Posted on 01/16/2011 11:49:56 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Hello. You don’t know me under this name. For reasons that are going to be obvious soon, I didn’t wish to send you this message with my usual Free Republic account. This message is an invitation, a welcome to a new forum called TrueBlueFreedom.com
While I love the people who make up Free Republic, I have many complaints about Jim Robinson and his cronies who run the actual website. Over and over again, whenever somebody has complained or offered suggestions, they have been told by JimRob and others to go and start their own website if they know so much. Well, I’ve decided to take them up on that offer.
I’ve started TrueBlueFreedom.com for three simple reasons, and once you’ve read those reasons, I’m sure you’ll agree that we need to make a few adjustments if we want this powerful bastion of conservatism to remain. The first reason is simple: Free Republic is too important to left in the hands of JimRob. Jim and his son John have repeated stated that if just one Freepathon goal isn’t met, that’s it - “Free Republic will be dead.” I can’t stand the idea of America without Free Republic. Imagine if we hadn’t been there when Dan Rather was passing around his forgeries, how different things would be today. Now realize that, as things are going, we won’t be around when the next Rathergate happens. We can’t allow that to happen, and since JimRob has publicly refused to deal with this issue, we have to take matters into our own hands. My solution is TrueBlueFreedom.com
The second reason is that I believe that free market capitalism has made America great, and that attempting any other system will lead us to ruin. A belief JimRob apparently doesn’t share, since he continues to refuse to place ads on Free Republic and instead depend on a PBS-esque donation system. We are not NPR, and we are not a charity – why do we raise money like one? For this reason, I’ve developed TrueBlueFreedom.com to depend on advertisements. TrueBlueFreedom.com will not depend on donations, instead, we will depend on the opportunities provided by the free market to create a self-sustaining version of Free Republic – without the constant Freepathons.
The third reason is that JimRob is, in my opinion, a petty tyrant. How many of you know somebody who was purged? How many wonder if you may be next on the list? If you’re neither of these people, consider this: Giuliani was America’s Mayor in 2008. That didn’t stop JimRob from purging all his supporters without warning. How do you know that whoever you support in the Republican primaries won’t raise JimRob’s wrath? How do you know the next purge group won’t be Mormons, Jews, Birthers, Pro-Palin, Anti-Palin, and so on? I believe that purging the non-believers and demanding total mental agreement with the “Dear Leader” is the exact opposite of conservative values, regardless of where JimRob stands on abortion and homosexuality. And for that reason, I’ve set up TrueBlueFreedom.com as a place where conservatives who follow the rules will not be banned, no matter how much I disagree with them. Regardless of your politics, religion, or favorite sport team, you will only be banned for breaking the rules. TrueBlueFreedom.com is a purge-free zone.
So, I hope you’ve read all this, and will accept my invitation. If this seems like something you can believe in, come to TrueBlueFreedom.com, sign up, and start talking. And if you like it, spread the word. Because Free Republic is too important to just let die.
You have to register to even read TBF? No thank you.
No mission statement? No thank you.
BS TBF will be a conservative web sight.
Jim, you have my support as long as you support God, family and country. I stand with you!
I didn’t get one.
How come I didn’t get one?
Don’t they think I’m cool enough?
Are there going to be tacos?
Is it because I lock eyes with strangers and go into berserker mode?
Hi Onyx! How you doing?
Woo hoo!!
Please add GeorgiaBushie to the Dollar-a-Day Club!!
Thank you very much, GeorgiaBushie!! Welcome to the club!!
I know another Freeper that got that too. They also had no idea who “Morgana” is.
I checked out the site and it’s invisible if you don’t register. I smell a trap!
Thank You for Free Republic and all it stands for.
Pshaw, who hasn't?
and we're both still here.
Oh, don't YOU start crabbing about the software problems TOO!
It looks like nothing is visible unless one has registered.
It displays a W3C icon that is supposed to be used only on web sites that are compliant with XHTML 1.0—not web sites containing 14 XHTML errors.
Yeah. I used to check and see what kind of weirdness they were up to.
Thanks very much, Jim.
I was just about to post the following information.
I’ll do that now in a separate post and then thank and welcome our new $1 A DAY CLUB MEMBER GeorgiaBushie in colored font!
Once You Become A Monthly Donor You Can Have Your Name Added To The List Or You May Remain Anonymous.
It's Up To You. No Names are Added Automatically.
Once you donate $30 or more Monthy, you qualify for the DOLLAR-DAY-CLUB.
Once a member, you may choose to have your name displayed by Freepmailing us or you may remain anonymous.
It's up to you. No Names Are Added Automatically.
Yeah, I always figured that it was a glitch that kept you from the zot. :-)
I miss the good ole days when you were in the employ of the Mossad.
Yep, me too. And I like the way it’s run just as much. Some just have to run away from home I guess.
Or even some of the blog pimps who post links to videos off-site of FR and don't even stick around to discuss things.
Hats off to you for the Christian schooling! (We are now approaching colleges and are looking at the Hillsdales and Grove City types as well as more "conventional" choices.)
Cheer!
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