http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/toldyouso/ en-us Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:02:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780165/posts OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced a ballot measure that would require heterosexual couples to have a child within three years or have their marriages annulled. The Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance acknowledged on its Web site that the initiative was "absurd" but hoped the idea prompts "discussion about the many misguided assumptions" under- lying a state Supreme Court ruling that upheld a ban on same-sex marriage. The measure would require couples to prove they can have children to get a marriage license. Couples who do not have children within three years could have their marriages annulled.... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780165/posts#comment Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:02:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764826/posts I feel like a chump. This entire past year, Arnold Schwarzenegger had as a central theme to his campaign for re-election the fact that he would oppose any increase in taxes. I think it would be fair to say that this was a central theme to his campaign. As a matter of fact, in a candidacy that often times stressed issues that were not very appealing to core Republican voters, it was his focused contrasting of Phil Angelides' "The Tax Man" against his own rhetoric of opposing new taxes that helped to mollify, and excite the GOP base to support... Flash Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764826/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:10:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1691095/posts For months, calming statements from the ayatollah held Shiites back from retaliating for killings by Sunni insurgents. But three years of insurgency, sectarian tensions and miserable living conditions have shrunk the space for temperance and given extremists plenty of room to operate. "[Sistani] doesn't have the same degree of influence," says Joost Hilterman, director of the International Crisis Group's Iraq program, based in Jordan. "He may be saying the same things, but fewer people are listening to him." As much as anything, the battle now is about which voices will shape the future of Iraq. Not too long ago Sistani... Newsweek/ MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1691095/posts#comment Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:24:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690026/posts AMARAH, Iraq -- Looters ravaged a former British base Friday, a day after the camp was turned over to Iraqi troops, taking everything from doors and window frames to corrugated roofing and metal pipes, authorities said. About 1,200 British troops had been stationed at Camp Abu Naji in Amarah, 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, and the base had come under almost daily attack. The troops pulled out Thursday to redeploy along the border with Iran to crack down on weapons smuggling. Shortly after the troops pulled out, Iraqi police managed to disperse looters by firing warning shots into the air,... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690026/posts#comment Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:03:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1502294/posts October 14, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor The Harriet Miers I Know By MATTHEW SCULLY Los AngelesWHITE House speechwriters first learned the name Harriet Miers in January 2001, when drafts started reappearing full of corrections, instructions and particularly annoying requests for factual substantiation. In the campaign, life had been simpler, the editing and fact-checking a little more casual. Now the old ways wouldn't do anymore because "Harriet said" this or "Harriet said" that. Who was this woman, and could the staff secretary please confine herself to secretarial duties? We had a few things to learn about the job of the staff secretary... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1502294/posts#comment Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:55:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1497265/posts If this email is legit, the Veterans For Peace admit that as of the 27th of last month they had yet to spend one red cent on Katrina aid, despite raising at least a half million dollars purportedly for that purpose.(Patrick Tate is the head of the VFP's #116 local chapter, who are the folks running this Katrina scam. He also owns the "Impeachment Bus.") From: "Patrick Tate" <pjtate@...> Date: Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:01 pm Subject: Re: [VFP-116] VfP-116 Meeting Notes 050926 at FB VetsHall pjtate56 Offline Send Email Just so everyone is aware. Due to the need to... Sweetness & Light http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1497265/posts#comment Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:59:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1304381/posts Report: Schwarzenegger urges GOP left turn Saturday, December 18, 2004 Posted: 7:34 PM EST (0034 GMT) Arnold Schwarzenegger BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested in a German newspaper interview published Saturday that the Republican Party should move "a little to the left," a shift that he said would allow it to pick up new voters. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1304381/posts#comment Sun, 19 Dec 2004 03:32:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270999/posts America's faith in freedom has been reaffirmed. With the re-election of President Bush, America recommitted itself once again to expanding freedom and promoting liberty. Only the 1864 re-election of Abraham Lincoln, the 1944 re-election of Franklin Roosevelt and the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan rival this victory as milestones in the preservation of our security by the advancement of freedom. ajc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270999/posts#comment Fri, 5 Nov 2004 00:37:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1167634/posts But more glaring has been the Republicans' carping about Schwarzenegger's apparent caving in to Democrats on spending — especially for higher education and the disabled, aged poor and welfare moms. "Republicans are really a sack of ingrates," asserts one Schwarzenegger advisor, who asked not to be identified. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1167634/posts#comment Thu, 8 Jul 2004 17:06:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1127236/posts AK-47s Headed to U.S. Had Legal Permits Wed Apr 28, 4:13 PM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - A U.S.-bound shipment of thousands of AK-47 assault rifles and other combat-type weapons, seized by Italian authorities who suspected they were being smuggled, actually have legal permits to be imported, American officials said Wednesday. About 7,500 AK-47s, AKM rifles and other weapons worth an estimated $6 million were seized April 20 aboard a Turkish-flagged ship in the port of Gioia Tauro. They were bound for New York from Romania. At the... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1127236/posts#comment Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:09:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/922213/posts <p>WASHINGTON — The former civilian head of the Army said Monday it is time for the Pentagon to admit that the military is in for a long occupation of Iraq that will require a major commitment of American troops. Former Army secretary Thomas White said in an interview that senior Defense officials "are unwilling to come to grips" with the scale of the postwar U.S. obligation in Iraq. The Pentagon has about 150,000 troops in Iraq and recently announced that the Army's 3rd Infantry Division's stay there has been extended indefinitely.</p> USA TODAY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/922213/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2003 12:13:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/917525/posts The United States plans to increase its military force in Iraq in an effort to stabilize the country. U.S. officials said nearly 20,000 troops would arrive in Iraq over the next few weeks. This would increase the U.S. force level to about 163,000 troops. Currently, about 145,000 U.S. soldiers are deployed in Iraq. U.S. troops have disarmed a militia group affiliated with pro-American Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, as part of a campaign to impose law and order in Iraq, a political official said Sunday. But fighters of the biggest Muslim Shi'ite group, trained by Washington's bitter foe Iran, reacted warily... SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/917525/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2003 18:34:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/799233/posts Reported five minutes ago -- no ther details yet found.. ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/799233/posts#comment Mon, 2 Dec 2002 18:10:36 GMT