https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:joebfstplk/ en-us Wed, 3 May 2006 06:56:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625808/posts Wal-Mart is the only corporation in the world that I know of or have ever heard of that is hated because it is successful. What do these critics want Wal-Mart to do? Fail? Start selling $300 shirts like Saks Fifth Avenue? Of course, some of the hatred is coming from unions, which have tried but, so far as I know, failed to unionize Wal-Mart's work force. That one thing tells you that it must be a much better deal to work for Wal-Mart than its critics let on. Some of the disdain comes from leftist snobs who think they should... King Features Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625808/posts#comment Wed, 3 May 2006 06:56:46 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1096022/posts What bugs me most about the gun-control crowd, which now masquerades as the gun-safety crowd, is the blatant, rampant dishonesty. What they really want to do is ban the private ownership of firearms. The first step in doing that would be to repeal the Second Amendment. If that's what they want, that's the path they should follow. Instead, like the lying dogs they are, they try different tactics to accomplish the same purpose. They want to hold gun manufacturers liable for the criminal misuse of firearms, for example. Their idea is to make it unprofitable to manufacture firearms. That proposition... King Features https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1096022/posts#comment Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:02:36 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1081798/posts The Bleeding Of American Jobs The United States must stop the bleeding of American jobs to cheap-labor countries. If we don't stop this job loss, we will eventually impoverish ourselves, since the overwhelming number of Americans must work in order to live. There is only one way to stop this loss of jobs. Scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement, withdraw from the World Trade Organization and do what our Founding Fathers intended for us to do — negotiate trade agreements with individual countries. With those countries whose living standards, wages, health and environmental regulations are the equal of or... King Features https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1081798/posts#comment Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:10:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941462/posts The large amount of attention many newspapers and television anchors gave to a recent Supreme Court decision knocking down an old law against sodomy frankly startled me. What's the big deal? It was an old law that many states had already repealed and that no state was making any effort to enforce as long as homosexuals stayed in their bedrooms. In all my years on the cop beat, I never saw or heard of any law-enforcement agency arresting homosexuals, except when they took their sex to public parks and public restrooms. Cops and prosecutors have many more important things to... King Features https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941462/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2003 05:22:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/939122/posts Whenever the Supreme Court intends to contradict the Constitution or public law, it resorts to ambiguity in an attempt to cover up its misdeed. That's what the Supreme Court did in a pair of decisions that said a university can't award points for skin color but can use race "as a factor" in making decisions about who gets in and who doesn't. What does that mean? Practically speaking, it means that some universities will continue to grant preferences based purely on race — only, like homosexuals in the military, they won't talk about it. The Constitution and the 1964 Civil... King Features https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/939122/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2003 07:00:10 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/921525/posts A southwest Houston grocery store owner shot and killed two men Saturday night while they were allegedly robbing his business, police said. Khaled Farah Yousef, 31, opened fire on the two men about 8:15 p.m. during the holdup at the Frutilandia #2 store at 7235 Hillcroft. Police said one of the men was killed inside the business while another made it outside, where he died. A third man, who apparently was unarmed, fled and was later taken into custody near the grocery. Yousef was working behind the counter when the three men entered the store. He became suspicious, detectives said,... Houston Chronicle https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/921525/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2003 04:55:09 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/921131/posts AUSTIN -- The Texas Democrats involved in the runaway scrape over congressional redistricting were either heroes or villains to interested Americans, according to e-mails released Saturday. "God bless the United States and Texas Democrats! Ya-hoo!" said Ms. R. Hadnott of New Orleans. However, Julie Robinson of Milford, Mich., wanted to know: "Who are these clowns?" Whether from CNN, the BBC or their local news source, 157 Americans across the country the week of May 12 heard about the Democratic walkout and were moved to e-mail Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick, a Republican. No in-state e-mails were released. Fifty-five Democrats fled... Houston Chronicle https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/921131/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2003 07:14:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/911878/posts <p>Maytag recently announced that it's moving its Galesburg, Ill., production facility to Mexico. A group called Americans Against NAFTA has protested Maytag's decision.</p> <p>Spokesman Russ Anderson said, "We want to spread the word of what we believe Maytag is doing and the destructive effects it will have on Galesburg and the surrounding area. We want to tell everyone that we don't think it's right to put 1,600-plus people out of work for the sake of corporate greed."</p> Washington Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/911878/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2003 07:02:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/906290/posts AUSTIN -- The state would transport Texans to the border so they could buy less-expensive medications in Mexico under a bill tentatively approved by the House on Monday. House Bill 759 by Rep. Ron Wilson, D-Houston, would require the Department on Aging to provide a low-cost transportation service for elderly people and other residents from various parts of Texas to border cities. The department would charge fees to cover transportation service costs and could contract with a commercial bus company. Wilson said the program would be similar to those operated by some Northeastern states that transport people to Canada, where... Houston Chronicle https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/906290/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2003 05:22:45 GMT