Posted on 10/10/2003 2:23:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 10/10/2003 2:27:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
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.
I just got back from a trip in the mountans and my ears are plugged up. Besides, I thought that shouting is the demeanor of this thread!!!
THIS IS A SECRET.
OVER
That is your focus perhaps, but to say what focus others have who use two or more religions to promote contention between people is illogical. It does not bear up to scrutiny. It is not a "totally false" stament by virtue of a great deal of evidence to the contrary.
To say anyone believing in variations of evolution of plants and animal life do not have or cannot have standing as Christians or conservatives would be illogical as well.
I would say by your extreme antipathy of atheistic beliefs that you see no protection of their right to be religion free by the U.S.Constitution. If I am incorrect assuming this, please let me know.
All things being equal and if that is indeed your take on things, I obviously disagree with that. Sentient creatures have the basic right to make an informed choice to be atheists, and do not deserve any stigmatization because they do.
And merely being an atheist does not automatically pit you against Christianity, or any other religion.
I find your intolerance of them puzzling and quite unsettling.
With Geosynch, a really long time :-)
No, I'm sorry, my wife doesn't let me out of the doghouse much so I am pretty isolated.:>)
This is not the thread for debating that issue (it's about BADJOE), so I won't try to steer things into an off-thread debate here, but I want to respond -- just this once -- to your point. The science threads are interesting of themselves, attracting some pretty good freepers who participate not only in the science threads, but also in a variety of other topics.
Many of us think evolution in particular is an important topic for the forum. As you probably know, the evolution vs creationism debate is a raging issue in school boards all across the country, so it's a very current topic. The general idea many of us have is that if one vocal group -- an anti-evolution group -- claims to be the exclusive voice of the conservative movement and thus the republican party, well ... there will be consequences. We don't want the tent to get too small, do we? If we don't have a winning party, we can't roll back anything.
ewww, that is really cool.:>)
You could run out of Spam and crackers first!
The real question is could you eat enough spam continuously to ever "run out"?
Pryor is pitching a gem.
Looks like you can stick a fork in the Sox. So in that case....
LETS GO CUBS!
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