Statement by Jim Robinson Regarding the State of our Free Republic

October 20, 2003 | Jim Robinson

[Ben Bolt]

Well I'm sure you see this thread ^ ) Who said the internet was not animated !

[Madame de Winter]

Cool... Much better than a Cardinal...
G0D is way above a Cardinal...
God Bless VRCW his son...

[Senator Pardek]

What is Beethoven doing right now?

Decomposing.

What would Beethoven be doing right now if he were alive?

Clawing at the top of his coffin.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

My favorite joke:

(For this, you have to know that Buddy Rich was a bad, bad man. See transcripts of the way he spoke to his sidemen at My Buddy: A Four Act Passion Play.)

A guy calls up Buddy Rich's agent and says, "I've got a jazz club in Chicago and I was hoping to book Buddy Rich and his band."

The agent says, "I'm sorry to tell you this - I guess you haven't heard. Buddy died this past year."

The guy says, "Oh, sorry." He hangs up.

The next day, the agent's phone rings. Same guy - he says, "I was hoping to book Buddy Rich and his band in my club."

The agent says, "Didn't I just speak with you yesterday? Maybe you misunderstood. Buddy is dead."

Guy says, "All right. Thanks." He hangs up.

The next day, the agent's phone rings, and he recognizes the same guy's voice on the other end. The guy asks again if he can book Buddy and his band.

The agent loses his temper: "Look man, I TOLD you. You CANNOT book Buddy Rich. He is DEAD. Do you hear me? BUDDY RICH IS DEAD, DEAD, DEAD."

The guy says, "I know. I just wanted to hear it again."

[Senator Pardek]

Har - ironies of ironies - I saw "The Buddy Rich Band" perform during a Yankees/Cleveland doubleheader when I was 11;)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your post!

History shows that mandating virtue through prohibitionary laws foster contempt for social order.

Do you have source references for this statement?

[NewLand]

Thanks Jim for giving us a place to hang our hat with fellow Conservatives in support of The Constitution.

LONG LIVE FREE REPUBLIC

[wizardoz]

Liberals, Socialists, Marxists, all control freaks, who can't stand individual liberty. I abhore them, and will do whatever I can to defeat them.

I credit Free Republic with being the defining force in revealing to me the years of propaganda and brainwashing I'd absorbed from public schools, universities, and pop culture. Literally, FR saved my mind. Here I found people who burst my bubble. Here I found people who told me about Ayn Rand. Here, I learned what conservatives actually want, rather than what liberals say they want. Here I found out about great conservative authors and sources like townhall.com, national review, iconoclast... I could go on and on but I'll settle for saying that FR is a massive part of my life. I check it before I go to school, as soon as I come home, between classes, and just before I go to bed.

[Windsong]

"You have the potential to unite all these people in common purpose... but you keep dividing them with the GOP "us or them" mentality"

Please...spare us your usual liberal boobery...

"Away, and mock the time with fairest show; false face must hide what the false heart doth know" -- Macbeth

[exDemMom]

Wow. Couldn't agree with you more. It was the Gore attempted coup that led me to join FR; I really want to think that sites like FR, and alternate information sources like talk radio, are having an effect. Since I work in the heart of enemy territory (UC Davis), however, it is sometimes hard to remain optimistic. But I try.

Keep up the good work.

[betty boop]

History shows that mandating virtue through prohibitionary laws foster[s] contempt for social order.

A-G wants to see your primary sources for this observation, and I think that would be most helpful and useful.

But at the end of the day, tpaine, I suspect there is simply something wrong with your theory, and the problem is not with evidence. For the very simple reason that virtue may not be compelled (or bribed) in principle. The contempt that your observation arouses in me, however, is not directed towards the "social order." Probably the social order is still firing on most, if not all, cylinders. My personal animus tends to get directed towards the people who think they run the social order.

I'm sure you catch the distinction.

[restornu]

I think your integrity Jim is alright in my book. I am just puzzled at time about some that get bounced.

I guess because if I try to post even neutral topic just because of who I am I become an open target!

So in order to keep peace I must not respond to those who stalk me!

The trouble with inquiring about these things is that there are some wolves(DU)in the mix so I would not take what some say seriously!

[restornu]

I personally don't see the "potential excesses of mobs and majorities" happening at FR.

I am glad you never been on the recieving end of an intoleranced mob!

[restornu]

And to pay for fat lazy people to recieve a government check.

there are also thin and wiry folks get those checks!

[restornu]

I can't believe you have been here for almost two years and ask a question like this.

It is usually why one joins FR is because the system is broken.

Do you listen to any talk shows?

[nopardons]

Not exactly true. An awful lot of us joined FR, because the Clintons and their horde were in positions of power.

[restornu]

I guess he (Lincoln) was just messing with the Constitution like toilet paper...

I am still trying to figure out what you mean by that remark?

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

And I'll bet you had no idea what he was putting the band through after the gig, huh? LOL (I love that "My Buddy" thing - what a trip.)

[Semper]

You make a good case and you have my support in general even though I may take issue with one or another particular. Thanks again for all that you do.

[restornu]

What you don't seem to realize is that many of today Republicans are what is left of the Old Democratic party!

Ronald Reagan use to be Democrate.

At one time both parties defended the USA!

Are you an American or maybe very young?

Many here hate it when their age is asked but it helps to understand where one is coming from for many were denied in there education of the whole history of this nation!