Fresno will pay $60,000 to forum

The Fresno Bee ^ | January 13, 2004 | Jim Davis

[q_an_a]

good for you Jim. This is a great venue and hate is not what it is about. You run a tight ship and keep it clean.

[BenLurkin]

FReepers up!

[elfman2]

"So sue and then settle for the apology as well as the money for your time and legal expenses. "

Adding punitive damages is an even better motivator to do what’s right in the first place. But I concede that neither of us knows enough to second guess this with any certainty.

[Texas_Dawg]

Adding punitive damages is an even better motivator to do what’s right in the first place.

Which is exactly why the Trial Lawyers Union opposes tort reform.

$60,000 for a malicious (though very questionably slanderous) adjective used in describing a not-for-profit website is a bit much. I could possibly understand if the settlement money was being used for business purposes. But basically it just got Jim a few free vacations because someone called his website a bad name. Fine, whatever. Not very "conservative" though.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Robinson said he plans to use the settlement money to travel across the country in a motor home visiting Free Republic chapters. He will end the trip in Washington, D.C.

When can we expect you in Cen- Tex?

[anymouse]

Ping

[CurlyDave]

Hey Dawg:

When was the last time Jim told you what to do (or not do) with your money?

It is Jim's money, and he can do whatever he pleases with it. I happen to think that a cross-country trip promoting Free Republic is a great idea and in keeping with conservative principles.

If he wanted to burn it, that would be his right also.

[PoorMuttly]

If I were a board member of FR...I would suggest using existing funds, before the settlement, for a national tour for Jim. It is very sound, and cost-effective in the extreme...providing Jim was agreeable to the exertion...which would be great...if he attempted the MOST effective approach...doing it "by hand, face-to-face, up-front and personal...and going wherever that leads, to persue the intrests of the organization."

Period.

Sez me.

[Texas_Dawg]

That's nice. It's still not a very conservative thing to do.

[elfman2]

" Fine, whatever. Not very "conservative" though. "

Neither are your accusations based on nothing more than the little information in this story, nor your minimizing this place as simply a “not-for-profit website” and the founder touring its chapters as simply a “free vacation”. It’s at worst a working vacation, and perhaps critical to maintaining enthusiasm of the chapters.

[Texas_Dawg]

It’s at worst a working vacation

A $60,000 vacation from suing the taxpayers of Fresno? Nice. The Trial Lawyers Union would highly approve.

[Lazamataz]

$60,000 for a malicious (though very questionably slanderous) adjective used in describing a not-for-profit website is a bit much. I could possibly understand if the settlement money was being used for business purposes. But basically it just got Jim a few free vacations because someone called his website a bad name. Fine, whatever. Not very "conservative" though.

Backtrack, Jim.

Why am I not surprised that this person takes the Anti-Freeper party line?

I'm tellin' ya, Jim, I really can spot the trolls. Maybe it's because I'm here all the time, but this guy will say anything for a reaction, and I'd not at all be surprised to find him over at the AFhole shop somewhere.

Your name was slandered, you deserve MONETARY damage awards. Period.

That's because money is the only thing that matters to those who would do you harm. Hit them where they notice.

[elfman2]

Now you’re just repeating yourself. You have nothing new to say, but want the last word. Don’t talk to me.

[Texas_Dawg]

Now you’re just repeating yourself. You have nothing new to say, but want the last word. Don’t talk to me.

Haha. When did I ever talk to you? No big deal, just pointing out one more area where FR is not conservative. As a conservative, I just like keeping this place in line. It's the MoveOn.org of the Right at many times and the reason conservatism and the GOP is winning so much lately is b/c we have routed out the crazies on our side whereas the Left has not. Trust me, if JR had collected a public apology and payment for his legal expenses, I wouldn't have anything to post here. But he just pulled the typical far left move that is common from many FReepers.

[Vigilanteman]

Lawsuits like this are part of the price the voters pay for putting nimrods like Reyes in office-- either directly or by electing the people who appoint them. In all probability, a responsible city council would not even raise taxes to pay off a relatively small lawsuit like this. They would either (1)carry insurance or (2)transfer the money from one of the projects of the offenders. I think JimRob would be totally justified in going for more. The fact that he didn't indicates what a gentleman he is.

If his travels bring him to western Pennsylvania, I hope he will be a guest on the growing Quinn and Rose radio show, now syndicated.

[kristinn]

As a conservative, I just like keeping this place in line. It's the MoveOn.org of the Right at many times and the reason conservatism and the GOP is winning so much lately is b/c we have routed out the crazies on our side whereas the Left has not.

We're not cattle to be herded to follow your agenda. Many of the people you would deride as "crazies" are the ones who have helped pave the way over the years for the sustained "GOP" majority because they refused to be kept in line.

[Texas_Dawg]

Many of the people you would deride as "crazies" are the ones who have helped pave the way over the years for the sustained "GOP" majority because they refused to be kept in line.

Like who?

[kristinn]

Like the folks who worked to hold the Clinton-Clinton-Gore administration accountable for their treason while in office. The GOP establishment didn't want Clinton impeached over the ChiCom money for nuclear secrets scandal. In fact, they didn't want him impeached at all. They had to be forced by those "crazy, unappeasable conservatives" into impeaching Clinton over the felonies committed in the Paula Jones case.

[Texas_Dawg]

Like the folks who worked to hold the Clinton-Clinton-Gore administration accountable for their treason while in office. The GOP establishment didn't want Clinton impeached over the ChiCom money for nuclear secrets scandal. In fact, they didn't want him impeached at all. They had to be forced by those "crazy, unappeasable conservatives" into impeaching Clinton over the felonies committed in the Paula Jones case.

Haha. The few thousand people at FR? What is that, like 0.0000001% of all conservatives who did the same thing?

The "crazies" I am talking about at FR are the hundreds of people here that hate the President and whine and moan about anything that ever happens in the world.

[kristinn]

Remember, when Bob Barr introduced the first impeachment resolution he got no support.

When Henry Hyde got the Lewinsky case dumped on him he was not allowed to investigate anything else and was told to dispose of it pronto because impeachment was hurting the GOP. We know the GOP leadership's horror when Clinton actually was impeached and the Senate had to deal with it.

What did you advocate back then--what was good for the party or what was good for the country?