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Words have meaning. Sometimes even the small ones by their inclusion or omission can have a huge impact. Most readers in their first glance at the title of this article thought the word “the” was mistakenly dropped from in front of Ukraine. Over the last century, we have become used to referring the nation of Ukraine as “the Ukraine.” This writer has been guilty of the mistake, even in recent writings. The inclusion or omission of an article of speech like “the” conveys the difference between a sovereign, independent nation of Ukraine and a region or territory claimed by Russia...

The last time I was deployed out here I posted a treatise on the subject. Please allow me to go deeper in to the topic. Let me state this I am out here in Afghanistan defend the rights of Mr. and Mrs. America to do whatever they want and indulge themselves as they please. I took my obligation freely and without mental reservation. When was the last time you obligated yourself to something other than your hedonistic pursuits. I must also state for the record that I am a black American. I didn’t say African American on purpose because unlike...

President Obama announced his fiscal 2015 budget on Tuesday morning at Powell Elementary in the District’s Petworth neighborhood, highlighting the school’s early childhood education program as a model for the nation.

Back in 2008, Sarah Palin told us that Russia may invade Ukraine because Putin could see what kind of leader the wimpy kid, Barack Obama, would be. She went on to say that the bullies of the world would become emboldened by his indecision and moral ambivalence. Of course they will now proceed with their tactics since our military is being gutted and we are leading from behind. She was right. Everyone laughed at her from the left. We have the Affordable Care Act, which is not working. The website and information centers across America are overwhelmed with misinformation. With...

Hey, President Empty Chair showed up this time! No worries, you guys. Russian troops are invading Ukraine and rest assured, President Obama and his team are on it. The White House released this official photo of Monday’s National Security Council meeting in the Situation Room. This calls for your expert body language analysis. Caption team … activate!

Most Texans are not accustomed to freezing weather like they have up North. And, this winter has been a rough one all over the nation; even in Texas. Today, it's colder than a well digger's butt here in Southeast Texas (Wind chill has to be in the 20s). And, tomorrow is going to be worse. FORECAST FOR PRIMARY DAY: Rain with a "high" of 43 in Houston; wind chill in 30s, and a "high" of 30 (below the freezing mark and wind chill in mid 20s) for Dallas. WHY IS THIS BAD NEWS FOR CORNYN? It's a known fact that...

Here's how you stop and deter Putin. it is how George Bush got the job done in 2008 in Georgia. Bush started out by talking to him face to face in Beijing and letting him know, man to man, that it was not going to go as Putin imagined. Bush faces down Putin at Beijing Olympics over Georgia We had military advisors already on the ground there. Bush immediately expedited the return of 2,000 members of Georgia's 31st Light Infantry Battalion who had been fighting beside US Marines in Afghanistan. He then sent in more US personnel and material on...

Last night it was a 'happy hour' Democratic Party fundraiser Obama headlined, tonight it was his daughter Sasha's dance recital.The AP's Darlene Superville via Twitter:#Obama and @FLOTUS are at the Strathmore music center in North Bethesda. Daughter Sasha had a dance recital here at this time last year.#POTUS and @FLOTUS are indeed attending daughter Sasha's dance performance at the Strathmore center in North Bethesda, Md.#Obama returns to WH w/o @FLOTUS or daughter Sasha (10:00 p.m. EST) Meanwhile...Charlie Winch �@ce_winch · 27m Not sure how reliable this is but local souce claims Russian troops are amassing on northern border 140m from...

Texas Delegates declared Texas Independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836 to become an independent republic. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEXAS. Celebrations in Austin, San Antonio, Washington on the Brazos and other locations this weekend.

A couple of days ago, I commented on Facebook about how the Nazi persecution of the Jews and other undesirables in Germany was being denied now. How Ike ordered that as many photos as possible be taken because eventually, the incident would be denied. Now, the Muslims are denying that it happened and are trying to continue the Nazi's work on Jews in the Middle East. I commented that in the end, all we needed to know about Muslims was how to killed them as efficiently as possible. I hate to be that way, but I do not see any...

