Wow, two opus threads in a row this week. Well, perhaps here is my chance to finally get zotted.
Judging, however, by the other worthy opuses here (correctly referred to as opera, not opuses, I just learned after looking it up): my meagre opus will hardly be a candidate to win the prize, I nevertheless cannot pass up the opportunity to put your generous $200 bounty in the worthy hands of Messrs. Thompson and Robinson.
What I learned at FreeRepublic is that even though All your Opus are belong to us, it was hugh and series when a moose bit my sister, and a shower was required even though I was logged on. Even when my beeber is set to stune, he’s dead Jim. The next thing I know, the Viking Kitties are asking about r u trolls? Despite unusual events, such as the strangest ClassyGreenEyedBlondes being not really as advertised, while vigilant vigilantes and humble gunners keep blog pimpers at bay, at the heart, I find that Free Republic is a home for those who love life, family, marriage and freedom. It is not impossible to attract the flame here - just try spelling Marine with a lower case m! And yet, when the chips are down, when the job you did not want to lose slips away, when the death in the family strikes, when the wife is battling cancer, when you yourself are battling cancer, or are just battling the spinning monkey mind caused by the progressive communist insurgents ruining our country and Constitution, then behold, this is the place to escape, and find serenity and peace of mind. And this is the place to celebrate, and FRiends join in, when God is smiling on your day, and the illness or joblessness or socialism is in retreat, and then comes the real celebration with FRiends, most especially, FRiends who love and care about every tiny defenseless life given to this world by God. We learn a lot about power in this place, that true power is when you give all the power away, like to the defenseless life, true freedom to err, or to do the right thing. Our freedom is not free, it is a gift of grace, to be defended at all costs. I love this place on the internets, it gives me FRiends, knowledge, community, and healthy values.
A pithy ending to my opus requires a quote in latin, in my opinion.
I think, therefore, I am ... going to quote what I believe Rousseau would say about all of you FReepers: “For Rousseau, language could not but arise in community and from the need to communicate the passions, for which mere gestures are inadequate. Rousseau, therefore, stunningly suggests “Cogito ergo estis” (I think therefore you all are – second person plural).” Citation: http://thirdmillennialtemplar.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/cogito-ergo-sumus/ (yes, its a blog, not mine, humblegunner). Au revoir, and viva La Republique Libre!
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