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DALLAS FREEPERS DINE WITH JIM ROBINSON (Report and Photos)
SerpentDove ^ | 6/9/04 | SerpentDove

Posted on 06/09/2004 8:09:07 PM PDT by SerpentDove







Greetings, FReepers!

SerpentDove here. I will intersperse photos along with my report.

Last night, June 8, 2004, Dallas FReepers had the distinct honor of meeting and dining with the Big Enchilada, Jim Robinson! We met at Cozymel’s Mexican Restaurant in Plano.

For those of you who have never met Jim in person, he is everything you would expect and more. Lightning shoots from his eyes and fingertips, and he went around all night telling everyone to “knock it off.” :-)))

No, in actuality, Jim is a kind-faced man with smiling eyes, a gentle demeanor, and a sincere laugh.

It was an honor to meet the man whose internet site helped shake one Presidency to its foundation, and helped keep another from being hijacked.

It was heady stuff discussing with Jim the days of Whitewater and Lewinsky, when each day brought a new scandal that unfolded on our monitors. Stroke of a the keyboard, end of a legacy. Kinda cool.

The fajitas were swell, but at one point I decided to set down the fork and go meet “The Man.”

While I felt ill-prepared to strike up a political conversation with JimRob (I mean, this is JIM ROBINSON, and by this time he must have absorbed billions more bytes of information than even the most die-hard FReeper!)...I still was compelled to engage him.

So I sat down at the table with him, SUSSA and Moiraine.

I asked about the early days when Drudge linked to his site, and he and SUSSA told me of the days when Rep. Bob Barr called to meet with the FR “staff” during the impeachment inquiry, of clues dropped by Lucianne Goldberg, of the drumbeat joined by Alan Keyes, et al.

I fumbled for relevant questions. “Jim, when did you first know that FreeRepublic was a big deal?”

“When we were getting hits from the Executive Office of the President.” I wonder how many times Lanny Davis and James Carville have hit FR? Or Hillary and Slick, for that matter. Plenty, I’ll bet. We all know Rush and Sean Hannity lurk.

If I remember correctly, he said FR has 150,000 members.

My next volley. “Jim, I’ve gotta ask you...how do you see the unfolding of America in the next twenty years?” About 1/1000th of a second elapsed when his eyes sparkled and he said, “It will get more conservative.”

I reflexively smiled and said, “I think so, too.” He shares Reagan’s optimism.

I intimated that the eight years of Clinton probably took years off of my life. But I also had to share, "You know, it was kind of fun, though." He let go a genuine belly laugh, the kind like when someone really identifies with what you're saying. Then he added sarcastically, "Come on, Kerry!"

For my next question, I bore down, not for emphasis, but because I just had to know. “How does it feel to know that you are a channel through which history and the world is being changed?” I knew this was no exaggeration or flattery.

Again, the answer was firm and instant. He leaned forward and looked at me intently. “YOU know...because you’re part of it too!”

He knocked it out of the park with that answer. Power to the FReeple. I, like many, have witnessed firsthand the power of the internet to shake the world. It is an unbridled torrent that is about to destroy the mainstream media. It belongs to ordinary citizens, not the elites in Washington.

For a tiny while I sat in a little restaurant in Texas, amid empty glasses and tortilla chip crumbs, across the table from one of the primary architects of the media revolution.

Ronald Reagan said he wanted to be remembered for giving the people back their government.

I believe Jim Robinson’s legacy is in giving the people back their press.

Thanks, Jim, and God bless you.

SerpentDove







TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aar; dallas; frisco; needsmoreflags; plano; texas; veryveryjealous; wishiwasthere
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To: ladyinred; Jim Robinson
No flower, but she got a jar of Freeper Clinger's salsa! It's absolutely the best salsa I've ever tasted.

Jim, please tell Sheila looked very beautiful last night. I always enjoy her company and lunch was lots of fun.

61 posted on 06/09/2004 9:27:20 PM PDT by Ms. AntiFeminazi (Free Mumia! er, Free Padilla!, no, that's been done. I know, FREE SADDAM!, yeah, that's the ticket!)
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To: abner
Hey! What are you doing over here? :)

I meant to tell you something - I think those "stickers" you landed in were probably mesquite trees. (yeah, I know they're too small to be trees anywhere else but in Texas. LOL!) And the ants had to be fireants. Hope you didn't get stung! They're viscious little stingers!

62 posted on 06/09/2004 9:30:15 PM PDT by Ms. AntiFeminazi (Free Mumia! er, Free Padilla!, no, that's been done. I know, FREE SADDAM!, yeah, that's the ticket!)
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To: 4mycountry; Mobilemitter

I hope you made it home safely too! 4mycountry, it was such a pleasure to me you finally. Your parents are really cool too! :)


63 posted on 06/09/2004 9:32:53 PM PDT by Ms. AntiFeminazi (Free Mumia! er, Free Padilla!, no, that's been done. I know, FREE SADDAM!, yeah, that's the ticket!)
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To: Ms. AntiFeminazi

Thank you, MAF! We really had a great time in FRisco!


