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I have two concerns that I think the tea parties should NOT become (we should fight these anyway). 1. they should not primarily become movements to support the Republican Party, alone, and for Republicans to regain political power (though that doesn't preclude any one member or a group from supporting Republicans where they agree with US). 2. These tea parties are not about any ONE individual, either to demonize or for one person (or organization) to "lead", they are about citizenship leadership, spontaneity, and just FED UP Americans, we can not allow any one person to become leader to "dictate"...

Most FReepers have probably seen the previews. Movie heading our way this weekend, a hollywoodish gayish looking terrorist alien, arrives on Earth and begins wreaking havoc with humans. I think I figured out what the story line is gonna be: (so please, nobody has to spend good money to go and support this sort of liberal pap!)

36-0 WHOOOOOOOOO. Thank God, I can go to work Monday. I've been letting my mouth overload my hind-quarters, and it would have been embarassing if the Tide had lost, or even if the Tigers had held it close. Bring on the Gators.

The concept that "Bush hurt McCain" in the election is utter nonsense and fabrication by the MSM. If anything, McCain hurt Bush with his constant obstruction because of his bitterness for the 2000 primary outcome. McCain-Feingold was the ultimate "came back to bite him in the butt" logic, and this sort of stubbornness by McCain also took out a chunk of the Republican party along with it. Case and point: The bailout McCain approved. This was McCain's one chance to stand for conservative principles. Instead, what did he do? He supported it, and furthermore, he extended the idea in the...

Would Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid or Obama and his motley crew invest THEIR OWN MONEY (if they could) in the auto industry? The answer would be a RESOUNDING NO. Let's look at a few facts thanks to John Hinderaker of the Powerline Blog and Paul B. Samuelson, courtesy of the Washington Post Co.: ### The market cap for GM, Ford, and Chrysler is approximately $7 billion. ### Ford has a negative book value of equity. ### GM has a huge negative net worth on a book basis of $56 billion. ### Essentially, the market is valuing the companies...

I'm having trouble with my laptop keeping me logged in to FR when I close out of Firefox. My desktop PC and my computer at work keep me logged in when I close out, yet my laptop doesn't. Can any of you help me figure out what is causing this? If you need more info, let me know. Thanks, Andonius

It is happening right before our eyes and no one is laughing , mocking or asking the obvious question What happened to "global warming"?

I'm interested in commentarians who would like to contribute to a new conservative weekly (for the time being) outlet called the "Conservative Union" that would operate on a "viral" email model, would be free of charge to those receiving it, and would primarily serve as a means of firming up what conservatives believe and WHY, as well as applying these principles to the issues of the day. There are a lot of conservatives out there who don't really know why they believe what they believe, and would be strengthened by seeing a sound articulation of what they believe and why...

Lost in the 2008 pre-election hysteria was a sobering piece of news out of Iraq. It was revealed, after a precisely-executed plan to maintain secrecy and prevent disclosure, that 550 Tons of Yellow Cake Uranium were shipped out of Iraq to Canada. Why is this event so spectacular? It proved beyond the wildest dreams of even the staunchest skeptic, that Saddam Hussein was clearly pursuring a Weapons of Mass Destruction program, and debunks the chorus of "Bush Lied" accusations from the Democrats. Further, it bolstered the claims of U. S. and British intelligence (which were presented to the United Nations)...

LOOK - I read it here time and time again "well, at least the Republicans will have the filibuster"... NO. We will NOT. The filibuster is a RULE of the Senate; it is NOT a constitutional requirement! Rules are set at the start of each Congress, meaning the new Senate in January can vote on the rule of the filibuster, and change it as desired. Do you think the Democrats are going to let the Republicans hold things up? NEVER. They have the House; they have the Senate. Now they have the White House. They are NOT going to let...

FReepers - let's get a list of congressional leaders in both houses who are RINO's only - those who pretend to be conservative... We need to know who they are - so we can find conservative challengers to boot them out in the primaries... Let's get a grassroots operation going to educate the public on what conservatism is - visit the Reagan Library, visit heritage.org, etc. I totally agree with Rush's comments over the last two days - conservativism is not dead - people will follow conservatism if they see it in action and not in name only.

