http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/usa/ en-us Thu, 4 Dec 2008 01:35:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142474/posts MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government finally released the first part of a $400 million aid package Wednesday to support Mexico's police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels. The money comes at a critical time: Mexico's death toll from drug violence has soared above 4,000 so far this year, and drug-related murders and kidnappings are spilling over the U.S. border as well. U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza formally released $197 million at a signing ceremony in Mexico City. The rest will be disbursed throughout the year. Garza said the Merida Initiative aid will enable the U.S. and Mexico to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142474/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2008 01:35:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142255/posts Risk Specialists Companies, Inc. (RSC), a subsidiary of AIG Commercial Insurance, is introducing what it says is a first in the U.S.: a homeowners insurance product that is compliant with key Islamic finance tenets and based on the concept of mutual insurance. Advertisement The Takaful Homeowners Policy is underwritten through RSC member company A.I. Risk Specialists Insurance, Inc., in conjunction with Lexington Insurance Co. and in association with AIG Takaful Enaya. Headquartered in Bahrain, AIG Takaful Enaya was established in 2006 to provide Takaful products, including accident and health, auto, energy, property and casualty products. The Takaful home policy is... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142255/posts#comment Wed, 3 Dec 2008 18:42:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141834/posts Nine things the police in Columbus, Ohio, need to know being taught the police in Columbus, Ohio by members of CAIR] covered included the basic beliefs and practices of Islam, practical advice to help future law enforcement personnel develop cultural competency when interacting with the Muslim community." -- from this article What the police force in Columbus, Ohio and all over the country need to be taught is this: 1. They need to know what the texts of Islam -- Qur'an and Hadith and Sira -- inculcate in Believers about non-Muslims, and in particular, about the central notion that Islam,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141834/posts#comment Wed, 3 Dec 2008 01:28:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141794/posts Anything worth having is a thing worth cheating for. — W.C. Fields After September 11th, the existential question of “Why do they [foreigners] hate us?” was hotly debated in the American media without any real conclusion ever being reached. This Backgrounder seeks to answer the opposite question: “Why do they love us?” Key Points * Marriage to an American citizen remains the most common path to U.S. residency and/or citizenship for foreign nationals, with more than 2.3 million foreign nationals gaining lawful permanent resident (LPR) status in this manner between 1998 and 2007. * More than 25 percent of all... Center for immigration studies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141794/posts#comment Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:30:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141152/posts Right Side News previously published a Refugee Resettlement Watch paper exposing the security breach in the P-3 Program which has allowed thousands of illegal aliens from Islamist activist countries like Somalia. Fraud Pervasive in African Refugee Program FairUS.org The State Department has suspended the Africa Priority Three (P-3) Program because of an investigation into the refugee family reunification program that revealed that less than 20% of the African applicants were able to prove familial ties. Since it began in 2003, nearly 36,000 African nationals have come to the United States as P-3 Program refugees. The State Department report also indicates... Right Side News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141152/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2008 01:12:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141144/posts Terrorism expert Steve Emerson says there's no hope of victory in the war on terrorism until we call it what it really is. This past Saturday, the New York Times ran an op-ed piece entitled "What They Hate about Mumbai," focusing specifically on the free market sins of that great city. With contrived evenhandedness, the op-ed managed to blame both Hindus and Muslim extremists—without blaming either party in particular for the murderous attacks. Without realizing it, the Grey Lady had hit upon a great travel series. In the best spirit of jihad for dummies, why not a year's worth of... Investigative Project On Terrorism http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141144/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:54:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140362/posts MOSCOW, November 24 (RIA Novosti) - A leading Russian political analyst has said the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts. Professor Igor Panarin said in an interview with the respected daily Izvestia published on Monday: "The dollar is not secured by anything. The country's foreign debt has grown like an avalanche, even though in the early 1980s there was no debt. By 1998, when I first made my prediction, it had exceeded $2 trillion. Now it is more than 11 trillion. This... RIA Novosti http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140362/posts#comment Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:24:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139719/posts Well, here we are folks. I don't know if this vanity will even stick or if anything happens, but after seeing the election go through and all, we need to redefine our movement. People will say "It's been done already," but I beg to differ. Here is my proposal. AMERICANISM. Tenets: 1. America is the producer of almost all goods and services in the world, and the resulting goods and services come from ideas that come from America (even in places like China). 2. The production occurs because of the respect of personal freedom, regardless of the offense taken by... The soon to begin movement http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139719/posts#comment Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:00:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139304/posts I love America.  