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Many brilliant people have some communication weak spots. Unfortunately, the reality is that written communication is a big part of business, and how you write reflects on you. Poor spelling and grammar can destroy a professional image in an instant.Even if your job doesn't require much business writing, you'll still have emails to send and notes to write. And if you're looking for a job, your cover letters and resumes will likely mean the difference between getting the interview or not.Bad grammar and spelling make a bad impression. Don't let yourself lose an opportunity over a simple spelling or grammar...

As Matthews ibnsults abnd smears against Reublicans become more crazed ans childish, someone should be putting together a video montage of all his slimy LibPerv attacks on their characters. From "She dopesn't know *anything!*, to "She's a balloon head!" to "enemy territory" to "She's crazy!", to "They're a bunch of racists!" to "He's a racist!" to "monochromatic" to "Bigoted". to "tribal" to "ethnic". to the numerous insinuations of corruption based on nothing but his opinion just to be able to smear...and on and on, The same should be done for Ed 'Hate Pig' Shults and all his slaner and calling...

Note to Readers: In order to make sure this article will be read by progressives, I asked a friend of that persuasion to scrub the post below for objectionable terms so please excuse the “cross-outs” Sometimes it’s very hard not to feel empathy for the progressive media; their arguments keep getting shot down rejected. While most Americans have been occupied with praying for the wounded or mourning for the loss of the dead respirationally challenged from that horrible Tuscon shooting perpetuated by the mentally imbalanced Jared Loughner, the progressives in the mainstream media have been occupying their time attacking placing...

Hope I don't get banned but I am sick and tired of free republic acting like nothing is going on!! Either we are under attack or the equipment is inadequate, I hate that there are no posts about the curent issue.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee highlights what a mess the English spelling is – a hodgepodge of orthographies borrowed from German, French, Greek, and Latin. Is it time for a makeover? The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw is said to have joked that the word "fish" could legitimately be spelled "ghoti," by using the "gh" sound from "enough," the "o" sound from "women," and the "ti" sound from "action." Shaw was probably not the originator of this joke, but he was one of a long line of people who thought that the English language's anarchic spelling, a hodgepodge of Germanic,...

Mitt Romney, the once and likely future presidential candidate, didn’t show up to address the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, but that didn’t stop him from walking away with the big prize from the gathering. The former Massachusetts governor bested the competition in a straw poll conducted here over the past two days. Romney received 24 percent of a total of 1,806 ballots cast when voters were asked to name the candidate they would support if the Republican primary for president were held today. [snip] A group whipping votes for Romney, Evangelicals for Mitt, spent the day handing out plastic pink...

This is the WINNING TICKET for conservative and republicans. The winning message for conservatives and republicans is REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH,REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH, they need to own this and define it. REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH means take the wealth from the Wealthy government agencies, Bloated beuracurecies,Greedy politicians,Socialist utopians, And return it to its rightful owners the tax payers,Put the money back in my paycheck, put it back in my bank account,give it back. The other message JOBS,JOBS,JOBS, this will win back the country guaranteed.

Healthcare has been a divisive political landmine that has ravaged unsuspecting politicians for years. The idea that something must be done is uniform the method in which healthcare is reformed has been less lucent. I've labored over my position on this topic for some time and I believe the idea is sound and the need is present what is lacking is the desire to meet the challenge. Having healthcare may have been a luxury in years past but it's an absolute necessity today. Our environment has grown so toxic that more and more people are requiring medical care at much...

Please pull the Emergency Break!!

On Thursday morning, the last day of Biden's visit, PA officials will gather in Ramallah to dedicate a square in honor of Mughrabi. Thursday will also be the 32nd anniversary of the 1978 attack led by Mughrabi, which is commonly known as the Coastal Road Massacre. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has protested to U.S. officials over the PA's plan to honor Mughrabi. The Obama administration has not made a formal response.

By the end of today there will have been more fatalities in clean energy power plant accidents than nuclear in the US.

There has been much discussion and talk about Sarah Palin's endorsement of John McCain's 2010 reelection campaign on Free Republic. To me it appears most people here at Free Republic seem to accept that descison as a move of loyalty to McCain for picking her as his 2008 running mate and would still like to see Sarah move on be the Republican party's nominee for President in 2012. Up until last week I was hoping Sarah Palin would be able to rise above the series of bad press, negative attacks, lies and smears to be our next President. I found...

No one disputes that the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park under construction in downtown Dallas is innovative. The 5-acre park is being built on top of an eyesore freeway. Soon, the concrete canyon of a roadway will be covered by an elevated green space where people can walk, ride bikes or play checkers.

