jr. says that some right-wing broadcast hosts are feeding the sort of hatred behind this year’s rise in hate crimes.</p> <p>In Jackson for a memorial for slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Kennedy said Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck are among those who have drummed up anger against abortion doctors and others.</p> Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271218/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:32:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255231/posts Christopher Kennedy, a son of the late Robert F Kennedy is considering a run for the US Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama, the latest member of his family dynasty to take a stab at politics. A spokeswoman for the Chicago businessman, Christopher Kennedy, said on Wednesday that Mr Kennedy was "seriously considering" a run but would not say when he would announce his decision. Mr Kennedy's father was a US senator when he was assassinated while campaigning for the presidency in 1968. He is a nephew of the late President John F Kennedy and current US Senator... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255231/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 03:36:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254890/posts CHICAGO (AP) - A spokeswoman says a son of the late Robert F. Kennedy is seriously considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Spokeswoman Kasey Madden didn't say Wednesday when Chicago businessman Chris Kennedy would make an announcement. The seat Kennedy is interested in is now held by Sen. Roland Burris, who was appointed by ousted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254890/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 19:23:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250197/posts In what is touted to be the largest solar deal in the world, Pacific Gas & Electric today announced that it has expanded a series of solar-power contracts with Oakland's BrightSource Energy for a total of 1,310 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 530,000 California homes during peak hours. Peak hours in the state are usually from noon to 7 p.m. The power purchase agreements, which will now include seven power plants, add to a previous contract the two companies struck last April for up to 900 megawatts of solar thermal power. The deal with PG&E means BrightSource now... Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250197/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 19:15:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185098/posts Southern California Edison said it has wrapped up the world's largest-ever agreement to buy electricity generated by solar power, a series of generators in California's eastern deserts that could eventually supply more than 800,000 homes. The utility, which serves Riverside County and the sprawling southern California territory outside of the city of Los Angeles and San Diego County, hopes the first of seven plants will begin operating in 2013, the company said in a press release Wednesday morning. The Rosemead-based utility counts nearly 5 million customers in Riverside and a half-dozen other California counties. BrightSource Energy Inc. of Oakland would... North County Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185098/posts#comment Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:21:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178607/posts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday said he thinks hog farmers are a greater threat to Americans than Osama bin Laden. Mr. Kennedy, son of the the slain New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is an environmental law attorney who was testifying before a House Judiciary subcomittee when Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, asked him if a quotation attributed to him in 2002 about hog farmers representing a greater threat than the leader of al Qaeda was accurate. "I don't know if that [quotation] is accurate, but I believe it and I support it," said Mr. Kennedy, who has been... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178607/posts#comment Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:18:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2144196/posts Sentimental New York Democrats were rooting for Governor Paterson to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate seat his father once held. But Kennedy’s not interested. “It was a heart-wrenching decision, and it occupied me throughout Thanksgiving with my family, with Teddy,” he says. “It’s not a good time for me to move to Washington, because I have a large and young family. They’re all in school.” That’s expensive—though not as pricey as holding on to the seat. “Against formidable opponents, most likely Peter King and possibly Rudy Giuliani, to defend the seat, I’m... New York Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2144196/posts#comment Sat, 6 Dec 2008 23:12:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137931/posts This picture could have been worth a million words, and raised an interesting question. There was Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the environmental activist, standing in front of the bridge that was being re-dedicated in his father's name. Behind him sat Michael Bloomberg, David Paterson, Bill Clinton and a regiment of Kennedy kin. From the front page of Thursday's New York Times, Bobby Jr. gestured during a speech in which officials rededicated the Triborough Bridge in memory of Robert F. Kennedy, Sr., the former attorney general and New York senator who was assassinated four decades ago. [Snip] The rhetoric echoed the... Politicker NY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137931/posts#comment Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:48:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129179/posts Quoth Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on September 15, 2008 on the Huffington Post in criticism of Governor Sarah Palin: Fascist writer Westbrook Pegler, an avowed racist who Sarah Palin approvingly quoted in her acceptance speech for the moral superiority of small town values, expressed his fervent hope about my father, Robert F. Kennedy, as he contemplated his own run for the presidency in 1965, that “some white patriot of the Southern tier will spatter his spoonful of brains in public premises before the snow flies.