http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fr/ en-us Wed, 3 Dec 2008 03:20:49 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141903/posts The Wall Street Journal recently reported an important effect of the 2008 presidential campaign: For the first time, traffic at left-leaning political Web sites overtook traffic at right-leaning competitors. The Drudge Report and Free Republic had the largest number of unique visitors in September 2007, but in September 2008, that honor went to the Huffington Post. The Sun-Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141903/posts#comment Wed, 3 Dec 2008 03:20:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140465/posts There's nothing worse than a long holiday weekend for falling behind on the news. What group of clumsy criminals are we bailing out now? And, gosh, will a zillion dollars be enough? You can lose track. Plus what's happening with Heidi and Spenser? That's why a website like Free Republic is indispensable. I know most people write it off as the tragic mutterings of a bunch of dandruff-addled, pit-sniffing shut-ins without the social skills to form a lynch mob. But that's an oversimplification. It's also a news aggregator. With one click not only do I get all the headlines I... Huffington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140465/posts#comment Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:25:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2139973/posts Need some help.... I want to add a new Block (a keyword Block) to my Manage Blocks page, but can't figure out how to do it. I've done it in the past -- I've had a "Keyword: banglist" Block for a long time -- but the layout of the Manage Blocks page appears to have changed since I last did this. Many thanks in advance. self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2139973/posts#comment Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:33:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139224/posts Thanks to Jim for having the vision and follow though to create this site http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139224/posts#comment Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:58:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136266/posts Proposition 8: Governor Schwarzenegger Respect the Voter's Will If you are a California citizen, please act immediately to sign this petition to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who is urging the California Supreme Court to overthrow the results of the recent free and fair election which passed Proposition 8, defining marriage as between a man and a woman. His actions as governor in attempting to negate this vote are an insult to the voters of California and undermine the rule of law. We will deliver this letter with your signatures to his office as a means of saying that the voices of... Family Leader Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136266/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:14:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134829/posts A Democrat is poised to take the reins of power in Washington, D.C., and Fresno resident Jim Robinson is feeling a sense of deja vu. It was President Bill Clinton's 1992 election that sparked Robinson's political activism, driving him to create a Web site that made him a grass-roots leader among conservatives before Clinton's term was over. This year, as Barack Obama prepares to sweep into office on another tide of Democratic votes, Robinson and denizens of that Web site, freerepublic.com, are preparing to do battle again. "We'll double and redouble our efforts to fight for what is right," Robinson... AP via St. Louis Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134829/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:26:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2134104/posts Nothing here. Thank God FR is back. Anyone feel this way? Do we have any idea what caused it??? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2134104/posts#comment Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:34:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129899/posts A Democrat is poised to take the reins of power in Washington, D.C., and Fresno resident Jim Robinson is feeling a sense of déjà vu. It was President Clinton's 1992 election that sparked Robinson's political activism, driving him to create a Web site that made him a grass-roots leader among conservatives before Clinton's term was over. This year, as Barack Obama prepares to sweep into office on another tide of Democratic votes, Robinson and denizens of that Web site, freerepublic.com, are preparing to do battle again. "We'll double and redouble our efforts to fight for what is right," Robinson says.... The Fresno Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129899/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:03:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128254/posts Revising and extending my remarks: We're receiving lots of complaints lately from freshly banned liberals, trolls and malcontents. Well, Free Republic has not changed and will not change. We are NOT "fair and balanced." Never will be. We are biased toward God, country, Life and Liberty. Marriage, family and traditional values. Constitution, inalienable rights, private property and limited government. Small government, small spending, small taxes. National security, national sovereignty, strong defense and secure borders. Individual rights, individual responsibility and self-government. Privacy, individual and family security, self-defense and right to keep and bear arms. Rights to freely exercise our religion, freedom... Statement by the founder of Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128254/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 23:58:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2127108/posts Just thought the rest of you "Freepers" would like this info. Go to http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/05/hitwise-ranks-election-traffic-to-news-sites/ for rest of info. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2127108/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:41:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2120798/posts I don't post often, can't remember my last and I certainly cannot remember my last vanity, so I guess I'm entitled to one every couple of years. It is not uncommon for a departing Freeper to post an Opus listing all their grievances with the forum. Today I want to post my anti-opus for lack of better term. Today marks my ten year anniversary on FreeRepublic. First off, I'd like to thank Jim Robinson and his crew for the fantastic job they've done with this forum and how it has changed and improved from the early AOL days. Yes, it... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2120798/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:14:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117858/posts Tensions and anxiety are high right now and everybody wants to purge. But as the mods are constantly pointing out there are way too many vanities clogging the system. Here is an easy rule of thumb to use when thinking of posting a vanity. A good vanity is one that informs, educates, amuses or otherwise delights the reader. By its nature it is positive as it contributes to the participants overall FR experience. A bad vanity is a vent or whose purpose is to get something off the chest of the poster and is by its nature, selfish, because only... FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117858/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:44:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2114719/posts Post navigation troubles here. Unless, of course, this is a duplicate thread and the moderator can lock this thread with the proper pointer to the thread where we should all go to. Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2114719/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:34:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114462/posts As reported on another thread: "Major Garrett reports from Hawaii 10 minutes ago that David Axelrod the Campaign Manager for Barack Obama says as of this morning the campaign had a meeting in Chicago and according to internal numbers they have "a clear road to victory holding all Kerry states while picking up Ohio, Florida, Colorado, Nevada and Virginia with an excellent shot at Montana, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Indiana." They are saying they will get to 400 EV's election night." And I just heard through the grapevine yesterday that McCain-Palin are needing grassroots support in battleground states like... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114462/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:34:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111764/posts The Cape Fear Bar-B-Q and Chicken restaurant has seen a few prominent figures come through the door:Lt. Col. Oliver North. Gov. Mike Easley. Army Gen. Hugh Shelton.But none brought quite the attention of Sunday’s visitor, presidential candidate Barack Obama. He stopped by with his security, staff and media followers for some takeout before his rally at the Crown Coliseum.As a result, this down-home restaurant that seats 75 people went national in media coverage of Obama’s visit to Fayetteville.“My accountant called me this morning,” said June Massengill, the 41-year-old owner of the business. “He was on a trip to Rhode... Fayetteville (NC) Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111764/posts#comment Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:54:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2110823/posts I found Free Republic in 1998. It was the Clinton era, and I was fired up about Bill perjuring himself. I was so passionate about the issue that I started my first website with GeoCities. After finding FR during a Jeeves search, I quickly began coming here for information the lamestream media wasn't providing. Then I found something more. I started out slow, visiting every now and again, lurking, reading what seemed at the time a TON of information on the Lewinsky scandal and everything Clinton. Before long, I found myself on FR for hours, constantly refreshing the latest post... Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2110823/posts#comment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:42:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109337/posts Yada, yada, yada. ~~snip~~ The growing power of rumor is part of a much larger transformation in the way that voters receive information about politics. The old model was a vertical one, where professional journalists delivered their reports to a largely passive audience through television or newspapers. The new model is horizontal, where folks get information from each other and actively pass it on, through e-mail, text messages and viral videos. Everyone is a potential broadcaster. This "democratization of information" has many benefits - more sources, more perspectives, more choices. In a forum Steve moderated for The International Journal of... metrowestdailynews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109337/posts#comment Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:49:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689306/posts <p>Every once in a while I see Freeper lingo I don't understand and have to research to figure out the meaning/background.</p> <p>Today, I thought it would be helpful for newbies (and 'seasoned' Freepers) to have a 'reference' for the lingo specifically related to FR (ie not stuff like LOL etc you can get everywhere else).</p> soccer8 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689306/posts#comment Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:32:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106976/posts It certainly seems as though the right wing of the blogosphere will be kept quite busy over the next three-and-a-half weeks -- so little time, and so many Obama scandals to investigate!Over at National Review Online's blog, The Corner, Mark Hemmingway suspects -- based on, um, nothing -- that Tony Rezko may be telling the feds about nefarious dealings with a bank where Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias once worked. And we care because? Because Giannoulias has connections to Barack Obama! Hemmingway concludes: "Maybe there's nothing there, but it's worth looking into right?" Um, right. At American Thinker, Jack Cashill has another bombshell: he... The Phoenix http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106976/posts#comment Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:15:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098779/posts With the deluge of threads being posted, and slated to increase greatly as the election heats up, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE .. especially if it's a news/breaking thread ... add the appropriate keywords to your posting form. So, if someone's looking for the latest string of "Obama" or "Sarah Palin" articles, let's say, they just click on that particular keyword at the top of the page, and those articles containing the keyword will come up chronologically. Thank you! Popular keyword options at the top of the main page: ~~~~ *110th *2008 *2008polls *ayers *bailout *barackobama *biden *bo *democrat *democrats *demron *economy... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098779/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:16:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2098242/posts Machosauce Machosauce productions http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2098242/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:59:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094922/posts It is easy to become a monthly donor and Jim needs all of our support. It is painless and a way to keep FR on its' feet. Please join me and thousands of other freepers who are monthly donors. It helps all of us in the long run that we have a conservative forum like this. Thanks to Jim - lets help him keep up the good work! self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094922/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:49:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091099/posts Not talkin' financial crash. Something much worse...a crash of FR servers. Politicalwit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091099/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:05:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089882/posts Sarah Palin and Bill O'Reilly have been maliciously hacked by democrat party operatives in the last few days. Free Republic has been acting wierdly for the past week, now with a major system failure today. Given the democrat party and the Obama campaign's ferocious hostility to free speech and the open expression of opinion, has FR suffered the same fate? vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089882/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:36:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089812/posts ~The FReeper Canteen Asks.... How Did You Discover Freerepublic? A link from another website?Referral?Web surfing?Share your story! FR Canteen, a resting place for our Vets, Troops, Military Families & supporters! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089812/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:59:15 GMT