http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/service/ en-us Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:46:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2412207/posts Bishop D'Arcy's final Christmas message for the Ft. Wayne/South Bend Diocese. Published in the Dec. 20th, 2009 issue of Today's Catholic. “My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Huntington Political Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2412207/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:46:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407051/posts High speed rail is a glamorous idea -- it's fun to imagine a train streaking through the cornfields from Chicago to St. Louis in four hours. Less glamorous are some of the fixes that need to be made to Chicago's notoriously slow freight rail system. Talk about projects like "signalize interlocking" and "grade separation," and eyes glaze over. But the promise of faster passenger rail is inextricably linked to the down-and-dirty business of freight. To make passenger and commuter trains move faster, you have to get the boxcars out of the way. And to do that, there needs to be... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407051/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:59:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407467/posts The U.S. Postal Service has more tax delinquents in its ranks than any other federal agency or department, according to Internal Revenue Service data. Maybe their tax payments got lost in the mail. The U.S. Postal Service turns out to have more tax delinquents in its ranks than any other federal agency or department, according to the Internal Revenue Service. IRS statistics from 2008 detailing the amount of money federal workers failed to pay the government in taxes showed postal service employees owed $297.93 million -- nearly 10 percent of the $3.04 billion owed by federal employees and retirees from... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407467/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:46:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401120/posts This mystery woman reminds me of Vi. Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401120/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:16:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399382/posts Dec. 3, 2009, 10:57 a.m. EST Services side of economy contracting again ISM non-manufacturing index falls to 48.7% By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The service sectors of the U.S. economy contracted in November after two months of expansion, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday. The ISM's non-manufacturing index fell to 48.7% from 50.6% in October. Readings under 50% indicate more firms said business was worsening than said it was improving. Read the full report. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch were expecting the index to rise to 51.5%. See our complete Economic Calendar and forecasts for this week's data.... Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399382/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:08:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398884/posts <p>A 90-year-old Army veteran who won the Medal of Honor during World War II is battling his neighborhood association for what he says is his right to fly the American flag from a pole in his front yard.</p> <p>Col. Van T. Barfoot says he erected the 21-foot flagpole in September, raising the flag daily at sunrise and retiring it at sunset.</p> AP via Pilot Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398884/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:00:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395020/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - On his first Thanksgiving in the White House, President Barack Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. servicemen and women stationed in war zones to thank them for their service. The White House says Obama called two service members each in the Army, Navy, Air Force, the Marines and the Coast Guard. The service members are stationed in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Arabian Gulf. Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395020/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:03:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394278/posts CHICAGO (WBBM) -- Holiday travel for Amtrak started a couple of days ago and runs through next Tuesday. Amtrak travel has seen more interest with a 20 percent increase in Illinois ridership since 2007.  Travel by rail is expected to continue that trend.  Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says holiday travel by rail stretches several days longer than at the airports, with today being busiest day for passengers.  He expects 125,000 passengers will board an Amgrak train before Thanksgiving Day, a 70 percent increase in normal ridership for midweek. Amtrak is prepared, scheduling extra trains and longer train to accommodate more... WBBM Newsradio 780 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394278/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:18:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375276/posts USSR, 1959: I am a "young pioneer" in school. History classes remind us that there is a higher authority than their parents and teachers: the leaders of the Communist Party. The story of young pioneer Pavlik Morozov is required reading. Pavlik reported his father to the secret police for disobeying government regulations. His life exemplified the duty of all good Soviet citizens to serve their government. From the first year in school, all of us are made aware of our ethnicity (ethnic Russian, Jewish, Asian, etc.) and class (proletariat, intelligentsia), around which society is structured. This inherent divisiveness makes it... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375276/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:09:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2370102/posts Cell Phone Service Interruption vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2370102/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:50:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368606/posts USSR, 1959: I am a "young pioneer" in school. History classes remind us that there is a higher authority than their parents and teachers: the leaders of the Communist Party. The story of young pioneer Pavlik Morozov is required reading. Pavlik reported his father to the secret police for disobeying government regulations. His life exemplified the duty of all good Soviet citizens to serve their government. From the first year in school, all of us are made aware of our ethnicity (ethnic Russian, Jewish, Asian, etc.) and class (proletariat, intelligentsia), around which society is structured. This inherent divisiveness makes it... