Posted on 08/30/2013 9:01:53 PM PDT by The Bat Ladys Husband
My involvement with Free Republic began around 2000 when my wife began her vigil around the Texas governor’s mansion in support of GW against the challenge of Al Gore for the presidency. I generally provided the livelihood for the Bat Lady to be able to protest and surround the mansion against the leftists who were kept at bay across the street. While she was registered in order to post after action reports I was a lurker on the site.
Over the years we have attended rallies and protests and meetings. Other groups of freepers nationwide also held rallies, attended protests, and held vigils- activities that were organized and coordinated through the Free Republic site. After action reports were posted almost daily, report after report from across the country from different freepers describing their activities. Even the term "freeper" came to mean one who actively engaged the left to fight against disinformation. We considered ourselves patriots. While we did not risk our “lives, fortune or sacred honor”, we suffered the slings and arrows of a hostile left in the cause of freedom.
With a few exceptions, the “freeper” of today is merely a couch potato who is content to amuse himself by making snide comments and repartees about current news. Few even support the site monetarily. Free Republic appears to barely be able to keep its head above water and its so-called member freepers are such a non-factor of dissent that unlike in the early year, Rush Limbaugh rarely references the site (although he seldom mentioned it).
Early freeper were the ones who got up off the couch, made their signs and used the leftist tactics of street activism against the left itself. Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, and Jonas Goldberg are example of early famous freepers, but Free Republic also had the likes of Basil (Second Amendment Sisters), True black man, Jimmy Valentine’s Brother, Kristin, the entire DC freeper contingent and so many other activists making a difference for conservative causes.
At some point in time, a subgroup, “The Pajama Patrol” arose within Free Republic. What a sad day that was. The mindset of Free Republic turned to the couch potato mentality referred to earlier.
The most current after action report I have seen was my wife’s, The Bat Lady’s report on the May 2013 Tax Day protest. One of the protesters with us was a 90-year-old lady with her handmade sign. If she can do it, why can’t you?
All you new Freepers need to get up off your butt and get out and make a difference. Where are you at the Impeach Obama overpass events? Why aren’t you organizing anti-Syria bombing protest? Why aren’t you marching over Benghazi, the NSA, the IRS or ObamaCare? If you are there why aren’t you posting your reports to inspire and motivate others? You are not the only reader of FR in your city. Find the others and get together. Act in concert. After 13 years, the Bat Lady and I are still in contact with those we met on the front lines.
DC Freepers maintained vigils at VP Gore's house, and prevented code pink from vilifying our troops at Walter Reed every week for years. Freepers once actively protested the left and got Clinton impeached. Some even say we were the Paul Revere of the TEA party,
Is your barcalounger so dear or American Idol so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God.
It is time for freepers to rededicate themselves to the vision that Jim Robinson created. All the clever comments you attach to the threads are less than useless. It is time once again to become a large thorn in the side of those who do not strive for the American Ideal and be the activists we once were. If you cannot post an after action report “go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. …May posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
“It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” Samuel Adams
In answer to my own question: yes it is worth saving if its members make a difference.
Ugh!
Groggy for two days is miserable.
Never had to worry much about motion sickness after I turned seven.
Except when I was already sick.
I was up watching the 4 year old and another older relative while the wife was out.
You have to know I had no sleep for a few days on that deal.
and you know why that is.
we are not liberals.
we are not perpetually angry and pissed off.
we try not to be so self-important/self-centered as to have our problems and concerns always be the most important things in our heads, 24/7.
we want to enjoy life, our lives have more to them than politics and dealing with those that oppose us. we get strength from these times, from family.
we have obligations and duties and responsibilities we can’t and don’t shirk off on others. this requires time.
in a nutshell, we are not liberals.
“Coffee, my only life and link to sanity in my time of current need!”
Have not been there yet myself.
I should count it as lucky, right?
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I had one card that didn't work, so I just used another card.
I have heard that a lot of people send in a check when they want to donate:
Free Republic, LLC
PO Box 9771
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(address is on the banner on the main page)
Thank for the pep talk. Very inspiring. Shame is a powerful motivator.
Don’t know that he deserves a ZOT! He makes some good points and calls for action vs. a bunch of clever words. The Left is so successful because they get out in the streets often and have organizers to ensure levels of participation and publicity. The “Silent Majority” becomes even more ineffective as the “Inert Majority”.
It is “The Bat Lady”.
A “The” has to be in front of Bat Lady.
She EXISTS.
I’ve met her personally.
You sir are incorrect. I do not sit on a barco lounger.
I sit on a Swedish design stress free chair. They are incredibly comfortable.
Slept like a log thanks. Feel great. Hope you had a good night. You seem a bit overwrought to sleep.
You are asking the wrong question. You should be asking “is this country worth saving?” Have we become a violent, depraved, morally bankrupt nation where the moochers, looters and inner-city tribal parasites outnumber the producers? Is it time to go Galt? Is it time for what little that remains decent in this country to secede? Those are the questions you should be asking.
Did you try Bat Sh!t Crazy?
I’m here, this is really the Bat Lady since 2000, that is really my husband, the thread didn’t post before we went to bed and I will read and post to commentors soon.
Hubby HAS been a freeper for a long time, doing all he said, just not with an official handle.
More comments to come once I have read the thread.
“The Left is so successful because they get out in the streets often and have organizers to ensure levels of participation and publicity.”
I was there for the Texas protests outside the state legislature.
Why were there 5000 folks supporting abortion? Because Planned Parenthood spends taxpayer dollars on them.
PP was paying them 2 grand a month for that month, each. They can afford it because they are spending the money that they steal from taxpayers. Why would PP spend so much then?
Because they knew that the legislation was a death knell. Already, 4 clinics have closed. More to come.
Being rescued from the NYC subway tracks.
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