Posted on 10/10/2003 2:23:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 10/10/2003 2:27:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Dear Free Republic Friends,
My old friend and brother-in-arms BADJOE has promised to warm the cockles of our hearts by publishing an expose (the truth about JimRob and Free Republic according to Joe) on the 18th of this month, which represents the one year anniversary of the date he last posted to FreeRepublic.com and started up with LibertyPost.org.
So, as I believe that only the truth can set you free, and based upon the stratergery of pre-emptive strike, I have a confession to make (before BADJOE makes it public):
I have poisoned the well.
By my sly innuendos behind the scenes.
By my intellectual ineptitude.
By not trusting those that brung me to the dance to bring me home.
By my biting every hand that fed me.
By my arrogance that causes me to think I did it all by myself.
By my stubborness not because of principle, but because of my lack of ability to see what is transpiring.
Evidenced by:
One would think that with half again as many Freepers. with a recovering economy, It would take a great deal less time to raise the necessary funds.
By this time in the June 2002 effort with a goal of $70,000 we had raised $73,000. Not because of who did the fundraising, but because the sense of purpose, of family, of comaraderie, was still present.
BADJOE rang the warning bell, but none heard.
Conclusion:
It is a sad day.
For what was once a great hope, a means of bringing together those who are willing to pay dearly in blood, sweat, and money to save this country, we all love, has been reduced to an asterisk.
So sayeth BADJOE as he promises to publish all this and much more on the 18th. He's been feverishly working on this "project" for one full year. In addition to the "truth about JimRob" BADJOE intends to further betray our trust placed in him by revealing the names of our moderators. And who knows what else?
I can hardly wait.
Is it the 18th yet? Tick, tock.
I guess all families have arguements from time to time. At least they're not as nasty as in the past (from this side of the monitor).
5.56mm
I wish you much luck and patience.
5.56mm
A year and a half ago I was crying about the moderation myself. A lot of that was misunderstanding, eventually cleared up.
We're all on pretty long leashes here. Most of us like it that way. Some of us hotheads need that. The people who really need to be banned get there eventually.
I always wondered, though; actually more like suspected.
How do you handle the crybabies who go running to the mods or to you constantly because their inanities are not esteemed as much as they think they should be?
The egos... the demands for answers... the hissy fits when they are ignored... do we really need to coddle losers like those?
I thought this was an adult forum.
Not so good...
Thank you very much. Next conquests: spelling and grammar!
Why are guys always
falling to their knees near me?
Are they all praying?!
"I remember the good old days back in '98. No flamewars. No trolls. No disrupters. No chat. All serious talk about constitutional matters 24 hours per day. "
I remember those days too!
Ich: *boggle*
I've never seen disruption in a more-or-less organized mass action as happened back in June through August on any thread having to do with biology, cosmology, astronomy, paleontology, etc. (All of the preceding and more can be summed up under the heading "evolution" according to some people.) Cyber stalking of individuals. The publication (on another site) of a hit list of people to get banned from FR.
The culprits: the very clique whose warning (and in three cases eventual banning) Ditto laments in posts 905 and 927. Her bunch.
Yup.
Also like pain-killers.
Would you know what's the most practical way, with the new electronic toys that have come out over the past two years, to put your old 8 mm home videos into a DVD disk format?
I'd like to do this for safer storage of the family home videos.
Me too.
I have so many I have been procrastinating.
And waiting for the technology to make it foolproof.
just when they think they have things just right, somebody invents a better fool...
Meek, have you used your Texas ping list for the FReepathon? Okay, now I am shamefacedly clicking my way back to the contribution site because I've put it off all week.hehe !
Way to go for giving to FR! I gave some days back. A little more than a dollar, but did ya see the comment by JustAmy ? I love it ! Poor kind soul that gave that $1 !
I pinged the FULL Texas list a couple of days ago and it got things going between the Texas and Florida Freepers. Texas overtook Florida and so Florida was trying to get 2nd place back. A Florida Freeper pinged me and some Florida Freepers asking us to hit our Florida ping lists. So I pinged the TEXAS list back to it !! LOL !
Being a good sport, tho, I took my little Florida ping list that I use and pinged it too ! :O)
Thanks !
FreeRepublic.com is the best site on the 'Net !!
Wow ! Look at that. Florida came back again too.Almost caught up to California ! ...
