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# Freedom of religion is fundamental to Swiss law and European human rights treaties. # A minaret is a simple and common architectural feature of a mosque, and is neither a safety risk nor a public nuisance. # A minaret carries no political symbolism or significance. # Advertising campaigns to promote the law were racist. # The law may alienate Swiss Muslims, who are largely of European origin and are known to be moderate. # The international outcry against the law may have a negative influence on the Swiss economy and foreign relations

So many people have the ideas of the breed of dogs called "pittbulls". This bread had a very bad rap and who gives it to them is the people who poorly raise them and poeple who judge. I have been an american terrier owner all my life and they are the best dogs. They scored higher then little yap dogs and german sheapards are temparment test 82%. People need to stop being ignorate and just let them be. They get used for fighting and are torchered beyond belief. Look on Bad Rap web site and read the stories of this...

I would rather people die or be poor than be forced to help them. Being forced to help others is not the American way! It's downright anti-Christian of the government to tell me I have to pay for other people's health care! Besides, everyone knows that a public option can't work. Why can't DUMBocrats get it through their thick skulls that it won't work? NO OTHER FIRST-WORLD NATION HAS EVER HAD A SUCCESSFUL GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH PROGRAM. Don't get me wrong, here. I'm not a Republican. They're both two sides of the same coin. I mean, I've voted Republican in every...

If this works, I finally figured it out). I am so not good with computers.

We've received many requests from freepers requesting that other freepers not post to them. There are several problems with this. 1. It's impossible for us to enforce.2. We don't have the time to enforce these requests.3. We don't have the software to keep track of these requests.4. Thick skin helps.5. Ignore the poster, if you don't reply, they won't reply. Free Republic does not need a bozo filter, bozo filters are for wimps. Final note: Trolls, troublemakers, disruptors, forum pests, malcontents, RINOs, liberals, stalkers, et al, would continue posting to (harassing) someone after being asked to stop. Conservative FReepers would...

"In recent months, newspapers, cable news channels and political commentators have taken a sudden interest in the offensive signs that some ill-mannered participants have brought to "tea party" demonstrations and townhall meetings. Left-leaning pundits, bloggers, and even Democrat politicians, seem to be shocked at how conservative protestors are "lowering the level of political discourse". Nancy Pelosi recently claimed that protestors were "carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare", as if she were astonished to hear of such behavior."

Why are forum replies reviewed and posting delayed? Makes it kinda tough to carry on a conversation when it takes hours to communicate.

I posted my complete opinions about living 7 years with government run healthcare plans in other countries (they were fabulous and gave great peace of mind at low cost), my opinions of the government employee healthcare programs using private insurance in the USA (they were all generally poor to bad (Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna etc.), the fact that I am older now and will be using VA medical facilities, unless I am too far to travel to one of them, in which case I'll use Medicare. The absolute worst medical care I got in the last 40 years...

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I was embarrassed for my country when many Americans let the fear of terrorism turn them into cringing cowards, willing to give up our basic civil liberties for the illusion of safety, ignoring how we are 200 times more likely to die in our automobile than in a terrorist attack on our soil. I am equally embarrassed today. Many of my fellow Americans have let themselves be manipulated by corporate interests and ratings-hungry media. They have become frightened, angry, and unable to cooperate to form a more perfect union. Why do so many Americans have so little faith in our...

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here shows you how chinese devlope their country! then, you should know why chinese economy grow faster than others. Feb 2009

He just now said there was no prok or earmark spending in the $787B stimulus bill.

<p>Fellow Freepers, which sort of conservative described in this list are you?</p>

Dear Mr. Robinson: I've given the matter quite a bit of thought and have decided it is time to ZOT you. I was tempted when I noticed posters were allowed to insult anyone who disagreed with them; even more tempted when I saw new posters banned for asking questions, or expressing an opinion outside the mainstream - (though I must confess anyone adopting the screen name "Christ was killed by conservatives" was not going to last very long ! I'm sure he was referring to the Sanhedrin, but still...) When I saw your post today about getting "millions of people"...

It was a Dark and Smoky Basement.... Troll logs on, now he's a noobie Thinks he's slick, smoking his doobie Calling one a hick, prized like a ruby Silently though, alarms did blare Post count up, writing bout hockey But he's being watched, by viking kitty A little jab at Huck, and one for Palin Slipped just a bit, might have been railing Tried to backtrack, writing the right thing The Mods are aware, lurking there Viking Kitties, waiting for meat DUmmie made a mistake, Called Reagan a dork There awoke the LOTUS SPORK Troll slayers on the attack ZOTS...

