https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:daryllhunter/ en-us Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:18:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2961176/posts Cliffs Hurt! We conservatives haven't been very politically adept recently, we may consider watching our step! OK, first of all I am a very conservative voter who considers himself a conservative RINO. I vote republican because I won't ever again vote for an independent that will take a vote away from the republican candidate. That said: I think the argument can be made that we should let the taxes go up on high income earners only if we exclude S corporations. It is small business that we are trying to protect. When democrats cry about this one, their hypocrisy can... Citizens For A Freer America https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2961176/posts#comment Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:18:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2917458/posts I live in a beautiful rural valley of 700 people in eastern Idaho and after I came to live here I found out that Utah isn't the only place that is fifty percent Mormon. As a compulsively inquisitive geo-political junkie I decided to look through the Book of Mormon so I could learn a little about the belief of my neighbors. As with any outsider looking into another's faith, I found many outlandish passages that would require faith to swallow, however, this is a characteristic that all religions share. What I have learned of my Mormon neighbors in the years... Citizens For A Freer America https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2917458/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:47:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2644445/posts They say a picture is worth a thousand words, I think my graphic tells the story. I grew up in a college town, San Luis Obispo CA, there was an active gay student union at Cal Poly in the early seventies and I knew lots of gays and accepted them. My best friend Barry, his brother was gay, and he shared a party house with Barry and it was a hangout all his gay friends. They were hilarious to watch, boys acting like girls and sounding like girls. There wasn’t a gram of testosterone between the whole group. Unlike... Daryl L. Hunter - Perspective https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2644445/posts#comment Sat, 18 Dec 2010 07:21:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2618606/posts Where socialism sought totalitarian control of a society’s economic processes through direct state operation of the means of production, fascism sought that control indirectly, through domination of nominally private owners. Where socialism nationalized property explicitly, fascism did so implicitly, by requiring owners to use their property in the “national interest”—that is, as the autocratic authority conceived it. (Nevertheless, a few industries were operated by the state.) Where socialism abolished all market relations outright, fascism left the appearance of market relations while planning all economic activities. Where socialism abolished money and prices, fascism controlled the monetary system and set all prices... Library of Economics and Liberty https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2618606/posts#comment Mon, 1 Nov 2010 05:03:24 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373884/posts Freep this poll the White House is accusing Fox News of not being a legitimate source of news, calling them biased, etc. They have tried to block Fox reporters from news conferences, etc., but the other news networks are fighting back (in favor of Fox) and caused the White House to back down. NPR has put a survey online for us to voice our opinion. If you want to vote in this survey, go to the link below and cast your vote. Currently it is 71% in favor of the White House, but there are not that many votes ............ https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373884/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:53:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2339123/posts A friend of 42 years his taken a different ideological path that I. Both of us being political wonks, we quite often exchange e-mails about the daily developments in the, all to real, metaphorical chess game between our founding fathers liberty and Social Fascism. Probing into the mind of a socialist who has returned time and again to the Kool-Aid fountain can turn up some interesting tidbits. Today I received this. Diary Entry of A Conservative... This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by socialist electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department... Daryl L. Hunter - Perspective https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2339123/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:47:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2337610/posts Dear Senator Enzi, Democracy’s Achilles Heel As a member of the gang of six Senators that are trying to reach a compromise on the health care issue I would like to share with you my thoughts on compromise and what I consider Democracy’s Achilles Heel. A liberal’s nature supports government safety net programs and the role of big government’s as nanny state and exercises a general faith of government solutions to societal problems emphasizing the general welfare of the populace (Democrats and big government). Conservative’s nature on the other hand believes that America’s safety net has become a hammock and... Daryl L. Hunter - Perspective https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2337610/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:03:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279302/posts Blue Dog Democrats Heath Shuler of North Carolina and Walt Minnick of my state of Idaho have been metaphorically neutered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and now like all blue dog Democrats are obediently lining up behind Nancy Pelosi with their tails tucked between their legs to turn America into a socialist, welfare, nanny state.It is unfortunate and surprising that a quarterback like Heath