Since my fourth-grade social studies class, when I first remember being exposed to the customs, mores and governments of other nations, I have never once wanted to have been born anywhere else, to have lived anywhere else or to have called anywhere else my homeland.  On the occasions I've traveled outside America, I've kissed her ground upon my return and sworn I would never leave again.  In my youth I loved America with a starry-eyed idealism that could see no fault in her.  In my teens I was sometimes more aware of America's faults and failings than... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139304/posts#comment Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:36:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138463/posts Killing and being killed for Allah (cf. Qur'an 9:111) More on the Somali jihad in Minneapolis -- home also of several notable Stealth Jihad efforts, including the attempt to impose Sharia law on the patrons of taxicabs at Minneapolis airport, and the refusal of Muslim cashiers at local Target stores to check out pork products. Anyway, have any authorities stopped to consider the question of whether we really want to import into the United States people who would blow themselves up as suicide bombers? Why not? "FEDS: Twin Cities man behind Somalia bombing, investigating network," by Sam Zeff, Bob McNaney,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138463/posts#comment Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:15:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138024/posts Thousands of Icelanders took to the street in violent protests in Rekjavik, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Geir Haarde and central bank governor David Oddsson in the wake of the country's complete financial collapse. REYKJAVIK - Thousands of Icelanders demonstrated in Reykjavik on Saturday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Geir Haarde and Central Bank Governor David Oddsson for failing to stop a financial meltdown in the country. It was the latest in a series of protests in the capital since the financial meltdown that crippled the island's economy. Hordur Torfason, a well-known troubadour in Iceland and the main... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138024/posts#comment Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:42:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135223/posts Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Robert Spencer [whose “Jihad Watch” is featured weekly in HUMAN EVENTS] has been a one-man warning system against radical Islam. A scholar who has spent most of his professional life studying Islam, his string of books dissects the world's largest religion as a bastion of intolerance and hate, justified by the teachings of spiritual leader Mohammed and various holy men. As one of his previous titles, the "Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam," suggests, Spencer does not buckle in fear of the type of backlash that can materialize as a death-threatening fatwa against a critical... JihadWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135223/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:56:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133949/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=51970 Chairman: Americans Need Serious Debate About Security Investment By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2008 – Americans need to have a serious debate about what it takes to defend the United States, said Navy Adm. Mike Mullen during a Pentagon news conference today. Mullen has long proposed a floor for funding for national security of 4 percent of gross domestic product. With the supplemental budgets this year the United States spent about 4.3 percent of GDP. “I actually originated that discussion or tried to start that discussion and... AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133949/posts#comment Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:12:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133764/posts A Chinese-born physicist Monday pleaded guilty before a US court to illegally exporting American military space know-how to China, US officials said. Naturalized US citizen Shu Quan-Sheng, admitted handing over to Beijing information on the design and development of a fueling system for space launch vehicles between 2003 and 2007, the Justice Department said. Shu, 68, pleaded guilty to violating the Arms Export Control Act by helping Chinese officials based at the space facility on southern Hainan island to develop manned space flight and future missions to the Moon. He also acknowledged he had sent them in December 2003 a... Breibart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133764/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:56:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133344/posts In a statement, the Zionist Freedom Alliance said “we call on state officials, the President of the University of California, the Chancellor, the Dean of Students, faculty, and the student body to take a unified stand against the continued harassment of Jewish and pro-Israel students on this campus" Arab students disrupted a pro-Israel event at the campus of the University of California at Berkeley Thursday night, unfurling a large Palestinian flag in front of a crowd of hundreds of supporters of Israel who were enjoying a pro-Israel hip-hop concert. The event was sponsored by the Zionist Freedom Alliance student group.... IsraelNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133344/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:53:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131947/posts SNIPPET: "A French couple arrested in connection with a series of anarchist attacks on the country's rail network have been linked by the FBI to a bomb attack in New York." ARTICLE SNIPPET: "French anti-terrorist police are holding 10 alleged members of a violent anarchist movement suspected of sabotaging power cables on high speed TGV train lines. But it now transpires that the alleged culprits were netted thanks to information from the FBI, which allegedly linked two of them to the home-made bomb attack on an army recruitment centre in New York's Times Square in March. Julien Coupat, 34, the... TELEGRAPH.