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ReUnion Thread: Calling All Pre-WOT Freepers with PRE- 9/11/2001 Join Dates
May 2, 2012 | Vanity

Posted on 05/02/2012 5:23:35 AM PDT by xzins

We are the Free Republic Pre-War on Terror Class of Freepers.

Having been a freeper for over a decade, and having experienced both a pre 9/11 presence here and a post 9/11 presence, having experienced the Hanging Chad Wars of GW's first election, Sore Loserman and all, what stands out for you regarding the growth of Free Republic over the years.

What are your thoughts on the independence of Free Republic, and Jim Robinson's decision to go advertisement free all these years. My first thought is that his financial independence is what has freed him to tell the GOP-E to stick it in their ear this year.

If he had to worry about sponsors dropping him, or well-heeled pubbies supporting him, that might have intimidated a lesser man.

We've been blessed these many years. What stands out for you in your decades plus experience on Free Republic?


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To: SoDak

Also, I miss Registered. I have a ton of his work saved. I absolutely enjoyed the Traficant threads, too, classics.


221 posted on 05/02/2012 11:57:34 PM PDT by SoDak
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To: xzins

bookBUMP


222 posted on 05/03/2012 12:21:32 AM PDT by S.O.S121.500 (That Kenyan bastard is not my president. ENFORCE the Bill of Rights.)
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To: KC Burke

That was the Truth Rally in Lafayette Park. Hottest day of the year.


223 posted on 05/03/2012 5:04:34 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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To: xzins

I remember Eschoir, murrymom, ...some lady (I forgot her name) who tried to tell Jim how to run the place and then got mad and left, Deep in the Hurtgen Forest, Lucianne Goldberg’s dalliance with FreeRepublic...then she got mad and left. Then there was some prophet-like oracle guy who would pretend to have secret information about what was going to happen (I forgot his name) then he got mad and left. As you can tell, my memory is not what it used to be.


224 posted on 05/03/2012 5:28:01 AM PDT by Drawsing (The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
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To: boxlunch; Alamo-Girl; P-Marlowe
What a great collection of links, boxlunch. Thanks. I was reading the beeper link, and honestly, I really was "laughing out loud"!
225 posted on 05/03/2012 5:45:05 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Obama Disses the Operators Who Took Out Bin Laden in Afghan!)
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To: All; RedMDer
Red, hope you don't mind my borrowing.





226 posted on 05/03/2012 5:46:24 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Obama Disses the Operators Who Took Out Bin Laden in Afghan!)
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To: xzins

I joined early in 2000, I think. My fondest memory was the FR Inauguration Ball when George W was elected the first time. Sweet party after all the Sore-Loserman crap we had to deal with. It was snowing hard in DC that night so I decided to ride the Metro to the party instead of driving. On the subway I met up with several Texans on their way to the ball and we were all just yukking it up over Bush winning when I noticed this skinny liberal kid glaring at us the whole time, obviously because Gore lost. That was worth it!


227 posted on 05/03/2012 6:12:14 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I'll cling to my religion and guns till they're pried from my cold dead fingers!)
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To: xzins

Excellent!


228 posted on 05/03/2012 6:15:23 AM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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To: xzins
Been here since 11/28/2000. Came on board during the furor over Bush/Gore.

Memories?

Sore/Loserman
"Thailand?"
The Guild
Day in the Life of GWB
Meeting fellow patriots from around the country
Buckhead calling BS on Dan Rather and CBS - within 15 minutes of the report
The 9/11 thread
Phone conversation of 3/27/2002
BKO
registered
Jim Robinson
rintense
AppyPappy
WhyIsaTXGirlinPA
Cyber Liberty
Jolla

229 posted on 05/03/2012 6:38:55 AM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Jimmy Carter's incompetence + Richard Nixon's paranoia = Barack Obama)
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To: boxlunch
And finally , just for fun, the infamous stuned beeber post

Photobucket

230 posted on 05/03/2012 6:39:09 AM PDT by airborne (Paratroopers! Good to the last drop!)
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To: TexasNative2000

Lots of memories in that list, TxN, and all combined I’ll bet they account for hundreds of thousands of posts.

Amazing what goes on here at Free Republic.


231 posted on 05/03/2012 6:50:01 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Obama Disses the Operators Who Took Out Bin Laden in Afghan!)
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To: boxlunch; xzins

Excellent, boxlunch! Thank you for the links!


232 posted on 05/03/2012 10:05:23 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: mware

Thank you so much. I had no idea.


233 posted on 05/03/2012 11:15:13 AM PDT by DallasSun (Courage~Fear that has said its prayers.)
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To: xzins

Staying ad free is good. But every purge has left a bad mark on the place. Political discussions here used to be fun, now they’re an echo chamber, and if you ain’t gonna echo stay off the thread. Still a good place to hang out.

April 23 2001


234 posted on 05/03/2012 11:21:28 AM PDT by discostu (I did it 35 minutes ago)
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To: xzins
"What stands out for you in your decades plus experience on Free Republic?"

The mixed feelings of anger and sadness felt on the morning of September 11, 2001... Anger at the fact that we were being attacked, even though I knew it was bound to happen at some point. (A hunch also held by so many others that have noted the extreme hatred of the U.S. that is witnessed while stationed outside CONUS.) The sadness at the loss of friends in the South Tower of WTC. The sadness at the loss of fellow freeper BKO, who was on American flight 77 when it hit the Pentagon...

And now, as I type this, I sit in sadness once more... I just went down the entire memorial page (link found at the bottom of the home page) recalling the names of Freepers that have passed and the exchanges we shared. I know that they are in a better place...

235 posted on 05/03/2012 12:14:20 PM PDT by Raven6 (Psalm 144:1 and Proverbs 22:3)
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To: xzins
I missed this thread until right now.

I must not post enough.


236 posted on 05/03/2012 1:38:40 PM PDT by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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To: onyx; RedMDer; trisham
I must not post enough.

Absolutely, Onyx. You are seldom around. How does your conscience allow you to deal with missing entire blocks of minutes on FR?

You need one of those boiling egg timers to alert you when 5 minutes have gone by.

LOL

237 posted on 05/03/2012 4:54:33 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Obama Disses the Operators Who Took Out Bin Laden in Afghan!)
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To: xzins; onyx; trisham

238 posted on 05/03/2012 5:00:05 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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To: xzins

I think I joined in 97 or 98, I know I almost got lynched on Nov 4, 1999 in Hartford, I posted a hugely popular thread then

but our join dates got changed once, didn’t they?

and, yes, it was ME who told someone to keep posting breaking news while I was in the shower!


239 posted on 05/03/2012 5:09:12 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Romney would surrender to Islam as fast as Obama promotes it)
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To: xzins

Since Aug 8, 1998


240 posted on 05/03/2012 5:13:30 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Romney would surrender to Islam as fast as Obama promotes it)
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