http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/us/ en-us Sun, 5 Oct 2008 04:20:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097799/posts An expert on terrorism is warning the United States should be fighting Islamization, which she believes already is under way. And author Brigitte Gabriel should know: She watched it happen in her native Lebanon. "Lebanon used to be the only majority Christian country in the Middle East," Gabriel told radio talk show host Andrea Shea King in a recent hour-long interview "Most people today do not know that. We were the majority, the Muslims were the minority, but as the years went by, the Muslims became the majority because of their birth rate, but also because of our open-border policy.... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097799/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 04:20:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2097399/posts Quiz made from sample questions from the US Citizenship test. Do you pass? (Some of the questions may be debatable, the quiz assumes the "ideal" version of history) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2097399/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 14:56:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2096937/posts A Time Magazine article citing Israeli military officials suggests a sophisticated long-range American radar system about to be deployed in Israel may be less about providing early warning of an Iranian missile attack, and more about hemming in Russia. The radar base will be the first permanent deployment of foreign troops on Israeli soil in the country’s short 60-year modern history. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2096937/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:28:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095586/posts As the euphoria of the NSG waiver starts to ebb, I wonder how many of you realise India owes an enormous thank you to George Bush? He’s done for us what no other world leader could have done, and I would add, perhaps none other was prepared to do. But even if you insist there are one or two leaders — Putin or Sarkozy — who might have tried, I’m confident they would not have succeeded. America is the only country that could have delivered the NSG waiver. George Bush is the only president who decided to do so. First,... hindustantimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095586/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:48:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092803/posts Are we going to have an October surprise, an attack on Iran by either the Bush administration or by Israel to stop the regime from becoming a nuclear power? It could happen - and alter the dynamics of the presidential race in the blink of an eye - but only if Israel pulls the trigger. Don't expect the United States to drop bombs anytime soon NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092803/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:48:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092565/posts MARSEILLES: Unable to stop terrorists, the Manmohan Singh government has been constrained to look at the anti-terror mechanism in the US which is believed to have ensured that there was no terrorist attack on that country post-9/11. Official sources said national security advisor M K Narayanan, who was briefed on the working of the Department of Homeland Security, found some of its aspects interesting. "While many of the things they do are too draconian for us to implement, there are other things that are interesting that we may have to look at, considering that there has been no attack on... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092565/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:28:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092132/posts The US stock market could suffer a devastating crash with shares losing a third of their value this week if Hank Paulson’s financial bailout plan fails, US Treasury officials have warned. ---- The financial system could face a meltdown of 1929 proportions unless US politicians succeed in their efforts for a $700bn rescue scheme, experts added. The warning came as Republicans and Democrats met in Washington for a rare weekend debating session to attempt to seal agreement on the contentious plan, aimed at preventing a long-lasting recession in the US. Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092132/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:31:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2091157/posts Shiek: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad investigates American assets Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presented his case that the world is better off without American influence at the United Nations. The following is a transcript: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: The Americans have bled us white, the bastards. They've taken everything we had, not just from us, from our fathers and from our fathers' fathers. Raul, Cuban delegate: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers.Mahmoud: Yes. Raul: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers. Mahmoud: All right, Raul. Don't labor the point. And what have they ever given us in return? Ghana delegate: Eradicated polio? DotPenn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2091157/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:16:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2089582/posts When the German Army mounted its Western Offensive in 1940, it had 2.5 million men and 2,500 tanks. Whereas the French Army had the ability to mobilize 5 million men, the German army supported by motorized infantry units and aircraft easily secured victory. Germany's subjugation of France took just six weeks, and on June 14, 1940 German troops marched into Paris. The shocking and ignoble surrender was made official when the French formally signed the infamous Second Compiegne Armistice on June 22, 1940. Under the terms of the armistice the Germans were to continue to occupy Northern France, while the... Radarsite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2089582/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:16:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2087723/posts Iraqi 'Abd Al-Khaliq Hussein: America Did Not Occupy Iraq, It Liberated It December 21, 2007 One of the Iraqi liberals who took umbrage at Ibrahim's characterization of the situation in Iraq was Dr. 