VANITY: The "Truth" about JimRob and Free Republic according to BADJOE

LibertyPost.org | 10/10/03 | BADJOE (Slightly revised by JimRob)

[Jim Robinson]

Dear Free Republic Friends,

My old friend and brother-in-arms BADJOE has promised to warm the cockles of our hearts by publishing an expose (the truth about JimRob and Free Republic according to Joe) on the 18th of this month, which represents the one year anniversary of the date he last posted to FreeRepublic.com and started up with LibertyPost.org.

So, as I believe that only the truth can set you free, and based upon the stratergery of pre-emptive strike, I have a confession to make (before BADJOE makes it public):

I have poisoned the well.

By my sly innuendos behind the scenes.

By my intellectual ineptitude.

By not trusting those that brung me to the dance to bring me home.

By my biting every hand that fed me.

By my arrogance that causes me to think I did it all by myself.

By my stubborness not because of principle, but because of my lack of ability to see what is transpiring.

Evidenced by:

One would think that with half again as many Freepers. with a recovering economy, It would take a great deal less time to raise the necessary funds.

By this time in the June 2002 effort with a goal of $70,000 we had raised $73,000. Not because of who did the fundraising, but because the sense of purpose, of family, of comaraderie, was still present.

BADJOE rang the warning bell, but none heard.

Conclusion:

It is a sad day.

For what was once a great hope, a means of bringing together those who are willing to pay dearly in blood, sweat, and money to save this country, we all love, has been reduced to an asterisk.

So sayeth BADJOE as he promises to publish all this and much more on the 18th. He's been feverishly working on this "project" for one full year. In addition to the "truth about JimRob" BADJOE intends to further betray our trust placed in him by revealing the names of our moderators. And who knows what else?

I can hardly wait.

Is it the 18th yet? Tick, tock.

[Aracelis]

BTW, Carlo3b just posted something interesting for all of us chronic dieters...

'Tummy pacemaker' may suppress appetite

[Junior]

So I have neurotic habits, huh gall bladder boy? Okay, I'll admit my nervous leg drives my wife to distraction, but I consider it exercise, not a neurotic habit...

[Aracelis]

"The research also indicates that people who get the most earworms tend to listen to music frequently and have neurotic habits, such as biting pencils or tapping fingers."

Well that finally explains it...I have songs (not voices, thank you very much) running through my head constantly.

[Junior]

Next thing you'll know, someone will come up with a shock device that "stimulates" you every time you think of food. B.F. Skinner would be proud...

[VadeRetro]

Okay, I'll admit my nervous leg drives my wife to distraction, but I consider it exercise, not a neurotic habit...

Reminds me of my Mom telling me as a teenager, "If you have to use the bathroom, just go do it!"

[VadeRetro]

"The research also indicates that people who get the most earworms tend to listen to music frequently and have neurotic habits, such as biting pencils or tapping fingers."

Don't feel bad. I bite fingers.

[Aracelis]

Nah...just wire your refrigerator...that'll learn ya!

[Aracelis]

Your own, or someone else's???

[VadeRetro]

Yes.

[Aracelis]

Hmmm...you may consider getting some help from this fellow.

[Chad Fairbanks]

So, in honor of this latest thread, I got creative and found that I could take a nice little tune from Steely Dan, and make it into an ode to Free Republic... Maybe sometime if I get ambitious enough I'll actually record the darn thing... So, I present A parody of the song "FM", by our Clinton-loving friends in Steely Dan:

"FR" (To the tune of "FM", by Steely Dan)

Everywhere on the TV, Liberals whine
So boot up your PC, baby, it's party time
You go to free republic dot com, and log on
and sometimes you'll post til dawn
talk about news and leftists
and where society has gone wrong

If you ever have a question, you'll get advice
& next time the topic comes up, they'll ping you twice
and don't you forget, "Live Threads"
man,that's as good as it gets...

no liberals at all (no liberals at all)

FR - (Free Republic Dot Com!)

So if you wanna talk with people in their right mind
This is the best internet resource you can find
though sometimes we get trolls, a lot
they quickly get the "ZOT!

no liberals at (no liberals at all)

FR - (Free Republic Dot Com!)

[longshadow]

Great stuff. Compared to this, William Tell ain't nothin'.

Final warning: Knock off the Swiss-bashing.

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[PatrickHenry]

I thought Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus

Right you are. I blanked out on the incest.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Steely Dan fan that you are, thought you might appreciate this ;0)

[PatrickHenry]

By the way, this line:

HAEMON: That is no city which belongs to one man.

I've seen translations where that reads: "A one man state is no state at all."

Much more powerful that way. I don't know which is more accurate. Same idea, however.

[Ichneumon]

As fate would have it I just tripped over this cartoon while internet surfing today not long after catching up on this thread. I dare you not to laugh:

[AndrewC]

Literary - anti-government

Exd 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
Exd 1:16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see [them] upon the stools; if it [be] a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it [be] a daughter, then she shall live.
Exd 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I'm not laughing. I don't find it funny in the least, but then again I have no sense of humor...



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[CyberCowboy777]

Great job! LOL!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Thanks. Wrote that after lunch today. Needs polishing, but ya gotta have something to do while running test scripts...