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Another martyr going down in a blaze of glory?

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Quit this bullshit Jim. I loved this site and I loved the people on it until all this nasty jackbooted brownshirt lunacy came along. What the hell has gotten into you? You’ve banned institutions and legends to this site people...I mean look at you, you’re fighting with Hildy and you banned the following people

quidnunc (huh?)
Peach (who can hate fruit?)
FairOpinion (no clue why—FairOpinion is legend IMO)
Celtjew Libertarian (wtf?—guy wouldn’t hurt a flea)
liberty4alland4ever (must be libertarian)
WestVirginiaRebel (Why. Funny guys are hard to come by)
Mia T (goddamn FR institution)
habs4ever (great hair)
KATIE-O (like Cheerie Os but cheerier)
King Prout (why cuz he’s too smart? Or is it cuz he looks like Mel Gibson?)
PhiKapMom (no one dislikes this person why do you?)
Luis Gonzales (Whaaa?)
PRND21 (never heard of em but that’s me)
AZRepublican (must be too funny?)
writeblock (too picky?)
NGRY (too short?)
stuned beeber (It’s a handle based on a FR joke: No way can you ban stuned)
kellynch (you thought she was too cute?)
motzman (sings like a bird—very beautiful legs too)
B-bone (okay everyone agrees B-bone has issues with ducks)
Zeroisanumber (no one understands math like zeroisanumber)
Zark (too serious?)
Prost1 (Why? Cuz he farts without announcing one coming?)
Al Simmons (He opused—big deal)
Dominic Harr (Harr is good)
Sam Hill (can you say bye bye Ann Coulter)
Pukin Dog (Another instituion)
Just Sayin (banned cuz he/she was justsayin)
Registered (don’t understand this one at all)
68 grunt (military guy)
cicero’s_son (whiz at latin)
oceanview (sweetheart from NJ—doesn’t get any rarer than that)
meg88 (not religious enough???)
Presidio9 (now you got the Mafia on your ass)
GenuineChocolateFace (that’s cruel)
MonTinaGirl (no clue)
Radio Astronomer (way too smart. And he’ll kick your ass with jujitsu)
Justshutupandtakeit (It was the cowlick right?)
BeholdAPaleHorse (secretly eats non bran muffins?)

Jim, do me favor and reinstate all the people you’ve banned or offended (and that includes Sabertooth, thag, Dashing Dasher, Justche, Peacebaby, Xenophobic_Alien, Celtjew libertarian, Patrick Henry, and every other person you’ve offended over at Darwin Central, and godknows who else since this stuff started about a year ago). Bury hatchets. Make amends. Life’s too friggin short to be like this.

Now, Jim If you can’t take responsibility, and you won’t reinstate, BUT you don’t have the balls to ban me then STFU.

Umm yeah.

God, it’s like I’m some little child sneaking around. I’m one of the original IPWs. I tried to get Dasher and Peace back on FR.

...and what was their crime...no freakin clue except they started an site known as the Cave where people could go so as not to offend the rest on the OFST. Oh yeah, and they posted pictures of cute bears. And stood up for Paulab when GalvestonGrl got damn nasty in her self-righteousness.

But NOOOOOOO...Jim thought IPW was anti-Freep and still does. Can you say paranoid? I thought you could. Damn it, it’s just fun. The hell with it. Theocons want us all to whip ourselves, speak in latin chants, and have our women folk wearing burkas.

It’s NUCKINFUTS!

Maybe while you’re spying on the DC you may take time out to actually study the subject matter.

JimRob has graciously allowed us to build communities here. In return, he expects us to basically agree with or assent to his mission. Or at least, not rub our disagreement in his face in a public way.

It’s still his place.

I’m sure you don’t have a problem with his being kind and generous towards us.

In return, we should respect his wishes and opinions, and behave ourselves in appropriate matters. If we have major disagreements with his mission statement, we shouldn’t really be talking politics here out of respect.

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I thought the FR mission I read was conservatism ill-defined. What is the true definition of this broad abstract term? Are we talking conservative lesbians or conservative nuns? Are we talking Birchite conservatism, Goldwater conservatism, Reagan conservatism, Stormfront nazis, or Rockefeller Fabianists? And social conservatives concern theoanomy or libertarianism? And which religion is the true religion when we are talking about religious conservatives? Please tell us Jim’s religious affiliation that we might join en masse. Preach it Knitting, preach it on high that we may be witnessed to.

