Posted on 01/04/2002 10:01:12 PM PST by Vigilant1
FREE REPUBLIC ADMITS IT IS PRO-WAR AND CENSORS ALL POSTS NOT IN ACCORD WITH US GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA
NOW MAKING THE ROUNDS ON THE NET. Cited under "fair use" for educational purposes.
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Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 02:50:39 -0800
From: "Jim Robinson"
Organization: Free Republic
To: "Larry McDonald"
Subject: Re: What Are You Scared Of?
Those who are coming in here to post a bunch of propaganda to smear Bush or otherwise harm the war effort are going to be deleted.
I guess you missed my posts where I said that I am 100% behind our President and the war. I don't care if it's Ron Paul, Larry McDonald, or the head of the John Birch Society himself. I do not want it on FR. And I do not want a bunch of 40 year old conspiracy crap. Not interested.
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There you have it. Free Republic is not an objective reporter of the facts but a blatent supporter of the Bush administrations' war for oil, and by Jim Robinson's own admission.
In another post, Jim states...
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Jim Robinson (Free Republic)
by JIM ROBINSON in This thread
Lots of grumbling lately about deleted posts. Well, my friends, the simple truth is the game has changed. We are now at war.
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Of course, Jim Robinson has it wrong. We're not at war. Only Congress can state otherwise and there has been no formal declaration of war by anyone. Bush hasn't gone to Congress to ask for such a declaration because that would restore Congress to its role in the balance of powers doctrine on which the nation was founded. Bush has no intention of allowing Congress to second-guess him, and indeed Bush has flat out declared that he will not bother informing Congress of intelligence operations from this point forward as is required by law.
Yes, we have been attacked, but it's not really known by whom. Even the FBI admits the IDs on which they based their accusations were faked using the stolen identities of middle eastern Arabs, some of whom have since turned up alive. From this it should be obvious that we cannot really know who was on those planes, only who we are supposed to blame.
But Jim Robinson isn't interested in these facts. He's spiked threads pointing out that the FBI admitted the IDs used by the hijackers were phony. Jim Robinson has spiked threads about how some of the accused hijackers have turned up alive. Jim Robinson has spiked many of the threads dealing with the Israeli spy scandal and the fact that the US has classified evidence linking some of the arrested Israeli spies with the events of 9/11. Jim Robinson has spiked threads suggestng that Bush has exceeed his constitutional authority. Jim Robinson will tolerate no doubts about the righteousness of Bush's war for oil.
But more than that, Jim Robinson displays an arrogant assumption that the presence of a war justifies anything. He argues that we should get behind the government because (he claims) there is a war. But translate that to Germany of 1939. Was it the right thing for the German people to unquestioningly back Hitler because there was a war on? Or would the German people (and the world) have been better served taking a pause and a closer look at just what the government was doing? And if Germany should have examined their government's claims a lot closer, then how can we not do the same now?
Free Republic has shown its true colors. Jim is "not interested" in facts, only in selling Bush's wars. Free Republic isn't about news any more, only about propaganda.
We were being facetious. Everyone knows that the Akron, Canton, and Youngstown, Ohio environs have the 234 NPA, which overlays the 330 NPA, and which became mandatory on 10/30/2000. :)
Marine Brigadier General Smedley Butler, 1933
So now the U.S. is making the "-stan" countries safe for global oil companies. Not much changes in 100 years....
This forum is NOT the United States Congress, and is NOT obligated constitutionally, morally, or legally to provide a vehicle for the dissemination of any views it does not approve. Period.
Your constitutional claim is as solid as Ted Kennedy's driving record.
As to our being "mindless sycophants," we gathered here because this site represented a harbor for conservatives. We can disagree on specifics, but we generally don't disagree on principle. And when we do, either we work it out or we ignore each other.
You, the conspiracy theorists, the Libertarian fanatics, the DU saboteurs, the trivialists, and the inane chatterers have no right whatsoever to post anything on this site. None. If Jim tells you to go, you go. And you have no recourse.
Before you try to mount a First Amendment argument for your imagined right to post here, you might try looking at the history of private property rights. It's more applicable in this case.
Seems as though Vigilant1 has got a beef with Jim Rob and doesn't like how he's been treated or something. Then, this other guy, a newbie as of today bumped me for some reason. I am too lazy to read his entire gripe.
If they don't like it then why stick around? I am sure there are plenty of sites out there with people who agree with them. I guess I am either confused or don't care and this is Saturday and I don't want to figure it all out. Sorry, I may not be of much help to you. All I know is I don't have a dog in this whatever it is.
You know me better than that!!!!
"Scary stuff. Censorship of ideas is a page right out of the NKVD, Stalin's secret police. I expect more from FreeRepublic. Looks like the NWO is everywhere. Time to find a discussion site that treats the first amendment better than toilet paper. Any suggestions?"And he asked for suggestions. I made one. Looks like an honest exchange of ideas to me. Thanks, Jim
If it is...he took a beating here, why do I sense sour grapes?
God Bless America, The Robinson Family, All Our Freepers And Our US Military!
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