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Tick... tock... is it the 18th yet? BadJoe's promised Exposé on JimRob (vanity)
LibertyPost | The 18th of October, a date that shall live in infamy | AUTHORED by BADJOE

Posted on 10/18/2003 6:01:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

It is with a very heavy heart I am writing this.

A little about me first. I am sixty six years old. I have been told since I was a kid I wouldn't live past forty, because of a supposed heart condition.

Somehow I beat those doctor's predictions by 26 years so far, not by being careful, but by living to the fullest. You know "Eat, Drink, and be Merry. For tomorrow you may Die". The Lord knows I have had a really full life.

I made a few changes because of my condition. I gave up going to medical school and went to Optometry school because I figured the work would be less stressful, and it was.

I finished my schooling in 1959 and became a truly political person in 1960 after paying taxes that spring on my income of only three and one half months of private, solo, cold turkey start up practice in 1959. I was astounded at how much my government wanted from an up to his ears in debt damn kid.

I set out to find out what was wrong with my country. Somehow luck brought me to two books, "Atlas Shrugged" (Time magazine, which I subscribed to for my waiting room, did an article on its author, Ayn Rand), and "The Mainspring of Human Progress" by Henry Grady Weaver. These two books set me on my life's course. Over the years since I have given a thousand of these books to anyone who will accept them. I consider these two books as the most important any American could read. In fact if every high school student of the last forty years had read the "Mainspring," socialist thought would have been dead in our country twenty five years ago.

I was a hard Goldwater worker in ‘64 and a presidential elector for Wallace in 1968. Not because of the race thing, which I never have supported, but because of the 10th amendment position of the movement. I also considered both Nixon and Humphrey to be socialists.

Since I didn't expect to live long enough to get rich. I did what I could to advance the cause of liberty with what time and money I had. Some successes were there to be had.

The Goldwater/American Independent Party movement of the 60's set the stage for the Reagan miracle, and that set the stage for the 94 congressional elections. Both of these occurrences were big advances for the philosophy I held.

In 1996 the only thing I knew about computers was how to spell the word. After a personal injury in July that year, I had to lie down for nearly a year. During that time my son carried a computer in and said "well Dad. you've got nothing else to do". I already was a news junkie and this wondrous gadget allowed me to read damn near every newspaper in the country. By the fall of 97 I found the "Whitewater Pages" and FR, from a link on Drudge. I had learned about the Drudge Report from the TV news shows I was watching.

I signed up on FR in February 98, I am number 1697. After being nearly alone in the battle for liberty for many years, at last I had found hundreds and then thousands of kindred spirits.

In July 98 I needed to go to California and wrote to Clinton's a Liar and said I wanted to meet some Freepers. She put up a thread "Badjoe's coming to LA. Let's Party" I was picked up by Freeper Willa Johns. We went to the Cheese Factory restaurant that evening, where I met BobJ, Alygirl, NavyVet, and a few others. Most of us spent the night at Cal's home and the next day we all drove to Fresno to meet JimRob. At that time there were maybe between 4,000 and 5,000 Freepers to the best of my memory.

It was the 4th of July weekend and we had a great day in the park. Besides those I have already mentioned, Dale Reed and his Missus were there as was KG9kid. There were a few others but I don't remember their names. A couple of folks were from the San Francisco area.

Over Labor Day weekend in 98 BobJ arranged another get together of the LA area Freepers with a bus tour of the Reagan and Nixon libraries. I came back out here from Kansas for that weekend. This time there were 30 some Freepers on the trip. The sense of family and camaraderie was amazing. It was during this trip I decided to move to California from Wichita, Ks to help this movement grow and to be among my new found friends.

In October some Philadelphia teamsters roughed up a Freeper for protesting Clinton. JimRob decides he is going to go to DC and protest the President. In three weeks time 5,000 Freepers went along with him. That was 5,000 out of a total of about 15,000 registered Freepers. It was The March for Justice. I was one of the 5,000. I met One Who Knows there. Mike Galutia, A GreatPer, GinnyMac (more about GinnyMac later), most of what was to become the DC Chapter, and many, many others who's names I no longer remember. I considered that gathering to be the greatest group of Liberty loving, intelligence, since our founding fathers had met in Philadelphia in 1776. It was a magnificent occurrence. Does anyone think FR could ever get 5,000 Freepers to gather together anywhere for anything anymore?