I've been hearing that some groups of people are not welcome at Free Republic anymore, but I didn't believe what I was hearing because that seems like the complete opposite of "Free". I've heard that supporters of Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and more are no longer welcome to post at this site. This site is about uniting people together against the liberal onslaught that is ruining our country and we could use all the help we can get right? Please correct me so I can correct others who have told me that this is...

Women should not hold elective office or be in positions of authority over men. A woman's role is to serve her husband, raise children and provide a good household for her family. As we recite in our wedding vows, women are to obey men, not try and govern them. True conservatives should not vote for a women for any office, be it a local, state or national position. It is sad that so many people are willing to have a woman as president. It would be a signal to the world that the U.S. is emasculated, and has relinquished its...

Or so says one poster at freerepublic.com regarding Ahmadinejad. However, I doubt this individual lives in Iran or has any rational reason to fret about being "stuck with him". The destruction of our communities, religion, and logical thought processes after decades of indoctrination and consumer capitalism allows the modern American to personalize every struggle as their own; although they live a life absolutely free of their so called "struggles". Its the same reason our sick populace is obsessed with sports (people actually think they are on the team) and celebrities (Free Michael Jackson so he can put out his next...

i think we could form a more perfect union if we could find peace in the nation and abroad.we should not be dictators.dictatorship ended in the early 1960's.some say cummnuism is where you share your countrys' wealth.i'm more in favor sharing wealth with the united and free world.

<p>I am searching for members of the Illuminati. I am interested in joining or being invited. I'm willing to do what it takes. Please e-mail me at landondunham64@yahoo.com. Thank you in advance.</p>

As in regulating who should and shouldn't be licensed to give birth. In thinking about this take into account the following: Already in effect: 1) Society reserves the right to license any State Sanctioned Marriage 2) Adoption Agencies already screen perspective parents on the basis of fitness to be a parent. 3) The Roman Catholic Church has a system of Counseling prior to marriage. These are things already set up and basically accepted in society, so this is only mildly expanding the theory. Now walk through any Trailer Park, 6 Flags or Walmart and look around you and consider the...

I've never posted a straight Vanity before. But I am sick and tired of this good conservative, generally religious site being overrun by people posting "I'd hit it", whenever a picture of a good-looking girl is displayed. It's demeaning, it's immoral, and I guess I'm just a prude but announcing to the world that you'd like to have sex with a woman based on her picture, like she was some object, hardly seems like the appropriate attitude on a conservative political site. But rather than post in response to any particular person, I figured I'd just vent here where everybody...

Joe's Babe of the Week: Debbie Stabenow

Een Duitse bouwvakker heeft de verrassing van zijn leven beleefd. Op zoek naar wc-papier ontstak hij een lucifer in een pikdonker toilet op een werf in Oberschleiheim. Door een chemische reactie ontplofte de hele handel. Metselaar Swen Friedmann (33) bleef achter met ernstige brandwonden aan zijn billen. Het werftoilet is goed voor de schroothoop. (eb)

The giant galaxy Messier 87 has finally been sized up, but outer parts that should have been there are missing, scientists now find. The galaxy is smaller than expected. Messier 87 belongs to the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, the nearest galaxy cluster to our own Milky Way. The relatively young cluster is located about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo and contains many hundreds of galaxies. A team of astronomers used the super-efficient FLAMES spectrograph at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile to make ultra-precise measurements of a host of planetary nebulae in the...

As the Constitution of the United States of America was drafted solely by racist, slaveowning members of the capitalist class, it is time to acknowledge that the document is morally corrupt and must be scrapped. In its place, a new order based upon the will of the oppressed worker's class will be drafted and enacted. 1) The "right" to "free" speech must be destroyed. The propaganda of the white christian capitalist class must be censured and silenced, violently if neccessary. To this end, ALL communication advocating religion, private property, and opression of the workers must be punished by execution. All...

Even Sean Hannity has written off Free Republic, saying "Everyone I knew basically left because of so much childish immature personal attacks, the propensity there to eat their own." [Listen to Sean Hannity’s Statement about Free Republic. ] I was suspended from "conservative" site Free Republic for having an opinion. It's amazing that a so called site dedicated to "Free" would ban someone for having an opinion. I encourage anyone to feel free to post my material on Free Republic or elsewhere as I will no longer be posting on that site. (If anyone knows of other open forums similar...