I thought it would be good therapy to post pictures of America's Sweetheart and future POTUS... So people place your best pics of Sarah here!

Obvioulsy the Republican party needs to rebuild quickly. To do so, it must to push the "moderates" and "aisle crossers" to the side and get back to message and platform of conservative principals, ideas and values. They can start by doing the following five, highly doable, things that need to be acomplished by 2010. 1) Elect Mike Pence or Thaddeus McCotter as the party's leader in the House. We need strong, bold leadership that will not bend or break. 2) Appoint Michale Steele as RNC chairman. Not because he is black, but because he is a solid conservative and good...

I know in my case and that of my brother, we used FreeRepulic and Drudge as a spectator sport way too much.

I suggest that Senator Ted Stevens be removed from office due to his recent felony convictions and that Governor Palin replace him with herself, IMMEDIATELY! Then, have Mitch McConnell appoint her to the energy committee, for example. Then, in 2010, after Senator Palin has 2 years of experience in Washington DC, like Obama did, announce she's running for President in 2012! What do you Freepers think of that??

Well, we don't sit around and mope. It's time to go on defense. Don't give the Republicans in congress any time to consider following "that man's" agenda without hearing from you. It's not much, but I've just sent the following to both my Senators and my Representative: Congratulations on your re-election. Now, you face the biggest trial of your political life: standing up to the socialist agenda of President Elect Obama. Make no mistake about it, Obama plans to take this country far to the left and turn it into something more like the USSR than the land of the...

A special thank you to Noonan, Gerorge Will, Ron Paul, et al. Thank you fools! Thanks for putting us all in danger now from terrorists and the real suppression of conservatism. The Fairness doctrine is coming. Rampant oppression is coming. Taxes being raised is coming. Yes, the ship is now goign to be sinking for good. Obama, Reid and Pelosi will be controlling the direction of this country.

Post your optimism here. No whining aloud.

What will happend if Obama loses?

Can someone tell me which judges are conserative in Clark County Nevada and in the State also. If there is a conservative voting list can someone please provide that to me, i would be grateful. This is definitely a swing state and im getting all my family this info. Also, new here so wanted to say hi to everyone :)

Occasionally people mistake me for a retired professor, not encouraged; more often they think I'm a poor speller; in an earlier life I was one of the first kicked off for excessive vanities and pled my way back on (something I'm still unproud of); this weekend I became for the first time a sports nut; not sports in general but one underrated, unappreciated team resurrected by an audacious break with political correctness, rescued by a frustrated coach and victorious climaxes.

I am pleading with people who may have decided not to vote McCain because of the screwed up policies that were not conservative to please reconsider and vote for him. Obama is too far left and I don't believe our country could ever bounce back from him being president. I would also vote third party if I didn't see the danger involved with Obama being president. I do not favor amnesty and I know both guys favor it. But McCain is in favor of securing our border, while Obama calls ICE agents terriorists.

Starting about 3 weeks ago it seems Fox has started moving ever so slightly to the left. I don't know if they are afraid of the Fairness Doctrine or what but, other than Hannity, they all seemed resigned to Obama winning. Even Britt Hume's crowd has gone soft. I'm mad as hell about it! Anyone else notice this?

12:35 PM EST. OPI OPINION RESEARCH JUST CALLED MY UNLISTED PHONE AND ASKED FOR ME BY NAME. WENT THROUGH ALL THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND MY LOCAL CONGRESS RACE...PLUS ASKED MY OPINION OF CORZINE.....ASKED HOW LIKELY I WAS TO VOTE, EDUCATION LEVEL, INCOME LEVEL, AND RACE.

My FRiends all you need to know about this election is as follows: You can't win an election by losing 20% of your own base and losing independents. Forget about Gallup or Rasmussen tracking polls and their special sauce weighting for party ID. Rasmussen says today that Obama receives support from only 75% of Democrats and is losing independents by a slight margin, but incredibly, defying laws of math and physics still leads McCain by 4% overall. Friends, that simply is not possible. If you are looking for a poll showing a McCain lead before election day, you can forget...

