http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/taylor/ en-us Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:08:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405174/posts I first have to admit to the fact that I am a total and complete pop culture drop-out; I have never seen an episode of "Sponge Bob", I didn't know what "I'd hit it." meant for the longest time and I really hadn't a clue about who Paris Hilton was, nor what she had done to become so incredibly famous. A word to the wise, DO NOT google Paris Hilton and if you do, make sure the kids are out of the room. Anyway, my daughter, who is 8 years old, came home from a playdate signing Taylor Swift songs.... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405174/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:08:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382301/posts NFL Hall of Famer busted for leaving scene of car accidentNFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was busted last night in Miami after he left the scene of an accident, according to police. The 50-year-old former NY Giant great was charged with "leaving the scene of accident/property damage" by the Florida Highway Patrol just before 10 p.m. According to the FHP, officers responded to a report of a hit and run on the Palmetto Expressway at 103rd St. just after 6:30 p.m. The officers searched the next exit and found Taylor driving a white car that matched the description of... NBC New York http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382301/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:00:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378215/posts AS EVERYONE scrambles to predict a possible future outlook for war-ravaged Afghanistan, the negative variables continue to mount. The Taliban have boldly stepped up their attacks in the power vacuum created by the failed August elections and the countrywide apathy in anticipation of the upcoming Nov. 7 presidential run-off vote. October was by far the deadliest month of the war with 50 Allied soldiers killed, including yet another Canadian. The daring assault against the United States guest house in the fortified centre of Kabul last Tuesday — coincidental with an equally brash attack against the posh foreigners-only Serena Hotel —... The Chronicle Herald (Canada) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378215/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:29:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338198/posts In this epsiode of the Conscience of Kansas radio program I interview Mike Yost, candidate for U.S. House of Reptesentatives. We play some of the lecture of Bob Basso as Thomas Paine at Kansas State University. We also talk to Kristinn Taylor, co-founder of the Wasington D.C. branch of the FreeRepublic on the resignation of green czar Van jones. We invite you to listen and comment. The Conscience of Kansas radio program http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338198/posts#comment Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:00:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286849/posts Dame Elizabeth Taylor will not be attending Michael Jackson’s memorial at Staples Center on Tuesday. The legendary actress posted the news today on her Twitter page, confirming that she had been “asked to speak at Staples Center” but she could not “be part of the public whoopla.” “I said I wouldn’t go to the Staples Center and I certainly don’t want to become part of it. I love him too much,” Taylor continued. “I just don’t believe that Michael would want me to share my grief with millions of others. How I feel is between us. Not a public event.... Radar Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286849/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 23:18:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2249004/posts The trouble with many of the past ratings of America's presidents is that the "consensus" has been arrived at by academics who act alike, do alike, and think alike. In the view of many, they are suspect of viewing history exclusively through the prism of Ivy League faculty lounge discourse. Alvin Stephen Felzenberg (Ph.D.) — who has taken a fresh and comprehensive look at the nation's chief executives in his book The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game — does not challenge the credentials of the conventional historians. Rather, as he explains in... RenewAmerica.Us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2249004/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 03:01:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195155/posts Dem blasts Obama's budgetPosted: 06:29 PM ET February 26, 2009 From CNN Congressional Producer Deirdre Walsh (CNN) – Mississippi Democratic Rep. Gene Taylor blasted the budget outline President Obama submitted to Capitol Hill today, saying “I don’t like it…change is not running up even bigger deficits that George Bush did.” “That’s what George Bush did very well. Apparently that’s what President Obama is doing.” Taylor, a conservative “blue dog” who voted against the stimulus bill, noted he was still reviewing the plan but was troubled by the additional amount of spending for many government programs on top of the recent... Political Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195155/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:57:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185471/posts More on this later, but wanted to get the name of the 7 dems who voted "no" on the embarrassing porkulus bill in the House. D's No! Bright (AL) Griffith (AL) Peterson (MN) Shuler (NC) DeFazio (OR) Minnick (ID) Taylor (MS) Present: Lipinski (IL) Flood the phones to Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins' offices!!!! HopieChangie.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185471/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:03:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185104/posts D's No! Bright (AL) Griffith (AL) Peterson (MN) Shuler (NC) DeFazio (OR) Minnick (ID) Taylor (MS) Present: Lipinski HopieChangie.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185104/posts#comment Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:27:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2161883/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/January/09-crm-021.html Roy Belfast Jr., A/K/A Chuckie Taylor, Sentenced on Torture Charges WASHINGTON – Roy M. Belfast Jr. