http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tyrants/ en-us Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3020586/posts Sarah Hall Ingram, the IRS executive in charge of the tax exempt division in 2010 when it began targeting conservative Tea Party, evangelical and pro-Israel groups for harassment, got more than $100,000 in bonuses between 2009 and 2012. More recently, Ingram was promoted to serve as director of the tax agency's Obamacare program office, a position that put her in charge of the vast expansion of the IRS' regulatory power and staffing in connection with federal health care, ABC reported earlier today **snip** High-ranking career federal civil servants like Ingram are eligible for recognition through citations known as Distinguished and... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3020586/posts#comment Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3006793/posts Ct Sen Murphy has asked News Corp not to air the NASCAR NRA 500. Courant Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3006793/posts#comment Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:11:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2996481/posts Piers Morgan and New York Mayor Michael BloombergÂ’s want to be dictators and slave masters. Regulating a person’s diet is the regulation of a person’s life. Here was MorganÂ’s response to a guest who disagreed with him on sugary drink control:“I think people need [these types of laws] occasionally, particularly on issues like smoking, drinking, guzzling sodas too big for them, you know, eating 16 Big Macs a day, whatever it may be, the reality is we all need a bit of nannying about that. ThatÂ’s why so many people are on diets. ThatÂ’s a form of nanny state.”When governments... Political Outcast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2996481/posts#comment Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:56:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2986134/posts Upgrade on the whole "Suicide by shooting yourself multiple times in the chest and then head"... From another thread brought up as a point that there used to be a lot of suspicious "suicides" like the ones you see in Russia where a journalist hurls them self off the top of their own apartment building when the roof access door was always locked. Or where the person who was a political dissident decided to strangle them self and then saw off their own head after shooting them self in the head multiple times but it is ruled as a "suicide"... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2986134/posts#comment Thu, 7 Feb 2013 04:27:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2979318/posts Guns and abortion. One is an enumerated, constitutional right, and the other is not. The Second Amendment guarantees the right of the people of the United States to keep and bear arms. It’s not a government-given right; it’s a natural right—the right to defend yourself, your family, and your freedom. In rare circumstances, abortion might be necessary to preserve the mother’s life. But there is no right to kill unborn babies in the U.S. Constitution. But 40 years ago next week the U.S. Supreme Court contended that abortion is an implied “right of privacy,” one that previously had lain hidden... World Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2979318/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jan 2013 03:57:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2976196/posts YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A deal to give New York one of the toughest gun control laws in the nation is being negotiated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who, sources said Tuesday, is hoping to announce the plan Wednesday during his State of the State speech in Albany. Cuomo hopes to jump-start the 2013 legislative session with a big deal that could dramatically alter gun control laws across the state.Highly placed sources told CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer that Cuomo is negotiating with Assembly and Senate leaders for a package of gun control laws that would be a dramatic response to the... CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2976196/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2013 23:21:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2968619/posts COMPLETE TITLE: Government Scientist Threatens “Murderous Rampage” After Watchdog.org Exposes Massive Spending at Secret Junk Science Lab ~ ~ ~ ~ Nutty Professor Kerrilee Ann Crosby threatened a “murderous rampage” after a conservative group exposed massive spending at a secret green junk science lab.Watchdog.org reported: A woman angered by a Watchdog investigation into the government lab where she works retaliated by threatening mass murder against this news organization in several Twitter posts. “Have you ever felt like going on a murderous rampage? Start at @WatchdogCO ‘s offices. They perpetuate lies like this,” Kerrilee Ann Crosby tweeted last month while working... Gateway Pundit/Watchdog.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2968619/posts#comment Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:24:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2928405/posts Not since the tear gas and mass arrests of Chicago 1968 have the Democrats put... --snip-- But the pinnacle of the week came in two key moments. The first occurred in an opening DNC video that included the jaw-dropping line "Government is the only thing that we all belong to." Who exactly wrote the script for this video? Chairman Mao? As Mitt Romney appropriately tweeted in response, in America, "[w]e don't belong to the government. Government belongs to us." That Democrats see this foundational reality completely backwards is extraordinarily instructive. Couple that revelation with the Democrats' decision to drop the... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2928405/posts#comment Sat, 8 Sep 2012 22:57:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2916296/posts The election of a Sudanese warlord accused of genocide to the United Nations Human Rights Council is now virtually guaranteed, since he has the full backing of the world body's African delegation. The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for Omar Al-Bashir -- its first ever for a sitting head of state -- for crimes against humanity he allegedly committed in Darfur. Yet, his regime is set to take its place on the panel, in the latest bizarre appointment to make a mockery of the UN's human rights credibility, according to critics. It's like putting “Jack the Ripper in... fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2916296/posts#comment Thu, 9 Aug 2012 01:21:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2899862/posts 1. Put this in your "God is really, really smart. Humans? Not so much." file. Within just the last few years, farmers all over the U.S. have noticed a strange and completely heretofore unseen incidence of SULFUR deficiency in crops. Odd. Why would sulfur deficiency issues suddenly appear where they had never been seen before? It turns out that the sulfur in the diesel burned by the tractors would aerosolize in the exhaust, and then precipitate and FERTILIZE the ground at planting and harvest as the tractor effectively covered the entire field. When the tyrannical government removed pretty much all... Barnhardt http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2899862/posts#comment Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:21:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2898220/posts The EU should "do its best to undermine" the "homogeneity" of its member states, the UN's special representative for migration has said. Peter Sutherland told peers the future prosperity of many EU states depended on them becoming multicultural. He also suggested the UK government's immigration policy had no basis in international law. He was being quizzed by the Lords EU home affairs sub-committee which is investigating global migration. Mr Sutherland, who is non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs International and a former chairman of oil giant BP, heads the Global Forum on Migration and Development, which brings together representatives of 160... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2898220/posts#comment Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:12:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2878667/posts A New York City barber was accused of violating the city’s discrimination policy because he charged women three dollars more for a hair cut than men. “I’m here for 21 years and I’ve never heard of such a thing,” said Leon Kogut, the owner of Leon’s Fantasy Cut in Brooklyn. “The guy tells me this is discrimination of a woman.” An inspector slapped the barber with three violations totaling $650 in fines. Kogut said the inspector took issue with the fact that he charged $13 for a man’s haircut and $16 for a woman’s. “A woman’s haircut requires a lot... foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2878667/posts#comment Tue, 1 May 2012 20:03:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2809885/posts The global dominant narrative about China is wrong, claims Gordon Chang. Don't expect it to be the 'pocketbook of last resort' that will rescue world markets from their current malaise. And don't expect its remarkable economic growth to continue. In fact, expect a "hard landing" for China - and soon. Forbes.com columnist and international lawyer Gordon Chang has spent much of his time since the early 1980s working and living in China. His primary knowledge of the country and his relationships there give him a superior understanding to how its economy is actually faring than many analysts based in the... Zero Hedge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2809885/posts#comment Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:03:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2809282/posts General Eric Holder told Congress just last week that “the U.S. is losing the war on arms trafficking.” http://mexicogulfreporter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2809282/posts#comment Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:38:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2780246/posts San Ramon Valley Unified School District installs 10k photovoltaic panels at five schoolsIn a move that is proving to be controversial with some, some California school districts are looking to a high-tech way to save money, even if the payback won't be achieved until well over a decade later. CNN is reporting that some California school districts are looking to low-interest federal loans to install solar panels on schools. CNN singled out the San Ramon Valley Unified School District, which has installed roughly 10,000 photovoltaic panels at five of its 35 total schools at a cost of $23 million. Under... Daily Tech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2780246/posts#comment Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:41:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2774959/posts In March, the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union, sent a “Message to Congress” outlining its desired goals for K-12 public education policy and spending. Higher pay is a general theme, which fits in with the union’s ongoing “Be Proud to Say, I’m Worth Professional Pay” initiative. It quotes a study that praises the success of schools in other nations: “In South Korea, the average teacher earns more than a lawyer or an engineer.” Yet the union’s core agenda protects a system that virtually assures that “professional pay” cannot happen. Engineers, lawyers, doctors, and so forth – even... Michigan Capitol Confidential http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2774959/posts#comment Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:42:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2765577/posts A woman fighting a terminal form of bone cancer is trying to raise money to help pay bills with a few weekend garage sales, but the city of Salem says she’s breaking the law and is shutting her down. Jan Cline had no idea, but the city of Salem has a clear law that states a person can only have three yard sales a year. Cline has been selling her stuff in the backyard for a few weekends and said she thought she’d be fine by keeping the sale out of everyone’s way. “It’s a struggle,” Cline says. “It’s a... Salem.katu.