Posted on 07/13/2026 12:16:43 PM PDT by JoeVortex
I clicked on my bookmark for Free Republic.
The splash page came up.
And then in dawned on me:
Free Republic is 30 years old this year!
Yep been here 28 years
same
I lurked for 5 years before joining (different screen name) in 2003. I won’t ever forget the 9/11 threads.
Mitt ‘PPACA first’ Romney?
I learned of Free Republic from Rush Limbaugh mentioning the Bush National Guard reprimand memo hoax being found by a FReeper who noticed the proportional spacing of characters and the NT Times font which had not been invented yet.
Quitcher bitchin noob.
Hillary’s Clinton’s obviously love of vindictiveness “gave us Obama.”
For me, from my account statistics today: You’ve posted a total of 15,854 threads and 58,464 replies.
It will be 29 years for me on November 28th.
I’ve been here since reading about it on the Drudge Report,when drudge was reliably republican. Just about 18 years ago.
I first found it on a Compuserve Bulletin Board.
how many websites I’ve seen that are now completely unusable because it was felt necessary to “upgrade” over the years.
= = =
My bank does this. It is working fine; I can get where I want to go and do what I need to do.
Then - Lo and Behold - things change.
It was too ‘plain’. It now flashes with images and I have to hunt up the login prompt. All while taking longer to load those new improved pages.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
Turn your italians off!
THAILAND?!
Unnnggghhhh
Eschoir
My signup date says July 14 2001. So 25 years tomorrow. I suppose the most impactful day was 9 11 a couple of months after I signed on. I posted during it sending prayers for all involved. Take care everyone and God bless the USA and Free Republic!
I started out here way, way, way back in the day. I used another name in those early days. Changed account and started using this one. This account has moved with me from Washington state down here to my birth home of Al-la-bam-ma. Jim Rob gave us a home. All of us who love the Republic as founded by our Founding Fathers. Love of God, love of country, love of family. Protect the Republic. Protect your home. Protect your family. Thank God for all you have. Thanks Jim Rob for THE Free Republic, our free voice.
Class of 1998 and on my 3rd userid. March for Justice and other DC meetups. It’s always been my goto for news.
We condense the nonsense and fill it in with common sense.
Good FRiends ??
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But they won’t pick
You up at The Airport!
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I’ve been here since.....
What year Is This?
May Free Republic celebrate its 100th anniversary in 70 years! Perhaps our grandchildren or great grandchildren with be posting and discussing current events!
I still type like that 😂
You can tell by my typos
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