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I'm tired of hearing the refrain...."the GOP is dead"....and "the country is going down the tubes the way of Western European socialist countries". I'm sorry, I won't accept that. I'm willing to bet most of the people parrotting these lines are old, grizzled, bitter men who are cynical bastards to begin with. Here's the deal.....I'm a 20-something conservative who loves his country and the values, traditions, and institutions it was founded on. I refuse to accept that it is all for naught at this point. Yes, we lost two VERY tough elections. The Democrats are aggressive in pushing a socialist...

I just gave "24" the 3 red thumbs of death on my Tivo. After jenene garafalo last rant about conservatives, I can't stand to see her. I refuse to watch the show now after watching for years.

I am really saddened and disappointed with what is going on these days at Little Green Footballs, one of my favorite places to hang around-until today. The anti-Christian crusade started by Charles Johnson took proportions I would have never ever dreamed in my worst nightmares. Read on

Are you GOP cheer-leaders now happy? You had an opportunity to reverse course on the liberal/socialist agenda, but no, you insisted on putting another doddering old in-articulate has-been up against a young, dynamic, well-spoken Democrat. You guys just don't get it. It's not about issues any more, it's about who looks the best and can talk the talk. That's not how it should be, but that's how it is. We now live in a society of the "cult of personality". The GOP and to a lesser extent the MSM decided that McCain would be the Republican nominee. I KNEW and...

Would someone out there please tell me when the hell the Republican 527's are going to actually get off of their @$$es and do something? Are they saving the money for 2012? Someone please help me with this one...

I, my friends and family, and all on my Email contact list, across the nation, intend to turn off our TVs completely, tomorrow night. We intend to let the TV ratings tell what we think of the networks and their annointed candidate. If there was any patriotism left in the network executives the speech no one needs to hear would be followed by the networks telling the American people all they have been hiding. We know they are too treasonous to do that. You can let them know that you agree. Turn the TV off tomorrow night, and tell your...

Yahoo's current top story features a map that I think is a fair starting point for any electoral analysis. Barring anything huge in the final week, the electoral votes that are basically already decided look like this: Obama 234, McCain 163, Undecided 141.Obama thus needs to add only 36 EV's. The 11 unclaimed states are:FL 27PA 21OH 20NC 15VA 13IN 11MO 11CO 9NM 5NV 5NH 4If Obama takes only CO and FL (36 total EV), it's over. If he fails in six of the biggest seven prizes here, he still wins (with NH, NV, NM, CO, and VA, totalling exactly...

when I woke up this morning the first thing I heard was O'BlowHard with another Blast of Bull on the radio couldn't hit the off button fast enough

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Here in NC the LIBERAL mayor of Charlotte beat our conservative candidate; and the dem ex lawyer who tried to be sheriff even though he could not pass the FBI srceening process; who had filed bankruptcy and happens to be black beat out all other candidates for NC state representative in his district. So much for qualifications. The time is here where the people who receive from the government(paid by you and me) will do anything and vote for anyone(no matter their professional and personal life) as long as the pork keeps flowing. I blame every GOP RNC rino for...

I'm puzzled. I just looked up the movie, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed", on Netflix. It was classified as "Availability unknown", but it also has a rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on opinions of 383 people who viewed the film. Has this been pulled by Netflix? Did someone get an injunction against it or something? How can over 300 people have viewed it and rated it, yet the movie is not currently available? Seems fishy to me. Anyone know what the deal is here?

I stumbled onto this (don't ask) and found it quite interesting. Discuss! The Koran Chapter: "The Rock" In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [15.1] Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a Quran that makes (things) clear. [15.2] Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims. [15.3] Leave them that they may eat and enjoy themselves and (that) hope may beguile them, for they will soon know.

Is M3 1 really gone? After reading this little known press release a few weeks ago, I started to wonder… and the surprising result is that (except for the Eurodollars element of M3), the data is still available with which to reconstruct M3.

I May Or May Not Leave Free Republic I'll decide after I finish this bottle of champagne.

"Paulo Melo, 29, has been in a coma at the Royal Darwin Hospital for two weeks, after severing his spinal cord in a car crash." - read more below: doctor requested, family objected, court granted

If you are upset with the USA trade balance, as I am, then you may wish to check out some of the merchants on the Source URL.

