http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/shadowgovernment/ en-us Tue, 5 Jan 2010 23:32:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2421762/posts How to explain the utter INCOMPETENCE of the Obama administration? Why, it's BUSH'S FAULT, of course! No, I don't mean just "having to clean up the mess of the past eight years." I mean that Bush is still running things! See, there's this secret GOP "Shadow Government" that is deliberately sabotaging the noble efforts of Obamassiah, to make him look bad. I bet you didn't know that. But it's TWOO, it's TWOO! I read it in DUmmieland! The alternate explanation going around is the "Zamboni Theory." The Zamboni Theory is that Obama being allowed to win was just a... DUmmie FUnnies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2421762/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 23:32:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421598/posts The Bard tells us, rightly, that the past is prologue. But until America's greatest military intelligence success -- and failure -- becomes common knowledge Americans will remain intellectual sitting ducks, herded hither and yon, hoping to build a sheltering future on shaky misinformation. I'm talking about the Venona Code intercepts: The 3000 encrypted communications between Soviet spies operating in this country and their masters in Moscow, which American and British code breakers began deciphering in 1946. These KGB messages revealed that the Soviets had agents at the highest levels of the executive and legislative branches of our government -- and... Southwest News-Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421598/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 19:53:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421549/posts The State Department has awarded 1,011 special “diversity visas” allowing Yemeni nationals to immigrate to the United States since 2000, the year 17 US sailors were killed when the USS Cole was attacked by terrorists in the Yemeni port of Aden. The "diversity visas" are designed to encourage immigration from countries that do not otherwise send significant numbers of immigrants to the United States. The State Department roster of all countries whose nationals have received "diversity visas" to immigrate to the United States in 2010, for example, shows that 2 of these immigrants will be from Luxembourg, 3 from the... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421549/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 19:01:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413760/posts Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why Does Interpol Need Immunity from American Law?   [Andy McCarthy] You just can't make up how brazen this crowd is. One week ago, President Obama quietly signed an executive order that makes an international police force immune from the restraints of American law.Interpol is the shorthand for the International Criminal Police Organization. It was established in 1923 and operates in about 188 countries. By executive order 12425, issued in 1983, President Reagan recognized Interpol as an international organization and gave it some of the privileges and immunities customarily extended to foreign diplomats. Interpol, however, is also... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413760/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:45:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408834/posts The Justice Department has told the federal attorneys who filed a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party for disrupting a Philadelphia polling place last year not to cooperate with an investigation of the incident by the US Commission on Civil Rights. The commission last week subpoenaed at least two Justice Department lawyers and sought documents from the department to explain why the complaint was dismissed just as a federal judge was about to punish the New Black Panther Party and three of its members for intimidating voters. Joseph H. Hunt, director of the Justice Department's Federal Programs Branch,... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408834/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:32:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392668/posts <p>FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin promises to limit her enthusiasm during her visit to North Carolina's Fort Bragg.</p> <p>The former Republican vice presidential candidate planned to sign copies of her new memoir at a post store Monday. Army officials say Palin will not make a speech, pose for photos, or personalize notes in the books she signs.</p> The AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392668/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:11:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389292/posts The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday that a proposed ballot initiative defining marriage as between a man and a woman cannot go forward, reaffirming an earlier ruling that such a vote would be discriminatory. The board cited the city Human Rights Act, which bans discrimination against gay men and lesbians. The board decision, which will probably be challenged in court, means the D.C. Council can move forward with its plans to vote on a bill next month to legalize same-sex marriage. The council on Tuesday scheduled a vote for Dec. 1. "We have considered all of the... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389292/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:50:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387915/posts CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cancer experts fear new U.S. breast imaging guidelines that recommend against routine screening mammograms for women in their 40s may have their roots in the current drive in Washington to reform healthcare. Critics of the guidelines, issued on Monday by the U.S. Services Task Force, an independent panel sponsored by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Quality, say the new guidelines are a step backward and will lead to more cancer deaths. Here are some of their concerns. * Dr Carol Lee, chairwoman of the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Commission, said she fears insurers -- both... