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I had two opinions in the past two days. I saw a missile in the sky over California. Is saw an Islamic crescent in the Google logo. You didn't see it? Fine. But the invective, the insults, the bitterness this launched has shocked me to the core. What in the heck is going on here?

Two words. Unforced error: President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed plans for a Muslim mosque two blocks from ground zero in New York City, declaring that “Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country.”In remarks prepared for delivery at a White House dinner celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Obama said all Americans have the right to worship as they choose.“That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances, Obama said. “This is America,...

I am tired of seeing this HUGE picture of this shave head woman on each thread I click on.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's prime minister has told Shiite militiamen to surrender their arms or face an all-out assault by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces, senior Iraqi officials said Wednesday, as President Bush said he will commit an additional 21,500 American combat troops to the war. Under pressure from the U.S., Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has agreed to crack down on fighters controlled by his most powerful political ally, Muqtada al-Sadr, a radical Shiite cleric, according to officials. Previously, al-Maliki had resisted the move. "Prime Minister al-Maliki has told everyone that there will be no escape from attack," a senior Shiite legislator...

Yesterday Oct 1, around 2:30 PM I got a delivery from my corner deli I am limit in mobility so I don't go out much. This delivery man has come to my door quite a few times. He is a man of few words most of the delivery guys are from Mexico. This young man I don't know where he is from accept he has strange mannerism or body language seems stress a lot of contortions, uneasy in movement. I really resent PC world we live in, years ago we could have said this is not accepable. Well yesterday...

It can stop a bullet from an AK-47, shrug off a roadside bomb, and it makes a Hummer look like a chick car. The $200,000 (U.S.) Gurkha is coming to a road near you — thanks to a King City-based company that is finding itself in demand because of the global war on terror. "They are pretty awesome machines," says William Whyte, owner of Armet Armored Vehicles Inc., the company that builds the Gurkha. "We've been stopped on roads with people taking pictures and wanting to know what they are." The Gurkha can go more than 150 kilometres per hour...

IAF fighter jets dropped over 20 tons in bombs late Wednesday night on a Hizbullah bunker, possibly the hiding place of the group's leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, in the Bourj al-Barajneh refugee camp in southeast Beirut. It was still unclear who was in the bunker at the time and what their fate was, but IDF sources said the bunker was totally destroyed and that all that was left was a crater. The IDF obtained intelligence information late Wednesday night that Hizbullah leaders possibly including Nasrallah had taken refuge inside the bunker. A wave of aircraft immediately took to the air...

Just saw on CNN that 23 tons of explosives were dropped on a Hezbollah bunker. Top Hezbollah officials are believed to have been inside. No story on the website yet.

Racing and winning with Snowmobiles, ATV's, Enduro cars, and 10years with Sprint Cars including Knoxville Iowa. One of only a couple Deaf Racecar Drivers ever. Proving his point that, "Deaf people can do anything but hear". http://www.racinforalivin.net/viewtopic.php?t=47 Here's your chance to vote for Greg Gunderson!! Vote often as you want.

I am not certain what the legal ramifications would be in changing Free Republic from donations to a subscription service. It seems to me the switch may be detrimental to legal issues such as copyrights. If that is true I'd appreciate if someone could briefly explain that to me. However if that is not the case here is my suggestion: I have been wondering about this for some time now and have not seen any discussions about it. So I would like to ask: Is it time for Free Republic to become an online subscription service? Currently, the site is...

This denomination has been going this direction for over 50 years!!!!!!!

HONG KONG — A six-minute film showing a grumpy man scolding a fellow Hong Kong bus rider for interrupting his phone call has become one of the most popular videos online. "Bus Uncle," as the film is commonly known, has been viewed nearly 1.7 million times on the video Web site youtube.com — the second-most-viewed video on the site in May as of Thursday — spawning spoofs and new slang drawn from the ranting subject's emotionally charged soliloquy. The grainy film was apparently recorded using a mobile phone. The film starts out when a middle-age man reacts strongly when a...

John Murtha served his country well during the Vietnam era but today in the War on Terror John Murtha is AWOL.

I haven't posted anything of any great importance since the almost infamous..... Am I Logged In???.Anyways...here's my prob. For various reasons which I choose not to disclose...( essentially because I'm getting old and don't have the energy... read that to mean..... I'm getting lazy to change all my e mail contacts.)I use Netscape as my e mail address.Recently I had to do a full System/ Restore on my comp. As I had been successful in this endeavor (which took me six days...I was passed out on the 7th) I prided myself on this terrific accomplishment!!! As to the prob with...

General Lee's Daughter Annie : What Became of Her During the Civil War? by D. R. Schwerin.

without the threat of energy,where is the beef?

What sort of luck are Freepers having with home VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service. Considering that all Freepers are tech savy along with good looking and smelling nice, I'd like to canvus those of you using VOIP (Vonage, Skype, ???) to see if it is worth investigating.

LARRY HOMSHER IS RUNNING AS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN THE 95TH STATE HOUSE DISTRICT AS A REPUBLICAN. THE INCUMBENT HERE IS PAY RAISE SUPPORTER STEVE STETLER, A DEMOCRAT. HOMSHER RAN AS A REPUBLICAN FOR CITY COUNCIL BUT YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT, THE DEMS ARE SO NASTY AND POWERFUL IN THE CITY THAT THEY HAVE PLANTED PEOPLE AS GOP CANDIDATES SO THEY COULD WIN ELECTIONS. I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS ON THIS ONE, BUT QUESTIONS BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH CITY POLITICS..... Excerpt from NEXTRUSH

US law enforcers had put him behind bars on charges of having a “long beard” snip .ISLAMABAD: Fifty-one Pakistanis deported from the United States for violating various laws reached Islamabad by a chartered flight on Wednesday. snip deportees were involved in several cases including fraud, forgery, burglary, drug smuggling, murder, illegal immigration, sexual assault, rape and possession of illegal weapons snip arrested them in Virginia and Texas. Up to 29 deportees was jailed for over 18 months while the rest of them had been in jail for over eight months snip Tanveer Khan, another deportee, said that Muslim prisoners in...

Video's on Amona: Blood, and now Anger (Cross posted from Mystical Paths.) Under Attack in Amona: More Video from Amona, with Music - warning, graphic - Tonight's Rally: Standing Strong, Not Afraid, with Music In the second, notice the age of the particpants, 95% youth. I'll say it again, the government of Israel has no idea what they have done.