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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.
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So, you have some sort of plan to advocate the banning of posters with whom you disagree. IOW, you're a troll and a controlling passive-aggressive crybaby.
Well I'm still here, FRiend. So I guess your plan needs some work.
What do you consider "political analysis"? Is it constitutional debate? Is it current events? Is it political campaigns? Is it church-state? The drug-war? The war on terrorism? All of these things are debated daily around here. There are times when one event takes over i.e. the California election and we will be going into the presidential election soon so the focus will probably be there. I have a suggestion, go to LP or any of the other sites and see if you have the member base that allows for the incredible range of "political analysis" that you say is lacking here.
That reminds me of a thread I posted the other day called, "Rush Opens Show: Not talking".
The Admin Mod deletes it to the general interest cornfield.
I FRmailed asking what gives, and the AM says, "You didn't provide a source".!!!
Huh? What the ....!
LOL!
Who?
That really isn't the point. What has happened to the quality of the political analysis that used to be such a prominent feature of FR? Do you think it's the same as it was two years ago?
Thank you. There must be a LOT of busted web browsers out there if http://www.freerepublic.com is the only URL available thereon to surf.
Amen to that. I notice a lot of folks sitting on there butts here lately and not posting much if anything in the way of articles and such but are all too willing to snipe away at others that support conservative causes and are proud to do so. Rather, they sit and smugly pass judgement and cast aspersions and belittle others beliefs in irrelevant things like principles and consistency in one's beliefs.
I guess it is just that evolution thing working its way thru this place or maybe its devolution. Some seem to have grown quite content being their own forms of moderators by ripping others a new one because we aren't as inclusive of moderate values and such.
It is so easy to destroy but very hard to construct a "perfect" thing or strive to maintain a conservative focus, as a result. Kudos to you and the AMs, Jim, for taking your own best shot at it.
To those of you who want perfection or things your way so badly, maybe you are in the wrong place is what I would offer when you act as you do and say what you say and pay no personal consequence for either.
I could give out lists , and Lord knows, have hit the abuse button enough times ,myself, to no avail. I didn't get a sore neck from shaking my head as the ones I thought were in need of some time in the cooler were left to continue their own ,what I saw as, suspect, mean-spirited, questionable and clique-like behavior.
Yup. It is a big internet out there. I have a feeling that is where some less inclined to speak up for fear of being lambasted by moderate forces that would claim FR as their own have gone, and we are diminished as a whole because of that, imo.
So hitting abuse and getting the post deleted was not enough for you? Saber you are VERY passive-aggressive. It is an effective tactic when playing victim.
I do what most normal people do. I avoid rude, unpleasant people.
It is no different now than it was 2 years ago.
For the record, I did NOT advocate political violence against any politician in that post. I advocated the killing of a snake. However, due to unclear terminology on my part, a reasonable person could have construed the post as being threatening in nature to a politician, thus it was pulled. I apologized on that thread for posting it.
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What do I know, I thought the Rush deal was big news. Next time I post a thread regarding *Rush's* show, I'll make sure to put *Rush* for the source, to eliminate any confusion on the AMs part...
I find it even more interesting that you saved that material before it got pulled by the mods. It couldn't have been up too long. Do you save all of my posts, Saber? Are you making a dossier on me?
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