http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/vt-news/ en-us Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:48:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091828/posts <p>VERMONT -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman.</p> http://www.wnbc.com/news/17539627/detail.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091828/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:48:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091306/posts Standard anti-capitalist stuff but it sounds like he'll be voting no on the bailout. Funny when even an avowed socialist doesn't want this thing. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091306/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:09:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090861/posts Back in my Air Force days, while flying F-111F jet fighters, I was involved with practice attacks against simulated Soviet targets in Europe. Most of the time, a pair of aircraft would fly together to make laser-guided bombing attacks on high priority targets like bridges, dams and airfields. However, on occasion, instead of only two F-111s, a package, or “group,” of airplanes assisted in attacking the target. The strike package included tanker aircraft, which gave in-flight refueling to extend the range of our jets. F-15 Eagles served as fighter escorts, clearing any opposing fighters from our path. Meanwhile, F-4G Wild... The Williston Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090861/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:07:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088993/posts A group of 10 states, including Maryland and Delaware, are taking steps to monitor global warming. The coalition is called the "Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative." They'll conduct the nation's first carbon auction. The auction would put limits on carbon dioxide emissions from utility plants and make them pay for each ton of pollutants. The auction is set for September 25. WMDT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088993/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:50:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087323/posts Dems say they won’t get fooled again By: Glenn Thrush September 21, 2008 06:51 PM EST Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) says he’s seen this movie before: The Bush administration, citing an unprecedented national threat, puts the hammer on Congress to ram through gargantuan legislation with a minimum of review — and the murkiest of repercussions. “We will do something this week — but if we learned anything from right after 9/11, it’s that the biggest mistake is to pass anything they ask for just because it’s an emergency,” Leahy says. The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman knows of what he speaks.... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087323/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:10:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085737/posts BURLINGTON, Vt. - Lots of political candidates make campaign promises. But not like Charlotte Dennett's. ADVERTISEMENT Dennett, 61, the Progressive Party's candidate for Vermont Attorney General, said Thursday she will prosecute President Bush for murder if she's elected Nov. 4. Dennett, an attorney and investigative journalist, says Bush must be held accountable for the deaths of thousands of people in Iraq — U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians. She believes the Vermont attorney general would have jurisdiction to do so. yahoo/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085737/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:16:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076822/posts The birthing center at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital has seen an increased number of babies born this year. But that seems to be becoming more rare at hospitals across the Granite State. "I think we are bucking the trend by what we do offer as a small community hospital," says Arlene Patten, of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital. According to the U.S. Census bureau, in 2006, New Hampshire had the lowest birth rate in the country with only 42 babies born per every 1,000 women. Vermont was not far behind at 42.2 babies. The national average is almost 55... WCAX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076822/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 19:26:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074836/posts Move over, Rasmussen, and let Howard take over! It's been a wild week, so how about a little comic relief? Turns out Howard Dean does his own personal polling—among his wife's employees. And, surprise! They tend to agree with him! The DNC Chairman was chatting with Tom Brokaw on MSNBC this afternoon. TOM BROKAW: What did you think of Sarah Palin last night? HOWARD DEAN: I think the first half was terrific. I thought she really laid out who she was. I was fascinated. The second half, she sounded like Dick Cheney, she really did. The same old attack stuff,... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074836/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 21:17:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067768/posts New York and 11 other states are suing federal environmental regulators over greenhouse gas emissions from oil refineries, the New York attorney general's office said on Monday. The suit, led by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, charges that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the federal Clean Air Act by refusing to issue standards, known as new source performance standards, for controlling global warming pollution emissions from oil refineries. Note: Other states in the suit are California, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. New York City and Washington D.C. also joined in... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067768/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:46:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066938/posts Vermonter has been fighting cancer for many months. Sadly, His family just let us know that his fight is nearly over. From his daughter, Denise: "My dad’s battle with cancer is coming to a close. He is peaceful now at home under my care and my mom’s with hospice support. I want to thank you and everyone that has sent him prayers over the course. Pancreatic cancer is an ugly cancer and hopefully someday they will find a way to slow it or stop it completely. My dad was and is a fighter. Right now we just want him to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066938/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:59:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064705/posts I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "In Vermont, US Magistrate Judge Jerome Niedermeier has ruled that forcing someone to divulge the password to decrypt their hard drive violates the 5th Amendment. Border guards testify that they saw child pornography on the defendant's laptop when the PC was on, but they made the mistake of turning it off and were unable to access it again because the drive was protected by PGP. Although prosecutors offered many ways to get around the 5th Amendment protections, the Judge would have none of that and quashed the grand jury subpoena requesting the defendant's... Slashdot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064705/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:06:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060099/posts When Vermont lawmakers debate whether the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant should be allowed to extend its license beyond 2012, they might want to avoid the S-word. Snip The worst-case scenario would be for the Legislature to pass a resolution saying "because of our safety concerns at VY," it was declining to approve the license extension. "Of course they're not going to do this," Hofmann said of lawmakers. "But that would be the worst of all worlds. That kind of courts a pre-emption claim." Snip Michael Marriotte, executive director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, a group based near Washington... Times Argus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060099/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:07:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058641/posts BETHEL, Vermont) -- The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Vermont State Police are investigating the theft of explosives from a granite quarry in the town of Bethel. Police say the theft occurred overnight Wednesday at the Rock of Ages quarry. The investigation has shown that the suspects broke in through a locked gate and then broke into several buildings. Police says that in addition to explosives, the suspects stole power equipment. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the state police in Royalton. Aggregate Research Newsletter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058641/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:44:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046232/posts Shooter’s acquittal worries authorities ST. ALBANS CITY –– Matthew Martel is polite and has soft, boy-band looks. He was home-schooled and lives with his genial parents, Bob and Deborah, in a rustic white house with a wraparound porch that overlooks Route 105. Martel does not look like a member of the Franklin County Sportsman’s Club, but he is. He does not come off as someone who would buy a $450 handgun for target practice, but he did. Nor does he strike you as someone who pocketed a loaded handgun for protection four or five times during the last three years,... St. Albans Messinger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046232/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:43:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045652/posts MONTPELIER – Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie endorsed a slate of reforms to the state's sex offender laws Monday morning and called on Gov. James Douglas to bring lawmakers back to Montpelier for a special session this summer. Dubie, a Republican running for re-election this year, called for a comprehensive review of Vermont's criminal justice system and said lawmakers should pass proposals such as Jessica's Law and chemical or physical castration for habitual sex offenders. He said Vermont needs to ensure that cases such as last month's kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett never happen again. "In just over 39... Times-Argus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045652/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:35:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042012/posts SWANTON, Vt. -- The U.S. Border Patrol says an agent shot at three suspects after being assaulted near the Vermont-Quebec border early today.The agency said the officer was interviewing the three who were on foot at about 2:15 a.m. when he was assaulted. The agent fired two shots.A male and female suspect are in custody. The third suspect, a male, escaped back into Canada.The Border Patrol said it doesn't know if the missing suspect was armed or if he was wounded.Border Patrol Spokesman Mark Henry said the agent was on routine patrol when he spotted the suspects. The suspects knocked... wptz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042012/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:19:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041453/posts Brook Bennett's murder has brought back calls for a tougher law against adults who sexually prey on children. More than thirty states -- but not Vermont -- have enacted Jessica's law, setting a 25-year minimum prison sentence for convicted child sex offenders. "When a person is sexually assaulted, a minor is sexually assaulted, it's my opinion that they should go to jail for 25 years," Dubie told Channel 3. "That's very simple and that's what Jessica's Law calls for. I'm also asking that we reconsider what the governor proposed last legislative session, and that's civil confinement." House Judiciary committee chairman... WCAX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041453/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:10:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041143/posts You've probably heard the relativist line that goes something like this: "'Gay marriage' won't hurt anyone. Live and let live, already!" Well, don't buy it for a minute. With its recent 4-3 opinion - which arrogantly presumed to redefine the millennia-old definition of legitimate marriage - the California Supreme Court daftly divined that the framers of the California Constitution intended - all along, I guess - that Patrick Henry really had a constitutional right to "marry" Henry Patrick. In so doing, four black-robed Dr. Frankensteins have loosed that paradoxical abomination tagged same-sex "marriage" on the countryside. "Abomination," you say?... Concerned Women for America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041143/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 16:56:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039955/posts Police believe they have found the remains of Brooke Bennett, 12, of Braintree. Police say the remains were found on property on Crocker Road in Randolph near the home of Michael Jacques. Police found ground there that had been recently disturbed yesterday. Today, a search found the body there. Police say Brooke's body was recovered at 4:45 p.m. An autopsy will be performed in Burlington to confirm it is Brooke and to try to find the cause of death. Police do call the death suspicious. Brooke's family was notified of the discovery. Brooke disappeared a week ago. She was last... WCAX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039955/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:47:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034512/posts Saying their son was "silenced" by his teacher for talking about hunting in the classroom, the parents of a fourth-grade student at North Bennington Graded School took their son out of school and have taken their case to the local school board. Jared Harrington's mother, Wendy Bordwell, and his father, Martin Harrington, removed their son from school with 10 days left in the school year and home-schooled the 10-year-old boy. "We are aggressively pursuing Jared's right to free speech," Bordwell said. The couple addressed the local school board Monday night to air their grievance. Bordwell said in a telephone interview... Times Argus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034512/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032039/posts Vermonter is very ill, he has pancreatic and liver cancer. Please pray for our friend and one of the best freepers ever. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032039/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:15:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025175/posts MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The Road Not Taken" and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways — and the redemptive power of poetry. "I guess I was thinking that if these teens had a better understanding of who Robert Frost was and his contribution to our society, that they... Yahoo | AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025175/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 06:14:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024905/posts When Al-Jazeera tried to launch in the U.S. a spin-off version, Al-Jazeera International, they ran into opposition in the form of Accuracy in Media (AIM). AIM produced a DVD entitled Terror Television: The Rise of Al-Jazeera and the Hate America Media, which exposed Al-Jazeera's anti- American biases and support for terrorism. In September of 2006, AIM commissioned a poll to gauge Americans' view of having Al-Jazeera air in the U.S. The poll results showed that by a margin of 2-1, Americans think the U.S. government should oppose giving the new channel access to the U.S. media market. Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024905/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 18:43:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023013/posts Globally Warm Schools by: Santiago Leon, May 28, 2008 As Global Warming becomes an issue in people’s lives, it has also become part of school’s curricula. I recently learned that my boss’s son had an assignment and quiz in his Spanish class on Global Warming. In many of the questions students had to translate sentences from Spanish to English but with a Global Warming theme. They even had to watch Al Gore’s movie, “Inconvenient Truth,” which has been a part of several school courses. Teaching Global Warming in schools is widespread across the nation, especially providing materials like Gore’s film,... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023013/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 16:16:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017489/posts Like many other young couples, Aimee and Jeff Harris spent the first years of their marriage eagerly accumulating stuff: cars, furniture, clothes, appliances and, after a son and a daughter came along, toys, toys, toys. Now they are trying to get rid of it all, down to their fancy wedding bands. Chasing a utopian vision of a self-sustaining life on the land as partisans of a movement some call voluntary simplicity, they are donating virtually all their possessions to charity and hitting the road at the end of May. “It’s amazing the amount of things a family can acquire,” said... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017489/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 23:26:34 GMT