Free Republic mentioned in "Chronicles" magazine article.

Chronicles, A Magazine of American Culture ^ | Dec 1, 2002 | Sean Scallon

[Roscoe]

Kotmair? The scum who makes his living defrauding people with bogus tax advice? That's who's behind LP?

[philman_36]

I'm sure you guys can get this all sorted out without me.
Seems to me it already is.
Goodnight.
Goodnight, sir. Sleep well.

[TLBSHOW]

do a google

[Roscoe]

I guess I'm naïve. I always had them figured as just a small pack of malcontents.

[philman_36]

It's the Irish in me .. I've been told I can be very opinionated too .. LOL
And may we opinionated ones, even of the Heinz 57 variety nationalities, always fare well.
But for now I'm off to get an hours sleep .. Sweet Dreams Phil
A night of insomnia for me tonight as there is much for in the new day I'm expecting, but I'll take that thought with me when I do go to sleep.
Pleasant dreams to you also.

Nam Vet, I hope you know I was kidding. Sleep well fellow Vet.

[metesky]

He didn't get banned. He asked for his account to be deleted.

LOL!

[metesky]

There is way less hate and arguing.

Except on the smoking/property rights threads.
:O)

[Texas_Jarhead]

"Please state when the USA has closed every border and the source you found that stated in."

Of course "every border" has not been closed but form 1920 to 1965 America had a NET loss (small) of population. That is to say there was negative immigration. That's the functional equivalent of closing the borders (to new immigrants). In 1952 the fedgov executed operation wetback resulting in the ejection of ~one million illegals.

[Texas_Jarhead]

See this repsonse in #168

[philman_36]

Except on the smoking/property rights threads.
And the WOsD threads. And some other threads too, but why belabor the point.

Glad you mentioned that though. I didn't really want to be the lone malcontent to shatter the illusion.

[philman_36]

do a google
Be a peach and give us a link.

[philman_36]

[SkyPilot]

Jim,

I love it when you have people like MI cornered by the facts.

As far as that article goes, people have been trying to tear you down for years. A man who sticks to his own integrity cannot be shaken.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Well....sometimes a little Reynolds Wrap is good in the diet.

I still don't believe Vince foster died in Ft. Marcy Park. I don't believe he committed suicide either.

[RightOnline]

Gee..........no spin in THIS piece, is there???

I've been on this site over four years and am just to the right of Godzilla. I say what I want to say, I do NOT feel "censored", and anyone who claims that this is some group-think site is either nuts, really doesn't spend much time here, got his opinion from some disgruntled former FReeper with an axe to grind, or just an outright liar.

Note that this is aimed at the author of the piece, not yourself.

[metesky]

In the 4 1/2 years I've been here I've bashed, sworn, ranted, agreed, disagreed, been contentious, attacked, been attacked, had a few posts removed, got exactly one reprimand for my behavior.

I don't know what these guys do to become so bitter that their lives revolve around knocking FR.

It's the best format with the best posters and we never needed the racists, the Jew baiters and the rest who brought about their own demise. I know for a fact that no one gets the heave-ho for a single offense.

I do miss some of the old crowd and the late night/early morning flame wars though and some of the humor.

But if I can live with JR's rules anyone can.

[4Freedom]

"...but I do expect the people the folks that work there to stand up and out these people..."

That's a lot to expect of someone that has a family to feed and that works for an organization that congress may not have given any 'whistle-blower' protections to.

A Border Patrol agent, I believe his name is Shermerhorn, stood up and gave an account of exactly how John Malvo came to be released and all he's going to get for it is crucified by the agency.

MI, is there any protection for 'whistle-blowers' in the Border Patrol/INS?

It's easy to tell others to stand up for what's right, but would you do it without protection under the law, MO1?

The new TSA provides almost no protection for 'whistle-blowers' and prohibits collective bargaining by its employees. Thanks to congress and this administration, you won't ever hear one durogatory word from an employee of the TSA about anything.

The TSA will always give the impression that everything there is perfect, regardless of the truth, or 'heads will roll'.

I, for one, hope Marine Inspector is back and posting, again. His reports from the field were invaluable.

It looks like the 'Homeland Security Bill' is law for better or worse. There were many of us Freepers that were looking forward to having Marine Inspector on the inside to let us know if it was just more window dressing.

[philman_36]

In the 4 1/2 years I've been here I've bashed, sworn, ranted, agreed, disagreed, been contentious, attacked, been attacked, had a few posts removed, got exactly one reprimand for my behavior.
Uh-oh...I've been here less time than that and have had the same things happen.
Guess I better put myself on "good behavior" mode for a while if I expect to make it as far as you have in the same length of time.
NOT!
I do miss some of the old crowd (me too) and the late night/early morning flame wars though (somewhat) and some of the humor.
You saying the humor is gone?
Tell me it ain't so! {;^)
But if I can live with JR's rules anyone can.
Well, evidently, we've both pushed the envelope, but are still kicking.

[Rebelbase]

He is moving up in the the world of journalism.

[Rebelbase]

"I still don't believe Vince foster died in Ft. Marcy Park. I don't believe he committed suicide either. "

Ditto.

Also, Flight 800 and OKC have too many unanswered questions to be accepted as having been "solved", IMO.