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...

Before my upgrade, a right click on the mouse over a highlighted misspelled word gave me a list of alternative spelling. Now, it pastes the last thing I copied. I'd like to get back to spell checking, any ideas.

Most local school districts are not planning to broadcast President Barack Obama's speech to students Tuesday live in their classrooms. The typical approach is that of the Chester School District, which has opted to record the noon broadcast and make the recording available afterward to teachers who want to show it, rather than interrupt classes with a live showing. The Monroe-Woodbury School District is also recording the speech for potential viewing in kindergarten through eighth grade, while giving high school teachers the option of showing the speech live if it's pertinent to their courses. The White House has described the...

The simple fact is, like Spock who was part human, the Bomba is part white, and as such has none of the deepness or morals and grit that Martin Luther King did..... Indeed, the democrats would never have elected MLK because he would have thrown them out.....he would never have stood for the broken promises and the corruption that the dems embrace.... Acorn would have offended him, Barny and the boys would have been seen for what they were: crooked politicians milking the country for their own benefit.... The Civil righters would have lost face because MLK would have turned...

Burger King in Camdon Camden, South Carolina. Yep, your government schools at work!

I apologize for the shameless vanity, but I'm going to propose a thread for today: Your pet peeves about others' grammar on FR. I'm not innocent. But, can we please use apostrophes for possessives and not use apostrophes for plurals? Please chime in with your pet peeves. Possessive Example: Correct: My dog's bone is in the yard. Incorrect: My dogs bone is in the yard. Plural Example: Correct: My dogs are in the yard. Incorrect: My dog's are in the yard. Admin Mod: Please move this thread as appropriate.

A classic picture of numb-skulled hatred from the pro-Palestinian demonstration in Manhattan yesterday. (Larger image here.)

Dear sir, I am very sorry I posted this story and will reframe from posting any future stories as I did search under illegals and did not see said story being remitted and I certainly do not wish to have Sidebar Moderator displeased and/or upset with me and feel it's better to discontinue posting any future stories when it requires an extensive serach over hundereds of sections. I am very sorry to of caused you problems and will be reframing from posting future stories, this will leave you one less person to double check any story that could be listed...

Romney was just interviewed on Fox and Friends and said that it was unfair that that the Big Three American Automakers were burdened by the high retirement costs and that we had to "make sure those cost were shared by the transplants (Toyota, Honda, VW etc.).

I am just a regular guy living in Ohio. But I think there are some things that need to be said. I believe I speak for the GOP out here in the midwest. I have been rubbing my hands together waiting for the right time to post this. I have some butt to chew. After watching the McCain Campaign throw Sarah under the bus today. My teeth are ready to sink in. These are the people that need destroyed and tossed from the GOP right now. 1. Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace. Your political careers are now over. You are...

Okay...okay...potential Darwin Award winner(s)

To give people a better understanding of what we are up against if Obama wins, I thought I'd give people a glimpse at some of the wonderful replies I've received from those tolerant open minded inclusive liberals. To the rest of you who gave me the majority of messages, all great BTW, thanks! Some of the following messages came from Youtube, my email and my blog. I deleted a few of them since they were greatly offensive. Here is one from a nice wonderful liberal no doubt from Daily Kos or Democratic Underground from freerepublicsucks@hotmail.com BARACK OBAMA IS GOING TO...

If you had a business, small or large, or even a mom-and-pop type store, which you are planning to expand, or even if you have an idea for starting a new business, what are you going to do with those plans? Given that this is currently a rough environment, it may not be a good idea to either expand or start a new business, no matter who ends up being president. My belief is that, with Obama, the business nvironment will be even more gloomy than it is currently. So, if Obama ends up being president, and with the xpectation...

You know who you are. You're the one posting stupid comments about what a loser Johnny is. You're the one getting on the political chat shows and telling everyone that you think Obama is super great and that he's going to win! Yeay! And your supposed to be a conservative. Why don't you shut up! I'm talking to all the whiners who piled on and joined the Chris Matthews bandwagon and declared Johnny an old man and a big dull loser. He did fine last night. He was the boss on foreign policy. He's never been a dazzling public speaker...

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I was sending an email to someone and spell check came up and the suggested Osama as the correct spelling for Obama. I am using MS Word 2002 with Outlook.

