http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/south/ en-us Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:31:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068256/posts Democrats regard southerners as hayseed, gun-toting, backwater hicks who are especially embarrassing when screaming for their favorite NASCAR driver or pledging allegiance to “one nation under God.” Let’s face it, southerners are simply not genteel or refined enough for NARAL, Democrat-sponsored D.C. cocktail parties, or the European Union. Nor are we accustomed to surrendering on the battlefield as quickly and as frequently as the French-loving Democrats. If you really think about it, the gap separating Democrats, who claim to represent “the people,” and southerners, who constitute a large enough segment of “the people” to make or break a politician’s electoral... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068256/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:31:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2068068/posts Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way?Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by herdsmen and hunters for thousands of years. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2068068/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:59:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063598/posts The sea of shining, hope-filled faces that routinely flood Barack Obama's rallies would be an alien environment for the grizzled features and tobacco-stained temperament of Dave “Mudcat” Saunders. His preferred habitat is up a tree gunning down deer or on the mud flats — which lent him their name — catching catfish, part of an endless struggle with Appalachian wildlife. Along with his Confederate flag bedspread, the stag heads on his walls, his preference for profanity over punctuation, he would horrify what he calls the “northeastern elitist, Metropolitan Opera wing of the Democrats”. But, as one of the party's few... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063598/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:18:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051128/posts "One in five American adults - 22% - believe that any state or region has the right to "peaceably secede from the United States and become an independent republic," a new Middlebury Institute/Zogby International telephone poll shows." "Broken down by race, the highest percentage agreeing with the right to secede was among Hispanics (43%) and African-Americans (40%). Among white respondents, 17% said states or regions should have the right to peaceably secede." "Politically, liberal thinkers were much more likely to favor the right to secession for states and regions, as 32% of mainline liberals agreed with the concept. Among the... Zogby International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051128/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:39:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050951/posts South Africa's governing African National Congress President Jacob Zuma says he is shocked and embarrassed about white poverty in the country and the issue must not be ignored. Mr Zuma was speaking after visiting Bethlehem near Pretoria where white families live without running water or electricity. A report by the charity, Helping Hand, says the number of homeless white people in South Africa has increased by 58 per cent in the last six years. Mr Zuma says the high level of black poverty does not mean white people do not suffer too. "Poverty is one of the leading challenges in... http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/25/2314260.htm?section=world http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050951/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:37:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048760/posts ABC News' Jan Simmonds reports: Republican vice presidential prospect Gov. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., told reporters today that removing the Confederate flag from the grounds of South Carolina's Statehouse would not be a priority during his final years in office. ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048760/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:46:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039246/posts THE interim between the primaries and the parties’ nominating conventions is, according to ancient writ, a fertile period for presidential campaigns to talk about how they plan to expand the political map in the fall. This year is no different. Barack Obama’s strategists are suggesting that the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party can parlay increased turnout among black voters into a string of victories in the South. Given that roughly half of all African-Americans live in the 11 former Confederate states, the idea seems intuitive enough. It’s also wrong. Prying Southern electoral votes away from the... NY Slimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039246/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:47:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039099/posts THE interim between the primaries and the parties’ nominating conventions is, according to ancient writ, a fertile period for presidential campaigns to talk about how they plan to expand the political map in the fall. This year is no different. Barack Obama’s strategists are suggesting that the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party can parlay increased turnout among black voters into a string of victories in the South. Given that roughly half of all African-Americans live in the 11 former Confederate states, the idea seems intuitive enough. It’s also wrong. Prying Southern electoral votes away from the... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039099/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:23:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037703/posts This is Carolina Day, the 232nd anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sullivan. If you are not a native of South Carolinian (and possibly even if you are), you likely have never heard of Fort Sullivan and the significance of this day. Most American school children have heard stirring stories of the battles of Concord Bridge and Lexington Green, relatively minor skirmishes fought by the Minutemen of Revolutionary lore. These were fought in April 1775, and at Concord Bridge was fired the "shot heard 'round the world." But it was at an unfinished, palmetto-log fort on Sullivan's Island where the... The Post and Courier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037703/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:40:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024623/posts Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday that an armed encounter between Venezuelan soldiers and unidentified armed fighters occurred along the Venezuela-Colombia border during which one person was killed peoples daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024623/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 03:47:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009726/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Hispanics in the United States rose by 1.4 million over a year's time to 45.5 million as of last July, with the most rapid increases in the South. The continuing growth could increase their influence, and this election year has focused more attention on how much the Hispanic population is increasing. Nine of the top 10 states with the highest growth rates in their populations were in the South, according to new census data released Thursday. South Carolina topped the list with an 8.7 percent increase, gaining 13,569 Hispanics, according to an analysis of... gastongazette.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009726/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 15:38:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009269/posts The South Carolina Senate is discussing a compromise on illegal immigration. The Senate is now talking about attaching the compromise to a second House bill. That would bypass procedural hurdles and could put the measure before the House for a simple majority vote later this week. Seven illegal immigrants were busted in July of 2007 at the BMW plant in Greer. Immigration investigators raided the plant, and says the illegals used stolen identities to get their jobs. One was even using the identity of a nine-year-old boy. They were not BMW employees, they worked for a contractor for BMW.... WSPA-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009269/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008299/posts Here is the link CBS12.