Republicans do need a new direction and I am the defacto leader of the Republican Party after the collapse, but I also have the usual conservative affliction of a job and anyone who has followed IMAO for a while knows I can’t really be counted on for anything past putting up a few posts each day (and that includes proofreading). So for all those expecting me to take the Republican Underground and make some new website or organized movement: Not going to happen. Anyone else is free to go ahead, but my job is to inform and educate and lay out the new non-sissy principles we have to stand by to succeed.
Anyway, next week I’ll put up some logo’s for the Republican Underground people sent in and continue to hone and refine these ideas until they are sharp enough to stab a monkey in eye with. That’s the kind of ideas we need.
Frank J- check your e-mail.
Srsly, we need to get back to the foundation of our principles.
for too long dumb monkey liberals have had their faces not being punched.
that needs to change. thats chage I can believe in.
I thoroughly checked-out http://www.conservativeunderground.com, and while it’s slick and has great forum mechanics, there’s no “direction.” No content. But the site has some great features that are lacking here and visa versa.
OK, that’s easy to say, perhaps. But maybe there’s a possible consortium of people in the audience who might work with Mitch and Jerry to build a web triumvirate:
http://www.uswolverines.org. http://www.TheRepublicanUnderground.com
along with
http://imao.us
Just thinking out loud, fwiw.
I’m not computer savvy, so all I can offer are useless ideas. Someone NEEDs to get on this, and yes Frank has his plate full.
Three things that would be important, IMHO:
We need to be organized to support local candidates who are true conservatives.
We need to be able to spread the word as to what TRUE conservatism is. I think most people don’t know.
We need to appeal to women. I read that 75% of single women voted Obama. I think many women think they “should” be a democrat because of “woman’s issues”. (I was one of them until I started listening to Rush many years ago and realized I agreed with him, not the left) We need to re-educate women voters.
I’m anxious for a movement!!! *waving fist in air*
Or, we could just join Free Republic.
Frank: Wear it with pride, man! 😉
Conservative Underground had a massive board split and the new site is http://www.conservativecave.com
1) how the heck do you change your avatar with this system?
2) Is it decided between RepublicanUnderground and RepublicanHighground?
I have my own site too, if you click on my screen name.
Frank,
I fully support you as our new leader.
I have military trucks, and heavy belt-fed weapons. I’m ready to follow you to hell and back.
#8, Boogs,
Go here:
http://en.gravatar.com/
I’ll bring the donuts.
Frank: Another slogan/motto to add to the pile:
“Lead me, follow me, or get outta my way!”
It’s pretty fierce when accompanied by Wolverine teeth or a nuked moon.
I’m pretty sure this is attributed to Patton, but a pee-pants on another blog said I was wrong. (At least they didn’t call me a f***turd.)
Mmmmm, donuts….
And toddies so hot there will be no more monkey eyes.
Yes –
Lead or Follow but dont get in front of me or my rifle might hit your ass! I like that
Count me in – I have a nice conservative email group that will welcome information on people to support over the next years –
RangerMom out
I got a branch of the RU up and running on Facebook – just waiting for people to find it. I guess I should have rented a billboard in SecondLife
Again, I’m just a lowly foot soldier thinking out loud here, not trying to take over, but this thing has me so excited that like Frank said in the other thread we need to be taking action rather than talking.
With that said, more brain farts from me for consideration, worth what ya paid for it:
1. Another logo idea: An (eye-patched) elephant with an actual broom, cleaning House (and Senate) of all RINOs.
2. If we’re going to use the word “Republican” in our name, we have to make absolutely certain that we in no way resemble the despicable RINOs who ran this campaign and The Party of Reagan into the ground and are now holding Sarah Palin as scapegoat in order to save their own bacon. Sarah Palin was the ONLY reason I did not vote 3rd party this year, and I’m pretty confident in saying I’m not alone in that statement.