I guess hereby I am saying goodbye to this place. That is though, I will check back here when big breaking news stories happen. My first consern is saving my own nation. When the war on terror started I never thought it would come to this. I got into fisty cuffs with an anti American idiot over here... Now, I see people here (free-republic) cheering on the demise of the civilization in Europe. Cheering on the demise of my own nation. All the while Bush, advocates Turkey to become a member of the EU. Your president can go to Hades...

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DARWIN THEORY IS PROVED TRUE! That headline is from the New York Times. Have you seen similar headlines? I have. Many. "New Fossil Find Bolsters Evolution"... "DNA Proves Camels took to the Seas"... "Darwin Vindicated: Top Scientist evolves Yeast into Yeast", and so on. I have seen many such headlines in the media, in the last few years alone. But this is, to the best of my knowledge, the original "Darwin Proved True" headline. One can say, in a sense, that all subsequent "Darwin Proved True" articles evolved from this one, the common ancestor of them all, dated (by carbon...

I keep seeing threads about the movie 300, and comments about its portrayal of the fighting spirit, freedom isn't free, etc. I haven't seen this movie, even though peoples' comments are almost all in favor of it. I'll go see it soon enough. People here and in the media are making a connection between ancient Sparta and the modern United States. That bothers me. Sparta was not a symbol of freedom, nor was it much of anything else we admire. The term spartan means ". . . sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere." dictionary.com Personally, I like stuff....

One recent anti-Rudy poster stated the following: "And if Rudy does get the nod, expect the MSM to open up the hype floodgates on the cross-dressing and the gay stuff -- oh, not condemning of course (wink) but how it's a big change, how will this play in the South, does this mean gay marriage is A-OK for the GOP." MY REPLY: And if they do it will be countered with images of Rudy's heroism during and after 9/11 and most Americans will be DISGUSTED - at the MSM, NOT at RUDY. The issue in 2008 will be the WOT...

(unable to load graphic) ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY THAT'S EPISODE # 103 AS VINCE DANIELS AND KIM JOHNSON LOOK AT THE INNER-WORKINGS OF JIM GILCHRIST'S MINUTEMAN PROJECT. THEY ONCE HELPED TO PROTECT OUR BORDERS. TODAY, THE PEOPLE SHOWN ABOVE ARE ONLY LOOKING AFTER THEIR OWN LUST FOR POWER. DRUGS CORRUPT BODIES AND MINDS. AT STONEHAWK OF BATTLECREEK, A TREATMENT FACILITY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO REHABILITATE THAT CORRUPTION, MANY STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT OR KICKED OUT HAVE BEEN TELLING US OF STONEHAWK'S CORRUPTION! NOW, STONEHAWK RESPONDS WITH "SUCCESS STORIES." "MAN-ON-THE-MONEY," JERRY SLUCIEWICZ PICKS HIMSELF OFF THE FLOOR AFTER THE...

Is it just me, or do others find it remarkable and maybe just a bit troubling that a thread on Anna Nicol Smith would gather over 15,000 posts? I just don't "get" it.

ABC Primetime has a segment on, now, about a brother and sister who want to marry. First they softened us up with gay "rights" - now, the next rung down the ladder to barbarism. You supporters of Rudy for President - a gay rights advocate - this is what you're buying into: a slippery slope to barbarism.

Well everybody, Saddam will be brought to his end. And thank god. people have said, "Well we feel he needs clemency". Clemency, yes would be the "right" way to do it. as per the bible and other eye for an eye teachings. as for me? let him hang. let him pay the price for the 100,000 he's killed (whats the number on that anyway?) and as for the iraq war, yes ive grown weary of the constant bad reports. but the bottom line is simple. Lets Finish The Job. and as Always, God bless the iraqi people, the U.S servicemen...

We as Americans ought to pack it in and find something else to do with our military. Before I go on I want to thank ever current and former member of our military. I am not worthy, but I salute you. The freedoms that I enjoy today is the by-product of the devotion these men have given. It is a shame that we will never be able to win another war. And it is not because of the soldiers, or the military. It is because of Americans that we can never win another war. The reason is simple. The only...

Ok, so what happened to you people? I read some of you advocating running in Iraq. Did you forget you believed it the right thing to do to depose a dictator? Did you forget that the Middle East is probably the darkest region in the world - liberty-wise? Did you forget that none of the reasoning for taking out Saddam was in doubt? That it still is not? Did you lose your faith in humanity? Did you decide that Iraqis are too... subhuman... to want peace, to figure out where the violence comes from, to choose a better path when...

