http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/riady/ en-us Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:53:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000901/posts NEW YORK -- As Chinese authorities have clamped down on unrest in Tibet and jailed dissidents in advance of the 2008 Olympics, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has taken a strong public stance, calling for restraint in Tibet and urging President Bush to boycott the Olympics opening ceremonies in Beijing. But her recent stern comments on China's internal crackdown collide with former President Bill Clinton's fundraising relationship with a Chinese Internet company accused of collaborating with the mainland government's censorship of the Web. Last month, the firm, Alibaba Inc., carried a government-issued "most wanted" posting on its Yahoo China homepage, urging... LAT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000901/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:53:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990485/posts ** EXCERPT ** With a large charitable donation in hand, Indonesian businessman Mochtar Riady flew to Little Rock to dine with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at a 1993 gala honoring her as an "Arkansan of the Year" at a time his company, a multibillion dollar banking conglomerate, was seeking an end to a 30-year trade embargo with Vietnam. Five days after the March 4, 1993, dinner at the Excelsior Hotel, Mr. Riady took the embargo question directly to President Clinton, saying in a four-page letter that its demise would bring political reforms in that communist country. By that time,... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990485/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:46:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989363/posts Hillary Clinton calls President Bush's talks with the Saudis about increasing oil output "pathetic." But it's not as pathetic as her co-president husband locking up billions of tons of clean coal in exchange for political contributions. As Bush wrapped up his Middle East trip, Sen. Clinton commented: "President Bush is over in the Gulf now begging the Saudis and others to drop the price of oil. How pathetic." A large part of America's energy dependence on foreign sources can be traced to Sept. 18, 1996, when President Bill Clinton stood on the edge of the Grand Canyon on the Arizona... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989363/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:13:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958548/posts Scandals: Hillary Clinton calls President Bush's talks with the Saudis about increasing oil output "pathetic." But it's not as pathetic as her co-president husband locking up billions of tons of clean coal in exchange for political contributions.As Bush wrapped up his Middle East trip, Sen. Clinton commented: "President Bush is over in the Gulf now begging the Saudis and others to drop the price of oil. How pathetic." A large part of America's energy dependence on foreign sources can be traced to Sept. 18, 1996, when President Bill Clinton stood on the edge of the Grand Canyon on the Arizona... IBD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958548/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:59:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1948445/posts Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (R) walks out of the Gala Cafe to greet supporters while campaigning in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, January 4, 2008. Voters in New Hampshire go to the polls January 8 in the U.S. presidential primary elections. http://news.yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1948445/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 22:15:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948412/posts Sen. Hillary Clinton went on the counterattack today, one day after a stinging defeat in the Iowa caucuses to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. She said New Hampshire voters need to take a hard look at Obama, suggesting that they shouldn't just buy into his message of "hope" without analyzing his policies. Clinton said she wasn't suggesting anything in particular about Obama, but simply "drawing contrasts." "I'm running on my record. … I'm running on my plans," Clinton told reporters. "I think everybody needs to be vetted and tested. That's the way elections are supposed to operate. The last thing the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948412/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:50:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948042/posts IOWA ANTHEM Oh, Hillary, oh, Hillary...you thought you'd make history Oh, Hillary, oh, Hillary...you are evil as can be We saw right through your phoniness Your crimes it's time that you confess Oh, Hillary, oh, Hillary...go away now, quietly DFU News of the Day in Song http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948042/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 03:18:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932581/posts LAKE FOREST, Calif. – Within days of introducing a $50 billion plan to combat AIDS, Sen. Hillary Clinton received a standing ovation at one of the nation's most influential evangelical churches after addressing its "Global Summit on AIDS and the Church." If the Democratic presidential frontrunner's aim was to make inroads into the electorate's heavily Republican evangelical community, her appearance at Saddleback Church with pastor and "The Purpose Driven Life" author Rick Warren apparently didn't hurt. World Net Daily.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932581/posts#comment Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:34:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1923924/posts Clinton Campaign Acused for the Second Time of Planting a Question at a Public Appearance Saturday , November 10, 2007 By Major Garrett SIOUX CITY, Iowa — For the second time in as many days, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has had to deal with accusations of planting questions during public appearances. In a telephone interview Saturday with Fox News, Geoffrey Mitchell, 32, said he was approached by Clinton campaign worker Chris Hayler to ask a question about how she was standing up to President Bush on the question on funding the Iraq war and a troop withdrawal timeline. The encounter... