Free Republic

"White privilege" (their term for self-sufficient productive people) is a direct result of our American heritage and Judeo-Christian work ethic and free market economy. America was founded on the Judeo-Christian principles of liberty, freedom, self-sufficiency, self-responsibility, self-governance, respect for God, respect for self, for each other and the law, civic responsibility and the value of family, church, tradition, education and hard work. The liberal/progressive/atheist/socialist democrats have been working overtime for a hundred years or more trying to tear all that down. They are teaching our children that there is no God, that government is all powerful and will provide for...

The American people deserve the technology to view their leaders when visiting the nation's capitol. A company by the name of MonoRail Inc has the ability to build a giant HDTV, three times as large as the one located in the Dallas Cowboy's stadium: http://www.dallasobserver.com/slideshow/cowboys-unveil-worlds-largest-hdtv-13365766/ This proposal is to build a stadium size TV over the Capitol Mall, in Washington D.C. The TV can be assembled in the United States, thus stimulating our economy by employing Americans. But most importantly- the TV can be financed by a loan from China with low monthly payments. For collateral we suggest using the...

Man says stress of child support led to bank robbery The lawyer for a Carson City man charged with bank robbery says financial pressures of paying child support led to his actions. Forty-five year old Paul Pasillas pleaded guilty Monday in Carson City District Court to robbing the First National Bank of Nevada with a pellet gun on March 10th. He faces up to 15 years in prison when sentenced next month by District Judge Michael Griffin. State Public Defender Steve McGuire says Pasillas was in financial straits after falling behind in child support payments and trying to provide...

Showing the kind of true grit and rugged individualism for which Westerners are legendary, citizens of the small Arizona town of Clay Springs, stood, fought and survived one of the worst wildfires in the state's history in June. But in doing so, they had to break the law -- their heroism came in defiance both of federal orders to retreat and of firefighting tactics that some in Arizona have called too timid.Events in Clay Springs don't suggest that federal officials necessarily were wrong in abandoning the town, or that the town's citizen's were justified in breaking the law by bulldozing...