http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sick/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:20:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418397/posts TMZ is asking if Rush should live or die. Yes No http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418397/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:20:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417964/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - After a sleepless, overnight flight to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month, President Barack Obama made a not altogether surprising admission. He was tired. My Way News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417964/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:12:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414704/posts There are several information programs out there produced by John Stoical, that address our health care situation.  They are very good because they cover a number of important issues, help the viewer to understand basic principles, and provide sound ideas how to improve the presnt system, which the present health care plan on Capital Hill does not do. The first presentation I'm going to bring to your attention is a six part ABC 20/20 program that appears on YouTube.  The second will be a sixteen clip presentation on Stossel's FoxNews Business site. The ABC 20/20 presentation is entitled, "John Stossel... ABC 20/20 and FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414704/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:28:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410703/posts According to numbers released in December by the Episcopal Church, that denomination’s membership dropped by 3 percent in 2008. That doesn’t sound like much, but I am a bit of a demographics junkie, plus I researched and examined a lot of church membership and growth data in writing my book A Lover’s Quarrel With The Evangelical Church. I can tell you that I have never heard of a major denomination that has ever lost 3 percent of its membership in a single year. What’s even more interesting about these numbers is that the Episcopal Church now says it has only... WORLD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410703/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:51:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401717/posts A Vermont court ordered a Christian child taken away from her mother and given to a lesbian ex-partner, setting up, according to a lawyer for the Christian family, a dispute that the U.S. Supreme Court likely will have to resolve. Mathew Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel, told WND the recent order from the Vermont judge that Lisa Miller turn over her young daughter, Isabella, to the lesbian ex-partner, Janet Jenkins, on New Year's Day is being appealed. In the interim, a separate court hearing on the dispute is scheduled to be heard in a Virginia court during this coming week.... WND via The Woodward Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401717/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:29:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401205/posts BREAKING: Diocese of Los Angeles Elects Non-Celibate Lesbian As Suffragan Bishop Stand Firm http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401205/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 22:56:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393483/posts (CNSNews.com) - When asked whether al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden should have the right to remain silent and be given a lawyer, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) told CNSNews.com that everyone who is accused of a crime should have the same "basic rights" afforded by the U.S. Constitution.. On Capitol Hill on Nov. 19, CNSNews.com asked Kucinich, “If and when the U.S. captures Osama Bin Laden, should he have the right to remain silent and be given a lawyer--told he can get a lawyer?” Kucinich said: “I think that America does best when the values that we want other nations... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393483/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:03:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390798/posts The Arts Council has given a epileptic dancer £14,000 to stop taking her medication and have a seizure on stage. Rita Marcalo’s 24-hour performance, involving strobe lights and sleep deprivation, is billed as a study of the “conceptual and physical interfaces between dance, movement and epilepsy”. Epilepsy charities said that the event turned a much misunderstood condition into a freak show and warned of the potentially severe dangers of coming off epilepsy drugs. Marcalo said that she wanted to raise awareness of epilepsy as “an invisible disability” and would use next month’s adults-only show at Bradford Playhouse to explore “my... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390798/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2390433/posts Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand. -- Romans 5:1-2a November 19, 2009 Sisters and brothers in Christ of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, I greet you with the words of the apostle Paul to the Romans: "Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand" (Romans 5:1-2a). Where does the Evangelical Lutheran Church in... Evangelical Lutheran Church in America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2390433/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:47:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383104/posts ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama has narrowed down his decision for an Afghanistan strategy to four options. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the president will discuss those options with his national security team on Wednesday. Gibbs did not provide any details about the options, and says the president's decision on troop deployments is still weeks away. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383104/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:31:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379492/posts Fort Hood Tragedy -- Barack Obama Gives "Shout-Out" Before He Comments on Shooting -- FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379492/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:13:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2377553/posts ELCA synods will not have the option of upholding traditional Christian teaching on marriage and homosexuality in their standards for pastors and other rostered leaders according to a draft of candidacy rules released Oct. 10 by the ELCA churchwide organization. No synod or bishop may make decisions on ministry standards that differ from the new policies of the ELCA churchwide organization as defined by the 2009 Churchwide Assembly, the policy draft explains. The ELCA now allows pastors and other rostered leaders to be in committed same-sex relationships. “By the governing documents, all candidacy and call decisions are made on an... Lutheran Core http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2377553/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375352/posts (In August the churchwide assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America adopted proposals to make it possible for Lutherans in publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous same-gender relationships to serve as ELCA associates in ministry, clergy, deaconesses and diaconal ministers.) In the wake of the ELCA assembly vote to allow gay and lesbian people to serve in the clergy or other leadership positions, the denomination's Presiding Bishop, the Rev. Mark Hanson, has told his bishops and laity to expect some congregations to leave. Whether ELCA congregations will defect in large numbers to more conservative Lutheran denominations remains to be seen. However,... Bismarck Tribune (ND) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375352/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:22:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2372217/posts There are plenty of questions being asked in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America following a decision in August to allow pastors to be involved in committed, same-gender relationships. In response to the decision, there will be a series of meetings at churches in the ELCA's southeastern Minnesota synod during the coming weeks, including a three-week series starting Sunday at Zumbro Lutheran Church in Rochester. Bishop Harold Usgaard recently recorded a videotaped message to prompt discussion about the fundamental questions raised by this issue. The questions include: Who is welcome in ELCA congregations and who is not? Usgaard also wrote... Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN ) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2372217/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:24:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361837/posts Just when you thought Keith Olbermann couldn't get any more vile or vulgar . . . Opening this evening's Countdown, Olbermann said that Rush Limbaugh's observation that Glenn Beck was the result of his success "is like congratulating yourself for spreading syphyllis." Olbermann made his crude comment in teasing a segment on Rush's interview with NBC's Jamie Gangel. View video. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361837/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:08:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2361912/posts Dear Diocesan Family, A panel of the Virginia Supreme Court will hear our petition for appeal on October 21 and, while it is unfortunate that these legal proceedings were necessary, I trust that this hearing will bring us one step closer to resolution. I am proud that the Diocese of Virginia and the Episcopal Church have chosen the path consistently to defend loyal Episcopalians, and to safeguard and to protect the Church's legacy and the Church from unwarranted governmental and legislative interference. It is with the same determination to stand by the people, traditions and legacy of our diocese that... Episcopal Diocese of Virginia / Virtue Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2361912/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:44:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2359264/posts ELCA NEWS SERVICE October 9, 2009 ELCA and ELCJHL Bishops Deepen Conversations among Christians and Muslims WASHINGTON (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Rev. Munib A. Younan, bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, were among 1,000 people who attended the fourth major Muslim-Christian dialogue conference here Oct. 7-8. "It has been both the challenge and the hope for this conference that common words would lead to common deeds," said Hanson. "We have heard stories of places where particular Muslims and Christians are deepening their understanding of... ELCA News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2359264/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:42:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2357576/posts Man pleads guilty to raping preteen girl BY KEITH EPPS A Spotsylvania man yesterday admitted that he raped a preteen girl earlier this year. Richard Eugene Smith Jr., 38, pleaded guilty to rape in Spotsylvania Circuit Court. He faces the possibility of life in prison when he is sentenced Dec. 2. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutor Amy Harper dropped a second rape charge against Smith. According to the evidence presented by Harper, Smith had sexual relations with the 12-year-old girl twice between June 1 and July 22. The second incident ended when the girl's mother walked into the... Fredericksburg (Va.) Free-Lance Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2357576/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 15:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2356904/posts ELCA Bishops Told of Possible Changes in Domestic, Global Relationships 09-223-JB CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Since the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the church's global mission personnel have been reaching out to partner Lutheran churches worldwide. While some churches have expressed disagreement with a significant decision of the assembly, only one church to date has said it will change its relationship with the 4.6-million member ELCA. In August the churchwide assembly adopted proposals to change ELCA ministry policies to make it possible for Lutherans in publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous same-gender relationships to serve as ELCA associates... ELCA News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2356904/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 18:05:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2352096/posts St. Paul, Minn. — Members of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Minneapolis decided to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America after a 96 percent vote by members on Sunday. The decision to leave came after the ELCA Church-wide Assembly vote on Aug. 21 in Minneapolis, that allowed gays and lesbians in committed relationships to serve as clergy. Before the ECLA's decision, gay clergy were allowed to be ministers only if they were celibate. Some church members object to the new policy, saying it goes against Scripture. The St. Paul's congregation's council set a policy in October 1990 that... Minnesota Public Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2352096/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 01:15:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351989/posts WASHINGTON — House Republicans say it's payback time for the recent reprimand of one of their own for heckling President Barack Obama. They want a Democratic lawmaker to apologize or face a reprimand for saying the GOP wants Americans to "die quickly" if they get sick. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla. – a first-term congressman known for a provocative style – refused to back down on Wednesday. As Republicans threatened to introduce a resolution disapproving of his remarks, he returned to the House floor and mocked their outrage by citing research showing that nearly 45,000 people die each year for lack... AP on San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351989/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:55:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351799/posts Congressman Joe Wilson was sanctioned by the U.S. House of Representatives in a resolution that condemned his outburst "YOU LIE" by saying it brought "discredit" and violated the "decorum" of the House. GOP House leaders were quick to also condemn's Joe's outburst. But when a Democrat speaks from the floor of the U.S. House and suggests the GOP wants sick people to die, there is a deafening silence from Democrats! [VIDEO AT SITE] Will there ever be real civility in the political process where Democrats are completely exempt from the standards they daily demand of Republicans?(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351799/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:49:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351157/posts Oh joy. Please God, help us relocate by then..... COLOGNE, Germany — The Federation of Gay Games announced this afternoon that Cleveland will be the site of the 2014 games. The city was chosen over Boston and Washington, D.C., after a year-long site-selection process, the organization said in a news release issued at 1 p.m. "Cleveland demonstrated to the Federation of Gay Games that they understood the mission of the Gay Games and our principles of ‘Participation, Inclusion, and Personal Best’," said Kurt Dahl, of Chicago, and Emy Ritt, of Paris, FGG Co-presidents. Cleveland.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351157/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:19:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2350767/posts MARTIN COUNTY, FL -- A 23-year-old Stuart woman stabbed and killed her dog Sunday, according to an arrest affidavit.According to our news-partners at Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, Cassandra Danielle Lauderdale who lives in the 1700 block of Southeast Salerno Road was charged with cruelty to animals and was being held at the Martin County Jail in lieu of $2,500 bail Monday. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office was called about the incident about 10:30 p.m. Sunday at Lauderdale’s home. Deputies found several people inside, including Lauderdale, who appeared agitated. The people at the home told deputies she had taken the dog... TC Palm http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2350767/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:47:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350744/posts Glenn repeated some of the prayer, it kind of sounds like the Lords prayer only to Obama, to be released to the internet in 15 minutes ... It's a group of community organizers praying to him as if he were God. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350744/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:29:56 GMT