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1923924/posts#comment Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:36:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796542/posts China's intelligence services are among the most aggressive at spying on the United States, followed by Cuban, Russian and Iranian spy agencies, according to the U.S. government's top counterintelligence coordinator. "These services are eating our lunch," Joel F. Brenner, the new head of the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, said in his first interview since being named to the counterspy post in August. Mr. Brenner, a former inspector general at the National Security Agency, told The Washington Times that the U.S. remains the No. 1 target of "virtually every significant espionage service on the face of the Earth." China's... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796542/posts#comment Wed, 7 Mar 2007 05:46:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706670/posts <p>FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON ON NOT CAPTURING BIN LADEN: 'At least I tried. That's the difference between me and some, including all the right wingers. They ridicule me for trying. They had eight months to try, they did not try. I tried. So I tried and failed'...</p> The Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706670/posts#comment Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:09:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651597/posts THE THIRD PARTY HILLARY NEEDS... TO WINFLIM FLAM SCAM42% WILL VOTE FOR HILLARY. 40% WON'T. SHE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THE OTHER 18% WON'T VOTE REPUBLICAN... JUST LIKE THE DNC MANAGED TO DO IN BOTH 1992 AND 1996 n 1991 when Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton decided to challenge President George H.W. Bush for the White House, all of the honest in-house polls the Clinton Campaign and the Democratic National Committee took indicated that Clinton would lose to Bush by a margin of 16 points. The polls taken by Bush and the Republican National Committee said the same thing. Bush... jonchristianryter.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651597/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:28:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1594688/posts Are [The minders of Ho Ching [The wife of Singapore prime-minister-by-order-of-his-father and poster-child of Singapore's corrupt nepotism*] losing their touch? That's what some are asking about Temasek Holdings' chief executive after a string of embarrassing setbacks. In February the Singapore government's wholly owned PSA was trumped by Dubai's deep-pocket sheikhs, who outbid it for Britain's port operator, P&O. Temasek walked away with a $50 million profit on its stake, but it was cold comfort for losing the chance to become the world's No. 1 port operator. [Though subsequent challenges could yet undo the Dubai deal] Then Temasek's $1.9 billion purchase... Singapore-Window.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1594688/posts#comment Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:54:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1593709/posts Some commentators insist that the opposition to the Dubai Ports deal was much ado about nothing and was simply ignorance of the way ports and terminals function. They insist that the whole sale was just about management of several terminals - nothing which would effect homeland security.Question: If this ports deal was really nothing serious, why was the Coast Guard initially worried and opposed to the deal? It would seem from the Coast Guard's initial concern that there is much more at stake with this deal then some are willing to admit. It certainly indicates that security concerns to this... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1593709/posts#comment Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:52:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1589400/posts Most terminal operators at U.S. ports are foreign companies and some are owned in part by foreign governments. APL, which manages terminals in Oakland, Los Angeles, Seattle and Alaska, is owned by the NOL Group, which is majority owned by the Singapore government. The Chinese government owns part of a company that operates a terminal at the Port of Long Beach. That company, Cosco Container Lines, a division of China Cosco, caused a stir similar to the current one back in 1998. Cosco ships had been calling on the Port of Long Beach for many years, using a public terminal.... sfgate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1589400/posts#comment Fri, 3 Mar 2006 18:45:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1587496/posts It has been stomach-turning to listen to flunkies for Bush such as Rush Limbaugh et all call patriots who want to secure our borders “racist” for being “anti-Arab” regarding the port deal. Who’s the racist? Who the hell do you think you are - you think this is a game? Dubai Ports World is anti-Semitic, bottom line, a bunch of Nazis, and U.S. law prohibits doing business with companies who boycott Israel . The whole story regarding Dubai ports firm enforcing Israel boycott is enough of the facts to be the end of this entire deal, dead “in the water“.... opinion http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1587496/posts#comment Wed, 1 Mar 2006 03:35:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1585301/posts February 24, 2006: The recent controversy over the acquisition of the British firm Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, by Dubai Ports World, a state-run company in the United Arab Emirates, has been largely a matter of heat opposed to light. This is largely because of a number of myths that have quickly circulated throughout the blogosphere. These myths have led to a lot of controversy that has cast one of the strongest American allies in the Persian Gulf in a poor light that is undeserved. First, a look at the United Arab