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2765577/posts#comment Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:21:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2765239/posts Nine Chicago neighborhoods riddled with foreclosures will get a blitzkrieg of cash and attention to turn those properties around, thanks to a $20 million loan pool unveiled Wednesday. With foreclosures rising by 20 percent in 2010, and resources steadily declining, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying a new approach to combat the epidemic that threatens to tear down entire inner-city neighborhoods. Instead of approaching the problem on a house-by-house basis, the mayor is targeting “small sub-sections” of nine neighborhoods hardest-hit by the foreclosure epidemic: Humboldt Park; Chatham; Chicago Lawn; West Woodlawn; Auburn-Gresham; West Pullman; Belmont-Cragin, Englewood and Grand Boulevard. All nine... Sun Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2765239/posts#comment Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:30:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2760588/posts On September 24th, people from across America and across the political spectrum will convene at Harvard University to discuss the advisability and feasibility of organizing towards a Constitutional Convention. The conference's lead organizers are both proponents and opponents of an Article V convention and we actively encourage the participation of those who support a convention and those who oppose holding a convention at all. Con Con Con http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2760588/posts#comment Mon, 8 Aug 2011 19:46:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2759805/posts Rather than a Constitutional Amendment, a Simple 1or 2 page Law could inspire much of our Government's needed change in fiscal outlook. The “Sunset Clause, with TEETH” is what makes it! EXAMPLE: A Bill to link the Pensions of elected Federal Office holders to this Nation's “Debt Ceiling” NO elected Federal Office Holder may draw a pension for that Service UNLESS our Nation's “Debt Limit” and actual “National Debt” went DOWN during that term of Service {was lower at the End of said Service, than on the Day of his/her swearing in.} ANY future Bill, or other attempt,to alter, amend... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2759805/posts#comment Sun, 7 Aug 2011 03:01:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2754142/posts A civil-rights group is calling on Boca Raton High School to stop its practice of searching confiscated student cellphones and punishing students who don't provide access to their text messages or other content. The National Youth Rights Association of Washington, D.C., on Monday outlined its concerns in a letter to Boca Raton High Principal Geoff McKee. This complaint, which is the organization's first challenge on this issue, contends the school's practices "infringe upon the fundamental freedoms of its students and run counter to the holdings of the Supreme Court and the dictates of the Florida Legislature." The letter acknowledges the... Sun-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2754142/posts#comment Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:00:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2739377/posts This is how the progressives do it. Plant some seeds, then before you know it these kinds of ideas will be all over the media. Time magazine cover features shredded U.S. Constitution, asks if it still matters And This Exists: Iceland Rewrites Their Constitution Using Suggestions Through Twitter This second link has me more troubled than the first. The things that Fareed Zakaria are saying could practically be lifted right out of the pages of The Road to Serfdom. I don't think it's possible to state just how much danger we are in. These progressives are out for blood. Time and CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2739377/posts#comment Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:49:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2732443/posts Barack Obama has come under fire for extending a formal invitation to a shamed African dictator who has ruthlessly plundered billions of dollars from his own country. The U.S. President will today have a coveted private meeting with President Ali Bongo of Gabon in the Oval Office despite his appalling track record. Bongo’s family has ruled the impoverished African nation with an iron fist for five decades and have used its oil riches to fund a life of outrageous luxury. Meanwhile one third of people in Gabon live on less than $2 a day and thousands starve to death each... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2732443/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jun 2011 21:00:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2644963/posts We have two branches of government—Congress and the courts—expressing grave concerns with our agency becoming increasingly unmoored from our statutory authority. By seeking to regulate the Internet now, we exceed the authority Congress has given us, and justify those concerns. —FCC Commissioner Meredith Atwell Baker[1] Should regulators in Washington, D.C., set the rules for the Internet? Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), thinks so. He has crafted a plan to impose so-called “net neutrality” rules on Internet service providers, setting an FCC vote on the proposal for next Tuesday.[2] Details of the plan are not yet known... Right Side News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2644963/posts#comment Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:55:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2640582/posts Joel Rosenberg tried to bring a gun into the Minneapolis Police headquarters and the cops wouldn't let him. Now Rosenberg is accusing the cop who took his gun of assault. Earlier this month, Rosenberg, who says he is a science fiction writer and handgun instructor, paid a visit to the MPD chief's office to pick up some documents he'd requested. Sgt. William Palmer, the public information officer, saw that Rosenberg was packing, and asked him to dump the gun. Rosenberg refused. He insisted he had the right to wear his gun. Palmer explained that a court order prevented him from... blogs.citypages.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2640582/posts#comment Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:12:05 GMT