Goodbye Freerepublic...

vanity

[djl_sa]

I can tell that Freerepublic has started spiraling into hysteria similar to what I sensed around the 2008 election time.... I'll check back in in 2013 to see if things simmered down.

"Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is the hallmark of an authoritarian regime..." --Justice Potter Stewart, dissenting Ginzberg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 (1966)

[JRandomFreeper]

So I shouldn't mention that I later fed the flowers to the goat?

/johnny

[Sidebar Moderator]

Darn! You’ve blown my cover!

[DJ MacWoW]

I'm just frustrated at seeing this site devolve into a den of wolves.

I see it more as being a bunch of sheep running 60 different directions and ramming into one another while the rest of us stand here with our mouths open in shock.

I seldom celebrate zots unless it's a known troll.

[Las Vegas Ron]

See you tomorrow. God bless and Keep you.

Dearest onyx....you betcha.

These are indeed some trying times.

Passions and strong disagreements sometimes bring out the worst in people.

It pains me though at this time to see it happen here though, if we don't pull together now I don't think we'll have a chance to do it again.

Damn I'm frustrated!.

[JRandomFreeper]

I guess I'm just frustrated at seeing this site devolve into a den of wolves.

Then you should avoid it during election years.

I've been whacked (rightly) by the moderator when I've been over the top. The rules are pretty clear.

/johnny

[LomanBill]

Now go away or we shall taunt you a second time.

[onyx]

I hear you. Cooler heads, critical thinking and reason, have to prevail and all will come to into being in due time

Reactionary fear and emotion are never good.

[JRandomFreeper]

Freedom is a messy business. Rude people will show up.

/johnny

[onyx]

ROTFLMYromneyOFF

[tumblindice]

Right back to you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww

“You know how to walk, don’t you Steve? You just put one foot in front of the other .... “ Bogart’s squeeze whose name I can’t remember to save my life

[DJ MacWoW]

It's late so I'm going to call it quits for the night too.

Night Ron. See you tomorrow.

[jmax]

Damn.......I hope you never ban me. If you do, you'll probably do me like djl_sa and tell everyone I've been a member since 1998 and only posted a total of 5 threads and 1,314 replies. OOPS....

: )

[Norm Lenhart]

Same here. (and rightly so).

I look at it like this. When you see someone about to get hit by a truck, you make the attempt to save them from certain disaster. Having strong opinions is part and parcel of who we are.

It seems totally crazy to not make the best effort possible to save that person from a possibly life altering mistake. Are I/me/we wrong to do so? Opinions vary. But to me I can’t in good conscience try to stop a disaster in whatever way I can.

[tumblindice]

Phyllis Diller? Andy McDowell? Lauren Bacall?

[JRandomFreeper]

Don't forget principles.

And principled men can be MOST unreasonable.

/johnny

[DJ MacWoW]

LOL!!!

And the squeeze was Lauren BaCall.

[Still Thinking]

If you’re coming back then it’s not really goodbye. Goodbye. Or hello. Or early welcome back.

Just say "Aloha!" and you have all the bases covered, even in a case like this.

[GeronL]

I can’t find my posts/replies stats... where is that these days?

[CodeToad]

“Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.”

GMTA! lol.

[JRandomFreeper]

And if we disagree, that doesn't mean I hate you.

I've disagreed loudly (and recently) with some folks I have come to respect over many years. And if the subject isn't getting me to vote for Romney, we generally see eye-to-eye.

But I'll get loud too.

And speak my piece.

And if you aren't violating the basic rules, I'll just give as good as I get.

And then give you a recipe for my ultimate scrambled eggs.

No hate.

But I won't give up my principles.

/johnny

[BipolarBob]

First you misquote Bogey.

Second you can't remember Lauren Bacall.

And Thirdly and worstly (if worstly is a word) You linked to Hanoi Jane

If I was the moderator . . .

[CodeToad]

[Clyde5445]

Here I am a voice in the wilderness and I agree with you Onyx. I haven’t watch Fox in along time. I get all my news from right here at FR.

It looks like the thunder of Thor’s Hammer has struck again.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2872543/posts?page=80#80

[BipolarBob]

Look under the tab “Account”.

[TigersEye]

And try and ignore the inevitable a-holes and suck-ups that will post nasty replies on the thread. They don’t represent a majority here - just a loud minority.

That was a pretty nasty thing to say just to suck-up to some guy who wrote an opus. At least there aren't many a-holes who have done that.

[Las Vegas Ron]

ROTFLMYromneyOFF

Okay, that is funny there....I'm outta here tonight too ladies.

God Bless, sleep tight, and may we get though this all together safe and free.

[GeronL]

thanks.

[tumblindice]

You may be right—I’ve never seen Hanoi Jane and Nancy Sinatra together.
Other than that, Bipolar Bob, how are you tonight?

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

Thanks for saying it. It’s rather childish of a “moderator” to post something of that sorts! I didn’t realize the more you posted the more you count around here.

[BipolarBob]

"Other than that, Bipolar Bob, how are you tonight?"

Obviously one of my selves has a memory/recognition problem. I'll talk to him about that.

[rawcatslyentist]

Glad to see ya GO GO GO GO Goodbye!

[Secret Agent Man]

Why would you assume a guy who says “I don’t like the hysteria going on here like it did in 2008” automatically means he supports Mittens?

I am not much for the hysterics either and I don’t support Mittens. Some people here are acting like the very liberals I personally despise, in terms of lock-step groupthink.

Two separate issues frankly. Related, but separate.

[GeronL]

Yep. I had to find that on the front page.

1,277 threads and 102,658 replies

I've been here a while.

[TigersEye]

And Thirdly and worstly (if worstly is a word) You linked to Hanoi Jane

I'm pretty sure Nancy Sinatra is not Jane Fonda.

[JRandomFreeper]

That takes me back. I first saw it on a newsgroup. 7 bit ascii.

/johnny

[berdie]

Never bring a hand sledge to a ball ping fight. (Or vicee-versee). :)

[GeronL]

A guy who says he is leaving FR over that “hysteria” is pretty obviously on the side that is not that of the big guy. His allusions to 2008 sounds like he must have been gung-ho for McCain in the primaries too.

Just how it seems to me. He could have made him/her self clearer but chose not to.

[BipolarBob]

See reply #181

[Pompah]

C YA ! WOULDN’T WANNA B YA !
Heard a kid say that. So it works for me C-Ya

[tumblindice]

“Bi-polar Bob? I like him.” tumblin
“Well I don’t. Just walk away.” dice

I forgot what we were talking about. Oh yeah— a`Goodbye Cruel FR’ post. No sweat, I’m always walking into a room and forget what for. :^)

[reagan_fanatic]

IKHYF.

[JRandomFreeper]

Oh.... any iron or steel (or bronze or stone) lump on the end of a stick works just fine. ;)

It puts things close, and I so dislike impersonal interactions.

/johnny

[Secret Agent Man]

Maybe I’d think that for a noob. Less so for a guy who’s been around here a long time.

[skinkinthegrass]

what did i miss? ...i've read 2.

[PA Engineer]

Newbie? He joined up in ‘98.

Mid 99, but who is counting.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Drama queen.

[Crim]

opus duh

[GeronL]

“been around for a long time”

he averaged 16 posts a year, he probably wasn’t around much

[TigersEye]

Missed it by less than a minute!