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Attention Conservatives! This is your wake up call whether you want it or not! WE here on FreeRepublic talk and rant about the social damage being done to our country by the Social Democrats. Yes I said socialist, get over it libs! Yet it seems to me that many of us stop short of carrying our anger and concern much past cyberspace. How else can you explain why John F’Ing Kerry managed 50% of the vote. If America is as conservative as we believe it is he should have been handed a McGovern like defeat or a Carter-like ass whipping....

The horrific flooding of New Orleans this week, as levees collapsed under pressure from Hurricane Katrina, should be a wake-up call for California. As the Legislature churns toward adjournment next week, however, it is ignoring even the most rudimentary steps to shore up the deteriorating levees that protect hundreds of thousands of Californians from floodwaters. California may not be in the Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane belt, but we occasionally feel the impact of hurricanelike Pacific storms, and when we do - especially when they are tropical storms that suddenly melt mountain snowpacks - those who live in low-lying flood plains are utterly...

U2 frontman Bono was horrified during a visit to Ethiopia, when he saw local women pelting a breast-feeding aid worker with stones. The American woman was oblivious of the offence she was causing, and had to escape the angry onslaught from female Muslims who had no qualms about injuring her or her baby. Bono recalls: "I remember one vision of the people who are with World Vision, which is an American aid agency. "One of the women was breast-feeding a child on the horse. She was so comfortable. She didn't mean to be insensitive. "But the Muslim women did not...

LEBANON — Former Ohio Rep. Jean Schmidt edged former Congressman Bob McEwen by 705 votes in the special primary to pick the Republican to represent the party in an Aug. 2 election to replace former Congressman Rob Portman, according to unofficial totals. Schmidt won with 11,486 votes after results in Hamilton and Clermont counties were added to earlier returns showing McEwen with the lead among 11 GOP candidates running to replace Portman, who is leaving the 2nd Congressional District seat after 12 years to become the U.S. foreign trade representative.... Brinkman finished third with 8,554 votes, Hamilton County Commissioner Pat...

Most of Mrs. Bush's humor at the correspondents' dinner was just right: Edgy but not over the edge. But I think the stripper and horse jokes were totally beneath her. Just put it to the other-shoe test: If it were Teresa Heinz Kerry standing up on the dais telling the same jokes, the conservative commentariat would be buzzing for the rest of the year about what a tasteless skank she is.

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

The juxtaposition of two cases involving radical Islam and the need for us as a society to understand the strategy being implemented in order to see that it takes root here.

A Fox TV show and a new book -- fiction and fact, respectively -- are sounding a chilling wake-up call. Is Washington listening?

Imagine being awakened (or wakening your favorite liberal) the day after Thanksgiving by a phone call from Star Wars' Darth Vader, reminding you to get your butt out of bed and head to Target. Target Stores - the same bunch that kicked out the Salvation Army this year - is offering its customers a prerecorded wake-up call the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving. They figure it will get more people up and out to their store to shop for Christmas presents. Hardcore shoppers - or just annoyed liberals can be jolted awake by a rooster crowing, or a crying baby,...

Benjamin Netanyahu: Statement to the U.S. Government Reform Committee"We Have Received a Wake-up Call From Hell" delivered September 20, 2001 Chairman Burton, distinguished representatives, I want to thank you for inviting me to appear before you today. I feel a profound responsibility addressing you in this hour of peril in the capital of liberty. What is at stake today is nothing less than the survival of our civilization. There may be some who would have thought a week ago that to talk in these apocalyptic terms about the battle against international terrorism was to engage in reckless exaggeration. No longer....

why do people keep banning me everytime I put up interesting articles? I work for a website I think some of you are familiar with called phantirath weekly world news and each time we put somthing up on FR no matter how conservative it is it keeps getting banned. Whats the matter with it?! Damn man what are you marxist socialists communists? I just got a call this mroning from a Juwish friend of mine who said that you banned an important article about Zionism and Noam Federman and about how we were to support israel. I thought you guys...

<p>The latest thrill ride at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk would launch a dozen people at a time nearly 100 feet into the air, drop them back down to Earth and -- just for the fun of it -- do it all over again.</p>

<p>Sacramento -- Stunned by the number of voters who stormed the polls to kick Gov. Gray Davis out of office, top legislative Democrats on Wednesday declared an uneasy peace with the new governor, whose campaign centered in part on shaking up the statehouse.</p> <p>Consider it shaken.</p>

Have you ever been asleep on a plane, only to be rudely awaken by a sudden jolt? One minute, it's smooth flying. The next, BAM! The plane hits some air pocket and falls fast enough to nearly bounce you out of your seat. Within seconds the pilot's authoritative voice is heard gently reassuring you that he's in the process of taking the plane to an altitude of smoother air. If you're like most people, you feel much better knowing that the plane is no longer on auto-pilot: The sudden jolt has caused the pilot to take full control. Lately, I've...

In a recent discussion on a 'right to marry' thread, a new poster made the statement that the Mass. supreme court was in the process of 're-defining' the word, 'marriage'' to include homosexual unions. Throughout the history of the human race, the word, 'marriage,' always referred to the union of a man and a woman. In fact, the legal dictionary specifically defines 'marriage' as pertaining to a man and a woman. The question I would like to address is not whether homosexuals do or do not have the 'right' to marry, but more importanty, does a supreme court have the...

I was a human shield by Daniel Pepper • Tuesday March 25, 2003 at 06:19 PM Why I regret being a human shield. 'I was a fool to be a human shield for Saddam', By Daniel Pepper Advertisement I wanted to join the human shields in Baghdad because it was direct action which had a chance of bringing the anti-war movement to the forefront of world attention. It was inspiring: the human shield volunteers were making a sacrifice for their political views much more of a personal investment than going to a demonstration in Washington or London. It was simple...

C-SPAN 7:45 am ET: Donna Brazile, Voting Rights Institute, will be on the Washington Journal for 45 minutes. 9:00 am ET: Jerry Falwell, Liberty Foundation, will be on the Washington Journal for an hour. ____________________________________ On Fox and Friends: 7:50 am ET: Should FBI and CIA officials be punished for mishandling crucial intelligence prior to 9/11? 8:50 am ET: 'Tis the season for office parties! Dr. Georgia Witkin has tips on how to have fun and keep your job. _____________________________________________ On The Daily Imus: 6:27 am ET: Mike Barnicle, NY Daily News, “For Growing Kids, Love Is The Difference”...