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387915/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:13:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381818/posts "...These soldiers were entrusted to carry fully automatic, military assault rifles when deployed to Afghanistan, where the shooter was about to be sent. But in America, these same soldiers are disarmed when on base. From the Associated Press: Soldiers at Fort Hood don't carry weapons unless they are doing training exercises...." examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381818/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:00:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382275/posts According to an intelligence source speaking to the Northeast Intelligence Network, forensic analysis of Nidal Malik HASAN’s computer and other media determined that HASAN had routinely visited al Qaeda and Islamic terrorist web sites in months and weeks leading to last week’s massacre at Fort Hood. According to this investigative source, HASAN also downloaded material from the web site operated by former Dar al Hijrah mosque leader and terrorist facilitator Anwar Nasser al Awlaki. As reported here, al Awlaki was an imam at the Dar al Hijrah mosque in Fall Church, Virginia in 2001, where he advised and facilitated two... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382275/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:29:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378622/posts This year's conference of the Francophone European Association for Bahá’í Studies (Association francophone européenne des études bahá’íes, AFEEB) on 24 and 25 October 2009 in Luxembourg discussed the future world order and global governance. The programme included a presentation of the concept of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) by the Chairman of the Committee for a Democratic U.N., Andreas Bummel. Outlining the path towards a directly elected world parliament, Mr Bummel stressed the "spiritual dimension" of the efforts. "The establishment of a UN Parliamentary Assembly would represent a changed consciousness. For the first time in human history such a... Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378622/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:11:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378589/posts A judge in Milan convicted 23 Americans today of the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003, culminating a landmark trial that gave a look into the secret world of CIA renditions of terror suspects. Judge Oscar Magi acquitted three Americans, including the former CIA station chief in Italy, because they had diplomatic immunity when a secret team abducted militant cleric Abu Omar in Milan and flew him to Egypt, where he underwent months of torture and abuse. The Americans were tried in absentia, and given that the U.S. government has long declined to cooperate with the prosecution, it seemed... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378589/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374525/posts The Federal Reserve Banking System has been around almost one hundred years. It has never been audited. The Fed answers to no one. The Fed has loaned over twelve trillion dollars of taxpayer money, our money. To whom? Only the Fed knows. Recently the chairman of the Fed, Ben Bernanke, was called before Congress and when asked who received loans and bailout money, he told Congress it was none of their business. TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374525/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:15:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362441/posts Former police association contractor charged with snooping on 'Joe the Plumber' Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:42 AM By Randy Ludlow The Columbus Dispatch A former contractor for the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police has been charged with rummaging through state computers to retrieve confidential information about "Joe the Plumber." Brett A. Gerke, 52, of 2329 Woodcreek Place on the Far North Side, is charged with attempted unauthorized use of property. Gerke entered a diversion program on Oct. 2, which typically results in the dismissal of a criminal charge. He has not entered a plea. The charge is a first-degree... The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362441/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:42:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361582/posts A Georgia judge has blasted attorney Orly Taitz, who has handled a number of court challenges to President Barack Obama's eligibility under the constitutional demand the Oval Office be occupied only by a "natural born" citizen, fining her $20,000 for what he called "frivolous" court actions, and he then mocked the concern over Obama's background. "Although counsel's present concern is the location of the president's birth, it does not take much imagination to extend the theory to his birthday," wrote U.S. District Judge Clay Land in an order released today. "Perhaps, he looks 'too young' to be president, and he... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361582/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:26:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357565/posts John McCain's campaign is still being audited by the Federal Elections Commission, while Obama – the only presidential candidate in history since the public finance system was established to decline public funds during the general election – may have escaped similar scrutiny by the FEC. An FEC spokesman told WND that the commission is obligated to complete an audit of McCain's campaign because he received public funds during the general election. "Under regulations, that is automatically audited by the FEC once you receive public funds," he said. "For the Obama committee, there's a possibility, just like with any other committee,... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357565/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:56:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2355971/posts Barack Obama is fighting a lot of political wars these days. The most important, is the war over the war in Afghanistan. Then there's the war over health care. And spending. And the environment. And financial regulation. And on and on. They're all serious and time consuming. But the war that has become unexpectedly intense in recent days isn't about any particular policy. It's the war over personnel -- the president's choices to fill important but not necessarily high-profile jobs in his administration. Some of Obama's choices have been people with radical pasts -- or radical presents. Others are so... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2355971/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355885/posts The B-Cast: How Obama's 'Coalitions of Power' Are Key to 'Stealthy Agenda' Breitbart via mefeedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355885/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:16:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355272/posts In a 24-page filing littered with all-caps, bold, and underlined text, Birther attorney Orly Taitz is demanding that a federal judge recuse himself in a case that has morphed from a soldier's attempt to resist Barack Obama's orders to what Taitz sees as a prosecution of herself. Taitz alleges that Judge Clay Land met with Attorney General Eric Holder, who was allegedly spotted at a small coffee shop across from Land's courtroom in Columbus, Georgia, on the day of a Birther hearing. A strange affidavit by one Robert Douglas describes the putative sighting of Holder, sans entourage, who "probably thought... TPMMuckraker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355272/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:14:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352584/posts A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to release notes and summaries of former Vice President Dick Cheney's 2004 interview with Special Prosecutor Pat Fitzgerald in the CIA leak case, but is allowing the deletion of what may be some of the most interesting details in the documents. In a ruling issued Thursday morning, Judge Emmet Sullivan flatly rejected claims by both Bush and Obama appointees at DOJ that the entirety of the records should be withheld because their disclosure could discourage White House officials from cooperating in future investigations. The judge said the prospect of such inquiries was... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352584/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:38:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350366/posts Patrick Gaspard, considered one of the most powerful figures in the Obama White House, is a "longtime ACORN operative" and former union official, according to a report posted Monday on the American Spectator's online blog. Gaspard's name recently surfaced as the official President Obama dispatched to urge beleaguered New York Gov. David Paterson not to run for another term. Paterson insists he'll continue to run for governor even without Obama's support. Gaspard has extensive ties to organized labor and community-organizing groups. One measure of his influence in the White House: He holds the same "political affairs director" title that belonged... Newmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350366/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:47:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342512/posts The ACORN vote in the House is stunning news. Just 48 hours after Republican Leader John Boehner introduced the "Defund ACORN Act," the bill -- which most Republicans thought Democrats would do anything to block -- passed by a resounding 345-75 vote. It would never have made it to a vote had not the Democratic leadership decided to allow it, and the winning total included 172 Democrats. Yes, 172 House Democrats voted to totally cut off funding for an organization that has worked for years on behalf of Democrats nationwide. Couple that with the 83-7 Senate vote to cut off... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342512/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:05:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342054/posts In the war on the czars, Glenn Beck and the GOP are picking up reinforcements from an unlikely source: the Democratic Party. The Fox News host and leading Republican lawmakers have been hammering President Barack Obama for weeks over a proliferation of policy “czars” — presidential appointees who don’t have to be confirmed by the Senate and aren’t easily held to account by Senate oversight committees. Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin joined the anti-czar chorus Wednesday, asking Obama to detail the roles and responsibilities of all of the czars in his administration and to explain why he believes the... politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342054/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:20:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338170/posts James O'Keefe's foray into filmmaking may cost him a few years in the slammer. O'Keefe and fellow conservative activist/budding investigative journalist Hannah Giles were the ones who dressed up like a pimp and a prostitute, respectively (or not), and went to the offices of the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) in D.C. and Baltimore looking for advice on how to buy a house. The resulting video caused quite a commotion and resulted in the firing of four ACORN employees, as well as other repercussions for those who support the organization. In Maryland, it's against the law to... NBC Universal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338170/posts#comment Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:09:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336635/posts The FBI since the September 11 attacks has forged ties with a number of Muslim groups linked to a secretive organization that calls for the methodical takeover of the United States. HUMAN EVENTS has obtained an eight-page memo written by Washington Field Office officials which celebrates the way the FBI, whose mission is law enforcement, has created these "partnerships." Critics, some within the FBI, say the bureau is increasing the statue of groups whose long-term ideological goal is to bring Islamic law to America through jihad, or struggle. A former agent told HUMAN EVENTS the bureau is dealing with the... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336635/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:04:05 GMT