Mothers of girls who are former members of the Girl Scouts say the CEO of Girl Scouts USA is essentially lying in recent claims that the organization has no relationship with the Planned Parenthood abortion business. As LifeNews has reported, the Girl Scouts have a longstanding relationship with Planned Parenthood and have lashed out at pro-life groups bringing that to light. Now, Girl Scout moms participating in the national Girl Scout cookie boycott released avideo Thursday calling Girl Scout CEO Anna Marie Chavez “misleading and deceitful.” The moms are responding to a YouTube videoreleased by Anna Marie Chavez last week...

New York veterinarian driven to suicide after cat custody battle ruins clinic Dr. Shirley Koshi’s Bronx clinic, Gentle Hands, took in a stray named Karl. But Gwen Jurmark had fed Karl and other cats that lived in Raoul Wallenberg Park, and she sued the vet — and organized a protest against the clinic — to get Karl back. A clinic worker said the lawsuit, online attacks against the doctor and financial problems ‘drove [Koshi] over the edge.’ Please sign petition to hold those accountable

First Lady Michelle Obama has unveiled plans for the most sweeping overhaul of nutrition labels on US food packages in more than two decades. Calorie counts will appear in larger, bolder type, and consumers will know for the first time whether foods have added sugars. Under the Obama administration's plan, labels will also feature more realistic descriptions of a serving. It is not clear whether the food industry will support the proposals. 'Families deserve better' "You as a parent and a consumer should be able to walk into your local grocery store, pick up an item off the shelf and...

Remember “I feel your pain” - Bill Clinton’s plaintive response to the woes of Middle America turned into a signature line for his administration, which became a cliché in American politics? Every politician wanted to connect to the pain of Americans, even in good economic times, and especially during and after the Great Recession. The biggest political attack against Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election related to the exposure of his remarks about the “47 percent” and how out of touch it made the wealthy Republican nominee to the plight of the struggling working classes. That was then …...

Early Voting began a week ago Monday here in Texas, and ends this Friday, February 28th. Many of us have worked hard to defeat John Cornyn in the March 4th Primary, or at least get him into a Run-Off Election and possibly "Cruz" him out of the Senate. We started out with a lot of expectation and enthusiasm; of which both seem to be dwindling somewhat. Why is that? Probably because only one candidate, seemingly, is even serious about defeating Cornyn. And it is NOT Mr. Stockman. Since he is my Congressman, I called his Congressional Office in my town...

The latest headlines from the English language page of the Venezuelan newspaper "El Universal" "UN concerned about arrest of Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez" "Young man killed amid looting of supermarket in north Venezuela" "Venezuelan former boxing champion Antonio Cermeno kidnapped and killed" "Closure of roads causes eastern Caracas to collapse" Blogger Daniel offers his analysis in the "Venezuela News and Views" blog. "The deep cause of all this is that after 15 years of chavismo people are finding out that they have no future. Students will have no jobs once they graduate. Employees are seeing their employer go bankrupt...

I don't care about Matt Bevin's signature on his company's TARP document I don't care about Milton Wolf's X-Ray photos and comments I don't care about Greg Brannon's jury verdict I don't care about what they're cooking up about Chris McDaniel, Ben Sasse, Joe Carr, Lee Bright, Steve Stockman or Dwayne Stovall. We need new leadership one way or the other. That's why I support Matt Bevin, Milton Wolf, Lee Bright, Joe Carr, Ben Sasse, Chris McDaniel, Greg Brannon, Steve Stockman or Dwayne Stovall.

The value of our dollar is tied to our own economy. Is our economy also tied to the power of our military? As our military shrinks to a smaller size, will this have a direct effect upon the value of our dollar? If so, where will it lead?

My Clif-Notes version first: 2nd (second) Amendment & See Article I, Section 8, paragraph 11 and the founders had both weapons of MASS DESTRUCTION (canons) and equal to today 2014, A-K 47’s FULLY AUTO in their personal possession, i.e., their superior hunting rifle’s. Although not FULLY AUTO, they did have in their possession the MOST ADVANCE[D] RIFLE’S of the time 1775-6. Oh, and those ADVANCE[D] RIFLE’S were used for hunting, both duck’s & British.

