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Not so ‘Free Republic’: The Shot Heard Around the Net
The Conservative Voice ^
| Feb 11, 2005
| by William Gheen, President, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC
Posted on 02/11/2005 10:55:36 AM PST by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson
Is this the makings of another smear campaign?
The movie Stalag 17 comes to mind, for some reason. In that movie, you plant the idea amongst the people that one of them is a snitch, and then wait for them all to turn on themselves.
Or, there is the sub-plot in the movie The Manchurian Candidate, where James Gregory plays a befuddled Senator who keeps making higher and higher claims of the number of communists in the government. When he asks his wife, played by Angela Landsbury, to just pick one number that he can remember, she says that she wants the confusion in the press over the number of communists, because while they're arguing amongst themselves, they're not paying attention to what's really going on.
So, are we under attack by an organized "whisper campaign?"
-PJ
To: xsmommy
hahaha! Thanks. He put me in the list because of the Viking Kitty/ZOT pings I send out.
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:17:41 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: RightOnline
I think you could take her. ;-)
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:18:14 PM PST
by
Howlin
(It's a great day to be an American -- and a Bush Republican!!!!)
To: darkwing104
hehe! An "He's dead, Jim!" award? :^)
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:19:17 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: nicmarlo
And he wants to murder her. God bless her.
To: asgardshill; Jim Robinson
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:22:42 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Red Sun rising, Drown without inhaling. Within, the dark holds hard. Higher than hope my cure lies.)
To: theDentist
This article is garbage unless I get kicked off after writing this.I've been criticizing the president for the state of our borders since before the election.If there was another candidate who would close our borders down I would have voted for him instead of Bush.This administration along with the democratic opposition are both failures when it comes to our borders.They will be held to the fire if something bad happens on their watch.
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:24:01 PM PST
by
rdcorso
(What A Disgrace To The Churchill Name.Winston Would Bitch Slap This Low-Life)
To: Jim Robinson
Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts. Maybe you should have a once a month free for all food fight no holds barred at FR and let them all get it out of their systems.
And continue to regulate the other threads the rest of the month.
Seems like all these prohibitions are frequently violated. I personally use asterisks instead of profanity but isn't that just a sneaky way of getting around the prohibition?
Maybe we need someone to come and explain how to be civil during a spirited discussion.
However, given a choice I think many FReepers would opt for a FOOD FIGHT thread rather than learn about civility.
To: pbrown
yes he does....and so does Greer.
To: hiredhand
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:27:13 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: Fred Nerks
Does that finger thing mean schmoooooch?...
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:27:41 PM PST
by
Dark Skies
("The sleeper must awaken!")
To: Jim Robinson
I think Bush is making a mistake. I understand the econmic reasons behind the Administration's decision to continue to allow uncontrolled immigration. I still don't like it though.
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:28:01 PM PST
by
semaj
("....by their fruit you will know them.")
To: nicmarlo
How sad and tragic a situtation.
To: HipShot
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:30:24 PM PST
by
Howlin
(It's a great day to be an American -- and a Bush Republican!!!!)
To: Howlin
You may not realize how cutting your remarks are.
The swearing issue is like the abortion issue with me. Personally, I don't care if Democrats want to kill their children, but God does.
To: Arrowhead1952; Jim Robinson
Seldom will two people agree 100% on everything. But the one thing we do seem to be in agreement here is that we support our President, and his support of the Constitution, values, etc. Where in the President's State of the Union address did President Bush say that there wouldn't be "more control of illegal immigration"? This is the message that I heard (emphasis mine):
America's immigration system is also outdated -- unsuited to the needs of our economy and to the values of our country. We should not be content with laws that punish hardworking people who want only to provide for their families, and deny businesses willing workers, and invite chaos at our border. It is time for an immigration policy that permits temporary guest workers to fill jobs Americans will not take, that rejects amnesty, that tells us who is entering and leaving our country, and that closes the border to drug dealers and terrorists.
I haven't heard (or read) any evidence that equates President Bush's "guest worker" program with open borders. My take on it is that it's one of the steps he hopes we take to gain better control of our borders.
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:32:08 PM PST
by
Fawnn
(Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person - Faith makes things possible, not easy.)
To: Jim Robinson
I have very vocally spoken out against illegal immigrants on this site. I have never used profanity nor links to other sites. I have tried (and sometimes failed) to keep my responses civil. I have not been excluded from the free expression of ideas.
Where do these so-called reporters get this stuff? DU?
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:32:55 PM PST
by
LowInMo
(Pray for Dow Jones and the Nasdaqi's.)
To: patriciaruth
Nah. I've been through forums who did do the "free-fer-all". It doesn't work. When things get too hot, posters need to get away from the board. Go live. Do your laundry. Go to the bathroom. Get on with the everyday tasks of living. Come back refreshed. It's called "self-control". And that's apparently what most all of us in FR want the US to do in re illegal immigration: control ourselves.
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:33:58 PM PST
by
Alia
To: cake_crumb
Not all who claim to be conservatives really are. Some are just trollish infiltrators, drunk on their own cleverness. And of course, some genuine conservatives are also jerks.
To: freedomson
You too? I had such high hopes...
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posted on
02/11/2005 4:34:26 PM PST
by
GW and Twins Pawpaw
(Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
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