How are you doing and I wonder what was some of your memorable experiences. Is there anything you would like to say or vent?:) And thank you!

LISTEN!! THE CONFICKER WORM IS A DISTRACTION! ITS JUST A HARMLESS WORM! THE REAL VIRUS HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT INTO THE MATRIX LAST WEEK!! YES!!! ITS A VIRUS CALLED MESSIAH!! ITS SET UP BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO THAT BARACK OBAMA CAN TAKE OVER ALL OF OUR COMPUTERS AND READ OUR MINDS!!!! YES!!! IT CANT BE DETECTED! ITS TOO LATE TO REMOVE IT NOW!!! BARACK OBAMA IS GOING TO CONTROL ALL OF THE INTERNET AT 9:45 PST!! HES GOING TO BE WATCHING US ALL AND..... Hello! Im Barack Obama! I am Jesus Christ! Don't pay any attention what was said....

# De Principiis Cogitandi. Liber Secundus. (1 result) 11 Visa tamen tardi demum inclementia morbi # Luna habitabilis (1 result) 24 Visa tibi ante oculos, et nota major imago.

Got this spam a few minutes ago in my FReepmail: Hello Friend, I have been a long admirer of yours here at the Free Republic. So I thought I’d take the time to write a personal letter to only you to inform you about Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty. Please keep this letter between just us. After Paul dropped out of the 2008 GOP primary; he started the Campaign for Liberty. It has since grown into the largest Constitutionalist, Austrian economics advocacy group in America with over 140,000 members. Their latest project is to pass H.R. 1207: the audit the...

I know some jokes, but I don't know any good political jokes!! Could everyone post some good jokes here? Thanks, A_cool_guy

I'm getting $90,000 settlement for a car accident with the attorney getting $30,000, the physical therapist getting $11,400, and me getting $45,711, and a bunch of small amounts to various providers. What are the things I have to watch out for so that I know I'm being treated correctly by my attorney?

While the Iowa Hawkeyes were scoring at will on the field Saturday night, two fans from the Hawkeye State also were scoring elsewhere in the Metrodome. Police say that a man and woman were "having relations" in one of the bathroom stalls as a crowd cheered them on. The man, 26 and from Linden, Iowa, and the woman 38 and from Carroll, Iowa, were cited for misdemeanor indecent conduct. He was released to his girlfriend and she to her husband, police said. A security guard came upon the scene in the handicapped stall, police said. Police were summoned, and they...

Bomb disposal teams were called in and buildings evacuated after workmen mistook a Monty Python film prop for a hand grenade. Water company engineers spotted the object when they lifted up a fire hydrant cover during work on a street in Shoreditch, east London. The road was cordoned off and a nearby pub was evacuated amid fears that the "grenade" could explode.

A new study shows that the states that consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption.

Although the classical ideal is that scientific theories are evaluated by a careful teasing-out of their internal logic and external implications, and checking whether these deductions and predictions are in-line-with old and new observations; the fact that so many vague, dumb or incoherent scientific theories are apparently believed by so many scientists for so many years is suggestive that this ideal does not necessarily reflect real world practice. In the real world it looks more like most scientists are quite willing to pursue wrong ideas for so long as they are rewarded with a better chance of achieving more grants,...

This Global database is marked with a numbering system. Each RFID microchip has a 16 digit number on it that links it to the database. That is where the power to control everything on earth is located. The power is in the database. He who controls the database will control the world very soon... A spider web is being built around us right now. The Real ID is designed to be the main system to pull in the masses. December 31, 2009 is the date by which it becomes law. It's the point of the spear designed to pierce our...

I recently ordered a gun (long rifle). Went down to pick it up today and was turned down. Puzzled - I purchased a new hand gun in December 08. Any thoughts??

Rush said (in jest I believe) "that if this keeps up, I'm moving to New Zealand". That brought a lot of condemnation on this board. As I have been a lurker here for nearly 10 years, I signed up today - only to post to you good folks that we too are getting out while the gettin is good. We have been involved with the paperwork now for nearly three months, and many more months previous in research. You see, when you reach our age - you do not do something this Big for yourselves, you do them for your...