In December 98 I made the move and by January Bob J asked me to take over FreepStuff, which I did. FR got a cut of what I sold. I bought most all the T-shirts, Ball Caps, Jackets, Bumper stickers, Posters, etc., out of my pocket. When the LATimes/Washinton Post lawsuit hit, JR all but shut FreepStuff down to bolster the idea that FR was not a money making enterprise, as part of the defense strategy. I had $3,000 or $4,000 worth of merchandise on hand at the time and swallowed it without complaint.

Ultimately I gave it all to a Freeper in Utah, I think, who was willing to try to revive it.

During 1999 BobJ ask me to handle incoming donations and told me we needed $500 or $600 a month to pay the for bandwidth for FR. I'd put up a small appeal every month and usually we got the funds needed. My memory may be failing me here as we may have needed a couple of thousand dollars each month.

Two really big things happened in December 1999.

#1 BobJ gathered together a few of us locals (I think JR was there too) and some Freepers from across the country, one from as far away as Michigan. We sat through a long Saturday and Sunday drawing up corporation papers for three FR entities, The Forum, The FR Network, and the FR Institute. They were to have interlocking boards of directors and work to save our countries liberty from different directions.

The Forum would remain as it was and would be used as a breeding ground for the talent for the other two.

The Network's goal was to de-fund the left and neutralize the media through political action.

The FR Institute was to work on college campuses and high schools, though speakers on "Limited Constitutional Governments" and the "Benefits of a Free Marketplace". We envisioned ultimately we'd have "Liberty Scholarships" available to deserving high school students through a national essay contest.

The FR Institute was my primary interest.

The FR Network corporation is the only one of the three that got formed. The Forum remained in Jim's LLC.

#2 Big event was Freeper Vermonter suggesting we do a fundraiser once a quarter, and he was very instrumental in kicking off the first big fundraiser. We raised $15,000 in eight days. That was December 99

In March of 2,000 we went for $20,000 Freepers 2ndMostConservativeBrdmbr and Topaz jumped in big time to help and we made the goal in about 11 days.

Buoyed by success I decided to go for $40,000 in June of 2,000. BobJ and others thought I was going for too much. I said we won't know unless we try. We made it in just under 10 days. During this time frame We had many overloads on the server. I knew we needed better equipment and bigger service. I talked with Jim and tried to get a feel for how much he needed to live on and what it would take to upgrade. He said he needed $5,000/month. Not wanting him to live hand to mouth so to speak I said hell take $6,000/mo I'll get us the money. Please keep in mind folks that I had never been involved with fundraising before my experience with FR.

As equipment and server expense kept getting higher, we kept raising the goal. We went for $70,000 $80,000 and one time we tried for $100,000. We didn't make that one but did get in about $93,000 I think. After 18 days I thought the fundraising team had had enough.

Up till May of 2,002 I had little or nothing to do with the inner workings of FR’s forum. However. I was part of the newly formed Orange County Chapter.


Some not so good things were going on behind the scenes that I later learned about. I knew we had established a moderator system. I only knew who one of them was as he withdrew from helping with the fundraising and wanted me to know he had been asked to take on new duties. He didn't tell me he was becoming a moderator, but it was easy to figure out.

In April of 2,002 I received an e-mail from JR stating that he was going to assert his belief that we should only elect Republicans in order to get conservative court appointments. I answer that it was fine for him to take that position, but that if he tried to force the Forum that direction it would be a disaster.

By the middle of May monthly cancellations started rolling in. Banned Freepers were writing me everyday. When I would question the reason for a particular banning I got answers like."He was on my s**tlist anyway". About a banned couple he said " They were not who I thought they were, so I banned them anyway" I could not make rhyme or reason out of his answers and said so.

I think out of frustration with my questioning JR gave me access to the moderator pages, This was just before the June 2,002 fundraiser, and I was too busy to pay any attention those pages. After the fundraiser was over, I went back and read every post on the Moderator page and every post on the abuse page, so I could get a handle on what they were doing.

From the beginning of the moderator program in the fall of 2,001 till March of 2,002 things seemed to be going pretty smoothly. JimRob rarely posted on the abuse page. Then whammo! Moderators #5 (Magnum), I later learned that this was Ms AntiFeminazi and Mod.#9 (Dales) ripped into Diotima, who is Jewish and Mercuria calling them anti semites, etc., This went on for hours. I also later learned that the Lead Moderator had withdrawn at this time for personal reasons. JimRob was now all over the abuse page and he let this crap go on.