BTW, at the risk of approaching the subject from Jim’s point of view, let us see how Jim felt about a certain candidate back in 2001:

Re: “So, it doesn’t matter if he snorted coke as a youth? It was a long time ago, a youthful indiscretion? Kinda like people who frequented sneakeasies during prohibition? Kind of a cute story, eh? Well, how about all the people whose lives have been destroyed by being arrested for the felony of drug possession? What about the millions of people who are rotting away in your filthy drug infested prisons at this very moment? Well, by God, if you people insist on electing another cokehead as President, you damned well better throw open all the prison cell doors and free every man, woman, and child you’re holding on drug charges. And if you’re gonna elect another drug felon as President, you’d better rescind each and every one of your unconstitutional drug laws now on the books, including all of your unconstitutional search and seizure laws, and your asset forfeiture laws, and your laws that enable your unconstitutional snooping into our bank accounts and cash transactions. Well, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. You people are sick! Conservatives my ass. You people are nothing but a bunch of non-thinking hypocrits! You’re a shame and a disgrace to the Republic! And, I, for one, am tired of taking orders from cokeheads and felons! Elect another one and I’ll tell you what. I’ll be ready for war! It’ll be time to take up arms and run the filthy lying bastards out!” - Jim Robinson 2001 concerning Texas Governor George W. Bush

So by your definition, supporting Dubya was anathema until Jim saw the wind blow differently. Afterward, a few that dare comment that Dubya was a liberal or post Jim’s quote were summarily banned. What will happen Knitting A Conundrum when Rudy is elected? Will you recall the rants and the bannings from this thread as you perform a zot fest on an anti-Rudy Freeper?

Truly, when will this insanity end???

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Major hit list of the Free Republic that may cause you to be banned (walk lightly because they read your FReep-mail accounts)

IPW (Internet Porn Whores—for no reason whatsoever other than fun)
Evolution/Science
Libertarian
Anyone that supports Rudy
Agnostics/skeptics
Anyone French

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what next?

South Park Republicans/Conservatives (better believe the theocons and O.C.-Old Cracker types are begging for a new ban-a-thon)
Mormons (holy crap Mormon threads make Crevo threads look tame)
Followers of ABBA (i personally want those Swedish-loving assclowns banned forever FOREVER ZOT THEM I SAY!)

Remember Sabertooth, thag, peacebaby, dashing dasher, thag, paulab, missyme, Xenalyte_alien, Patrick Henry and all the rest. Their crimes were posting funny posts, or pictures of stuffed animals in leather, or thought-provoking political science, or actual provable evolutionary science.

Now you have stable posters such as Celtjew Libertarian banned because his only crime was bringing up facts, true facts about the founding fathers. That, and he believed in God and evolution.

There's a wise saying in business:

If they DO it for you, be careful; they will DO it to you too. Ponder this wisdom as you watch this thread unfold to its conclusion. One day you're watching the parade from the grandstand and the next day your picture is edited from all media.

Welcome to the thread that everyone in the blogosphere knows about.

There’s punch over at the table.

MODS: Please remove. This is not FR Breaking News.

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What a profound act. Observe:



I talked to a FReeper today from Texas. Apparently he drove home from work and entered into his home to find his family hiding from the tornado that was near his home. He said he didn't have a clue there was a problem...and he was on the FR yesterday.

Well duh! The warning was taken off BREAKING NEWS.

What's on BREAKING NEWS that is deemed important???

Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 22 April 2007 Posted by Alas Babylon! On 04/22/2007 5:15:20 AM PDT · 358 replies · 5,988+ views Various big media television networks ^ | 22 April 2007 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces p>The Talk Shows Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling; Stephen Trachtenberg, George Washington University president; Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt; Education Secretary Margaret Spellings; Col. Gerald Massengill, former Virginia State Police superintendent; former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; Jim and Sarah Brady of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; former FBI profiler Gregg McCrary.THIS WEEK (ABC): Former House Speaker Newt...



glad2bdad, thank you for determining in your self-appointed role what is important and what is not...

When a tornado warning has been issued, you may have very little time to prepare.
How you respond now is critical. And how you react depends on where you are.

In a Frame Home
Make sure you have a portable radio, preferably a NOAA weather radio, for information.