This is about renting a house in Finland and using legal and correct forms to prevent problems. Article is in Finnish. Alla ovat Ympäristöministeriön viimeisimmät viralliset vuokrasopimus mallit. Tiedostot ovat PDF muodossa, joten ne ovat helppo tulostaa taikka tallentaa koneelle. Erittäin hyödyllisiä etenkin tehdessä vuokrasopimusta yksityiseltä yksityiselle.Kiinteistönvälitys toimistoilla, jotka tarjoavat vuokra-asuntoja on yleensä kattavat sopimus pohjat valmiina. Mutta toki niihinkin kannattaa tutustua tarkasti ja kysyä kiinteistönvälittäjältä mikäli jokin asia askarruttaa. Vuokra-sopimus -pohjaAlivuokralais sopimus -pohja VINKKI! Tallenna sopimuksen pohja tietokoneelle painamalla oikeaa hiiren nappia ja valitsemalla Tallenna Kohde nimellä.( Sopimusmallit perustuvat ympäristöministeriön asetuksiin asuinhuoneiston vuokrasopimuksen kaavasta (537/2004) ja alivuokra-asunnon vuokrasopimuksen kaavasta...

<p>I had posted this video on YOUTUBE see jerryERRN.</p>

Recession is great for us. after working 30 years in Education I am retired and getting the same net incomes as before retirement AND the pension indexed so that my net will always be as if I were on the job and ALL health/dental taken care of. No expenses, house paid off, cars bought with savings, no outstanding bills AND because of the economic fiasco PRICES ARE LOWER EVERYWHERE. I just love it.

This is despicable. And as a writer who prefers calm and reflective analysis, when such a course is possible, I’m shocked at having to write the above headline. But far more important than mannerism is the profound obligation of every citizen and active US resident to scream out against the despicable “healthcare” provisions in the “Stimulus” Bill. The so-called “Stimulus Bill” has in it a provision to establish a “National Coordinator of Health Information Technology.” The Coordinator would primarily establish cost cutting guidelines that doctors would be bound to follow or face penalties determined by the Secretary of Health and...

Transportation officials in Texas are scrambling to prevent hackers from changing messages on digital road signs after one sign in Austin was altered to read, "Zombies Ahead." Chris Lippincott, director of media relations for the Texas Department of Transportation, confirmed that a portable traffic sign at Lamar Boulevard and West 15th Street, near the University of Texas at Austin, was hacked into during the early hours of Jan. 19. "It was clever, kind of cute, but not what it was intended for," said Lippincott, who saw the sign during his morning commute. "Those signs are deployed for a reason —...

Many more has-been companies will be feeding off taxpayers, investors, and workers—sapping the lifeblood of healthier rivals Zombies. Seen one lately? If not, you may soon, because they are about to menace the U.S. economy. In financial lingo, zombies are debtors that have little hope of recovery but manage to avoid being wiped out thanks to support from their lenders or the government. Zombies suck life out of an economy by consuming tax money, capital, and labor that would be better deployed in growing companies and sectors. Meanwhile, by slashing prices to generate sales, zombie companies can drag healthier rivals...

It looks as though the USSC or for that matter any of our elected representatives are going to do anything to call into question Barrack Obama's foreign national status. So, it's up to us (American Citizens) to apply the pressure to get them to take notice. We can BOYCOTT any spending on luxury/non-essential items. This will get the governments attention. Pay your bills but don't spend your tax refund, don't spend your stimulus payment. Call in to local radio talk shows.......you know the drill. If it's good enough for Jesse Jackson, then it is certainly good enough for us in...

The Department of Homeland Security in Action 04 January 2009 A Thai friend with whom I have traveled in Europe and Asia took time off from her job to meet me in Florida over the holidays. This was a good time for me, as it was between reporting stints in the war. My friend, Aew, had volunteered to work with me in Afghanistan or Iraq, but I declined because many people around me get shot or blown up. So we were looking forward to spending some vacation time together. She comes from a good family; and one that is wealthier...

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. - Friedrich Nietzsche On one hand, liberals who want to seem smart are fond of regurgitating Karl Marx's declaration that “Religion is the opium of the masses.� Quoting the great soothsayer of the left makes them feel stronger, better - even wiser. On the other hand, those who want to seem more artistic or visual and less learned employ something like "Religious people are zombies." But no matter how a liberal chooses to present himself - for to her everything is about the presentation -...