My old car works like a freelance writer; it only works when it wants to. The old engine also has a tendency of falling sleep at stop signs, which it just did. But I am used to this, so with the help of a kind gentleman I manage to push the car into a parking lot. It’s a small office of a fortuneteller. The fortuneteller is very nice; she allows me to use her phone and I call my friend for a ride. She even offers me a tarot card reading only for five bucks. While she is fixing her...

I've been a Fox News viewer from the very beginning, long before Fox & Friends was created. I remember when E.D. first appeared, filling in for Alison Costarini during the morning news. I've watched Steve, E.D., Brian faithfully all these years, and found them a wonderful break from the MSM's morning spew. I will admit, I miss E.D., but I was willing to given Gretchen the benefit of the doubt at taking her place. Her performance has been lackluster and this morning she just sank the show for me. How? Gretchen Carlson went out of her way to correct Steve...

Here are my predictions for the results of each Senate race: Arizona: Kyl (R) 54%, Pederson (D) 45%, Mack (L) 1% California: Feinstein (D) 63%, Mountjoy (R) 35%, others 2% Connecticut: Lieberman (I) 52%, Lamont (D) 38%, Schlesinger (R) 9%, others 1% Delaware: Carper (D) 62%, Ting (R) 35%, others 3% Florida: Nelson (D) 57%, Harris (R) 42%, others 1% Hawaii: Akaka (D) 72%, Thielen (R) 27%, Mallan (L) 1% Indiana: Lugar (R) 95%, Osborn (L) 5% Maine: Snowe (R) 66%, Bright (D) 31%, Slavick (I) 3% Maryland: Cardin (D) 50%, Steele (R) 48%, Zeese (G) 2% Massachusetts: Kennedy (D)...

Recently, my wife gave birth to our daughter. We used the Bradley Method: natural childbirth, no meds, no epidural, no pitocin. In a way, childbirth is like flying.... On a recent thread, I gave a brief birth story, designed to encourage other parents considering Bradley. But here, my aim is simple: a few words to convict the hearts of cowardly men who are unwilling to help their wives, and instead, weakly lean on medications to get them through the 'trauma' of childbirth. Yes, guys, exclusively, are the source of the epidural problem. One could argue on and on that a...

It is my opinion that our elected officials have become completely out of touch with reality (out side the capitals)and should be removed from office at the next election

If you were to ask me for a position on Social Security, I would tell you that it is an illegal government program maintained by an unconstitutional administration that forcibly transfers wealth from employers and employees operating on the exact same principle as a pyramid scheme (outlawed in all 50 states). I might add the State has no business meddling with an individual’s retirement, the program’s demographic defects will cause it to hemorrhage in red ink in the trillions of dollars, and it is on the road to bankrupting the country. Of course, the only glimmer of hope for me...

The question has come up on different threads here - we know everyone who wants all ILLEGAL immigration stopped, but who is for stopping all LEGAL immigration as well? Whether it is just for a "short" time or permanently, let me know.

The below is a quote from Dana Rohrbacher, "I say let the prisoners pick the fruits," said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California," Link

Our local lady cop stopped a guy that wasn't acting quite right. His answers didn't seem to hold water, so she got out her little steno pad and pen to take down information. Before she started, she warned him: "Whatever you say, can and will, be taken down and held against you in a Court of Law." Nonplused, and acting as serious as a heart attack, he replied "PANTIES".

Farewell to the GOP, for now at least! January 21, 2006 To: RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman Subject: The return of my 2006 RNC Membership Card It is with deep regret that I find myself writing this letter to you. I did in fact receive my 2006 RNC Membership Card. I will not be renewing my membership and I am returning the card to you. If you care about the why, then please read this entire letter. When I pulled the lever for our current President in the elections of 2000 and 2004, this is what I thought I was voting...

Need Something to Get Your Blood Running? Every now and then I like to know what the DUmmies are up to. And every time I find myself gaining a massive headache. These people are actually serious!!! Here are a few *special* quotes from everyone’s favorite terrorist group, the Dummy Underground. Oh excuse me, The Democratic Underground. (Same thing really, when you think about it…) In response to the House of Representatives voting to build a wall across the American/Mexican Border: In the end, it won't stop anything from crossing over into the US because nobody will no longer want to...

