http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/veterans/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:23:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417864/posts Fly fishing is a sport that was made popular by the book and movie A River Runs Through It. Some people like it to catch fish, some just enjoy seeing the brightly colored line sweep through the air over the water. And now, fly fishing is also used for healing. "You get in touch with nature and forget about all your problems, it's just a natural way to heal yourself," said military veteran Kenny Stanford who did two tours of duty in Iraq. It's that idea that has led to Project Healing Waters -- a group dedicated to the physical... WCYB-TV 5, Bristol VA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417864/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:23:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415551/posts Tracey P posted photos from the Wasilla Christmas Friendship Dinner with the Sarah & Todd Palin serving dinner. Greg Johnson from the Frontiers Man.com reported from the the dinner, Christmas Friendship Dinner dubbed 'best ever': Wasilla, Alaska — As the vice-presidential candidate served up mashed potatoes and turkey to a long line of hungry visitors, Santa was still wide awake after pulling an all-nighter delivering gifts around the world. Both were all smiles as they chatted with and served up food and presents to hundreds at the 18th annual Christmas Friendship Dinner at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center. Governor Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415551/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:28:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415461/posts I sit here in amazement at what a wonderful event it was that just took place. The Christmas Friendship Dinner held in Wasilla, Alaska is truly unique. I've never seen an event of this size headed up by a group of caring citizens, and not a major organization. They all know what needs to happen, and they get it done. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to work with members of this group that have been doing this for years. Finding Myself in Alaska http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415461/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:30:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415422/posts A Michigan man who was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 says he witnessed Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab trying to board the plane in Amsterdam without a passport, and believes at least one other person from the flight was arrested on Friday at Detroit Metro Airport. Kurt Haskell of Newport, Mich., who posted an earlier comment about his experience, talked exclusively with MLive.com and confirmed he was on the flight by sending a picture of his boarding pass. He and his wife, Lori, were returning from a safari in Uganda when they boarded the NWA flight on Friday. Kurt HaskellLori and... mlive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415422/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413760/posts Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why Does Interpol Need Immunity from American Law?   [Andy McCarthy] You just can't make up how brazen this crowd is. One week ago, President Obama quietly signed an executive order that makes an international police force immune from the restraints of American law.Interpol is the shorthand for the International Criminal Police Organization. It was established in 1923 and operates in about 188 countries. By executive order 12425, issued in 1983, President Reagan recognized Interpol as an international organization and gave it some of the privileges and immunities customarily extended to foreign diplomats. Interpol, however, is also... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413760/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:45:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413147/posts My fellow Americans you all are overlooking the obvious or refuse to accept the premise that we are not dealing with Americans. I read that it is unconstitutional; it flies in the face of the rule of law; a legal body cannot bind its equal. I agree whole heartily with all of these arguments, but again I repeat, you are denying the obvious. Until you accept the obvious, who we are really dealing with and after accepting that realization you’ll understand what needs to be done next and it has nothing to do with waiting for elections next November. These... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413147/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:37:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412814/posts I was over at The Bean Walker and noticed an op/ed by David Mastio at The Des Moines Register. Who is David Mastio you may ask? I’m not familiar either, but (see update below) He is the “Senior Editor for Online Opinion” at The Washington Times, and obviously he thinks we should care about his opinion regarding who Iowa Republicans support in 2012 and who we give our money to. He chastises Iowa Republicans, and what is our crime? Not only did Iowa Republicans give Sarah Palin a high approval rating in a recent Iowa Poll, but we also spent... Caffeinated Thoughts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412814/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:08:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412766/posts Recently, I sat down with a friend who has spent almost three decades working as an intelligence operative in the defense of our nation. During the course of our conversation, I asked him what -- based on his vast experience -- was the number one threat facing our nation? Without even pausing to think about it, he forcefully answered, “Our mainstream media.” More than Al Qaeda, more than homegrown terrorists, more than heavily armed Mexican drug cartels, more than non-existent borders, more than out-of-control and extremely violent domestic gangs, and even more than biological and nuclear terrorism, this dedicated intelligence... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412766/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:42:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412579/posts GETS FORMER SEQUOIA CO. VP NAMED AS ADVISER TO U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION Earlier this month, Obama made his first official move to corrupt and undermine the 2010 elections. The move consisted in the little noticed appointment of a technical adviser to the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The importance of the appointment was explained at The Brad Blog last Monday. The Official Press Release of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission read as follows: U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 1225 New York Ave. NW – Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 For Immediate Release December... The Post & Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412579/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:42:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411271/posts Let's face it FRiends, if the unconstitutional healthcare bill passes, the socialist coup d'etat will have advanced well beyond the point of no return! There is nothing in the constitution that authorizes this illegal federal power-grab and plenty that forbids it. If the Obama/Reid/Pelosi Marxist attempted coup pulls this off without the people resisting to the hilt, then they'll have no restrictions whatsoever on implementing the rest of their Liberty killing Marxist agenda. America will be no more. The whole idea of our constitution is to severely restrict the federal government to only its dozen and a half expressly listed... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411271/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:28:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410188/posts Forgive me dear readers. I must be blunt and brutally honesty here. Let the chips fall where they may. I about had enough of the lies from D.C. from both sides of the aisle. I do admit I need to have the grammar police visit as I am not a writer and this article is really my blog entry. I’m willing to bet this will upset you deeply no matter if you are of the left right or center. It is the thought that counts as they say and I need to say and back up what millions and millions... Earth Frisk Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410188/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:51:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410099/posts Mark Finelli is hoping to turn a 100-mile journey into thousands of dollars for injured troops. He and three fellow war veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are hiking 100 miles in their combat boots this week to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, a national charity that supports injured service members and their families. The hikers, all graduate students at the University of Arizona, set out Monday on their Phoenix-to-Tucson trek. They expect to be back at the UA on Saturday. Finelli is a one-time Marine corporal who served in Iraq from mid-2006 to early 2007. A... Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410099/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:32:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409978/posts Most people involved in public affairs fall into two grand schools: Some believe that America is a unique nation, a nation built upon extraordinary and good moral values, and a country which is a microcosm of what the world should be. These people need not be Americans. Churchill, for example, was an unabashed admirer of America. Other people believe that America is simply a very arrogant country, a nation inhabited with bumpkins who believe too much in God, and because of its religious faith and confidence, the antithesis of what the world should be. This animus flourishes outside America, but... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409978/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:54:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409945/posts (912 on the mall) The left's anti-American coup d'etat on America, made possible by the first radical Marxist in the White House, calls for distinctly American counter measures. Dr. Jack Wheeler has "a strategy for any Republican wanting to get elected or re-elected to Congress in 2010, and for any Tea Partyer wanting to take individual action now against a government that ignores the Constitution -- Defund and Disobey." Here's an excerpt of "The Double -D Strategy for rescuing America": Let's talk about the Defund D first. The Founders in their usual brilliance place the power of the purse in... Atlas Shrugs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409945/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:05:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408908/posts The Islamic Circle of North America has been named in "a list of our organizations and the organizations of our friends" by the Muslim Brotherhood, which is bent on waging "a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all other religions." They say they want to encourage dialogue via these billboards. Great. I'll start. The billboard says that Islam is "the way of life of Adam, Noah, Abraham,... Soda Head http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408908/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:56:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408417/posts Why is Governor Schwarzenegger pushing for the same sorts of policies in Copenhagen that have helped drive his state into record deficits and unemployment? Perhaps he will recall that I live in our nation’s only Arctic state and that I was among the first governors to create a sub-cabinet to deal specifically with climate change. While I and all Alaskans witness the impacts of changes in weather patterns firsthand, I have repeatedly said that we can’t primarily blame man’s activities for those changes. And while I did look for practical responses to those changes, what I didn’t do was hamstring... Governor Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408417/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:58:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408288/posts A battle over religion is brewing in central Indiana after a public school wanted second graders to sing a song declaring, “Allah is God.” The phrase was removed just before the performance after a national conservative group launched a protest. The principal of Lantern Road Elementary School in Fishers, IN, said they were trying to teach inclusiveness through their holiday production. It included references to Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Las Posadas and Kwanzaa. However, no other deity, other than Allah, was referenced in the show. “It went off…without a hitch,” Danielle Thompson told the Indianapolis Star. “Several families thought it was... Fox News Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408288/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:33:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407650/posts If anyone hasn't seen Kayak's commercial making a joke out of the sacrifices of our soldiers on D-Day, the link is below. It disgusts me, and I finally decided to let the company know. I hope you will do the same. The commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RFoEn5EYJw Here's what I wrote to them on their "feedback" page: Hello Kayak, I just wanted you to know that after seeing your tasteless commercial featuring a man talking like a WW2 veteran about Cancun, I've decided that I will never, EVER use your site, and whenever any of my friends discuss taking or booking a trip,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407650/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:07:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407064/posts Just play the video of congressional candidate Lt. Col. Allen West. You'll be glad you did. Las Vegas Review Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407064/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:48:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407507/posts As one Change to Win labor union blocks a Red Cross blood delivery today, what will a health care system taken hostage by labor unions look like tomorrow? As Change to Win’s Anna Burger is leading her coalition of unions to lobby all around the country “until every man, woman and child has quality, affordable care they can count on,” one of her unions is busy blocking the delivery of a Red Cross blood donation to a hospital and picketing private companies’ blood drives. The Red Cross, which has union workers in various locations who are covered both by the... Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407507/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:48:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407209/posts Jeffrey Judge of Eagle River has a Sarah Palin superfan in the family: his father. "He took down the family pictures and put her on the wall," said Tammy, Judge's wife. "So now when you go over there, she's like, staring at you," his daughter added. Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407209/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:23:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406897/posts New military rules of engagement ostensibly to protect Afghan civilians are putting the lives of U.S. forces in jeopardy, claim Army and Marine sources, as the Taliban learns to game plan based the rules' imposed limits. The rules of engagement, or ROEs, apply to all coalition forces of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Their enactment is in response to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's complaints over mounting civilian deaths apparently occurring in firefights. Despite the fact that the newly arrived U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, imposed the more restrictive ROEs to minimize the killing of... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406897/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:49:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406794/posts We must have a revolution in order to prevent us from going hardcore Socialist first stop , Communist second stop . Very interesting analysis by The Rev. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406794/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:32:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406799/posts BANGOR, Maine — Author Stephen King and his wife are donating money so 150 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard can come home for the holidays. King and his wife, Tabitha, who live in Bangor, are paying $13,000 toward the cost of two bus trips so that members of the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Unit can travel from Camp Atterbury in Indiana to Maine for Christmas. The soldiers left Maine last week for training at Camp Atterbury. They are scheduled to depart for Afghanistan in January -snip- Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406799/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:46:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406811/posts SIERRA VISTA — Honoring the nation’s dead veterans, especially during the holiday season, shows the love Americans have for those who have ensured freedom, a young member of the Air Force Civil Air Patrol said. Saturday was the annual Wreaths Across American event, in which green wreaths with a red ribbon were laid out in a number of cemeteries across the country, including at the Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery. As in the past few, years members of Cochise Squadron 107 of the Civil Air Patrol were the leaders for the local event at the state-operated veterans’ cemetery. This year,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406811/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:28:08 GMT