64 posted on 06/09/2004 9:35:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: SerpentDove; Jim Robinson; MeekOneGOP; Ms. AntiFeminazi
Great pics!

Looks like y'all had a great time!
Wish I could have been there!

65 posted on 06/09/2004 9:39:53 PM PDT by TexasCowboy (COB1)
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To: Ms. AntiFeminazi; FITZ
Hey! What are you doing over here? :)

I wanted to see what's shakin' in Dallas.

I meant to tell you something - I think those "stickers" you landed in were probably mesquite trees. (yeah, I know they're too small to be trees anywhere else but in Texas. LOL!) And the ants had to be fireants. Hope you didn't get stung! They're viscious little stingers!

The stickers- In Minnesota, we call them stickers. In El Paso, 'Goat heads' seemed to be the operative word. Either way, we have thousands of them embedded in the ground cloth. No one got stung, but the truck did get stuck on top of a GIANT ant hill. They were large ants and a reddish black color. FITZ can probably tell you more. She helped get the truck unstuck and even hung around to help out. (Bet she won't do that again).

66 posted on 06/09/2004 9:44:57 PM PDT by abner (FREE THE MIRANDA MEMOS! http://www.intelmemo.com or http://www.wintersoldier.com)
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To: SerpentDove; Jim Robinson; Ms. AntiFeminazi; MeekOneGOP
I had an absolutely wonderful time. The rain and the traffic really wasn't that bad so I wasn't late. The company was funny and we had some great conversations. No complaints at all. The food was good and they were generous with the salsa and chips.

Thanks to all.
67 posted on 06/09/2004 9:47:53 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems.)
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To: hocndoc

Were you ever in the Army? You look like someone I knew in the Army.


68 posted on 06/09/2004 10:03:34 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Liberalism corrupts. Absolute Liberalism corrupts absolutely.)
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To: Ms. AntiFeminazi

Glad you had a great time and thanks for all your efforts to put it together.


69 posted on 06/09/2004 10:03:47 PM PDT by ClancyJ (It's just not safe to vote Democratic.)
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To: SerpentDove

When /Where will he be in Houston?


70 posted on 06/09/2004 10:04:19 PM PDT by no dems (Does the Bush/Cheney camp monitor the Freep website?)
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To: SerpentDove

Great group of pictures and a very funny report. Sounds like y'all had lots of fun.


71 posted on 06/09/2004 10:06:34 PM PDT by Darlin' ("I will not forget this wound to my country." President George W Bush, 20 Sept 2001)
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To: SerpentDove
I believe Jim Robinson’s legacy is in giving the people back their press.

Beautiful.

You are a great writer.

Thank you for the pics and the dialogue!

72 posted on 06/09/2004 10:16:04 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Lijahsbubbe

>>You are a great writer.<<

Thanks!

:-)


73 posted on 06/09/2004 10:29:45 PM PDT by SerpentDove (November 2004: Win One for the Gipper.)
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To: Ms. AntiFeminazi
I see TLI and Texagirl4W managed to escape the cam somehow. hmmmm. :)

21 years of infantry work must pay off `cause I wasn't even trying, it's all instinct now!

Actually, I am in one of the posted photos . . .

T L I


74 posted on 06/09/2004 10:34:57 PM PDT by TLI (...........ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA..........)
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To: SerpentDove; MeekOneGOP

OUTSTANDING photos!!!


75 posted on 06/09/2004 10:39:08 PM PDT by martin_fierro
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To: SerpentDove

This is great!!. For a newie to see some of the pillars in photo is great.

Great stuff.


76 posted on 06/09/2004 10:40:12 PM PDT by Iberian
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To: Ms. AntiFeminazi
By the way, JUST in case anyone in the county that failed to notice, I had a great time everyone!

Now start thinking "election party" . . .

77 posted on 06/09/2004 10:46:16 PM PDT by TLI (...........ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA..........)
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To: no dems
When /Where will he be in Houston?

Lookie over here. FReepmail me for the address if you want to attend.

78 posted on 06/10/2004 1:22:10 AM PDT by Flyer (new tagline placeholder)
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To: eastforker
Hey, that is great ! I'm glad you will get to meet this weekend.

Enjoy ! :^D


79 posted on 06/10/2004 2:07:57 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is ONLY ONE good Democrat: one that has just been voted OUT of POWER ! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

bttt


80 posted on 06/10/2004 2:18:11 AM PDT by lainde (Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades!!)
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