http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/society-bloggers/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:31:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418241/posts I have heard many folks openly observe that all members of Congress must live in a different world than we live in. I have pondered this oft heard statement and I must concur. I have a direct sense and understanding of these, now particularly odious folks, with a story of life as we knew it around the Beltway of Washington. Back in the late 1980's we were assigned to the D.C. area due to military posting. It was a cultural shock to the entire family. In part, the disparity was due to having lived in Germany for four wonderful years... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418241/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:31:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418191/posts Muslim killer camps increase in America, particularly in the northeast. Muslims boast they are the largest group in the U.S. TruthInConviction http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418191/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:56:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418079/posts Lubbock—During a dinner on Thursday night, December 31, 2009, the Texas Tech Alumni are having their annual awards ceremony banquet and New Year’s Eve bash. This year they’ve decided to add another category for the awards presentations. The category in question is the “Biggest Wussy Category.” The “Biggest Wussy Category” was created to determine which ballplayer should have a sex change; thereby becoming a girl. Each category includes a vote by a committee upon the name entered into the category. In the past, some of the categories have included, “The Toughest Player,” “The Smartest Player,” and “Most Outstanding Player.” In... Elective Decisions http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418079/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:07:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417970/posts Imagine walking down the street to the corner store for a newspaper and being stopped by policeman. He demands to see an official government-issued photo ID. You don't have it with you. The policeman tells you you're subject to a fine, and takes you into custody until authorities can ascertain your identity. Is this a totalitarian nightmare of East Germany or the Soviet Union? No, this is everyday life in dozens of countries that have issued citizens national ID cards that must be carried at all times. Failing to present the card upon demand is an offense in many of... Asset Protection http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417970/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:20:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417906/posts Exactly. In light of government failure after government failure, why does anyone trust the government to pick the winners and losers — let alone with something as important as health care? If you're interested in the philosophical case for why government intervention in health care isn't just and won't work, check out The Law by Frederic Bastiat, a French political philosopher. It's available for free online, is short (fewer than 100 pages sans introductions) and makes the best philosophical case for limited government and freedom I've ever read. Write on Nevada http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417906/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:46:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417863/posts TSA (Thousands Standing Around) now get to check out naked chicks in between wanding old ladies and releasing classified manuals on-lineAll because Western Civilization doesn't have the collective testicular fortitude to tell suspected barbarians they can't fly.  That and the fact that incompetent bureaucratic boobs didn't have the foresight or initiative to merge the terrorist database with the no fly list. Flying is not a right, it is a privilege, like driving. You meet a certain profile, you don't fly. Period.Ride your goat, Ahmed!The Founders set up a government to protect the liberties of free and moral people.  We lock... Western Hero http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417863/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:22:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417850/posts December 30, 2009 Heckuva Job, Barry [Greg Pollowitz] Did Obama spread a little disinformation when he addressed the public on Monday? Emphasis mine: First, I directed that we take immediate steps to ensure the safety of the traveling public. We made sure that all flights still in the air were secure and could land safely. We immediately enhanced screening and security procedures for all flights, domestic and international. We added federal air marshals to flights entering and leaving the United States. And we're working closely in this country, federal, state and local law enforcement, with our international partners. "All flights?"... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417850/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:00:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417842/posts Most normal people are the most mad immediately after an incident… Not The One… He seems to get madder with each poll showing that the American people aren’t happy with his carefree attitude toward the MCD (Man-Caused Disasterer [formerly referred to as a terrorist]). Maybe the peasants didn’t realize that He had a golf game to finish… As they say, once you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made… Feed Your ADHD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417842/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:52:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417785/posts Why would anyone want to ban a commercial featuring Adam and Eve? In this case, some people just couldn't take a joke. Centraal Beheer is an insurance company from The Netherlands which has run a series of very successful commercials where something goes unexpectedly, sometimes horribly, wrong in the end ... The request from the insurance company is "just call us." In other words: they are there for you in good times and bad, to help you with life's unexpected tragedies. Although some commercials have received praise as well as prestigious awards, others have been banned from the airwaves. One... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417785/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417744/posts Coulter on Foxnews with Matthew Litman, a former Obama advisor. Hot AirPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417744/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:28:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417662/posts The liberal media is finally realizing Sarah Palin is a serious candidate and a major political force. We would normally expect ridicule from the LA Times, as they were one of the main collaborators in selling America the deception ‘Obama smart - Palin dumb’ but no longer. It naturally helps when Obama continues to show America he is completely incompetent as Sarah Palin keeps surprising (and disappointing) the Left that she is very very capable. Governor Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417662/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:42:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417658/posts “I imagine how the great jihad will take place, how the muslims will win, insha Allah [God willing], and rule the whole world, and establish the greatest empire once again!!!” reads one post from Feb. 20, 2005 per Leonard Greene’s “Sex Torment Drove Him Nuts” via New York Post. TruthInConviction http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417658/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:33:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417653/posts Alumni Gifts Empowering Left? Malcolm A. Kline, December 30, 2009 Jane Shaw over at the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy is having second thoughts about her annual alumni gift to