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008299/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:40:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007744/posts While the eyes of the political world were focused on Pennsylvania last week, I played hooky for a day at the invitation of the Lee County Library and bumped into a story as revealing in its way as the latest round in the struggle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Among other things, it explains why John McCain found it useful to spend last week touring poverty-stricken areas in the South, where Republicans rarely go. On the same day that Pennsylvanians gave Clinton a victory that still left unclear who will eventually be the Democratic nominee, voters in Mississippi's 1st... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007744/posts#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:08:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007137/posts In the summer of 1863, Robert E. Lee led an ill-advised incursion into Pennsylvania. His army was defeated at Gettysburg, and thence afterward Lee beat a fighting retreat until the South lost the Civil War. One hundred and forty-five years later, the South--or what has become the South-Southwest--has won another kind of Civil War. It has transformed the sensibility of the country. It is setting the agenda for our political, social and religious mores--in Pennsylvania and everywhere else. This thought, which has been recurring to me regularly over the years as I've watched the Southernization of our national politics at... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007137/posts#comment Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:07:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1990266/posts Is American history still taught in our schools? Do young people know about men like Father Emmeran Bliemel, O.S.B. who was the first American Chaplain to die on the battlefield? Bliemel was killed during the War Between the States Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia on August 31, 1864. As Chaplain of the 10th Tennessee Regiment, Bliemel courageously and unselfishly ministered to the spiritual needs of his Confederate Comrades, both under fire and behind the lines. Let me tell you about the "Heroes of the South" who are affectionately remembered during "Confederate History and Heritage Month" in April. Proclamations will be signed... American Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1990266/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:48:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968887/posts Spam at heart of South Pacific obesity crisis By Nick Squires In Sydney Last Updated: 12:32pm GMT 11/02/2008 It was lampooned by Monty Python and spurned by British shoppers, but Spam is fuelling a "raging epidemic" of diabetes, strokes and heart disease among the previously lithe inhabitants of the South Pacific. Another of Britain's colonial culinary legacies - corned beef - is also being blamed for a rise in obesity-related illnesses in countries once known for muscled warriors and slim-hipped maidens. Many islanders drive to the local shop to buy tins of spam Countries across the region - many of... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968887/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:54:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967092/posts At first, rescuers thought it was a doll. Then it moved. In a grassy pasture strewn with toys, splintered lumber and bricks tossed by the tornado's widespread wrath, 11-month old Kyson Stowell was lying face down in the mud, 150 yards from where his home once stood. "It looked like a baby doll," said David Harmon, a firefighter who had already combed the field once looking for survivors. Then he checked for a pulse. "He was laying there motionless ... and he took a breath of air and started crying." The field had already been combed once for survivors, and... My Way http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967092/posts#comment Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:52:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965827/posts Death and Damage From Tornadoes Published: 2/6/08, 9:26 AM EDT (AP) - State-by-state look at deaths and damage caused by a string of tornadoes that tore across the South: ALABAMA: At least four people killed in northern Alabama. An apparent tornado damaged eight homes in Walker County, and a pregnant woman suffered a broken arm when a trailer home was tossed by the winds, according to the county's emergency management director. ___ ARKANSAS: At least 13 people killed, including parents and their 11-year-old daughter in Atkins, about 60 miles northwest of Little Rock. Their home took a "direct hit" from... AT&T News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965827/posts#comment Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:03:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965621/posts Huckabee top in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri, Minesota, Oclahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, etc.+ !!! ------------------ People and Value-powered Governor Mike Huckabee apparently does even BETTER than initially expected ! (And despite unprecedented Censorship, even at many Internet Fora, and despite huge amounts of Money spend by his competitors)... - Huck is given 1st in Alabama (with 34% reporting) - 1st in Arkansas - 1st in Georgia (with 61% reporting) - 1st in Missouri (with 23% reporting) - 1st in West Virginia (100% reporting, OK) - Tied in Minnesota, neck to neck with Romney, McCain following closely. - Tied in Oclahoma,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965621/posts#comment Wed, 6 Feb 2008 03:27:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962169/posts It was a routine e-mail from the boss sent to congratulate a junior prosecutor in Houston, Tex., who had won manslaughter convictions against an intoxicated driver. "He convicted Mr. Sosa of a double intoxication manslaughter, got a weak jury to give him 12 years in each, and then convinced Judge Wallace to stack the sentences," Harris County assistant district attorney Mike Trent wrote in an office-wide memo. Then came the odd part: "He overcame a subversively good defence by Matt Hennessey that had some Canadians on the jury feeling sorry for the defendant and forced them to do the right... The National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962169/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:27:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958479/posts In early voting states such as Iowa and New Hampshire, campaigns use rallies and personal appearances to get votes. Now, the nominating races have moved to bigger states, including much of the South. Candidates here rely on endorsements from powerful politicians and preachers. It is a tradition that has evolved since the 1960s to garner support among poor blacks who look to their preachers for both spiritual and political guidance. And it is the way Mrs. Clinton, like countless Democratic politicians before her, is running her campaign in South Carolina. Mr. Obama, in contrast, is trying something many observers say... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958479/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:42:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951895/posts http://fredfile.fred08.com/blog/2008/video-post-debate-reaction/ http://www.fred08.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951895/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:14:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951752/posts Behind the Scenes in Myrtle Beach (Pre-Debate) http://blip.tv/file/591283 http://www.fred08.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951752/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:57:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951095/posts South Asia hit by food shortages Women buy flour in Karachi - many have gone without People across South Asia are struggling to cope with a severe shortage of affordable wheat and rice. There have been queues outside Pakistani shops in towns around the country, and flour prices have shot up. Wheat flour is a staple foodstuff in Pakistan, where rotis or unleavened bread are eaten with almost every meal. Last week Afghanistan appealed for foreign help to combat a wheat shortage while Bangladesh recently warned it faced a crisis over rice supplies. Global wheat prices are at record highs.... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951095/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jan 2008 23:47:52 GMT