http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/social/ en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:19:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410795/posts Social Credit And Meta-Feudalism Politics / Social Issues Dec 18, 2009 - 03:48 AM By: Christopher_Quigley “Douglas said that we are trying to pass from one type of civilization into another in which the possibilities are such that we cannot imagine.” “The King is dead long live the King” so goes the feudal aristocratic mantra establishing power continuity. Death and birth are a part of reality and amidst the pain of death the love of life must prevail. Currently many say that American society is dying but in fact it is experiencing a transformation.Perhaps it is actually more correct to... The Market Oracle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410795/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:19:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400614/posts I need the help of this diverse and knowledgeable forum's members and particpants. I am in a legal dispute with a merchant. Today, the merchant's legalc ounsel filed a document in court -- now a matter of public record -- that displays my name, address, credit card numbet and its expiration date, and my social security number. Now I know this violated the court's rules and a few other of my state's (Ohio) laws, but I am wondering if this also violates any federal laws that anyine knows about. Any constructive help is much appreciated. PackerBoy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400614/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:54:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380411/posts ... don’t believe the fact that Hoffman is a social conservative was the reason for his loss, but when it comes to priorities, Simon makes a point worth considering: Hoffman’s capital “C” Conservative campaign tried to separate itself from the majority parties by making a big deal of the social issues. He was all upset that Scozzafava was pro-gay marriage, seemingly as upset as he was with her support for the stimulus plan. The majority of Americans are conservative — not just on matters of fiscal policy, but also on many social issues. After all, in the last presidential campaign... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380411/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:15:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374103/posts As social media become more popular, it is inevitable that enterprising politicians will use it promote themselves, connect with constituents, and garner votes. The White House has a blog, several Senators and House members tweet, and elected officials and candidates at all levels of government are using social media to get out their messages. But just as use of social media by voters is coming into conflict with existing election laws, some politicians are discovering that their use of social media may clash — or at least create possible problems — with existing campaign and government disclosure laws. Last summer,... Copyright 2007-09 Citizen Media Law Project and respective authors. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374103/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:03:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349596/posts Contrary to what the Left and their media minions told Americans in 2005 when President George W. Bush wanted to reform Social Security, the nation's largest entitlement program is now projected to run deficits for at least the next two years. In an article on the subject published Sunday, the Associated Press mysteriously hid the seriousness of this revelation while never once mentioning the Republican push to solve this problem four years ago, or that Democrats in January 2006 -- including Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) -- actually applauded the death of the previous year's reform efforts. Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349596/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:24:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349476/posts WASHINGTON – Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that's happened since the 1980s. The deficits — $10 billion in 2010 and $9 billion in 2011 — won't affect payments to retirees because Social Security has accumulated surpluses from previous years totaling $2.5 trillion. But they will add to the overall federal deficit. Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349476/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:16:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326112/posts ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. health authorities are turning to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter in a bid to prepare people to be vaccinated against the pandemic H1N1 virus. But efforts to distribute accurate information about the dangers of swine flu and the importance of vaccination are hampered by the sheer complexity of the message that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aims to convey. For a start, the vaccine will not be ready for widespread distribution until mid-October, after the traditional flu season has begun. The U.S. government hopes to target around 50 percent of... