Please ping the Illinois Freepers you know to this thread and ask that they ping others they know in this socialist shithole Illinois.
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FReeper PhilCollins left Illinois for Nevada about two years ago, but he and his wife moved back to Illinois here a few months ago. Chicagolady also left Illinois (for Texas) but is now back.
Probably the best way to get people's attention is to ping them individually or post about it in the state forum page. I'm open to an Illinois FReeper meetup this summer. After all I've been on this website for over a decade.
Ah, yes! That brings back old memories. I still have Henry Hyde's autograph around the house somewhere. I met him in person in the early 2000s, post Clinton impeachment.
When I met Newt Gingrich in person in Ames, Iowa back in 2007, the guy was a total a-hole and I remember vocally complaining about it on FR. Someone made the excuse that he behaved that way because he wasn't running for anything at the time and was only there to give a speech and sell books. Well, Henry Hyde wasn't running for anything at the time I met him and was only there to give a speech. The guy was a very down-to-earth, friendly gentleman who took time to talk to me. 180 degree difference between Newt making his appearance a tacky attempt to con people into paying handsomely for an on-the-spot informal photo-op.
The one I missed out on was right after the Clinton impeachment when a group of Illinois FReepers met David Schippers in person in Chicago to give him some award. Nobody invited me or pinged me about the event beforehand. Grrr.
I’m still here. I don’t post very much but I read FR every day. We finally escaped Crook County for Will about 1,5 yrs ago but are stuck in Illinois for at least 5 more. A Freepers meet-up would be great. I went to a Freepers convention in Las Vegas years ago.
Anytime after the 4th would work for me.
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Count me in on any southwestish Chicagoland gathering.
You may be a little too late. Im gone, My family is gone, we helped a large portion of friends escape, and quite frankly now that we all can replicate giordanos, portillos and can get Vienna giardanaira shipped anywhere, Illinois can go to hell.