Will FR embrace socialism to make way for Rudy Giuliani as a Republican presidential candidate?

vanity | April 21, 2007 | Jim Robinson

[Iwo Jima]

Gee, and I thought that song was for me. (I’m so vain...)

[CharlesWayneCT]

Oh, and assuming it has something to do with leaving, in THAT particular post I had no thought of leaving. In fact, it was more of an answer to my own sadness of seeing old-timers get “banned”.

I sat down and thought through why I was sad, and realised it was silly. So I wrote why it was silly to “grieve” for a few people having their accounts removed from an internet forum.

Oddly, a little later I got the idea to step out for a while, because of the level of obcenity and personal attacks on this thread (step out from this thread, not from the site). As you all know, I am uncomfortable with the use of a personal attacking style, but it’s a free country, so my response is to exercise my own free will to remove myself from that which bothers me.

But I’ll probably post something more specifically about that if I decide to go. I’m still thinking.

[Fiddlstix]

No Way!
ROTFL!

[Constitution Day]

Will hurricane threads be permissible this season?

Hi Nauti.

I imagine they'll be allowed, but only if Rudy and "RINOs" are blamed. :)

"Bush's Fault" has gotten so old, ya know.

Side note:
I believe it's time to resurrect a quote that was on my profile page here four years or so ago. Have a great night.

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"The slaves of power mind the cause they have to serve, because their own interest is concerned; but the friends of liberty always sacrifice their cause, which is only the cause of humanity, to their own spleen, vanity, and self-opinion."
- William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

SUPO might be a reverse opus?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=pseudoopus

[The Coopster]

That fact that there now has to be “sides” in this manner is absolutely asinine.

[Fiddlstix]

You Mean Like This?
LOL

[Iwo Jima]

Well, he won’t take Texas with those views (among other states, too). So tell me, how does Rudy win without Texas?

[processing please hold]

Pardon me, but if you could make it blink....it would be perfect. lol

[Tolsti]

Texas did go for Clinton. What exactly are you getting at?

[Fiddlstix]

Sorry 'bout that. I didn't mean to make you feel left out.....

[Iwo Jima]

Hey, I heard that!

[jedward]

[Not A Snowbird]

Clever! ;-)

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

eBay for biddin’ ? ;^)

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“The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion, but, on the contrary, of its liberality and humanity. It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted: precisely because most things are permitted, and only a few things are forbidden.” — G. K. Chesterton

[CharlesWayneCT]

But it’s still confusing, because the CNN column says that this guy Kanan? was selling the things BEFORE the election. I did see one of the archived threads mentioned him, he registered a web site right after the election.

That jibes with the CNN article which noted he wasn’t doing too much business until after the election. But if the CNN story is true, it means that this Kanan guy had the idea before ANY of the freepers, or the other people who thought of it after the election.

I’m just curious what people think of the CNN story. Do we think the Kanan guy lied to the CNN guy who wrote the story?

[Iwo Jima]

Texas NEVER went for Clinton.

[Fiddlstix]

How's This?

[CharlesWayneCT]

BTW, I didn’t respond to you at the time although I read your response.

I wanted to say that on item 3, regarding the Va Tech shooting and a tuesday comment, I agree with your response, it was a stupid idea of mine.

In fact, on Tuesday I was writing an opinion column blasting politicians for using the shooting for their own political purposes, so it was bizarre that a few days later I was criticizing Hunter for not doing what I had attacked other people for doing.

Thanks for reminding me of the importance of character above self-promotion.

[TexasGunLover]

Texas did go for Clinton. What exactly are you getting at?

Wrong. Texas did not go for Clinton either time he ran for President.