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Once upon a time Free Republic was more than a group of concerned couch potatoes. When we detected a menace to the Republic and our values, we acted out with Freeping. This meant that we used the power of our numbers to call attention to people in power that our values and the American ethos were in danger from the enemies within. This is a call to action, fellow Freepers. Our country and our way of life is in danger. We must attack the false narratives about America. Gen Michael Flynn says a passionate 2% of our population is trying...

My comments on a news segment on the democrat impeachment hearings - November 12. 2019, 11:00 p.m. WKYC TV, Cleveland Mark Naymik, commentator - "At issue, did President Trump threaten to withhold military aid to Ukraine unless it investigated Joe Biden, a political rival ?"... My comment - Joe Biden, a political rival, no, Joe Biden, a crooked swamp-rat who used his position as Vice President of the United States to blackmail the government of Ukraine by withholding a billion dollar aid package unless the prosecutor who was investigating how his son Hunter got an $80,000 per month stipend to...

My 12th Freeper birthday just passed and I missed it (again). Anywho, I hadn't looked at my post count in a long time, and I'm surprised at my posting frequency. It works out to about 14.5 posts per day. Wow.

For weeks ahead of the date, folks like me had to decide……. Do I really believe all this stuff we discuss daily on Free Republic? Should I scrounge up some money and set aside the time to travel to Washington DC to be a part of what is being called The March For Justice? The Answer is Yes! There was to be a march with State flags. I bought a Tennessee state flag to wave in the gathering. To my astonishment, as I waved the flag, several Tennesseans in the crowd rallied to the flag and zap…..we had a Tennessee...

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe Come on in, we're open Need a place just to hang out? This is it. We serve coffee, tea,or maybe a tall brew? Topped off with great conversation and music. No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe. Grab a glass and start a conversation. You never know who you might meet in the Cafe. Glad you could join us. Enjoy your stay. Our...

Remember how well JPMorgan's innovative social media experiment #AskJPM went? Well, taking a lesson from the Einsteinian insanity instruction manual, John Kerry and The White House have unleased #AskTheWH ... enjoy...

Heard about the IRS protests to happen and found the closest IRS offices in Dallas. Fortunately also found out that wasn't the best part of town so we decided to go a little further to Senator John Cornyn's office. When we arrived there were a few people & an American flag so we knew we were in the right place. Parking was easy and in moments we were on the sidewalk.

--one of the Denver Post's columnists emotes--- --http://www.denverpost.com/opinioncolumnists/ci_22843876/real-skewed-polls

Do you think an extension of the payroll tax cut should include approval for the Keystone XL pipeline? Yes -- It would be a good display of compromise from Washington. No -- It's completely unrelated and needs its own debate and decision. I'm not sure

There is a facebook page that is calling for a 3rd intifada. It started last week, and already has close to 200,000 “likes”. If you look at the wall of this facebook page, you will see allot of people calling for the death of the jews and for the destruction of Israel. We need to report this page to Facebook so they remove it ASAP. Here is how to do it: http://www.facebook.com/Palestinian.Intifada On the bottom left corner click on “report page” Click on “Contain hate speech or attaches an individual” Targets a race or ethnicity Please send this to everyone...

Please hit these polls. Scott Walker needs whatever support we can give him, as the libs try and skew the numbers in the biggest shift of power in modern political history. Our numbers are slipping, so vote early and often! Poll #1Poll #2

In the time-honored tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous, I recently entrusted my fate to a higher power — specifically, to a new software program that shuts off my access to the Internet for a designated time. I finally had to acknowledge that I was helpless in the face of my addiction, which has had me, especially in recent weeks, tapping my e-mail "refresh" button like a lab rat trying to get cocaine. I know I'm not alone in my hardwired weakness for novelty. Yet while constantly seeking out new things was once a helpful instinct that alerted us to new foods,...

The Internet's been buzzing with talk about how members of the U.S. Tea Party movement have been getting out the vote for Bristol Palin on Dancing With the Stars. The blog Jezebel had a post about it today, complete with quotes from conservative message boards about how Bristol's supporters were exploiting ABC's email voting system to cast multiple ballots for Sarah Palin's daughter. Jezebel quoted one site, FreeRepublic.com, that urged its members to "make liberal heads explode" by voting for Bristol, "even though she is not the best dancer." Well, my liberal head is kind of exploding right now because...

AlterNet is claiming that it has uncovered a "widespread campaign of censorship" executed by a group of "influential" conservative and right-wing Digg members. The site - which defines itself as a viable "alternative to the commercial media onslaught" - refers to Digg as both a "behemoth" and a "powerhouse." "The [Digg] model [makes] it very susceptible to external gaming whereby users from certain groups attempt to push their viewpoint or articles to the front page to give them traction," claimed senior news editor "Oleoleolson." "But the inverse of this effect is more devastating, as Bury brigades could effectively remove stories...

A couple of years ago, one of you gave me the trick to both enlarge the text of FR posts and comments, and keep it within the borders of the iPhone screen for easy FReeping on the go. I've just bought my new iPhone 4 and I don't remember how to set up this adjustment.

Today is my 11th anniversary of signing up on FreeRepublic. I lurked since the beginning of October, 1998, learned about the March for Justice, and travelled to DC from NJ to attend it to join the voices of those calling for the impeachment of a President who had broken the law. How thrilling it was to arrive at the Washington Monument on Oct. 31, 1998 to see a sea of flags and 4,000 patriots! Seven weeks later, President Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives. Since that time, Freepers have been instrumental in influencing the 2000(Sore/Loserman and "Get out...

I think we should periodically recognize the most prolific FReeper, not necessarily the one who posts the most comments, but the most news stories/articles. To start off, I nominate 'FreeThinker NY'. I am not sure 'FReeThinker NY' is even a person. For all I knew it could be a bot that uploads articles every few hours (or minutes :)

democraticunderground.com — Right wing web site freerepublic.com is planning to flood digg in order to "flood that site with articles exposing OBAMANATION."

PBS has an online "NOW" poll posted, asking if Sarah Palin is qualified. The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream media. Will it be used to influence undecided voters in swing states? Here's the link: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html You know what to do.

LIVE VOTE What should Congress do next now that the House has rejected the $700 billion Wall Street bailout? [ ] Renegotiate the package so it can be passed quickly. [ ] Come up with a new plan. [X] Nothing. Let the markets sort it out.