http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/thompson/ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:11:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416570/posts Memphis Daily News...Fred Thompson, the former Tennessee senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate, has penned his memoir and given it a title that reflects his early days in small-town Tennessee. The 67-year-old former politician, actor and avuncular radio host who graduated from the University of Memphis titled his book “Notes from a Country Lawyer.” It’s scheduled for release in May. Amazon.com already is selling pre-orders of the book, the cover of which shows a smiling Thompson wearing a suit and seated on a brick front porch. The title is a label no doubt intended to hearken back to the days... http://www.wdxe.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416570/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:11:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401246/posts Chairman received donations from firms appearing at hearingAt a hearing in late March, the nation's credit card companies faced the threat of expensive new rules from an unlikely regulator: the House Homeland Security Committee, chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.). The committee had never before dealt with credit card issues, but Thompson warned Visa, MasterCard and others that Congress might need to impose tighter security standards costing millions of dollars to protect customers from identity theft. Behind the scenes, some of Thompson's staff members sensed a different motive -- an attempt to pressure the companies into making political donations to... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401246/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400816/posts So Senator Baucus is nominating his girlfriend for U.S. Attorney jobs, while she was on his staff: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30228.html While Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson is holding hearings to get money from the credit card industry (according to his own former staffer): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120402256.html?hpid=topnews The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400816/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:00:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399836/posts Well he wouldn't be wasting our time in Scandinavia, Check out all the others parrots saying it's "real". Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399836/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 01:32:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395075/posts ALBANY — City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr., weighing his options in the wake of a surprisingly close loss in the mayoral race, is seriously considering challenging Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand in next year’s primary elections, according to people who have spoken to Mr. Thompson and his advisers. Challenging Senator Gillibrand is one of three options being mulled by Mr. Thompson and his advisers. He is also considering a run against the state comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, in the primaries, or returning to the private sector for now and running again for mayor in 2013. With the primary 10 months... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395075/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:59:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380806/posts In recent months, at least three major newspapers have carried columns attempting to push Chief Justice John Roberts into voting to uphold a grossly unconstitutional federal law. But their cheap distortions and Chicken Little yammering will fail. The chief justice will do his job, and the country will be better off for it. On Sept. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court reheard arguments in the landmark campaign finance and free speech case, Citizens United v. FEC. At issue in this case is whether the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) could ban documentaries about candidates when Election Day is approaching. This... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380806/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:32:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2376473/posts Principle over party. Fox & Friends http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2376473/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:13:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2372636/posts Don't worry Newt, you can probably have coffee with John Kerry or somebody when this is over. While Gingrich and a few other people on the Right keep trying to make the "A left-wing Republican is better than no Republican at all argument", Fred Thompson lent even more conservative street cred to Doug Hoffman's campaign by making an ad. Thompson gently knocked back Newt's condescension towards the party's real conservatives and further undermined Gingrich's claim that we're the ones who are out of touch. (video) Stephen Kruiser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2372636/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:04:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372392/posts Fred to Newt: We're not 'deaf, dumb' By: Andy Barr October 27, 2009 07:20 PM EST Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson brushed back former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Tuesday over Gingrich’s warning that the Republican Party is wrong to thrown in its lot with the Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman over Dede Scozzafava, the GOP’s candidate, in the special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district. Gingrich has called the many prominent national Republicans – including Thompson – who have endorsed Hoffman over Scozzafava in recent days “misguided,” arguing they are making a “mistake” to back a third-party candidate... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372392/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:45:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2371200/posts It’s been a while since I’ve read an article so bent on convincing readers that sex trafficking is mere figment of the imagination of a bunch of over zealous feminist and religious crusaders, but in the article below we have a prime example of just such a “journalistic” endeavor. Given that Mr. Davies, the intrepid pursuer of journalist truth and excellence who wrote this aspersion, has gone to great length to cast us as Chicken Littles who cry, “The sky is falling!” Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2371200/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2366929/posts She talks to Cavuto. Your World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2366929/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:35:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359859/posts It was the most lukewarm and indirect of endorsements, delivered in the conditional tense, and coming from a presidential spokesman, no less. But for William C. Thompson Jr., the Democratic nominee for mayor, the surprising comments Friday made by Robert Gibbs, President Obama’s press secretary, that Mr. Obama would support “the Democratic nominee” was tantamount to a life preserver in his uphill battle to unseat Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. --snip-- The comments prompted Mr. Thompson, the city comptroller, to quickly issue a statement titled “Yes We Can in New York City: President Barack Obama Supports Bill Thompson for Mayor.” And... NT Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359859/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:37:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358147/posts UCLA Science Lab Students Watched In Horror As Male Classmate Slashed Female Student's Throat Spencer Weiner, Anthony Pesce, Andrew Blankstein and Larry Gordon Los Angeles Times Staff Writers October 8, 2009 Students in the UCLA science lab described the horrifying moments this afternoon when a male classmate slashed the throat of a female student, who was critically injured. One student who was inside the lab when the attack occurred shortly after noon told The Times that he looked up as the assailant appeared to repeatedly punch the victim. Then the man calmly turned and walked away as the victim lay... LATimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358147/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 05:46:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343830/posts For years, many of us in the blogosphere have argued that the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, better known as McCain-Feingold, violates the fundamental Constitutional exercise of free speech, especially in politics, which the founders expressly intended to protect. The Supreme Court failed in its duty to protect the First Amendment when it had the chance, as did George W. Bush when he signed the legislation into law. Finally, a federal appellate court has recognized the insult to the Constitution that the BCRA represents: A federal appeals court overturned hard-fought campaign finance reform regulations in a ruling on Friday that will... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343830/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:52:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175355/posts Six Democratic members of Congress enjoyed a Caribbean junket sponsored by Citigroup after Congress had approved the $700 billion bailout of financial services firms in October. The National Legal and Policy Center, a watchdog group, has asked Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, for a formal review of the Citigroup’s sponsorship of the trip by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel and five others. The NLPC says the trip violated House rules. The purported purpose of the Nov. 6-9 junket was to attend the Caribbean Multi-Cultural Business Conference on the island of... Newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175355/posts#comment Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:35:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2323456/posts So here we were in 2007 worrying about who would take the Reagan "mantle of conservatism" forward. John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Duncan Hunter, Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul and others were already in the race to become the next GOP nominee for president. And you know what? Conservatives were freaking out! Was this really the crop we had to choose from? None of these guys, with the exception of maybe Duncan Hunter or to an extent Ron Paul, really understood what conservatism was. Then a grassroots draft campaign was initiated to bring someone into the race that really understood... Youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2323456/posts#comment Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:38:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292858/posts DFU news of the day in song http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292858/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:44:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1782688/posts An illegal immigrant from Ghana was driving a tractor-trailer that rear-ended a car on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County on Thursday, killing a Honduran diplomat. Trade specialist Nuria Ortiz Navarro, 31, a passenger in the back seat of a 1996 Volkswagen Jetta driven by her brother-in-law, was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner F. Christopher O'Leath, according to state police in New Stanton... The truck driver, Sam P. Thompson, 32, of Gaithersburg, Md., an employee of Transcare Systems Inc., of Bowie, Md., was arraigned on multiple criminal charges, including homicide by vehicle, following vehicles too closely, driving... Pittsburg Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1782688/posts#comment Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:26:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281421/posts The New Culture of CorruptionDemocrats step up their corruption game By ROBERT A. GEORGE Updated 7:45 PM EDT, Fri, Jun 26, 2009 New joke going around Washington: "Republicans hike the Appalachian Trail; Democrats hike your taxes. Either way, someone's getting screwed." As, the old saying goes -- some of the truest things are said in jest. Washington Republicans -- more in the minority than they have been in decades -- are somewhat haplessly hoping that the Democrats mess up their own policies, rather than figure out how to stop them themselves. So, in the meantime, they keep themselves busy by... NBC Philadelphia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281421/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:27:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275011/posts NEW HAVEN — SNIPPET: "Thompson was charged over the weekend with the June 6 carjacking at Church and Chapel streets and is under investigation for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail over the fence at the Yale power plant at 18 Tower Parkway June 7. He told Detective Wayne Bullock that Allah instructed him how to “melt down” the plant, according to documents filed in court Monday. It didn’t cause any damage." SNIPPET: "Police recovered the stolen Nissan Sentra. After Thompson’s confession, bomb technicians spent hours in a wooded grove near the Kimberly Avenue bridge after he claimed he had buried... NH REGISTER.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275011/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:57:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2272403/posts Fred Thompson's trophy wife speaks out. Your World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2272403/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:29:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272344/posts Coming up NOW at 4:15 eastern on Cavuto: Jeri Thompson talks about Sarah Palin. Check it out on www.blinkotv.com cavuto - fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272344/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:15:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2212998/posts He talks with Neil Cavuto. Cavuto http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2212998/posts#comment Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:01:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2194234/posts Life on Mars: Former presidential candidate Fred Thompson appears in this 1973-set crime drama as Police Chief Harry Woolf. http://www.star-telegram.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2194234/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:21:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146086/posts Click here for the video from the cruise. (NRO's post election cruise) YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146086/posts#comment Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:53:07 GMT