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/governor-palins-reading-l_b_126478.html?page=32&show_comment_id=15725640#comment_15725640 Yet the same Robert F Kennedy, to my knowledge, hasn't said boo about Bill... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129179/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:28:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115780/posts LOS ANGELES (AP) — A company backed by investors linked to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is pressing regulators to speed up a review of its proposed $2 billion solar-energy complex, warning that delays would send a "chilling signal" to the emerging green power industry. But the California Energy Commission staff opposes the move, depicting it as an end run that could break apart a precedent-setting review of the planned solar site near the Mojave Desert Preserve. At the center of the dispute is a project widely viewed as a potential breakthrough in large-scale U.S. solar development. --snip-- The company says the... AP on Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115780/posts#comment Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:45:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109548/posts This is just too funny! Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been on a vote fraud shtick for at least two years ever since he began writing about how the Republicans "stole" the 2004 election (somehow they didn't bother to "steal" the elections in 2006). This year he is claiming that the Republicans are again trying to steal the election via "voter suppression." What Kennedy means is that when Republicans dare to challenge the vast number of fraudulent registrations submitted by ACORN, that is somehow "voter suppression." So how to explain the very obvious false registrations submitted by ACORN around the... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109548/posts#comment Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:39:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033812/posts Mike Gallagher takes on RFK JR on FoxWTF is wrong with this guy? What a drama queen! Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033812/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:30:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021728/posts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. uses odd liberal logic to explain how the media consistently favors conservatives. VIDEO eyeblast.tv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021728/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 02:56:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016519/posts Every decade or so the people who control the way we see the world anoint some American politician the Redeemer of a Troubled Planet. In the late 1960s the media placed the halo on Robert Kennedy, the tragic dynast whose antiwar and civil rights credentials made him in life - as he remains to this day in death - a kind of devotional figure for most political journalists. Kennedy at least had charisma and intelligence. But to prove that these were by no means necessary preconditions for the honour, it was conferred a few years later on Jimmy Carter, the... The London Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016519/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 21:33:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009976/posts Robert Kennedy Jr. Says Family Members Are Wrong in Supporting Obama May 01, 2008 6:41 PM ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Introducing Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., in Jeffersonville, IN, Robert Kennedy Jr. had some pretty harsh words for his family members who are backing Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for president. "There are some members of my family who've decided to do the wrong thing, support Senator Obama," he said of the Democratic presidential fight. Kennedy continued, "Part of our family is divided and our Party is divided and the reason we are divided is because we have two extraordinary candidates... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009976/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 23:48:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924603/posts EDINBURG — The University of Texas-Pan American is going green for its seventh-annual International Week event. The university, and several others throughout the country, is slated to run a series of events this week to promote awareness of other cultures. International Education Week, which begins Monday and ends Friday, is a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to prepare students for work in a global environment. This year’s UTPA theme is “Earth Matters.” Its activities include art exhibits, speeches and panels to address environmental changes, global politics, economics, health and other issues.... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924603/posts#comment Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:13:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913877/posts Speech was given on October 12, 2007 in Newport Beach. You have extended me a very dangerous invitation tonight – to speak to a gathering of political conservatives on the day that Al Gore has received the Nobel Peace Prize for discovering that the earth’s climate is changing. I’ve heard that he’s going to contribute half of his prize money to environmental causes and use the other half to pay his electricity bill. And anything left over will come in handy to help pay for the fleet of private jets that allow him to travel around the world to tell... Citizens for the California Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913877/posts#comment Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:03:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910887/posts Al Gore’s campaign against global warming is shifting into high gear. Reporters and commentators follow his every move and bombard the public with notice of his activities and opinions. But while the mainstream media promote his ideas about the state of planet Earth, they are mostly silent about the dramatic impact his economic proposals would have on America. And journalists routinely ignore evidence that he may personally benefit from his programs. Would the romance fizzle if Gore’s followers realized how much their man stands to gain? Earlier this year Gore experienced a notable public relations debacle. The Tennessee Center for... