http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sellouts/ en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:24:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393613/posts Although one would not know it by reading immigration policy debates, money paid to middlemen, mostly Americans, plays a major role in the whole process. If one seeks to manage, or at least nudge, events in immigration it is useful to visualize the financial transactions involving the non-migratory actors in the field, the people and institutions that shape migration but do not migrate themselves. As I see it, there are seven groups of such players, three of whom are motivated by personal financial considerations, three of whom are not, and one in between, where the institutions gain funds when there... Center for Immigration studies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393613/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:24:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335673/posts PARIS, France (CNN) -- Former first lady Laura Bush praised the performance of her husband's successor Monday, breaking with many Republicans in telling CNN that she thinks President Obama is doing a good job under tough circumstances. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335673/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:16:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2232445/posts What's with all the pro-Chicom nonsense on FR today? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2232445/posts#comment Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:27:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2221967/posts Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is firing back at her grandson's teenaged father, Levi Johnston, for comments he made on TV about the circumstances surrounding his son's conception. On an episode of "The Tyra Banks Show" to air Monday, Johnston, 18, claims that Gov. Palin did not think that he and her daughter Bristol were being abstinent when they were together. "Bristol did not even know Levi was going on the show," Palin's rep tells People.com. "We're disappointed that Levi and his family, in a quest for fame, attention, and fortune, are engaging in flat-out lies, gross exaggeration, and even distortion... Entertainment Tonight Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2221967/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 01:08:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203442/posts <p>Senate Democrats are expected to win over just enough Republicans to move forward on a controversial $410 billion spending bill....</p> <p>But it may come as no surprise that almost all of the Republican senators who are either expected to support the bill or are considering supporting the bill have billions of dollars worth of earmarks in the package.....</p> Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203442/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:16:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2185745/posts Almost as if to undo all the good vibes with the grassroots that the House GOP gained in staying united against Obama's Trillion-Dollar Turd, at least two GOP Congressmen are now touting the benefits of the massive pork-laden spending bill. Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2185745/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:15:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180544/posts Any Republican Congressman or Senator who votes for any form of Marxist enabling Porkulus is a traitor who deserves to be run out of office!! In days gone by, they would've been tarred, feathered and run out of Washington on a rail!! Porkulus is nothing more than a bloodless coup attempt by the America-hating Marxist, B. Hussein Obama. Massive government spending is not freedom. Government control of industry is not freedom. Government attempting to control the economy is not freedom. Not capitalism. This is socialism, fascism, Marxism. Centralized control. Nationalization of banking. Government control of banking, finance, manufacturing, production, transportation,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180544/posts#comment Sat, 7 Feb 2009 19:50:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180548/posts Barely Bipartisan But a Senate Stimulus Deal is Done Sat Feb 7 The U.S. Senate looks to be on track to pass a bill that sounds almost exactly like what President Barack Obama asked for last month. The measure - now heralded as $780 billion, down from $890 billion - will include about 40% in tax cuts and more than 80% of the spending will flood the faltering economy within the next 18 months. But with just three Republican votes, the bill falls well short of the bipartisan goal Obama worked hard to achieve. The final cost of the bill... Time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180548/posts#comment Sat, 7 Feb 2009 20:09:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180157/posts (sigh) Time to bend over and grab the Vaseline. Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180157/posts#comment Sat, 7 Feb 2009 02:01:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169765/posts There has been much talk of the 8 year BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) from the left but I think it's time we admitted there are DS's on the right and we have to look no further than our own backyard here at FR to find the most glaring example, McCain Derangement Syndrome. McCain wasn't my preferred candidate. In fact, I'd have to go all the way back to Reagan to find my own preferred candidate victorious. But you never get everything you want in politics so many times you have to work with you got and make the best of... FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169765/posts#comment Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:13:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109496/posts This is a must see video. Colin Powell and Condi Rice were traded in the "racial draft" to Whites YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109496/posts#comment Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:07:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087639/posts Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, spokesman of Neturei Karta International, issued the following statement on the eve of the arrival of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "It has been our honor and privilege to meet with President Ahmadinejad, as well as other Iranian leaders, several times in the past. In addition we have had the pleasure of visiting Iran on different occasions. At each encounter with the Iranian leadership, we have emphasized to them that, despite media hysteria and the statements of some misinformed Jews, we have found the Iranian people and their leaders to be friendly and respectful." "Likewise, although... Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087639/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:26:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2004104/posts It occurs to this poster - for the election of 2008 each of the parties - has fallen under the control of the caricatures, each is accused of by the other: Democrats, really are becoming the far-left bug eyed Marxists, they're accused of being by Republicans. Republicans, really are beholden to a few big businesses, to which they pledge open borders and so-called "free trade". http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2004104/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:47:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988641/posts The Bush administration forecasts a $410 billion federal budget deficit for this year, an indication that, as the US saving rate is approximately zero, the US is not only dependent on foreigners to finance its wars but also dependent on foreigners to finance part of the US government's domestic expenditures. Foreign borrowing is paying US government salaries--perhaps that of the president himself--or funding the expenditures of the various cabinet departments. Financially, the US is not an independent country. A troubled currency and financial system and large budget and trade deficits do not present an attractive face to creditors. Yet Washington... Intelligence Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988641/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:56:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985635/posts For years, William Zammer Jr. has relied on 100 seasonal foreign employees to turn down beds, boil lobsters and serve cocktails at the restaurants, golf course and inn he owns on Cape Cod and in nearby Plymouth. This summer, however, the foreign workers will not be returning, and Mr. Zammer, like other seasonal employers across the nation, is scrambling to find replacements. “It’s a major crisis,” he said. “We’re very short on work force. We’ll be looking at opening a little later, closing a little earlier, looking at how we do our menus.” Mr. Zammer is caught up in a... