http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/travesty/ en-us Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:36:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378728/posts For Immediate Release November 4, 2009 Health Care Reform Bills will Hurt Oklahoma’s Seniors and Families by U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. Over the past few months I've visited with thousands of Oklahomans who are concerned about how the health care reform bills moving through Congress will affect their lives and their families' lives. Politicians in Washington have talked a good game about pursuing common reform goals, such as reducing costs and improving access and quality. Unfortunately, the plan backed by congressional leaders not only falls far short of the goals of reform, but will place new burdens on families,... US Senate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378728/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:36:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369107/posts DESTIN — News that a federal agency had slammed the door on this year’s amberjack season without notice didn’t sit well Tuesday with charter fishermen. They believe Big Brother is out to take their livelihood from them. “They’re killing us,” said boat captain Thomas Swanson. “They’re flat killing us.” Read the press release from the NOAA Fisheries Service » A morning announcement that no greater amberjack could be caught after midnight Friday swept across the docks at Destin Harbor. It didn’t take long for an angry group of fishermen to gather to vent. It also didn’t take long for the... www.nwfdailynews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369107/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:16:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232283/posts Marine free after conviction tossed out Rape charge led to decade in prison By Rick Rogers (Contact) Union-Tribune Staff Writer 2:00 a.m. March 14, 2009 Brian Foster After spending a decade behind bars, a former Camp Pendleton Marine is now a free man because a military appeals court ruled that “a muddled, hearsay-based case” caused his spousal-rape conviction. But anyone who thinks Brian Foster is bitter would be wrong. As Foster left the prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., on Feb. 20, he picked up his sergeant stripes and spoke candidly with his superiors. “I told (them) I was happy to... Sign on San Diego http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232283/posts#comment Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:50:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2214657/posts MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their cast for "The Three Stooges." Studio has set Sean Penn to play Larry, and negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly, with the actor already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome "Curly" Howard. The studio is zeroing in on Benicio Del Toro to play Moe. The film is not a biopic, but rather a comedy built around the antics of the three characters that Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Howard played in the Columbia Pictures shorts. The quest by the Peter... Variety http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2214657/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:24:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2184933/posts WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid predicted Friday that Congress will finish its work on a massive, $790 billion economic stimulus plan, possibly by day's end, giving President Barack Obama a big victory. Speaking as debate resumed on Capitol Hill, the Nevada Democrat said the Senate would likely vote on the package of spending and tax cuts later in the day and that the finished product could be sent to Obama's desk soon thereafter. "We expect to be in a position to vote on adoption of the conference report," Reid said at the start of the Senate day. Obama,... Yahoo / AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2184933/posts#comment Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:03:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170999/posts ARKANSAS School shooter guilty of theft A man who as a teenager fired on his middle-school classmates has been sentenced to an extra six years in prison for using a stolen debit card, this time to pay for a $7.99 Burger King breakfast. Mitchell Johnson, 24, pleaded guilty and was sentenced for theft and financial identity fraud. It was his third sentencing since he was released from prison three years ago for his role in the school shooting. Johnson was 13 when he and an 11-year-old schoolmate killed four students and a teacher at Jonesboro Westside Middle School in March... la times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170999/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:44:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080711/posts EL PASO, Texas — Two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a drug smuggler and trying to cover it up have been denied a request for a new hearing. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans denied the request by Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean on Wednesday. The same court upheld the men's convictions in July. No reason was given for the Wednesday's denial. Ramos and Compean are each serving sentences of more than 10 years for shooting Osvaldo Aldrete Davila in the buttocks while he was fleeing from an abandoned marijuana load in 2005.... newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080711/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:00:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036121/posts On Wednesday, June 18, a district court in the German state of Hesse sentenced Jurgen and Rosemary Dudek each to three months in prison simply because they homeschool their seven children. HSLDA condemns this court ruling in the strongest possible terms. Good parents who love and care for their children should never be sentenced to prison for doing what is best for their children. Germany is a Western nation and should know better. HSLDA will be helping the Dudeks with their appeals, but German courts have so far consistently ruled against homeschoolers. More information will be forthcoming as this story... HSLDA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036121/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:48:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2028524/posts TYLER — A 17-year-old who phoned his rival high school on a school bus and threatened to open fire on students has been sentenced to eight years in state prison. An attorney for Terrance Taylor said Saturday he was surprised by the sentence and had recommended probation for his client, who was a junior at John Tyler High School in Tyler. Taylor pleaded guilty Thursday to making a terroristic threat. Don Davidson, the student's attorney, said state District Judge Jack Skeen Jr. used the phrase "the times we live in" in handing down the sentence. Houston Chronical http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2028524/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:42:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007593/posts (Private in jail for "Assault" while SFC shooter skates free) A court-martial panel on Friday found a Hawaii-based soldier not guilty in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi during a raid on a suspected insurgent hideout last year. Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales' friends and family erupted in cheers when the head of the military panel, or jury, read the verdict. The jury of nine soldiers acquitted Corrales of all three charges, including premeditated murder, after more than seven hours of deliberation. KansasCity.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007593/posts#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:44:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915628/posts In anticipation of today's cloture vote, DREAM Act supporters have been telling people that the measure would give amnesty to only 60,000 illegal aliens a year; ...But even their own think tank disagrees — the Migration Policy Institute has estimated that 360,000 illegals would get amnesty right away, with another 715,000 benefiting in the future, for a total of over 1 million amnestied. Using a different data source, we looked at the same question and estimated that the total number of potential beneficiaries of the amnesty is 2.1 million. What's more, there are another 1.4 million parents and young siblings... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915628/posts#comment Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:50:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907733/posts WASHINGTON - To put it bluntly, Texas wants President Bush to get out of the way of the state's plan to execute a Mexican for the brutal killing of two teenage girls. Bush, who presided over 152 executions as governor of Texas, wants to halt the execution of Jose Ernesto Medellin in what has become a confusing test of presidential power that the Supreme Court, which hears the case this week, ultimately will sort out. The president wants to enforce a decision by the International Court of Justice that found the convictions of Medellin and 50 other Mexican-born prisoners violated... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907733/posts#comment Sun, 7 Oct 2007 12:32:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868336/posts ...Democrats invited camera crews to film the arrival of a dozen cots outside the Senate chamber...for the all-night Iraq debate. With rather less fanfare, the cots, unused, were removed early yesterday morning. "They've been taking some of them out," a Capitol Police officer said at 2 a.m. "It was just a photo op." So was the debate. The Democrats had the cameras film the delivery of pizza to the cloakroom. They offered barbecue to Republicans. They gave GOP senators care packages of Colgate toothpaste, a CVS toothbrush and Speed Stick deodorant, all wrapped in a yellow ribbon with a note... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868336/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:30:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1847166/posts Mary Winkler guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the March 2006 killing of her minister husband, Matthew. Judge gives her only 60 days in mental hospital............................ Court TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1847166/posts#comment Fri, 8 Jun 2007 19:07:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845151/posts The Plame Scandal: The topic of amnesty has been very much front-and-center in public debate. Well, let us go on the record: We support amnesty 100%. For ex-White House aide Scooter Libby, that is. Scooter Libby will face justice of sorts today, as a judge prepares to sentence him for the trumped-up crimes on which he was convicted three months ago. We hope Judge Reggie B. Walton will remain oblivious to the howls for blood from the left-wing media and Democrat politicians and do what's right: Let Libby go, no prison time. Further, we call on President Bush to pardon... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845151/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:25:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821435/posts We've got some real challenges facing us. FR was established to fight against government corruption, overstepping, and abuse and to fight for a return to the limited constitutional government as envisioned and set forth by our founding fathers in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and other founding documents. One of the biggest cases of government corruption, overstepping and abuse that I know of is its disgraceful headlong slide into a socialist hell. Our founders never intended for abortion to be the law of the land. And they never intended the Supreme Court to be a legislative body. They... vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821435/posts#comment Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:42:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796687/posts Cross Posted: THE MINORITY REPORTI lack the inside baseball connections to know who Mel Sembler is, but I’m convinced the man is a great American. He has taken the personal initiative to rise up against the malignant injustice of our nation’s latest judicial witch-hunt. In the letter below, he requests our help. “As Scooter’s lawyer, Ted Wells, said today, we are all disappointed in the verdict. His attorneys will seek a new trial and if that’s denied, they will appeal. The defense team fervently believes in Scooter’s innocence and intends to continue fighting to establish Scooter’s innocence. Speaking for the... Redstate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796687/posts#comment Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:29:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796568/posts In this week's episode of Rome (a superb HBO series which increasingly reminds me of the Nation's Capital), Servilia, whose son was killed in a power grab, knelt before the door of manipulative Attia, mother of Octavian and lover of Marc Anthony, the two men responsible, calling out in a haunting cry, "Attia of the Julii, I call for justice." She did so because the unavailing legal system was broken, and curses (which were taken seriously in those days) were the one remaining way most people had to redress grave wrongs. I call for justice for Scooter Libby because he... AmericanThinkerBlog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796568/posts#comment Wed, 7 Mar 2007 07:25:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796129/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been found guilty on four of five counts in his perjury and obstruction of justice trial. Libby, 56, faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a fine of $1 million. Libby was convicted of: obstruction of justice when he intentionally deceived a grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame; making a false statement by intentionally lying to FBI agents about a conversation with NBC newsman Tim Russert; perjury when he lied in court about his conversation with Russert; a second count of... CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796129/posts#comment Tue, 6 Mar 2007 17:22:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1779580/posts I'll let the reader decide where to place this article from Newsweek. Here's the headline graphic with the caption: "'Her heart responded': Clinton bows her head during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington last week" Your thoughts? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1779580/posts#comment Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:26:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1775765/posts PC UsersMac Users KABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1775765/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:53:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1770930/posts A Tennessee woman who is seeking a divorce from her husband because of his alleged "ties to terrorism" and had traveled out of state to consult with her general counsel lawyer has returned home – under a judge's order to do that or lose that home until the divorce case is concluded. Rosine Ghawji returned yesterday to her Memphis home under the order from Judge Donna M. Fields in the divorce case in which Mrs. Ghawji has alleged her husband is a self-proclaimed radical Islamist and "has threatened to kill her and her two boys if they did not abide... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1770930/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:00:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766714/posts Fincher Guilty In Machine Gun Case Friday, January 12, 2007 3:37 PM CST It took a jury just under five hours to find Hollis Wayne Fincher guilty of owning illegal machine guns and a sawed-off shotgun. Closing arguments in federal court in Fayetteville wrapped at mid-morning and the case went to the federal jury about 10:30 a.m. The jury returned its verdict about 3:20 p.m. The Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766714/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:09:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757627/posts Terror On Trial: The world is rightly outraged by an Indonesian court's exoneration of Abu Bakar Bashir, who was implicated in the Bali terror attacks. But the biggest victim of this travesty will likely be Indonesia itself. Bashir is a militant Islamofascist cleric who gave Java-based terrorists his blessing to detonate the huge bombs that killed 202 people on Bali in 2002. He also is a master manipulator of Indonesia's court system. Despite his role in the attacks, he got his already pathetic 2 1/2-year prison sentence overturned. In a further travesty, the malevolently grinning cleric now demands compensation from... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757627/posts#comment Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:06:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753040/posts A private laboratory hired by the prosecution in the Duke lacrosse case failed to report that it found DNA from multiple males in the accuser's body and underwear, according to a defense motion filed today. The lab, DNA Security of Burlington, found that the DNA did not match the three defendants, their lacrosse teammates or anyone else who submitted their DNA to police, including the accuser's boyfriend. The new evidence emerged in thousands of documents handed over to the defense in October. The News and Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753040/posts#comment Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:36:38 GMT