Posted on 10/24/2002 2:38:22 AM PDT by wewillnotfail
Overnite, two men arrested while sleeping in their car at a reststop in MD. John Mohammed aka John Williams and his stepson Lee Malvo. Mohammad is thought to be the likely shooter.
After spending almost every day on here for the past couple of weeks, I have met many many wonderful people. People that I look forward to posting with daily. I guess this has become almost like the small town coffee shop for me. Or what once was the small town coffee shop. The one I grew up with is now gone. The place I went every morning and afternoon to sit and have coffee with people I only knew from the coffee shop, but still loved every minute I had there. We would discuss the events of the day, the past day and the events to come.
My question is, is there a place here in FR, that is like the coffee shop? You know, every day, there are dozens and dozens of new items and event items that are posted by us members. And within each of those various news items are many times, hundreds, if not thousands of posts. More than I can ever read much less digest in a day. More, than anyone of us can read in a day, (well, except maybe Valleygal, or Masongal who seem to be here all the time,).
I guess what I'm asking is, if there isn't already a place, what would all of you think about a daily thread, or a place on the home page, or whatever,that is the "Coffee shop". A place to start each day, and read the posts, and visit about anything, and from there, we can direct each other to other threads of interest or whatnot, or hey, just shoot the bull. A place to swap those "Free Republic" cookbook ideas. A place to just say, "Hi" to each other. To ask about the kids. A community center as it were. (Now if there is already a place, that a newer type like myself hasn't yet found, please let me know. Or if you think I am just full of sh!t, well let me know that too, (softly thought, I bruise easily). Just kidding.
Anyway, your thoughts.
Don't know where you heard that about Virginia, but it is not true. There was an execution in Virginia just a few weeks ago. The Rat governor ran as a support of the death penalty, otherwise he would not have been elected. It is true in Maryland - and it is only a moratorium on executions, not on the actual deliverance of a death penalty. Chances are by the time these scumbags are tried and convicted the moratorium will be lifted, especially if Bob Ehrlich is the new Governor!
You are right. This is not over yet.
Agreed...I'm betting they want to come out with that rifle, scope, tripod, hole in the trunk, all that, and be able to say with conviction that they have the guy...I *hope*...timing seems to coincide with when evidence would have first starting coming in from the Caprice...
I, too, have enjoyed getting to know many of the freepers on these threads. And yes, there are a few daily threads that are like coffee shops:
1. A day in the life of President Bush- posted by rintense
2. The USO Canteen- posted by SnowBunny
3. A few of FR Finest- posted by Billie
There's also a daily prayer thread and a few others. Stop by the threads mentioned! Of course, I'm a little biased as to which one you should visit first!
More "news" yes - I'm not necessarily going to say "good" at this point. For me, the jury is still out as to whether these two are the goons or not. Although, I'll admit it looks like it...
thanks fred...or ethel...or both?
my 10-yr-old immediately went to the Boston Tea Party thing when we noticed them. I like the idea.....but, no offense to my neighbors, I wonder if they're clever enough for such a statement! I would hope they'd put some sort of TEA BAG REVOLT word out either in the editorials or even on yard signs. who knows. I'm afraid it's probably some kind of drug or gang thing.
Try the America The Right Way thread. It is posted early every morning by Chairman_Decemebr_19th_Society and indexed on the FR home page. You can sign up for the ping list so you won't have to search for the thread every day. We talk mostly about current events but people can discuss anything.
Cheers!
Thanks Rintense.
LOL *smile*
The "FR's Finest" daily thread is probably the best place to start. I'm sure there are others that some longer-timers can point you toward.
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