I also learned that MsAntiFeminazi had said she wanted to be the next Connie (Clinton's a Liar) ie: she wanted to be the closest Freeper to JR. When this info got out, everyone thought it was Diotima who said it. Diotima kept quiet and took the heat. In fact she took so much heat that MsAntiFeminazi thanked her for doing it. My opinion is that MsAntiFeminazi thought the way to Jim was through BobJ. Diotima was in the way and hence the anti-Semite attack. MsAntiFeminazi talked with BoBJ on the phone a lot as she does JimRob, and this is where she dishes her dirt with sly innuendos. I think she thinks she is Mata Hari. She must destroy anyone who gets in her way.

Sidelight: On the 9th or 10th of June 2,002 I get an email or FreepMail from MsAntiFeminazi telling me she has a check from a Texas Freeper for $100.00 that was to help with the expenses of the FR booth at the Texas Republican convention, but that it was written to the FreeRepublic. She wanted to know if I could negotiate a check written to FR. From the Freepstuff days I had FR named on my account, so I told her I could do that, and if she gave me her name and address I would send her a check for $100.00 and those checks would cross in the mail and she would get the money quicker. She then said Oooops1 the check isn't signed, so she'd have to contact the Texas Freeper. I said I'd send her $50.00 anyway to help with the expenses and I did it. I did Not know MAF was a moderator at this time.

Now since she was talking with JimRob everyday on the moderator pages and communicating by phone with him frequently, why in hell did she not ask Jim to handle the check problem? I was in the middle of the June Freepathon when this occurred and everyone was still on very friendly terms. Was I being set up somehow? I don't know, but it sure doesn't smell right.

After the June Freepathon was over the monthly cancellations started coming in again. At the time the monthlies were at $7,700 with about 425 monthly donors even after having lost over a thousand dollars worth. The bannings also accelerated. I posted on the mod page a plea for them to put some anesthetic 0n their itchy trigger fingers. I told them I did not want to make their job harder and I'd appreciate their not making my job harder either.

In order to occupy their time I got them into an argument about anarchy on the Mod page. Ms AntiFeminazi and Dales would cut and paste thousands of words from left wing anarchist websites to counter my argument that the classical definition of anarchy was zero government. Because neither of them could carry the argument with their own words, I deduced they were not too bright. I did have a reasonable discussion with both Logos and WImom on that thread. Dales was recently kind enough to post that thread in "The Smokey BackRoom. Thank you Dales. The thread basically ended with MsAntiFeminazi telling me we were not on the same side and calling me a leftist. I fired back that she didn't have the intelligence, temperament or skill to be a moderator and should get out of there.

Within minutes I received a note from JimRob telling me that MsAntiFeminazi was such a great help to him and that I had reduced her to tears and to please apologize. I did do that for Jim, though I have never received an apology for her calling me a leftist.

I want everyone to know that the other mods rarely banned anyone. MAF and Dales perused other websites and reported on the abuse page anything any Freeper said on any other website. They made book on the Freepers. They assigned the worst possible reason to any statement anywhere and used it to ban Freepers.

I complained to Jim at every instance. In a few cases I did save the Freeper at least temporarily. Mostly I was met with "They are doing what I want them to do". I did not want to believe him. I couldn't believe he couldn't see what was happening. The monthlies kept going away.

When the number one Freeper on the monthly donor list, who was also our biggest monthly donor notified me by FreepMail to stop the donation, I got really uptight. I immediately notified Jim without naming her. He said curtly “ XXXXXX is a friend of Connie’s” This happened so fast I wondered if he was reading my FreepMail. I had been warned by a mod to not say anything via FreepMail that I did not want JR to know. I am not making the accusation that he reads others FreepMail, but I am sure he can if he wants to.

In frustration I finally took it to the Freepers with threads "If Only" "When do you Quit", "Can This Freeper be Saved" and probably a few I have forgotten about.

I learned from others who could read the abuse page, that when MAF and Dales were on the baord, no other moderator did anything. Those two would take over.

Jim told me the Lead Moderator picked the mods. NOT true. Jim insisted on MAF and Dales. I am sure the Lead Moderator wrote the letters asking them to be on the board as Dales has said.

On one of my threads I said banning Libertarians was a matter of policy. Jim denied it. I saw Jim post on the abuse page that they were to ease up on the Libertarians.