Current schemes to minimize the havoc caused by global warming by purposefully manipulating Earth's climate are likely to either be relatively useless or actually make things worse, researchers say in a new study. The dramatic increase in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution is expected to cause rising global sea levels, more-extreme weather and other disruptions to regional and local climates. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat, so as levels of the gas rise, the planet overall warms. In addition to efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, some have suggested artificially manipulating the...

So Johnny is going to the White House today meet with dear leader; To get his marching orders, To give the dear leader his leg hump, To compare lies, or To start supporting obamacare. Why in the hell is he going? Is he going with any other rino's? Is Boehner scared about losing the speakership in 2014?

Has anyone seen any signs that people in blue states may be turning away from the big government ideology that has controlled these states for so many decades? Any discussions with relatives, neighbors or friends who are Democrats?

Opinions still differ on what UAW Volkswagen defeat means for Chattanooga

Yes, there is one job that Americans will not do. Will not ever do again. America has had its one and only American Revolution. The revolution in Ukraine got me to thinking. Can anyone imagine Americans walking through the White House or the Capital and reclaiming it like just happened in Ukraine? Or even hanging around and waving patriotic banners into the early hours of a Monday morn? Nope; time to go to work. Had our million man march; done that, now back to like it never happened. Americans mock the pusillanimous French, but they are anything but. They will...

Well, the elitist establishment (dare I say RINO) editors over at National Review and National Review Online (NRO) have sunk to another new low in their continued attacks on conservatives. It's been bad enough that the NRO stable of writers have been cranking out multiple hit pieces (including 3 in a row from the normally lucid Dr. Thomas Sowell) attacking Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and the House/Senate Tea Party caucus, but NRO is now moving towards silencing conservative criticism of NRO's writers, columns and seminar RINO and libertarian posters. Don't get me wrong, I like posting and/or commenting on NRO...

LOS ANGELES – Paramount Studios has poured an estimated $125 million into the production of “Noah,” casting big names like Emma Watson and Russell Crowe, and trusting their baby to Oscar-nominated director Darren Aronofsky. But six weeks ahead of its theatrical release, concern is brewing that the flick may not be popular with Christians at the box office. Since early drafts of the script were leaked a couple of years ago, “Noah” has been plagued by suggestions that it portrayed the famous flood as a punishment for man’s disrespect for the nature, as opposed to sins against God.

We all know Barack Obama as a world renowned Constitutional Lawyer. The Media and Mr Obama himself have frequently reminded us of his unconditional Love and Respect for this most important document. Therefor, I believe it would be a wonderful coup for Hillsdale College to invite Mr. Obama to give a guest lecture on the subject of the U. S. Constitution. He could explain to the students his deep love and reverence that he personally holds for the U. S. Constitution. I would go so far as to predict Mr. Obama would give this lecture priority status. He would cancel...

Bad news for John Cornyn: Early voting down in Texas. Low turnout always benefits the "crawl over glass" Conservatives and die-hards. The first day of voting in Harris County (Houston) Texas was 15,000; and that includes the all mail in ballots that had been received. Now, this total includes those who voted in the Democrat Primary as well as the GOP Primary. You can figure only 50% of the votes were GOP (This is Houston after all.) That's worse news for Cornyn. Only 7,000 GOP in person, and mail, votes in Harris County the first day???? Wow! On the two...

Republican legislators, stop this Fed takeover of the newsrooms in it's tracks! They already control around 95% of Big Media. We are hedging toward 100% Pravda reporting! STOP BEING WIMPS!!

Left to right, state, Establishment choice, Tea Party choice, nominee, win or loss AZ John McCain - JD Hayworth - John McCain - Win NH Kelly Ayotte - Ovid Lamontagne - Kelly Ayotte - Win IL Mark Kirk - Patrick Hughes - Mark Kirk - Win UT Orrin Hatch - Dan Liljenquist - Orrin Hatch - Win KY Trey Greyson - Rand Paul - Rand Paul - Win FL Charlie Crist - Marco Rubio - Marco Rubio - Win PA Arlen Specter - Pat Toomey - Pat Toomey - Win UT Bob Bennett - Mike Lee - Mike Lee -...

