http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/youpayforthis/ en-us Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:18:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408157/posts WASHINGTON — Washington D.C.'s City Council has voted to legalize gay marriage in the nation's capital. Mayor Adrian Fenty has promised to sign the bill, which was co-sponsored by 10 of the council's 13 members. The final vote Tuesday was 11-2. The bill now goes to Congress, which has final say over the district's laws. Opponents say they'll try to get Congress or voters to overturn it. Passage of the bill is a victory for gay marriage supporters, who have been dealt a recent string of defeats... Gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa and Vermont. New Hampshire will... Google AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408157/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:18:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405590/posts cut n paste link here: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20091211/1afedpay11_st.art.htm?loc=interstitialskip USA Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405590/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405542/posts Fed Workers Enjoy Boom Time; Average Pay Now at $71K... Drudge report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405542/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:03:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397610/posts Here is video of Arizona Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio being heckled out of an event on the campus of Arizona State University. Arpaio has been strong on cracking down on illegal immigration, and protesters showed up to drown him out as he tried to answer questions at an event on the ASU campus. The protesters began singing, making it impossible for the Sheriff to be heard. He eventually simply got up and walked out, ending the forum. University officials said the protesters' actions were "very shortsighted." It warms your heart to see that liberal First Amendment tolerance for diversity... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397610/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:07:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389324/posts Police arrested a mail carrier after she was found drunk inside a residence while on the job in Marion earlier this month, authorities said Tuesday. Kristine A. Pflughaupt, 46, of Marion, was charged with public intoxication Nov. 3 after she was found sitting on the kitchen floor of a house at 260 Sixth Avenue, eating leftover noodles from Marie O’Kelly’s refrigerator. Marion police Lt. Steve Etzel said Pflughaupt entered the home through an unlocked front door. She apparently was intoxicated when she was dropped off to complete her route, he said. “She was in uniform and had mail and a... Cdar Rapids Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389324/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:30:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388360/posts Here's a stimulus success story: In Arizona's 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least that's what the Web site set up by the Obama administration to track the $787 billion stimulus says. There's one problem, though: There is no 15th congressional district in Arizona; the state has only eight districts... ABCNews. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388360/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:22:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387508/posts Obama Will Remove Abortion Funding Ban From Health Care Bill Washington, DC -- Top Obama advisor David Axelrod on Sunday confirmed what pro-life advocates already suspected would happen. He said President Barack Obama will work with congressional Democrats to remove the abortion funding ban the House approved in its version of the government-run health care bill. http://www.LifeNews.com/nat5659.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387508/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:54:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2380287/posts Move over abortion. Here comes sex-change operations. Republicans may call for a vote on an amendment that would keep Obamacare (Pelosicare) from covering sex-change operations. Don Surber blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2380287/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:03:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372884/posts GMAC, the former lending arm of General Motors Co., is in talks with the Treasury Department for a third injection of taxpayer aid, a further sign of the U.S. government's entrenchment in the U.S. auto industry. The Treasury Department mandated earlier this year that GMAC Financial Services raise an additional $11.5 billion in capital after undergoing a "stress test" along with 18 other banks. While other banks deemed undercapitalized have been able to raise funds from private investors, GMAC has been forced to go back to the government. AP/GoogleNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372884/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:39:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369180/posts Latin music ‘tends to make us move a little bit ourselves,’ says ObamaWASHINGTON - The White House became "La Casa Blanca" on Tuesday, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage with a South Lawn concert and such guests as Gloria Estefan, George Lopez, the Bachata music group Aventura, Jose Feliciano and more. President Barack Obama said Latin music, while hard to define because it comes in so many forms — from salsa to merengue and Bachata to reggaeton — speaks to everyone in a language they can all understand. "It moves us, and it tends to make us move a little bit ourselves,"... msnbc.msn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369180/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:40:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362063/posts (CBS) As members of Congress debate a "public option" for health care coverage, they remain safe and secure in their own generous health plan. CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports it's subsidized by millions of your tax dollars annually. The government doesn't even keep track the total cost. What exactly does Congress get? Sen. Lindsey Graham agreed to show CBS News first hand, flashing his Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance card. Blue Cross Blue Shield is one of five plans offered to members of Congress. Most Americans, 74 percent are offered only one plan - if their employer offers insurance... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362063/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:52:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355263/posts President Obama has opposed any expanded oil drilling off American shores largely on environmental grounds, turning a deaf ear to conservative cries of "Drill, Baby, Drill." But now Obama may start hearing cries of "foul" after the U.S. Export-Import Bank promised Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil company, $2 billion in loan guarantees to help finance lucrative drilling off the shores of Rio De Janeiro. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355263/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:00:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2351521/posts The Obama's are flying a day apart to Copenhagen to pitch Chicago for the 2016 Olympics. I just saw Michelle Obama getting off what they are calling AIR FORCE TWO. The President is arriving tomorrow on AIR FORCE ONE. Think of the carbon footprint these two limousine liberals are spewing all over the planet. And, the average taxpayer is taking it in the shorts on this. But, what the hell, he is the One to follow. Go get ém, lemmings. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2351521/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:35:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2351526/posts She hops on board the backup 747 and flies to Copenhagen SEPARATELY from the prez. $56.5k per hour is $452k x 2 means the taxpayers just paid $904k for the flights there, and including the return the tab is $1.8 MILLION NOT INCLUDING limos, advance security, security while there etc. etc. This is easily going to be $5 MILLION paid for courtesy of the taxpayers of the U.S. to benefit a few people involved in securing the Olympics for Chicago. My question is, is she as narcissistic as the prez that she considers herself self-important and deserves her own adulation... Me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2351526/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:42:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349926/posts Wall Street has showered nearly $11 million on the Senate since the beginning of the year, and more than 15 percent of it has gone to a single senator: Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York. Schumer’s $1.65 million take from the financial services industry is nearly twice that of any other senator's — and more than five times what the industry gave to any single Republican senator. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349926/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348352/posts Wake Up John Kerry, this year's deficit is approaching two trillion dollars. The F-22 was canceled leaving us with a gap where the US will have no new bombers and we are fighting two wars. American citizens are protesting all across the country because spending and taxes are way to high and you have the nerve to add a $20 million dollar pork barrel project to honor Ted Kennedy? That's what the former Democratic Party standard bearer is doing. That military spending bill moving through Congress contains a sneaky outlay for Boston that has nothing to do with national defense.... Boston Globe/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348352/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:10:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348356/posts Acorn CEO: Block on Federal Money ‘Unconstitutional, Wrong’ Nomaan Merchant reports on politics. Acorn CEO Bertha Lewis made it clear she’s not happy with an amendment to a stop-gap funding bill that blocks any money from going to the community organizing group. “To include language in legislation that targets a single organization is unconstitutional and wrong,” Lewis said in a statement. But she saw a silver lining of sorts: “One unintended - and positive - consequence of the witch hunt against ACORN is that it could help rein in the likes of Halliburton and Blackwater and even Wall St. If... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348356/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:16:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348022/posts ACORN is using a tangled web of tax-exempt organizations to funnel tax money to itself according to a detailed review released last night by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee.Some or all of them may be nothing more than shell companies used to pass money from the government directly through to ACORN and its affiliates. “This analysis regarding the vast number of charitable organizations that ACORN set up to funnel money to itself raises questions about whether ACORN used the entities to advance the charitable mission of helping poor people get housing, or whether... HumanEvents.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348022/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:14:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346751/posts No word on where or when this was shot but it was posted to YouTube just two days before The One’s speech to students, which makes me wonder if it was part of some school’s festivities for the screening. I think parents’ fears about their kids being politically indoctrinated are usually overblown, but I’m open to persuasion by compelling evidence — like, for example, this, or the vid you’re about to see. Getting little kids to croon about how awesome the president is troubles me less than the pop quiz the boss posted, mainly because they’re too young to understand... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346751/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345679/posts WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid secured a deal today that would give Nevada full, 100 percent funding in the Senate health care bill for an initial expansion of Medicaid. The agreement reached with the committee chairman comes after Reid vowed last week to strike a better deal for Nevada before bringing any legislation to the floor. Reid took heat from Republican Rep. Nathan Deal of Georgia who bemoaned the majority leader’s powerful reach into Senate negotiations to improve the bill for Nevada. The deal would give Nevada full funding for the first five years of the program —... Las Vegas Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345679/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:42:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345024/posts   From Pennsylvania Right-to-Work:Most readers are already aware of a growing scandal involving the pro-forced unionism Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) in New York, Baltimore, Washington, and now, California. For those who missed it, ACORN representatives were caught on camera giving advice to undercover journalists on how to open an illegal brothel, launder its profits, and commit a host of other illegal activities.According to The Washington Examiner, teacher union officials have contributed over 1.3 million dollars (in mostly forced union dues) to ACORN since 2005.We decided to do a little digging into union financial disclosure forms on... Big Govt http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345024/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:12:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344493/posts On August 25th 2009, Big Hollywood’s Patrick Courrielche broke the story of a conference call he attended with other “rising artist and art community luminaries”: On Thursday August 6th, I was invited by the National Endowment for the Arts to attend a conference call scheduled for Monday August 10th hosted by the NEA, the White House Office of Public Engagement, and United We Serve. The call would include “a group of artists, producers, promoters, organizers, influencers, marketers, taste-makers, leaders or just plain cool people to join together and work together to promote a more civically engaged America and celebrate how... www.bighollywood.brietbart.tv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344493/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:24:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341568/posts Across the country, motorists are being greeted by signs advertising President Obama's $787 billion stimulus bill, and Republicans aren't happy about it. The large green-and-white highway signs declare, "Project Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act." Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H describes them as the "signs to nowhere" and tried in vain Wednesday to stop the advertising. Democrats were nearly unanimous in voting to defeat an amendment by Greg that would have prohibited the use of stimulus funds for signs that advertise taxpayer spending on stimulus projects. Only five Democrats crossed the aisle in the 45-52 vote, joining all 40... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341568/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340082/posts An ACORN affiliate has just submitted applications for over $6 million in government funding, despite the controversial videos of the organization’s workers aiding a child prostitution “promoter.” Employees with the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) in Washington D.C., Baltimore and Brooklyn told uncover investigators posing as a pimp and a prostitute how they could circumvent the law. ACORN has already fired four of the workers. But it claims the tapes have been “doctored” and “edited.” A third video implicating the ACORN workers was released today. Meanwhile, the ACORN Institute, one of many ACORN affiliates, has applied for... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340082/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:08:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2335427/posts A Congressional oversight panel warns taxpayers are facing huge losses on the government’s $81 billion auto industry bailout. Elizabeth Warren, the panel’s chair, discusses the findings. * The report said that a $5.4 billion portion of the $10.5 billion owed by Chrysler is “highly unlikely” to be repaid. * Full recovery of the $50 billion sunk into GM would require the company’s stock to reach unprecedented heights. * The report also recommended that the Treasury Department provide a legal analysis justifying the use of financial rescue funds for the automakers. * In all, the government has invested $74 billion in... Car Dealer Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2335427/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:48:17 GMT