Posted on 11/26/2017 1:35:54 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas
I stumbled onto FR in late 2005 and thought it a great site, it’s been the only site for me since then.
Plus you get humblegunner, which is nice.
For everybody.
Most of us know the rest of the story. Eventually Free Republic had to obey the copyrights and only excerpt articles where the original sources had an issue with it. Still, we are able to post many articles in it's entirety here. And as for those that we have to excerpt, we Freepers have become famous for "not reading the article" and posting replies based on the headline or excerpt only!
I signed up for Free Republic on the very first day under my actual real life name. A bit later, I decided to change my name to SamAdams76 and so that is why my sign up date is Dec 9 1997 and not the very day Free Republic went online.
...For FREE, no less!
You must be part of the ‘no frills’ standard package! :)
Trump has Airforce One.
Freepers have Freeper One!
THANK YOU, Jim Robinson!
Thanks for that great bit of FR history!!!
Years ago, my Dad commented to my wife how well informed I seemed to be on almost everything political and pretty much everything else. A big part of that is freerepublic.com
You're right humblegunner, we get you. And no I'm not pimping my blog.
Happy Anniversary, Jim! Thank you for creating this site. I agree that the best thing about FR is the thought aggregation from all these wonderful people. Long live conservative diversity, lol!
Personally, I cant really remember how I first came upon FR. Either Drudge or else the Townhall chat board.
Ive had some great discussions and arguments here and admired so many great writers. And matured a lot over my long time here.
Ive been quoted verbatim by Rush, thanked personally by Sean, and one FReeper believed I WAS Rush Limbaugh which was a ton of fun. Though I needed help to get some golf and football references to pepper into my comments during that phase. ;) The guy so wanted me to say a particular phrase on air to prove to his wife that I was Rush.
Weve gone through some of our nations worst times together and had our hearts broken together. Weve loved and lost a lot together here. Weve had our triumphs, too.
But mostly, Im just here for the jokes.
Congrats!!
Wow, I did not know that about your history! Im even more impressed with you than I was an hour ago. ;)
But mostly, Im just here for the jokes.
...AND the pictures. For gosh sake, don’t forget the PICTURES!!!
I’m here for the pictures.
Congratulations Jim! That took some serious vision back then and I am amazed at how much I have benefitted from FR. You have had a huge impact on society, history and politics. Plus it is a forum for sharing not only from those topics but gardening, cooking, trivia, and prayer requests. And that last one is very important. Here’s to many more years!
Thanks for the nudge, just sent an anniversary donation!! Well deserved.
Agreed, the pictures are a high %age of the humor here!
If it weren’t for pictures, I wouldn’t be able to order. That’s why Olive Garden is my favorite restaurant. :)
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