http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tna/ en-us Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:35:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053888/posts In June 2000 global-warming prophesier Ross Gelbspan lamented, “Over the last seven years, the fossil-fuel lobby has mounted an extremely effective campaign of disinformation to persuade the public and policymakers that the issue of atmospheric warming is still stuck in the limbo of scientific uncertainty. That campaign for the longest time targeted the science. It then misrepresented the economics. And most recently it attacked the diplomatic foundations of the climate convention. And it has been extraordinarily successful in creating a relentless drumbeat of doubt in the public mind.” A lot has changed since then. In the past seven years, forecasters... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053888/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:35:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068012/posts OAKLAND -- When Berkeley resident Nancy Kates arrived at Oakland International Airport to board Jet Blue flight 472, she thought she was heading off on a routine journey to visit her mother in Boston. Instead she ended up in a standoff with Transportation Safety Administration officials over her bra. SFGATE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068012/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:13:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876427/posts Air pollution. Water pollution. Soil pollution. Noise pollution. Pesticides. Toxins. Chemical residues. Thankfully, we have the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect us against these dangers. Right?  Without the EPA regulators and federal legislation (Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, etc.), we’d be drowning in carcinogens, suffocating in smog, and suffering health- and life-threatening bombardment from innumerable sources. At least, it is probably fair to say, that is the perception of many Americans who are not old enough to have known (or who are too old to remember) LBEPA, life before EPA.  The EPA was created by an... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876427/posts#comment Sat, 4 Aug 2007 21:12:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876418/posts Lucia Cruz, a 74-year-old Panamanian grandmother, and at least 365 of her countrymen died last year from ingesting tainted medicine. Somehow a deadly chemical had found its way into cough syrup produced in a government laboratory. What Panamanians thought was a harmless over-the-counter drug turned out to be an elixir of death.  Local doctors were mystified by Cruz’s initial symptoms. Unable to explain the rapid onset of acute kidney failure, they directed her to a public hospital. More disturbing was the fact that Cruz was not alone. Dozens of other Panamanians were exhibiting the same symptoms. Dr. Jorge Motta,... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876418/posts#comment Sat, 4 Aug 2007 20:45:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1540655/posts "Population Control" Eyewitness Steven W. Mosher is president of the pro-family Population Research Institute based in Front Royal, Virginia. For more than 20 years, Mr. Mosher’s has been a leading voice speaking out against the abuse of human rights in Communist China. He was interviewed by John F. McManus, publisher of THE NEW AMERICAN.Q. How did your relationship with China begin?A. As a doctoral candidate from Stanford University, I was the first American social scientist to go to China after President Carter normalized relations with that nation in 1979. I spent an entire year living in a village in South... TNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1540655/posts#comment Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:50:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1781265/posts by Sam Antonio February 7, 2007 In a letter to President Bush dated February 6, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) chastised the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for placing Border Patrol Agent Ignacio Ramos in the general prison population at the Yazoo City Federal Correctional Facility in Mississippi. Rep. Hunter pointed out that he had written to BOP Director Harley Lappin in January urging that the agents be segregated from the general prison population for their safety. He received a letter from Director Lappin’s assistant at BOP assuring him that they would be segregated from the general population and that all... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1781265/posts#comment Thu, 8 Feb 2007 13:22:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1146108/posts Red Star Over the White House by William Norman Grigg "It’s just about sex!" runs the refrain of Bill Clinton’s defenders, and a distressingly large portion of the American public has been willing to sing along. The second verse, which debuted during the impeachment debate in the House of Representatives, runs as follows: "Bill Clinton’s conduct in the Lewinsky affair disgraced the Presidency, but it didn’t rise to the level of impeachment." By the time the impeachment of President Clinton was an accomplished fact, the public, suffering from acute scandal fatigue, had lost interest in the entire sordid affair and... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1146108/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jun 2004 12:09:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752754/posts How did America, a nominally Christian nation, get to the point that a cheerful "Merry Christmas" is seen as intolerant and our gifts are placed under "holiday trees"? "The President and Mrs. Reagan extend to you their best wishes for a joyous Christmas and a peaceful New Year." In 1982, that was the message appearing on President Reagan's Christmas card to thousands of GOP faithful. In 1983, the "greeting" changed: "The President and Mrs. Reagan extend to you their warmest wishes for happiness at the holidays and throughout the new year." Thus did the Reagan White House stop sending Christmas... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752754/posts#comment Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:57:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720678/posts Frank Lasee, a state representative in Wisconsin's 2nd Assembly District, commented about the recent string of school violence, including the killing of a Wisconsin principal and an aborted Columbine-style attack in Green Bay, and an incident involving a Madison, Wisconsin, boy who used a knife from a home economics class to threaten another student. Lasee notes: “Many on the left will most likely use this tragedy to push for a total ban on guns.... Several countries have tried this tactic. It has failed every time.” For proof, he looks to Great Britain and Australia, where strict gun control measures virtually... TNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720678/posts#comment Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:30:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1696777/posts While the Bush administration seeks amnesty for illegal aliens and grants immunity to a Mexican drug smuggler, it has thrown the book at two courageous Border Patrol agents. Fabens, Texas — The chase was on. The suspected smuggler van turned back toward the Rio Grande and headed for Mexico. Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos was on his tail. Other agents were also converging on the scene. The suspect realized he wasn't going to outrun agent Ramos' vehicle, and so he abandoned his van on a levee and took off on foot. As the suspect headed into the canal, Ramos yelled... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1696777/posts#comment Thu, 7 Sep 2006 01:33:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1696750/posts The theory of global warming proposes that man's activities are causing the Earth to heat up, but there is compelling scientific evidence that does not support this conclusion.   Very few people have heard of the Larsen B ice shelf. For thousands of years in the Antarctic, the place was a desolate frozen wasteland, crisscrossed by crevasses and swept by powerful ice and snowstorms. Beginning in 2002, satellite imagery began to show instability in the Larsen B ice shelf. According to research published by the journal Nature, much of the more than 4,600 square mile ice shelf collapsed. Since then, icebergs... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1696750/posts#comment Thu, 7 Sep 2006 00:53:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1574292/posts A look at how liberal cultural elites gave "blockbuster" stature to a perverse movie -- Brokeback Mountain -- and what they hoped to accomplish. John Wayne and Gary Cooper must be spinning in their graves. Liberal as Hollywood is, they never would have thought the industry they loved would put out a movie in which the protagonists are cowboys who give the term "rough riders" a new, blue meaning. But alas, Tinseltown has obliged with Brokeback Mountain. Based on Annie Proulx's short story for The New Yorker, it is the tale of two sodomite sheepherders, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger)... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1574292/posts#comment Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:12:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/567901/posts Americans Have a Right to Know About the Council on Foreign Relations by John F. McManus There exists in our nation today a privately run organization with only 3,000 members, several hundred of whom are U.S. government officials. But even though this organization possesses enormous influence over the actions of our national government, most Americans have never heard of it. This same organization's members dominate our nation's mass media, multinational corporations, the banking industry, colleges and universities, even the military. Yet its domination is unknown to the average citizen. The members of this small but extremely influential group are ... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/567901/posts#comment Sat, 10 Nov 2001 08:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556250/posts The Man Who Knew Too Much James Perloff February 27, 1989 During the 1960s, the consequences of U.S. foreign policy struck America like an unforeseen hurricane. Near the eye of that hurricane was an epic struggle between one man, Otto Otepka, and the architects of the foreign policy. In many ways, this struggle symbolized the age-less conflict between freedom and collectivism. Had it been better known to more Americans, the Otepka affair would have revealed many answers to the puzzles of the nation's plight at that time. The story really traced back to the Truman Administration. In testimony before Congressional... New American Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556250/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:51:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1558376/posts Behind scary science headlines are often lies and distortions. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science examines numerous fallacies.In 63 B.C., King Mithridates VI, the great opponent of the armies of the late Roman republic, faced a terrible reversal of fortune. For years he had fought war after war against the expansionist Roman state, even for a time expanding his own empire in what is now modern-day Turkey. Finally the Romans sent against him the legions of Pompey the Great, and the tides of war changed. As the Romans overwhelmed his forces, Mithridates found his supporters abandoning him. Even his own... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1558376/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jan 2006 06:01:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1558377/posts One of America's foremost authorities on immigration responds to questions about the problem of illegal aliens and the necessity of controlling our borders.William King is one of America's foremost authorities on immigration, combining decades of field experience in the Border Patrol and Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) with additional decades of study and speaking on the issue. After stints in the U.S. Coast Guard and the United States Army, William King joined the Border Patrol in 1957. He saw service as a Border Patrol agent on our northern and southern borders and many of our major coastal ports, including... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1558377/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jan 2006 06:06:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1545852/posts Email this article Printer friendly page Siding with radical environmentalists and the United Nations, President Bush signed on to the UN Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (known as the POP Treaty) in 2001. This has been a global death warrant for millions of people at risk from malaria and other tropical diseases, since it, in effect, outlaws DDT and other pesticides that have proven to be safe and effective in eradicating or controlling the vectors that transmit these diseases. In Africa alone, over 1 million people die each year from malaria, while millions more suffer significant debilitation from the disease.... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1545852/posts#comment Fri, 23 Dec 2005 05:26:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1514275/posts The new U.S.-Asian pact on global warming has more to do with transferring technology to China than with saving the planet from greenhouse gases. On July 27, the Bush administration unveiled a new pact between the United States and several of the powerhouse nations of the Asian economy, including South Korea, China, Japan, India, and Australia. Representatives of the nations party to the pact were to hold their first official meeting in November, but that has now been pushed back to sometime after the beginning of the new year. The agreement, though, called the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1514275/posts#comment Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:30:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1514273/posts Environmental alarmists claim that human activity is causing global warming. But when these claims are put under the magnifying glass of reason, they go up in smoke. The perceived consensus is that global warming is real and is a clear and present danger to human civilization and the planet as a whole. According to environmental alarmists, the planet is warmer now than ever before. The leading theory holds that human industrial activity is causing carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases to be pumped into the atmosphere causing abnormal, runaway warming. The result, alarmists say, will be more drought,... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1514273/posts#comment Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:28:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421190/posts Stopping Malaria In the wake of the tsunami, malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases may be the next tragedy to hit Southeast Asia. DDT can prevent this tragedy. The massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Southeast Asia unleashed a terrifying tsunami that has already claimed more than 200,000 lives. But as the rainy season approaches, a new disaster may be in the offing. Standing water left by the tsunami and turned brackish with the onset of monsoon rains may attract swarms of disease-bearing mosquitoes. These mosquitoes may infect thousands upon thousands, maybe even millions, of tsunami survivors with malaria. According to the Associated... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421190/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jun 2005 02:08:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507101/posts Because the 14th Amendment's original intent has been ignored and the amendment has been used to grant citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants, Congress needs to clarify the meaning of the amendment's language. Drafters of constitutional texts, be they members of the constitutional convention in 1787 or members of Congress who craft a constitutional amendment, cannot always foresee all of the nuances of governmental mismanagement and malfeasance that may follow their creations. Examples abound, especially with the 14th Amendment. It was ratified in 1868 as a post-Civil War remedy, to secure rights and protections for American citizens freed by... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507101/posts#comment Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:26:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/987312/posts When the order was given for American military personnel to attack Yugoslavia, it was not issued following a declaration of war from Congress. Nor was the order given by the President as a means of repelling a sudden attack on America by a foreign aggressor, or as a measure intended to rescue Americans abroad from unexpected peril. In fact, the order to attack Yugoslavia didn’t even follow the pattern set in Korea and Vietnam, in which our nation was committed to protracted foreign wars through unilateral presidential action. On March 23rd, the order to commence hostilities was given to an... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/987312/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:05:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451357/posts Loving Big Brother by William Norman Grigg July 26, 2005   The killing of Jean Charles de Meneze by London police, who wrongly suspected Meneze of being a suicide bomber, demonstrated the folly of giving police a license to kill on the basis of suspicion. Yet some neoconservatives "love" this and other Big Brother policies. The July 22 shooting death of Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes at the hands of plainclothes London police left Fox News commentator John Gibson swooning with admiration."I love the way the Brits have 10 million cameras sticking up the nose of every citizen... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451357/posts#comment Wed, 27 Jul 2005 05:36:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1436596/posts You Can't Reform a Deadly Disease A thinking person who discovers a tumor attacking a vital organ will quickly find a surgeon to cut it out. Only someone bereft of his senses will continue to feed the growth and assume that it will not hurt him. Likewise, a thinking person will not try to "reform" an institutional entity that has no worth. He will shut it down. Any careful reading of the Charter of the United Nations should lead one to the conclusion that the world body is to our nation what a cancerous tumor is to a human being.... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1436596/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jul 2005 03:02:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435624/posts Myths and Meteorologyby Gary BenoitLike the Clinton administration before it, the Bush administration supports international efforts to curb global warming. Yet the evidence indicates that the earth is not overheating.Media reports to the contrary, President George W. Bush is concerned about the issue of global warming. Not as concerned as Bill Clinton or Al Gore. But concerned enough to deliver a speech on the subject."The issue of climate change respects no border," Bush warned on June 11th. "Its effects cannot be reined in by an army nor advanced by any ideology. Climate change, with its potential to impact every corner... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435624/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jul 2005 05:37:14 GMT