I was just wondering if anyone has checked BO's legal status? They figured out the his Auntie was illegal in 2 days. So have they checked him? And who do we contact?

DO IT AGAIN SCHARTZY during 3 days! Another direct from the other side,an upercut...and OSSAMABAMA is KO has the little weight fraud he is! SCHARTZY hit B.H.O. straight where it hurts about the OLD failed european socialism(tyrany)he knew very well and presented falsely by OSAMABAMA as "hope" and "change". SCHWARTZY hit again on the huge and of doubdtfull origin OSAMABAMA's money pointing finger to the biased MSM and launching that US DEMOCRACY IS NOT FOR SALE.... He must do it again! It was clear,articulate,straight on the targets,founded on experience(not at all "ideological" as CNN "commentators" said immediatly)!

Me and mine have voted straight "R" and will carry the fight against Obama and his minions. We will stand our ground and fight. We will have our Alamo moment if need be. As they come over the walls, we will fight and take them down. They are not as big and as bad as Santa Ana's armies. Victory will be ours. Hand wringers, third party voters and whiners out of the way. You are free to leave the Alamo under the surrender of the white flag.

This is a non-sourced non-news thread but its about as accurate as anything else you will read today. While Im at it in case The Big 0 does win I want to start as soon as possible a IMPEACH OBAMA website. Of course I would rather not put any time, energy or money into this project so if there are any volunteers who would like to carry the burden I want you to get started as soon as possible ( dont contact me about it...just do it) Similarly we need a OBAMA IS STUPID website. dittos with my time and...

In the most important states still up for in the air are places where Catholics can win the election for America. In these states State Catholic % Bush up down with Catholics Wisconsin 32% Catholic Bush won 53/47 Pennsylvania 35% Catholic Bush lost 49/51 Iowa 23% Catholic Bush lost 48/51 Ohio 11% Catholic Bush won 65/35 Catholics we can win with your help. This weekend get out and talk to people at your parish.

The high water mark for Democratic votes during a Presidential campaign is 59 million in 2004 and Kerry lost. Are all of those voters going to vote for Obama this year? Kerry although very liberal, was a Vietnam veteran. That made him acceptable to conservative Democrats and they voted for him in droves. Will those same conservative Democrats vote for Obama? I see no reason for them to do so. Hillary Clinton received 18 million votes running against Barry O. Will those 18 million vote for Obama? Not all of them and it is more than reasonable to assume that...

If "pro-bono" legal work could be taxed, then organizations such as the ACLU, Sierra Club, ACORN, etc. would need to declare this help as income and report it to the IRS. Also, anyone assisted by the ACLU would have to report this help as income, and would be taxed on it. It might go a long way towards limiting the number of lawsuits filed.

If he loses Pennsylvania ( which i hope he doesnt but if he does) McCain will fall just short of 270 without iowa or new mexico. he needs to return to colorado as his backup in case his pennsylvania play falls short. One Palin rally on Monday should do the trick.

Thursday is the Traditional "October Surprise" Day in Presidential Elections ... Consider: 1992: Bush 41 is surging in the polls, and even overtakes Clinton in some tracking polls. Lawrence Walsh indicts Casper Weinberger. 2000: Bush 43 is well ahead of Gore. Bush is spending the final week campaigning in California and New Jersey. Bush's old DUI story is announced. 2004: A twofer in 2004 - (1) The "missing explosives" story; and (2) Bin Laden's videotaped endorsement of Kerry So tomorrow is Thursday, the traditional day to unload a last minute bomb, designed to control the news cycle for the remainder...

I can't give any more details than that, but I GUARANTEE that McCain wins NV by 5-7%...GUARANTEE!!! That should mean good things for many other states on election day, and expose these polls for what they are - tools of the MSM. Please help me with what a 5-7% win in NV means elsewhere...

Shall we start with copies of his college & law school SATs, LSATs, class rankings and overall GPA scores and grades?

Once upon a time there was a young charismatic and eloquent young leader who decided his nation was in need of change and he was the one to implement it. The people were receptive and ready for a change. He spoke passionately when denouncing the existing system, and the media loved him. Nobody questioned what he believed in, or whom his friends were. He said he would help the poor and bring free medical care and education to all. He would bring justice and equality. He said, "I am for hope and change and I will bring you both. "...