Shuler would become a liberal pawn as most quarterbacks that go into politics become conservative republicans like J.C. Watts, Lynn Swan, and the late, great Jack Kemp. It is surprising to me because it has been... Citizens For A Freer America https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279302/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:23:03 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237515/posts By Daryl L. Hunter As great as the “Tea Party” metaphor is for tying our colorful history to current events the tea party has been misrepresented as a tax protest instead of a spending protest and this doesn’t present our concerns accurately. Even Sean Hannity has been calling the Tea Parties tax “protests” when it really is so much more. On 4-15-2009 I attended two tea parties one in Jackson Hole Wyoming, the other in Idaho Falls, Idaho. These events covered the gamut of our discontent, but I don't think it serves us well to be pigeonholed by the liberal... Citizens For A Freer America https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237515/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:52:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2120536/posts Once upon a time, on a farm in Texas, there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a few grains of wheat. She called all of her neighbors together and said, "If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?" "Not I," said the cow. "Not I," said the duck. "Not I," said the pig. "Not I," said the goose. "Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen and so she did. The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden... Daryl L. Hunter- Perspective https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2120536/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:17:46 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2115777/posts Not many are aware November fourth isn’t just a presidential election, some think that it is just an opportunity to elect a nice African-American others think that it is a referendum against Bush policies others think they are voting to end a war. November is a - Referendum On Socialism – and nothing less. If hundreds of conservative bloggers like myself, those at Free Republic, Power Line, Hot Air and many others affiliated with Pajama Media start driving home that November Fourth is a - Referendum On Socialism - on all your respective blogs the semantics of the term might... Daryl L. Hunter - Perspective https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2115777/posts#comment Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:41:21 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113447/posts Lend America, recently ranked as the 13th largest direct-to-consumer FHA lender in the nation, announced today it has launched a specialized Hope for Homeowners (H4H) Outreach Program to enable institutional investors, such as Wall Street banks and hedge funds, as well as other first lien holders to quickly recapture principal from their non-performing residential mortgage portfolios while helping homeowners avoid foreclosure on sustainable and affordable terms. The key value propositions supporting Lend America's H4H Outreach Program is the Company's centralized originations platform that is comprised of over 300 highly trained mortgage specialists in FHA lending that utilize a high touch... Wall Street Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113447/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:21:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102135/posts Montana’s former Gov. Judy Martz, a Republican who served from 2001 to 2005, said her tenure in politics offers unique insight into Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Here’s what Martz learned: The women’s movement is hypocritical, Martz said, because it doesn’t celebrate all women, only those who align themselves with it. Too often the press ignores policy, favoring gaffes instead. Politics is tough on families. And although the electorate continually asks for authenticity, it seems to reward the phonies. The connection between Martz and Palin is less direct than intuitive. The two have never met. Yet, like Palin, Martz... New West https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102135/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:50:35 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2099911/posts <p>In August by chance, I met the president of a large labor union of a major city who was on vacation where I live. After finding out he was the president of a union I steered the conservation to politics and the upcoming election, the conservation was alarming yet enlightening.</p> Daryl L. Hunter- Perspective https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2099911/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:42:18 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2093903/posts Rep. Mike Simpson, sleeping with Pelosi on the first date e-mail I sent to Mike Simpson ~ Good job, sleeping with Nancy Pelosi on the first date. You guys will have more leverage for a better bill on the next go around. Maybe if you didn't quit so easy you could get a capitol gains cut and stop Mark to Market. Thank god there were some democrats to vote conservative or we wouldn’t have another shot at making this travesty easier to swallow. Maybe you ought to listen to Newt Gingrich or Steve Forbes or maybe your constituents before you... Daryl L. Hunter- Perspective https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2093903/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:33:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2085613/posts freep this poll http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2085613/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:38:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2078281/posts Butch King's e-mail that went around the world. Below is a copy of Butch King's original email which he sent to his friends and clients. These are Butch King's personal comments as a life time Alaskan Dear Friends. Fishing is good here at Wildman and I rarely have time for politics, but