A fyoo duhzen ambishuhss intelectchooals, a handful ov British skool teechers and wuhn rokit siuhntist ar triing to chang the way we spel. They are the leaders of the spelling-reform movement, a passionate but sporadic 800-year-old campaign to simplify English orthography. In its long and failure-ridden history, the movement has tried to convince an indifferent public of the need for a spelling system based on pronunciation. Reformers, including Mark Twain, Charles Darwin and Theodore Roosevelt, argued that phonetic spellings would make it easier for children, foreigners and adults with learning disabilities to read and write. For centuries, few listened, and...

Has anyone noticed that the Free Republic spellcheck function isn't recognizing some contractions as spelled correctly?

When are Liberals going to get it? The result of the past several elections show that the country is very nearly split 50-50 and yet liberal movie stars and musicians go out and bash Republicans. Why deliberately poke the eye of 50% of your potential market - Econ 101 anyone? As a result movie revenues are down, concert tickets aren't selling (Dixie Chicks) major contracts are not being renewed. The same with news outlets. The NY Time, LA Times, WAPO, etc. are all reporting declining revenue and profits. Gee, is there any link to the fact that they go out...

Every year at this time the Earth passes thruogh the dust tail left by commet Swift-Tuttle. The reasult is the anual Perseid meteor shower. Credit & Copyright: Fred Bruenjes Most of the particles are no bigger than a grain of sand.They enter the atmosphere at altitudes above 70 miles or so, and light up the sky as they streak through the atmosphere at over 140,000 miles per hour instantly vaprizing and ionizing the atoms along its path. Viewers in dark location can expect to see 60 or more "falling stars" this weekend. The Pereid shower got its name because the...

A joint U.S. and Canadian organization that certifies encryption tools for use by federal government agencies has suspended its validation of OpenSSL cryptographic technology for the second time in less than six months..."There are some vendors fighting like hell to make this die, and I can see why," said Weathersby. "What's going on is the question of the day. This is not a technology issue; this is a political issue."

A recent article in the UK Telegraph offered insights into the many ways that Islamists in Baghdad are making life, by increments, miserable for citizens of the city. Ice producers, crucial in helping people survive in Iraq’s 115 degree summer heat, have recently suffered several murders from their ranks. The reason: Their product was not available during the time of Mohammed. Street venders who sell the popular Middle Eastern food falafel have also lost two of their own in the past few weeks, with other venders now closing their stalls. The same reason is offered by the Islamists, namely, that...

I wrote my Rep John Culberson here in Texas. I asked that we protect the free expression of religion on public property. I feel it is important because our Forefathers gave us God given rights (Inalienable rights). If God is removed from public view, who will remember that we have God given rights and no man or government can take these rights away? It is important to show that we are not pleased with a Judge or anyone who rules over our God given rights. My Congressman wrote back and said he is a cosponsor of H J Res 57....

The All-State high school quaterback wants to date my homeschooled daughter. The boy and his brother are two of the hardest working high school athletes I have ever seen. His parents have been married for nearly 20 years. They attend church semi-regularyly. My daughter has never been on a date.

Today a new ping list is starting on FreeRepublic, called TechSupport it will be a place for Freepers to get some help on problems that ight arise on their computers. Why a list for this: Some of the freepers who run or are involved in technical ping list find themselves with a good deal of mail from people asing about problems that many freepers might be able to and have more time to help with. I have spoken to a few people who either run list or are involved on them and they fell this would accomplish three things. Firstly...

At about 1:05 I met RaceBannon at Park Street Station on the Common, it was cold and clear. Race was passing the time debating some of the local lefies, confused in mind and gender, while waiting for troops to show up, he was in fine form. I informed Race that we were to meet up with Electric Strawberry and the rest at City Hall Plaza. When we arrived the FReepers present were: ElecticStrawberry, Little Bill, Race Bannon, Chessel, Thirsty Man, Stephen12, CTBigPat, and the lurker Snooper. We also picked up some interested people, one a self admitted Liberal Democrat, oh...

Brokeback Mountain author Annie Proulx recalls a bitter night at the Oscars.ON THE sidewalk stood hordes of the righteous, some leaning forward like wind-bent grasses, the better to deliver their imprecations against gays and fags to the open windows of the limos - the windows open by order of the security people - creeping towards the Kodak Theatre for the 78th Academy Awards. Others held up sturdy, professionally crafted signs expressing the same hatred. The red carpet in front of the theatre was larger than the Red Sea. Inside, we climbed grand staircases designed for showing off dresses. The circular...

hi, a frined told me aboutthis sight. he sad i woud like this sight becuz of cat photos. i like cats alot. there r not 2 manny goud sights wim cat photos i can find. well, wear our the cat photos? ive ben here all morning louking 4 cat photos. decided 2 sine up 2 see if my luck wouud change. will my luck chnage? neway i just c lots of talk abot busch. i am big ted kennedy fan. maybe i wont fit in, excpet 4 liking cats? can some1 link 2 some photos are or post some cat...