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368606/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:28:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363519/posts Former Secret Service agent opens window into private lives of presidents October 14th, 2009 Jamie Weinstein In his In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents they Protect, journalist Ronald Kessler gives us a peek inside the intimate lives of our presidents. Through interviews with over 100 secret service agents from the past and present—dating all the way back to John F. Kennedy—Kessler paints a picture of what our presidents are like when no one is looking. They're always watching. We learn from the agents Kessler interviews that John F.... The North Star National http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363519/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:38:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2343867/posts “From Selfish Ambition to Humble Service” (Mark 9:30-37; James 3:13 – 4:10)In this long green season of the church year, the so-called non-festival half of the year, the Epistle reading is not chosen to fit the theme of the Holy Gospel, as it is in the festival half of the year. Instead, it’s just a straight reading-through of a particular epistle, and any correlation between the Epistle and Gospel is merely a coincidence. Well, we have such a coincidence today. The Epistle reading from James and the Gospel reading from Mark do have a common theme. It’s the theme of... Charles Henrickson's blog at the Wittenberg Trail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2343867/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:49:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335203/posts "Now the college utilizes resources from the Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement to make the effort as efficient as possible. The Bonner Center student scholars are charged with organizing the 1,000-plus freshmen into service areas, and then coordinating yearlong activities from which students can meet their requirements." The Times of Trenton http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335203/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 05:27:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335198/posts While the Obama administration and its Democratic allies in Congress press to allow private-sector workers to unionize by signing authorization cards instead of voting by secret ballot, the government's legal-aid program for the poor has declared the so-called "card check" strategy "unreliable" and rejected an effort by some of its own workers to organize that way. The Legal Services Corp., a congressionally chartered, taxpayer-funded entity, even hired a law firm to rebuff the efforts of workers in its oversight offices to gain union representation by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), forcing the workers to conduct a... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335198/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 05:09:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324141/posts I’ve been reading about the planned Sept. 11 National Day of Service. I certainly do not have an issue with service, but if my memory serves right – and it does today – we already have a national day of service… Martin Luther King Day. There has been a bit of a kerfuffle about Democrats selecting Sept. 11 as a national day of service. The event – with more at Serve.gov – been discussed over at Hot Air, Atlas Shrugs and Gateway Pundit, but I’m wondering what this development means for the Martin Luther King national day of volunteer service? http://radioviceonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324141/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:57:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303120/posts CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti, July 28, 2009 – Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States, gas cost 35 cents per gallon, the New York Mets won the World Series in five games over the Baltimore Orioles, and Catharine Zeta-Jones, Brett Favre, Renee Zellweger and Jennifer Aniston were born. The year was 1969. Army Brig. Gen. Chris Leins, Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa deputy commander, presents Army Sgt. Maj. Samuel Stoner with the Legion of Merit Medal for exceptionally meritorious service during his 40-year career of service, July 21, 2009. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd... Face of Defence http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303120/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:23:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2272277/posts We’ve all seen it. In our schools, our children’s schools, public meetings, television shows, leadership seminars, political speeches, and even in legislation supported by the President, the message is clear: we should all be doing community service. The fact is that the call to service is greater now than at any time in our country’s past, and the pressure to provide it even greater. The pressure to conform to the growing demand to volunteer your self, in body and bankbook, can be daunting. When confronted with a group of peers, all telling you how much you are needed, it can... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2272277/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:37:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266081/posts ( cue eerie music)I live about a mile from our former President George Bush. Ever since he moved into the "neighborhood" car alarm remotes in my complex and around the area randomly stop working. Luckily I don't have an alarm that cuts the engine. I have to drive with the alarm blaring another mile just to use the remote to kill the alarm. At 6 in the morning it's not uncommon now to hear car alarms go off all over the place as people try to start their cars. My roommate started to have the same problem also. I've seen... Chit Chat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266081/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 11:31:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2245816/posts I'm tired of seeing this damn commercial, and it's on all the time. Obama's face and voice are everywhere, and why would anyone "volunteer" through the federal government anyway? Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2245816/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 02:20:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245080/posts President Obama is distancing himself from the National Day of Prayer by nixing a formal early morning service and not attending a large Catholic prayer breakfast the following morning. Washington Timnes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245080/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 03:35:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234693/posts By ANN SANNER, Associated Press Writer Ann Sanner, Associated Press Writer – 6 mins ago WASHINGTON – Calling on Americans to volunteer, President Barack Obama signed a $5.7 billion national service bill Tuesday that triples the size of the AmeriCorps service program over the next eight years and expands ways for students to earn money for college. "What this legislation does, then, is to help harness this patriotism and connect deeds to needs," said Obama, a former community organizer in Chicago. "It creates opportunities to serve for students, seniors and everyone in between," he said. "And it is just the... AP/Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234693/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:46:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2234238/posts Several ways to get involved in national service: yahoo news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2234238/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:39:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233861/posts Stay on top of breaking news! Sign up for ABC 13 e-mail alerts. Your Email: Bedford, VA - The last remaining member of the World War Two "Bedford Boys" has died. The group was part of the D-Day invasion. Ray Nance passed away yesterday, at 94-years-old. He was one of 34 servicemen from the Bedford area who landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6th. Nance was second-in-command of the A-company and was also the only officer in the company who made it home. While he was alive, the veteran visited the D-Day Memorial in Bedford once a week. WSET, ABC 13 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233861/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:20:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229813/posts Just walked up to the Tea Party in Lafayette Park, and was surprised to see that police tape was up, the park was cleared, and police were patrolling the borders. The Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229813/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:52:43 GMT