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5% Carry 60% of Fed Income Tax; 5% Carry 100% of Free Republic Expense
Vanity ^ | 26 May 14 | Xzins

Posted on 05/26/2014 5:44:46 PM PDT by xzins

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To: xzins

BTTT


101 posted on 05/27/2014 6:05:07 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Support Free Republic.)
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To: xzins

Well stated. You got me off my duff.


102 posted on 05/27/2014 6:56:59 AM PDT by mesoman7
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To: xzins

Wagglebee just needed a break and has been busy with life. He keeps telling me he’s coming back but hasn’t yet. Lent is over and he’s still not here. I’ll let him know that he is missed!


103 posted on 05/27/2014 7:05:35 AM PDT by samiam1972 ("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)
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To: Utilizer; onyx; xzins

A few FReepathons ago a lady whose family had lost their house and was living with relatives donated $3. That $3 was pure love and so very appreciated. If others want to snicker, let them. It shows where their hearts are. How many of those who snicker never give anything? That posters $3 made me cry.


104 posted on 05/27/2014 7:13:25 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: xzins

Thank you so much, xzins.


105 posted on 05/27/2014 7:24:48 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: xzins

“AND, we have a moderator staff dedicated both to free expression AND to maintaining the conservative identity of Free Republic and to banging heads when necessary. They get their marching orders from our main man, Big Jim Thompson, who, with his brother Matt Dillon, keeps the riffraff liberal troll deadbeats away from our town.”

That statement isn’t exactly right. And that is the likely cause of donations dropping.

Just like here in California, which I hope to escape shortly, driving people -and businesses - away affects the bottom line. Hardly surprising.


106 posted on 05/27/2014 7:28:50 AM PDT by yorkiemom
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To: yorkiemom; xzins

Trolls don’t belong on a conservative, activist site. They come to disrupt, not to talk.


107 posted on 05/27/2014 7:32:12 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: xzins; scripter; BykrBayb

Here is wagglebee’s response to the email I just sent.

“Okay, I’ve been incredibly busy.

I will be back by next week at the latest. Let everyone know!”

Guess we can expect greatness again, soon. Ha! :0)


108 posted on 05/27/2014 7:33:38 AM PDT by samiam1972 ("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)
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To: samiam1972

Thanks. I just called what I thought was his home number but didn’t get an answer.


109 posted on 05/27/2014 7:37:03 AM PDT by scripter
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To: samiam1972; xzins; scripter; wagglebee; little jeremiah

Wonderful news! He’s been saying “soon” for a long time. “By next week at the latest” is soon enough, but after that we have to form a search party, gather a posse, and bring him back by force.


110 posted on 05/27/2014 7:38:17 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Wagglebee please come home we miss you! ~ Þ)
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To: scripter

I don’t have his phone number. The only email address I have for him isn’t working.

I’m glad he’s coming back. He’s needed here.


111 posted on 05/27/2014 7:40:51 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Wagglebee please come home we miss you! ~ Þ)
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To: xzins

I don’t know if Jim tracks such things but I was lurker back in the 90’s here. Never signed up till in 04 or 05, keeping below the radar. When I found out that Clinton was data mining the internet and onto Bush Jr. I figured they knew anyway, so what the hell.
I have learned more from Free Republic than any other site on the entire web. That is due to the atmosphere that Jim and his crew provide and the wide knowledge on virtually any subject that the posters on FR are savvy about. Thank you all for correcting my grammar and spelling as the help is sorely needed.
The only sore point I have about FR is each quarter Tenn. always gives more money than Kentucky. It is not enough to hand Tenn. their butts in basketball each year we should give more than Tenn. and would if the yuppies in Lexington would kick in their fair share. Yes, I used the dreaded liberal phrase ‘fair share’ as a conservative poster on FR.
Each time Ky kicks the a55 of a SEC opponent in basketball we should pony up a few bucks and some 1%er (another liberal term, I may be a closet liberal) out there in FRland should match it. I can dream can’t I. Let’s save a lot of time and call for the NCAA to go ahead and mail U.K the trophy for ‘15, it’s just about the point spread now.
By the way, there are only 2 things in Tenn. that I admire, one is the Smoky Mountains, the other is Dolly Parton’s chests. They are kinda similar when you think about it.
One other thought, Ky. will never be a power in the SEC in football because we are just smart enough to not take seriously any sport that requires you to hit a running opponent coming from the opposite direction with your head. I notice Tenn. is great at it. I know football causes brain damage, the proof is Lamar Alexander.


