Posted on 08/29/2002 1:00:30 PM PDT by feelin_poorly
...sure got very, very quite.....
I'll take that as capitualtion and go on to better (and brighter) subjects....
....later on.....
That comment made to Texasforever was meant as a harmless joke. Obviously, some people here do not have a sense of humor.
I'm sure.
I don't consider myself to be an expert, but I do like to exchange ideas and opinions with other people.
But them, I also forgot that you are the expert on everything, including being both the Emily Post and grammatical queen of FR. LOL.
Thanks.
I don't come over here much anymore, because every time I do it only reminds me how far this country has fallen. FR used to be made up of true conservatives who could think for themselves, and who were more interested in truth and freedom than party affiliation. Plus, they knew their history. Most of those people have either left voluntarily, as they saw what was happening here, or were banned for speaking out against the corruption and un-Constitutional behavior of the current administration.
There are still a few here who have a clue - yourself included. But this thread is an extremely good example of exactly how far down the hill we are in this country. The scary thing is to compare the verbage and attitudes on this thread of most freepers to that of the population at large in Germany in the early '30s when Hitler was taking over. They're virtually identical.
Ditto on that one. Underneath it all, I believe that these people were still laughing and do have a good sense of humor underneath it all. :)
Although I have been critical of a lot of George W.'s policies lately, I do believe that an invasion upon Iraq is both imminent and warranted.
What do you think?
To bed. Some people have stuff to do in the morning.
I have always genuinely liked Fred :)
Texasforever is probably old enough to be my grandpa...don't get all freaky on us now.
I dunno about Iraq - I'm not 100% convinced either way. On the one hand, Saddam is definitely a bad guy and he may cause trouble in the future. On the other hand, we're supposed to be a nation of laws, and attacking Saddam because he MIGHT do something is a lot like the whole liberal mindset of "we don't like him, doesn't matter whether he's done anything or not, he's bad, let's get him."
A good example of the way this mindset is held by the current administration is the arrest of Padilla. While I have no doubt that he's a bad guy, the idea expressed by Bush that "He's a bad man, and he needs to be in prison," whether they even had anything to charge him with, is EXTREMELY dangerous in an allegedly "free" country which supposedly has the rule of law. Frankly, it amazes me that most "conservatives" have no understanding of how slippery that slope is. When the president can arbitrarily have someone - an American citizen - locked up because "he's a bad man," even though he's broken no laws that we know of, we are no longer free.
And the same applies to Iraq. The stakes are certainly higher, but where do we draw the line? And will the same "conservatives" who think it's OK for Bush to do things like that think it'll be OK when President Hillary or whoever does it to "conservatives"? When people start being arrested, without charge, because of "anti-government hate-speech"?
Apparently he is (look at his profile). What's "freaky" is seeing a twenty year-old kid talking to a man his age about oil and being "corrupted".
To be fair, I thought I saw you admit that it was probably inappropriate - but you can't blame people for teasing you about it now that it's out there.
I really do pity you and your life. I don't care enough to psychoanalyze you, but it's clear that in addition to having no social outlets, you choose to hang out with people twice (or more) your age.
That is not a problem, in and of itself, but your lack of life's experience too often contradictorily affects the manner in which you try to communicate.
Often times, you ask people to stay on topic while at the same time, you indulge your narcissism by telling complete strangers the personal, intimate details about yourself. Psssst........most not only don't care, but they are turned off by it. But I digress.......
Has it ever occurred to you that whenever you show up, a thread seems to take a predictable turn and an inordinate amount of time is spent babysitting your need for attention?
Frankly, Howlin was so right in suggesting that we ignore you. If you only have a few of your fellow desperados to talk with, you may fade away into the land of pierced navels, prom courts and dorm gossip.
Somehow it just doesn't quite fit into this forum......no matter how many "any-ol'-Freeper-in-a-storm" type of posters latch onto your adolescence.
Good luck,
Southflank
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