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326112/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:08:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322429/posts Congress may confiscate every state pension fund into the bankrupt social security system. Indications that this strategy is being discussed in Washington have come in to us from several sources over the last few days. Tonight, a correspondent who has just come home from a Tea Party Townhall Meeting in Salado, Texas with US Representative John Carter (R-Round Rock) issued the warning. She said, "Representative Carter informed the crowd that talk has been bandied about Congress to appropriate every state's pension plans into the bankrupt Social Security System." She is absolutely 100% sure that she understood him correctly. Dear readers,... American Daughter - Front Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322429/posts#comment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:25:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320012/posts Bachus: Social Security may face deficitLegislator predicts progam could be out of money in two years By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor Last Modified: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 9:39 a.m. TUSCALOOSA | Social Security could face a deficit within two years, according to U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus who met with The Tuscaloosa News editorial board Tuesday. “The situation is much worse than people realize, especially because of the problems brought on by the recession, near depression,” said Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills, in an interview with the Tuscaloosa News editorial board. Bachus, the ranking member of the House Committee on Financial Services,... Tuscaloosa News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320012/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:13:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305027/posts Obama Used 39 Social Security Numbers?topic posted Mon, July 27, 2009 - 5:43 PM "Dr. Taitz brings forward allegations that Barrack Obama is unlawfully holding the position as President of the United States. She currently is representing approx. 170 military members including commissioned officers in a lawsuit to force Barrack Obama to produce his birth cirtificate, proving that he is eligible to hold the position of President." Tribes.tribe.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305027/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:32:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304866/posts WASHINGTON, July 30, 2009 – Army Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV discovered the power of social networking in 2007 when he was the U.S. military’s top spokesman in Iraq. It was “probably one of the toughest times in Iraq,” Caldwell recalled of his time as Multinational Force Iraq’s deputy chief of staff for strategic effects. Mounting U.S. casualties and sectarian violence dominated the news headlines. Caldwell, who commanded the 82nd Airborne Division before arriving in Baghdad, knew the coverage wasn’t telling the whole story. “Men and women were doing incredibly great things every day, and not just heroic things,”... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304866/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:22:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294129/posts We estimate fiscal 2009 to have a deficit of more than $2 trillion and incoming revenues will only make up less than half of that. In spite of the protestations of our Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner that the deficit will be reduced, our president guarantees $1 trillion annual deficits as far as the eye can see. Cuts will never come and the dollar will fall because that is the way the elitists want it to be. Only from the ashes of economic and financial collapse can the new world order rise. Our government says one thing and does another. They... International Forecaster Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294129/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:58:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287702/posts Just days before he is to meet with Pope Benedict XVI on his first trip to Italy, President Obama told FOX News that the Catholic Church's long tradition of social justice has had a "profound influence" on him. President Obama said the Catholic Church's long tradition of social justice has had a "profound influence" on him -- just days before he is to meet with Pope Benedict XVI on his first trip to Italy. Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287702/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:22:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284599/posts In an effort to understand a Marxist bent on an end run at ‘global social justice’ we might define the words “freedom” and “justice”, relative to the following postulates: 1.) Marxism and Freedom are mutually exclusive -a given. 2.) “If you have socialism, you only require justice”. (A Presumed Tenant) On to the definitions…. Freedom is: Pretty simple. Everything (including opportunity) that is not restricted by law/code/agreement and that doesn’t infringe upon, nor unduly burden, others. * Note here that attacks on the word have been rather fruitless; hence the Democrats, Liberals, and Progressives have stopped using the word in... Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284599/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 03:15:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263434/posts You may have more Facebook friends as the years go by, but when it comes to your close friends, you lose about half and replace them with new ones after about seven years, new social research suggests. As a result, the size of your social network stays about the same. Live science http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263434/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 02:13:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2253494/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Social Science Research Assists Navigation of ‘Human Terrain’ By Navy Lt. Jennifer Cragg Special to American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 – The Defense Department is funding research to help warfighters learn and adapt to the social and cultural norms in their deployment areas, a Navy program officer said in a May 13 webcast of “Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military” on Pentagon Web Radio. “It's been a shift in the thinking of the Department of Defense away from conventional warfare practices to the asymmetric and irregular... Special to AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2253494/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 22:22:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250513/posts As Social Security’s critics know, the government program is robed in myths, for example, that it is “insurance” financed with a “trust fund,” paying “guaranteed” benefits “as a matter of earned right.” These myths have given most Americans a mistaken understanding of Social Security. As a result, they perniciously affected policymaking in the past and severely constrain reform options today. Beginning in 1935, when Social Security was enacted, the program’s administrators made a huge effort to shape the public’s understanding of and beliefs about it. In speeches, articles, pamphlets, and other mass-circulation literature, they described Social Security as “insurance” under... The Freeman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250513/posts#comment Thu, 14 May 2009 03:04:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120233/posts Message from The National Republican Trust PAC From Scott Wheeler Dear Supporter: Yesterday John Kerry sent out an e-mail to fellow Democrats attacking our ad exposing Obama's unbelievable plan to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens. Kerry claimed that the Republican Party is " depraved" and cited our ad. He then said our ad connects Obama to "9/11 attacker Mohammed Atta." Our ad does not "connect" Obama to 9/11. We say that Mohammed Atta easily got a driver's license in Florida. We say that if Obama implements his plan, it will be easy for terrorists to get driver's licenses.... http://www.nationalrepublicantrust.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120233/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:44:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112630/posts Obama Wants Social Security for Illegals Added: 1 day ago http://www.youtube.com/user/NRTPac http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112630/posts#comment Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110872/posts In recent years, as Wall Street boomed, Americans often dismissed Europe as a place for languorous meals and vacations, not economic innovation. London remained a financial hub, of course, but it was often treated dismissively — as a flashy aberration pumped up by petrodollars from Russia and the Gulf, an exception to the otherwise somnolent Continent. iht http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110872/posts#comment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:58:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048326/posts The long-serving president of New York City's powerful teachers' union was tapped last week to lead the 1.4 million-member American Federation of Teachers - a post from which she'll have ample opportunity to push her education agenda on the national level. "Imagine schools that are open all day and offer after-school and evening recreational activities and homework assistance," she said. "And suppose the schools included child care and dental, medical and counseling clinics." A one-stop nanny state, in other words - owned and operated by Randi Weingarten & Co. Weingarten's push for all-purpose schools is hardly surprising, of course. What... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048326/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:23:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030449/posts Blue Dogs look beyond '08 electionBy PATRICK O'CONNOR | 6/11/08 4:50 AM EST Democrat Jim Cooper is focused on the federal government’s swelling financial obligations. Photo: John Shinkle Rep. Jim Cooper never misses a chance to talk about the federal government’s swelling financial obligations. But the Tennessee Democrat clams up when asked about a conversation he had on the topic with his party’s likely presidential nominee, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. “I’ll let his campaign speak to his position on this issue,” Cooper says. Cooper’s silence is understandable: Although the party that takes power next year will have to address deficit... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030449/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:27:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018974/posts Vote Tallies1935 Social Security Act Proposal Introduced in Congress Shortly after the 74th Congress convened in January 1935, President Roosevelt sent his "Economic Security Bill" to Capitol Hill. The Administration proposal was transmitted to the Congress on January 17, 1935 and it was introduced that same day in the Senate by Senator Robert Wagner (D-NY) and in the House by Congressman Robert Doughton (D-NC) and David Lewis (D-MD). The bill was referred to Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways & Means Committee. Hearings The House Ways & Means Committee held hearings on the bill from January 21, 1935 through... SSA.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018974/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 01:56:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2006855/posts Maybe the brilliant mind of the Free Republic members can advise on this. I run a genealogy site for the family. In here we post information obtained from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), published by the U.S. Government. Let's say someone passes on and their spouse is receiving benefits. The SSDI publishes the SS# of the passed family member. Is it possible for the spouse to have complications arising from the theft of their loved ones ID? Idle Thoughts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2006855/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:26:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000777/posts Senator Barack Obama fought back Saturday against accusations from his rivals that he had displayed a profound misunderstanding of small-town values, in a flare-up that left him on the defensive before a series of primaries that could test his ability to win over white voters in economically distressed communities. For a second day, Mr. Obama sought to explain his remarks at a recent San Francisco fund-raiser that small-town Pennsylvania voters, bitter over their economic circumstances, “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” as a way to explain their frustrations. Acknowledging Saturday that “I didn’t... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000777/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:09:39 GMT