[CounterCounterCulture]

Topping you is a standard I'm not sure I can keep up over the long term,

You both are gems and blessings to the conservative cause. Y'all make the rest of us look like slackards. But competition is a good thing and would make any respectable advocate want to up his/her contributions to this forum.

Some may come to think of you two as prophets, with warnings unheeded and all that has come to pass. But if one were to read through the research presented by you two as well as other conservatives, it's all about being informed and making principled decisions based on that knowledge, with some life experiences thrown in.

A California Freeper hall-of-fame, dedicated to those who have fought valiantly and honorably for the conservative cause as articulated in the original mission statement, ought to include you two, as well as Jim Robinson, amongst the first inductees.

Well, enough compliments for now. Back to the struggle for freedom...

[Carry_Okie]

Why thank you. That's one of the nicest things that's been said to me in over ten years on FR. We all have our ways of getting things done. Mine is research into innovative applications of conservative principles as justified with historical background on how we got into this mess. CCG delves especially well into current policy, especially with her tunneling abilities into the arcane loops of bureaucratic record-keeping.

OTOH, you are the champion of direct activism around here in the Bay Area, while NormsRevenge posts a lot of what we see and discuss in the first place, and I don't think I have ever properly thanked either of you for that. So there you go. JR on the other hand, I thank every month :-), as should we all. FR beats a subscription to The Economist, and a monthly donation of $10 is cheaper to boot.

[calcowgirl]

Thanks, CCC, Czar, and C.O. I’m overwhelmed by the praise. But it is nice to know that the hours of often dull research trying to satisfy my unending curiosity about all things is not a total waste, LOL.

I agree with C.O. — many of you and others contribute in so many different ways. It is all notable and important, IMO.

And then there is FR itself, the vehicle that brought so many good folks together to fight the good fight. Thank you, Jim Robinson.