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News Hot Topics: Should FreeRepublic add 'TeaParty' to the Hot Topic list
July 26, 2010 | Vanity

Posted on 07/26/2010 11:29:11 AM PDT by topher

The FreeRepublic News group has two entries: Anthrax and the War on Terror. What about a third category -- Tea Party.

I really want to send some folks in Washington, DC packing -- packing their bags and going home.

I believe that Teaparty has earned the right to have its own Newsgroup on FreeRepublic.com

Along that lines, maybe there could be something special set up for the Fall Elections. Since we always seem to have Fall Elections, why not a Fall Elections News Group.

This is not to say that keyword searches such as TEAPARTY or ELECTION2010 is wrong, it just might be something to consider on FreeRepublic.


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KEYWORDS: election2010; huh; teaparty
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I would like to promote of the idea of sending liberals and many CongressCritters packing. So doing things on FreeRepublic to help that (in terms of the format of the Forum).

We currently have, under the News Topics, two topics under Hot Topics -- Anthrax and the War on Terror.

I wonder how hot a topic ANTHRAX is these days -- especially to have its own topic.

1 posted on 07/26/2010 11:29:15 AM PDT by topher
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To: topher

Anthrax shots hurt.


2 posted on 07/26/2010 11:30:59 AM PDT by Allegra (I am not humblegunner...and Pablo is very wily.)
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To: topher

I so, I suggest calling it :
Tea Party movment

... nothing that makes it sound like a single group.


3 posted on 07/26/2010 11:34:33 AM PDT by Lorianne (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ___ George Orwell)
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To: Allegra

Maybe it is a good reason why we should not to give anyone ideas... De-list it as a hot topic.


4 posted on 07/26/2010 11:35:22 AM PDT by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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To: Lorianne
That would be a good name for a FreeRepublic Topic.

We might as well do some brainstorming in this discussion.

I like that -- calling a FreeRepublic topic: the Tea Party Movement

5 posted on 07/26/2010 11:37:45 AM PDT by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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To: topher

Oh, I only had to have the shots because some people have already gotten those ideas...and I live kind of near them.


6 posted on 07/26/2010 11:38:01 AM PDT by Allegra (I am not humblegunner...and Pablo is very wily.)
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To: Allegra

Well, then I vote for “CWII” as a hot topic.


7 posted on 07/26/2010 11:41:56 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns (Novare Res!)
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To: topher
The FreeRepublic News group

What the hell is that?

8 posted on 07/26/2010 11:46:39 AM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo is very wily)
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To: topher

I pay zero attention to the hot topics list.


9 posted on 07/26/2010 11:47:20 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: topher
Prayer SCOTUS KaganTruthFile ProLife BangList Aliens StatesRights WOT HomosexualAgenda GlobalWarming Corruption Taxes Congress Elections Obama NaturalBornCitizen ACORN TalkRadio CopyrightList Rally WalterReed TeaParty TeaPartyExpress TeaPartyRebellion FreeperBookClub Donate
10 posted on 07/26/2010 11:48:20 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: topher

Id like to see an 8/28 - Restoring Honor topic. This gathering could dwarf last year’s 9-12 rally.


11 posted on 07/26/2010 11:48:28 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative
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I'd vote "NO".

Keyword it or something. TEA Party is better off / more powerful being a loose-knit association of individuals.

12 posted on 07/26/2010 11:52:47 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: topher

It’s at the top my hot topics page.

Go into your config and change your setting to reflect it.

And don’t ask me how, I don’t know how it got there anyway.

LOL


13 posted on 07/26/2010 11:55:53 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: topher
There is only one opinion that matters when it comes to running/formatting FreeRepublic.

Have you asked him?

...I believe he would be receptive.

I suggest you ask him about a 'Mitt Romney Sucks' topic at the same time to better your chances.

14 posted on 07/26/2010 12:03:26 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: bigbob
I pay zero attention to the hot topics list.

I didn't even know there was one.

So, I decided to make flippant comments. :)

15 posted on 07/26/2010 12:07:54 PM PDT by Allegra (I am not humblegunner...and Pablo is very wily.)
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To: topher

I suggest a hot topic of:

RINO HUNTERS

When a Rino is discovered, he/she could be added to the list along with all the reasons making him/her a Rino.

Someone would need to be the keeper of the official list and keep it updated.


16 posted on 07/26/2010 12:08:47 PM PDT by RebelTex (FREEDOM IS EVERYONE'S RIGHT! AND EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY!)
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To: topher

Spell it right. T.E.A. party. The TEA part stands for something: Taxed Enough Already. Capitalizing, as in Tea Party, not only loses that emphasis, it makes it look like a political party more than a movement.


17 posted on 07/26/2010 12:11:42 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: humblegunner
If you look under "browse by forum", there is a News/Activism Forum. I am referring to "Topics" under News/Activism.

For example, some people like to look at the "Breaking News Forum" to see what is considered really important (8.3 earthquake in Japan, someone in Congress dies, etc).

This is on the right hand column on FreeRepublic -- towards the top.

The "Hot Keywords" on the top Left side...

18 posted on 07/26/2010 12:20:19 PM PDT by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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To: topher; humblegunner
You mean this?

Prayer SCOTUS KaganTruthFile ProLife BangList Aliens StatesRights WOT HomosexualAgenda GlobalWarming Corruption Taxes Congress Elections Obama NaturalBornCitizen ACORN TalkRadio CopyrightList Rally WalterReed TeaParty TeaPartyExpress TeaPartyRebellion FreeperBookClub

I don't see "Anthrax." I see various Tea Party groups and since the WOT is still going on, I don't know why it wouldn't remain a hot topic.

Maybe I'm looking at the wrong thing?

19 posted on 07/26/2010 12:25:21 PM PDT by Allegra (I am not humblegunner...and Pablo is very wily.)
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To: Smokin' Joe
Maybe there needs to be a T.E.A. FAQ group or T.E.A. FAQ keyword. The keywords used by FreeRepublic do not reflect the origin of the T.E.A. Party Movement.

And though people might like to refer back to the folks in the 1770's, relaying the fact that we are Taxed Enough Already is important...

20 posted on 07/26/2010 12:25:20 PM PDT by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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