OSLO (Reuters) - A thawing Antarctic glacier that is the biggest contributor to rising sea levels is likely to continue shrinking for decades, even without an extra spur from global warming, a study showed on Thursday. Scientists said the Pine Island Glacier, which carries more water to the sea than the Rhine River, also thinned 8,000 years ago at rates comparable to the present, in a melt that lasted for decades, perhaps for centuries. "Our findings reveal that Pine Island Glacier has experienced rapid thinning at least once in the past, and that, once set in motion, rapid ice sheet...

Who Did Obama Compete With For His Nobel Prize? The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was awarded jointly to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change". I recently read an article about the death of 98-year-old Irena Sendler, someone I had never heard of. The article alleged that Irena Sendler lost the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore. Irena Sendler, a candidate for the 2007 Nobel...

I saw this headline this morning on my twitter feed. It is on Breitbart. O'Reilly says Obama is a patriot. I saw the Super Bowl interview. BOR asks a viewers question - why do you want to fundamentaly change this country that has provided so much opportunity for you? Obama says he did not say that. Flat out lied. Yet BOR says he is a patriot who wants the best for America. Are we as a nation truly lost now?

Let it be known! Just as Karl Rove did in 2010 and 2012, this festering wart is working behind the scenes to destroy any hopes of grassroots victory in 2014, even if it means destroying any hopes of GOP victory in 2014. It's a small price to pay for money-grubbing uber-RINO, Karl Marx Rove. There are three races in which the grassroots is energized to win the Republican primary with a fresh face. Kentucky, North Carolina, and Mississippi And aside from that, there are seven other states in which the campaigns have not been managed as well, have been divided,...

Funding for The Arkansas Private Option, a state version of the Obamacare Healthcare Exchange Program, was debated before the Arkansas Legislator on 02/18/14.This is footage of the Arkansas House of Representatives where the Private Option Funding failed by 5 votes. At least 75 votes are needed for funding to pass. More attempts to pass funding for the Private Option will take place. Several Representatives spoke out against the Private Option earlier today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xqkSBWwZlUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHidRgs8ofQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xVdO2CZQpY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SrtqVmEYjoView, like, and share this footage to bypass the media bias on this issue.

With the flurry of lawsuits attacking marriage in a growing number of states, a question arose in my mind regarding the implications of a favorable opinion regarding the legitimacy of Section 2 of DOMA. This issue looks certain to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, possibly even leapfrogging federal appellate courts to do so, considering the confusion caused by these Marxist original jurisdiction courts. IF Section 2 of DOMA, the right of states to define and enforce their own definition of marriage, is upheld in the USSC (I DO NOT want naysayers dismissing this possibility - that is NOT...

It's hellishly unlikely that anybody on FR would ever vote in a democrat primary. Nonetheless, It's more likely than not that freepers living in Texas know people who do. In those cases, it might make sense to see to it that those people hear about Kesha Rogers. http://www.kesharogers.com Kesha Rogers represents the LaRouche group and, depending on your taste in syntax, either an attempt to reset the dem party to 1960 before the greens, Malthusians, and racists took it over, or an attempt at a hostile takeover of the dem party. The world would be just a tiny bit safer...

First of all, I'm a native Texan and a Ronald Reagan-style Republican. Not a drop of RINO blood in me. And, I want to go on record saying I loathe John Cornyn and I've had high hopes of seeing him defeated in the GOP Primary this year. But, I have some real concerns that Cornyn could win reelection if we blow the March 4th GOP Primary. We could miss a great opportunity like Missouri did by nominating Todd Aikin, who had the IQ of a foot stool, and gave Barack Obama's girlfriend, Claire McCaskill another six years. Are my fears...