Ellen Ratner stated the new Democtat talking point on the confirmation of Judge Alito. The strident voice told us that if Roe was overturned, the Republican party was in deep trouble and out of power. Her threat was strongly stated

Killing many of th innocent does not uphold what the Constituion clearly wnats in severe regards. I don't want Ben Ladin to prevail in what is the most serious of kinds but doing the deeds of crminilaty my not work to the good advantage too. In 1932, said that no type of terror shouild work to stop the good. This may be true but I see Gitmo and Afghanistan over and abopve what the good in iraq will come and find a tough balnce to meet. We shall see.

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, or her consultancy firm Albright Group LLC, has taken over the job of special adviser of the chairman of the board of managers of the Kosovo Internet Provider Ipko Net, which will compete for a new mobile provider in the province. As it was stated from Ipko Net, the company recently founded a joint firm, with mixed capital, with the American Western Wirless International from Seattle, with which, as it was said, it intended to compete for a 'second mobile operator' in Kosovo." 4 days ago, Kosovo UN authorities started torning off Belgrade...

As from 1992 Al-Khaida has ith branches in Bosnia and from 1999 on Kosovo. On Kosovo, there are intensive terrorist training, new idea is to attack targets in Serbia and Europe. British ibstructors payed by Albanian mafia are training Albanian Jihadists on kosovo, speciali suicide womens bombers, whom relatives and family members were killed in 1999 war. Emir Mussa Ayzi, recruiter formed in 2003 groud called "White divills" suicide bombers to act in Serbia, Israel and Europe. Other instructors are Jihadists from Bosnia, former fighters in anti-Serb war. Training camps are also in Northern Albania, supported by present Albanian presidend.

Give me one reason why "judicial extraordinaire" Harriet Miers is qualified to sit on the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court. One.

Before we bust out the .50 caliber rifles and start shooting people from a mile away it’s important to know exactly who we’re talking about. Your parents, the baby boomers, are between 40 and 60 years old. They “stopped a war.” They “can’t remember the 60s” and they ruined everything for every generation to come. Though their politics were knee-jerk liberal 25 years ago, today they combine the worst of both parties. They pretend to be Democrats but secretly vote Republican at the last second so they don’t have to pay taxes on the incredible amount of income they’ve accrued...

who needs freedom anyway? I mean, look at what it's doen to us. America has more crime, more poverty, and more problems than any other country in the world all beacuse of freedom. The freedom to do what we want but shouldn't there be limits? Especially now that we are at war? Allowing the liberals to smear our soldiers and to sympathize with arabs is demoralizing. We never had this problem in WWII. We just threw them into camps if they messed up. Back when this country was young, we had no freedom. Everyone went to church, women did what...

Dear Cindy: Your wrong about Iraq. Saddam had everything to do with terrorism and 9-11. And was a serious threat even your beloved Bill Clinton said so. Your commercial that you use to cram your seditous message down my throat makes me puke. You and all your croanies are endagering my childrens future and Americas future. You have betrayed your fallen sons honour. Who died defending his country and fellow Americans like me.. unlike you..I AM PROFOUNDLY GREATFUL AND SAD AT HIS SACRIFICE. And all the fighting men who are covering for your stupid ass right now.. Thanks for providing...

SHALOM!:IF YOU HAVE A HOLLY BIBLE READ, READ WHAT IT SAYES IN GENESIS CH:12:1-3.AN DO WHATCH OUT ABOUT MAKIGN WISE CRACKS ABOUT MY PEOPLE."GOD" PUT US HERE OVER 4000 YEARS AGO.FOR SAFE KEEPING CAUSE WHO WOULD LOOK FOR US OVER HERE.SO UNLESS YOU ARE NOT A BELIVER IN THE "GOD" OF ABRAM WHO BECAME LATTER ON BECAME ABRAHAM. THE FATHER OF THE JEWISH NATION.WE ARE WHAT SOME CALLED THE LOST 10 LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL.WE WERE NOT LOST "GOD" JUST PUT US IN A "VERY VERY" SAFE PLACE. SO IF YOU HAVE A "BIBLE" READ,GENESIS 12:1-3. AND BE CAREFULLY FROM...