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You are the Free Republic—Enhancement and Initiative Announcement

Posted on 05/08/2012 3:35:15 PM PDT by Admin Moderator

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To: eastforker
Dude, whaddya doin'?????!?

I think people agree with you, if this is a serious-journalism effort, we don't go nuts with cussin', obviously. But .... why are you pokin' JR? You're gonna earn a time out or something!

121 posted on 05/08/2012 5:29:04 PM PDT by Lazamataz (To the wall, street occupiers!!!!!)
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To: Admin Moderator

bump


122 posted on 05/08/2012 5:34:33 PM PDT by goodnesswins (What has happened to America?)
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To: Lazamataz

I have not posted in 2 days after sunday night fiasco. The title of this thread is WE ARE THE FREE REPUBLIC, Please give us ideas and suggestions it said, when we do, it is met with high resistence. Are we or are we not THE FREEREPUBLIC! You figure it out. I have tried to wrap my head around what is going on. I gave this article high praise, and now I am the bad guy for offering a decent suggestion?


123 posted on 05/08/2012 5:37:25 PM PDT by eastforker (Don't be ornery for Romney, instead Root for Newt!)
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To: Lazamataz

LOL

I will not say what I was gonna say Laz.

But you can add me to your list.


124 posted on 05/08/2012 5:41:10 PM PDT by Steve Newton (And the Wolves will learn what we have shown before-We love our sheep we dogs of war. Vaughn)
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To: Admin Moderator

Lugar’s gone and FR is going journalistic.

Finally, some good news for our Republic!! :)


125 posted on 05/08/2012 5:43:08 PM PDT by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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To: Lazamataz; Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson
This original to Free Republic article got worldwide play in December 2010:

Media Creates New Palin Scandal! Sarah Accused of Bringing Hairdresser on Haiti Trip

AP photo and caption preserved at Newsbusters.

126 posted on 05/08/2012 5:43:40 PM PDT by kristinn (Dump the Chump in 2012)
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To: eastforker

You’re just on the outs now. Lay low, it will pass. You know yer my pal.


127 posted on 05/08/2012 5:44:24 PM PDT by Lazamataz (To the wall, street occupiers!!!!!)
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To: kristinn

You are another of the Rock Star posters here. Please be a regular contributor!!!


128 posted on 05/08/2012 5:45:46 PM PDT by Lazamataz (To the wall, street occupiers!!!!!)
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To: Norm Lenhart
Doublespeak, Magical Thinking and the lack of critical thought that led us down the rabbit hole

Norm, I think you and I are thinking along the same lines. Analysis of political speech (NLP) viral and ambush marketing, virtual flashmobs, etc. I wrote about this four years before Obammy came on the scene.

129 posted on 05/08/2012 5:53:09 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Lazamataz; All
16 posted on Tue May 08 2012 17:48:34 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) by Lazamataz: “Again: Thank you so much for this initiative. It may make FR a good alternative to such places as Red State, and it could become a huge draw, even to the chattering classes.:)”

Agreed. We all know there are people here using anonymous screen names who are significant players in the conservative world. Some of them cannot identify themselves publicly and for others it would not be prudent to do so.

However, there is a significant amount of clout here in our “crowdsourcing” community and Free Republic could quite realistically fill a role that RedState, TownHall, and others are filling now.

Don't take that as criticism of those forums. I have accounts on them as well, in one case probably going back several years before I registered on Free Republic in 2006 (though I'd been reading FR before that). I almost never post comments on those other forums, though I read a lot, and I believe this is an additional opportunity for Free Republic to grow its readership as well as its service to readers.

130 posted on 05/08/2012 5:54:20 PM PDT by darrellmaurina
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To: Lazamataz
Thanks. So are you! I'll contribute when the muse is upon me. Like this from 2009:

Exposure By Free Republic Forces Huffington Post to Pull Article Threatening Glenn Beck

131 posted on 05/08/2012 6:01:59 PM PDT by kristinn (Dump the Chump in 2012)
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To: mnehring

It blows my mind that people accept the most insane statements and actions at face value today. No thought at all goes into analyzing them. But then again, when the govt changed the curriculum (by design) to exclude things like critical thought/’how’ to think’ and the media abandoned the 5W’s of Journalism in their reporting, the world we live in is the only possible outcome.


132 posted on 05/08/2012 6:02:56 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Lazamataz
And here's a more recent example of original to Free Republic reporting getting results:

Free Republic Victory: Vile Palin Sex Slur Comic Withdraws From Elite Media Dinner

133 posted on 05/08/2012 6:06:30 PM PDT by kristinn (Dump the Chump in 2012)
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To: kristinn; aphid
Our own aphid was the first to spot Bristol as her mother's hairdresser.
134 posted on 05/08/2012 6:10:13 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: kristinn; Lazamataz
You are another of the Rock Star posters here. Please be a regular contributor!!!

BTTT

135 posted on 05/08/2012 6:12:04 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: kristinn

Awww. Thanks! And can’t wait to see your new entries!


136 posted on 05/08/2012 6:13:11 PM PDT by Lazamataz (To the wall, street occupiers!!!!!)
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To: Norm Lenhart; LS
ut then again, when the govt changed the curriculum (by design) to exclude things like critical thought/’how’ to think’ and the media abandoned the 5W’s of Journalism in their reporting, the world we live in is the only possible outcome.

We need to bring FReeper LS in on the conversation. This is right up his ally.

137 posted on 05/08/2012 6:14:29 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Lazamataz
If I’m posting on this sidebar, I would have no problem putting my real name on it.

Beaker Eeker?

138 posted on 05/08/2012 6:15:54 PM PDT by Eaker (When somebody hands you your arse, don't give it back saying "This needs a little more tenderizing.")
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To: Admin Moderator

Actually the Free Republic has been becoming less relevant to me over the past couple of years.

It’s simply the “my way or the highway” attitude. My views are pretty much “Freeper Standard”, what I was uncomfortable with, was others being forced out.

Is this new initiative a sign of a more open Free Republic, or simply more open along a pre-anointed path?


139 posted on 05/08/2012 6:23:01 PM PDT by Mark was here (The dog he ate was a composite ... wasn't one dog, was an amalgam of many breeds, like a casserole.)
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To: Admin Moderator
Awesome, and its about time!

Lets keep this very high quality, I sometimes cringe at what I see at other news "outlets", yes, mostly those smaller "conservative" ones.

Congressman Billybob would have been proud....

140 posted on 05/08/2012 6:26:44 PM PDT by Paradox (I want Obama defeated. Period.)
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