Happy New Year to you, Bro’!
I followed you to FR about 6 months later...during Columbune, IIRC.
Before that, I was a much-attacked conservative on Salon.com(which I believe is now defunct.)
Man, have we been through a lot, or not?
Many thanks to JimRob and JohnRob for keeping the home fires burning here.
I share your enthusiasm for 2012, and I truly believe this is the year we will take our country back from the Commies, the Muzzie-sympathizers; the “Progressives” (who want to take us back to early 20th Century Russia); the Weiners and the Whiners; the Clintons and the Grifters; the Kenyan Candidate and his Mooching Wife, etc. (List is too long.)
Anyway, Happy New Year to you and to all true FReepers!
LOL! Welcome newbie. You’ll love it here...
We are getting old, mines next month.
Nice post. :)
The turtle is on the fencepost in Bakersfield...
Oops, wrong thread......
A fine and wonderful New Year to you and yours.
:-)
I think of this site in two ways. One, it does a great job of keeping you informed, and you get to know how the Left thinks; but, two, it can be depressing and discouraging, since the news is about 95% negative. It seems that, no matter who has the majority in Congress, or who has the Oval Office, as a country, we continue to slide leftward toward the train wreck.
So many of the conservative pundits and talkers declare that we are a center-right country. Well, I ask, where's the proof of that? Does our government, year over year, become smaller, less intrusive, more efficient? Or, does it become bigger, more powerful, more intrusive, more corrupt, more stupid?
Which is it? It's one, or the other, black and white.
As a people, as a voting public, where are we going over the long run, toward freedom and personal responsibility, or toward dependence and tyranny? On the optimistic side (which, admittedly, is hard for me), it seems that individual states are still willing to fight toward freedom. For instance, CA and NY businesses fleeing to more business-friendly states. And, states which show gains in firearms freedom, such as my own AZ.
Speaking of that, hmmmmm....you know AZ has had concealed carry on the books for well over a year now, and there are no mediots squealing about the increase in gun crime? You can bet if there was an increase, they'd be squealing about it. Too bad for them. Heavy, heavy disappointment.
Our last hope is that more and more states recognize that freedom works better, and that we make FedGov as irrelevant as possible.
States, turn those bloated, arrogant, corrupt Federal hogs into laughingstocks, they deserve it. Hit them in the pocket book. Take away their money, take away their power. Send reps and senators there who will do it, who will tell them to go to Hell.
My 13th anniversary was last April. Never thought to commemorate it. CONGRATULATIONS, Exit82!
Who are the 20 eldest FReepers? Would be nice to have a list.
And I thought you exited in 1982?!
If I recall, doesn’t your screen name reflect the Exit you needed to be picked up at for the Impeachment Rally?
You more than tried, FRiend. Outstanding job! You really have a talent for bringing things into focus in a very objective way. Great historical synopsis of Free Republic.
Happy New Year to everyone!!!
5.56mm
Newbie
Now will ya close yer dang Italians? Sheesh.
Happy New Year exit82!
Thank you for this thread.
I have it bookmarked for the lurkers who might be curious as to why some of the “Silent Majority” became the majority that has stayed in revolt against the Federal Politician Elite Class that have detached the US Federal Government from the American Citizens, their businesses, and core values.
All of us owe a great depth of gratitude to you, and others like you, - - - Americans to the core.
I never heard of Free Republic until one day while browsing The Drudge Report getting more information about that Washington intern linked to the president I came across the link to here. Hesitated for a while before signing up. Couldn’t believe some of the stuff I read about that slimeball Clinton posted here. Like the Clinton Body Count. Glad to see so many others have joined this little bulletin board.
My 14th anniversity is in April!