[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

You have been an embarassment since you got here. I am not sorry to see you go.

[Rebelbase]

You are the self proclaimed social liberal, so I think you have to modify your statement that you consider yourself to be a "conservative".

I guess you got tired of defending your pro-abortion, "the man has no right until the baby is born" stance.

I really hope you stay in Great Britain. I think you will be much happier in a socialist country than in the USA, unless you choose Mass., NH or VT.

FYI to all, Here is Pendantic_Lady Profile page:

Pedantic_Lady

Since Oct 18, 2003

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I'm an American living overseas who is planning to return to the United States in 2004. I consider myself to be fairly independent-minded politically, but in the UK I'm considered conservative.

In a nutshell, I hate lazy people, broccoli, drug use, and people who won't mind their own business.

I love Mexican food, loud bluegrass and classical music, non-fiction books, and growing native Texas plants in my English garden...which never fails to annoy the neighbors.

A bit more...I speak four languages fluently: English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. I was born in Texas and raised in Dallas. I went to UT Austin and graduated in 1997 with a BA in French. I've always been interested in politics; my dad is a hardcore conservative and my grandmother (his mom) is a New Dealer Democrat, so family gatherings were always interesting and filled with arguments about politics, particularly during the Reagan and Clinton years. My politics fall in between my father's and my grandmother's. Socially, I suppose I'm pretty liberal...I like a strong separation between church and state, abortion doesn't bother me...neither do gay people. On some issues, though, I'm pretty conservative; I can't stand illegal immigration. As an immigrant I know how hard it is to fit into a new society but I'd never be arrogant enough to ask British taxpayers to subsidize my life here. I don't really like unions and I think being tough on crime is a GOOD thing. I don't like globalization because I see it tearing up the middle class in England and in the U.S., but you'll never see me marching on May Day or smashing up a McDonald's. I'm more likely to be inside the McDonald's ordering a Quarter Pounder with fries. I think vegetarians are crazy...beef IS what's for dinner...and though I'm not religious, I don't really care if other people are as long as they don't come to my door and try to drag me to church with them.

Basically, as long as people stay out of my business, I'll stay out of theirs. It's nobody's business what books I read, what shows I watch, what I like to eat for dinner, and what my spending habits are...as long as I'm not doing anything illegal, I should be left in peace to live my life. I think the government here is far too intrusive; the average British resident is filmed 300 times a day and now the government wants to introduce mandatory national ID cards.

I'm not big on guns...I've never owned a gun in my life and I don't see what the average citizen needs with an assault weapon...but I don't stay up nights worrying about it. Odds are, nobody's going to break down my door brandishing a weapon...in the U.S., anyway! I didn't worry about crime in the U.S. and was never a victim of it myself until I moved to the UK. Here, I have been assaulted in broad daylight in a city center and have had my house broken into, my car broken into and vandalized, and items stolen from the bike shed next to my house. A woman in my neighborhood was dragged from her home by her hair and forced (at gunpoint in a country where handguns were banned six years ago) to withdraw every penny in her bank accounts at two ATMs within a mile of my home. I think Britain is in a serious crisis and I cannot wait to return to the United States.

Why did I leave in the first place? Fair question, and one I can't give a simple answer to. I married a British man who couldn't face living in Texas, which is why we're looking at New England as our new home...kind of a compromise, but hey...you do silly things for love.

[cyborg]

Wow MIDOL lightning bolt for you sweetheart

[4mycountry]

Howdy, boys.

Glad to see Pedantic_Lady got the boot.

[4mycountry]

Not sure if you got pinged to this, but if you did, come enjoy the ZOT anyway!

[MinuteGal]

"I'll stay out of other's peoples business as long as they stay out of mine".

She sure registered at the wrong place. We're into each other's business here at FR all the time, LOL.

If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kippers.

Leni

[Rebelbase]

Oh yeah, I meant to tell you this yesterday: You should add "FEMINIST" to your profiles and resume's in the future....to be honest with yourself.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

How very narrow-minded of you, Pedantic_Lady.

Off to... Pedantic Ladyland.

[MEG33]

Fee/Fie/Foe/Fum...I smell the blood of a DUm DUm DUm.

[NeoCaveman]

Hey weren't you the nutball who posted a thread in Portuguese last week? Who outside of Portugal and Brazil speaks Portugese. Have another martini, you snobby country club RINO. I know the type all too well, full of pretension, just look at your screen name. The type that care about being invited to the right parties where you can suck up to your fellow snobs and discuss the NY Times editorials. I'd recommend calling the chaufer to take you to your GreenPeace meeting you are clearly to intoxicated to drive your Volvo right now.

And another thing, you are uptight. Your screed is clearly a call for help. The kind of help only a real man can provide. That would certainly improve your prissy disposition. Well sorry honey, I don't do charity cases.

Everyone gives us joy here at Free Republic, some when they arrive and others when they leave. You ma'am are part of the latter group. So, don't let the door hit you on your oversized a$$ on the way out.

[Not A Snowbird]

What brought this on? If I'm going to be called a facist, I'd like to know why.

[TomServo]

I always knew you wouldn't last long here. You're one pushy, snotty, abrasive bitch.

[sweetliberty]

I knew it was just a matter of time based on the kind of feminazi, pro-abortion garbage you were posting.

[hosepipe]

NOW,,THIS FUNNY.......

[hosepipe]

OPEN ZOT FRIDAY... stop.. you're killin me...

[k2blader]

Based on this vanity alone, you're the kind of Republican (if you even are one) the GOP needs to disgorge.

[InvisibleChurch]

you're fascists.

silly girl, people like you and johnny cougar think you sound so intelligent when you mouth the word 'fascist' or 'nazi'

clintonism...er, uh, fascism:1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

nazi: national socialists, just like your boyfriend hillary

[k2blader]

BTW, we already know certain fellow FReepers consider some of us "a bunch of fundamentalist zealots"--they're just better at letting it simmer under the surface. Often enough they round up the bot-bunch to troll about. So if the admin lets you back, you might want to find and join 'em. For a hint at how to do this, see my profile page).

[GrandMoM]

....I told you within your first few post that FReepers were not going to put up with your overbearing and imposing stance and you replied you had the right of free speech. I knew then, you would dig yourself a hole to deep to climb out.

....cry me a river!!!!!!!

[GrandMoM]

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