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Enjoyed my years engaging in discussions on Free Republic, but I am done. Time to face reality.
Vanity

Posted on 06/23/2015 2:12:20 PM PDT by Codeflier

Please forgive the vanity...

Over the years, I have really enjoyed participating in Free Republic discussions on a great variety of topics. Even when there was strong disagreement, Free Republic brought me a sense of connection with others that always seemed to have a purpose.

Unfortunately, I now see clearly that it is over for the US. The constitution has no meaning and we are essentially under mob rule. There is no party to turn to and all the politicians are in collusion to game the system. I think we have reached a stage where this is all going to unravel economically and socially much faster than most people think.

Everything being pushed that most of us are against will come to fruition, with no chance of stopping it. I also realize that there will be no pushback, or moment of "hell no", despite all the brave talk of those behind keyboards. All the big talkers will eventually give up their first and second amendment rights with hardly a whimper.

I am basically going to disconnect, discontinue following politics, and quit voting. I refuse to be Charlie Brown with Lucy and the football any longer. I will now concentrate strictly on my own preparations with my family for when this all goes belly up. Honestly, at this point I would rather it all just go ahead and collapse sooner rather than later.

For my own sanity, I just need to tune it all out from now on.


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To: Codeflier

Blessings to you and your family. Let not your heart be troubled. God is in charge. As Jesus assures us, a sparrow does not fall to the ground without our Father in Heaven knowing about it and the very hairs on your head are all numbered. We are citizens of the kingdom of our loving God.


41 posted on 06/23/2015 2:22:35 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: miliantnutcase
I love these goodbye threads. Every web forum has a number of these. They always end with the guy coming back the next day ;-)

Selects favorites. I wonder what's going on at Free Republic today...Doh!

42 posted on 06/23/2015 2:22:59 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: IronJack
I’m staying until the bitter end. And I want to go out with an empty magazine, a broken sword, and blood under my fingernails.

If I go that way ... I'll be taking a lot of them with me ... never give up Never surrender

43 posted on 06/23/2015 2:23:12 PM PDT by clamper1797 (Ted Cruz for President ... all others are cheap imitations)
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To: Codeflier

Eat a Snickers. You get a little depressed when you're hungry.

44 posted on 06/23/2015 2:23:17 PM PDT by McGruff (It's getting ugly around here.)
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To: Codeflier

God Speed and God Bless, Keep your Family Safe in the sure to be turbulent times ahead of us all.


45 posted on 06/23/2015 2:23:32 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: peyton randolph
Question: If all three branches of the federal government refuse to obey the existing Constitution, why would they obey an amended Constitution?

Hush. Common sense has no place in that discussion.

46 posted on 06/23/2015 2:23:42 PM PDT by dware (Yeah, so? What are you going to do about it?)
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To: Codeflier

Don’t let the Bums get you down!


47 posted on 06/23/2015 2:23:43 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: Codeflier
I agree with you. As for why I continue to pay attention to the ongoing debacle, let H L Mencken's words suffice.


Nothing seemed to please the Baltimore journalist and linguistic scholar. He jeered at "homo boobiens" and sneered at everything from democracy, organized religion, and prohibition to boy scouts, hillbillies, and home cooking.  When asked why he remained in a society he despised, Mencken replied, "Why do people go to the zoo?"

Twentieth-Century America: A Brief History
By Thomas C. Reeves

48 posted on 06/23/2015 2:24:26 PM PDT by sparklite2
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To: IronJack

more than one way to “go Galt”


49 posted on 06/23/2015 2:24:26 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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To: Codeflier

You will be back.


50 posted on 06/23/2015 2:24:31 PM PDT by amnestynone (A big government conservative is just a corporatist who is not paying enough taxes.)
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To: Codeflier

“I am basically going to disconnect, discontinue following politics, and quit voting.”

I did that for a few years. I’ve only recently started engaging again.
The few years I dropped out were pretty productive and my blood pressure stayed low.
One other thing I noticed, after dropping out and then returning, everything was about right where it had been when I dropped out.
I’m hanging in a bit longer but it’s looking like I’ll either not vote or vote third party again.
This is all just theater anyway.
Good luck friend.


51 posted on 06/23/2015 2:24:37 PM PDT by snarkybob
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To: Codeflier

What? Over?! Did you say over?!!! Nothing is over until we say it is!

53 posted on 06/23/2015 2:24:55 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Codeflier

Free Republic is a community of all sorts of people, including (so you know,) many influential men and women of all faiths in politics, media, science, and even government.

If you believe in the Almighty, you believe in individual liberty. If you ever believed in America, you must still believe in the reality of hope as expressed at Valley Forge.

I can’t promise you America will ever return to her promise, but if you believe in liberty, and you believe in the reality of hope,

Free Republic, like that smoky old hall in Philadelphia, is the place to stand and be counted among fellow patriots.


54 posted on 06/23/2015 2:25:19 PM PDT by golux
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To: Codeflier

When Walker is elected President and libs are imploding next year you should come back.


55 posted on 06/23/2015 2:25:22 PM PDT by toddausauras
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To: Codeflier
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Proverbs 28:1
The Abomination of Desolation is not even in Jerusalem as yet. I do not know what your faith is, or if you have any, but this proverb seems to say something about you, with all due respect.
56 posted on 06/23/2015 2:25:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Codeflier

For my own sanity, I just need to tune it all out from now on.

**************

Take care and good luck with your future endeavors. I find it best not to take
things to seriously that you find on websites. Structure your life to meet
the challenges as you see them for yourself and your family. May your
future help you find peace.


57 posted on 06/23/2015 2:25:32 PM PDT by deport
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To: Codeflier

The part of me that agrees with you was once very small. But, it has been growing steadily since January 2008, and has quickened its pace recently.

It’s less than halfway now, but gaining. Hope for a national reality check is still there, but fading.

Hang tough.


58 posted on 06/23/2015 2:25:34 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: MattinNJ

A republic is to our current nation-state
as a dirigible is to a blimp. The former
is a compartmented airship while the latter
is a big bladder.


59 posted on 06/23/2015 2:25:46 PM PDT by sparklite2
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To: Codeflier
Take a break. I know how you feel. Bear in mind that one of the biggest advantages our opponents/oppressors have is a monolithic control of public media that allows them to run demoralization campaigns, and that this is the time when those will be peaking. Other peaks will be before the primaries, during the debates, and before the elections they still think they can bluff their way into winning. Unfortunately, given the gradient of bullshit we have to traverse, that's a fact of life in American politics and it doesn't look to change anytime soon.

So take my advice: turn the TV off, stay off the 'Net, and decompress for a few weeks. Read those books you've been putting off. Get back in touch with those strange people you see around you (I believe mine said they were "family" or something like that. Who knew?)

We're in this for the long haul and nobody is giving up on the dream. Well, I'm not. Best to you.

60 posted on 06/23/2015 2:25:46 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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