Freepers. It is Time to Heal Our Wounds

Badjoe | 8-27-02 | Joe Phillips

[Willie Green]

You had me wondering about you with the Sonny and Cher thing. But between the Moody Blues and Elton John, I am beginnin to rid myself of any doubts I had about you.

It's a generational thing: Sonny & Cher when I was a young teen, Moody Blues in my "hippie" phase (preferrred "The Band"). Elton John was an unavoidable presence on the music scene, although I will admit liking "B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets".

Overall, I have a tendency to prefer "oldies" of the '50s and early '60s. In school, we used to frequent a pub twice a week where the DJ played "guess-the-artist-for-a-free-pitcher-of-beer" every half-hour or so. Provided great incentive to hone our skills. Became quite good at it out of necessity. Never could have afforded all that beer otherwise -- only had a part-time minimum wage job while I was in school.

[lavaroise]

Yes, and then some. I think FR needs to focus on a balance between ownership and knowledge that the net owns it too in a way. Not understanding this means that FR sometimes seem too risk averse with some group of people, while naively attracting rif raf. I don't know, just my opinion.

[Willie Green]

Sharon
(David Bromberg)

Went to this carnival, three years ago.
No big deal, ferris wheel, the same ole' stuff you know.
There was a man outside with a speech outside a tent,
And he said it to me, and this is how it went.

Folks, you know she walks, she talks,
She crawls on her belly like a reptile.
Same ole' line except one part,
You don't need no money, boy, you pay with your heart

Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again.

Wandered around, and looked around for a seat.
The light went low, and the band played a beat.
Out came this girl, wearing a scarf and sleeves
Did a little dance that made me weak in the knees.
That girl, she danced like her back had no bone.
The band played a tune called the Main Street Moan.

She smiled a smile the whole world could see.
She turned around, and she looked right at me.
I must have jumped six feet in the air,
And when I came down, that girl wasn't there.

Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again.

Out came this guy with a big ole' beard,
And furry arms, man he looked like a bear.
He said that all there is, there's no more to the show
If you wanna breathe right, I think you better go.
I didn't think twice, headed straight for the door,
And when I left, I heard that big bear roar

Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again.

Every time that carnival came, I was right there.
Lord, I learned to stay away from that mean ole' bear.
Just like the man said from his speech at the start,
When that carnival left town it took a piece of my heart.
I still get this funny feeling way down in my bones,
Whenever I hear a band play the Main Street Moan.

Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again.

Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again.

[sleavelessinseattle]

BadJoe, When you're right you're right...I'm not even taking sides in the fray its just that you acted to be true to your conscience...you're good to go, my man.

And I've got to say that, Jim Rob...you're ALSO a mensch...I've been put in situations like yours against my will and struggled with what to do for days and things really do balance on a razor's edge, and even sleeping on it don't clarify things...It takes GUTS to do what you both did, for the good of the American PEOPLE who, by GOD, ARE the government of this nation. I'm more than willing to bleed for the Constitution, baby...try me. Turn the page.

ITS MORE THAN TIME TO KICK LIB ASS!

[rwfromkansas]

I am glad to see it was resolved. It sounded really bad if you were going to leave FR. That would have been disaster, needless to say. Glad to see you staying. I also understand your decision to not run the fundraisers, just help out. I can't imagine how hard it was for you to deal with all the money coming in, especially as FR grew. God bless and I am glad to see things worked out.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I'm here every day too, and also have no clue what this is about.

[11th Earl of Mar]

"guess-the-artist-for-a-free-pitcher-of-beer"

I may not be the "brightest tool in the shed" but I do detect a subtle claim for free beer should we ever meet.

Although I was a few years behind you, I loved the rock and roll of the '70s.

My personal [and maybe only] favorite of Elton John's is "Madman Across the Water." [And yes, he is a madman. But too bad he doesn't stay 'across the water.']

[11th Earl of Mar]

Oh... I almost forgot.

I do have a couple of other songs of his I like- "Saturday Night is Alright for Fighting" and especially, "Funeral for a Friend."