'Abd Al-Khaliq Hussein in an article published on the liberal Arab website Aafaq on November 7, 2007. He expressed particular disappointment in the fact that Ibrahim, a respected and outspoken democrat and former political prisoner, would express such views. Following are excerpts: "I would not be giving away any secrets if I say that I regularly read the writings of Dr. Sa'ad Eddin Ibrahim... but, and I... memri http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2087723/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:37:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087473/posts UPDATE: There’s been a number of rumors over the past several months that terrorists may use the ‘lull’ between the election and the new President entering office to launch an attack either on US soil or against US interests. In course with a number of al Qaeda’s manifests of targeting the west, the current financial crisis may instigate attacks that will target some aspect of financial importance whether it be maritime shipping lines, any one of the world-wide stock exchanges, physical financial institutions, energy sources (oil) or other infrastructure. TAM-C analysts have picked up chatter on jihadi websites in both... National Terror Alert Response Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087473/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:10:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086981/posts Financial crisis: Default by the US government is no longer unthinkable By Liam Halligan Last Updated: 11:48am BST 21/09/2008 So, here we are - the start of a new world order. After the tumultuous events of the last fortnight, the global economic landscape will never look the same again. The front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper on the day of the initial Wall Street Crash in 1929 Hard times: central banks have acted to avoid a repeat of 1929 Power has tangibly shifted - away from the United States and the Western world generally, and towards the fast-growing... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086981/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:13:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086000/posts by Chris Farrell Remember the Bush Administration's push to partially privatize Social Security? The privatization advocates warned that insolvency loomed unless dramatic changes were made to the system. Social Security was also labeled a terrible investment. The Bush team's argument: Let people invest a portion of their payroll tax money with the financial wizards of Wall Street in an account reminiscent of a 401(k). Workers would get a higher rate of return on their Social Security money, and the economy would benefit from a higher rate of savings. "We heard the fear that Social Security will go bankrupt and the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086000/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:48:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084468/posts China's imploding US ally By Richard Komaiko and Chris Stewart The collapse of US insurance giant AIG and its US$85 billion takeover by the US government on Tuesday takes the US financial crisis right to the heart of China's development as a capitalist country. AIG, the world's sixth-largest company by assets and biggest insurer, according to the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2007, is one of the few US institutions to be founded in China, its roots dating from 1919 when Cornelius Vander Starr, a veteran of World War I, founded a small insurance company in Shanghai called American Asiatic... ATIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084468/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:04:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083265/posts S. Korea, US Planning Massive Marine Exercise By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter South Korea and the United States are considering holding a large-scale amphibious exercise using their Marines later this year to demonstrate their joint military capability, a military source said Sunday. The exact date and scale for the exercise have yet to be decided, but, if held, it is expected to test the allies' division-level landing capability, said the source. ``Preparatory teams from both the South Korean and U.S. Marine Corps have been consulting on the schedule, location and scale for the upcoming joint landing exercise, but nothing has... Korea Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083265/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:55:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082565/posts More than 50 percent of Britons believe that polygamy is legal in the United States; in fact, it is illegal in all 50 states. Almost one-third of Britons believe that Americans who have not paid their hospital fees or insurance premiums are not entitled to emergency medical care; in fact, such treatment must be provided by law. Seventy percent of Britons think the United States has done a worse job than the European Union in reducing carbon emissions since 2000; in fact, America’s rate of growth of carbon emissions has decreased by almost ten percent since 2000, while that of... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082565/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:29:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082294/posts WASHINGTON: The United States is suddenly faced with the uncomfortable scenario of confronting the very same weapons and military hardware, including F-16 fighter jets, it has armed Pakistan with for decades. The unsavoury prospect of having to take a crack at the its one-time ally has surfaced most starkly in the skies over the Afghan-Pakistan border this weekend after the Pakistan Air Force deployed its US-supplied F-16s to challenge the violation of its airspace by US drones, and in one case, an airborne assault that landed US Navy Seals inside Pakistani territory. The turnaround of Pakistan from an ally to... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082294/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:13:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079857/posts The Pentagon has cancelled a defence contract that would have secured 11,000 British jobs following fierce political lobbying by American companies. Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer, won a contract to supply the United States Air Force with refuelling tankers earlier this year. The wings for all 179 planes would have been built in the UK in a deal worth over £4 billion to the British economy. Defence analysts said that the Pentagon seemed to be succumbing to political pressure to protect American jobs. Boeing, the giant US-based aerospace company, lost the contract to Airbus and is believed to have spent... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079857/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:33:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079592/posts Just received from reader Jeff: The latest, desperate plea from Obama’s Palin-bashing backers at Us Weekly magazine to stop the bleeding. (You’ll recall that on Sep 5., I posted the first groveling missive from the rag’s customer service department urging readers to read the smear-filled article before canceling. Oops. Bad advice.) They are on their knees: From: US Weekly USWcustserv@cdsfulfillment.com Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:17:57 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: cancel subscription (KMM23347217I103L0KM) To: xxx Thank you for contacting US Weekly. We are sorry you are upset over the Governor Palin cover. We do not want to lose you as... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079592/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:55:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076785/posts 'Us' Readers Protective of Palin TMZ is reporting that a large number of "Us Weekly" readers have canceled their subscriptions in protest of the magazine's treatment of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin: There were reports as many as 10,000 subscribers bailed.. TMZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076785/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:25:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075397/posts The State Department’s letter to Congress said that the United States could immediately halt nuclear sales to India if India conducted any nuclear tests and that the United States planned to withhold technology that poses a security risk. The letter was released by Representative Howard L. Berman, Democrat of California and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. new york times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075397/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:43:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075209/posts Three celebrity weeklies — OK!, People and Us Weekly — featured Sarah Palin on their cover, but one of those magazines is reportedly losing subscribers because of it. Us Weekly, which unlike People and OK!, chose a rather caustic cover line (“Babies, Lies and Scandal”) is said to have lost thousands of subscribers in just the first 24 hours following the printing of the issue. “I’m hearing it’s 5,000, maybe more,” says one well-placed source in the industry. Another source claimed that as many as 10,000 readers have already cancelled their subscriptions. A spokesperson for Wenner Media, which publishes Us,... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075209/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:05:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074785/posts I was just at Us Magazine looking for information on how to cancel and subscription being sent to our home by mistake. And low there was a survey on Gov. Palin. Headed: After watching her speech do you think she would make a good VP. So far the results are: Yes 82.85%No 17.15. So far there have been 159,206 votes. Go here, vote and laugh.Sorry for the vanity. Rarely do them but this is soooo good. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074785/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 20:21:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073886/posts It was revealed today that the publisher of US Weekly is a heavy contributor to the B.O. campaign. Nothing wrong with that. But when you put B.O. on your cover last week in the light they did and then a week later on the cover put Palin on there with the words "lie and scandal", well you deserve to be called out. These people have no scruples at all. Politely let them know how you feel and cancel your subscriptions. letters@usmagazine.com USWcustserv@cdsfulfillment.com Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073886/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:54:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073076/posts Almost three thousand British troops in southern Afghanistan have successfully transported a huge hydroelectric power turbine through Taleban territory. In one of their biggest operations in Helmand, a convoy of 100 vehicles took five days to move the massive sections of the turbine 180km (112 miles). The $6m (£3.4m) turbine will mean the Kajaki power station can bring power to an extra 1.9 million people. British forces were helped by 2,000 Nato and Afghan troops. The operation was part of a development project which has been planned for two years. Late at night The convoy travelled the length of the... bbc.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073076/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:47:23 GMT