Posted on 12/29/2001 1:35:20 AM PST by Mudboy Slim
"FWIW...The Righteous Shall Triumph!!"
(To be sung to Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth")
There's somethin' happenin' here...it ain't Right...Vile Left, they Rule by Fear!!
ATF men in a tank over there, slaughterin' kids whilst they knelt in prayer!!
It's high time we INDICT T-Mac...PUNK Dem's Clown!!
DNC Chairman...who killed Ron Brown?!!
There's bad men doin' Wrong...They'll win The Fight, unless the Right is Strong!!
Bold people must speak OUR minds...we're gettin' too much resistance from OUR side!!
It's time we ROUT Lib'rals, TRASH DemClowns!!
High time fer Justice to now Rebound!!
Clinton feels he can't be beat...Med'yuh Poltroons, they're Effete!!
Forgivin' wrongs, Press parrots Slick's LIES!! Most of them say, "Slick Willie's OUR GUY!!"
It's time we STOP DemRATS...Stop DemClowns!!
Big Guv'ment's shakin' OUR Country down!!
Rev-o-lutions start slow...but Limbaugh's Legions shall grow!!
Evil Wins when the Good are afraid!! Step outta line...the time's come fer Right to hold sway!!
We shall INDICT T-Mac...Stop Left's Clown!!
All ya good FReepers, come help us out!!
We gotta STOP Clinton...Crush Slick's Crown!!
Ev'rybody help what's goin' down!!
We're gonna STOP Lib'rals...STOP DemClowns!!
Destroy Lib'ralism...let's do it NOW!!
(12/29/2001...Happy Birthday, MamaMUD!!)
"Black I"
"Black II"
"Black III"
"Black IV"
"Black V"
It's High Time the Right INDICTED DNC Chairman Terry "Punk" McAuliffe, IMHO, of course!!
Heh heh heh...Lib'ralism's DEAD!! Let's Enjoy Driving the Stake through its Cold, Brittle Heart of Fear and Loathing!!
FReegards...MUD
To: Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson
"Free Republic is an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. 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."
All no doubt true.
And yet, I would make the argument that FreeRepublic is primarily a forum of people who truly and deeply believe in certain principles.
Political principles. Moral principles. And religious principles.
The greatest problem the Republic faces now, as at any time in our history, is that of apathy, of drift. You can't have a constitutional republic that is composed of moderates and the apathetic any more than a republic can survive if large numbers of the electorate are uneducated.
You seem to think that these battles are constant and unproductive. To the contrary. They help each of us to define who we are and what we really believe. What we're willing to fight for, to make a stink about that just won't go away.
The same spirit that sometimes animates these discussions is, in fact, the same spirit that made FreeRepublic such an powerful influence in the impeachment of x42 and in the Battle for Floriduh.
You won't get moderates to do that. You won't get a moderate to turn out and FReep Condit's office every week, rain or shine, like JimRob and his bunch does. And there are plenty of other examples.
Whether you like it or not, these are all a very vital part of FreeRepublic and what has made it work: the never-say-die, damn-the-torpedos attitude of so many differing people. And what makes it work is the committment to traditional moral values and a constitutional republic.
It isn't perfect but human beings only seem to come in a certain number of flavors. If you want a constitutional forum that can rise and accomplish something, you need some tough bulldogs on it whose jaws stay clenched even after they're beaten to death. And if the dogs growl at each other a little bit between the major battles, then a good doghandler knows that that is just their nature.
I think JimRob knows this better than some of you moderators. Over the course of time, I think you'll see it too.
I think that in policing complaints and unruliness on religious threads, gross insults and a constant pattern of baiting is what you should watch for. We Calvinists don't complain when others come in and give us a strong argument from time to time. And our RC friends, despite their constant we're-being-persecuted refrain, generally don't have constant trouble either on their threads.
But I say it's good to mix it up now and then so you don't get complacent. It shouldn't be constant and you moderators should watch for a pattern of constant stalking and disruption. But FR won't last if it becomes a haven from free speech either. The marketplace of ideas necessary to any democratic republic is not a series of closed inpenetrable rooms from which all other thought can be excluded.
FreeRepublic needs to let there be some challenges, even tough ones. But a consistent and unrelenting pattern of attack is unproductive. Let the RCs challenge the Protestants and the Protestants challenge the RCs. As long as they mostly have some peace and quiet on their own threads, there's nothing wrong with it. It's healthy. I'll tell you flat out that people complain about the religious bickering but it is a part of what draws people here, just as freedom of religion and expression have always drawn people to our constitutional republic. That's the truth.
