Our Republic and Our Free Republic

9-6-02 | Joe Phillips

[BADJOE]

History teaches some very good lessons. They are hard to learn but our forefathers did a great job.

From the beginning of time man has overthrown one form of centralized government only to re-establish another one in its place. Our forefathers understood this far better than anyone ever had. They said governments are the eternal enemy of free men. They said that in order for man to remain free it would take a bloody revolution every other generation, unless you bound down (bastard) government with the chains of the constitution.

On another site this week a poster asked if anyone else hated government as much as he did. I replied to him

"Hell !! I thought you were not a good American if you didn't love our country and hate our government.

At least that is how I have always felt about it"

I think our forefathers had the same attitude that I have now. And I think it is inherent in the average Americans attitude to distrust and have disdain for any government, including ours. One of the hardest conclusions I had to arrive at as a young man, after having been a product of the public school system, was that our government was not on our side. As James Forrestahl, former secretary of the Navy, who suffered a mysterious death, once said about our State Department's foreign policy, " Stupidity is never a mark of consistancy. If they were merely stupid, they would occasionally make a mistake in our favor".

Newt Gringrich put it in a humourous manner when talking about the attitude of Europeans. He related the following story. If you go to Europe and drive on the Autobahn, you feel pretty good cruising down the highway at 100 mph when some some German passes you doing 140 mph. Now he said if the Bundestag passed the 55mph speed limit law, every German would dutifully obey that law, untill the next election. They would vote the 55 mph crowd out of office and the no speed limit crowd in. In America Newt said "A speed limit sign is a benchmark of opportunity.

It is obvious that Yankees and Euros have entirely different attitudes about government's edicts. There are darn few Americans who do not break the speed limit laws everyday.

Now we come to the Free Republic. Once a free wheeling, joyful site for news and discussion of politics, economics, philosophy, ethics and morals. I could not understand the transformation that has taken place in the last six months. Camaraderie, the sense of family, and cooperation seems to have disappeared. Are the Freepers exhibiting the same disdain for the new FR as Americans have for our government?

[Chad Fairbanks]

And then I'd give 'em a HIYAH! and a HAYAH!...

And then I'd kick 'em... ;0)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Yeah, now that you mention it...

[Kevin Curry]

I have never seen any unfair treatment by the Mods, . . .

I've been suspended once, warned twice. While I might not have fully agreed with these actions, I recognize that the moderators were acting in good faith and well within the realm of sound discretion. I believe they do a terrific job in light of the personalities they must contend with.

[justshe]

A mustache just might put you over the top for that list, if you know what I mean! (wink, wink)

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

I am thinking of submitting that for consideration of the Top Ten judges. What do you think?

Oh....most definitely. That's gotta be in the top three for sure.

[Cold Heat]

"....I won't let on what a hothead you can REALLY be. Hehehe... "

LOL! Let's just keep it a secret for now...........................

[TontoKowalski]

(Sloshing your gin into a very large stadium cup)

If I were the guy in charge of raising money around here (and Thank God I'm not), I'd have a gimmick whereby you could ban any participant for a donation. Example:

Donate $50: Ban anyone for a week.

Considering the flame wars we have around here, we could rack up some big bucks pretty quickly.

[Texasforever]

Badjoe, I will donate 100 bucks prior to the next fundraiser if you can prove that suspensions within the last 3 months are biased more toward non-bush supporters than the so-called "bots". The categories being libertarian, other 3rd party and "bots" I will do this when you post the statistics and Jim verifies them.

[Willie Green]

Otherwise, take it to the backroom or freepmail me. -- Your choice asshole.

"Bad, Bad Tpaine Brown"

Woah!

Well 'ole south side of Chicago
Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a man name of Tpaine Brown

Now Tpaine more than trouble
You see he stand about six foot four
All those downtown ladies call him "Treetop Lover"
All the mens just call him "Sir"

And he's bad, bad Tpaine Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than a-old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Now Tpaine he a gambler
And he like his fancy clothes
And he like to wear his diamond rings
In front of everybody's nose

He got a custom Continental
He got a Eldorado too
He got a .32 gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe

And he's bad (bad) bad (bad) Tpaine Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than a-old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Well Friday 'bout a week ago
Tpaine shootin' dice
And at the edge of the bar
Sat a girl named Doris
And oo that girl looked nice

Well he cast his eyes upon her
And the trouble soon began
And Tpaine Brown had learned a lesson 'bout a-messin'
With the wife of a jealous man

And he's bad (bad) bad (bad) Tpaine Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than a-old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Well the two men took to fighting
And when they pulled them from the floor
Tpaine looked like a jigsaw puzzle
With a couple of pieces gone

And it's bad, bad Tpaine Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than a-old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

And he's bad (bad) bad (bad) Tpaine Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than a-old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Yeah he was badder than a-old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Do you really think the admin moderator will do anything, what with your 'unclean hands' an all ...????

[tpaine]

I personally see very little value to his posts or lame attempts at flames (except for amusement value) but that's just my opinion. _________________________________

Your opinion is meaningless to me, my dear. -- You haven't earned that status. - Sorry.

[Howlin]

LOL!

[wimpycat]

LOL!

[justshe]

~~~How depend-ent are they?~~~

I suspect many should just be IN-Depends!

The posturing from their righteous, only-I-understand-the-Constitution/BOR, overstuffed, pomposity laden, smelly bile armchairs never fails to amaze.

[MJY1288]

I've been warned once when I went off on a so-called "true Conservative" who said I shouldn't be allowed to vote. It was very late and my patience with such an idiot got short and I made some references to his immediate family and expressed my uncontrollable desire to wrap my hands around his scrawny little neck. MY BAD TOTALLY

[sweetliberty]

"3. I'm new here and too ignorant to know when to shut up."

ROTFL!

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Yea, you and your little clique are so mature and offer so much to this site, NOT.

Well, well, niki. I bet you feel a lot better now to get that off your chest. Been savin' it for just the right moment, huh?

Bwahahahahaha !!!!!!!