As late as May of 2002 The Network was in the process of putting Jim on the board (Remember our three corporations with interlocking directors) I thought the original plan was still in effect. I thought we were still all in it together and on the same team.

By July of 2,002 there was a noticeable terror stalking the threads. The bannings continued. I tried to tell JimRob that the forum was being dumbed down. By banning some of the people who presented opposite points of view, he was depriving the Freepers of the opportunity to hone their debating skills. I was fearful that we reach the point were we were only preaching to the choir. My point was to let the Freepers handle it.

I am happy the mods outed themselves. I hope the Freepers who get treated unfairly now complain directly to some of these mods, and I hope they get better answers than I got from JimRob.

John Huang2 and Kattracks do a magnificent job and perform a great service to FR by all the articles they posts. I commend them.

I do not want them to quit being mods. The idea that I wanted all the mods to quit comes from Ms AniFeminazi. I could still read the abuse page when she posted this charge. It is NOT true.

The GinnyMac story. GinnyMac is/was an Orange Couty Lurker/Freeper who attended the March for Justice, The House Managers dinner, and gave at least a $100 during every Freepathon. However she never registered till Willa talked her into doing so in 2,000 I think. She has never posted. She no longer can log in. She wrote to Jim about it and has never received an answer. Jim says no one has been knocked off the forum that didn't deserve it. What did GinnyMac do Jim?

Willa and I did thousands of hours of work to handle the donations/and the Freeper Ball money. Willa still donates to FR. Jim and I never had any problems till some of the mods got out of control.

When I found Jim in 1998 he was in dire financial straights. I did what was necessary to see to it that he became well fed. Did he bite my hand? I sure think so.

I do not want FR to go down. I do want it to get cleaned up. I want FR to once again gain the sense of purpose and camaraderie. Unfortunately I do not think this is possible with Jim at the helm.

Towards the end BoBJ worked out an agreement between Jim and I.

Jim and I would each appoint five moderator overseers. Freepers were to be given the benefit of the doubt. Banned Freepers could appeal to this board of overseers.

Jim posted this agreement on the abuse page to the moderators.

MAF went ballistic and posted my nastygram to her on the abuse page. I informed the Network board of Jim's posting of the agreement.

I sent the network Post to the one moderator who had admitted to understanding the problems.

She sent it to JR and within one hour Jim recinded the agreement, threw me off the mod pages along with another Network observer of the mod pages and he told me NO NETWORK PERSON would ever be allowed on there again.

Obviously we were no longer in it together.

Three more final points.

When Jim canned Mercuria from the moderator board he told her he was cutting back on the number of moderators. He did NOT have the courage to tell her she was the only one being removed.

The ability to read the pulled posts was very nice. After Jim took me off the mod pages I told him I'd still help with getting the monthly people to transfer to the new system. I asked that I be allowed to read the pulled posts. He said he do it. When it didn't happen for a while I asked again. He told me that was the very next thing on John's agenda. When it still didn't happen and I asked again, he said he changed his mind. This was the last straw for me and is the day I withdrew from posting on FR.

The moderators do have bunker mentality. Their attitude is "It is us against them" The them are the Freepers.

My conclusions.

One cannot rely on Jim to tell the truth.

Freepers are not given the benefit of the doubt.

There is no review process of Moderator action.

Jim does not have any principles or convictions

Jim is not an honest nor an honorable man.

Jim is not a man of his word.

FR has outgrown his ability to handle it.

Jim says he loves me like a brother.

Right! Like Cain loved Abel.

Finally, while I am down on JR and some of the mods I still recommend FR to many people. I do not speak ill of the Freepers. They are great.

I still cling to the hope that FR will get straightened out. I do not think it can or will happen with Jim at the helm.


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To: FedUp; Jim Robinson
Just a note from someone thats been kicking around here for a long time. I seldom post, donate when I can, but check in a half dozen times a day for the lastest news and information on the best conservative site on the web. I thank Mr. Robinson for his efforts and hard work keeping this forum active, and suggest those upset with his work leave tonight. Jim, you have a wonderful accomplishment here, and I thank you. Don't let a few spoil your well deserved success.

thanks for writing my post for me ... saved me lotsa thinkin' time

481 posted on 10/19/2003 12:27:01 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (Milton Waddams: The ratio of people to cake is too big.)
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To: Chad Fairbanks
Wow. I didn't mean to make you have a genetic flashback. ; )
482 posted on 10/19/2003 12:33:29 AM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (Copyright 2003 Nasty Ole DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet)
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To: All
I probably should not have had that extra couple of beers after I got home from the bar since I normally don't jump in these types of things.