3. I volunteered my services in the other thread to HTML-code a simple website to upload to Mitch & Jerry’s domains in order to get us started, and unless I hear objection I will get to work on that this evening. I’ll collect in one place all the logos so far, as well as Sulamie’s essay on Gay Marriage. For the rest of our platform, we’ll also need similar well-crafted, thoughtful, intelligent essays from those of you who are experts in all the other various electoral issues: 2nd amendment, right to life, taxes, personal responsibility, immigration, etc. Republicans have for so long
beenallowed ourselves to be demonized for coming out on the Right side of these issues, and it’s past time to make the case for why we believe as we do.I’ve already compiled a list of conservative Allies for the Links page as well (most are cross-linked from IMAO). I’ll put up anything supporting our cause that any ronin or non-troll from here sends me, but FrankJ or his designees will of course have final say on all content.
4. Hey guys, one suggestion? When we start going public with our movement, may I suggest we approach our support for the 2nd Amendment from the standpoint of law-abiding citizens protecting ourselves if need be from criminals who do not obey laws? Rather than coming off half-glocked with sheer militant rage, which for people who want to support us but may be turned off by. If I’m full of shite on this one it’s okay, I just wanted to mention it because like it or not, we still have to appeal to a clear majority of Americans — even non-gun owners — in order to take our country back.
We’ll win in 2012, and possibly 2010, if we bring Independents, Moderates, Conservatives from both Dem and Rep rightward TO our side, rather than moving leftward to theirs.
MarkoMancuso , thanks!
I am for outsourcing the giant spider breeding program to Australia,
http://tools.cairns.com.au/photo_gallery/photo_gallery_popup.php?category_id=3825&offset=1
Holy Crap…..
We need the leadership of
John ConnerFrankJ at a time like this. He must be able to operate unfettered by the mundane tedium of daily toil in the cubicle farm. Liberate FrankJ!As self-appointed treasurer of the new Maquis, ahem, I mean Republican Underground, I am hereby accepting cash donations which I will then bundle and deliver to our leader so he can quit his day job. My cut, while necessary, will be kept to a minimum. You may also submit your donations in ammo rather than cash. Ammo in manly calibers will actually be the currency of the new realm. Please do not send .25ACP or weird commie rounds like ones that end in “mm” or “makarov.”
NunyaB is some kind of right-wing community organizer! No, really. She gets my vote.
I suggest Frank J. jump in the pool and help change IMAO to reflect all the individual blogs of people who actually come here and STAY. And there are a lot of very good blogs that I read that I only found via IMAO. Come on, everyone that doesn’t have a blog like me (I have a business website, that’s different) quickly clicks on “blue names” to find out more. I have lots of the bookmarked now and read them regularly.
Time to grow the blogroll Frank to reflect your actual base! This is not funny. Part and parcel of the REPUBLICAN UNDERGROUND, yes?
NunyaB
I think your point #2 should be our initial PUBLIC direction. Before we can take back out country, we have to take back our party.That means directing our ire at the RINOs in the house and senate, and especially at the “conservative” commentators who abandoned us in the final stages of the campaign, like David Brooks and Peggy Noonan.
NunyaB, Jerry, et al,
The U.S. Wolverines website is ours to use as we see fit. I have Frank J.’s blessing to get it up and running, and I will enlist the support of the
hackerscomputer programmers here to help me. We can debate format, content, logos, and all that crap as it evolves, but I want to lay down the basic tenants of the operation here first.http://www.uswolverines.org can be the place where disgruntled conservatives abandoned GOP ideologues gather in order to formulate decisive plans to take back the Republican Party from the squishy moderates and faggy independents that helped elect Barack The Most Merciful.
The New Republican Party platform is actually not new at all. We’re taking this bitch back by kickin’ it old school a la the Reagan Revolution. We will throw in the added affinities of high power weapons and all things that go bang. We’re not re-writing conservatism, we’re dusting it off the version that has proven to be so successful every time it’s tried:
Limited government; deregulation; free market capitalism; peace through fearsome, ass-kicking strength; guns, guns, & more guns; no more baby-killing; private sector solutions to big government problems; line item veto; term limits; NASCAR; ridiculously low taxes; mandatory smoking ban for medicaid patients; no more fat people; school prayer;…
The list goes on and on. However, the basis for the Republican Insurgent Revolution will be lifted from the prose of Frank J. and his other cadre of contributors from IMAO.
