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The collapse of XP support by Microsoft has led to a proliferation of disruptive internet advertising. These "SmarterPower" thugs are wrecking my FR access. Is this a plot? How do does one keep these ani off one's computer? They "pop-up" at every keystroke. And they have sound!Who needs this? Why pay an ISP or a cable company if they are selling us to every internet advertiser. Of course, the main issue is security and KGB-like surveillance by the Alinskyites. WTF are these people?

As the Republic slowly twists in the wind of the worst American Administration since George III, it is possible that even Team Obama's key kabuki players recognize that their front man, Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., (or II) has been in failure mode since the heady days of Admin I. But, what to do with an Admin II fool who now dangerously believes in the omnipotent legend created for him and thus believes himself free to act on his own, and perhaps even more dangerously, to ignore the basic responsibilities of the post, namely to show up? I am hoping that...

The handwriting on the proverbial wall is now so large and bold that even Barack Hussein Obama can read it. The Democrats will lose control of Congress in 2014, the only question being, "By how much?" Team Obama is preparing the administration for this by instituting heightened rule by Executive Order during 2015 and 2016. Among the orders one might expect:(1) Close down Guantánamo(2) De facto Amnesty for illegal aliens(3) Fast-tracking DREAM children to citizenship(4) Increased stimulus spending (5) Debt ceiling increase(6) New Taxes(7)Many new EPA Mandates (8)Renewed emphasis on "Green" issues and spending on "Environment." (9) Unilateral military withdrawal...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells Newsmax TV in an exclusive interview that Democrats are feverishly raising money to defeat his re-election bid because "I'm a thorn in the side of the president," especially when it comes to trying to defund Obamacare. "I'm sure they'd like to defeat me," the Kentucky Republican tells Newsmax. "I'm frankly proud of my enemies." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is among several prominent Democrats and their supporters who are raising millions to stop the five-term McConnell in his election next year against Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes.

Conservatives and Republicans would be unwise to pursue President Obama's impeachment as my colleague Bruce Walker today argues. The odds are the effort would backfire, and there is a much more important goal that should be at the center of our political strategy: sweeping Democrats out of office in 2014 and 2016 in numbers sufficient to enact structural reforms, including replacement of the tax system and junking the IRS and outlawing public employee unions. President Obama is handing his opponents the means, if only they have the wit to pursue the bigger goal. ..... Somewhere along the line, Hillary and...

The Passive-Aggressive PresidencyObama appears quite unique in presidential annals. A campaign promised a fundamental paradigm shift, the creation of the Magical Land of Hope and Change. After victory, a strange lassitude followed. That is, with the exception of “Health Care,” the President took demonstrable action on very little else of the nation’s business, creating the extra-constitutional “Czar” system and appointing a radical “Team” to run things without much direction or input from him. This strange passivity is delivering the fundamental change promised. His behavior patterns fell into place. I am fairly sure that a psychiatrist might call them “Passive/Aggressive. It...

The key to understanding Barack Hussein Obama is that he does nothing. This proposition is at the heart of a grave misapprehension of this Presidency. An American might be forgiven for feeling that a contribution to the common good is based on performance; productivity, some meaningful place in a functioning enterprise that fulfills one and contributes to the furtherance of some cause, or to one’s family and thus to God. What we cannot be forgiven for is continually attempting to apply this now remarkable cultural artifact; this mindset, to this Presidency. For example, the airwaves resonate as the right-wing talkers...

As the thoroughly unbelievable saga spins its merry way across the MSM, IMHO the stage may be being set by the administration for a thoroughly implausible case for "plausible deniability" for Obama. I predict that Petraeus will be accused of running a rogue CIA operation in Libya about which the President, as carefully explained by dementia patient Joe Biden, knew nothing. Interesting clues: Broadwell's co-author on the bio is a WaPo reporter. Says "he had no clue..." What he probably does have is WH connections. The Tampa "socialite" Broadwell allegedly harrassed turns out to be absolutely dead broke and living...

It has become obvious to 47.4 and a rapidly growing % of the American Public that our nation is saddled, encumbered, and bemused by Joe Biden because of a Constitutional Loophole. Let's face facts here, OK? Joe (Joey Plugs) Biden rose to national prominence and became our VP ONLY because of a momentary lapse in the Founding Fathers' geographical acumen and their lack of sophisticated polling data. The FFs gave EVERY original state 2 Senators and a number of House reps based on population without stopping to consider two incontrovertible facts. (1) Rhode Island and Delaware combined are smaller than...

Are Mitt and the GOP Stuck on McStupid? Why is the arch-boob McCain befouling my TV Screen with his pathologically smirky face? This man has been conclusively demonstrated, and to have proven himself, to have been an idiot since the 1950's. The only improvement has been that he is no longer quite a permanently drunken idiot. But that is due to senility and other medical conditions that set in in some decades ago, not wisdom gained by experience. Those of us unfortunate to have known him before he was catapulted to fame by the NVA, i.e., those of us who...

