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| paulycy
Posted on 01/11/2011 5:28:06 AM PST by paulycy
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To: RedMDer
561
posted on
01/11/2011 9:26:11 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Not even the hairy ones?Well, I guess that's a personal preference you'll have to make your own decisions about...
562
posted on
01/11/2011 9:26:13 AM PST
by
paulycy
(The Constitution is a Formal Contract. Live up to it or lose your job, Congress.)
To: SZonian
some feel excluded because their feelings were hurt I expect to occasionally get my feelings hurt when I'm on any discussion board that's worth a damn.
That's why I don't feel any need to conform my views to what others expect or want.
563
posted on
01/11/2011 9:26:23 AM PST
by
Notary Sojac
("Goldman Sachs" is to "US economy" as "lamprey" is to "lake trout")
To: Lazamataz
>> “There may come a time when the Perl system you have simply won’t cut it any more.” <<
.
Will you and I still be alive?
.
564
posted on
01/11/2011 9:27:19 AM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
To: Windflier
I would love to support a Freeper business.
It does create accounting headaches for FR unless the businesses specified their payments to FR were donations.
565
posted on
01/11/2011 9:27:22 AM PST
by
listenhillary
(20 years in Reverend Wright's church is all I need to determine the "content of his character")
To: Windflier
This is a good capitalistic solution to a problem that has been plaguing FR for far too long. Given that FR is the number one gathering place for conservatives on the internet, the potential revenue that could be generated from banner ads is probably considerable.
That is an interesting statement. My initial gut reaction is agreement, but then I put on my Thinking Cap (tm).
I may be wrong and also may be projecting. We are the customers at Free Republic. It is about us being warriors and not passive consumers. Jim is up front about his model and if it doesn't work so be it. I think this is Jims test of where we are going and I concur. It is not about capitalism, business model or consumerism, it is about freedom and if we will pay the price, whether it is donations here at FR, learning thru other opinions, laying down our worldly goods and maybe even our lives like our founders did.
Ben Franklin and others, did not advertise but wanted to know if the ideas would sell themselves. It was a big test that we passed back then. Our test is bigger today. There are bigger things than capitalism.
566
posted on
01/11/2011 9:27:36 AM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
( Seeking the truth here folks.)
To: nutmeg
567
posted on
01/11/2011 9:27:50 AM PST
by
nutmeg
(The 111th Congress: Worst. Congress. Ever.)
To: Tijeras_Slim; MARTIAL MONK
Well if ya got no bassoons I’m not coming!
568
posted on
01/11/2011 9:28:01 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
To: dfwgator
I’ve had to write mostly science stuff, simulators and things like that. I don’t use if I don’t have to; that may have something to do.
To: dfwgator
From a usability perspective, I like the FR format, you can quickly see the thread titles, glance at which ones interest, or dont interest you, see the posts and who posted it, without having to click the mouse. Sure it may look relatively spartan, but I prefer simplicity.If I were to re-write FR I'd re-write it with virtually the same interface and possibly an even more simplified interface based on John's experience over the years dealing with the code. It needs no graphical bells and whistles. It just needs speed and stability IMO.
570
posted on
01/11/2011 9:28:47 AM PST
by
paulycy
(The Constitution is a Formal Contract. Live up to it or lose your job, Congress.)
To: paulycy
EXCELLENT POINTS, imho.
INFORMATION is crucial to folks paying the bills.
It relates directly to motivation and generosity.
571
posted on
01/11/2011 9:28:51 AM PST
by
Quix
(Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
To: MHGinTN
That was so well stated it’s almost frightening.
572
posted on
01/11/2011 9:28:51 AM PST
by
LouAvul
To: GailA
I make up business cards with the FR logo and its mission statement and URL and hand them out to interested parties. I was at my local Tea Party meeting the other night and got into a conversation with some folks who had never heard of FR. Frankly, I was really surprised at that, but I repeated the name of the site to them several times so that they would remember it.
On the way home, I thought to myself how nice it would be if Jim Rob offered FR business cards for sale on the site. I would buy them, and hand them out. Now that so many of us are off the couch and active in our communities, it's an idea whose time has come.
573
posted on
01/11/2011 9:29:08 AM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Quix
Thank you, Quix. I’m trying to be helpful.
574
posted on
01/11/2011 9:29:35 AM PST
by
paulycy
(The Constitution is a Formal Contract. Live up to it or lose your job, Congress.)
To: GailA
Excellent idea.
I plan to do that. Thanks.
575
posted on
01/11/2011 9:30:24 AM PST
by
Quix
(Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
To: LouAvul
older women seducing young boys,As long as she is hittable, no foul.
576
posted on
01/11/2011 9:30:24 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: Quix
Now you’re just sucking up, Quix. :-)
577
posted on
01/11/2011 9:30:35 AM PST
by
writer33
(Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
To: beezdotcom
Soooooo, you’re picking a fight? Is that a perk of being a donor?
To: Notary Sojac
If I ran a conservative forum, there would be an ongoing virtual book club in which we discussed the works of the great conservative authors.... Kirk, Hayek, Kendall, von Mises, Voegelin, Strauss. Participation would be mandatory. Not quite sure about the mandatory part, but in general another good idea. On a site I visit we have a small ad for Hocks Online Drugstore, if you click the link and make a purchase 8% goes to the site.
579
posted on
01/11/2011 9:32:29 AM PST
by
EBH
( Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.)
To: central_va
I’m sure it’s very consoling to you to know that you’re one of the reasons many respectable folks feel disconnected to FR. Nice going.
580
posted on
01/11/2011 9:32:45 AM PST
by
LouAvul
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