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985635/posts#comment Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:45:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935876/posts The movement to replace Sen. Lindsey Graham with a fiercer opponent of illegal immigration gained strength on Monday when Columbia native Buddy Witherspoon brought his campaign for the Republican nomination to Hilton Head Island. Witherspoon is a dentist and three-time elector in the electoral college and a representative at the Republican National Committee since 1996. He espouses traditionally conservative positions against abortion, gay marriage, gun control and higher taxes. But the key issue of the campaign -- and one that has many in South Carolina looking for a replacement for Graham -- is immigration. Opponents accuse Graham and other senators... The Beaufort Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935876/posts#comment Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:00:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925945/posts Most at NYU say their vote has a price By: Lily Quateman - Washington Square News November 14, 2007 07:29 PM EST Two-thirds say they'll do it for a year's tuition. And for a few, even an iPod touch will do. That's what NYU students said they'd take in exchange for their right to vote in the next presidential election, a recent survey by an NYU journalism class found. Only 20 percent said they'd exchange their vote for an iPod touch. But 66 percent said they'd forfeit their vote for a free ride to NYU. And half said they'd give... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925945/posts#comment Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:27:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918147/posts Mike Huckabee says he is the “conservative who is not mad at anybody,” but that doesn’t mean some people aren’t mad at him. As Huckabee has done better in the polls, criticism of him has increased. “The far left and the far right curse the ground on which I walk,” Huckabee told me Monday. “That is a great place to be. I am where far more of the country is.” Some fiscal conservatives are beginning to worry that Huckabee might actually do well in the caucuses and primaries — if not well enough to win the nomination, then well enough... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918147/posts#comment Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:26:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905824/posts Charleston Daily Mail Secessionists from South and New England to meet The Associated Press Wednesday October 03, 2007 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- In an unlikely marriage of desire to secede from the United States, two advocacy groups from opposite political traditions -- New England and the South -- are sitting down to talk. Tired of foreign wars and what they consider right-wing courts, the Middlebury Institute wants liberal states like Vermont to be able to secede peacefully. That sounds just fine to the League of the South, a conservative group that refuses to give up on Southern independence. "We believe that... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905824/posts#comment Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:23:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907807/posts WASHINGTON -- With a nationwide farmworker shortage threatening to leave unharvested fruits and vegetables rotting in fields, the Bush administration has begun quietly rewriting federal regulations to eliminate barriers that restrict how foreign laborers can legally be brought into the country. The effort, urgently underway at the departments of Homeland Security, State and Labor, is meant to rescue farm owners caught in a vise between a complex process to hire legal guest workers and stepped-up enforcement that has reduced the number of illegal planters, pickers and middle managers crossing the border. "It is important for the farm sector to have... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907807/posts#comment Sun, 7 Oct 2007 16:35:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893692/posts In a press release issued, former Governor Mike Huckabee took issue with the Tancredo campaign's characterization of him as a pro-amnesty politician. Unfortunately for the Governor, the facts support the label. Fact #1. As Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee denounced an immigration bill (Arkansas Senate Bill 206) that "would have required proof of citizenship to register to vote and would have required state agencies to report suspected cases of people living in the country illegally." (Doug Thompson, "Immigration Bill un-christian..governor says"Arkansas News Bureau 1/28/05) Fact #2. As Governor, Mike Huckabee offered a proposal to give state funded scholarships and state... Team Tancredo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893692/posts#comment Sun, 9 Sep 2007 23:05:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885283/posts With only a small fraction of the border fence between the U.S. and Mexico complete, California congressman and Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter is warning President Bush the construction mandated by the Secure Fence Act is falling drastically behind schedule. "Unless construction is promptly accelerated," Hunter wrote in a letter to Bush, "deadlines for the completion of fencing will not be met." Hunter's letter was written Monday to be delivered to the White House during the Security and Prosperity Partnership third annual summit that concluded Tuesday in Montebello, Quebec. His criticism that the Bush administration is making no significant progress... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885283/posts#comment Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:58:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883420/posts Being Mike Huckabee By Salena Zito TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, August 19, 2007 Whose yardstick do you use to measure the impact of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s second-place showing in the Iowa Straw Poll? The Democrats’. “If he had money, he would be our worst nightmare,” says Democrat strategist John Lapp. Lapp, who helped bring down Republicans in 2006 as executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said “the real threat of Mike Huckabee is that he is a happy warrior, a down-home guy comfortable in his own skin. Right-wing conservatism with a smile.” tribune-review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883420/posts#comment Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:03:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882535/posts In a sign of serious Republican disarray, Sen. Mel Martinez, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, has just lambasted his party's two top presidential candidates over immigration positions which most Americans regard as reasonable. The junior senator from Florida is wrong on more than the substance. This is a case of Mr. Martinez putting his own personal views and his loyalty to President Bush above the serious responsibilities of his chairmanship... And he may have just undercut the man for whom Mr. Martinez's job requires a vigorous defense next year. The irony here is that Mr. Martinez did this... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882535/posts#comment Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:51:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882059/posts ST. PETERSBURG - Sen. Mel Martinez, the head of the Republican National Committee, took a swipe Tuesday at the leading Republican presidential candidates for not offering solid solutions to America's immigration crisis. In his remarks, Martinez did not directly refer to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney or former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, but he later suggested both candidates, who were critics of the controversial Senate immigration proposal, had mischaracterized the plan. He also urged audience members to pin down the Republican candidates on immigration when they come to St. Petersburg for the YouTube/CNN Republican presidential debate Nov. 28... Martinez's... St. Petersburg Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882059/posts#comment Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:14:28 GMT