her alma mater. “One point in WellesleyÂ’s favor, by the way: its president hasnÂ’t signed the ‘PresidentsÂ’ Climate Change Agreement,Â’ an expensive will-oÂ’-the-wisp effort to ‘take a standÂ’ on global warming,” she writes. “And English majors are still required to study Shakespeare.” “Are those good enough reasons for me to support Wellesley with my money?” she asks herself. “Probably not.” Jay Schalin, also of the Pope Center,... Accuracy in Academia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417653/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:25:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417648/posts According to the latest polls, 79% of Americans think there will be a major domestic terror attack in the next year, a figure that is up 30 points since August. Why are Americans so uneasy? The recent attempt to destroy a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day by a jihadist, followed by the Barack Obama administration’s unbelievable incoherence in its comments on the incident have made the average person realize that, when it comes to fighting terrorism, this administration hasn’t got a clue. Newsrealblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417648/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:23:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417646/posts Brown Discovers Hangovers Malcolm A. Kline, December 30, 2009 Here’s a research project the Ivy League has just tackled that people outside the Ivies have been onto for generations. “Researchers with the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies gave subjects alcohol on an empty stomach, let them sleep and then checked their ability to think in the morning,” The Washington Post Express reported on Tuesday December 29, 2009. “Although the subjects though they’d be fine behind the wheel of a car, the researchers found they should probably wait a few more hours.” I wonder if they had a... AIA-FL Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417646/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:21:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417630/posts This so called terrorist attack on the Detroit bound Northwest Airlines flight Christmas day should not be cause for alarm by the American Government or another world Government. It isn't terrorists we should be concerned with but mentally unstable individuals from countries such as Nigeria which facilitate environments on their own citizens which makes their citizens mentally unstable. TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417630/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:05:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417603/posts Are you Pro-Choice (defined as being in favor of killing babies prior to birth)? Are you Pro-Life (defined as being opposed to the killing of unborn babies)? Are you undecided? Does it matter with the new health care bill? It does if you do not want to pay for it with your tax dollars. You see, this is not about the moral and ethical issues of abortion, it is about the fiscal responsibility of health care. TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417603/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:30:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417600/posts The terror attack on Christmas Day has brought out all sorts of revelations about just how pathetic our terror fighting abilities truly are. I mean this deal was a comedy of errors and it was only by the grace of God almighty himself that this Islamic mad man’s Underbooms© failed to explode and take the plane down. Not only was Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab on several watch lists, and from a real hotbed of al Qaeda terrorist activity, the guy’s own father warned the embassy that his son had become radicalized by militant Islamic fanatics. Never mind Abdul showed up... TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417600/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:29:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417597/posts The terror attack on Christmas Day has brought out all sorts of revelations about just how pathetic our terror fighting abilities truly are. I mean this deal was a comedy of errors and it was only by the grace of God almighty himself that this Islamic mad man’s Underbooms© failed to explode and take the plane down. Not only was Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab on several watch lists, and from a real hotbed of al Qaeda terrorist activity, the guy’s own father warned the embassy that his son had become radicalized by militant Islamic fanatics. Never mind Abdul showed up... The Cypress Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417597/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:27:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417589/posts Karl Rove goes after the President for his response to Terrorist Attack YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417589/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:07:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417571/posts Update: I've lost fifty pounds. I eat less. I still don't like the hassle of beggars, but I can always say No. I eat very little popcorn: only that popped at home. http://www.dougwall.com/Harming%20the%20Homeless.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417571/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:35:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417430/posts psburton blogging from Phoenix —Despite having won both the presidency and a Nobel peace prize, it was the woman who lost her vice presidential bid by the largest margin in history and then quit her job as Governor who emerged as the biggest personal, political and cultural winner of 2009. I was and remain a steadfast supporter of President Barack Obama and I am confident 2010 will be a year when he breaks out and starts scoring some political home runs. But the big winners in 2009 were Sarah Palin and the corporate fat cats behind the tea party movement.... Blogger News Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417430/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:53:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417400/posts Since Obama’s coronation the White House and Congress has been obsessed with passing an unconstitutional National health care bill that would ultimately take control of 17.6% of our Nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which in 2009 was estimated to be $14, 003, 000,000.00. That’s fourteen trillion, three billion dollars, for those of you who may be mathematically challenged like me. More: http://crosshairs.archangelsandwitticism.com/2009/12/29/the-obama-health-care-shuffle.aspx CROSSHAIRS - Opinions & Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417400/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:33:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417325/posts Main Street Radical is looking for guest bloggers. If you are looking for another outlet for your thoughts on issues related to preserving our republic, please read some of the articles at MainStreetRadical.com and private reply. We love the FreeRepublic.com Community! Main Street Radical http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417325/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:13:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417280/posts Elective Decisions has listed the top six most viewed non-satirical pieces, many of which are still viewed today. It may come as a surprise to many of you, and judging by the views it will, but we do serious pieces on occassion as well. So we’re asking you to pick your favorite one listed at the poll below. Voting ends at 12:00 p.m. MDT on 12/31/09. Mark Levin's Ten Conservative Principles Rush Limbaugh's Remarkable Consistency The Undeniable Genius Of Mark Levin Mark Levin's Blessed Insanity Democrats Are The Party Of Destruction Real Americans Defending Caplitalism Rush Limbaugh Elective Decisions http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417280/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:07:27 GMT