Vanity Post on Vanity Posts, Duplicate Posts, Trash Posts, Commie Propaganda, etc., Vol V, No. 1

Free Republic | Jan 25, 2002 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Way too many vanity threads lately. And way too much trash being posted. Please try to stay on topic (politics). Also, please do a search on a significant word from the title of your article before posting. This will reduce the number of duplicates. And, along these same lines, please use the original titles on your article posts. Do NOT edit the titles. Do NOT use "My Title" titles. This will also help to reduce the number of duplicates.

And, whatever else you do, please DO NOT post from DEMOCRATS UNDERGROUND (or any other such trashy un-American socialist hangout). Free Republic was intended to be a socialist free zone. We've gone to a heck of a lot of trouble to make it that way. Why in the world would you think we would be interested in having their trash posted here?

And QUIT trashing each other. You know who you are. Knock it off! Way too many flamewars and feuds going on. And, while I'm thinking about it, QUIT trashing our conservative candidates. If you want to criticize someone's position on some policy, have at it. But do not trash or smear the man. That would include Browne, Buchanan, Bush, Keyes, et al, or whomever else may be your favorite trashee (examples listed in alphabetical sequence). The idea is to get more conservatives elected, not to trash the ones you don't like. If you want to trash someone, make it a Democrat. Thank you.

And QUIT dredging up old communist propaganda to smear our conservatives. Sheesh! Whatever else you may think about our guys, they did not hijack airliners full of people and crash them into buildings. No, my friends, not even the dreaded CIA. Anyone who would believe (or even suspect) that crap is no FReeper. I've been pulling this crap whenever I see it and several people have been banned for continuing to post it. I do not want it on Free Republic. Any current FR poster who believes this leftist propaganda, please logoff immediately, send me your resignation via email, and I will delete your account.

Thanks,

Jim

[Calpublican]

BTTT

[BluesDuke]

When conservative candidates incline against conservative principles, what should be the response of Freepers?

Hold their feet to the fire. If necessary, turn up the temperature.

[FreeReign]

I'm not so sure. Does party matter anymore? I recall long ago reading in Richard Vigueries' "The New Right: We're Ready To Lead" that he worked for the day both parties would be conservative so we can all go play golf on election day. Sadly, today things are more as George Wallace described them, "there ain't a dime's worth of difference."

According to the ACU, the two parties are different.

[Roscoe]

I think that's being done already.

[BluesDuke]

This is my mouse, this is my gun, this is for FReeping, this is for fun.....

OK, brother, you asked for it...an oldie but goodie...

Top Ten Signs Your Spouse May Be Having An Online Affair

10. Lately she sits at the computer naked
9. After signing off, she always has a cigarette
8. The giant rubber inflatable disk drive
7. In the morning, the computer screen is all fogged up
6. She's gotten amazingly good at typing with one hand
5. She makes sarcastic remarks about your "software"
4. Lipstick on the mouse
3. During sex, she screams "A colon backslash enter insert!"
2. The fax file is filled with pictures of some guy's @$$

And, the number one sign your spouse is having an online affair...

1. The jam in the laser printer is a pair of underwear

[BillofRights]

It is heartening to see how many good Freepers are declining to be Bush cheerleaders and Republican shills. Don't get me wrong -- I voted for Bush. My wife and I live in Austin and we spent many a day, during the Presidential election debacle, demonstrating for Bush and protesting Gore, by carrying our signs around the Governor's Mansion, where Bush resided. We would have done almost anything to keep Gore out of that White House.

Nonetheless, the facts show that the Federal Government will grow no matter which of the 2 political parties is in power. As the power of the government expands, the power of the individual recedes. We can't have it both ways -- they are mutually exclusive. Either individuals, additively, hold the power or a larger group (e.g., political party, special interest, "protected" collection) holds it.

Our Founding Fathers intended for the sovereign individual to enjoy the power, Rights, and freedoms that few (if any) civilizations have ever known. I believe that liberty is too far gone to ever get it back. However, I will do the only thing I can do -- and that is to live my life in support of individual freedom/autonomy and limited government power. This includes individual Rights in favor of group privileges (groups do not have Rights), with an emphasis on individual Property Rights, from which ALL Rights derive. I will always look to the Constitution and the Common Law that underlies it, to find my answers.

If criticizing the 2 monopolistic, establishment political parties makes my positions unpopular, or gets me flamed, so be it. Though I admit, my views are in the minority, I am proud to join with those fellow Freepers and other Americans who feel as I do with regard to the extant over-bearing government power and corresponding ceaseless intrusion into the Rights and freedoms of individual citizens.

[upcountry miss]

THANKS!!! I was reading that thread when my computer froze and I lost it. Not knowing the name of the thread, I couldn't retrieve it. Now I have bookmarked it to enjoy all the old threads again and again!!! (By the way, despite the help from fellow Freepers, my computer freezes regularly. Guess it needs another trip to the repair shop.)

[Dales]

Way back when, Jim Robinson was just getting his feet wet with these vanity things... click!

[pa_dweller]

Good idea. It would certainly cut down on the "Caption this!" posts.

[sweetliberty]

" It is too bad we don't have some chat rooms, where we can talk together about our pets"

I look forward to the addition of a chat room to the site. I would like to see the ichat rooms format, but have it coordinated with our FR screen names and passwords to avoid some of the security issues I have seen with other ichat sites. The yahoo chat program is fairly limited and just doesn't seem to flow well whereas ichat allows for a more complete interactive experience.

[BillofRights]

Thank you for your kind words and support!

Bill

[Libertarian_4_eva]

I think calling the victims of 911 "greedy" is a pretty crummy thing to do.

Its a crummy thing to do if the country did not raise 1.6 billion dollars from everyday americans for them and they still want more money. Its perfectly ok for them to be called greedy when NYC Firemen, Police and Port Athority Police familes will get their husbands salery for the rest of their lives plus death benifits and free state college then want more money from the federal government.