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131947/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:46:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131345/posts ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Mitch Anderson, a Romanian-born documentary filmmaker living in the U.S. He was among the last few refugees from Communism during the late eighties. An electrical engineer by trade, Anderson turned to documentary filmmaking in 2004. His new film is The World Without US, a journalistic investigation filmed on four continents. Visit his site at TheWorldWithoutUs.com. FP: Mitch Anderson, welcome to Fronbtpage Interview. Anderson: Thank you. FP: What inspired you to make The World Without US? Anderson: Sorry to say, but Michael Moore inspired me. Especially "Bowling for Columbine." At one point, his narration... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131345/posts#comment Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:45:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130994/posts For those interested in such things, I drive a taxicab in Vallejo, California. Because I am retired from the Marine Corps and am proud of my service, I fly a 12x18" Marine Corps flag from the cab I drive. Within the last couple of years, the city passed an ordinance regulating cabs. Now, the officer in charge of this (son of the chief) tells me that flying my colors is unacceptable to him. His rationale is that, because we are regulated by the city, we work FOR the city and thus he can do as he likes. Perhaps some comment... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130994/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:07:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130985/posts WASHINGTON, DC, November 12, 2008 (ENS) - When the leaders of the G20 countries gather in Washington this weekend for a special summit on the global financial crisis, pressure will be on to seek solutions in the growth of a new green economy. Today in Washington, Gary Gardner and Michael Renner, senior researchers with the environmental research organization Worldwatch Institute, issued a detailed proposal that they hope will focus the attention of the G20 leaders on what they are calling a "Global Green Deal." "The challenge for global political leadership, including U.S. President-elect [Barack] Obama, is not merely to kickstart... Environment News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130985/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:46:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2130096/posts “People never crumble in a day – it’s a slow fade.” This is the chorus of Casting Crown’s “Slow Fade” song. The lyrics are just as applicable to a nation as to an individual and unfortunately for America, we have been in a slow fade for some time now. When “I dream of Jeannie” made its debut on television in September of 1965 it was the most embattled show to come across the airwaves. Television rating organizations had all kinds of problems allowing “Jeannie” to show her belly button. Today, that is laughable. Last night I was forced to turn... CommonsensicalCat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2130096/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:46:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129849/posts Hailing Barack Obama's win as a victory for the "working class," the Communist Party USA is calling on the president-elect to carry out his promises, including his noted commitment to "spread the wealth." An editorial by the People's Weekly World said the victory was for "workers of all job titles, professions, shapes, colors, sizes, hairstyles and languages." The newspaper, which boasts of its "partisan coverage," identifies itself as "a national, grassroots weekly newspaper and the direct descendant of the 'Daily Worker.'" "We are partisan to the working class, racially and nationally oppressed peoples, women, youth, seniors, international solidarity, Marxism and... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129849/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:31:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2127406/posts With so many things that he has to do before January 20, I thought that we could help him by putting together his Christmas shopping list. So, let's put down all of the things that President Obama needs to get before Xmass The Greater Evil http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2127406/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:44:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126633/posts WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today congratulated President-elect Barack Obama on his election win and offered the Muslim community's support for ensuring that America remains both safe and free. In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said: "CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil rights and advocacy group, offers its congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama on his historic election to our nation's highest office. President-elect Obama's victory sends the unmistakable message that America is a nation that offers equal opportunity to people of all backgrounds. "While congratulating President-elect Obama on his win, we also... PR Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126633/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 02:53:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2127255/posts FReepers, I know exactly how you feel right now. The shock of this election still weighs heavily on your minds, yet, not as much as it did on Tuesday and Wednesday. It felt like someone reached into your chest and ripped out your heart -- as if someone had just stabbed you in the gut. You didn’t feel like eating, talking, listening, sleeping, or watching TV – especially TV, for the utter and complete failure of the media to be fair, to be balanced, to refrain from acting like the Three Monkeys and shut off all their senses to what... The Greater Evil http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2127255/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 20:28:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126312/posts I'm reading all this dung being spun out here and abroad that the USA has now joined a wonderful world community by throwing off our racism and conforming to the global love fest. Has anyone actually BEEN to any of these other countries, talked to their people, or taken even a passing look at their history?? The USA has spent decades enacting affirmative action, desegregation, minority quotas, anti discrimination, fair housing, public assistance, food stamps, hate crimes laws, and every conceivable pro minority measure. The rest of the World? Where to start, and please help me out once I tire... Vanity Reality Check http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126312/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 21:03:38 GMT