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga today to 97 years in prison for crimes related to the torture of people in Liberia between April 1999 and July 2003, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta for the Southern District of Florida. Belfast, a/k/a Chuckie Taylor, Charles Taylor Jr., Charles Taylor II and Charles McArther Emmanuel, was convicted on October 30, 2008, by... US DOJ.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2161883/posts#comment Fri, 9 Jan 2009 23:56:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081208/posts In an interview with the Taylor Daily Press, State Sen. Steve Ogden revealed a possible new course for the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor. Instead of building superhighways across the state, Ogden said, the state may opt to augment the Texas Trunk System, a web of rural highways that includes U.S. 79. The plan would expand those highways to four-lane divided highways, while expanding urban infrastructure with toll roads. “We need to limit that concept to existing highways,” Ogden said of the proposed network of superhighways and tiered rail systems. “I passed a bill last session that did that, but [Gov. Rick... The Taylor Daily Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081208/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:18:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049920/posts Taylor used to be a player in Williamson County, with it and Georgetown vying for funds and the attention of passers-through. But no more, and despite what many city officials will tell you, it will not be a player unless something is done to counteract the rapid growth of surrounding communities. What needs to be done is, Taylor needs to forget its past and embrace something residents see as so vile, that when I first arrived here I thought its mere mention was a dirty word. I am speaking of Rick Perry’s Trans-Texas Corridor. The Texas Department of Transportation (another... The Taylor Daily Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049920/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:54:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016270/posts Taylor-area residents Dan and Margaret Byfield hope to become the Trans-Texas Corridor’s worst nightmare. The married couple head up two land rights organizations, the American Land Foundation and Stewards of the Range, that aim to keep rural communities from having land encroached upon by state and federal agencies through eminent domain. Both organizations operate across the U.S., in Wyoming, California, Colorado, South Dakota and Nebraska, but their current main goal is to challenge TxDOT in hopes of completely eliminating proposals for the quarter-mile wide superhighway. Currently they offer advice to residents of small towns and rural communities on how to... Taylor Daily Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016270/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 12:41:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973561/posts After Miami handyman Glenn Rudge was accused of shoplifting an $8 set of drill bits at Home Depot, he thought he'd settled the matter when he showed his receipt to prosecutors and they dropped the charge.But a few weeks later, a law firm hired by Home Depot began sending him letters demanding first $3,000, then a total of $6,000, implying he'd be sued if he didn't pay it. In an escalating battle against theft, retailers are going after anyone suspected of shoplifting, turning over their names to lawyers and collection firms, who pursue the suspects for stiff penalties and split... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973561/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:03:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1169281/posts KINSHASA, Congo -- A U.N.-backed body assigned to curb the sale of conflict diamonds suspended the Republic of Congo from the legitimate diamond trade on accusations the African nation sent millions of dollars in smuggled gems onto the world market. The suspension followed a May 31-June 4 mission to Republic of Congo that found the country was dealing in millions of carats of smuggled diamonds from other African countries. The West African country was sending the gems through the lesser diamond centers of Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates to avoid rigorous controls at the world's diamond hub, Antwerp, Belgium,... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1169281/posts#comment Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:45:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1932875/posts Miami-Dade detectives have detained at least three people in Lee County for questioning in the death of Washington Redskins football star Sean Taylor. Investigators believe the young men learned of Taylor's house through someone who unwittingly set up the burglary by bragging about the football star's wealth. The suspects include a teenager and two men in their 20s who hail from the Fort Myers area. MiamiHerald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1932875/posts#comment Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:35:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1931038/posts MIAMI - Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor has died, says family friend Richard Sharpstein. The 24-year-old player was shot in the upper leg, damaging an artery and causing significant blood loss. Family members were concerned that he could have permanent brain damage. Miami-Dade Police were investigating the attack, which came just eight days after an intruder was reported at Taylor's home. Officers were dispatched about 1:45 a.m. Monday after Taylor's girlfriend called 911. Taylor was airlifted to the hospital. Sharpstein said Taylor's girlfriend told him the couple was awakened by loud noises, and Taylor grabbed a machete he keeps in... Tampa Bay Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1931038/posts#comment Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:49:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904428/posts