recently many of our friends are asking us “Who is Sarah Palin?” Of course, as Alaskans, Kathy and I are extremely proud of her. We just want to let you know that Sarah “Barracuda” Palin is a straight shooting, hard charging, get it done gal. She knows when... Daryl L. Hunter- Perspective https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2078281/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 18:20:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1961026/posts I live in a beautiful rural valley of 700 people in eastern Idaho and after I came to live here I found out that Utah isn’t the only place that is fifty percent Mormon. As a compulsively inquisitive geo-political junkie I decided to look through the Book of Mormon so I could learn a little about the belief of my neighbors. As with any outsider looking into another’s faith, I found many outlandish passages that would require faith to swallow, however, this is a characteristic that all religions share. What I have learned of my Mormon neighbors in the years... Upper Valley Free Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1961026/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:00:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930408/posts Compiled, plagiarized and pseudo authorized by Daryl L. Hunter In the wake of the Iraq War, there has been much Monday morning quarter backing by America's weak offensive line (liberals) who insist the “War on Terror” is to be waged only against Osuma bin ladens al Qaeda. This essay is to make the connection of pan-Islamo Fascism and its long terrorism history. As the democratic world confronts al Qeada's Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hezbollah 's Hassan Nasrallah, and their followers, many among us are trying to understand militant Islam, where it came from and its aims.... Citizens For A Freer America https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930408/posts#comment Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:55:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1732912/posts Must see movie clip https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1732912/posts#comment Mon, 6 Nov 2006 00:29:24 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648380/posts Several years ago observation provided an epiphany that testosterone may be a factor of political ideological persuasion; later Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger put forth his oversimplified hyperbolic “girly-men” comment about the California Legislature apparently coming to a similar hypothesis. Anthropology is the study of humanity. It’s a subject of study that encompasses the range of human experience, its aims are to understand what people do or have done, and why. Every aspect of human beings from their DNA molecules to their beliefs about the supernatural from the beginnings of primate evolution to the present, pose anthropological questions. As I continue to... Upper Valley Free Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648380/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:14:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635811/posts Illegal Aliens: Our legislators perplexing paradox • by Daryl L. Hunter The illegal immigration debate has brought to the fore some interesting political dynamics that beg analysis. The imponderable elephant in the living room of this debate is the Hispanic voting block. The consternation of our legislators of how to react to such a large group has them so befuddled that they have forgotten the nature of their constituency. Many of our legislators, GWB included have lost their compass. Many US senators while pandering for the votes of illegal aliens and those that employ them are alienating their historical constituency.... Upper Valley Free Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635811/posts#comment Sun, 21 May 2006 12:47:03 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1603503/posts There is a new Paganism taking root around the world and it manifests itself as environmentalism or more explicitly, Pantheism, a doctrine identifying the Deity with the universe and its phenomena, Fundamentalist Environmentalism, if you will. Pantheism is a metaphysical and religious position, it is the view that "God is everything and everything is God, the world is either identical with God or in some way a self-expression of his nature” Similarly, it is the view that everything that exists constitutes a "unity" and this all-inclusive unity is in some sense divine. Anthropologists have observed in cultures the world over... Upper Valley Free Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1603503/posts#comment Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:08:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554540/posts A teachable moment can be characterized by a current event one experiences or observes that provides an anecdotal example that can be illustrative by opening a window upon the past, in turn this history can often bring perspective to a current event, discovering and developing a new understanding of a phenomena. According to science teacher educator, Michael Bentley, seizing teachable moments "means producing a lesson on the spot in response to a question, an expressed student interest, or a news story. The unfolding events in Iraq (election 3) provide just this kind of teachable moment, the trials and tribulations establishing... Upper Valley Free Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554540/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:09:37 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1499312/posts The moment that many of us have been waiting for is finally at hand, while we held our nose during the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, federalization of airport security, a mind-blowing exponentially devastating expansion of Medicare and education and a complete absence of budget restraining vetoes. All of this political capitol conservation for a once in a generation moment and George W. Bush punts Upper Valley Free Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1499312/posts#comment Sun, 9 Oct 2005 12:16:18 GMT