Posted on 03/16/2003 4:34:13 PM PST by Chapita
Well folks,the time has come for me to take a permanent vacation from FR. I am asking JR to close out my account,but try to make sure that nobody else can ever use my screen name. I'm not leaving in a huff at JR or the web site like most people do,even though there is plenty here to be "huffed" about. I'm leaving because Ali Bubba Bush will soon be starting his war in Iraq,and I don't want to be posting to FR when the body bags start coming back home,or when Hussein lights off all the oil fields in Iraq and tries to attack Israel.
While it is true there is no shortage of fools and idiots in the Bush-Bot League,there are also sincere people there who mean well,but just haven't taken the time to think things through. They just automatically assume that any president with a "R" behind his name is a conservative,and has the best interests of the country in mind at all times. It has never occurred to them that an alleged Republican president would "play" politics or "play" the polls in a manner that would put our service members at unnecessary risk.
There are also good people on FR who support Ali Bubba and his accidental war because they have loved ones in the military,and they see supporting the president as being the same thing as supporting the troops. This flat ain't so (they didn't support Bubba-1 or LBJ),but they mean well,and they are grasping at any straw that comes their way. I understand their fears and symphatize with them. I may well have the same reaction if I had a child in the army or USMC that was deployed to the Middle East or in Korea.
I have zero desire to cause any harm or worry to either of these groups. On the other hand,there are a group of people here that are too bleeping stupid to live,and I honestly have to wonder how they managed to live to become adults without walking out in front of a bus. As an example,one of these rocket scientists called me a "nazi" today because I am opposed to this war. Seriously. He actually said that "only a Nazi or an Islamism would be opposed to this war." After all,isn't it a well-known fact that the Nazi's didn't believe in war and invading sovereign countries? Another one SERIOUSLY wrote that we should bomb and invade all the European countries that don't support us in this war! What is even scarier is that I am the only one I saw that called these people on this nonsense. I could sorta deal with these cretins when they were a minority voice here,but it's got to the point where they are almost mainstream FR posters. In fact,I just got suspended again today for calling the idiot who called me a Nazi stupid,so it seems like the moderators don't see anything wrong with calling somebody against the war a "Nazi",but don't dare call the drooler who uttered this insanity "stupid"! The ironic part about this is that I had already posted to several posters that my response to them would probably be my last one because I was leaving FR. This right here shows you how much attention the moderators really pay to the back and forth between two posters. Basically,it's gotten to the point here where it's "Bush-Bot=good,anti-war=bad!"
And the above only touches on the surface. We have people here applauding every single step Ali Bubba-2 Bush has taken down the road to the coming police state,and they would be screaming "revolution!" if it had been Bubba-1 or Gore doing the very same things. Why it has gotten unpopular on FR to point out hyprocisy is a question better answered by JR and the moderators than me,but FR is in danger of becoming the Dim-Lite flipside of DU.
The reason I am asking to have my account killed is because the "rah,rah,rah,we gonna kill us some A-Rabs and godless Muslims!" pack of fools seem to have taken over,and it's pointless to debate an empty mind. There is also the fact that any such debate is bound to include words and phrases that would be harmful to the good people here with loved ones at risk,and I won't do that. It's just not worth it.
I am asking Chapita to post this for me because the moderator suspended me before I could "resign". I hope those of you on the thread I started today about Flesh Eating Bacteria tell the others there why I don't respond to their posts,and I hope that those of you who have loved ones involved in this war get to welcome them home safe and sound. The purpose of this post/thread is to say "good-bye" to the good people here,and to let people know why I won't be answering any posts they make to me. I have always tried to answer each post to me,friendly or hostile,and I would hate for anyone to think I was ignoring them.
Folks,while it has been frustrating as hell at times,it has also been fun,and I have "met" some very nice people here. It's time for me to move on. I wish (most) of you well.
Sneakypete
FINI
I believe the poster was referring to some of the domestic, so called anti-terrorism action taken by the POTUS, not the war itself. If x42 had pushed for the PATRIOT bill, the TIPS program, etc. we would have stormed DC to protest. Wish Bush, many of these same people just rolled over for it.
It stands for the March for Justice. Between 4000 and 5000 Freepers met at the Washington Monument on Halloween, '98 to protest the actions of the occupant of the White House.
Jim Robinson stated that he was going to station himself in front of the White House with a sign, some three weeks later a few friends joined him, but our numbers required a larger venue. I proudly carried Wisconsin's flag in the opening ceremony.
Now that His Honor, the Congressman has gone to his just rewired, will you marry me?
I'm series.
Have your people call my people. We'll do lunch.
Ciao.
The (More er Less Available) Felicity Fahrquar
You forgot the [kiss/kiss]! (You'll never work in this town again.)
Order a shotgun from the Sears and Roebuck catalog.
Well now, in fairness to those of us who believe there is a role for government in out lives, I would like to point out that Sears doesn't have a catalog anymore...
However, you may take a look at eBay and order anything you like including an old Sears catalog...for $0.95 and $10.95 shipping and handling and then look at that nice old Remington for $27.50...guess which year?
That said, what does this have to do with the topic again?
Ah. That explains why you don't remember what you wrote at your anti-freeper site...
Interesting. Please tell us more.
Domestic issues: TIPS, poindexters proposed database, etc.. that I was refering to when I made the comment.
I have no idea why a little liberty is such a concern. We have been passing laws for hundreds of years, you can't just outlaw danger in every way, shape and form.. It can't be done.
And I am afraid that we will wind up miserable by trying.
Here's an argument the Libertarians will openly scoff at, but as I said earlier, these things are personal by nature.
Think for a moment the kind of overbearing, controlling police state it would take to impose the mark of the beast on American citizens?
Eschoir was more of a smarmy annoyance in contrast..
I've read much of the contribution you made here Pete . Some I liked . Some I did not . Some I learned from . Be good .
*****Oh, really?*****
Everything in that particular post. Not anything he ever said. I consider you to be one of the other top 10 posters on FR.
I agree with a lot of what you said here, and disagree with a bit of it. As in the past, I disagree with you on the military aspects of a coming war. Though we may share a similar view on the politics of going into this war. But I especially think you are wrong leaving at this time. Your real world, feet on the ground type sanity is needed here more now, than at any time before. If I were JR, I would reject your resignation, while backing the moderators who suspended you by continuing that suspension. I would then take a hard look at finding a method of monitoring the monitors. But I'm not him.
Having flown to the top of Leghorn in Laos a good many times, I salute you for having climbed it on foot. Your past bravery equals that of anyone here at FR. That act alone, is deserving of a minimal degree of respect.
Tonight, the Flag at FreeRepublic, will not be flying quite as high. But it will keep flying.
The fact that he calls me Admiral certifies him as a two faced anti-freeper who should not be trusted under any circumstance.
He is also Canadian which cheapens his motives. He also brags that he is connected to the moderators...he has another moniker but I can't think of it at the moment.
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