[uglybiker]

Nothing sticks in a person's head like ABBA.

If you change your mind
I'm the first in line
Honey, I'm still free
Take a chance on me

(Take a chance, Take a ch-ch-chance chance...)

[CyberCowboy777]

Hey, lodwick, I know many of the classic 60's country songs. Let me find one I remember

You know all the lyrics to this one?

"I love - Little Baby Ducks" so on and so forth.

LOL - I was only born in the '70s but you gotta love '70s country.

Waylon, Wille, Kris, Cash, Conway...

[smoking camels]

I missed the show down. Or shoot out. Or whatever it was.

But I gotta say... "This Joe guy has some real class for posting this... he is a gentleman!"

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Joe, ya know we love ya. One of us has even experienced your gracious hospitality. But I gotta say this. If we are going to have a disagreement, can't we do it in private FREEPmail? I noticed this whole scenario was on the new website. Done with great pleasure I noticed too.

This is THE SITE. The one that gave a voice to all of us who felt frustrated and felt the need for a place that had like minded people on it.

That we get whacko's on here, is a given. I always liked that free speech was afforded here. See, Joe and us probably have differences of opinions, but we love him and Willa like family. I will defend then to the end.

If Joe wanted to see what was going on in a certain area, it is good to remember he was dedicating a ton of time to raising funds for this forum. BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN JIMROB AND THIS FORUM. Pure and simple!!!

I've never seen a more active advocate for FreeRepublic than BADJOE.

Jim needs to be more of a participant, and we need BADJOE, and others like him. Otherwise, this forum will fade away like any other fad. Trust me!!

LOOK!!!!! The Conservative radio programs and even tv programs continue with a huge audience. That is because the majority of Americans want a place to expose their opinions. To SUPPORT this Government.

I don't mind dialogue, and intelligent debate. But it becomes fanatical. And then we loose credibility.

Joe.. you are very important to the survival of FR. If no one believes that.. then it is there SEVERE problem.

Jim, we all started long ago with you. *Though we can't get our original start date put on our home page!!!!

WE love this site,...and though they don't post, it has truly become a family affair. I cannot tell you how many people I have sent to this site.

WE LOVE YOU....

The other site,. well, God Bless them. They are trying. But when I saw some of the trouble makers there, I didn't sign up.

I'd love to sign up to more FR type of sites. But not until they feel brave enough to have control over their sites like JIM has had over his.

So as you can see,.. I love BADJOE, but we also respect JimRob. We think he is doing a great job of weeding out the chaff. Thats just our opinion. After all, this is a website developed by Jim. It is based on his ideologies. If people dont' agree.. then see ya.

When Jim for whatever reasons tries to leave that philosophy, he will loose in membership, and monies.

We love FR,..and we wish JimRob, and our buddy BADJOE well.

Love, US, the VETS

[LasVegasMac]

I do love this forum and I have a ton of respect for what you do to support it.

I have been guilty, several times, of what you speak about. Time to be more responsible in my actions.

I will contribute, again, to the next fund raiser.

Then, I will not log in for the next 30 days.

The quantity of - and the recently achieved sophomoric level of some of them - the pleas to contribute are intolerable.

The moderators do indeed need to learn some “moderation” – their bias is all too often openly blatant.

I understand the need for $$$. I fully support that.

Please filter who can post the solicitations and what those ads say.

That was a huge turn off the last round.

I know, I'll be flamed for even thinking of the concept of criticizing FR.

LVM

[BADJOE]

Thank you Mac:

The fundraising is a very tough job, long hours, intense work, and the sooner we can get to the goal the the better.

There were Freepathons that lasted 18 days before we started carpet bombing the threads. I know it is an aggravation, but it works and we have been getting finished in just 10 days.

It would be very difficult to have these helpers go back to digging a fence post hole with a spade, when the gas powered model is laying there. : )

[Calpernia]

bump for later

[Admin Moderator]

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[justshe]

Is this going to be the AM's method of 'countdown' to the now deflated BJ 'expose'? To bump the SBR excellent thread posted by Dales?

Just curious.