Research & Analysis via FreeRepublic...

various links | 10-31-01 | backhoe

[backhoe]

...and some general web research hints...

Most of us are aware of Free Republic as "The Premier Conservative Forum"- but do you realize what a powerful tool it is for research and analysis?

Not only does "any story or issue worth discussing" eventually end up being posted here ( usually days, weeks, or months ahead of the Jackal Pack Press ) but it is instantly analyzed, dissected, critiqued, and flayed by dozens or hundreds of people from all over the world.
Lies, spin, and propaganda die swift deaths on this site-- moreover, posters usually contibute more data, stories, links, and even memories that "flesh out or kill" a particular item.

Doing web ( or Free Republic ) based research is easy! Here are two engines I like:

-http://www.google.com/advanced_search--

-http://www.profusion.com/--

Here are all the search engines you'll ever want or need:

100's OF SEARCH ENGINES
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3949b4e87a51.htm

Here's general-purpose info for more info:

Can't Find It? The update to information for freepers
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b508871344b.htm

LatestWorldNews ~ Attention News Junkies........ a new website for breaking news
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a39c08f670250.htm

Other Sites of Interest Besides Free Republic
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a39662bf1095a.htm

Here are our own "lists of lists" on FR:

Lists on Free Republic
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b6c5bc423db.htm

And how to make/add your own list for "indexing":

A little news !

Looks like the Outage for Database Changes was John at work the other day which now allows us to retrieve huge number of articles indexed by key words in the Oficial Bump Register.

For example CALPOWERCRISIS has nearly 2000 documents now retrievable!

John has truly done a marvelous thing!

Go Here:

Free Republic Bump List Register

49 Posted on 10/19/2001 15:03:19 PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

How to search FR:

Find your "favorite threads" via Google search of Free ...
... Find your "favorite threads" via Google search of Free Republic, profiles Miscellaneous
Extended News Miscellaneous Keywords: GOOGLE FIND FAVORITE THREADS FREE ...

New Search Engine features ... [Free Republic]
... New Search Engine features ... Miscellaneous Free Republic Posted
on 12/24/1999 03:38:54 PST by John Robinson. ...

Add a quick Free Republic search feature to your browser [ ...
... Add a quick Free Republic search feature to your browser Miscellaneous Miscellaneous
Keywords: FREEREPUBLIC SEARCH Source: PHP.net Posted on 04/03/2001 23:18 ...

Lost? Try the search function. [Free Republic]
... To: tet68. Learn to use the Search Engine. 3 Posted on 06/09/2001 17:21:01 PDT
by michigander [ Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | Top | Last ] ...

How to quickly locate some of those Kool Pics you want:

google search does images [Free Republic]
... google search does images Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Source: google images Published:
070601 Posted on 07/06/2001 09:25:27 PDT by InvisibleChurch. ...

Here are just two examples of what using google's advanced search on "domain: freerepublic.com" with the keyword "research" yields:

DSL Research: WACO - Hole in the Bunker and Fireball [Free ...
... DSL Research: WACO - Hole in the Bunker and Fireball Crime/Corruption Extended
News News Source: Various FR Posters Published: 1/27/00 Author: Various FR ...

Klamath Falls Research Thread (Thread 4) [Free Republic]
... Klamath Falls Research Thread (Thread 4) Crime/Corruption Extended News Miscellaneous
Keywords: KLAMATH, LAND GRAB, RESEARCH Source: Thread 3 Published: 99-9 ...

Here is some general info I "wish somebody had mentioned to me at first":

R U new? Some Tips....

And here's the Master Link to "stories the media doesn't like to talk about":

DUBOB 9-- even *more* tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast.....

Dive right on in! But be advised you may turn into a "research nut" who is continually annoying your friends & family with obscure yet tantalizing bits of data you have gleaned from the web....

[backhoe]

Funny you mention that- one reason I feel fairly hopeful about the new generation is my nieces- they tell me, "Thanks, Uncle John, but I'll get my own news..." and then do their own research- mainly via the web.

And I think that's great!

They are thinking for themselves, and reading a lot of different views, and forming their own conclusions.... much like I did 35 years ago, but they have easier access to so much more differing information.

[Bump in the night]

When I was a kid, I could've cared less about politics and all. When I turned 18, I registered as a Democrat, because the Democrats had better looking candidates. And then when I voted, I voted for the guy that seemed the nicest. Ross Perot was the first one to grab my attention and make me think. Bill Clinton turned me against the Demoncrats and into a Conservative. That's one thing I do thank Clinton for! LOL.

So anyway, my brother has always been pretty interested in politics. But my sister wasn't. She seemed to lean to the left on a lot of issues. But she knew that I was very into politics and current events, so when she had a report to do on that kind of subject, she came to me. Of course... we did all our research right here. Now, she hardly asks for my help. But I'm so excited that she uses FR for research! She just finished a report on whether guns save lives, or take lives. Using FR, she came to the conclusion that guns save lives. I'm so proud of her!

So a great big BUMP IN THE NIGHT for a GREAT thread that will definately help all of us FReeping research fanatics. LOL

[Bump in the night]

Hiya fellow FResearchers!!! Here's a good thread to look at.

[GOPJ]

bump

[backhoe]

Appreciate the bumps & pings....

When I turned 18, I registered as a Democrat, because the Democrats had better looking candidates

Actually, you have stumbled over a Great Truth.... people support the candidate who looks & sounds the best on TV- actual competence, character, and ability have little to do with it.