112 posted on 05/27/2014 7:44:44 AM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: BykrBayb

We probably have the same email address. I started looking around again and found a number that may be his. He and I talked about 2 years ago and the number I found looks similar to his. If it’s his home number he wouldn’t be home now anyway if he’s working.


113 posted on 05/27/2014 7:48:07 AM PDT by scripter
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To: DJ MacWoW

“Trolls don’t belong on a conservative, activist site. They come to disrupt, not to talk”

That is very true.

Another site, where I heard about posters here being cancelled, lets people disrupt the posts for extended periods. I quit going there for a while because it was so annoying and checked this place out, even with the negative reviews I heard. It IS much more civil and threads are about what the titles say!

BUT, there is a fine line between limiting free speech and getting rid of everyone that disagrees with whatever the determined line is. From what I’m told - by some very conservative posters whose opinions I also agree with - the line here wasn’t always on the conservative side. I don’t see why those people would lie. But I don’t know how long ago this was either. It appears things have changed considerably. But, because of the past issues, I am reluctant to put a dog in this race. Just as I am reluctant to give any political candidate money, since they run as conservatives then end up stabbing me in the back when they become a Washington elite.


114 posted on 05/27/2014 7:55:14 AM PDT by yorkiemom
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To: scripter; BykrBayb

They moved and he sent me a new email a couple of months ago. I’m glad at least one of us can still get hold of him! I don’t have a phone number for him.


115 posted on 05/27/2014 7:55:39 AM PDT by samiam1972 ("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman

“By the way, there are only 2 things in Tenn. that I admire, one is the Smoky Mountains, the other is Dolly Parton’s chests. They are kinda similar when you think about it.”

Is there a rivalry between Kentucky and Tennessee?

We are going to escape Mexifornia and end up back east. Went on an extended tour of Kentucky last year and it was wonderful. Warm, kind people, beautiful scenery, affordable acreage. I hate to tell you though, we decided to land in Tennessee near the border.

But if you can give me some info on why you prefer Kentucky, I might change our plans. They are fluid at the moment. I really wanted a farm in Amish country. Can’t get those in Tennessee!


116 posted on 05/27/2014 7:59:52 AM PDT by yorkiemom
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To: xzins

Funny thing....long time ago, I was talking to my Pastor. He told me..about only 5% of folks at his church tithed.


117 posted on 05/27/2014 8:03:07 AM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: yorkiemom
There are anti-FReepers that have some, um, different views. There are also paid trolls that stir dissension. FR is a prime target.

FR has always been about Conservatives. It's not a Republican site which angers some.

Also it's not about free speech. This site is about backing the best conservatives around. If a poster is going to push the MSM medias view and they swallowed the Kool-Aid then they don't belong here.

Finally I'd say to trust your own experience here and NOT someone elses. :-)

118 posted on 05/27/2014 8:05:03 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Ditto your post!!


119 posted on 05/27/2014 8:05:09 AM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: yorkiemom

YM, as one with an interest in folks going to church, I know that transitions of people over time is inevitable. They don’t like a particular sermon, they don’t like a particular decision, they don’t like that the pastor’s son goes to a Catholic Church, they find a shiny, new bauble of a church, whatever....and then they leave. I just expect it now. You’re gonna lose some, and you’re gonna gain some.

What it means is that you keep trying, because I know I’m far from perfect in this life.

Particularly, you try to keep your active group active, then you try to reach out and bring more into the active group, and if the Lord ever opens a door, then you try to restore friendships with those old members who went elsewhere.

Matthew 5: 23”Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.…”


120 posted on 05/27/2014 8:06:30 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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