Yesterday was a sad day for Free Republic

May 3, 2011 | Huck

[count-your-change]

And if the masses don't show the proper enthusiasm? Who appointed you Monitor of Cheerleaders?

[GreenAccord]

Huck, I am glad that there’s been more than a couple virtual thumbs up on your (vanity) post. I agree 100%. While it’s almost heretical to equate FreeRepublic.com with DU, I can say with the utmost certainty that if Osama Bin Laden had been killed while Bush was still President, and the kind of lunacy we saw here yesterday was being passed around on DemocraticUnderRock.com (I just made that up and I am going to trademark it), we would be calling them the most unhinged collection of worms ever.

So, thanks again for your post. At the very least, I am glad there’s a place we can counter-weigh the ‘conspiracy-at-any-cost’ stuff flying around here.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Well, for starters, you’re part of the problem.

[Scythian]

I totally agree with you. I posted a while back that I was going to stay away until after the 2012 presidential election, but now after reading yesterday’s comments I know longer want to be associated with the FreeRepublic. Sady, the FR has strayed over into the radicial right, not the good radical mind you, but the unibomber lunatic fringe radical kind. After reading all of the posts that Obama faked this whole thing I realized I would be embarrased, no ashamed to tell my friends about the FR, or recommend it to others.

I have been a member since Dec 29, 1998 but can no longer call this my home. This is not an opus, I just simply find this place out of control (and that’s saying alot considering my views).

Later and best of luck to everyone ...

[dforest]

Over the last ten years Bin Laden hasn’t been much other than a figurehead.

There have been no video tapes of him and many reported “deaths”. Bin Laden has had no power and Zawahiri has been the leader for a long time.

I could not get excited because the mastermind is still sitting at GITMO and Dear Leader still wishes to offer him a trial on US soil.

Even you, Huck, should require evidence that indeed, we can see this was Bin Laden. Without that we are expected to believe the word of people who have proved to be liars.

I do believe our military went in there and killed a person. It is up to the Obama admin to provide evidence just as Bush did when the Hussein boys were killed.

That is not hard to do. It seemed rather easy and satisfied critics.

I am proud of the brave fellows who carried out their job. That does not mean I feel any unity with this criminal in the WH. You do know the Blago hearings were on yesterday, right?

Our country is on the brink of disaster. Waving a flag as the ship sinks is no victory.

[rbmillerjr]

Conspiracy drivel has been the replacement for supported opinion.

Weak minds.

[TruthFactor]

I have friends on both sides of the political spectrum that are suspicious.

I am soooo tired of the conspiracy theories. It's another indication of the immaturity and lack of critical thinking in society today.

[Vaquero]

Thank God this man is dead....I of course do question everything that looks slightly askew with this POSOTUS.

as we are currently shackled to the worst president in the history of the republic...any and all questioning of his deeds, words, reasons, legitimacy are necessary.

all he does should be suspect and torn apart by us, the opposition.

the fact that zer0 got his information from Bush administration ‘enhanced interrogation’ methods...invalidates, by zer0’s own philosophy, the raid

the fact that he knew of OBL location for 4 months and hemmed and hawed (they call it planning) waiting to act when the subject could have caught wise and bugged out...once again puts the POSOTUS in the same class as Clinton who could have killed Bin Laden 5 or 6 times...

the only reason zer0 had bin laden killed was for political reasons... my bet is that he wished he could have waited till late in 2012 so as to get more of a political push in the elections..

[Colonel_Flagg]

"We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing; but let us not forget for a moment the toil and efforts that lie ahead." -- Winston Churchill, May 8, 1945

My own thoughts yesterday. Yes, it's great news that Bin Laden is dead. Yet we still have work to do thanks to the war he started.

I also find it perfectly understandable that people are demanding proof from the most feckless administration ever to hold public office. Obama could tell me the sky is blue and the grass is green and I'd make him prove it. That's life when you're governed by a professional liar.

The time to celebrate is when Al-Qaeda and Islamic fundamentalism are smashed, broken and destroyed and our brave troops are home.

[af_vet_1981]

Well written and I agree with you

[momtothree]

Huck, I am afraid what you are expressing is that people are feeling hopeless, lied to and downright afraid for their Country. Unfortunately, we as a Nation have lost the sense that our government maintains our interests. As a people, it has become common to be lied to and the press only manipulates and spins what the administration wants us to believe. I did not see FR not supporting the military. What I saw was that many on FR questioned facts. Perhaps, a country that sits back and questions information is far more educated than someone simply taking to the streets, flying flags, and rejoicing. Although Usama’s death is good for our nation, the common politics/socioeconomic climate is a black cloud hanging over people. Just my thoughts and opinion.

[af_vet_1981]

As a “younger” member (24) I thought the behavior around here was strange as well.

Heretofore I thought such strange behavior was a sign of the aging population on FR but Huck could be correct. We would need a scientific poll to examine the data and that is not going to happen here.

[central_va]

Huck - “Freepers are unhappy curmudgeons, now read my post dammit!”

[Lakeshark]

It is hard to handle the media sucking up the way they do, this is the same media that clucked about "torture" and the inhumanity of prison detention, the very things that led to this triumph. This is the same media that would have crucified Bush as a villainous cowboy for going into another country without their consent and "assassinating" a leader.

I'm sorry those quisling MSM Marxist nutjobs that support Bambi have to get in the way of a good celebration, but let's not lose sight of how they are using this event.

[frogjerk]

Huck, I usually like your posts and comments but this real Debnbie Downer stuff. Why don’t you take a couple of weeks off and clear your head then come back. You are taking this FR thing way too seriously. There are more important things in life.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Start your own message board and only let in people that conform to your standards. Problem solved.

[RushingWater]

There’s just the reality factor. Knowing that someone who despises the US, even its military, is leveraging the event to do even more damage to the US, well, here at FR it tends to be said when the emperor has no clothes.

This was absolutely our military at its finest, but we also know that a hater of the US was in the situation room, and his only interest in the success is political and not the best interest of the US. Has this President ever attended a patriotic event and not been prune faced?

I sort of think the President only acted because a recent WikiLeaks forced his hand. I believe he was really hoping Osama would move on and he would not ever have to offend his Muslim brothers and engage in a confrontation.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

You’re part of the problem too.

[af_vet_1981]

had been killed in a compound outside London -- in 1951.

It is incongruent to compare Great Britain as our WWII ally to Pakistan as our WOT ally. You might compare the Pakistanis to the Russians, but not the Brits.

[A Texan]

Well said, although I don’t think it is an issue of younger Freepers, I believe it is the older ones (age not sign up date).