Posted on 05/19/2002 11:31:29 AM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
There are still lots of FReepers who have not chosen to fly their flag. You don't have to provide any additional information, although lots of FReepers have provide pictures, e-mail addresses, and the like, you don't have to! It would be nice if you would at least "fly your flag".
This allows other FReepers in your state to FReepmail you to let you know about local FR events - rallies, chapter meetings, and other activist events.
Even if you don't plan to participate, it'll keep you informed of what is happening in your state. Now, FLY YOUR FLAGS!
Even if you don't care to "fly the flag" of your state, at least select United States as your country so that you'll be flying Old Glory. Selecting your "Location" on your FReeper Profile doesn't provide any real information about you that can be used in any meaningfully underhanded ways.
So don't hesitate today. Go to your personal profile page.
Just click on the link I just provided and select Edit Profile. There, you can select the flag you want to fly under (by using the location drop-down list) and post a few tidbits about yourself if you wish.
This is a great tool for activism to get FR chapters going in your area. We need to be united now more than ever! This makes it easy to find FReepers in your state and you can FReepmail 'em to see if you can get something going.
Once you have your flag selected, you can then click on that flag (from your profile page and see how many other Freepers are flying the same flag. Also, there is a message board under each flag so that you can communicate with the Freepers who live in your area.
Then you can click on the Scorecard option (available when you click on your flag) and see the breakdown of Freepers from every state and country.
Even more, you can use HTML in your profile, insert images, backgrounds,etc. It is fun to check out the profiles of fellow Freepers to gain more insight into who they are. There are some great profiles out there. Check some of them out by clicking on their Screen Name.
Please note, this is the public domain, so don't include any information that you don't want publicized. Your profile can include as much or as little information as you want it to. At a minimum, I see no harm in everyone "flying" their flag of choice on their profile page!
For running updates on how many we have at a given time and how many for your state, CLICK HERE.
The investigators have said the gal that has been charged has changed her story several times and they believe she did this intentionally because they found an accelerant at or near where the fire started.
They let her out of jail on $650,000 bail eventhough the prosecutors argued she is safer in jail than with the general public. Also, because of this hostility she is considered a flight risk.
I heard a caller on the radio, who was one of the first to lose his house in the fire, say that he was going to break into the jail, kidnap this gal and take her up to the woods and throw her into the forrest fire. Again, little of this was reported in the national media.
I say they sentence her to life in a prison listening to Smokey the bear and watching homes go down in flames.
To date in the entire state over 250,000 acres have gone up in smoke and almost 200 homes have been lost.
The interviews with people who have lost their homes have been gutwrenching, it's so sad. The stories of the insurance companys would also make you sick. Unfortunately it will all get worse before it gets better.
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