Let's remember the value of free speech and the marketplace of ideas.
275 posted on 1/3/02 10:41 AM Pacific by George W. Bush
Lots of snow here too!!! Nawfuhk and surrounds are virtually shut down. My kids are thrilled and already tired after a morning of playing in the snow.
It's like lookin' in the mirror and seein' a police car.
The left is rotten, corrupt, and controlling the most powerful propaganda machine in history. I don't know how to fight them without making the same deals with the Devil, lying, dividing, demonizing, cheating, stealing, etc. This is a philosophical question that will be puzzling experts for ages, if we survive ages.
Personally, I think that our answer to handling the Dems. the press, the world may be in the simple, straitforward, no-nonsense, unemotional, tough-as-nails, patient, suffer-no-fools character of Donald Rumsfeld. (^:
Yes...and fer the Lefty Trolls who have none of these things but loathe them in others.
"The greatest problem the Republic faces now, as at any time in our history, is that of apathy, of drift. You can't have a constitutional republic that is composed of moderates and the apathetic any more than a republic can survive if large numbers of the electorate are uneducated."
Well said...the Socialized, Dumbed-down Public Education System and Vast, LeftWing Medyuh Whore'd have IGNORANT-ized an appreciable percentage of the Sheeple, thereby making them fodder for the Effete Elite PowerWhores who promise to fix all the things Americans have always fixed for themselves in the past.
"Whether you like it or not, these are all a very vital part of FreeRepublic and what has made it work: the never-say-die, damn-the-torpedos attitude of so many differing people. And what makes it work is the committment to traditional moral values and a constitutional republic."
Very well-said, GWB.
"I think JimRob knows this better than some of you moderators. Over the course of time, I think you'll see it too."
Dittoes...
"But I say it's good to mix it up now and then so you don't get complacent. It shouldn't be constant and you moderators should watch for a pattern of constant stalking and disruption. But FR won't last if it becomes a haven from free speech either. The marketplace of ideas necessary to any democratic republic is not a series of closed inpenetrable rooms from which all other thought can be excluded."
I agree...vigorous debate is an unmitigated good for both society as a whole and for FR as a microcosm of said society.
"Lots of snow here too!!! Nawfuhk and surrounds are virtually shut down. My kids are thrilled and already tired after a morning of playing in the snow."
Yeah, my parents called last night and said it was still snowing with 7"-8" already on the ground. School's off again, so the Missuz went in this morning and I'll go in once she get back around lunch. Once the sun gets a bit higher in the sky, me and the young'uns is gonna go outside and have ourselves some REAL fun!!
FReegards...MUD
An unpleasant experience I've revisited more times than I'd like to recall...LOL!!
FReegards...MUD
The Left--alternatively described as Lib'rals, Progressives, Collectivists, Socialists, and Demon-RATS--CARES ABSOLUTELY 100% NOTHING ABOUT THE TRUTH...'cuz if they did, they'd not be promoting the expansion of an already over-sized and over-Powerful Federal Leviathan!! The Left is ALL about POWER!! The Acquiring of POWER...the Retention of POWER...the Weilding of POWER...and when they think they can get away with it--which is pretty much all the time with the RINOs scair't of 'em--the ABUSE of POWER!!
"Don't be so quick to judge those who know full well what a travesty of truth any televised Clinton trial would be."
So just "Move ON!!, right?! I'm not judging those who fear that the Vast, LeftWing Medyuh Whore'd will be unfair in their coverage of a Public Trial for William Jefferson Clinton...I'm simply saying, "So What?!" We must come to CLOSURE on the issue of the Effete Elite being IMMUNE from Prosecution for Crimes they Committed...and Slick Willie's the PERFECT FOIL for our inevitable triumph on said issue. Who cares what LIES Dan Rather spews?! He's a PUNK and his credibility will be further destroyed as the Sheeple learn how EVILLY DECEPTIVE he and his SycophanticClintonButtSniffers in the Network Medyuh have been!! IGNORE The Networks...More and more Americans are finding more-productive ways to spend their time than to sit in front of the BoobTube gettin' LIED AT!!
