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To: Syncro
On a previous thread you argued that the event we held in Vegas in '02 was not a "FR national conference", even though you were there.

Here is one of the announcement threads here and here is the logo;

I and others associated with this event have not mentioned it nor made a big a deal out of it, I only asked you because you and Jim were part of it. But it is kind of a slap in the face to the good people who put so much time, effort and money (it was supported completely w/o Jim and FR funds) into the "first" FR National Conference when they see it go down the memory hole...like it never existed.

BTW - Our Keynote speaker was Laura Ingraham. That was a a great night for all FReepers...for those who remember it.

5 posted on 07/29/2009 8:41:09 AM PDT by Bob J ("For every 1000 hacking at the branches of evil, one strikes at it's root.")
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To: Bob J
On a previous thread you argued that the event we held in Vegas in '02 was not a "FR national conference", even though you were there.

No I didn't, and you know that is not true.

Here is the reply to your comment to me apparently accusing me of piling on to destroy the FRN (If I remember my Shakespearean correctly):

Well the FRN did put on a conference in 2002 that I attended.

A National Free Republic event.

How you see that as arguing that Friva Las Vegas was not a "FR national conference" doesn't wash.

I also made this comment to clarify why I call the upcoming event "The First Annual National Free Republic Convention"

I never saw it [FRiva Las Vegas] described as the First Annual Convention (or Conference for that matter)
Anyone that wants to click on the link I provided above can see that I never dissed the FRN or misstated anything as you suggest.

I and others associated with this event have not mentioned it nor made a big a deal out of it

Well, you seem to be doing that now.

And BTW, I still have friendships with several people that were part of the FRN.

I only asked you because you and Jim were part of it. But it is kind of a slap in the face to the good people who put so much time, effort and money (it was supported completely w/o Jim and FR funds) into the "first" FR National Conference when they see it go down the memory hole...like it never existed.

First, a lot of people put a lot of time and effort into the Las Vegas conference who were not members of the FRN

Jim supported it and so did Free Republic big time.

It looks like the slap in the face is not coming from me, and is not directed at the FRN event in 2002.

And I did not ever say that your event was not the " 'first' FR National Conference."

You know, I spend a great deal of time searching threads of the FRiva Las Vegas Free Republic National Conference and looked at many.

If anyone put it down the memory hole, it is the practice of the FRN to discontinue hosting pictures of events.

Those threads (the picture ones especially) were mostly full of red "x"s instead of pictures when they were hosted by FRN.

Pictures tell quite a story of events as you know.

In fact, almost the only pictures on the threads I could find were ones I posted. They are still there.

Let me know when you re-host the pictures on those threads I would like to see them. As would a lot of FR people I would imagine.

Or are they down the memory hole forever?

Look, there was a great event back in the nineties called the "March For Justice."

How many people post about that these days, and how many "remember" it?

For that matter, how many people remember (or even know about) the Post Inaugural Victory Brunch which was covered by CSPAN in early 2001?

I'm not all verklempt about that.

BTW - Our Keynote speaker was Laura Ingraham. That was a a great night for all FReepers...for those who remember it.

I'm sure a lot of people remember it, I do. And it was a good event.

Plus I got my picture taken with Laura. (She insisted : > )

It's clear you are against any National events, that's fine.

There are others that still see the value in them.

8 posted on 07/29/2009 10:31:25 AM PDT by Syncro
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To: Bob J

Cool. Thanks!


9 posted on 07/29/2009 10:49:07 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimrobfr)
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