mo·men·tum
1. Symbol p Physics. A measure of the motion of a body equal to the product of its mass and velocity. Also called linear momentum.
2. 1. Impetus of a physical object in motion.
2. Impetus of a nonphysical process, such as an idea or a course of events: The soaring rise in interest rates finally appeared to be losing momentum.
3. Philosophy. An essential or constituent element; a moment.
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And what I mean by that, quite seriously, is that there are intangible dynamics that occur that can propel movements, ideologies, and galvanize concepts forward as an unintended consequence... as in the volume of clanging "I'm leaving the party" rants.
As the owner of this site states,
"In our continuing fight for freedom, for America and our constitution and against totalitarianism, socialism, tyranny, terrorism, etc., Free Republic stands firmly on the side of right, i.e.,the conservative side. Believing that the best defense is a strong offense, we (myself and those whom I'm trying to attract to FR) support the strategy of taking the fight to the enemy as opposed to allowing the enemy the luxury of conducting their attacks on us at home on their terms and on their schedule.
Therefore, we wholeheartedly support the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive strikes on known terrorist states and organizations that are believed to present a clear threat to our freedom or national security. We support our military, our troops and our Commander-in-Chief and we oppose turning control of our government back over to the liberals and socialists who favor appeasement, weakness, and subserviency. We do not believe in surrendering to the terrorists as France, Germany, Russia and Spain have done and as Kerry, Kennedy, Clinton and the Democrats, et al, are proposing.
As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and-pro America.
We oppose all forms of liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism, anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism, feminism, homosexualism, racism, wacko environmentalism, judicial activism, etc.
We also oppose the United Nations or any other world government body that may attempt to impose its will or rule over our sovereign nation and sovereign people. We believe in defending our borders, our constitution and our national sovereignty."
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"We are conservative activists dedicated to defending our rights, defending our constitution, defending our republic and defending our traditional American way of life."
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Conservative values are at the heart of true FReepers, and that includes NOT going south, and not wimping out and going to the other side when every single issue desired is not satisfied at any one time.
There are overriding issues in the soup of controversial issues.
As I said in an early post, we all set our own standards of what types of abuses we are willing to tolerate at the hands of our elected officials.
I'm done tolerating them, they either run with the pack or get run out of it. It's that simple.
If you want to stay with the rest of the whipping boys and and girls and take your licks from the politicians like a good little party loyalist that's your choice.
A large number of the rest of us have decided to whip back.