Aiding & abbetting this is the media's love affair with charisma- it started with FDR, took wing with JFK, and found its ultimate embodiment in clinton...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[LiberteeBell]

bttt

[backhoe]

Appreciate the bump!

[Bump in the night]

people support the candidate who looks & sounds the best on TV- actual competence, character, and ability have little to do with it.

Sad but true! I will never stop believing that this is the ONLY reason that Clinton ever won. And the fact that the idiot won twice will never stop amazing me. How can people be so stupid!? I suppose it shouldn't really surprise me since I used to do the same thing. But somehow... I just don't get it. LOL

[backhoe]

Well, I've seen so many reasons ( Perot, vote fraud [undetected back then], the "read my lips" thing....) but I really think the fact that 90% of the press, and likely 90% of the entertainment industry ( they tell people what's cool, what's desirable to feel, etc. ) were madly in love with the clintons was a major reason. Even now most of 'em love the Fraud- look at how they are drooling over Enron being "bigger than Whitewater." It's obscene.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I wonder if Andersen will get the same sympathy.
NAH!! no one likes the bean counters!

We always gave them the razberries at IBM!

They would actually ask us questions obout our travel exense reports!

[backhoe]

Appreciate the bump-- AA's going the way of clinton's "legacy...."

BTW, here are all the "banner" bump lists I've made so far- researchers & lurkers, dig in!

condidit:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using condidit, click below:
	click here >>>	condidit	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

Enron_list:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using Enron_List, click below:
	click here >>>	Enron_List	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

africawatch:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using AfricaWatch, click below:
	click here >>>	AfricaWatch	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

clintonscandals:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using clintonscandals, click below:
	click here >>>	clintonscandals	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

Castro Watch:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using Castro Watch, click below:
	click here >>>	Castro Watch	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

KlamathBasinCrisis

To find all articles tagged or indexed using KlamathBasinCrisis, click below:
	click here >>>	KlamathBasinCrisis	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

Enviralists:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using Enviralists, click below:
	click here >>>	Enviralists	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

anthrax_scare_list:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using anthrax_scare_list, click below:
	click here >>>	anthrax_scare_list	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

UN_List:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using UN_List, click below:
	click here >>>	UN_List	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

Computer Security In:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using Computer Security In, click below:
	click here >>>	Computer Security In	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

landgrab:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using landgrab, click below:
	click here >>>	landgrab	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

TWA800_list:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using TWA800_list, click below:
	click here >>>	TWA800_list	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

bio_metrics:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using bio_metrics, click below:
	click here >>>	bio_metrics	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

WOW! backhoe this is wonderful! I just bookmarked it.

Thank you for such valuable work.

[backhoe]

Appreciate the compliment.....

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Mini-Editorial:

Folks, all of us, when lauding, promoting, or referring to Free Republic to lurkers or browsers or the curious, ought to make a point of showing them- perhaps by emailing the link to it- the bump list.

With the admonition, "See how much you have not been told about? Now think of what you may have missed, because it simply was not talked about...."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bump!!

[backhoe]

FWIW, I added these:

bang_list:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using bang_list, click below:
	click here >>>	bang_list	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

WacoHorror:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using WacoHorror, click below:
	click here >>>	WacoHorror	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

donut watch:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using donut watch, click below:
	click here >>>	donut watch	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

Islamic_violence:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using Islamic_violence, click below:
	click here >>>	Islamic_violence	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

Vote fraud:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using Vote fraud, click below:
	click here >>>	Vote fraud	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

OKCbombing:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using OKCbombing, click below:
	click here >>>	OKCbombing	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

calpowercrisis:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using calpowercrisis, click below:
	click here >>>	calpowercrisis	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

Hillary:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using Hillary, click below:
	click here >>>	Hillary	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

biofraud:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using biofraud, click below:
	click here >>>	biofraud	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

JIHAD IN AMERICA:

To find all articles tagged or indexed using JIHAD IN AMERICA, click below:
	click here >>>	JIHAD IN AMERICA	<<< click here
(To view all FR Bump Lists, click here)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

There certainly is a whole lotta trouble out there. You must need a vacation backhoe.

Thank you for compiling all this information.

BIG BUMP!

[backhoe]

ADDENDUM--

Since the bump list section has been closed, let me post here some of the "keyword" words used to access the new database.

This is a very useful and important tool for reseachers, reporters, and commentators. There are tons of information available here:

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This is only a partial list- may I suggest an idea?

I think we should use as many "bump list" words or phrases- exactly as written- to avoid unnecessary cluttering of the new keyword list.

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AFRICA WATCH; MUGABE; RHODESIA; STARVATION; TERROR; ZIMBABWE;

 

 

ANTHRAX;

 

 

GUN; HANDGUN;

 

 

BIOFRAUD; ENVIRALISTS; GLOBAL WARMING HOAX; LANDGRAB; NATIONAL HERITAGE;

 

 

BOYS ON THE TRACKS; IVESHENRY MURDER; MENA; TRAIN DEATHS;

 

 

BLOOD TRAIL;

 

 

CALPOWERCRISIS;

 

 

CASTRO WATCH; CUBA; EMBARGO; FIDEL CASTRO;

 

 

CLINTONSCANDALS; CLINTON ALUMNI; HILLARY; HILLARY LIST;

 

 

BUSH DOCTRINE UNFOLD; CLASH OF CIVILIZATIO; JIHAD IN AMERICA; WAR ON TERROR;

[Veritas_est]

Bump

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Gee some of those look familiar!

Check my home page!

Farmfriend and Libertarianize the GOP are doing the hard work.