Free Republic

Network coverage of the average, normal Americans, “grandparents,” “honor students,” “soccer moms,” “Republicans,” “Black and white, Democrat and Republican, young and old,” versus the reality of the angry, America-hating demonstrators which the networks ignored but which a writer for National Review Online was unable to avoid in the crowd.     He saw “Bush is the Real Terrorist” signs and discovered many were convinced Bush knew in advance of the 9-11 attacks. “It was like when Hitler burned down the Reichstag,” more than one remarked. The Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld plan, one claimed, “is to build a worldwide planetary death machine.”     In a piece posted...

4 state residents to look for peace on Iraq mission By Sarah Anne Wright Seattle Times staff reporter Four Washington residents, one from Seattle, are heading to Iraq on a mission of peace. The sponsor, Voices in the Wilderness, or Voices, as the group calls itself, opposes economic sanctions it says harm ordinary Iraqis. It has sent about 50 peace-delegate groups to Iraq since 1996. Its mission, it says, is to put a human face — one other than Saddam Hussein's — on Iraq. But as the threat of war against Iraq looms, this latest delegation faces a potentially more...

CHANGING OF THE GUARD Skeletons rattling in Frist's closet? Ethics expert says ties to hospital chain potential conflict of interest for Lott heir Posted: December 21, 2002 6:30 p.m. Eastern © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist will almost certainly be elected majority leader when the senate votes on a successor to Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott next month. The choice is a happy one for President George W. Bush, who views Frist as an effective ally; Frist has even been discussed as a possible replacement for Vice President Dick Cheney on the ticket in 2004. The heart surgeon’s quick rise...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today expressed outrage at a Doug Marlette syndicated editorial cartoon, headlined "What Would Mohammed Drive?" showing the Prophet Muhammad driving a nuclear bomb-laden truck similar to that used by Timothy McVeigh in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.SEE: http://www.cair-net.org/images/mohammeddrive.gifThe Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called for an apology from Marlette's syndicator, Tribune Media Services, and from his employer, the Tallahassee Democrat.The cartoon is apparently a play on a recent light-hearted public debate over what kind of car Jesus would drive. Its publication comes following worldwide outrage over...

Enemies of the State by Timothy Rollins, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher December 6, 2002 With the recent news that the FBI is now on the lookout for special-interest terrorists committing crimes in the United States, it has been reported that those terrorists are not by any means limited to the likes of al-Qaeda and the lunatic fringes associated with them. The terms "special-interest extremism" or rather "eco-terrorism" are often used to better describe what are often called "tree huggers" - the Al Gore society, if you will. These people, who use Gore's book Earth in the Balance as a Bible of...

GRANTS PASS, OR. -- Sixty-five year old Ray Karczewski, a retired police sergeant from Pacifica, California, whose wife of 43 years describes him as "steadfast in what he does" and "very focused" is in the Josephine County, Oregon jail because of his constitutional beliefs.  On September 5, 2002, Mr. Karczewski was stopped for a minor traffic violation. His violation? He failed to dim his high beam headlights. When the officer asked Mr. Karczewski for his driver's license (and other documents which he had), Mr. Karczewski replied, "I don't need a license for private purposes on a public road, in...

=============================== NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org =============================== For release: September 23, 2002 =============================== For additional information: George Getz, Press Secretary Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222 E-Mail: pressreleases@hq.LP.org =============================== Libertarians urge California Gov. Gray Davis to protect medical marijuana patients from federal agents SACRAMENTO, CA -- Should California Governor Gray Davis call out the National Guard to defend medical marijuana patients from federal agents? That's the question Libertarians will be asking today as thousands of medical marijuana advocates descend on the state Capitol in Sacramento to send the...

TEDDY BEARS PICNIC They really had come out there in force with every sign you could think of When I got within a block, I said, "Man, what does this city stink of?" The scum had fun at their big event…they do not like a great president Today I spent the morning among the clueless The first one there I chose to engage was some kind of hapless commie A duel of wits left him scarred for life…he cried out for help from mommy The scum had fun at their big event…they do not like a great president Today...

MIDI - SATISFACTION Got to get me, reparations Work's a drag, bro…what frustration Give it now…give it now…give it now…right now Got to get me…got to get me As I watch my brothers slavin' away, I know 9 to 5 just ain't for me And with help from that Johnny Cochran from L.A., I'll live the life of luxury I want…lots of that money for free Got to get me…give it up, now That's what I say…without delay Got to get me, reparations Work's a drag, bro…what frustration Give it now…give it now…give it now…right now Got to get...

Well, ladies and gentlemen, the whiners who still can't get over Florida were attempting to run with a story that our President waved to blind entertainer Stevie Wonder at a recent event. Unfortunately for them, the story is not true. Here it is from www.snopes2.com ----- =============================================== Claim: Hoping to attract the singer's attention at the March 2002 Presidential Gala, George W. Bush waved at Stevie Wonder. Status: False. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2002] When Stevie Wonder sat down at the keyboard center stage, President Bush in the front row got very excited. He smiled and started waving at...