"In one week the Dem./media convinced a frightened America that the Fed. government would be better at handling airport security"
Au contraire, my Good and Wise FRiend...I would posit that 90% of Americans couldn't tell you what that Legislative Debate was all about. That was/is HORRIBLE, Un-Constitutional, and Un-Doable Legislation that won't even live to its 1st Birthday, but to give the Vast, LeftWing Medyuh Whore'd Credit for "frightening America" and thereby becoming complicit with a Police State Mentality...well, 'tis my humble opinion you are over-estimating the Power of the Networks to manipulate folks' principles. Perhaps you can manipulate the Sheeples' Opinions on a Poll Questionnaire, but I sincerely believe that if we asked EVERY AMERICAN, "Do YOU believe that high-level--elected, appointed, and hired--officials in the Federal Government should be held accountable to the same Laws that govern the rest of us lowly Sheeple?!" The answer would be "YES!!" more often than not in most Congressional Districts, most State-wide electorates, and certainly Nation-wide!!
Once you've established that Principle as Inarguable, the rest's downhill from there!!
RE-IMPEACH. CONVICT. DETHRONE.
DISBAR. DE-PENSION. DE-LEGITIMIZE.
INDICT. CONVICT. IMPRISON. DISCARD KEY.
It's a plan...MUD
BTW..."The left is rotten, corrupt, and controlling the most powerful propaganda machine in history. I don't know how to fight them..."
Yes, you do...Wield Thy Sword of Truth Boldly and Relentlessly!! The RATS shall scurry before our Righteous Fury!!!
"Personally, I think that our answer to handling the Dems. the press, the world may be in the simple, straitforward, no-nonsense, unemotional, tough-as-nails, patient, suffer-no-fools character of Donald Rumsfeld."
Now ya got it...excellent case in point!!
Go raibh míle maith agat, mo chara....Hap! :-)
How's the snow coming along Mud?
Yes, my FRiend, another Stroke of Genius, IMHO, by the Inestimably-Wise Ronald Reagan...by coopting the PRC's support by sharing relatively-worthless "intelligence" with a Third-World Nation--at the time--like China exposed the Soviet Union to a Southern Ground Threat, thereby exposing the USSR as blatantly-vulnerable to Ground Attack (China), Air Attack (NATO-US), and Sea Attack (US Navy was ALWAYS the Soviets Greatest Fear!!) ABSOLUTELY 100% BRILLIANT Cold War Strategy and It Worked to a "T"!!
"The US and the PRC were jointly bankrolling and arming the Afghan "Mujahideen freedom fighters" and both are paying the price for it, or rather the citizens of those countries are paying for the stupidity of their leaders."
As you are fully aware, the Communists' Goal was to buy up Third-World Support by financing and arming the Effete Elite self-styled "Leaders" from each little Nation...America had no choice but to counteract that Geopolitical Strategem, right?
The Cold War skewed the definition of the Eternal Battle of Right versus Left, and WE--meaning you, me, and the rest of America--no doubt made some alliances we ain't too proud of in retrospect...but WE Won The War That HAD To Be Won!!"
Now...we must fight every bit as hard to win--in this County--the War Fer Justice, Liberty, and the FReedom to Pursue Happiness, however we define that for ourselves!!
FReegards...MUD
Rock Opera only OK?! Someday, I'll convince you otherwise, my FRiend.
FReegards...MUD
FReegards...MUD
Almost got the driveway to the MudCave shovelled clear, and me and the young'uns have had a coupla snowball fights and been around the neighborhood scoutin' sledding opportunities, but today's when we go out and get that Snow Man built!! Snowfort on the back deck might be in order as well.
FReegards...MUD
"Slick Willie is a Liar/Felon/Rapist/Mass-Murderer/WarCriminal/Traitor/Tyrant...but he had a whole lotta help from the Left. The Vast LeftWing Medyuh Whore'd will Defend the Indefensible--again--at their own peril!! When we INDICT DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe, the BrainDead Lib'ral Dem'RAT Masses won't have a clue that we are actually beginning The Discovery Stage for Slick Willie's INDICTMENT...but the well-informed RightWing shall know, because we'll make it happen!!"
Hear hear...I agree entirely...don't YOU?!
"FReepers, it's time to flex our muscles and show the Left who controls the GOP!! And it ain't McCain's RINOs!!!"
Huzzah huzzah huzzah...very well-said!! Let's ROCK...MUD
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