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kuro5hin.org ^ | Mon Dec 29th, 2003 at 09:53:55 PM EST | felixrayman

Posted on 12/31/2003 12:12:28 PM PST by visagoth

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To: visagoth
Good job. Keep deleting their posts and throwing them out. They don't get it. They never will.

Happy New Year and God bless to all.

81 posted on 12/31/2003 2:12:33 PM PST by Do Be
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To: Mears
I must agree with you. Like most here at FR, I am not a member of the 'sheeple' population, and I research everything I can to make an informed decision. I lurked here a long time before joining for that reason. After I had read, researched, and felt my IQ growing ( ;-) ) I determined that JimRob is definitely one of the good guys, and FR is a great place. I wish I could make JimRob rich...he's done a great thing here for not only for we conservatives, but news addicts as well.
82 posted on 12/31/2003 2:15:42 PM PST by kimmie7 (I need more time, more coffee, and more bandwidth!)
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To: Admin Moderator
As always, if something is pulled you feel should stay, let us know.

Thanks!

83 posted on 12/31/2003 2:16:35 PM PST by optimistically_conservative (Nothing is as expensive as a free government service or subsidized benefit.)
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To: Britton J Wingfield
A few of them. Others over there are venting their frustration that their efforts at disruption have failed as they have been subject to the ZOT.
84 posted on 12/31/2003 2:23:29 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Britton J Wingfield
Apparently they had a mass exodus of lefties to some other site, equaling things out a bit.

Do you know where to? Just curious.

85 posted on 12/31/2003 2:26:22 PM PST by Dont Mention the War
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To: Lead Moderator
Exactly as I suspected. Thanks for the info.
86 posted on 12/31/2003 2:26:43 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Dont Mention the War
to http://www.hulver.com/scoop

according to one poster in the thread in question.

Haven't really looked at it, though.

87 posted on 12/31/2003 2:33:35 PM PST by Britton J Wingfield
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To: ChuckHam
I have trouble with this as I have always played the devil's advocate. It just seems to be how I look at life so I do not do well on this type thing. I can still hear my father asking us,'What is that thing on top of your head for if not to think.' We always needed a better reason than everyone does or said, in growing up.
88 posted on 12/31/2003 2:34:59 PM PST by sawyer
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To: Richard Kimball
I've posted quite a few things that are not necessarily within the FR scope, and have never even been warned. However, I've also been around here for a while, and it seems to me that long-time posters get more leeway. I can't think of any forum where you can go in and start throwing bombs immediately, and not be banned.

Quite right. On a lot of discussion sites, mailing lists in particular, newbies are automatically put on probationary status the moment they register, and all their posts must be approved by a moderator before anyone can read them. Only when they are deemed to be nondisruptive are they taken off probation.

89 posted on 12/31/2003 2:35:04 PM PST by Dont Mention the War
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To: Mannaggia l'America
It got me ticked because you can call me anything you want, but if you label me as anything other than conservative, I'm going to get ticked.

Communist Anarchist! . . . . . . . . just kidding. :-)

90 posted on 12/31/2003 2:40:57 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: visagoth; Lead Moderator
If we were a free country and IF we never had liberals and IF everyone had followed the Constitution instead of rewriting it - we'd have a federal government the size of a pea and we wouldn't have a Free Republic web site because it wouldn't be needed. And I would have retired at age 40 because the US growth rates would be 20%/year - poverty would have been long gone and wouldn't be typing this.



91 posted on 12/31/2003 2:42:04 PM PST by The Raven
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To: Jim Robinson
Thank you Jim for making FR the only place I spend hours visiting.
92 posted on 12/31/2003 2:44:41 PM PST by CyberAnt (America is the greatest force for good on the planet ..!!)
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To: visagoth
LOL. Liberals learn the hard way that uninformed, unintelligent commentary is not suffered on Free Republic. Coherent dissent that is well thought through will gladly be entertained. Unfortunately, what passes for "intelligence" amongst liberal rabble are half-baked conspiracy theories, naiviety on matters of national security and foreign policy, and knee-jerk opposition to Bush's policy consisting of hollow, laughable accusations.

If the charge is that we do not suffer fools gladly at FR, I plead guilty.
93 posted on 12/31/2003 2:46:42 PM PST by jagrmeister (I'm not a conservative. I don't seek to conserve, I seek to reform.)
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To: BobFromNJ
"try to hard to be heard"

Because they believe that being "heard" is Free Speech. Free Speech is the RIGHT TO SPEAK, not the RIGHT TO BE HEARD. Liberals haven't figured that out.
94 posted on 12/31/2003 2:46:58 PM PST by CyberAnt (America is the greatest force for good on the planet ..!!)
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To: Richard Kimball
"The scope of FR allows a pretty wide range of debate. If I were to characterize it, though, I'd say it's closer to libertarian-anarchist than conservative."

I would disagree. Its just that the word "conservative" has been redefined. cf: CPAC.

95 posted on 12/31/2003 2:55:22 PM PST by sauropod (Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
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To: Lead Moderator
Thank you for the clarification. 'Pod.
96 posted on 12/31/2003 2:57:48 PM PST by sauropod (Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
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To: Rebelbase
kuro5hin is left-wing? stupid mods.
97 posted on 12/31/2003 3:06:47 PM PST by glannon
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To: CyberAnt
LOL- how right you are. DH & I discuss this often. Also no one is required to furnish a platform for what one wants to say. Lefties don't get that either.
98 posted on 12/31/2003 3:11:18 PM PST by Annie03 (donate at www.terrisfight.org)
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To: visagoth
One breif section of the four screen pages of rules at DU:


They sure have alot of rules for liberals!


WHO IS WELCOME ON DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND, AND WHO IS NOT

We welcome Democrats of all stripes, along with other progressives who will work with us to achieve our shared goals.

This is a "big tent" message board. We welcome a wide range of progressive opinion. You will likely encounter many points of view here that you disagree with.

We ban conservative disruptors who are opposed to the broad goals of this website. If you think overall that George W. Bush is doing a swell job, or if you wish to see Republicans win, or if you are generally supportive of conservative ideals, please do not register to post, as you will likely be banned.

If you have been banned from Democratic Underground, you are not permitted to log on again using a different username. Previously banned members will be immediately banned, regardless of behavior.

People who repeatedly and willfully break the rules, or who generally engage in rude, antisocial behavior, will be banned. It doesn't matter if you are a progressive or a long-term member of this board.
99 posted on 12/31/2003 3:17:08 PM PST by Kay Soze (I am so old that I can recall when the GOP was a conservative political party!)
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To: visagoth
My reply that "Actually it's pretty obvious that the capture of Saddam hasn't made the world safer - international airline flights had to be cancelled a few days ago due to threats of terrorism and in Iraq the last few days have been as bloody for coalition forces as the days before Saddam's capture" was removed by a moderator within a few minutes.

Boo frickin' hoo.

The capture of Saddam won't end ALL evil in the world and only a simpleton would extrapolate the statement that "the capture of Saddam has made the world safer" to mean so.

So far another despot, Lybia's Qadaffi, has seen the writing on the wall and helped to make the world safer by ending his own WMD program. Saddam won't personally pose a threat either as he is in custody and those who held out hope that he would return to power have been proven wrong.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

100 posted on 12/31/2003 4:07:43 PM PST by weegee
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