Posted on 09/29/2011 4:57:12 AM PDT by Jeanette Pryor
On March 21, 2010, in opposition to more than 60% of Americans, Obamacare, precursor to Socialized Medicine and Tombstone of our free-market economy, passed in the U.S. House by seven votes. The bill reconciling the two versions passed the House at 11:58 PM that same awful day of anguish by only nine votes. It was not the titles of those seven and nine that pushed an unwilling America towards ruin, it was their power.
In 2009 Rick Santelli, gave voice to working-America’s rage. Since he first roused us to the New Boston Tea Party, great conservatives from New York to California rallied as never before and, reveling in their dearth of titles, set the country on fire, redirected the debate, and reasserted the first principles upon which our Nation was founded.
In spite of this unprecedented tsunami of opposition, on that day in March, Nancy Pelosi leeringly sashayed past thousands of protestors, clutching the gavel of power.
Our indignation mattered not. Our clever signs counted for naught. Our honored troops, flags, anthems, and rediscovered Constitution were powerless to stop that gavel from crushing We the People.
Instinctively, conservatives turned all their energy to November 2010. Republicans who leached a royal life off kick-backs, who had all but fossilized in their seats in House and Senate, crumbled in primaries that put all Washington on notice, “The Time of Pillaging is done.”
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Why not post it here?
It is too long.
But thank you. I have been posting everyting else in full form here.
It is too long.
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Then probably isn’t worth the effort..........
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Because she didn't feel like it. So THERE!
Jim posted some time ago about bloggers using FR to drive traffic to their blogs. He wasn’t pleased.
I didn’t mind going to your blog. Your article is heartfelt. I do, however, feel that the Tea Party battle is far from over. As long as the MSM castigates, impugns, and insults it members and vision, the Tea Party is viable.
Well, you’ve got good bloggers and you’ve got bad bloggers. And Jeanette is one of the good bloggers. And quite frankly, the official hostility from on high has driven off some other good bloggers who were also good FReepers. It’s self-defeating in the overall battle for Conservatism.
The fact remains that FR is not here to be used to drive traffic to a blog.
Agreed! If that ‘is’ the case, then parochial interests are trumping a cause.
It’s not too long, Jeanette.
So FR is more important than the greater cause?
For most bloggers, the "greater cause" is HITS.
So yes, FR is more important than some blogger's ad revenue.
Excerpt: I have no complaint if a good conservative blogger posts his own material to FR, not as an excerpt to drive hits and discussion back to his blog, but rather to impart useful information to OUR readers and to promote and join in on the discussion and conservative activism HERE on FR.
But unless we say otherwise your blog material should be posted to our bloggers forum and it would be best if you do not excerpt your own material and if you would actually join in on the discussion here on FR. We’re not really that interested in driving OUR traffic to YOUR blog. But if our readers see that you post useful information then they might start reading your site and that’s fine by me.
The whole thing is at the link.
Well, that wasn't what I asked. But in my opinion, and it is MY opinion, the Conservative blogs represent a key front in the war of ideas against liberalism, and are one of the driving forces within the greater TEA Party movement. Therefore, I think that at least the reputable blogs should be encouraged and not scorned.
My opinion. That's all.
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