What would the first line of YOUR opus be? (Vanity)

[Luna]

There have been some dull opuses here at FR. It’s no wonder they’re met with such contempt and ridicule by other Freepers. No one likes boring. We like to be entertained, for crying out loud! Opus people, if you’re going to write an opus, make it worth our while.

[Luna]

The first thing a good opus needs is that beginning line. The Opus Headline. Perhaps we can all come up with some real doozies in an effort to assist those who might be contemplating an opus in the future. After all, opus people, you have to consider your audience. You don’t want to bore them. “I am leaving Free Republic. Good bye,” is a headline that just doesn’t do it. It doesn’t excite us. It doesn’t pull us in. Go out in a wild, blaze of glory of hugh (yes, I meant hugh) proportions! Come up with something clever! Something amazing! Something that will get you a high score!

I kinda like this (picture Khan): “…from Hell's heart, I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!”

Now that’s dramatic! That shows feeling!

So, Freepers, what would be the first line your opus (if you ever decide to write one)?

Disclaimer: this is for purely entertainment purposes to get away from the doom and gloom of the news for a while, and should not in any way be construed as a real opus.

[Haiku Guy]

“Jane, you stupid, ignorant slut!...”

[evets]

Time shall be no more. (Revelation 10:6)

[Edgar3]

“Alas, poor Free Republic! I knew it when...”

[Responsibility2nd]

There was an opus from this morning. Really lame. But the problem was... It started the ball rolling and others joined in with complaints and criticisms. The whole thread was pulled.

Pretty sad, huh? When even your opus gets pulled.

[RepRivFarm]

“If I have seen far, it is because I have looked over the heads of dwarves.”

[VaRepublican]

I tried.

[cripplecreek]

Hi, I’m a homosexual conservative Muslim.

[Kirkwood]

I regret that I have but one FR account to make a complete ass of myself.

[al baby]

My opus has not been pulled since my last birthday or was that our anniversary

[cuban leaf]

I actually did leave a mostly liberal site with an “opus”. The title was, “It’s time to go”. I did it the day after Obamacare was signed into law. The content was this:

With minor fanfare, I left Open Discussion (OD) a few years ago when finally realizing how utterly juvenile it is. Not that that is a bad thing, but I was around 50 at the time. It is not a place for a self respecting adult to hang around, and there were too few good political discussions.

Then Political Forum was created. I’ve enjoyed this immensely. However, it too got a bit juvenile, but nowhere near as bad as OD. Unfortunately, due to yesterday’s vote and complete raping of the American people via massive corruption within the ranks of our own representatives, I feel the time for arguing this and any other federal government issues has passed. A wise man chooses his battles. It is time to fully focus on my action plan (self sufficiency in Kentucky).

This vote, for me, was not about taxes. It was about federal government intrusion into private lives and businesses. I’ve had to deal with SOX, ADA, Tax laws and all the other government intrusion and seen the HUGE departments within private industry that exist solely to work with and meet government regulations. And then there are the hoops through which the average citizen must jump to simply live out their lives. And it just got mind-bogglingly worse on Sunday.

I expect this to be struck down in the SCOTUS, but that is not the point. The simple fact that we have such a corrupt abomination as membership in our representation which I can no longer respect - at all - forces me to move off the grid. I can no longer, in good conscience, participate in such a system. The political solution has worked out exactly as was reported to be said by Alexander Fraser Tytler.

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.

Great nations rise and fall. The people go:
from bondage to spiritual truth,
from spiritual truth to great courage,
from courage to liberty,
from liberty to abundance,
from abundance to selfishness,
from selfishness to complacency,
from complacency to apathy,
from apathy to dependence,
from dependence back again to bondage.

Snopes and various other sources say it is not from Tytler. No matter. It has proven, and is proving, to be absolutely true. The solution is not political. That is clear. I have chosen a non-violent, but non-political path that will solve the problem, at least for myself and those I know and love. It is the most one man can really do.

Our forefathers, to build this once great nation and establish it’s defining constitution, not only risked their very lives. More importantly, they risked their comfort. That is something over which despots have no power. I have risked my comfort. Eventually I may risk my life as well. But that time has not yet come, and may never come.

To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun.
A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal ...
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance ...
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to lose and a time to seek;
a time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace.

I’ve enjoyed much of the discussions here and even enjoyed the arguments made by many with whom I disagree. I’ve even had my position change no small number of times.

Thanks, and I wish you the best. In fact, my prayer is that every one with whom I have sparred on this site respond to the knock at the door and accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. Only there do any of us find the true freedom, unconditional love, and peace that all rational men pursue.

Who is John Galt? He is many of us. He is me.

[The Man]

I haven’t seen any opi around here, for good or for bad.

And I am enough of an old timer to remember the original. Freeper Trivia question: Who was the author of the Opus?

[cuban leaf]

Oh, and that was just a couple months before I DID make my move to Kentucky. It’s going very well and we have peace of mind as we watch Rome burn.

[NoLibZone]

The reason is the ones you are hoping for get pulled.

and rightfully so.

[M Kehoe]

Good afternoon.

My opus would be very simple...

Jim, in the next few days I will be dead. An IRS agent came to my home to collect the tax/penalty for 0bamacare. Before he died, I found out his chain of command. I am now on the fourth level. Please put me on the FReeRepublic Memorial Wall. Thanks for all you do.

5.56mm

[Responsibility2nd]

Here's an opus in the middle of at FAT thread. Either nobody noticed or they didn't give a care.

Now THAT's sad.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Now, O now, I needs must part,
Parting though I absent mourn,
Absence can no joy impart,
Joy once fled cannot return.

[Perdogg]

Who was it?

[going hot]

O W K, iirc

[Responsibility2nd]

Next time opus on HER birthday.

It’ll mean so much more.