Posted on 06/16/2002 5:32:24 AM PDT by magnum opus dejure
Well, it's been 4 years since I first found Free Republic. I have always felt like I belonged here and have really enjoyed the banter back and forth between us members. I am afraid all this is now over. I am really suprised and shocked at it's suddenness. Before I leave I want to thank a freeper from Michigan who sent me a DVD player last year to give to my kids for Christmas. You reaffirmed my faith in humanity.
I know this thread will be deleted before many people get to read it, but I just can't go without saying a final word. Every since 911 the 'vibe' here at FR has been decidedly hostile. I guess it was a matter of time before the newbie moderator got around to weeding me out for my sometimes unpopular views. So I join the ranks of A+Bert and so many others who gave FR a interesting flavor. I will miss coming here 20 times a day and keeping up on things. But without posting priviledges there is just no point. I must go find another conservative group to try to be a part of.
In the future, when a freeper who has been a loyal member since August 1998 crosses the line, how about a note instead of banning? Would that have been too much? I may have gotten out of line, how is beyond me, but if such a tresspass would have been pointed out I would gladly have refrained from doing so again. It is just not right to just ban an account with no explaination. Especially when the freeper has been here 4 years. I have no idea what I am going to do with my days now that I no longer have FR. Well, I guess I have said my part. It is a sad day when one has to leave family and friends. I feel like some of you were just that. But apparently I am no longer wanted around here. I bid my good day to you all and hope that karma pays it's respects to those who do injustice.
I suspect that, if anything, he's being questioned with greater regard for his "rights" than he is due.
he's a traitor for betraying his country by aiding and conspiring with the enemy.
He is a Combatant because he had plans to carry out a terrorist attack against this country.
Wait for some distinction without a difference to be trotted out.
You are a liar.
As sad and wasteful as the reality of that fact is, it's still a fact, and as are all facts, it's logical. I cry for this Nation, and for Humanity.
See your "Dixie Chicks", raise you "Metallica".
One man's Heaven, is another Man's hell.
"Man is naturally Good... we just have to get the right people in charge." -- See under heading, "Every Tyranny in the History of Man", Encyclopedia Humanica.
Calvinist America being the sole exception in the modern age.
No. The terrorists are dispersed into the populations of a number of civilian populations throughout the world.
It's a good thing our President isn't so simple.
I'm saying, with Ron Paul, that an "Affirmation of War" gives us a lot of grounds for cleaning up Constitutional loose-ends. "Detainees"? "Combatants"? Etc...
"Authorization of Force", doesn't.
Given that 15 outta 19 of the 9/11 terrorists were Saudis, I am tempted to agree.
Don't expect agreement from the other side.
If you thought that was what I was implying,you are mistaken. I've never said that,or even thought that. Do I think he would take advantage of a situation to further his agenda? You bet your butt! So would any other politician. That's just the way life and politics works. This ain't the same thing as saying or thinking he was a part of it,though. It had never even occured to me that anybody would think this.
I'm dancing on a disco-floor of black and white squares, Ros.
Itsa a good thing. The dancers know where to step.
The term "affirmation of war" appears nowhere in the act. Watch him pretend that it does.
See your "Metallica", raise you "Rush".
There are those who think that they were dealt a losing hand,
The cards were stacked against them; they weren't born in Lotusland.
All preordained
A prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate.
Kicked in the face,
You can't pray for a place
In heaven's unearthly estate.
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose freewill.
For the record, who cares?
For the record ...
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