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Just wonderin'.... traveling to the Caribbean in two weeks....

I noticed there were more than a few vanities posted tonite so I decided to join in and just see who wants to talk.

I just got an iPhone. I was curious if anyone could recommend what are the best games and \ or aps for the iPhone?

Having respect for a great deal of the diverse and well-informed opinions found on FR regarding political matters, I am curious to know your thoughts about the following, which, for me, is distilling out as a key question. The undercurrents in the chronic tension between the Left and Right in this country are growing ever more ominous recently. On one side, there is open talk of rebellion, drastic civil disobedience, armed revolution and civil war. Once confined to a few odd websites, is now plentiful all over the internet. And if I am not mistaken, this on-line sample represents the...

This has probably been posted before, but I just saw it for the first time as a former resident of Texas

FOX news is reporting that a "Government official" acknowledges that the Dept. of Homeland has known about the terrorist for more than two years. In an interview with the House Chairman on Homeland security, he promised increased measures...

Air France - flight 447 - Rio to Paris - June 1, 2009 - crashed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. American Airlines - flight 587 - New York JFK to Santo Domingo - Nov. 12, 2001 - crashed in a Queens neighborhood. In my humble opinion, the above-mentioned flights had a terrorism component to them that has not yet been revealed and/or published. Thoughts?

Prayers please for my wife and family. My father-in-law passed away last night. A hard situation is made harder by us being 2000+ miles away with no resources to tap for travel expenses. Please pray for comfort and acceptance. Thanks.

This morning I woke up to a lovely blanket of snow, and the ugly news that Nelson's vote had been bought for Obamacare. It got me thinking. I love this country, and because of the love that I have for it, I respect its offices and officials. But with the pending passage of Obamacare, things are changing. It’s important for me to be able to make the distinction between America and its invader. The invader is Marxism. But Marxism isn’t so simple to identify. Many Americans, especially my generation (I’m 23), grew up believing that we defeated “communism” and that...

Sleeping has been all but non existent for me. I get up 2 or 3 times throughout the wee morning hours to see if I still have a country left. This morning, I read..

With the likelihood of Obamacare passing (thank you, traitor Ben Nelson), it sets the stage for a number of scenarios to occur. Since the majority of Obama's ill-informed minions know they won't be eligible for universal health care until 2013, the flood of folks running to ERs will create a huge problem. Now, perhaps it won't happen. But, the memories of Katrina are permanently etched into my mind. And the 'take what is mine now' mentality is a possible ramification of the bill's passage. So let me ask you, freepers, what do you see happening to this country as a...

rare disease. Looking for docs etc. am researching on the net. Thought I would check with my Freeper family too. Prayer appreciated. Soup.

Just wonderin'...

I was curious if anyone here knows how Daily Kos people differ Dirty Underground people? It seems like DU people are made fun of more here. Are they funnier? Does anyone know if one group is more elitist, more intelligent, or more vile than the other?

There are so many to choose from, but what three liberals would you consider the most contemptible to you?

I am ashamed to say that I am 30 years old and do not own a gun. I grew up in a house without guns and never really thought about it until recently (as I started a drastic shift from being politically agnostic to a staunch conservative Constitutionalist) and now I am a new homeowner and new father and every day I think about needing to get multiple firearms. I need to start somewhere but, other than getting recommendations from a few friends I respect, I am a bit lost, having never fired a handgun before (I've shot several rifles...

(Comments from Guys from the Dirty Underground) Letting Joe Lieberman rule and laugh and not do a thing about it. Giving that lying sack of shit chairmanships and leverage while folks are dying. I've been keeping my mouth shut around here. I've been through good and bad on DU since 2001, but this was the most disgusting, hurtful thing I've had to witness in politics. Not even that loss to Bush in '04 had me as disgusted as I am now. ---- I started doing this in 2004. Until the dems become the party of the people again, they'll not...

"Because too many people are not [ready to meet God]. They're just goofing off, laughing their way through life, like everything's a big joke. They don't pray, they don't trust God, they're not in Church on Sunday, they're in serious mortal sin, and they think they're going to be ready to meet God, and it does not work that way." . . .

