Posted on 11/05/2002 1:37:01 PM PST by john in missouri
This is my opus.
No, I am not writing this opus because someone has offended me. Far more than anything else, I've met friends here.
If Free Republic is to blame at all, it is for the sole crime of being too involving, too fascinating a place for me to spend my time.
I believe in conservative principles. My time here has only reinforced that belief.
It has also helped me figure out precisely what I believe about a variety of
contemporary issues, and the appropriate role of government (or lack of role) as
it relates to them.
I believe that the role of government is best played when it encourages and
reinforces individual responsibility and initiative. These are the greatest keys to
our future as a nation. They are also the greatest keys to individual and family
prosperity, in all senses of the word.
My problem, alas, is that, for various reasons, my family and I have yet to enjoy
the fruits of any such prosperity in the financial arena.
This is due in good part to the fact that we spent so many years of our younger
adult lives serving others in volunteer service, to try and make the world a better
place, while paying scant attention (or none) to our own financial situation. But
regardless of the reasons, this is a situation I must seek, as best I can, to
remedy.
In order to do so, I must cut back on non income-producing, time-consuming
endeavors, as worthy as they may be. I must go out and spend my full time, as
much as possible, living some of the more material principles of conservatism....
I must say that I hope to see you again. But it can not be for some time. At quite
a bare minimum, I expect that "john in missouri" shall not post again, at the very
least, until after the earth has passed its circuit around the sun and the date on
the calendar reads 2004... and it may be much, much longer than that... perhaps
many years.
It may be that we will meet one day... perhaps on the street... perhaps in a small,
local gathering of FReepaholics Anonymous... or perhaps one day at a
campaign rally or other event... Maybe one day, after much time has gone by,
we may even meet at a campaign rally in which I may one day run for a public
office -- because I would like to do that someday, as well.
But I speak of the far future.
Anyway, perhaps we will meet again. And perhaps you will know me as
a FReeper when you see me, and I you.
I am proud to say that my final post (excluding this one) led to my being
recognized as being the 500th distinct FReeper to announce that I voted today
to further the conservative cause. It is a good way to go.
And now, my final wishes.
May good sense and the Republican Party retake the United States Senate
tonight.
May the fat on Hillary's thighs be doubly surpassed by that which grows upon
her jowls. May she and Bill enjoy a long marriage. They deserve each other.
May Little Tommy Daschle, Algore, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and the
officials of the NEA, NOW, Planned Parenthood and the "ACLU" -- those
paragons of liberal bleatership -- enjoy all the success they deserve.
May Osama, Saddam, and their friends, associates and admirers -- those who
persist in doing unspeakable evil by slaughtering the innocent in the name of a
merciful and compassionate God -- meet with the utter destruction they justly
deserve.
A blessing upon our President, our nation, and all who love our nation. And a
curse upon those who seek to destroy it.
A blessing upon the President's team, including Powell, Ashcroft, Rice, and all
others who are faced with difficult decisions and challenges in their challenge to
help protect our country and our people.
A blessing upon the Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson. May his tribe increase.
A blessing upon those, now increasingly numerous, who champion common
sense conservatism on the radio.
May our entire nation, through sheer virtue, be set 100% free from the
threat of violent criminals. But if we really must have them, then I pray
they will only attack those who bend every effort to take away from
all of us our God-given right to self-defense.
A blessing upon Jim Rob and upon Admin Moderator (whoever the heck he or
she may be).
And a blessing upon all true FReepers, including my many friends here.
Long live America! And now, Farewell.
I have been, and always shall be...
...a FReeper.
Live long... and prosper.
And now, with all my farewells said
I turn to face the autumn light
My backside squarely framed within
The bright'n'd rectangle of the exit door
And nothing more to say, I thrust
My foot into the great unknown...
mmmmmmm...could it be someone who rhymes with "dues," or "shoes," maybe?
Perhaps instead of being a smart **** you could explain to me why a tax increase is good for me. I still have to pay these same taxes you claim only affect the rich?
"If taxation is such a good idea, then why do IRS agents carry guns?" --Stephanie Sailor
a bare minimum, I expect that "john in missouri" shall not post again, at the very
least, until after the earth has passed its circuit around the sun and the date on
the calendar reads 2004... and it may be much, much longer than that... perhaps
many years.
Eddie, things have come to a pitiful state when somebody no one else knows posts and then even reposts the most boring opus in FR history on a crucial electtion day. Hell, you'd need a Mayan calender to even try to figure this dribble out. It's pitiful....
Remember when A+Bert used to get get drunk and post a vanity thread titled, "Jim Robinson, you can go to Hell" and everybody would have a great time? OWK, with his maudlin "OWK's Opus", only he's still around? "The Last Flight of the Pelican"? We need standards for opusing, the latest offerings have been dismal.
True....it's the "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" of Opuses...
But I was trying to be nice because... hey....
It's Election Day...
a time of peace and goodwill.
(And hopefully later tonight... good, drunken rants)
Yeah. I love the smell of a rant in the morning...
I still don't see how it helps my financial situation to have my senator's hand in my pocket??
Because, THEY BUY WHAT I MAKE! If they have more income they will buy more and I will make more. Ask the people who used to be in the luxury boat business. High taxes drove them out of business. They were the "working people" but because some dufus had the bight idea of a "luxury" tax they work no more.
Thanks a lot!
a.cricket
Another senseless remark. Need to work on your critical thinking skills.
Me too.
But the tax legislation in the past 40 years has redistributed wealth from the working people to the rich.
Oh I understand now.
Because ONLY rich people buy your product, you want the rich to have more money to buy more of your product.
Yes, I understand now.
It doesn't.
But what happens is one year they lower taxes, a few years later they raise taxes.
When they lower taxes it's for the rich, when the raise taxes they hit the working people as yourself.
I just spit up a chicken wing.
Those were hysterical....you could smell the liquor through your speakers....Wild Turkey, I think.
That's too funny considering the bottom 50% pay virtually no federal income tax. As usuall your perspective is warped.
That would be okay, except that the wealthy got a higher percentage than the working people.
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