I don’t know the first thing about web site development, so I’m relying on the foot soldiers here to help out. Any of you cocksure hackers with mad skills are free to contact me directly so we can start piecing this together.
My email address is teamorion1@gmail.com
See You Underground,
Mitch Rapp
P.S. I also own http://www.domesticenemies.org where I intend to publicize the names, photos, home and business addresses, contact information, and grievance list of those quasi-commie bastards that have already infiltrated this country and are destroying it from within. That is a whole other project all together. Let’s get this going and we’ll deal with the commies later.
See what I mean about the not knowing shit about programming. I don’t know what I just did to screw that post up, but you’ll just have to read through the strike outs. Sorry.
We’ll try it again…
NunyaB, Jerry, et al,
The U.S. Wolverines website is ours to use as we see fit. I have Frank J.’s blessing to get it up and running, and I will enlist the support of the hackers & computer programmers here to help me. We can debate format, content, logos, and all that crap as it evolves, but I want to lay down the basic tenants of the operation here first.
http://www.uswolverines.org can be the place where disgruntled conservatives abandoned GOP ideologues gather in order to formulate decisive plans to take back the Republican Party from the squishy moderates and faggy independents that helped elect Barack The Most Merciful.
The New Republican Party platform is actually not new at all. We’re taking this bitch back by kickin’ it old school a la the Reagan Revolution. We will throw in the added affinities of high power weapons and all things that go bang. We’re not re-writing conservatism, we’re dusting it off the version that has proven to be so successful every time it’s tried:
Limited government; deregulation; free market capitalism; peace through fearsome, ass-kicking strength; guns, guns, & more guns; no more baby-killing; private sector solutions to big government problems; line item veto; term limits; NASCAR; ridiculously low taxes; mandatory smoking ban for medicaid patients; no more fat people; school prayer;…
The list goes on and on. However, the basis for the Republican Insurgent Revolution will be lifted from the prose of Frank J. and his other cadre of contributors from IMAO.
I don’t know the first thing about web site development, so I’m relying on the foot soldiers here to help out. Any of you cocksure hackers with mad skills are free to contact me directly so we can start piecing this together.
My email address is teamorion1@gmail.com
See You Underground,
Mitch Rapp
P.S. I also own http://www.domesticenemies.org where I intend to publicize the names, photos, home and business addresses, contact information, and grievance list of those quasi-commie bastards that have already infiltrated this country and are destroying it from within. That is a whole other project all together. Let’s get this going and we’ll deal with the commies later.
It may be that the best place to set up shop for the new Republican Underground movement is actually under Jerry’s website:
http://www.therepublicanunderground.com
That could be the umbrella under which the other sites are held.
Just a thought. Not my site, so not my call.
Mitch Rapp
Mitch, you have an e-mail.
Miss Mary, so do you.
re: NunyaB says:
Point 4 guns and such
I agree. Many times people see GUNS and think MILITANT. We should stand up for our second amendment rights without it being the primary focus.
On the line of essays supporting our cause: I will submit that essays reviewing the Constitution would be a great addition. Remembering what this country is founded on is important.
#26, that was where I was going to upload. And yes, I 2nd the motion to include the websites of the wolverines, domestic enemies, and ronin.
PS: You didnt make a closing [/strike] tag. 😎
Before we proceed much further, have we decided on the official beer? (Let the wars begin.)
windbag, the search for a theme song resulted in 171 comments and no selection – which seems to resemble the “Yes we can!” attitude of the Obama Democrats. NOW let the wars begin. ;>)
Some moron already owns republicanunderground.com, and it’s not even a forum for us to use to shake our tiny fists of rage. It’s a one page site. We need to do something about this.
And we need an official but ultra-secret hand signal, too.
