My life has never been the same since I found www.freerepublic.com (What about yours?)

FREEPATHON FUNDRAISER ^ | 9/8/2001 | TLBSHOW

[TLBSHOW]

My life has never been the same since I found www.freerepublic.com

I was a normal kind of guy. I ate food went out for walks and even watched videos, eek! I took the wife shopping. Even talked to the wife once in awhile.

Then that fateful night of Nov 7th 2000. I had to go somewhere else to to watch the election results as I do not have Cable TV. I went to the pizza joint on rt 7 and then to my secret election watch hide out.(No one to interupt)

I wanted to watch Bush beat the socks off of Gore. I new it was going to be a great night. Little did I know I would never sleep that night or for the next 5 weeks.

It took me till the end of November to find out I was not alone. That there was a freerepublic.com.

Before I would tell people the truth and they all wouldn't have a clue or they thought, this boy is NUTS! It was a lonely life thinking Am I The Only One that sees what is going on with this country and what the liberal bias media and the leftist democrats were doing to it, let alone the Clintons and Reno.

Well to make the story short. I was watching the news and these great people were on TV saying get out of Cheneys house. There it was the sign said Freerepublic.com. I copied it down and ran to my computer. I typed it in and sure enough The NEW WORLD WAS RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES!

I think what would my life be if there was not a FR. If the rest of you were not here. That was enough to make me sit up and take notice. What can I do to make sure FR is here forever. Then I found out all I had to do was support the place and along with 70,000 other members make FR home. That we could change the world from here and with hundreds of thousands of people stopping by everyday we could tell the whole world the truth.

I would not trade all of you fine FReepers for any other world.

My life has never been the same since I found www.freerepublic.com (What about yours?) Ok everyone has your life been the same since logging on to FR and what adventures have you had?

[steveegg]

Sounds familiar. I first heard about FR when newt and the crow showed up at a pro-Bush rally out in Washington County early in December. I went to their rally across from the local rag's HQ the following Saturday, went to the next one at Cathedral Square Park (with a lot more people). That one was the "dark morning/bright afternoon" Saturday, and you should have seen us (several hundred) light up when the word came down from the Supreme Court stopping the manufacturing. I finally had enough time to sign up just before the inauguration, and most of the rest was, well, history.

[rabidralph]

Yes, my life has changed dramatically since joining Free Republic: My teeth are 50% whiter, my ring around the collar is gone and the kids are bringing home A's on their report cards! Thank you, Free Republic!

[Exit148]

This is like one of those "Where were you when------" questions! LOL!

I'll never, ever forget the first time I found Free Republic. It was thru the 'Whitewater' link from Drudge in March of '98. I clicked on --- read a few of the threads --- and called downstairs to my husband and said "Jim --- you should see what I've just found!!!!!"

As with the rest of my fellow Freepers, life just has not been the same. Bedtime has changed, no more daily 'NYTimes crossword', and until I got a laptop to take with me when I traveled, I just stayed home! I remember being in a hotel one night, and I didn't know how to hook up the laptop. It was HORRIBLE! There I had my computer, but couldn't use it! To be so close to Fr.com, yet not able to take part!

I have become so politically savvy about all that is current, and I have to thank all of you for your informative input, analysis, humor, and - well, you all know what I'm talking about.

But first of all I have to acknowledge the one man who is responsible for all this:

~~~~~~THANK YOU, JIMROB!!!!!!~~~~~~

P.S. Because of the nature of Free Republic, I have the jump on the news before others (except Freepers). The morning after the plane crash of that young singer, I mentioned the overweight luggage problem. No one else had heard of that as a cause. I've become a font of knowledge because of Fr.com - be it politically heavy news or some light stuff. Yesterday, at Schundler's HDQ, someone passed around a joke. Everyone howled over it. Guess what? Old stuff to me!

Has my life changed? You betcha!!!!!

[okimhere]

I recently quit lurking and registered on this unbeatable site. My ISP has informed me that, for the first time, I have exceeded my free hours. Well, it's worth it! So many news sources to click on, so many humorous articles, so many great passionate conservative people to interact with. I no longer yell at the bias-prone guests on the lib TV stations. I stopped delivery of the slanted newspaper. I can handpick reports of the actual, straight news events on JimRob's superior site. For all of the above, I am proud to support FR with pledges.

[headsonpikes]

"Yes, it is an addiction."

Yes, and that's why I'm living under a viaduct now, jobless, but still checking my Self Search on the free machine at the Public Library.(Joke)

[Hillary 666]

I understand, FR changed my life, too. Maybe I am a wanker with no life, but I don't care!

[Boxsford]

Not only has your lived changed because of FR, as many have, but you have been a good poster here of articles. Thanks for your contribution here.

[Petronski]

This site is very cool, but I it has not changed my life.

[Petronski]

This site is very cool, but I it has not changed my life.

Nor has it helped my typing...

[Think free or die]

Ah yes. . . Since finding FreeRepublic, we've discontinued most of our magazines and all but the (very) local newspaper. I seldom watch TV news except FOX. It's addictive and wonderful.

It also seems to me that since finding FreeRepublic we've managed to avoid most major household jobs. Not a single room painted or otherwise renovated, and the attic and basement are still in dire need of cleanout. Hmmm, couldn't be a connection, could there?

[Nita Nupress]

No connection at all. Nope, none whatsoever. ;-)

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[ladyinred]

Hi Petra! Nice to meet you! Glad to hear that you send emails, so do I. I bet some of these people are really sick of hearing from me too! I make the computer keys smoke sometimes when I get fired up, especially at the media. I did it so much during the election recounts, that MSNBC stopped accepting my letters!
Hope you will post more, this is the best site on the net, and I agree, we are like a family! We even have our little spats, but when the chips are down, we all usually band together!

[spokeshave]

This is really bad. As I was logging onto the net just now I was thinking that I had no longer surfed the net. I only went to FreeRepublic and read articles. I log on tonight and the second post is this one. I spend about two hours each day in the evening ar FreeRepublic. But now it is getting worse. I login in the morning before work (I make myself get up earlier.) Then a short time ago I started logging on at work. Breaks, lunch, and even during work time

Ditto That...

Can someone develop a FReerepublic screeen saver....thanks...

PS I found FReerepublic on Drudge and have been hooked ever since...

[headsonpikes]

"You are all invited to the wedding."

Congratulations!!! You're a wise man.

Marriage and children are more precious than all the trinkets and distinctions of the world.

The very point of liberty is to be able to lavish your productive powers upon those you love, instead of having the fruits of your labors appropriated by a ravenous state.

Keep us informed.:-)

[xm177e2]

I don't think my life is very different now... that is the sad part.

[2ndMostConservativeBrdMember]

bump

[FrogMom]

I was venting my spleen at work about something Xlinton had done or said. A fellow in a near-by cube said that I sounded like I'd enjoy a site he'd found called "drudgereport.com".

Soon, that was my home-page. One night I was checking out the links he had to other sites and discovered "Free Republic". A lurker was born. Soon I signed up and FR was my home-page - and has been ever since.

I've lived through the Drudge disconnect (haven't been THERE in almost two years) and the Trixie split, several "Good-bye Cruel World" posts, and held my breath and prayed with Gonzo when the SS came to his door. Have witnessed some awesome flame wars. I cyber-met and chat with Alamo-Girl and amom and Yellow Rose of Texas, 3 people I consider friends.

Lord, I love this place! And yes, I donate regularly.

[AMERIKA]

I heard about FreeRepublic from Rush Oct 19, 1998.

My only regret is not finding it sooner!

Thank You!

Jim Robinson!