http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/urbanlegend/ en-us Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:04:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030685/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney's office acknowledged on Thursday that he was mistaken when he asserted that China, at Cuba's behest, is drilling for oil in waters 60 miles from the Florida coast. In a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Cheney said on Wednesday that waters in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, long off limits to oil companies, should be opened to drilling because China is already there pumping oil. ''Oil is being drilled right now 60 miles off the coast of Florida,'' the vice president said. ''We're not doing it, the Chinese are, in cooperation... GOPUSA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030685/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:04:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022549/posts A Home Depot store in Utah plans to celebrate Gay pride in the Store with decorations of Rainbows and employee Tee shirts announcing gay pride. Inside sources say that this is something that will be devastating to business as most of the customer base tends to be on the Right side of the issue as they are mostly religious people. I am actively involved in this business and i dont want to be a part of it bacuae this is contrary to my belief and would like advice from more experienced FReepers on how best to disrupt these outrageous plans... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022549/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 18:36:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022038/posts This is what Barack Obama said following 9/11: “In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” American Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022038/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 19:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2020815/posts Urban legends help Obama while hurting McCain and therefore our country We recently showed [http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=1118] how the National Jewish Democratic Council cut out part of a statement by John McCain to suggest that he, like Obama, is open to unconditional discussions with terrorists and rogue governments. Half-truths, out of context statements, and blatant falsehoods are the National Jewish Democratic Council’s stock in trade, and we have exposed NJDC for this on many occasions. NJDC is therefore a Republican asset that will do Barack Obama far more harm than good in November. We must caution those who are on our side... IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2020815/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 20:03:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012417/posts MONTGOMERY The state Senate may have been locked down for most of the year, but it did find time to endorse a widely discredited urban legend spread by the John Birch Society. The upper chamber passed a joint resolution April 10 sponsored by state Sen. Rusty Glover, R-Semmes, claiming that Canada, Mexico and the United States are moving toward a "North American Union" and working on construction of a "NAFTA Superhighway" to link the countries and report edly destroy their sovereignty. "It's about retaining independence," said John McManus, the president of the John Birch Society, in a phone interview Mon... The Press-Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012417/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 12:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2004998/posts Your Opinion Counts The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) & U.S. Congress wants your opinion regarding proposed rule changes. Comments are due April 28, 2008 Thank you for taking the time to comment on these proposed rule changes that would adversely affect your Air 1 station. The time you invest in this could keep Christian radio strong. Here is some additional information about what is happening and why your opinion counts. While the FCC is considering these rule changes, at the moment nothing is "set in stone" as they await public comment. If any of these changes were adopted, there... Air1 Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2004998/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:45:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992946/posts On 3/27/08, the Delano Police Department Gang Unit received information that a California Criminal Street Gang is going to be holding gang initiations in the Cities of Delano and McFarland. Prospective members are to collide their vehicles into random vehicles from behind. As the driver of the victim vehicle exits, the prospective members will open fire. This information has not been substantiated nor do we know if it is credible. As always, the Delano Police Department is concerened with the safety of all Delano residents and therefore, we are strongly suggesting that everyone use extreme caution if they are involved... Delano Police Dept. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992946/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:16:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941710/posts I heard recently on the Rush Limbaugh show this quote. "What we still don't understand is why you Americans stopped the bombing of Hanoi. You had us on the ropes. If you had pressed us a little harder, just for another day or two, we were ready to surrender! It was the same at the battles of TET. You defeated us! We knew it, and we thought you knew it. But we were elated to notice your media was definitely helping us. They were causing more disruption in America than we could in the battlefields. We were ready to surrender.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941710/posts#comment Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:59:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902158/posts A year or two, and a PC, ago I read in Free Republic about this website where I could check if a story in an e-mail was fact or urband legend. Unfortunately, after changing PCs, I lost the link to that site. I have wished over and over I had saved that info when I changed PCs. Finally, I've decided to ask the same people who gave me the information at least a year ago. Freepers, do y'all know the website I'm talking about? How about its address? Thanks. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902158/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:46:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901319/posts Jay Leno wrote this; it's the Jay Leno we don't often see.... "The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some poll data I found rather hard to believe. It must be true, given the source, right? The Newsweek poll alleges that 67 percent of Americans are unhappy with the direction the country is headed, and 69 percent of the country is unhappy with the performance of the President. In essence, 2/3's of the citizenry just ain't happy and want a change. So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ''What are we so unhappy... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901319/posts#comment Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:35:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1889696/posts Has a mythical beast turned up in Texas? By ELIZABETH WHITE, Associated Press Writer August 31, 2007 Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her, worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra. "It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the... Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1889696/posts#comment Sat, 1 Sep 2007 02:31:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1884056/posts http://www.snopes.com/rumors/budweiser.asp They apparently don't like to have their stuff copied, since they won't let me select the text. Therefore, link only. Snopes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1884056/posts#comment Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:53:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1752943/posts There's a slow poison out there that's severely damaging our children and threatening to tear apart our culture. The ironic part is, it's a "health food," one of our most popular. Now, I'm a health-food guy, a fanatic who seldom allows anything into his kitchen unless it's organic. I state my bias here just so you'll know I'm not anti-health food. The dangerous food I'm speaking of is soy. Soybean products are feminizing, and they're all over the place. You can hardly escape them anymore. I have nothing against an occasional soy snack. Soy is nutritious and contains lots of... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1752943/posts#comment Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:38:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842420/posts NAFTA SUPERHIGHWAY | An urban myth or reality? Super suspicious foes The government denies any such plans, but campaign against it continues. By MATT STEARNS McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON | If the government really has a secret plan for a 12-lane road-and-rail NAFTA Superhighway that will split the heartland from Mexico to Canada, it is playing with a great poker face. “There is absolutely no U.S. government plan for a NAFTA Superhighway of any sort,” said David Bohigian, an assistant secretary of commerce. Sen. Kit Bond, a Missouri Republican and a powerful member of committees that would authorize and pay for... Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842420/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2007 13:06:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839745/posts REGION UPDATE Captured L.A. Gator Thought To Be Reggie May 25, 2007 LOS ANGELES – A 6½-foot alligator believed to be the elusive Reggie that lurked in a park lake for two years was captured yesterday in a wrestling match with a reptile expert and rangers, and was rushed to a zoo with TV news helicopters trailing its journey across the nation's second-largest city. The wily non-native reptile became a celebrity as it left a series of would-be gator wranglers empty-handed and then managed to disappear for 18 months until it was spotted again late last month. Yesterday, the alligator... SignOnSanDiego.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839745/posts#comment Fri, 25 May 2007 16:45:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1832182/posts Peykaisan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1832182/posts#comment Fri, 11 May 2007 20:45:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1768467/posts WASHINGTON --In a published report, the Lovenstein Institute of Scranton, Pennsylvania has detailed findings of a four month study of the intelligence quotient of President George W. Bush. Since 1973, the Lovenstein Institute has published its research to the education community on each new president, which includes the famous "IQ" report among others. According to statements in the report, there have been twelve presidents over the past 60 years, from F. D. Roosevelt to G. W. Bush who were all rated based on scholarly achievements, writings that they alone produced without aid of staff, their ability to speak with clarity,... Check Snopes, false http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1768467/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:16:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766372/posts A GREAT ANSWER TO A DUMB QUESTION: Katie Couric, while interviewing a Marine sniper, asked: "What do you feel when you shoot a terrorist?" The Marine shrugged and replied: "Recoil." (Hard to fault a Marine that eloquent) Semper Fi! Robert Drobot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766372/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:52:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1743386/posts NEW YORK - In the nine months since escaping her travel cage at Kennedy Airport, Vivi the wayward whippet has joined the Central Park coyote, high-rise tiger, Harlem Meer caiman and Molly the fugitive feline in New York's ever-growing pantheon of urban animal legends. She was reported dozens of times, roaming cemeteries with other dogs, or hanging around stores in the borough of Queens, in some cases miles from the tarmac where she disappeared while awaiting a flight home to California on Feb. 15. A day earlier, she had won an Award of Merit at the annual Westminster Kennel Club... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1743386/posts#comment Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:12:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727899/posts BOISE, Idaho (Oct. 28) - A black cat won't cross your path this Halloween, not if a northern Idaho animal shelter can help it. Like many shelters around the country, the Kootenai Humane Society in Coeur d'Alene is prohibiting black cat adoptions from now to Nov. 2, fearing the animals could be mistreated in Halloween pranks - or worse, sacrificed in some satanic ritual. The shelter's executive director, Phil Morgan, said that while the risk may be remote, the policy will remain just in case. Janet, a black cat, will have to wait till after Nov. 2 to be adopted... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727899/posts#comment Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:34:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1698999/posts YOU WORRY ME... I've been trying to say this since 9-11, but you worry me. I wish you didn't. I wish when I walked down the streets of this country that I love, that your color and culture still blended with the beautiful human landscape we enjoy in this country. But you don't blend in anymore. I notice you, and it worries me. I notice you because I can't help it anymore. People from your homelands, professing to be Muslims, have been attacking and killing my fellow citizens and our friends, for more than 20 years now. I don't fully... e-mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1698999/posts#comment Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:52:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1672148/posts .... The flags are France,Germany,and Russia. E-mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1672148/posts#comment Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:25:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1651841/posts The following from a director with SW BELL in Mexico City. ( Bob Blaydon) I spent five years working in Mexico. I worked under a tourist visa for three months and could legally renew it for three more months. After that you were working illegally. I was technically illegal for three weeks waiting on the FM3 approval. During that six months our Mexican and US Attorneys were working to secure a permanent work visa called a FM3. It was in addition to my US passport that I had to show each time I entered and left the country. Barbara's was... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1651841/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:11:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627828/posts On the wild and untamed Internet, he's an urban legend. But Joseph Olson wishes it would just go away. The Hamline University law professor, has been tied the past few years to a cryptic analysis of the 2000 election that predicts a timely end to American democracy. It's an apocalyptic vision that's turned up in thousands of Internet blogs and message boards and resurfaced in recent weeks. But it's false. Olson never wrote what's attributed to him. He doesn't know exactly how it happened. His only sin might have been passing on an e-mail with questionable information and somewhere someone... (St. Paul, MN) Pioneer Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627828/posts#comment Sat, 6 May 2006 14:36:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1623924/posts Got this by email and figured I'd pass it on. Sounds a bit odd when you first read it, but I'm never surprised by the stupidity - or the brilliance - of the criminal mind. Here's the scenario: You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You lock your doors, start the engine and shift into reverse. You look into the rear view mirror to back out of your parking space and notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window. You shift into PARK, unlock your doors, get out of the... snopes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1623924/posts#comment Sun, 30 Apr 2006 00:25:08 GMT