Top Five Reasons Gitmo Should Not Move to Illinois: 5) The U.S. has already spent a fortune retrofitting the facility at Guantanamo to make it Muslim Friendly!4)We don't yet know the price paid for that wasting prison in Illinois, but I'm sure we got a racehorse deal (wink, wink)! 3)Now, we get to spend another fortune to retrofit the Illinois facility to be Muslim Friendly. 2) We had the Navy running Gitmo and working the facility. Now, we get to hire hundreds (thousands?) of new prison personnel in Illinois - all union, federal employees with their high pay, benefits, retirement,...

Here we go...another year end list. Lambchop Billy Joe Shaver Jon Langford/Pine Valley Cosmonauts Bad Livers Peter Holsapple/Chris Stamey Buddy Miller (with Robert Plant guesting on several songs)Okkervil River Steve Martin and the Stone Canyon Rangers (yes, that Steve Martin)Marshall CrenshawRosie Flores

A recent survey showed the majority of Republican "Insiders" would like to silence voices of Palin, Rush, Beck, King, and other conservatives. An ambiguous term like "insider" is not helpful. We must start naming these "insiders" and then indentifying them as enemies. Anyone know how to start getting the names of these individuals?

Went to the movies last night with friends. They drove. On way out of parking lot, noticed car with prominant Obama bumper siticker. Friend reached into his glove box and affixed another sticker a little lower on the other car's bumper. It was very tough to see when walking near the car, but obvious when driving behind it. I was pink, purple and mauve, and read "Gays and Lesbians For Obama." We waited for driver of other car. They never saw it, and drove off with it firmly affixed to their car!

This Keith guy is on NBC and has no clue what he's talking about. I just want the football game, not some ignoramous no-nothing. Grey hair, ugly, looks like he never played football in his life.

Like the missing KC Anthony case, the missing Susan Powell case is another example where there is a strong suspicion of guilt directed towards one individual. Common sense pointed towards KC Anthony's mother (Casey Anthony) as the responsible person for little KC Anthony’s disappearance. Now, common sense points towards the husband (Josh Powell) as the responsible person for his wife’s disappearance. The husband claims he left their home at midnight with his two sons, ages two and four, to go camping. Either this guy is an idiot, a murderer, or both an idiot and murderer. Loved ones anguished for months...

Recape Predictions for 2009 Business/Economy 1) The last half of 2008 will be declared a recession and it will continue through the first quarter. We will have little growth in the 2nd and 3rd quarter, modest growth in the 4th quarter. >Right 2) The Dow will finish at 11,500 on the last trading day of 2009, which will be Thursday, December 31st. >probably not 3) Dollar at the end of 2009 will equal € 1.32 > No ADD strikes again. I meant to say 1 Euro = $1.32 - No either way 4) Unemployment will peak in early fall. >TBD...

Americans have been so apathetic, afraid, or down right lazy in their political involvement. It's clear that Congress has been slowly destroying many wonderful things about America, yet few speak out, or take action to rid Congress of tyrants. It's time to organize voters to PURGE CONGRESS and establish term limits for Congress. Politics was never meant to be a career. Our founding fathers were farmers, ranchers, store owners, etc... Serving in Congress was an honor and duty for patriots. By establishing term limits for Congress, we would be better assuring that only people with a genuine interest in the...

Dear Glenn, As is our custom here, we watched your program today and, as usual, enjoyed hearing more truth during your commercial breaks than can be found on the so-called major media outfalls. These are what we formerly called “outlets” but, since nearly everything they emit is garbage and sewage, outfalls is more accurate. This is what I KNOW. I’m not all that smart but I do know a few things and THINK I know several others. Among them: 1. When America first established our monetary system via the Coinage Act of 1792, a “dollar” was established as a specific...

The House of Representatives will vote today, perhaps as early as noon, on a 1,300-page bill proposed by Barney Frank that would nationalize the financial services industry and give the President permanent bailout authority without additional congressional input. The bill was described by US Rep. Michelle Bachman (R-MN), who was a guest on the Don Wade and Roma morning radio show on WLS Radio, Chicago. According to Bachman, the bill would nationalize the entire financial system, representing nearly 20 percent of the US exonomy, and would give the economic Czar the power to regulate salaries down to the level of...

