https://freerepublic.com/tag/potemkinvillages/ en-us Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:57:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2314052/posts “This was my first time meeting Barack Obama, and he’s a very nice man,” Julia said. “I’m glad I voted for him.” ...And on Tuesday, he approached her after the town meeting. “He said ‘great question,’” Julia said. “I shook his hand and got his picture.” Kathleen Manning Hall, Julia’s mother, was shocked when her daughter said she wanted to ask a question. They wrote it down beforehand, and Julia didn’t miss a beat when Obama called on her.“It was surreal,” said Manning Hall, a coordinator of Massachusetts Women for Obama during the election... President Obama should be charged with... LuckyBogey's Blog https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2314052/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:57:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1162936/posts “The news for New York City is spectacular," New York’s Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told a City Hall press conference on May 24. He and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly [Email him] were claiming credit for new FBI crime stats showing major crimes—murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, car theft, larceny and arson—dropping 5.8% in the city in 2003. New York’s crime rate now ranks it 211th of the 230 U.S. cities with 100,000-plus population—behind Omaha, Nebraska and Wichita, Kansas. Unfortunately, there must have been at least one skeptic at the press conference. Hizzoner reportedly “bristled” at suggestions that... A Different Drummer https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1162936/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:42:56 GMT