Posted on 10/10/2003 2:23:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 10/10/2003 2:27:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Dear Free Republic Friends,
My old friend and brother-in-arms BADJOE has promised to warm the cockles of our hearts by publishing an expose (the truth about JimRob and Free Republic according to Joe) on the 18th of this month, which represents the one year anniversary of the date he last posted to FreeRepublic.com and started up with LibertyPost.org.
So, as I believe that only the truth can set you free, and based upon the stratergery of pre-emptive strike, I have a confession to make (before BADJOE makes it public):
I have poisoned the well.
By my sly innuendos behind the scenes.
By my intellectual ineptitude.
By not trusting those that brung me to the dance to bring me home.
By my biting every hand that fed me.
By my arrogance that causes me to think I did it all by myself.
By my stubborness not because of principle, but because of my lack of ability to see what is transpiring.
Evidenced by:
One would think that with half again as many Freepers. with a recovering economy, It would take a great deal less time to raise the necessary funds.
By this time in the June 2002 effort with a goal of $70,000 we had raised $73,000. Not because of who did the fundraising, but because the sense of purpose, of family, of comaraderie, was still present.
BADJOE rang the warning bell, but none heard.
Conclusion:
It is a sad day.
For what was once a great hope, a means of bringing together those who are willing to pay dearly in blood, sweat, and money to save this country, we all love, has been reduced to an asterisk.
So sayeth BADJOE as he promises to publish all this and much more on the 18th. He's been feverishly working on this "project" for one full year. In addition to the "truth about JimRob" BADJOE intends to further betray our trust placed in him by revealing the names of our moderators. And who knows what else?
I can hardly wait.
Is it the 18th yet? Tick, tock.
Dear Mr. Robinson and FRee Republic,
PRAYERS being said for You around the clock.
FRee Republic is One of a Kind!
Where could we ALL possibly Go to find such a Place where we can Support our Country?
For me FRee Republic is a very Special Place where I can meet many Beautiful, Caring People from ALL walks of Life.
May I suggest to You if You have any doubts what FRee Republic is ALL about just visit this Thread about our Precious Baby LOGAN!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/962162/posts
Guaranteed, if You have a Heart, you will NEVER be the Same!
PS: My check of support will be in the mail on Monday, donated to The GLORY of GOD for the Precious MIRACLE called: LOGAN!
I urge everyone who reads this, if you have not Supported FRee Republic with your Money and Prayers...Please do so!
GOD BLESS AND KEEP ALL OF YOU.
You are doing a great job here Jim. I've been an avid reader/poster/contributer since 1998 (my original freep name is Rock, but I forgot my password and had to change to Rokke). Nothing compares to Free Republic. Nothing.
I believe BADJOE to be an honest person. If I were you I wouldn't lose any sleep over that.
Strange.
Lordy, Lordy. That sent a shiver up my spine. You are one sick puppy.
John / Billybob
Shortly after 9/11, I got a freepmail from some account called "Lead Moderator". The mail asked if I would be willing to help the forum out as a volunteer. The mail said that if I agreed, he would reveal himself to me and I would laugh because it was someone I had a friendship with.
I agreed. And it was someone I had a friendship with; someone I had exchanged mails with several times over activism issues. He asked me to join the moderating crew.
And so it began.
Lead Moderator (LM from now on) set the lead, along with Jim. There were several others. I was the newbie, and was given the "Sidebar Moderator" designation.
After several months, Jim and LM promoted me to Admin Moderator (there are several Admin Moderators).
I have seen some posts by Joe, where he says that LM never wanted me to be a moderator, that he objected to it from the start. That does not jibe with what I saw, including several times where LM went out of his way to not only back me up on some decisions, but go much further. It does not jibe with the many discussions LM and I had, both before and after I became a moderator. But Joe says LM told him it, so I guess it comes down to if you believe Joe at what he claims or not, since LM is not around any longer.
Through some circumstances, Jim invited Joe to be able to view the moderators' discussion boards (we call them the AR boards for "abuse reports" boards).
Joe became quite upset one day when I pulled an article from a website called "Strike-the-root.com", a website for anarchism. We argued over if anarchism was leftist or not, with Joe taking the position that the founding fathers were anarchists.
Jim decided that he didn't want anarchism to be promoted on Free Republic.
Joe then decided that he was going to try to force changes. He revealed my onscreen name, as well as one other moderator's name. He told Jim he wanted us gone, or else. He made lots of threats. He continues to make lots of threats.
He also said several things which turned out to not be quite true. He told Jim that other current moderators had mailed him saying they agreed with him. All of the other current moderators denied doing so. Joe has subsequently said that unless they back him up, Joe will reveal their Freeper identities. Now his threat is unless I was removed, and one other moderator removed, and the stuff you see posted every day on Liberty Post but not here (tax evasion schemes, tin foil conspiracy theories, anarchist propaganda) be allowed here, that he would use what prestige he had here to try and destroy the site.
Jim has his opinions of Joe, which he has shared. Everyone else will have to make up their minds as to what to believe. Myself, I used to think like most of those who are expressing a certain amount of admiration for Joe. I now have seen him to be deceptive, to have reprehensible poltical views, and to be someone who actively seeks to do me harm.
When the ordeal went down, I told Jim that I was going to step down. He asked me not to. I went back and forth with it for quite some time. Eventually I decided to kiss my Dales name goodbye.
So here I am. One of the fabled Texas Chainsaw Moderators, which always struck me as a laughable bit of demogoguery, since I tend to be hands-off. I can't remember the last time Jim had to overturn one of my decisions, other than to pull something I left up.
Maybe this website should be used for the promotion of anarchism. I don't know. If so, it wouldn't be a site I would be comfortable being a part of. But the important thing, Jim said he didn't want it to be that, and I acted in concert with those wishes.
Thanks, AM
Expose!
Not me! : )
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To: Jim Robinson; All
SHALOM!
Dear Mr. Robinson and FRee Republic,
PRAYERS being said for You around the clock.
FRee Republic is One of a Kind!
Where could we ALL possibly Go to find such a Place where we can Support our Country?
For me FRee Republic is a very Special Place where I can meet many Beautiful, Caring People from ALL walks of Life.
May I suggest to You if You have any doubts what FRee Republic is ALL about just visit this Thread about our Precious Baby LOGAN!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/962162/posts
Guaranteed, if You have a Heart, you will NEVER be the Same!
PS: My check of support will be in the mail on Monday, donated to The GLORY of GOD for the Precious MIRACLE called: LOGAN!
I urge everyone who reads this, if you have not Supported FRee Republic with your Money and Prayers...Please do so!
If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
GOD BLESS AND KEEP ALL OF YOU.
262 posted on 10/10/2003 6:46 PM CDT by Simcha7 ((The Plumb - Line has been Drawn, T'shuvah/Return for The Kingdom of HaShem is at hand!))
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