There seem to be a lot of homosexual activists who like to spout how so-called "gays" are just committed to their relationships as heterosexual married couples. Many of them even say they are more committed. Of course, this is a gigantic lie. And whenever possible, homosexual activists publicize as many examples of heterosexual infidelity as they can, in order to denigrate traditional marriage and lift up "gay" marriage as "healthy and normal." But we never hear widely reported accounts of "gay" couples who are cheating on each other or whose relationships are on the fritz. Maybe it's time we start...

I was wondering if maybe the "party crashers" were funny but only in order to be blown off by everybody except the President.What if this was somebody's way of telling the President that no matter where you are, you and your family are vulnerable. Even in the White House. Even among hundreds of guests with different levels of security, you are not "secure". Even with a visiting Indian Prime Minister in the White House.... somebody can breach security. This "joke" by these two people isn't funny. Somebody put them up to it. Somebody wanted everyone to know that Biden, "the...

What would everyone consider the best 5 movies of this last decade?

Every child, Muslim or not, KNOWS Islam hates what America stands for. As a European, I understand why many Americans wonder why we don't give more support to the US than we do. You, indeed, supported US, even in our darkest hour; at a point in history we Europeans didn't even support our own freedom. This was just some decades ago. One sort of answer to this question is that deep somewhere in the intrinsic soul of Europe, there is true resistence to evil and enslavement, but after having experienced so much of it, we are somewhat unable of expressing...

I think it's high time that we start to consider more than words, my friends.. Action more than apathy, and our nation and it's future more than ourselves: In this course, I implore you all to think about but do NOT act yet. I think it is high time that we start thinking about a TAX PROTEST (Civil Disobedience); aka a Tax Rebellion. Peaceful civil disobedience has been used throughout history to change the direction of a nation. I would like to ask you if the next step of the Tea Party movement might be a (peaceful) civil disobedience of...

Please pray for my mother and my family. My mom was killed this morning in a car crash near BWI Airport. I have no idea how I'm going to live the rest of my life without her - she was my rock.

Good evening Representative. A very significant majority are already satisfied with our health care we already have. I have not met a single person yet that is not satisfied with their health care. If you want to try and help the uninsured, fine. But NOT the illegal immigrants. They must be deported. They are sapping our economy and ruining the country. And the healthcare bill's section on 'denying' illegal immigrants coverage is no more than an empty pile of words, as it has no enforcement behind it. If you want to fix the health care system, do something about the...

I went for my annual prostrate exam today and had a discussion with the staff about Obamacare. I have not heard or seen any of this anywhere. The closest to it is the possibility of some doctors retiring rather than being run by the government The big problem with Obamacare, as far as the doctors are concerned and expecially the specialists, as this doctor is, has to do with pay schedules to the doctors. Apparantly both the House and Senate bills mandate any doctor receiving federal funds, such as Medicare, has to accept a salary. That is one of the...

I suppose this will be a controversial topic, but I was wondering if everyone feels it's a good idea to keep demanding to see Obama's birth certificate? If his ratings fall enough, do you think there will be an increase in demands to see it? Do you think continue asking for this makes people doubt the President, or to conservatives? How important would you rate this issue compared to other things in the news (healthcare, climategate, stimulus2, etc.)?

But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the HOPE that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 1 Peter 3:15 Now that anybody this side of the establishmedia’s braindead knows the Global Snow Job is a fraud, why has obozo doubled down? We now have 76-89% of the world knowing that Mike’s Nature Trick was the only thing that was Cooking in the Climate. We also know the Polar Bear numbers are rising exponentially to near pest populations. This...

    The disgusting, vile and perverse actions of Obama's Safe and Drug Free School Czar Kevin Jennings is unbelievable.   Kevin Jennings' GLSEN Passed Out Gay Hook-Up Bar Directories to Teensmassresistance.net ^ | 12/09/2009 | n/a Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 2:01:16 PM by massmikeClearly, Kevin Jennings' GLSEN did/does not follow policies that safeguard children. There seems to be a pattern here. At GLSEN conferences in Atlanta (1999), Chicago (2000), and Boston (2005), teenage attendees were able to pick up directories to gay "leather" bars (where homosexuals meet for anonymous sex and sadomasochistic "play").   Obama’s “Safe School”...