Seek shelter in the lowest level of your home (basement or storm cellar). If there is no basement, go to an inner hallway, a smaller inner room, or a closet. Keep away from all windows.

You can cushion yourself with a mattress, but do not use one to cover yourself. Do cover your head and eyes with a blanket or jacket to protect against flying debris and broken glass. Don’t waste time moving mattresses around.

Keep your pet on a leash or in a carrier.

Multiple tornadoes can emerge from the same storm, so do not go out until the storm has passed.

Do not leave a building to attempt to “escape” a tornado.

In a Mobile Home
Leave your mobile home immediately and take shelter elsewhere.

Outside
Try to get inside and seek a small protected space with no windows.

Avoid large-span roof areas such as school gymnasiums, arenas, or shopping malls.

If you cannot get inside, crouch for protection beside a strong structure, or lie flat in a ditch or low-lying area and cover your head and neck with your arms or a piece of clothing.

In a Car
Ideally, you should avoid driving when tornadoes or other kinds of dangerous weather threaten, because a vehicle is a very unsafe place to be. If, however, this is not possible, stay as calm as possible, and assess the situation.

Your best option might be to get out of the car and lie flat in a ditch or other low-lying area that is sufficiently deep enough to protect against the wind.

If you do so, beware of water runoff from heavy rain that could pose a hazard; get as far away from the vehicle as possible and shield your head from flying debris.

Or, if possible, take shelter immediately in a nearby building.

(Source: http://www.weather.com/ready/tornado/warning.html?from=safety_Tornadoes )

A number of tornado watches were issued on Tuesday and stretched from Kansas and Missouri back to Texas.
The culprit is an intense storm system that slowly emerged from the Rockies and it will continue to slide eastward through Kansas. Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are expected overnight. The greatest threat will occur from central to eastern Texas. Thunderstorms will eventually form a squall line that could produce torrential rain and damaging winds as it heads toward the Gulf Coast.

On Wednesday, the severe weather threat will slip eastward and stretch from southern Illinois and Missouri back to the western Gulf Coast area. Hail and damaging winds will accompany thunderstorms. There is a threat for tornadoes but the tornado threat will be reduced. Strong thunderstorms will also ride northward through the Ohio Valley.

This storm has a wintry side to it as well. Rain changed over to snow in Denver and Colorado Springs Tuesday afternoon. Significant accumulations are anticipated above 5,500 feet where winter storm warnings are in effect. Some slushy accumulations on grassy surfaces are also expected in the Denver area. Some higher elevations southwest of Denver have already picked up two feet of wet snow. Power outages have occurred.

7:56 p.m. ET 4/24/07
Tom Moore, Senior Meteorologist, The Weather Channel

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 533 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF MOYERS TO KENT TO 21 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WITH DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...GOODLAND... ANTLERS...KELLOND...MOYERS...HUGO... KOSOMA...MESSER...DUNBAR... RATTAN... SNOW...SAWYER...STANLEY...FORT TOWSON...OLETA...CLAYTON... CLOUDY... TUSKAHOMA...ALBION...KIAMICHI AND NASHOBA.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

btt

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Warmer temps give the system more energy, and that explains NE Texas is getting the nasty stuff OK usually gets this time of year.

Yeah, I saw Channel 6 talking about reflectivity/bowing signitures but they were not certain if it was hail or something more.

I’ve cancelled my day thusfar. Maybe I can make something of tonight, unless there are more storms coming out of the Rockies.

just an update: Wall cloud in Ramona (south of Bartlesville). Rain coming down in buckets and windy in Tulsa.

What ever happened to Jeff Lazalier?

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I remember when Jeff did a cameo on the movie TWISTER

I googled his name and it seems Jeff got the acting bug after his cameo.

How about dat.

(Note: The ALL CAPS function was written by the NWS and not myself)

TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 254 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SKEDEE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BLACKBURN... RALSTON...FAIRFAX AND PAWHUSKA.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 301 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA SOUTHEAST OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WESTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JENNINGS TO SHAMROCK TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEPEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...JENNINGS... HALLETT...TERLTON...CLEVELAND... DEPEW...OSAGE...MANNFORD... HOMINY... BRISTOW...WESTPORT...SLICK... KELLYVILLE...OKESA AND BARNSDALL.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.