HAWAII GOV Democrat Primary (Honolulu Star-Adv): Gov Neil Abercrombie 47%, St Sen David Ige 38%. HAWAII GOV General Election (Honolulu Star-Adv): Ex-Lt Gov Duke Aiona (R) 48%, Gov Neil Abercrombie (D) 40%.

This just struck me like a bolt of lightning--if Oswald had more patience and was willing to wait about ten years he would have seen his dream come true of a Marxists state in the United States. The assasination was not even necessary to bring about the Marxist government that Oswald wanted. If Oswald were living today he would be holding pro-Obama signs and quite pleased with the direction this country is going in. The Marxists took over the Democrat Party in the seventies and today most Democrat voters don't even seem to be the wiser. They wept at Kennedy's...

Venezuela has been in the midst of protest because of severe inflation, high crime, debilitating electric blackouts, and shortages of food. Protesters have been killed, and jailed, and they continue to protest in desperation. This is how our country responds. The US government is asking Venezuela "to resolve it's shortage of NEWSPRINT and others materials that are "sqeezing" the nations dailies." No mention of food, electricity, toilet paper, etc. It isn't a spoof my FRiends.

We are all wrapped up with this fundamental "right." The Press protects all,keeping a magnifying glass on our politicians and Local Governments across America. At least, that is supposed to be what they do. We also have the police, FBI and all matter of law enforcement officials on the alert for criminal activity of all kinds. The vast majority of these people are decent, honest people. However, if there is a rogue law enforcement official they are weeded out and eventually pay the price. This is exactly how it should be. So, why why is the American Press allowed to...

The following comments have been attributed to Democrat political operative James Carville (aka “Serpenthead”, an appellation given him by his own wife). According to the alleged myth-busting website Snopes, owned and operated by a leftist Canadian husband and wife team who have been often caught shading – or ignoring altogether – information inimical to their leftist agenda, Carville never said this: (Begin Carville's “alleged statement”.) "Ideologies aren't all that important. What's important is psychology. The Democratic constituency is just like a herd of cows. All you have to do is lay out enough silage and they come running. That's why...

My wife became unemployed yesterday. This is the first time in her life she has be unemployed, thank the Lord. She has been employed in some capacity since age 14. Even when our children were young and being homeschooled, she had part-time work. So for nearly 44 years she has been paying into unemployment compensation. Note: This isn't a call for symapathy. She has leads on several positions and will be employed shortly. This post is about government control, excessive spending, and nanny state cry babies. (e.g., the the government needs to do something now types.)On this snowy day (day...

So what happens when the USA and Russia have two different hockey games at the same time? An uncomfirmed source deep in the liberal bowels of Comcrap/NBC said that mayhem insued when MSNBC and NBC Sports Network officials met with other Comcrap officials to schedule today's olympic programming. MSNBC primetime hosts were meeting in a conference room, adjacent to the sport sports programming conference room, discussing their daily talking points from the DNC. Ed Shultz was first to hear arguing network sports executives. It was clear that sports executives wanted to bury live coverage of the Russian game on the...

The Texas primary is on March 4th. Texans should march forth to force Cornyn into a May 27th runoff!! Early voting begins next Tuesday, 2/18!!

Does anyone know when TransCanada/XL applied for permission to transit the United States with the XL Pipeline?

I know this is a vanity, but this kind of stuff drives me nuts and I know of no other place to vent. So...it's 2017 and a newly elected Republican president stands up and delays Obamacare indefinitely. He (She?) also delasy indefinitely minimum wage legislation, environmental regulations, extended unemployment benefits, gays in the military and any illegal alien 'reform'. What is there to stop him? Apparently not the Constitution.

Flame On Freepers!! Just wanted to say i think Boehner did the right thing. here me out my fellow freepsters. notice, the debt thing just slid by. we didn't have to listen to Obama and cohort moan and groan, divert attention from all the really bad stuff going on. Issue is OFF THE TABLE. yeah i get it, more debt bigger government, but at this point whats another couple billion when we got a legit shot at taking BOTH the House and the Senate. If we get that done, investigate, subpoena, impeach, go nuts on the SOB's. But if we...