I just want to know, (really) after watching this, I know we all have our opnions. But doesn't it matter that this man has NO respect for our country? I don't really care for Hillary Clinton, but at least I know she LOVES our country and has respect for the men and woman who fought for this country. He DOESN'T. I have never been so scared in my life. Most people will probably say because BUSH was such a horrible president put our country in debt because of the war and John Mccain will do the same. I am telling...

I'm sure it goes without saying but I sure as hell hope nobody on here tunes in and pumps the ratings up for this jackass tomorrow night. I'd rather be locked in a dark room with Ron Howard's brother than listen to this pathological liar flap his gums any longer.

If you want to flame me, you can do so rightfully, as I am posting this from the viewpoint of a casual observer rather than an a knowledgeable linguist. But here I go: The easiest items to adjust for are nouns. You just plug in a noun in one language for another. Perhaps there are are languages with "easier" nouns than English but I don't know why or how. However, this is not the problem. The Romance languages have two difficulties. How to use the personal or impersonal "you" term. (In English it's left generic) It varies widely between cultures...

as mentioned earlier, these 18 yr old druggies have a stronghold in the web 2.0 space. apparently they saw our digg thread and see their posts: "Freeper has temerity to suggest new series of tubes to fellow freepers. Hilarity ensues." " Cave safe, fire is scary! Do not WANT!!" "Right, armchair interneting will not help mcCain much." "They are just as ignorant and backward as the Muslims they hate so much...n/t" "did these people find FR in the first place? Do they think FR IS the internet?" I like this DUmmie quote the best though: "Those who know how... should...

A final agreement has been reached between African Press International (API) and Fox News Network (USA) on the dates to air the Michelle Obama tape arising from a discussion Mrs Obama had with the API two weeks ago. The show will take place any day/time from now, with a 15 minutes alert on when it is to take place. Other programmes will be interrupted. This is a precaution taken to avoid interference from any quarter. In the agreement, Fox News Network will broadcast 39 minutes of the 54 minutes long tape. The whole tape cannot be aired unedited due to...

My wife heard on the way home from work today that John McCain is leading O,Bama by 2% in early voting in Indiana. The report probably came from WRTV6,a she usually listens to that on the way home.

I just joined Barack Obama's campaign for president. Cost me five dollars, the minimum donation, to check on the stories I'd heard about how his credit card processing system is set to verify only the card number and expiration date, so I chipped in with a fake name and address. After they'd processed my donation, they kicked me over to a pre-loaded "Hey, friendo, I just joined Obama's Great Leap Forward" e-mail form, so I modified it some and spread the word. Like Betty Crocker, 'Bammy's money-funnel was smooth and easy. I'd read about Osama Bin Laden, "Adolphe" Hitler, and...

We no longer hear about the greedy Oil speculators as the price is Spiraling into the Deck. What the commiecRats are not saying is that this proves that Supply and Demand works. The market is betting that there will be less oil needed as the future recession sets in around the World. This is also more proof that the World is fearing a Nodrillbama administration. The World knows that there will be reduced usage as industries collapse worldwide and they are right. The markets are hedging against a Black Whiteguilt Oblack administration w/a socialist congress. The trigger of this Market...

The story has similarities as it originally appeared. I couldn't help messing with it a little. I am afraid there are far too many pumpkinheads!

If anyone can, please help me. I have some friends in Pittsburgh who are both liberal and conservative. We had been chatting about the woman there who said she was attacked and a "B" etched into her face. One particularly liberal friend is now saying that the McCain people PRESSURED the news media there to run the story about the woman. She has said this after I sent her the original article, and then sent the report that it was a hoax. I even commented how these "hoaxes" hurt us all, of both parties. But this woman INSISTS that now,...

Today McCain was being interviewed on 610wtvn radio in Columbus, Ohio (a very popular show and time slot). He actually brought up the story of the LA Times refusing to release the video tape showing Obama toasting P.L.O. members. He then went on to tie it into Ayers. It's refreshing to see McCain finally taking off the gloves!!