Hi Amy-You look very nice today! Is that a new outfit? That shade of blue looks nice on you.
Willie you look very handsome in that shirt. I really like your screen name. (see freeps that is how we do it!!) :] hehe!
Serioulsy-Freepers can also help the forum by using their awesome sense of humor if they read something which they think is a put down.
If I may elaborate on my thought: we get plenty of articles from AP, Reuters, NYT, ABC/CBS/PMSNBC/FOX, LAT/WP, WSJ, etc. etc. etc., as well as various political Think Tanks, etc.
But there are also many professional organizations that have online journals on the Internet with high quality news and opinions. (As an engineer, I'm naturally thinking of business, engineering and scientific publications, but there are plenty of other professional fields that would also be appropriate.) Granted, a lot of these articles may get excessively detailed for general discussion. But many can also provide a very informed perspective on issues that would be of interest to people outside of the profession. Articles of this nature, which truly do inform and educate, are very helpful.
One of the few things that most of us agree with is that the lamestream media has a dumbed-down left-wing bias.
IMHO, one of the best ways to combat that is to actively seek out and post high-quality articles from the many legitimate (but less widely circulated) alternative sources that are available.