Ignorance Making You Ill? Cure It!

self | 01-04-02 | backhoe

[backhoe]

Does ignorance- the kind you run into in conversations with people, on editorial pages, and in letters to editors- make you queasy?

Remeber the old saying, "stupidity is forever, but ignorance can be cured with learning," and do your part to spread knowledge across the Web and the world.

First, never forget that we have a valuble resource right here on this site:

Research & Analysis via FreeRepublic...

Next, when you see an article here, pass it on to others-- Look here:

Communicate! Let the Sons of....

--within these links for mass communication are a pile of email addies-- what you do, in Outlook Express is create a new email "group" and in that group enter as many of the email addies as you wish.... I have one for "opinionators," one for "media" and so on. When you see a post on FR you want to send to a group, minimise IE and open Outlook express, click "new mail" go to the group you want to send it to and put it in the "bcc" so they aren't aware it is a mass email. Go back to IE and if you have clicked on the article, its web address will appear in the "address" window.... just use control-C and -V to copy & paste that to your email, with a title and comments, and send it... they will have a clickable link that way. How much good this does I do not know, but at least for a while people have a chance of seeing and reading things they may be unaware of.... I do suspect that some commentators like Tony Snow on Fox have gotten items this way.

[backhoe]

Right here- Davy Crockett:

[TigersEye]

ROTF That's more what I had in mind. I'll take three.
Love the pic. A man and his gun. You can just feel the love. (sighhhhhhh)

Excellent thread. Your work here is invaluable.

[.30Carbine]

A man and his gun.

A man and his gun, huh? I guess I need to get back out on the firing range with you, Tiger...

Bump for backhoe!

[.30Carbine]

A man and his gun.

A man and his gun, huh? I guess I need to get back out on the firing range with you, Tiger...

Bump for backhoe!

[browardchad]

Bookmark's at the top of the page, under the original post -- it you click it on, you've got to enter your own title for the post, or it won't be saved.

[TigersEye]

Is that what you call a double tap? (snicker)

What are you doing on this thread? How can I shop for a Birthday present for you if you're going to follow me all around?

[snopercod]

One of your research links is to google.com

You should be aware that google has "cut off" FreeRepublic somehow. google searches that used to turn up 60,000 hits on FR now turn up only 400. Searches that used to turn up 400 hits, now find only 2 or 3. Sandy says this happened around the first of February, as I recall.

I did note with interest that the washingtonpost.com is a paying google customer, but FR is not. I sure would like to know when the WP signed up, and see it coincided with the deliberate shunning of FR.

[backhoe]

I appreciate the info- I had wondered why "domain" searches of FR were returning so few hits.

Well, I guess it's time to find a better search engine- too bad, google!

100's OF SEARCH ENGINES

[First_Salute]

Google ranks Free Republic's "most popular" posters (posted by RonDog, Feb. 18, 2001)

Find your "favorite threads" via Google search of Free Republic, profiles (posted by RonDog, Feb. 18, 2001)

[snopercod]

Thanks for posting those links.

I just tried the one which used to return 83,000 hits, and it now returns 5,300.

I suppose I am going to have to e-mail google and ask them why...sigh.

[Issaquahking]

Indexed to cure my HTML weak points.

[backhoe]

Here's my html primer:

R U new? Some Tips....

[Countyline]

Wow!

The picture says to me ... the navy ensign is no longer living ... thus the sad faced dog of his and the star hanging on the wall indicating a fallen serviceman..

Is this your idea also? Or am I missing something?

[backhoe]

That's how I read it, too. I think it's WWII-era, but not certain.

[WIMom]

Free Speech Bump!

[LiberteeBell]

As always, a bump for your good works!

[backhoe]

Thanks, both of you!

[WIMom]

This is the intent of Free Republic!

"We're working to roll back
decades of governmental largesse,
to root out political fraud
and corruption, and to champion causes
which further conservatism in America."

[Countyline]

I am impresssed by the skills you have acquired. It doesn't seem like very long ago that you were just beginning to learn the basics here on Free Republic. You have taken to it 'like a duck to water'.

Plus you are doing an excellent job with your 'Dark Underside Belly of the Beast' work.. Many many real resources you find and pass on for our erudition and greater understanding.

Thanks for all you contribute and do. I APPRECIATE IT.

[backhoe]

Your kind words are appreciated- I have always thought one of the highest callings was passing knowledge & information on to others, and the web- and Free Republic- is the best medium I have seen yet. Thank you.