http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sanity/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:46:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418617/posts That's what voters say, according to today's (Rasmussen survey:)Fifty-eight percent (58%) of U.S. voters say waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation techniques should be used to gain information from the terrorist who attempted to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 30% oppose the use of such techniques, and another 12% are not sure. There's this, too: Seventy-one percent (71%) of all voters think the attempt by the Nigerian Muslim to blow up the airliner as it landed in Detroit should be investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act. Only 22%... Power Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418617/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:46:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302124/posts WASHINGTON – August means beaches and barbecues. And for some, a chance to rally the troops for this fall's health care showdown. Senate postponement of work on health care until September gives interest groups on both sides an entire month to whip up supporters, and pushes off crucial votes on the overhaul effort until fall — when people are likely to refocus on the issue. Backers and opponents of President Barack Obama's top domestic priority plan to use Congress' August recess for intensive advertising and grass-roots campaigns in hopes that energized voters might influence wavering lawmakers. Even so, some political... Yahoo News / AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302124/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:21:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275646/posts Fight crazy talk with sanityBy Clarence Page Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:16 PM EDT What is it about President Obama that drives some people crazy? Take, for example, his former pastor. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is back in the news again. This time he’s apologizing. He really did not mean to blame “them Jews” in an earlier interview for keeping him away from the president, he says now. He had meant to refer to “Zionists” and not all Jews. The sound bite in question occurred a day earlier. In a walking interview with a reporter for Virginia’s Daily Press,... Carroll County Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275646/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:52:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262549/posts It is now over 5 month since the best President of this century has left office . Do I miss the years he was our President and Commander in Chief.? You betcha. Today, I will post photos from June 2001 and June 2002. snugs will post photos from June 2003. (She might do it tomorrow though instead.. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island White House.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262549/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 00:24:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249797/posts FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard will require U.S.-flagged ships sailing around the Horn of Africa to post guards and ship owners to submit anti-piracy security plans for approval, a Coast Guard official said on Tuesday. The new requirements, which respond to a surge of piracy off the coast of Somalia, allow ship owners to decide whether to use armed or unarmed guards, Coast Guard Rear Admiral James Watson told shipping industry representatives at a maritime security meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The revised Maritime Security Directive, highly anticipated by the shipping industry, was signed on Monday... Yahoo / Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249797/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 04:46:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2244343/posts A couple's obsession with Star Wars inspired them to theme their wedding on the blockbuster films – with the groom playing Han Solo and the bride Princess Leia.Duncan Thomson, 41, and Sammi Gardiner, 39, got married in an unusual ceremony surrounded by friends and family all dressed as characters from the sci-fi movies. In a pun on the films' famous phrase, "may the force be with you", they chose Monday as the date for the service, so they could bill it as "May the 4th be with you". The couple, from the Isle of Wight, even invited the movie's director... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2244343/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 07:52:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2220779/posts Italy is to scrap its blacklist of dangerous dogs, replacing it with a law making owners more responsible for their pet`s training and behaviour, Health Undersecretary Francesca Martini said Tuesday. The new law, which will come into effect in April, will wipe clean the current list of 17 breeds which are considered potentially dangerous, including Rottweilers, pit bull terriers, bull mastiffs and American bulldogs. Under the current law, owners of these breeds are required to keep them muzzled in public places and ensure that they pose no danger to others, while failure to respect the law can result in the... lifeinitaly.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2220779/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:43:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199421/posts SEAN HANNITY PLEADS GUILTY (ALL CHARGES LIKE RUSH) SIMULTANEOUSLY AS RUSH LIMBAUGH: FOLLOWS CODE OF THE BUSHIDO AND COMMITS HARI-KARI ON AIR (MAR 3, Tuesday, March 03, 2009 Sean Hannity pleads guilty, incontestable and does not challenge the charges against him any further; says “he had substantive charges” and also why the federal authorities will find his finances out of order “rich people always find a way to stash their fortune?” Or it could be a paper trail of corruption and influence or some criminal organization. Could also be Client 23 and various reasons why he knew Rush was in... cybwarsatwarhq.blogspot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199421/posts#comment Thu, 5 Mar 2009 00:15:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194090/posts Japanese scientists have made a dramatic break with the UN and Western-backed hypothesis of climate change in a new report from its Energy Commission. Three of the five researchers disagree with the UN's IPCC view that recent warming is primarily the consequence of man-made industrial emissions of greenhouse gases. Remarkably, the subtle and nuanced language typical in such reports has been set aside. One of the five contributors compares computer climate modelling to ancient astrology. Others castigate the paucity of the US ground temperature data set used to support the hypothesis, and declare that the unambiguous warming trend from the... The Register (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194090/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:55:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177073/posts Rising unemployment has touched off a race among state governors to woo companies with tax breaks and financial incentives, even as budget shortfalls force cuts in education, health care and other services. wsj http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177073/posts#comment Tue, 3 Feb 2009 01:31:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2159328/posts The latest issue of The Journal of Communication and Religion (November 2008, Volume 31, Number 2) contains an excellent analysis of the importance of opposite-sex parent relationships. The common sense conclusion is backed up with social science data and affirmed by a peer-reviewed scholarly article: girls need a dad, and boys need a mom. Not surprisingly, the study also found that communication is an essential building block for all family relationships — family interactions are the crucible for attitudes, values, priorities, and worldviews. Beyond the shaping and modeling of these essential personal characteristics, the family shapes an individual’s interpersonal system... TownHall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2159328/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2009 01:41:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156918/posts The Security Cabinet on Wednesday rejected a French proposal for a 48-hour suspension of the IDF offensive against Hamas to allow Paris the opportunity to mediate a cease-fire, but Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that the proposal would be reconsidered when the time is right. "We didn't initiate the Gaza operation in order to end it while Israeli towns are still under fire, as they were before the operation." said Olmert. "Imagine if after a few days of the offensive we had declared a unilateral cease-fire and a rocket barrage had then hit Ashkelon" he continued. "Israel has shown restraint... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156918/posts#comment Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:26:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2101627/posts Can't take it anymore. Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2101627/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:00:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028577/posts Dennis Kucinich is currently on the floor of the House presenting his bill to impeach President George W. Bush. C-SPAN, 8:00 PM 9 Jun 2008. C_SPAN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028577/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:17:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1964565/posts Good morning, and welcome to Super Duper Tuesday Week...It's also the culmination of Mardi Gras, and oh yes, there was a big football game of some sort yesterday...Hollywood Writer's strike is expected to end this week... All of us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1964565/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:13:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890936/posts PING! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890936/posts#comment Tue, 4 Sep 2007 15:26:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813401/posts By Jeff Franks NEW ORLEANS, April 6 (Reuters) - Natural changes in ocean currents are to blame for increased Atlantic hurricane activity in recent years, not man-made global warming as many scientists believe, hurricane forecaster William Gray said on Friday. "I think the whole human-induced greenhouse gas thing is a red herring," Gray said in a speech at the National Hurricane Conference. Gray, whose annual forecasts for the hurricane season are closely watched, said the Earth has warmed the past 30 years, but that it was due to flucuations in ocean currents. He predicted a cooling off period would begin... alertnet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813401/posts#comment Sat, 7 Apr 2007 00:51:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811966/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811966/posts#comment Wed, 4 Apr 2007 18:47:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1788487/posts When Eric the Red led the Norwegian Vikings to Greenland in the late 900s, it was an ice-free farm country--grass for sheep and cattle, open water for fishing, a livable climate--so good a colony that by 1100 there were 3,000 people living there. Then came the Ice Age. By 1400, average temperatures had declined by 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, the glaciers had crushed southward across the farmlands and harbors, and the Vikings did not survive. Such global temperature fluctuations are not surprising, for looking back in history we see a regular pattern of warming and cooling. From 200 B.C. to A.D.... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1788487/posts#comment Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:13:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783552/posts Czech president Vaclav Klaus has criticized the UN panel on global warming, claiming that it was a political authority without any scientific basis. In an interview with "Hospodárské noviny", a Czech economics daily, Klaus answered a few questions: Q: IPCC has released its report and you say that the global warming is a false myth. How did you get this idea, Mr President?• A: It's not my idea. Global warming is a false myth and every serious person and scientist says so. It is not fair to refer to the U.N. panel. IPCC is not a scientific institution: it's a... Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783552/posts#comment Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:27:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703313/posts Prepared Remarks of Mr. David Burton Americans for Fair Taxation My name is David Burton. I am a partner in the Argus Group, a small public policy firm based in Virginia. I have a particular interest in, and awareness of, the problems of small businesses for a number of reasons. I worked for many years in my family’s furniture and pool table manufacturing business stopping only once I was well into law school. I worked as the CFO and general counsel of a small 80 employee multinational manufacturing company. I also regard small businesses and farmers as the greatest source... House of Representatives Small Business Committee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703313/posts#comment Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694204/posts It was a case that prompted the president judge of Commonwealth Court to upbraid some judges for ignoring the constitution in the name of stopping drunk driving. At issue: If a police officer outside his jurisdiction stops a vehicle and the driver refuses to take an alcohol breath t est, can the license of the driver be suspended for a year? The answer is no, according to a ruling this week by the state Supreme Court. Police have grounds to make arrests outside of their jurisdiction when they see a "felony, misdemeanor, breach of peace or any other act which... pennlive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694204/posts#comment Sat, 2 Sep 2006 03:37:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1680522/posts So after last night's resounding defeat in the Connecticut primary of what's left of common sense in the Democratic Party, it is time to replace the old with the new: OLD LOGO: NEW LOGO: Anti-MSM: Making Right what the Mainstream Media Gets Wrong! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1680522/posts#comment Wed, 9 Aug 2006 16:02:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1662896/posts Let me speak to you about dumbness because that is what schools teach best. Old-fashioned dumbness used to be simple ignorance: you didn't know something, but there were ways to find out if you wanted to. Government-controlled schooling didn't eliminate dumbness - in fact, we now know that people read more fluently before we had forced schooling - but dumbness was transformed. Now dumb people aren't just ignorant; they're the victims of the non-thought of secondhand ideas. Dumb people are now well-informed about the opinions of Time magazine and CBS, The New York Times and the President; their job is... Spinning Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1662896/posts#comment Sun, 9 Jul 2006 23:52:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638365/posts Liberal House Republicans are taking an increasingly tough stance on immigration reform and are more determined than ever to delete the portions of the Senate bill that grant citizenship rights to more than 10 million illegal aliens. "I don't want to see a bill come to the floor of the House that gives them a path to citizenship," said Rep. Christopher Shays of Connecticut, one of the most liberal Republicans in Congress.This is a change from three weeks ago, before Mr. Shays attended 18 community meetings in his district, where the questions invariably turned to immigration. At the first meeting,... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638365/posts#comment Thu, 25 May 2006 22:43:58 GMT