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Doctor Raoul died Saturday of a rare form of cancer. He was 58. Raoul's family contacted us this morning to see if they could find out more about his activities as an activist. This is such a shock. His family is looking for photos and stories about him. He is and always will be a Free Republic icon. He kind of fell off the face of the earth about 2 or 3 years ago now. All attempts we made to reach him failed. If you have photos please contact me. Please feel free to post stories and I will make...

WEST VINCENT — The township's zoning officer testified Monday she does not believe a former township supervisor ever lived at his business in the municipality, but she nevertheless issued a cease-and-desist order preventing him from residing there because he lacked a residential permit. Sandra Cantrell-Edwards did not explain exactly why she issued the order to Barry DiLibero during Dilibero's zoning hearing appealing her order Monday night.

By ERIC S. SMITH, Staff Writer WEST VINCENT — Chester County tax records show that Supervisors' Chairman Kenneth Miller Jr. owes additional back taxes on properties that are not currently listed for tax sale. Miller owes more than $37,000 in delinquent taxes on two properties that will face tax sale on Sept. 13. Additionally, records show he owes more than $13,000 on two other properties he owns within the township. That brings his total to more than $50,000 in delinquent taxes. Miller was confronted about his back taxes on Monday during a board meeting, when resident Tom Helwig addressed the...

Scott Swett interview by Paul Weyrich on RighTalk Radio, December 28, 2007 Weyrich: Back with The Right Hour on the RighTalk Radio Network. I'm Paul Weyrich, and with us now is Scott Swett, who has just written a book entitled, To Set The Record Straight: How Swift Boat Veterans, POWs and the New Media Defeated John Kerry. Swett is a former chairman of the Free Republic Network, and was very much involved with the entire controversy over the Swift Boat veterans in the 2004 elections. Scott, welcome to the program. Swett: Thank you very much, Paul. It's good to be...

Scott Swett interview by Thom Hartmann on Air America, December 19, 2007 Hartmann: And greetings, my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, believers in peace, freedom and the American way. Thom Hartmann here with you. Scott Swett is with us. Scott is the author along with Tim Ziegler of a new book, "To Set The Record Straight: How Swift Boat Veterans, POWs and the New Media Defeated John Kerry." Scott – ToSetTheRecordStraight.com, by the way, the web site – Scott, welcome to the program. Swett: Hi, Thom. Thanks for having me on. Hartmann: First of all – I...

Alright, I am at a loss and am posting my first real vanity post. Stupid I know so try to go easy. I am trying to identify a giant hornet or bee. This thing has been hanging out on our outside light for at least 2 evenings. Tonight I had my better half take photos. In looking at forums, I haven't really been able to identify this other than the frightening Asian Giant Hornet. I really don't want this to be that as it would have a tendency to really freak me out. Whatever this is is about 2 inches...

Just heard at the top of the hour. Nifong is recusing himself from the Duke Case as prosecutor.

It all started with my old Toyota MR-2 that we painted and gave to my son. Since then in 2001 we have had several cars that we have painted like flags. This is our latest incarnation and I think it is possibly the best! We now have 3 special shape balloons. The American Flag - America One, the Space Shuttle - Patriot & our newest balloon- The Lighthouse we affectionately call Flighthouse. A little background on the balloons. I blame Jim Robinson and Free Republic. Coming to this forum, I really wanted to do something. Something big... After 9/11, we...

By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer Wed Nov 8, 1:11 PM ET WASHINGTON - Resurgent Democrats say that if the Senate is equally divided in the new Congress they will demand the kind of power-sharing arrangement similar to the one worked out six years ago when Democrats and Republicans each held 50 votes. Control of the Senate was still hanging Wednesday, but Democrats were assured of 50 votes with the defeat of GOP Sen. Conrad Burns in Montana. They led in Virginia over GOP Sen. George Allen, setting the stage for a possible 51-49 majority that would include two Democrat-voting...

Lawyer Accuses Murphy Of Fraud On Her Resume By: WILLIAM MULGREW, The Evening Bulletin 11/06/2006 A Villanova University law professor accused Democratic congressional candidate Lois Murphy of committing fraud on her professional resume by taking sole credit for the published works of other authors. Professor Patrick Brennan made the charges during a phone conference organized by the Jim Gerlach campaign, Lois Murphy's opponent in Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District. On her resume, available on-line at her law firm of Heckscher, Teillon, Terrill & Sager, Murphy takes credit for a law journal article she didn't author, followed by three other publications that...