I've met most of the people described here at the inaugural or at CPAC. I met Jimrob, Badjoe, Connie, Bob J, Dio, MAF, and Dales either at one or both of the events. I never had any problem with any of them, and from the few times I met them, they all seemed like very good people. It was obvious after 2000 that there was going to be some disagreements since the major enemy was out of the White House(Klintler/Alwhore)

I have nothing against anyone associated with this site or Liberty Post. I've said a long time ago that I'm on one side. Mine. I'm not an 'antifreeper' nor any type of 'bot', asskisser, or 'koolaid' drinker(unless it is Guinness flavored).

I've been in a few nasty internal political fights much worse than this one. One that almost (and still might) end up in the courts through lawsuits. I talked to a good friend of mine who has been in the political business much longer than I have who said this about my own internal political situation. "Anyone outside of this will see it as nothing more than a pissing contest". That is what this looks like to me.

I took that advise with me(although it took about a month away from it to realize it, and that I was starting to become as much of an a**hole as the other jokers involved on the other side), along with one other major piece of advice I've had since I was a kid. "Pick your battles". I have an Irish temper, so it's taken me awhile to follow that.

I can't speak for others, but JimRob and the mods here have been more than fair with me. I've always been known to be blunt and to speak my mind. Here is no different. I've had a couple of articles and posts pulled and I've been warned of a couple of things. I try to police myself, but that happens. Usually when something has been pulled, I've gotten an explanation with it why. The times I haven't were ones that I knew were borderline to begin with.

I don't know the reasons that caused the split between Joe and FR, nor care to be honest. It's obviously internal politics of some sort, and that's always bad news where there is no winners. No one has won from the split in the org I was with(and an outspoken member and leader of), nor the new one that I'm a charter member of.

Personally, I wouldn't have put someone in a corner and threaten for a year to say something if something did or did not happen, but that is just me. I would have simply fired like I did against a different org I had a run in with. If something needs to be said, just say it, don't talk about saying it. But it's finally said.

"If something isn't done right. Do it better." The new organization I'm with does that, and if someone wants a "better Free Republic", instead of pissin and moanin about it, they will do that as well. I happen to like competition since it brings out the best in everyone.

FR's been very good to me. A lot of people that post here have supported the same things I have supported and even have taken my word when it was all I had.

I wish both Badjoe and JimRob the best. Both seem like good people from the times I've met them. FR is JimRob's baby, and he sets the rules here. If I don't want to go along with them, I'd bolt. Same with any other message board I do to. If the rules are that bad, I'd start "Dan's board." This is a capitalist society still, and people can still vote wit their feet or wallet.

To those that go out of their way to bash FR, or any message board for that matter. Is it really worth it? That's a question everyone must answer for themselves.

In my case, FR's been good to me. That's all that matters.

483 posted on 10/19/2003 12:38:42 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("I don't want to Raise Taxes" "I think everything must be looked at" - Jennifer Granholm. (D))
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To: Mr. Mojo
Female journalist: "Are you a mod or a rocker?"

Ringo: "I'm a mocker."

Dialogue from A Hard Days Night

484 posted on 10/19/2003 12:39:39 AM PDT by capitan_refugio
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To: Dan from Michigan
BTW - been here since 98 and posted since 99, in case that matters any.
485 posted on 10/19/2003 12:40:34 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("I don't want to Raise Taxes" "I think everything must be looked at" - Jennifer Granholm. (D))
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To: Slip18
I'm with you...I want A+Bert back.

Contrary to popular belief, he could be very nice.

That's the only controversial thing I have to say...;o)
486 posted on 10/19/2003 12:46:38 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (One of the greatest talkers of our age is getting sober. And you ain't heard nothing yet.---L. Henry)
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To: Dan from Michigan
It matters.Thanks for your thoughtful post.
487 posted on 10/19/2003 12:53:25 AM PDT by MEG33
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To: Dan from Michigan
Dan, you know how much we all care for you. Keep up the good fight!
488 posted on 10/19/2003 1:01:00 AM PDT by Slip18
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To: dixiechick2000; A+Bert
I'm trying my best to be noncontroversial on this thread, too. It's difficult. We do need Bert back. I'll bet he'd have a lot to say.
489 posted on 10/19/2003 1:03:13 AM PDT by Slip18
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To: ladyinred
The guys get the hair and the eyelashes!

