I am a newbie. What is Mount Zotmore? What is being zotted? I'm just so sick of the liberal garbage, this site seems like the one place where you don't have to hear all the Bush bashing.
If you are trying to avoid bush bashing, this isn't the place. Real conservatives beat him up hard here.
Mount Zotmore is play on your Mount Rushmore. Being zotted is having your account turned off and the weight of being laughed at by sometimes hundreds of Freepers, and thousands of lurkers.
*snicker*
Welcome to Free Republic anyway.
A "troll" is someone who should be posting over at DU.
Lay low, don't post somewhat overzealous vanity posts on your first day. Ease into the flow of FR, you'll be fine.
I "lurked" for about 8 months before I jumped into the fray here. This is a tough crowd to play to. LOL!
What is Mount Zotmore? ... What is being zotted?
LOL ... Just you wait and see ... and beware of Viking Kitties, too. LOL
Looks like they're not going to Zot you. Personally, the only thing about your post that is questionable to me is the fact that it's a vanity. Vanities are not favored. The posting guidelines say:
"Do keep "vanity" posts to a minimum - Free Republic is primarily a place to discuss news, articles, and editorials. Vanity posts, creations of the poster him or herself, should meet a high standard of quality before one is even considered worthy of posting. Often a relevant current thread or general announcement, catch-all thread is a much better choice for a brief question or comment."
Having said that, though, it appears that the moderator likes your vanity, or he would have deleted it.
It appears you are a Bush supporter, and do not appreciate Bush bashing.
While we do not bash W here, we do criticize him often, fairly and with respect.
Your points about W's foreign policy have much merit, and the President is a fine and moral man, still we don't need to cheerlead, but to convince our President that the Conservative agenda is the policy that is SURE to save America.
W needs to be more conservative on spending, growth of government and border control just to name three, so do your homework and chime in, and watch for sarcasm.
I am with you my fellow freeper. Welcome to FreeRepublic.
Welcome, my advice is this:
write whatever you want to. You're obviously somewhat conservative, so I don't think you'll have a view that's so extreme that you'll be "zotted." I write whatever I want, I get along fine here. Don't worry about rules, or not writing vanity posts, etc. This is an Internet forum, it's fun, it's informative, but some people take it way too seriously. By the way, this was meant as much for others as it was for you. Welcome and have fun.
Sometimes this place is not as friendly as it looks. Lot's of Bush bashing here. Some by liberal moles, others by "he's not perfect" soreheads.