Attention: Conservative Talk Show Hosts and Conservative Columnists, The Sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona has established beyond reasonable doubt that the Birth Certificate posted on the WH Website, which purports to be a copy of a Birth Certificate on file in Hawaii, is not what the State of Hawaii released to Obama's lawyers. It is therefore, a fraudulent document. The Sheriff's investigative team, and other independent experts, have deconstructed the document to conclusively demonstrate exactly how it was made. The Sheriff of Maricopa County recently held the second of rather lengthy news conferences during which he has meticulously presented...

ATT:The Mormon Milquetoast Mitt baby, you have me worried. You have turned your other cheek to Obama so often, that I fear you might never be able to sit down. Here is some instant "personality" for you. Practice these comebacks. Look in the mirror, smile, then sneer like Elvis and repeat at least 25 times a day. Have your wimp advisers videotape and send to me for critique. Come on Mitt, baby. We know you Mormons can have a mean streak. Show us some of that Mountain Meadows Massacre killer instinct. You want to see my tax returns? Show me...

When libertarians, paleocons, neocons, and Republicans are confronted with a shrieking liberal they usually shoo it away. That’s easy if you don’t live in New York City, Berkeley, LA, or Madison, but those of us mired here in the jungles of hysteria have to come up with other solutions. It takes a certain type of masochist to live this Sisyphean lifestyle. We can’t bitch about Obama’s ridiculous spending because Bill Maher told them Obama has spent less than any other president. We can’t rail against Fast and Furious because Chris Hayes told them Obama is pro-gun. Whenever you criticize the...

Over the past few weeks as one Obamagaffe has followed another, and the lies and posturing have become much more blatant, I have come to un-dismiss conspiratorial thoughts I have long been sharing on FR. Frankly, the fact that Glenn Beck was sharing the same thoughts on the radio today, certainly helped me out this ... again.You see, I have always had the sneaking suspicion that "The Plan" was ALWAYS to have Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. in for one term and one term only. In the past few weeks, the MSM has been actually ... gasp ... reporting (slightly) negative...

Chère amie, cher ami, A 7 jours du premier tour de l’élection présidentielle, je veux donner rendez-vous au peuple de France, à la majorité silencieuse, décidée à prendre la parole. Dans cette dernière ligne droite, j’en appelle directement à vous, vous qui vous reconnaissez dans mon projet, vous qui partagez mes idées et mes valeurs, à nous retrouver au : Grand rassemblement qui aura lieu Dimanche prochain, le 15 avril, Place de la Concorde à Paris à partir de 14h00. Plus que jamais j’ai besoin de vous, de votre engagement et de votre mobilisation Aidez-moi ! Ensemble, nous sommes en...

Over the past few weeks, Republican candidates offering themselves as warriors in the crusade against Obama have sprung up as wildflowers in the field: each colorful, each beautiful in its own way. But these are not happy warriors. Each seems to send a sad message. It is the now-familiar tale of woe: our once-great republic reduced to a poverty-ridden husk of its former self, led to destruction by the Obama Administration. I suppose this recitation of the unworthiness of Obama is supposed to affirm a candidate’s “conservative” bona fides. IMHO, it is just a blinding glimpse of the obvious and...

John Boehner, Birther?That is a headline we will never see. Yet, John Boehner has it within his power to solve the Birther Mysteries. Ever responsive to constituent clamor, or so he claims, he also has a perfect reason for doing so. All he needs to do is convene a Congressional Committee to inquire into several issues:(1) The Birth Certificate(2)The "Legal Name" Issue(3)The Illinois Bar Issues(4)The Illegal Campaign Lottery Issue(5)The Lt. Col. Lakin Issue(6) etc. ad inf. None of these issues are particularly far-fetched as grist for the mills of congressional investigation, and that investigation would have, as all have had...

Subject: Obama's last two speeches: Tucson Radio Address While contributors to Freerepublic often wonder in print whether or not the GOP truly got the message from the Tea Party in the mid-term elections, IMHO it's easy to see who definitely received it loud and clear: Obama's handlers. The Tucson speech was delivered at a relaxed pace, the writing was smoother, the transitions more effective. The new Obama baritone was deeper, more soothing. The style was less confrontational and a whole lot less bombastic. The inevitable digs at the Republicans were subtle, rather than obvious. Some faults remain. The man is...

The "Right Wing" blogosphere, including me and you, is beside itself with joy over what appears to be a Republican remake of the house after next week's elections."Tsunami, Baby! Hurrah! Hurrah!" By the cold light of dawn on November 4th it will perhaps occur to Tea-Partiers and RINOs alike, that given their essential powerlessness to "roll back," the Obama Agenda, they may have unwittingly set up the Democrats for more of same in 2012. IOW, the brave shock troops of the Tea Party will be a sort of sacrificial "Light Brigade," that reaches the enemy's guns, but cannot take the...

I access the web via Firefox and Google. Last week, I linked, or attempted to, to Monica Crowley's website and was hit by the VIME Trojan. Quite a pain to track and destroy! Since that time, when on FR, and only FR, I am experiencing frequent crashes, and much trouble linking to other sites from this one. This could be a tracking tactic, and indeed, I have discovered several tracking cookies hovering and running in the background. I believe the best suspect here is Google, monitoring political speech, especially any emanating from what they migght consider the right side of...