http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/williams/ en-us Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:02:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2132793/posts Actor and comedian Katt Williams, of movies "First Sunday" and "Norbit" fame, apparently has made a stop in Sumter. Unfortunately it was not for one of his stand-up comedy routines but rather a visit with family members that allegedly ended with a psychiatric evaluation at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. The comedian, known for appearances on MTV's "Wild 'n Out" and BET's "Comic View" has made media reports recently for exhibiting erratic behavior, including not showing for an appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in New York on Nov. 4 and being arrested on weapons charges later that week after... The Item http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2132793/posts#comment Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:02:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2114659/posts Here is video of Gov. Sarah Palin talking one-on-one with NBC News Anchor Brian Williams. Palin tells Williams there have been many unfair attacks against her, her record and her family. Williams asks her about her political future should they not win the election, and Palin refused to speculate about that possibility. . . . . (Watch Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2114659/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:05:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2113335/posts Fresh off the interview the McCain Campaign gave to NBC's Brian Williams with Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. John McCain yesterday, Williams could not contain himself this morning in gleefully painting the interview and the McCain Campaign in as bad a light as possible. In the video above, Williams yucks it up with the cast of MSNBC's Morning Joe as he bashed Sarah Palin in every way he could. Watching this unprofessional behavior from what is supposed to be an unbiased anchor makes you realize what McCain has been up against. Williams whined repeatedly that he had waited "patiently" for... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2113335/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:06:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111035/posts Taliban gunmen killed a Christian aid worker in Kabul on Monday, and the militant group said it targeted the woman because she was spreading her religion. The dual South African-British national worked with handicapped Afghans and was killed in the western part of Kabul as she was walking to work around 8 a.m., officials said. The gunmen, who were on a motorbike, shot the woman in the body and leg with a pistol, said Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the slaying. "This woman came to Afghanistan to teach Christianity to the people of Afghanistan," militant... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111035/posts#comment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:11:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104656/posts GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin continued attacking Democratic nominee Barack Obama before a crowd of roughly 20,000 outside the Richmond International Raceway, while also promising that she and John McCain would help revive the U.S. economy. Suggesting that Obama would undermine a possible American victory in Iraq -- "Just once I would like to hear Barack Obama say he'd like America to win" -- Palin said the Democrat would jeopardize the economy further by raising taxes and expanding the federal government. SNIP Kilgore sought to bolster the mood of the crowd by attacking the media, suggesting reporters were trying... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104656/posts#comment Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:05:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2090609/posts LOURDES, France, SEPT. 25, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Devotion to the Virgin Mary has an essential role in ecumenical dialogue and the journey to full and visible unity among Christians, says the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.Cardinal Walter Kasper affirmed this Wednesday when he presided over an ecumenical celebration in Lourdes, where Anglicans and Catholics had joined on pilgrimage. Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury gave the homily at the event. The pilgrimage began at the Anglican shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in England. "Lourdes is known for its miracles," Cardinal Kasper said. "Who would have imagined,... ZNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2090609/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:37:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2089721/posts LONDON (CNS) -- Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, England, has come under fire for his homily during a pilgrimage to the Marian sanctuaries in Lourdes, France. Archbishop Williams, leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, said in a homily during a Sept. 24 international Mass at Lourdes that when Mary appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 "she came at first as an anonymous figure, a beautiful lady, a mysterious thing, not yet identified as the Lord's spotless mother. "And Bernadette -- uneducated, uninstructed in doctrine -- leaped with joy, recognizing that here was life, here was healing," he said.... CNS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2089721/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:03:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2085161/posts Doctor Rowan Williams is to become the first leader of the Church of England to make a pilgrimage to the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes. The Archbishop of Canterbury flies to the shrine of Our Lady in the French Pyrenees on Monday, a week after Pope Benedict XVI made his own pilgrimage there. He will be part of a historic pilgrimage of ten Church of England bishops, 60 Anglican priests and 400 Anglican lay worshippers. The event shows how church leaders are committed to closer ties. Dr Williams will preach, take part in a number of Catholic celebrations and pray... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2085161/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:03:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081978/posts Hillary Supporter Delores WIllaim's take on Sen. McCain Posted By: Sundowner [76.181.181.254] on Sat, September 13, 2008 (5:40:47 PM) 38 views I love the music!  John McCain:Man of Honor A moving tribute to the nominee for President for his service and hope. http://www.wellstonforum.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081978/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:04:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075111/posts Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams is a Republican who counts President Bush among his friends, helped deliver the GOP counterpunch at the Democrats' convention and nominated John McCain at the Republican convention. (snip) "He's definitely an up-and-comer. That's recognized by the national party. That's recognized by the McCain campaign," he said, "and so I think that he will be there, and he'll be ready when that opportunity presents itself." Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075111/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 05:22:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2057142/posts http://cantankerousgentleman.blogspot.com/2008/08/obama-as-teen-idol.html This is a teen fanzine parody I created that was originally posted at NewsBusters. There is no question that the media is infatuated with Barack Obama. Cantankerous Gentleman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2057142/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:59:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057132/posts Edgar K. Browning, a professor of economics at Texas A&M University, has a new book aptly titled "Stealing From Each Other." Its subtitle, "How the Welfare State Robs Americans of Money and Spirit," goes to the heart of what the book is about: The rise of equalitarian ideology has driven Americans to steal from one another. Browning notes certain kinds of equality have been a cherished value in America. Equality under the law and, within reason, equality of opportunity is consistent with a free society. Equality of results is an anathema to a free society, and within it lie the... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057132/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:35:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053963/posts OAKLAND -- The former head of Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland and an associate of the now-defunct business pleaded no contest today to vandalism in connection with the trashing of two liquor stores in the city in 2005. Yusuf Bey IV, 22, the son of the bakery's late leader, Yusuf Bey, pleaded no contest to all eight charges against him, including vandalism, false imprisonment, hate-crime and civil-rights violations. He is expected to be sentenced to three years in state prison.Bakery associate Dyamen Williams, 21, pleaded no contest to vandalism and could face up to a year in county jail.On... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053963/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:59:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047509/posts One of the unappreciated casualties of the War of 1861, erroneously called a Civil War, was its contribution to the erosion of constitutional guarantees of state sovereignty. It settled the issue of secession, making it possible for the federal government to increasingly run roughshod over Ninth and 10th Amendment guarantees. A civil war, by the way, is a struggle where two or more parties try to take over the central government. Confederate President Jefferson Davis no more wanted to take over Washington, D.C., than George Washington wanted to take over London. Both wars are more properly described as wars of... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047509/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:05:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046969/posts The three network anchors will travel to Europe and the Middle East next week for Barack Obama's trip, adding their high-wattage spotlight to what is already shaping up as a major media extravaganza. Lured by an offer of interviews with the Democratic presidential candidate, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric will make the overseas trek, meaning that the NBC, ABC and CBS evening newscasts will originate from stops along the route and undoubtedly give it big play. John McCain has taken three foreign trips in the past four months, all unaccompanied by a single network anchor. Obama has "proven... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046969/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:40:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031286/posts ASHINGTON - Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially harm them in the pursuit of oil and natural gas. ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031286/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:46:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042727/posts Despite Congress' periodic hauling of weak-kneed oil executives before their committees to charge them with collusion and price-gouging, subsequent federal investigations turn up no evidence to support the charges. Now oil company executives are getting a bit of a respite as Congress has turned its attention to crude-oil speculators, blaming them for high oil prices and calling for tighter control over commodity futures trading. Let's look at the futures market and for simplicity use corn futures. While corn is different from oil, both obey the laws of supply and demand, just as humans are very different from bricks but both... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042727/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:27:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031913/posts Obama eventually stopped defending and attending such a “church”, but only after poll numbers demanded that he do so. During Obama’s campaign he has not hesitated to throw anyone under the bus that threatens his shot at the prize, including his own place of worship. His loyalty to any one group, is always subject to “change.” Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031913/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:07:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029393/posts Let's do a thought experiment asking whether Americans are for or against slavery. You might say, "What are you talking about, Williams? We fought a war that cost over 600,000 lives to end slavery!" To get started, we might find a description that captures the essence of slavery. A good working description is: slavery is a set of circumstances whereby one person is forcibly used to serve the purposes of another person and has no legal claim to the fruits of his labor. The average American worker toils from January 1st to the end of April, and has no legal... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029393/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:47:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012378/posts Here are a few facts: Over 95 percent of the greenhouse effect is the result of water vapor in Earth's atmosphere. Without the greenhouse effect, Earth's average temperature would be zero degrees Fahrenheit. Most climate change is a result of the orbital eccentricities of Earth and variations in the sun's output. On top of that, natural wetlands produce more greenhouse gas contributions annually than all human sources combined. Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012378/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 10:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006864/posts Professional GOP operative Pete Peterson saw a lot of potential Tuesday. With a 60 percent Democratic voter turnout in the hotly contested Pennsylvania presidential primary election compared to just 26 percent for Republicans in Delaware County, Republican challenger W. Craig Williams was able to secure 39,707 votes in the race for the 7th Congressional District, a seat currently held by freshman Democrat Joseph Sestak, of Edgmont. Williams, 43, of Concord, secured 51,703 votes overall when lumping in the portion of Chester and Montgomery counties that fall into the 7th District. Sestak, 56, garnered 64,809 votes in the county and 89,041... Daily Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006864/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:48:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002706/posts Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, pandering to anti-trade activists, suggest that should they become president, they will restrict trade agreements. Before you buy into their promised paradise, there are a few trade questions you might consider....There's great angst over the loss of manufacturing jobs. The number of U.S. manufacturing jobs has fallen, and it's mainly a result of technological innovation, and it's a worldwide phenomenon. Daniel W. Drezner, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, in "The Outsourcing Bogeyman" (Foreign Affairs, May/June 2004), notes that U.S. manufacturing employment between 1995 and 2002 fell by 11 percent.... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002706/posts#comment Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:03:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996096/posts JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jaguars cornerback Brian Williams had not yet made headlines on the football field when he made news off the field, accused of making some offensive comments to an officer the night he was arrested on suspicion of DUI. According to Jacksonville police, Williams went on a racist, profanity-laced rant on the September 2006 night he was charged with driving under the influence. WJXT-TV has obtained court documents detailing what an officer says Williams said to him that night. The officer involved wrote in his notes that Williams called him a, "Honky mother (expletive)." The statement goes on... local6 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996096/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:21:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993989/posts Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign manager, Maggie Williams, earned about $200,000 on the board of a Long Island subprime lender that charged prepayment penalties -- a practice that Clinton, a critic of the subprime industry, now seeks to eliminate. Williams, who took over the reins of Clinton's campaign in early February, served as a director on the board of the Woodbury-based Delta Financial Corp. from April 2000 until the firm declared bankruptcy in December, according to Securities and Exchange Commission records. She was recruited by former New York City Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch, a Delta consultant. Her assignments were to create... Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993989/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:15:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991803/posts Some pundits ask whether America is ready for Obama. The much more important question is whether Obama is ready for America and even more important is whether black people can afford Obama. Let's look at it in the context of a historical tidbit. In 1947, Jackie Robinson, signing a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, broke the color barrier in major league baseball. He encountered open racist taunts and slurs from fans, opposing team players and even some players on his own team. Despite that, his first year batting average was .297. He led the National League in stolen bases and... TownHall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991803/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:46:10 GMT