Emirates is in order. This is a... StrategyPage http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1585301/posts#comment Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:00:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580901/posts At approximately 4:05 pm EST today, Sean Hannity's screener allowed me to be the second caller to pose a question to Sean Hannity on air. When I heard my name and city announced and Sean said hello, I said good afternoon and stated "Sean, this will be the toughest question you've ever had to answer" and Sean said "have at it." [my question follows] "Sean, over the past many years, I've not heard you once, not one time - direct your listeners to go to our U. S. Congressional Record for the date of June 23, 1999. This date is... Hannity Radio Show / February 17, 2006 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580901/posts#comment Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:58:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1318944/posts Bill Clinton has reached an agreement with a Chinese publisher over the translation of "My Life," after struggling to come up with an official version of his memoirs to counteract fabrications in pirated copies. The Chinese publisher, Yilin Press, had been concerned that some passages translated verbatim "would have a meaning in Chinese somewhat different than what I meant," Clinton said Tuesday. "We reached an agreement on language which, if accurately translated into Chinese, would make it clear that I have both differences in policy (from the Chinese) and a long-term commitment to reconciliation," Clinton said. Bob Barnett, a lawyer... NewsMax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1318944/posts#comment Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:12:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1276006/posts There are times when Hillary Clinton must wish that her husband were dead. Don't get me wrong. I want Bill Clinton to live a long and scandal-filled life. I have no plans to hurl an ashtray at the former beach-boy president. In fact, I would take a bullet for Bill Clinton if only to protect my income as a reporter. However, if Hillary wants to win the White House, she could make it a cakewalk if Bill were pushing up daises. Imagine Hillary running for president if Bill were suddenly to die. The former first lady would be the object... NEWSMAX.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1276006/posts#comment Wed, 10 Nov 2004 04:28:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1236702/posts Washington - The Republican-run Justice Department is setting its sights on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign in pursuit of possible fund-raising violations. In targeting a rising star in the Democratic Party, prosecutors are trying to gain the cooperation of an indicted businessman who raised the allegations, interviews and documents indicate. The FBI has told a U.S. magistrate in Los Angeles it has evidence the former first lady's campaign deliberately understated its fund-raising costs so it would have more money to spend on elections, and prosecutors allege one person raising funds for her helped because he wanted a pardon... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1236702/posts#comment Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:52:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/766391/posts <p>October 10, 2002 -- WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton was showered with pricey gifts while he was in office from the leaders of Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere, but he didn't disclose them because they were earmarked for his presidential library in Arkansas, a new report yesterday revealed.</p> New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/766391/posts#comment Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:00:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158845/posts WASHINGTON — A long line greeted former President Bill Clinton in New York City for his book signing on Tuesday, and books flew off the shelves in Washington, D.C., and Arkansas. But not everyone in line was a fan of the president. "Just going through the index I was struck by the names that are not listed in there, especially people from the Communist Chinese fund-raising scandal from 1996, people like James Riady (search) and Johnny Chung (search). They're not in the index," said Clinton critic Kristinn Taylor, referring to two businessmen at the center of a 1996 campaign donation... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158845/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:38:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1130579/posts Wang Jun's excellent White House adventure By Jack Cashill © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Soon after Ron Brown returned from New York to pick up a reported $1.2 million from Loral CEO Bernard Schwartz, he learned he would be meeting – by order of the White House – with a character by the name of Wang Jun. The sheer bravado of Wang Jun's petition and the brazenness of the Clintons in welcoming him leave one awestruck. Wang Jun chaired Poly Technologies, a company controlled by the People's Liberation Army. According to a Rand Corporation report forced from the U.S. Department of Commerce... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1130579/posts#comment Thu, 6 May 2004 12:27:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1107404/posts   link to movierequires Flash Player 6, available HERE CLINTON TURNED DOWN SUDAN'S OFFERS OF BIN LADENHEAR CLINTON'S SECRETLY TAPED "ADMISSION" NOW by Mia T, 3.28.04   "The Sudanese wanted America to start dealing with them again. They released him [bin Laden].At the time, '96, he had committed no crime against America, so I did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to hold him, though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America.So I pleaded with the Saudis to take him, 'cause they could have; but they thought it was a hot potato. They... Carl Limbacher's (secret) recording http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1107404/posts#comment Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:35:19 GMT