Top 10 Reasons to give Miers a Chance 10. She's Part of Bush's Inner Circle GWB has selected some of the most competent people to work under him of any president in recent history. Sure there's been a couple of stinkers (O'Neill comes to mind), but the people that he leans on over time such as Condi, Rummy, Cheney, Karen Hughes, and Rove are not only competent, but excellent. 9. She's a Former democrat. While not always a great barometer, someone who is bright enough to see the destruction caused by her former party, even by relatively conservative Texas dems,...

Give me one reason why "judicial extraordinaire" Harriet Miers is qualified to sit on the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court. One.

I've been trying to follow the debate on Harriet Miers, and I have seen most issues (2nd Amendment, gay rights, corporate law, pro-choice, and a few others) debated one way or the other. However, I have not seen anything that addresses whether or not she will support continued 'reverse discrimination' (affectionately known to, and sugar-coated by liberals as 'affirmative action'). Has anyone seen anything about her position on racial preferences, governmental racial 'set asides', preferential hiring, and preferential college admissions, etc.) and other forms of reverse discrimination?

After watching the coverage on FOX News (i.e. Shepherd Smith), why are there no airdrops of food/supplies to the people stuck on the highways in New Orleans. Surely, the military, FEMA, Red Cross could drop water, MRE's (Meals Read to Eat). FOX News just commented that they have seen No supplies delivered in the past three days and no instructions provided by police. This is shameful and demonstrates extremely poor leadership on the city, state, and federal level.

Would a Fair Tax petition form letter for interested people to print out, sign and mail to their representatives be a good idea?

From Pirro profile about her campaign website: "On it she features photos of herself with figures as ... environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr." There you go everyone who wants to join Pirro band wagon. When you sleep with dogs you wake up with fleas

For Immediate Release Contact: Christian Winthrop August 9, 2005 Spencer for Senate (917)992-3517 LIBERAL PIRRO = LIBERAL HILLARY Media Anointed NY Senate Candidate, Jeanine Pirro, Aligned with Senator Clinton on Most Issues Yonkers, NY – “How the hell are you a Republican?” asked Geraldine Ferraro of Westchester County DA Jeanine Pirro (New York Times, May 9, 1999) who announced yesterday that she will run for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senator for New York. Good question. When compared to Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Pirro’s record doesn’t look much different: ISSUE Gun Control Abortion rights Jeanine Pirro Favors Favors Hillary Clinton Favors...

I know we like to post news stories on this board and go OMG OMG OMG teh udder side teh suXorZ!!11! It's rare that anyone really writes anything somewhat original so, here, I'll do something like that. I'm amazed at some of the twists that are going on in political and legal life right now. So much so that I really think it's worth commenting on. In some ways, we're going in the absolute wrong direction. Now before you get a knee jerk reaction and say i'm a "traitor" or some DUmmie here to quiety say "It's because of Bu$hco...

Do I feel safer because we've spent $300,000 ousting a tinpot dictator from a country that didn't threaten American freedom? No --- but I feel a h-ll of a lot less safe in my home because the Supreme Court says it's ok for government to seize it and give it to some politically connected friends of politicians. Has Bush said ANYTHING about the Supreme Court's outrageous eminent domain decision last week? I want to hear about THAT, not another speech about the mess in Iraq.

I just heard on WABC radio news that the candidates that President Bush is considering as U.S. Supreme Court nominees are John Roberts, J. Michael Luttig and possibly Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales. Alberto Gonzeles is not pro-life, which worries me.

Hi everyone, My name is Pamela and i'm new to these boards. I was reading through the threads and i found alot of topics to be very interesting and controversial. So i thought, why not add another topic? :) My question to you all is, how do you feel about mainstream entertainment (i.e. - movies) depicting religious characters? A great example would be The Passion of the Christ. How do you all feel about those types of movies?

I address this to real Catholic Freepers, and I am happy to greet friendly Anglicans and Orthodox Freepers. Terri Schindler's murder because of the decree of the State and the inaction of the State means our sister in Christ will likely die a martyr because of the Culture of Death.If and when this premeditated murder is completed, I would like us all to rally faithful Catholics everywhere to call upon the Church at every level to acclaim Terri as "Theresa Marie Schindler, Martyr for the Gospel of Life" If in time, Holy Mother Church will remember the ancient custom and...