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Posted on 01/16/2011 11:49:56 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Hello. You don’t know me under this name. For reasons that are going to be obvious soon, I didn’t wish to send you this message with my usual Free Republic account. This message is an invitation, a welcome to a new forum called TrueBlueFreedom.com
While I love the people who make up Free Republic, I have many complaints about Jim Robinson and his cronies who run the actual website. Over and over again, whenever somebody has complained or offered suggestions, they have been told by JimRob and others to go and start their own website if they know so much. Well, I’ve decided to take them up on that offer.
I’ve started TrueBlueFreedom.com for three simple reasons, and once you’ve read those reasons, I’m sure you’ll agree that we need to make a few adjustments if we want this powerful bastion of conservatism to remain. The first reason is simple: Free Republic is too important to left in the hands of JimRob. Jim and his son John have repeated stated that if just one Freepathon goal isn’t met, that’s it - “Free Republic will be dead.” I can’t stand the idea of America without Free Republic. Imagine if we hadn’t been there when Dan Rather was passing around his forgeries, how different things would be today. Now realize that, as things are going, we won’t be around when the next Rathergate happens. We can’t allow that to happen, and since JimRob has publicly refused to deal with this issue, we have to take matters into our own hands. My solution is TrueBlueFreedom.com
The second reason is that I believe that free market capitalism has made America great, and that attempting any other system will lead us to ruin. A belief JimRob apparently doesn’t share, since he continues to refuse to place ads on Free Republic and instead depend on a PBS-esque donation system. We are not NPR, and we are not a charity – why do we raise money like one? For this reason, I’ve developed TrueBlueFreedom.com to depend on advertisements. TrueBlueFreedom.com will not depend on donations, instead, we will depend on the opportunities provided by the free market to create a self-sustaining version of Free Republic – without the constant Freepathons.
The third reason is that JimRob is, in my opinion, a petty tyrant. How many of you know somebody who was purged? How many wonder if you may be next on the list? If you’re neither of these people, consider this: Giuliani was America’s Mayor in 2008. That didn’t stop JimRob from purging all his supporters without warning. How do you know that whoever you support in the Republican primaries won’t raise JimRob’s wrath? How do you know the next purge group won’t be Mormons, Jews, Birthers, Pro-Palin, Anti-Palin, and so on? I believe that purging the non-believers and demanding total mental agreement with the “Dear Leader” is the exact opposite of conservative values, regardless of where JimRob stands on abortion and homosexuality. And for that reason, I’ve set up TrueBlueFreedom.com as a place where conservatives who follow the rules will not be banned, no matter how much I disagree with them. Regardless of your politics, religion, or favorite sport team, you will only be banned for breaking the rules. TrueBlueFreedom.com is a purge-free zone.
So, I hope you’ve read all this, and will accept my invitation. If this seems like something you can believe in, come to TrueBlueFreedom.com, sign up, and start talking. And if you like it, spread the word. Because Free Republic is too important to just let die.
I STILL haven’t gotten my email! I am so hurt!
I noticed that as well.
Can’t see the site before signing up? No thanks.
They can have their epic fail.
Delightful!!!!
I’ve been looking forward to this for years!!!!
(((((Fiddlstix)))))
Neither have I. I guess we’re just not cool enough.
That's the liberal reasoning for the Fairness Doctrine
The truth is that after the failure of Air America and the decline of broadcast news, the liberals want to use the Fairness Doctrine to steal away the audience that was carefully built up over the years by Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. They want to force that audience to listen to the left-wing messages that the liberals couldn't get out on their own.
It's like trying to open up a tofu restaurant next to a McDonalds, and then when your tofu restaurant fails you you claim "neighborhood/local good" to force McDonalds to sell your tofu at their restaurant.
Saying that JimRob is too small to be allowed to continue running FR is saying that there are more important people/messages who would like to usurp FR for their purposes.
-PJ
That would have been Joementum Lieberman.
-PJ
It has to have perks, its sometimes the pits...LOL one perk, you can do and say whatever you want and blame it on being old...now its just me and my old lab..she’s cranky too.
If dude or dudette has a dedicated server from GoDaddy, he or she has got a small chance of handling the server load. Best, though, to have a load balancer, several application servers, and talk to several mirrored SQL databases.
Your bad-Hehehehe
My DH and I are here with our 4 cats. V..e..r..y quiet house! When the house creaks (as they tend to do) it scares the cats. LOL
My old Tortie cat and I are growing old together. She's just about at the end of her days. Sort of sad around here.
Come on Jim, admit it, you set up a Bizarro site in an alternate universe..............
Hey JimRob-
I’ve been here going on 13 years (initially as a lurker), and you’re still doing a fantastic job running YOUR site the way you want it to be run! I have no complaints at all, else I would have left. This “Ms Dogood” post via FreepMail is a hoot and hilarious for its stupidity!
You can count on me to double my contributions...
Thank you, JC
I didn't get it either. It's avoiding the VK. Sly little troll.
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Stay with it Jim, we're with you. FreeRepublic is NOT a charity!
This dogooder sounds like a liberal.
(Just warn us when the "end" approaches, okay?)
Me either, oh well :)
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