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910887/posts#comment Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907138/posts Saving the environment is not about protecting the fish and the birds, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. It is about protecting the human race. Kennedy, nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, spoke at Western Hall Wednesday as part of Western's theme, "Global Challenges and Personal Responsibility." An award-winning journalist and lawyer, Kennedy spoke about the lackadaisical state of environmental law. He also talked about the roles of corporations with respect to nature and the media's impact on the issue in his presentation. He added that the biggest threat to water resources in America is the Bush administration. According... Western Courier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907138/posts#comment Fri, 5 Oct 2007 19:13:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874078/posts Global warming has become the apocalyptic cult of the new millennium. None of the other jeremiahs, throughout the ages, can hold an end-of-the-world candle to ozone-layer mystics prophesying climate Armageddon. I just came across the ultimate Al Gore coffee table book, "The World Tomorrow: Scenarios of Global Catastrophe" by Yannick Monget. On the jacket, the author is described as "the founder and chief representative of the Ankaa Group, an organization dedicated to conceiving and developing ambitious projects for the environmental protection of Europe." If that weren't enough of a contribution to mankind, we are told Monget "has written several volumes... Frontpagemag.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874078/posts#comment Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870704/posts Watching Albert Arnold Gore Jr., Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., and their fellow juniors consistently duck the tough questions about the scientific shortcomings of their elaborate phantasm of global warming, carbon footprints, hybrid automobiles, fluorescent light bulbs, greenhouse gases, toxic emissions, shrinking icecaps, melting glaciers, homeless polar bears and boring documentaries, it suddenly hit me: if it ducks like a quack, it must be a quack. The venerable American institution of quackery -- quack science, quack medicine, quack American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870704/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:07:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1864440/posts So much for that non-political “Live Earth” I heard about from the concert people and NBC brass. It turned out that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the radical environmentalist, had some strong words for politicians who stand against climate change legislation. “Get rid of all these rotten politicians that we have in Washington, who are nothing more than corporate toadies … This is treason. And we need to start treating them as traitors,” Kennedy said at the July 7 concert held in New Jersey, according to Newsday. Let's see. If I remember correctly, the penalty for treason is execution. “[Y]ou hear... NwsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1864440/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:46:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864945/posts CAVUTO: "All right, well, Robert, what do you think of that? Is it wise, on your part, if someone disagrees with you, Robert, to go after their advertisers, to essentially shut John up?" KENNEDY: "Absolutely, I think, I mean, you know, the air waves are owned by the public. The airwaves are licensed to the broadcasters, but the broadcasters are obligated to use those airwaves primarily to promote the public interest and to advance our democracy. If you are lying to people about science, about the impact of things like global warming, it's something that you should be challenged on.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864945/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:27:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864510/posts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Neal Cavuto to discuss his hateful remarks at last weekend’s ‘Live Earth’ concert. Kennedy. Jr. called Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity, among others, flat-earthers and traitors for being skeptical of global warming. The other person he included in his tirade was ABC host John Stossel. Stossel joined the show after a commercial break to go head-to-head with Kennedy Jr. All Kennedy could seem to do is say there is a consensus that there is global warming and call Mr. Stossel a liar, a typical liberal tactic. http://www.ianschwartz.com/ Neil Cavuto Fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864510/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:26:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864585/posts TALLAHASSEE -- Florida will adopt California's car-pollution standards -- the toughest in the nation -- and become the first state in the Southeast to enact targets for reducing greenhouse gases, under executive orders Gov. Charlie Crist plans to sign Friday in Miami. Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864585/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:48:26 GMT