http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wilson/ en-us Sun, 12 May 2013 04:10:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3018372/posts Schizophrenia is no less schizophrenia if one of the voices happens to be talking sense. Hard schizophrenia is no less difficult if murderous insanity is linked up tight with weird, pathetic, and arbitary scruples. In fact, if such an arbitary pattern is applied long enough, one may detect a method in the madness. I am talking about our erratic public policy when it comes to protecting human life. Gosnell is a disgrace because he killed babies in this spot instead of the officially-approved that spot. As one observer noted, he is apparently being charged with murder because he enjoyed himself... Blog & Mablog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3018372/posts#comment Sun, 12 May 2013 04:10:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015436/posts The 3D-printed gun that Cody Wilson calls the "Liberator." Eight months ago, Cody Wilson set out to create the world’s first entirely 3D-printable handgun. Now he has. Early next week [the] founder of the non-profit group Defense Distributed, plans to release the 3D-printable CAD files for a gun he calls “the Liberator,” All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic, [except] a single nail that’s used as a firing pin. The gun is designed to fire standard handgun rounds, using interchangeable barrels for different calibers of ammunition. Technically, Defense Distributed’s gun has one other non-printed... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015436/posts#comment Fri, 3 May 2013 19:17:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3007620/posts One hundred years ago today, Woodrow Wilson brought Jim Crow to the North. He had been inaugurated on March 4, 1913. At a cabinet meeting on April 11, his postmaster general, Albert S. Burleson, suggested that the new administration segregate the railway mail service; and treasury secretary William G. McAdoo, who would soon become Wilson’s son-in-law, chimed in to signal his support. Wilson followed their lead. He had made a bid for the African-American vote in 1912, and he had attracted the support of figures such as W. E. B. Du Bois, but, as he put it at the meeting,... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3007620/posts#comment Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:03:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2993373/posts The organic act establishing the Department of Labor was signed on March 4, 1913, by a reluctant President William Howard Taft, the defeated and departing incumbent, just hours before Woodrow Wilson took office. A Federal Department of Labor was the direct product of a half-century campaign by organized labor for a "Voice in the Cabinet," and an indirect product of the Progressive Movement. In the words of the organic act, the Department's purpose is "to foster, promote and develop the welfare of working people, to improve their working conditions, and to enhance their opportunities for profitable employment." Initially the Department... US Department of Labor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2993373/posts#comment Mon, 4 Mar 2013 20:32:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2993363/posts If the closest confidante and advisor to an extremely consequential American president had written a fantasy novel about a heroic social agitator with a plan to bring about a "benevolent" progressive dictatorship by instigating a brutal civil war, might one imagine that an honest press would take an interest? In fact this has happened, and America's actual press has tried to dismiss the book as a meaningless "bad novel". In 1912, Edward Mandell House, Woodrow Wilson's most intimate and influential advisor, wrote Philip Dru: Administrator. (Read it online here.) House is credited with having orchestrated Wilson's presidential nomination, and was... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2993363/posts#comment Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:44:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2555853/posts With two Pulitzer Prizes to her name, Dana Priest is one of the Washington Post’s most celebrated reporters. Until Monday, when the Post published the first installment of a bombshell series on post-9/11 intelligence industrial complex, national security blogger William Arkin was hardly known to the paper’s readers. But from a media perspective, Arkin’s role as co-author of the series might be the more important. It marks the first time one of the Post’s bloggers – lately the cause of controversy because they sometimes blur opinion and reporting — has had a byline in one of the paper’s big, investigative... Politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2555853/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:50:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2990820/posts A National Day of Mourning for African Americans -- March 4, 2013 by Robert Oliver The date of March 4 may not have any significance in the African-American community other than personal birthdays and wedding anniversaries. However, March 4, 2013 will mark the centennial of the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States. On that day President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration will be celebrated in Washington D.C. Why would March 4 and Woodrow Wilson be significant for African Americans? Wilson was a progressive Democrat and today is considered one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history. Many... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2990820/posts#comment Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:01:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2982106/posts No one should be surprised at the announcement that women are now going to be serving in combat roles in the U.S. military. This has been heading toward us for a long time, and the only thing surprising about it is that so many people are surprised. Now the only thing that stands between your daughter and involuntary combat service is a determination by some president (or other) that we need to return to conscription, followed by one court decision. There are three points to be made about this in response. First, opposition to this monstrosity is a function of... Blog & Mablog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2982106/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:59:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2977845/posts Our office has been asked for a statement from Douglas Wilson on the news that he has been formally uninvited from delivering the prayer at President Obama's Second Inauguration. This controversy, as many know, revolves around the fact that Pastor Wilson made a joke a number of years ago in a sermon about how Brian McLaren's theology was gay enough to be made conga queen at the Fire Island Fruit Festival. When the AP asked Pastor Wilson about the joke, he had forgotten about it completely. When the tape was played, Pastor Wilson laughed all over again, and said he... Blog & Mablog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2977845/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:37:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2970595/posts Lee Habeeb recently wrote a piece here for National Review Online, in which he was encouraging Christians to engage winsomely with our surrounding culture, and to make our peace with the way some things were going. He used the example of gay marriage in the civil sphere. David French wrote a very fine response here, but the money quote is below. "It took me a long time to realize the following truth: No matter how compassionate, charitable, winsome, and kind you are, if you oppose the sexual revolution you are the enemy." And this is precisely why Christians need to... Blog & Mablog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2970595/posts#comment Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:49:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2967848/posts NOTE The following text is a quote: Alabama Men Arrested on Terrorism Charges U.S. Attorney’s Office December 11, 2012 Southern District of Alabama MOBILE, AL—U.S. Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama and Stephen E. Richardson, Special Agent in Charge of the Mobile Division of the FBI, announced that Mohammad Abdul Rahman Abukhdair, 25, and Randy Wilson, also known as Rasheed Wilson, 25, both U.S. citizens living in Mobile, were arrested today on terrorism charges filed in the Southern District of Alabama. A criminal complaint signed on December 10, 2012, charges Abukhdair and Wilson with conspiring to... FBI.gov - Mobile, Alabama - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2967848/posts#comment Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:39:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2962603/posts We, of all people, ought to know better. "Progress" gave us modern medicine, liberal democracy, the internet. It also gave us the guillotine, the Gulag and the gas chambers. Western intelligentsia assumed in the 1920s that "history" was moving away from the muddle and mess of democracy towards the brave new world of Russian communism. Many in 1930s Germany regarded Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his friends as on the wrong side of history. The strong point of postmodernity is that the big stories have let us down. And the biggest of all was the modernist myth of "progress". What is more,... Virtue Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2962603/posts#comment Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:24:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2962422/posts The Church of England just recently said no to women bishops. There were howls of outrage from all the predictable quarters, for whom such a troglodyte move is just smack-the-forehead baffling. Now I can understand a vote against women bishops as a preliminary move to try to undo the ordination of women priests. And I can understand a vote for women bishops as the next logical step after having established the practice of ordaining women priests. What I don't get is the affirming the ordination of women priests and opposing them as bishops. The pig, once swallowed by the python,... Blog & Mablog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2962422/posts#comment Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:59:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2949090/posts About 10 percent of the vote in Bernalillo County – based on 2008 voter turnout – has already been cast for the Nov. 6 election, according to the county clerk’s office. And so far, Democrats are leading in numbers. More than 53 percent of the early vote and absentee ballots have been cast by Democrats, although the party represents 46 percent of Bernalillo County’s registered voters. Setting aside absentee ballots, Democrats’ share of the early vote increases to nearly 56 percent of the vote so far. Political analyst Brian Sanderoff said that early Democratic advantage in the county’s ballot totals... The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2949090/posts#comment Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:43:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2945605/posts Democratic Rep. Martin Heinrich has built a 9 percentage point lead in New Mexico’s U.S. Senate race over former Republican Rep. Heather Wilson, a Journal Poll found. Heinrich, now in his second term as the 1st Congressional District representative in the U.S. House, drew support from 48 percent of voters in the statewide poll on the Senate race, conducted Oct. 9 -11. Thirty-nine percent of voters said they preferred Wilson, who preceded Heinrich in the 1st Congressional District seat, serving from 1998 to 2009. Nine percent of voters remain undecided in the Senate race. The remaining 4 percent backed Independent... The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2945605/posts#comment Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:09:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2940874/posts Black Activist Urges Schools to Change Names from White Segregationist President FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Ted Hayes 424-222-6010 ted@tedhayes.us LOS ANGELES – Ted Hayes, homeless activist and host of the weekly radio talk show America’s Black Shield on WNJC 1360-AM in Philadelphia (www.wnjc1360.com ), is calling for for the School Districts of Portsmouth, Virginia and Peoria, Illinois to change the names of the Woodrow Wilson High School and the Woodrow Wilson Primary School, respectively, from a white segregationist U.S. president to a name that will honor a figure in the civil rights struggle for Descendants of Chattel Slaves (African Americans).... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2940874/posts#comment Fri, 5 Oct 2012 23:09:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2930297/posts Heinrich, Obama in good shape We conducted a New Mexico poll for a coalition of environmental groups over the weekend. We found Martin Heinrich with his largest lead of the year in the state. Additionally Barack Obama leads by double digits and is in good position to again win its 5 electoral votes. Here are the specific findings: -Martin Heinrich leads Heather Wilson 50-41. His lead was only 5 points on each of PPP’s previous 2 polls of the race this year. -Wilson has extremely high negatives, with only 38% of voters viewing her favorably to 50% who have a... publicpolicypolling.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2930297/posts#comment Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:38:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2926941/posts New Mexico Dem Senate candidate Martin Heinrich misleads with defense of medical device tax. Democratic New Mexico congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Martin Heinrich defended his vote to uphold a job-killing provision of Obamacare on Tuesday, despite his previous acknowledgment that the provision would have negative economic consequences for his home state. ... Heinrich voted June 7 of this year to uphold the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device manufacturers that will take effect next year under Obamacare ... The medical device tax is sure to be a hot topic in the New Mexico campaign. New Mexico is home... Free Beacon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2926941/posts#comment Wed, 5 Sep 2012 17:05:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2927146/posts You have to tip your cap to the staff of Senate Candidate Martin Heinrich. So far their efforts prevent exposure of Heinrich’s deep ties to eco-terrorism advocate David Foreman, have been successful. Who is David Foreman and what does he stand for? Forman (and Heinrich) are inextricably linked to the radical splinter group EarthFirst. Who is EarthFirst? According to New Mexico Watchdog investigative reporter Jim Scarantino, EarthFirst is a radical environmental terrorist group that emerged more than thirty years ago. Foreman who authored several action guides including, “Confessions of an Eco-Warrior,” was part of the concerted effort by EarthFirst to... News New Mexico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2927146/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2012 00:07:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2926935/posts Republican Heather Wilson, a candidate for U.S. Senate in New Mexico, has a new ad criticizing her opponent, Democratic congressman Martin Heinrich, for voting twice for a medical device tax that Heinrich had noted himself would be bad for job creation. ... Wilson, a former member of the House, is running to replace retiring Democrat Jeff Bingaman in the Senate. Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2926935/posts#comment Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:41:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2923794/posts Full title: Judicial Watch Obtains ‘4 to 5 inch Stack’ of ‘Overlooked’ CIA Records Detailing Meetings with bin Laden Filmmakers Obama Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications: Obama White House ‘trying to have visibility into the UBL (Usama bin Laden) projects.’ (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained records from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Department of Defense (DOD) regarding meetings and communications between government agencies and Kathryn Bigelow, the Academy Award-winning director of The Hurt Locker, and screenwriter Mark Boal in preparation for their film Zero Dark Thirty, which details the capture... Judicial Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2923794/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:29:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2922191/posts Democratic Congressman Martin Heinrich receives his highest level of support yet against former Congresswoman Heather Wilson in New Mexico’s U.S. Senate race. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of New Mexico Likely Voters shows Heinrich with 48% of the vote to Wilson’s 41%. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided. Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2922191/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:15:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2922182/posts GOP US Senate candidate Heather Wilson, running behind in all polling, is now starting to more firmly separate herself from Paul Ryan and his controversial budget plans. She gave this quote as she responded to renewed attacks from Dem rival Martin Heinrich: ...Wilson told The Hill on Tuesday that she has “been very clear that I have concerns about the budget Congressman Ryan proposed 18 months ago,” and voted against a version of it while serving in Congress in 2007. "If I oppose something, that's now recorded as 'implicit'?" Wilson said. “Had I been in the Senate and on the... New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2922182/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2904571/posts After a lengthy investigation, Wilson was indicted in April on a misdemeanor insurance charge for laundering a total $8,000 in campaign contributions from Missouri Employers Mutual Co., a state-created workers' compensation company based in Columbia, to the Missouri Democratic Party through a St. Louis law firm, Herzog Crebs. Former Herzog Crebs partner Ed Griesedieck III was also indicted. St. Louis Post Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2904571/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2012 20:01:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2901988/posts A look into the Future After the SCOTUS ruling this past week, here is a hypothetical look at our future. This situation may never happen, however, after the ruling, this could happen and "WE THE PEOPLE" no longer have many recourses to prevent it. Dom Breeskov: Yesterday, President Willard Wilson signed the hotly contested “BUY GM Bill” after it was approved in the House and Senate, both by narrow margins. The bills requires anybody that purchases a car in the US to buy a General Motors product in order to avoid paying a $5000.00 tax that would be imposed on... http://thepoliticalforums.com/threads/4134-A-look-into-the-Future http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2901988/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jul 2012 18:16:57 GMT