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Know what, dude? Used to think you were a pretty good guy. I still don't particularly "dislike" you in any sort of personal way, and I think you have a pretty good mind. I believe you have some good, conservative beliefs.

Saying.......and truly meaning........all of the above, having read many of your replies here and on the "Reformation Reunion" (or whatever it's called; sorry to say I've ALREADY forgotten after spending HOURS there this afternoon at TKE's urging), I've also come to the conclusion that you ARE, in fact, incredibly self-absorbed. I don't say that to be obnoxious or overly rude to you, Arator, but dude...........you've gotta step away from that mirror for just a few.

You seem to delight in razzing this forum, its denizens, its owner. What the hell for? If you have some hard-on for Jim, work it out like a man. Pick up a phone. Go see him and talk it out. Just get over it. We're supposed to be working together to whip the liberal a**holes that abound all around us........and now, the terrorist forces wreaking havoc. This petty, childish sniping has just got to stop.

I don't know your background, Arator, but I'll tell you this about myself: I'm a 46 year old father of 7, from ages 2 months to 22 years. I'm a former Aircraft Commander in the Strategic Air Command and spent years spending a third of my life underground, ready to go to nuclear war. I now work for a HUGE, Fortune 10 computer company.........and work my butt off there to better my family and my company. I also am working on various projects outside of work that I hope, in some small way, just might help my country, as well. That just might explain a tad why I find this all so...............sad, as well as ridiculous.

We need folks like you, Harry, TKE, et al to do the same, to cut the third-grade playground arguing and WORK with us. If it isn't you, it'll be others.........I just happen to think that, the nonsensical bluster aside, you have a lot to offer.

You can scoff at this or get pissed or ignore it; certainly your choice. I just hope that you take it in the spirit in which it's intended. I've spent far too much time on this..............topic.................today, but I felt it necessary (and I was only able to since I decided to work from home today to catch up on a lot of work projects; go figure.........) and I felt I, in some way, owed it to you and the others to check this out thoroughly, from top to bottom as best I could in the limited time I had. Either way, God bless.

I've also come to the conclusion that you ARE, in fact, incredibly self-absorbed. I don't say that to be obnoxious or overly rude to you, Arator, but dude...........you've gotta step away from that mirror for just a few.

Wow, all that from just a brief visit to RuR. Are you sure you haven't confused me with somebody else? LOL.

My love/hate relationship with FR is a long, long story. What you are observing now is final unwinding of this long and sometimes tortured saga.

I am really not self-absorbed at all. If I seem that way, it's only because so many seem to be absorbed with me. Take you, for example. You spent a whole afternoon researching ME? I'm flattered, but really WHY? Don't you have a country to save? LOL.

I never wanted to be the center of some long running FReeper soap opera. I just want to post my opinions and enjoy fellowship with like minded-freepers, just like everybody else. But, fate cast me as the titular leader of the Paleo-cons on FR, and, thus, the prime target of Bushie-instigated censorship and purges. And so, I was thrust into the role of defender of free speech rights for downtrodden minority conservative sub-factions here on FR. Not that it was a role I did not relish, because they must be defended, but how much better would it be if they needed no defense but were simply respected, with all conservative factions able to enjoy their differences and debate with each other with mutual respect and affection, without fear of censorship or Soviet-style purges? That is my dream. That is why I persist in my tiresome belly-aching. That is why I have made myself into a royal pain in the FReeper ass. As long as minority FReepers were being bullied censored, banished, and silenced, somebody had to do it.

But I'm nothing special nor am I the only FReeper who is fighting this fight. I just get a lot of undeserved attention.

Please, don't feed my unwarranted self-absorbtion by spending afternoons researching me on RuR. I'm telling you I am just not that important. LOL. I'm just one FReeper among many who loves freedom and is willing to fight for it, even on FR. End of story.