ABC-TV YANKS DEMOCRAT SPOT THAT FLAT OUT LIES ABOUT GERLACH, PAY RAISES & TROOPS Gerlach Never Voted a Pay Raise in His Life, and Has Always Funded Our Troops..Irony? Lois Murphy Attacked Gerlach Last Year for Funding Troops With 3.1% Pay Raise! Glenmoore, Oct 26 - Today, ABC’s Philadelphia affiliate, WPVI Channel 6, acknowledged that they have yanked a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) television spot that flat-out lied about Jim Gerlach’s record on pay raises and troop funding. “To lie about my record and use the people who are right now on the battlefields sacrificing their lives for political...

I just received this from the Jim Gerlach campaign in an email: New Web site In addition to all the great new features on the campaign web site, we’ve launched a new site, called www.liberalloismurphy.com, that’s devoted to telling the truth about Lois Murphy and her inconsistent and ever-changing positions on the issues. This website is a great new resource and we hope you’ll share it with your friends. Click here to go to LiberalLoisMurphy.com!

<p>Please take a moment to call the C-Span office to let them know you would like to see the Able Danger hearings today. The hearing starts at 2:30 eastern time today. It is not on their schedule and when I called C-Span they said they did not know if or when they would run the hearing. Then I called Congressman Weldon's office and they are baffled that C-Span is not running the hearing. I told Weldon's office I would put this thread up and hopefully enough people will call C-Span to encourage them to run the hearings live.</p>

Was on my way home and was listening to Curt Weldon speak about the Able Danger information some more. I thought it very important that he released the name of the staffer that did not let the Able Danger information go to the 9/11 Commission members. The staffer that interviewed (I think) Scott Philpot about the Atta information was one Dietrich Snell. Apparently, he is one of Gorelick's staffers. Curt Weldon wants to know why he did NOT let the information get to the rest of the commission members.

Hi. Tomorrow morning at sunrise in the heart of Chester County, Pennsylvania we will once again be flying America One the US Flag Balloon in honor of this great country, our ALL volunteer Armed Forces and of course to thumb our noses at the terrorists that would have all Americans dead. We welcome you to join us as crew for what is turning into an event of sorts with several other hot air balloons joining us in flight. For more information please visit our web site- The US Flag Balloon- America One

Wow. Our balloon made the front page of the Washington Times!

Well, we are getting ready for the 2005 ballooning season and I needed a newer car. My flagged out Cavalier went to Race Bannon, and my son is off to Russia for a month and won't be around much this summer so we sold his flagged out MR-2 to our mailman's son. I was carless. We picked up a Grand Am on eBay and have just finished painting it. I wanted my fellow FReepers to have a look. It is our best paint job yet! For more photos, please go to: For the finished car and for the work in...

West Virginia Makes English Its Official Language Measure Inserted Into Bill as Amendment AP People gather outside the West Virginia Capitol on Saturday, the last day of the legislative session. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (April 12) - Two days after the end of the legislative session, state lawmakers are discovering something few were aware of: They voted to make English the official language of West Virginia. The language amendment was quietly inserted into a bill addressing the number of members that cities can appoint to boards of parks and recreation. Among mundane details about record-keeping, the amendment adds the provision that "English...

When Doug Stenberg's colonel told him there was nothing the military could do to help Zaharra, a nine-year-old Iraqi girl, get the medical treatment she needed, he wouldn't accept the response. Zaharra had a cleft palate and a tumor on her upper jaw that extended into her sinuses. The colonel's superior had turned down his request. So Stenberg, a staff sergeant with the 744th Transportation Company, based in Hillsboro, challenged the decision of someone twice his superior. "'Sorry' is all he could say," he wrote in an e-mail sent by his wife to the Monitor."I had to ask, I thought...

Press Release Source: Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Held Hostage by Eisenhower: 16 Days and Counting Thursday November 18, 11:55 am ET HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Alan Novak today renewed his call for Democrat Jim Eisenhower to concede the race for Pennsylvania Attorney General to Republican Tom Corbett. Corbett won by about 120,000 votes. "Eisenhower's actions are beyond selfish at this point," Novak said. "The Rendell Administration ruled last week there would be no recounts in any statewide races. And the number of outstanding provisional and absentee ballots remaining are only about half...