The self-described “Land of Many Uses” will likely have several fewer in the coming years as the U.S. Forest Service explores closing 10 amenities in northern Colorado. The Forest Services employs the “Many Uses” slogan because national forests are home to logging, grazing, mining and recreational pursuits, but the point remains that the agency is the steward of public lands along much of the Front Range. The list for closure includes five sites in Larimer and Boulder counties, including the Tom Bennett Campground on the north flanks of the Mummy Range, picnic areas along the North Fork of the Big... Daily Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904428/posts#comment Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:18:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836548/posts WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MIDDLEWEIGHT KINGS GO SLUMMING? by William Dettloff For those inclined to believe that a good big man will beat a good little man every time, the announcement that the middleweight champion is facing a welter or junior middleweight champ moving up is never good news. It means to him that the middleweight is slumming a bit, taking on a man whom he knows he will beat. Alas, many fans feel this way and groan instantly at the news. Unkind words will follow for the middleweight, who, the thinking goes, is most assuredly sinking to new, modern lows... hbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836548/posts#comment Sun, 20 May 2007 02:26:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773784/posts Hollywood may be debating who to support in the 2008 presidential election, but Dame Elizabeth Taylor already has her woman -- Hillary Rodham Clinton. In a statement on Thursday, the actress said, "I have contributed to Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign because she has a mind of her own and a very strong one at that. I like the way she thinks. She is very savvy and a smart leader with years of experience in government, diplomacy and politics." A spokesman for the 74-year-old actress said she had contributed $2,100 to the New York Democratic senator, the legal limit an... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773784/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:36:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1706703/posts Beloved TV star Andy Griffith is reportedly fighting for his life after breaking his hip in a fall. The 80-year-old actor had hip surgery on September 5 and has been in hospital in Los Angeles ever since, where he's being monitored for heart problems, according to reports that have not been confirmed by his publicist. Griffith is a high-risk patient because he has suffered from heart problems and underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery in 2000. A source tells the Globe, "He's in a lot of pain right now, but he's just trying to tough it out so he can get... StarPulse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1706703/posts#comment Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:07:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686401/posts Even legal experts who agreed with a federal judge’s conclusion on Thursday that a National Security Agency surveillance program is unlawful were distancing themselves from the decision’s reasoning and rhetoric yesterday. They said the opinion overlooked important precedents, failed to engage the government’s major arguments, used circular reasoning, substituted passion for analysis and did not even offer the best reasons for its own conclusions. Discomfort with the quality of the decision is almost universal, said Howard J. Bashman, a Pennsylvania lawyer whose Web log provides comprehensive and nonpartisan reports on legal developments. “It does appear,” Mr. Bashman said, “that folks... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686401/posts#comment Sat, 19 Aug 2006 12:53:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690810/posts August 27, 2006 -- If there were any doubt that a federal judge's decision earlier this month declaring the Bush administration's warrantless-surveillance program unconstitutional was blatantly political, consider this: Judicial Watch reports that the judge, Anna Diggs Taylor, is an officer and trustee of a group that funds the American Civil Liberties Union's Michigan branch - which was a plaintiff in the case. Indeed, the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan's board of trustees, which includes Judge Taylor, makes all funding decisions for the group - and has given the local ACLU at least $125,000 since 1999. Legal-ethics experts disagree on... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690810/posts#comment Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:26:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688741/posts Taylor Conflicted? The judge who ruled against the government and ruled the NSA terrorist surveillance program unconstitutional may have had an undisclosed conflict of interest. Anna Diggs Taylor also serves as a trustee and officer to an organization that donated $45,000 to the Michigan chapter of the ACLU -- which happened to be one of the plaintiffs in the case (via Hot Air): Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and judicial abuse, announced today that Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, who last week ruled the government’s warrantless wiretapping program unconstitutional, serves as a Secretary and... http://www.captainsquartersblog.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688741/posts#comment Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:03:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688595/posts TO end her opinion in American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency — the case that enjoins President Bush’s warrantless surveillance program — Judge Anna Diggs Taylor quoted Earl Warren (referring to him as “Justice Warren,” not “Chief Justice Warren,” as if she wanted to spotlight her carelessness): “It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of ... those liberties ... which makes the defense of the nation worthwhile.” New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688595/posts#comment Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:00:28 GMT