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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today....
August 15, 2018 | Founding Father

Posted on 08/15/2018 6:42:38 AM PDT by Founding Father

....that I quit lurking and signed up as a poster on Free Republic. Thank you Jim, you are a true patriot. A moments silence for those who have gone on. A hearty thank you to everyone for making this the best site there is. God bless you each and every one.


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To: Founding Father

21 posted on 08/15/2018 8:03:08 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Phlap

In fact, I’ve been with Free Republic longer than either of my marriages. lol


22 posted on 08/15/2018 8:05:45 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: Founding Father
When was the “March for Justice” back during the Clinton years???

I went to that, probably in ’98. Seems like I took my wife to that before I signed up in early ’99 . . .


23 posted on 08/15/2018 8:21:19 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Journalism promotes itself - and promotes big government - by speaking ill of society.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

DITHG......lol

that dude was a trip....

...and dont forget tourist guy in the wake of 9/11....the forerunner of Brian Williams. Dude was everywhere.


24 posted on 08/15/2018 8:23:43 AM PDT by QualityMan (The Adults are back in town)
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To: Founding Father

:)


25 posted on 08/15/2018 8:42:39 AM PDT by Principled (No one will conquer America, from within or without, until its citizenry are disarmed.)
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To: Founding Father; jimrob

Not to try to outdo you, but I started reading FreeRepublic in 1996 when you didn’t have to be registered to make comments. Not sure how long that lasted, but there were so many hit-and-run trolls trying to tear us all down, that Jim was forced to require registration for comments. Hard to imagine I didn’t register until 2001, but that’s what my profile says, so it must be true.

FreeRepublic has since been my first stop for breaking news. I, too, join you in offering many, many thanks to Jim Robinson for sticking with it through all the trials (literally) and tribulations since his first bold move in 1996 to create FreeRepublic.

I’ve learned a lot through all of my friendly (and not so friendly) conversations through the years on FR. Believe me, I’ve had some doozy knock-down-drag-out exchanges here. I’m totally addicted. Keep up the good work.


26 posted on 08/15/2018 8:46:20 AM PDT by gooleyman ( What about the baby's "RIGHT TO CHOOSE"?????? I bet the baby would chose LIFE.)
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To: Founding Father

Cheers!


27 posted on 08/15/2018 8:48:06 AM PDT by Garvin (Always remember folks, kill a commie for mommy ~ Semper Fi, Mac!)
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To: Founding Father

Happy Anniversary to you! I share your well said sentiments....so grateful to Jim and all who bring this great site to the rest of us. Freepers are the best!


28 posted on 08/15/2018 8:52:16 AM PDT by 4integrity
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion
When was the “March for Justice” back during the Clinton years???

October 31, 1998 Washington, DC. I was there ...
20 years ago, about this time, I started lurking ... attended the March for Justice event and registered with FR shortly thereafter.

29 posted on 08/15/2018 9:03:08 AM PDT by BluH2o
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To: Founding Father

Feliz aniversario!


30 posted on 08/15/2018 9:12:58 AM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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To: BluH2o

October 31, 1998 Washington, DC. I was there ...


Yup, Mrs. AlexisHeavyMetal1981 and I were there, too, from SoCal. We got to the rally late, so we missed being in the parade of flags.

We generally walked around the whole rally, getting to meet our fellow Freepers.

The breeze was from the north, coming from the direction of the White House.

We had so much fun, getting to speak with all of our heroes, especially Ambassador Keyes. Also, we spoke at length with Matt Drudge.

We did record some of our own video with my BIL’s Hi-8 camera.

We saw ourselves on the C-Span replay sometime later. When Ambassador Keyes was speaking, the camera switched to us. There we were, me holding up California flag.

The “March For Justice” button that we bought is one of our most prized mementos.


31 posted on 08/15/2018 9:21:26 AM PDT by AlexisHeavyMetal1981 (Z)
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To: Founding Father

Seems like just yesterday
Damn tempus does fugit


32 posted on 08/15/2018 10:01:12 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: Founding Father
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33 posted on 08/15/2018 10:04:31 AM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: BluH2o
October 31
I wanted to say it was (close to) Halloween!

And, like you, this is probably close to the 20th anniversary of when I started lurking!
Back then, Drudge Report linked to FR, which how I found the site. Before that, I was on a C-Span board - which only had a handful of posters at the time.


34 posted on 08/15/2018 10:19:32 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Journalism promotes itself - and promotes big government - by speaking ill of society.)
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