Vanity: Is protecting Constitution no longer goal of Freerepublic.com?

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[libertylady]

I have recently noticed that the home page of Free Republic no longer has the icon at the top which states that one of the goals of this website is protecting our freedom and our Constitution. Can anyone help me shed some light on this? I would hope that this is a temporary change and not an official declaration made by the staff of this website. With the lack of articles and lack of alarm posted on this website about the Draconian Patriot 1 and Patriot Act 2 I have began to wonder about whether this site really does support the Constitution.

[OWK]

Tune in. Who is blocking and fillibustering conservative appointments?

You seem to be missing my point Jim.

Patriot 1 passed overwhelmingly with the encouragement and support of "conservative" republicans.

Patriot II will likely do the same.

But you wish us to believe that a "decent judiciary" would overturn this junk law, if only more "conservative" judges were appointed by the same conservatives that passed and signed the law to begin with.

What sense does that make?

[MileHi]

Can you find anything in the Constitution that allows the building and maintanence of Interstate Highways?

Yes, the Constitution authorizes the Fed to maintain a military and run the postal service. Interstate highways further both of those objectives.

Thanks for playing.

[_Jim]

BZZZZZT! Wrong, as usual.

LOL!

Another of the mentally unwashed attempts to lecture _Jim on logic transformation!

LOL!

[nicmarlo]

lol.....now, I like THAT mountain! 'tis beautiful....must be out west.....oh, how I miss Colorado!

[MrLeRoy]

Change your habits/your lifestyle

I guess you think Jim Robinson had better change his habits/lifestyle, eh?

"I am adamantly opposed to swat raids, no knock warrants, illegal searches, illegal phone taps, violations of privacy, roadblocks, asset forfeiture, etc., etc." - Jim Robinson

[smith288]

You hate the Constitution as evident by your taking the image down to "save bandwidth"... </tin foil off>

[ThinkDifferent]

However, I am adamantly opposed to swat raids, no knock warrants, illegal searches, illegal phone taps, violations of privacy, roadblocks, asset forfeiture, etc., etc.

Exactly. I don't care a great deal if pot itself is legal or not. I do care that the government acts within Constitutional bounds, which they are clearing unwilling to do in the WOD. If a law can only be enforced via a police state, then the law is wrong.

[ThinkDifferent]

anti-"War On Drugs" ==> "pro-drugs"

And by identical "logic", anyone who opposes laws against hate speech supports racism.

[_Jim]

... Interstate highways further both of those objectives.

Can you say "interstate commerce"?

Can you "Pure Food and Drug Act"?

Are you bobbing and weaving for your friend jimt?

[Jim Robinson]

No, the truth is we've made some substantial gains, and despite a few setbacks and policies that we strongly dislike, we are not going to surrender and give it all back to the Democrats. We are going to continue knocking out as many Democrats as possible from our government, federal state and local! It's the only way to destroy the American-hating, Liberty-hating liberals/socialists/marxists! Vote them out!

The goal is 60 in '04! No more democrat obstruction! No more fillibustering conservative appointments! We must gain a supermajority and remake the entire judiciary! This will set the liberals/socialists back 40 years or more. We've never had an opportunity like this in modern history! Do it now while we have the chance!

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

We delete threads that are posted by the DU trolls, the tinfoil hat trolls, the anti-American trolls, the AFer trolls, etc., etc.

I understand why those threads are deleted. It's the reasonable posts with a difference of opinion that I can't understand (individual comments rather than threads).

[Osage Orange]

Your wrote:

"Maybe not everyone is an alarmist about this stuff. The people for it have made a decent case, the people against it have made a decent case. Its a matter of debate and thought. The problem comes when the Tinfoil Hat Society comes whirling in like some paranoid tornado because people are getting searched at airports or what have you. Many people see this as a grey area and not a red flashing siren of impending doom. And anyways, typically throughout history, when the gov't treads in these grey areas during times of war, when peace resumes, they exit the grey area. So maybe there isn't as much outrage as you'd like, but its hardly an indictment against FR. I appreciate the ability on FR to hold differing viewpoints and to weigh their merits."

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Prudent and logical post....My hat, if I was wearing one, would be off to you...

BEST FREGARDS,

[_Jim]

Mr Robinson isn't closely associating himslf on a personal level with known tokers and dopers either, therefore, he has no worry about warrants being served.

Get it yet?

[dighton]

Your logic is peccable. Awright, I know it's not a word . . .

In fact it is a word, meaning "liable or prone to sin : susceptible to temptation." (Webster's III).

[ksen]

That's it troublemaker, your goin' out on yer ear! ;^)

[Lysander]

Do you know of anyone other than Islamic terrorists who've been adversely affected by these Acts?

A right not held by everyone is not held by anyone.

[savedbygrace]

I gotta get me a new dictionary. I'm using Merriam-Webster Online and it showed it not being a recognized word.

[Jim Robinson]

We delete replies for the same reasons. Also, when we "nuke" any of these trolls, all of their replies are automatically deleted. If we do not do this, FR would soon be a hell hole like DU or LF.

[HairOfTheDog]

I was merely illustrating the "mountains out of molehills" concept, for our readers.

[_Jim]

The same republican Congress and Executive branch that ..

BUT - we're moving into a new era, witness for instance the impact FR and improved communications and *good* communicators has had (Rush, Hannity, Fox News, et al).

Give it time - we need time to make it work. Rome wasn't built in a day ...