Q4 2003 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts
Rank Location Receipts Donors/Avg Freepers/Avg Monthlies 1
California$4,157.93
119
$34.94
1,716
$2.42
$1,081.56
80
2
Florida4,143.00
51
81.24
740
5.60
383.00
25
3
Texas2,696.00
58
46.48
1,493
1.81
569.00
41
4 Virginia 1,462.00
29
50.41
559
2.62
426.00
19
5 Washington 1,226.00
30
40.87
429
2.86
200.00
14
6 Montana 1,085.00
5
217.00
31
35.00
7 Pennsylvania 1,043.00
30
34.77
483
2.16
210.00
13
8 New York 1,041.00
31
33.58
612
1.70
238.00
14
9 Massachusetts 976.00
22
44.36
249
3.92
145.00
10
10 Michigan 780.00
10
78.00
337
2.31
120.00
7
11 Tennessee 745.00
20
37.25
304
2.45
73.00
8
12 Maryland 720.00
19
37.89
318
2.26
170.00
10
13 New Jersey 696.00
15
46.40
321
2.17
165.00
7
14 Idaho 645.00
5
129.00
80
8.06
45.00
2
15 Illinois 630.00
15
42.00
401
1.57
238.00
16
16 Georgia 605.00
22
27.50
403
1.50
110.00
8
17 Ohio 580.00
21
27.62
402
1.44
532.25
12
18 North Carolina 552.00
17
32.47
404
1.37
342.00
21
19 Wisconsin 525.00
19
27.63
232
2.26
140.00
9
20 Alabama 498.00
13
38.31
188
2.65
248.00
15
21 Nevada 485.00
8
60.62
108
4.49
40.00
2
22 Connecticut 420.00
11
38.18
174
2.41
35.00
3
23 Arizona 363.00
13
27.92
318
1.14
85.00
7
24 Missouri 331.00
15
22.07
308
1.07
128.00
11
25 Indiana 330.00
15
22.00
251
1.31
80.00
6
26 Kentucky 315.00
9
35.00
169
1.86
10.00
1
27 South Carolina 307.50
9
34.17
185
1.66
13.50
3
28 Minnesota 300.00
11
27.27
228
1.32
90.00
6
29 Oregon 300.00
9
33.33
203
1.48
68.00
5
30 Arkansas 265.00
5
53.00
112
2.37
55.00
5
31 Kansas 255.00
8
31.88
148
1.72
100.00
4
32 Louisiana 200.00
5
40.00
163
1.23
30.00
3
33 Utah 180.00
7
25.71
77
2.34
90.00
4
34 Delaware 150.00
2
75.00
24
6.25
35 United Kingdom 135.00
3
45.00
115
1.17
30.00
1
36 New Mexico 130.00
2
65.00
88
1.48
50.00
3
37 Colorado 125.00
6
20.83
278
0.45
165.00
11
38 Maine 112.00
3
37.33
76
1.47
10.00
1
39 Iowa 100.00
3
33.33
126
0.79
15.00
1
40 Chile 100.00
2
50.00
5
20.00
41 Hawaii 95.00
4
23.75
39
2.44
15.00
2
42 Canada 90.00
4
22.50
158
0.57
20.00
1
43 Oklahoma 83.00
4
20.75
188
0.44
55.00
5
44 Nebraska 73.00
5
14.60
71
1.03
3.00
1
45 West Virginia 70.00
3
23.33
61
1.15
30.00
2
46 South Dakota 60.00
1
60.00
41
1.46
10.00
1
47 Latvia 50.00
1
50.00
1
50.00
48 Norway 50.00
1
50.00
11
4.55
49 Ireland 50.00
1
50.00
22
2.27
50 New Hampshire 35.00
2
17.50
89
0.39
30.00
1
51 Mississippi 30.00
2
15.00
96
0.31
30.00
3
52 Rhode Island 25.00
1
25.00
26
0.96
53 North Dakota 25.00
1
25.00
24
1.04
54 Mexico 20.00
1
20.00
8
2.50
55 Kenya 20.00
1
20.00
3
6.67
20.00
1
56 District of Columbia 15.00
2
7.50
37
0.41
10.00
1
57 Vermont 10.00
1
10.00
27
0.37
43.00
4
58 Armed Forces - Europe 10.00
1
10.00
35.00
3
59 Albania 10.00
1
10.00
1
10.00
60 Armed Forces - Pacific 10.00
1
10.00
10.00
1
61 South Korea 10.00
1
10.00
5
2.00
10.00
1
Wyoming
30.00
1
Alaska
181.00
4
Never Never Land 1,078.00
46
23.43
210.00
15
62 locations total $31,628.43
782
$40.45
15,957
$1.98
$7,272.31
455
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