Very interesting dichotomy between the two finalists, my FRiend, but both excellent examples of FReepers who respect the Power of this Forum to change minds and influence people, yet don't take themselves or other FReepers too durned seriously!! Yeah, we can change the World, but let's have some fun doing it!!
I must admit, I sometimes get "timesink" mixed up with "sinkspur", and you know what a nasty, li'l cuss he/she can be...so there's an automatic bias I must overcome. And of course, there will be those who feel my opinion has been bought for some well-written and not altogether inaccurate brown-nosing of one of the judges. And we must admit that dubyagee's "#6. I haven't yet developed 'unhappy FReeper symptom" and "#2. I don't think JimRob owes me anything..." epitomized the thread we successfully hijacked from extinction.
Still, when you get right down to it, timesink's "#7. The knowledge that FR has never been as good as it used to be since the day after it launched" displays a subtle brilliance too good to ignore.
Congratulations to all the contestants, but my Vote goes to...(drum roll please...)...
"Timesink, Post #887"
TOP TEN REASONS WHY (2) I'm Still A Happy Freeper...
10) The Free Republic MasterCard with a low 9.9% interest rate and 15% off all potassium iodide pills and Geiger counters
9) The chance to hang out with real Americans such as these.
8) The monthly fee I get from Jim Robinson to, ah, keep things right, shall we say, with the Bilderburgers.
7) The knowledge that FR has never been as good as it used to be since they day after it launched.
6) The secret Women With Guns porn forum.
5) The love, awe and wonder we all share of the greatest singer on the planet: Miss Barbra Streisand!
4) The Schadenfreude I feel when I beat someone else by five seconds in posting the latest Drudgeism, and then hitting "Report Abuse" on the slowpoke's thread.
3) That, as a CIA agent, I know every single one of your names, addresses, social security numbers, credit ... Oh, nothing to see here. Skip this one. Move along.
2) FR considers tinfoil one of the four major food groups.
And the number one reason why I'm still a happy freeper....*drum roll*...
1) Cheese, glorious cheese!
IMHO, of course...MUD