Hair? What hair?.....(and I'm too young for losing it)

490 posted on 10/19/2003 1:09:13 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("I don't want to Raise Taxes" "I think everything must be looked at" - Jennifer Granholm. (D))
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To: ladyinred
The last thing I will say, in this way too long post is this. Too many people here have forgotten the purpose of this forum, it is to defeat the liberals, not each other. When grown adults squabble among themselves for all of the world to see, and believe me, they are watching as you well know, then all we are doing is giving aid and comfort to the real enemy, SOCIALISM.

Just had to beat me to this thread huh?? .. LOL

Seriously now, excellent points you make. Debate and disagreements are fine and good, but we must not forget who and what we are fighting.

491 posted on 10/19/2003 1:17:39 AM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
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To: danmar
While you are at it, would you cancel my presence on "FR"?

danmar
Since Oct 26, 1998

Wow!

492 posted on 10/19/2003 1:17:43 AM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Why can't we all just get along and do things my way?)
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To: Hildy; Southflanknorthpawsis
But I wouldn't dream of pissing off my best customers

That was not the question that was asked

Nice try in avoiding it though

493 posted on 10/19/2003 2:32:36 AM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
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To: Jim Robinson
Jim, technical question...

After the mods came out of the backroom in a previous thread, I decided I would check out thier posting histories. Much to my surprise, I found that I could only see a very limited post history of some of these mods.

For some of these mods (not all), clicking on "click to show more posts," does not produce more posts. It just produces a redisplay of the first page of posts.

Is this feature only available to the mods?

494 posted on 10/19/2003 2:35:57 AM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Why can't we all just get along and do things my way?)
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To: Chad Fairbanks
and so every few months I get chased around the house by a raving lunatic with scissors so that I can be made to look "respectable".

And you love it .. go ahead and admit it ;0)

495 posted on 10/19/2003 2:40:06 AM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
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To: Hildy
I have to disagree with the Jim's house business. Does Jim ask everyone who steps into his home for a donation? Sorry, once you start taking money, money gets a voice. Sorry, that's the truth.

Actually..... no.

You make the donation with an unerstanding, or an ability to obtain and understanding, of the "rules of the house." Therefore, you are expected to follow them.

496 posted on 10/19/2003 2:44:15 AM PDT by MindBender26 (For more news as it happens, stay tuned to your local FReeper Network station)
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To: Jim Robinson
Being a bookkeeper, I couldn't help but play with some of the numbers on deports link. Wed and Thurs, FR gets the most traffic, so taking your Wed's over the past three years and averaging them, FR is experiencing a steady growth annually. You are experiencing about 458 more posts each Wed in 2003 than you did in 2001 and the year isn't even over yet.

I don't see a reason for gloom and doom here, just figguring out how to make those numbers pop like they did when I signed on back in 2000. I seem to have rode a wave of new members signing on to FR back then right before the 2000 election.

I am predicting the numbers will pop again for the 2004 election with new members signing on. I don't know what, if anything, is needed to keep them on board. FR is such an addicting site I think that alone may carry the day. I know the activism hooked me in back then. Standing on street corners with my little sign. You might need to consider more bandwidth before then, if it's needed, before my predicted rush of new members hits the site. I really don't know a thing about that end of it.

Of course my opinion and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee. I just thought I would throw your growth pattern out there for your consideration in case you want to prepare ahead for what might be an unexpected jump in membership.
497 posted on 10/19/2003 2:53:06 AM PDT by MissAmericanPie
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To: JoeSixPack1
http://www.epinions.com/mvie-review-3A6D-390B5B4-38D3FE74-prod5

Do you like to watch Gladiator movies, Joey?

Ever been to a Turkish prison?

498 posted on 10/19/2003 3:15:24 AM PDT by lowbridge (As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. -Mr. Carlson, WKRP in Cincinnati)
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To: Senator Pardek
I'm a Mocker!
499 posted on 10/19/2003 3:59:19 AM PDT by Dales
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To: Khurkris
That guy lived and breathed Free Republic and the message it stands/stood for. As usual, politics sucks.

CLEAN HOUSE AND CONTINUE TO MARCH!

The bold lettered words are my nomination for quote of the month.

:-)

500 posted on 10/19/2003 4:01:54 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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