Looking to park my money somewhere till the dems and rinos are gone.

OK, Kathleen Parker is a Rino, we know that...I care more about her subject today, Rick Santorum. Read her editorial if you'd like, I just want to comment about her subject. I Santorum as a VP candidate...for Sarah's VP...what's the downside? Alright, folks have written on this and I've seen a few comments...ex-Penn senator lost a close race...active editorialist, name still out there...but he's not in an active office and does not likely have pot of cash. Pluses are he's a real McCoy conservative, great foreign policy grasp, pro-life, nice looking guy, popular, etc. Minuses: MSM will label him as...

Maybe the recession is good for more than just rebalancing family roles. Maybe it can bring a new level of sobriety to parenting itself. "I love this recession for families," says Wendy Mogel, a clinical psychologist and author. "It's helping kids learn to tolerate disappointment and frustration." I'm not sure I love the recession

Many actions of Major Nidal Malik Hasan prior to the Ft. Hood massacre should have made it apparent to many that he was an Islamic jihadist yet he was left to remain among our American military patriots. Major Hasan gave a bizarre lecture to the medical staff while at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in which he said the Quaran teaches that infidels should have their heads cut off and set on fire. During other instances, Major Hasan had stated to other military personnel that Muslims had the right to rise up and attack Americans in retalliation for the war...

Dear Leaders and Organizers of the Conservative Third Party Movement, Enclosed is a check for $25 million dollars. Keep up ze good verk. More to follow. Sincerely Yours, George Soros PS Send my love and kisses to Sarah Palin and Lou Dobbs. I hope you are successful in your efforts to recruit them to your cause.

Joy Behar was a recent guest on The Doctors, and I can't remember what the topic was because what happened made me forget completely what the topic was. Anyways, one of the doctors sitting next to her asked her to purse her lips, and she did. He therein pointed to her mouth and said, "That is what your @nu$ looks like." You shoulda seen the look on her face!! Something similar to this:

Like any good magician the CommiecRats are shifting this market collapse to the last 8 years when actual graphs show it was the last 2 years that is the entire problem. As your 201K shows, the previous 6 years was a steady pattern of growth and economic stability. Ask yourself the most important question of your life, are you better off today than you were 2 years ago? Like any change of leadership the lag between takeover and your policies taking effect is 6 mos after your installation. Looking at the Dow Jones graph you can see that the slide...

Slaves to the EPAsung to the tune of BORN IN THE USA Born down in a normal town The first crime I did was when I exhaled air My parents criminal act was using heat too much Till they spend half their life just paying up Slaves to the EPA, We are owned by the EPA I owe my life to the EPA, Owned by the EPA My SUV is a little homegrown jam So they put a golf cart in my hand It was made in a foreign land To pay back bill to the yellow man Slaves to...

Sorry I just had to post to say I love Dick Cheney. The 2000 and 2004 Republican ticket should have been the other way around. He is man with a backbone of steel and pair of brass ones. He should have been President. Lynne Cheney woul of made a fine, classy and smart First Lady. Only in my perfect world.

Friends, I need your help. I am finally getting a few friends to listen to me about the ObamaCare monstrosity being foisted on us. However, some of these friends are not motivated enough to go Google this topic and find the best sources of info. They do not listen to talk radio, nor are they aware of the best conservative Web sites to trust. Can you please share with me your favorite sites that have comprehensive info on this issue? I'm looking for a place where you can look at this issue by issue, program by program, and find a...

December 8, 2009 Dear Senator Kerry, I have always wanted to receive just such a mailing as I did from you today in support for the Democratic Party and President Obama. So let me begin by thanking you for this opportunity to express myself to you. What you, President Obama, and your Democratic cohorts have done to this nation in the short time you have tried to exploit your filibuster proof majority is nothing short of an atrocity against the American people. To your everlasting shame you have seized the opportunity to spend money that we don’t have and money...