#17, NunyaB:
Agree totally with points #2 and #4.
Point #3, cool.
Point #1, now I can’t get the elephant out of my head. And he’s singing “Rawhide” while he’s sweeping: “Keep them RINOS movin’, Raw-hiiiiiide! WhoopTA!”
And, I’m a day late on getting therepublicanunderground.com someone registered it yesterday
Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. The difference is:
When the question was posed, the RU sprang into action. All 171 theme song comments had merit and, when push comes to shove (like, ahem, when the van-bus breaks down), I’d bet we could narrow the tunes to 1 or 2 and not revolt or even call for Frank J’s impeachment from the Underground.
This is opposed to the O-dems who cried and pounded their boney chests for two years, thought being pro-active was for unblemished skin, and clammored for The One to save them in at least 171 ways, not a one of which is gonna work to save them from themselves.
I’ve become partial to the “Conservative Republican Highground”. Especially when I realized that it is just two letters away (and those two letters happen to be “US”) from CRUSH.
Hehe, #36. Hey, I’m just pokin’ fun at Frank and how he lets the IMAO minions dangle for days after getting all riled up. So, typical of a laissez faire blogging capitalist !! Ooooooh.
Actually, I think Frank is probably reeling from what he started yesterday with his Underground. More work????!!!??? Hey! He’s the new leader of the Republican Party. Snap to it, Mr. Republican.
way ahead of you, Frank
http://www.underground-conservative.com
BTW, I picked up therepublicanunderground.net
It’s currently redirecting to IMAO, but,I’m thinking of a WPMU setup for it.I’ve set up a WordPress MU Network site there.I found the Facebook group and joined. I’ve also bookmarked the two sites Mitch put forth. We need solid game plans for making the information public, spreading the truth, and holding the RINOs to count. It is a large job, but anyone that has worked on campaigns and knows the best way to do these things would be a plus. The new RU site needs to have guides. The leftards were very organized, we need to be too. It is about time we have Activism for that which is right. However, we need some direction for those of us that have shunned the Counter-culture and are new to BEING counter-culture. I’m willing to do the work, I just need a damned good instruction manual.
I will be a foot soldier in the Republican Underground. I left the party due to the its strides toward becoming the Democrat party. I want to be proud to register Republican again. You have my support and my time. I need my orders. Specific, not just vague ideas. The Demos cling to vague ideas, we are better than that.
-Foot Soldier of the RU
An actual tingle (tinkle?) just went up my leg. Somethin’s happening here folks…
This movement is going way too fast. (Reminds me of the morning after the chili festival.)
Let’s settle on the theme song, the official beer, and perhaps the official T-shirt. Is there a Republican Underground logo and top ten list being created for the faithful to purchase (at confiscatory prices, of course) and proudly wear to promote the movement?
Did anyone suggest the them from “Shaft?”
Let’s keep the voting simple on the beer. Miller or Budweiser? Then again, a true patriot might have to opt for Samuel Adams.
AJ:
Love the Reagan in the dark pic on the site. Looks gooood!
As for beer: whatevs…..I prefer wine, but I like the idea of Sam Adams…anything old school in our mantra, image, etc. is good. And I think we should stay away from “typical rednecky stuff” Not that there is anything wrong with it, but we need a professional, cleaned up image. We don’t want to perpetuate an image or stereo type that already has negative connotations to many people. It’s time to re-educate!
Just a question: Are we really doing this Conservative/Republican Underground thing, or are we just joking…?
Jimmy, I agree. I keep thinking of Yamamoto’s report after Pearl Harbor.
OK, back to the stinkin’ music thing:
I love the Carmina Burana idea. Now, I know it well and have the CD, but I was not aware that it is based on poems from Monks in the middle ages, written in Latin. I read the translations and it can relate to the idea and movement. Oh Fortuna (the theme everyone knows) is about the wheel of fortune which giveth and taketh away. WE’ve had our furtune taken away (in more ways than one) and are organizing to take it back.
If anyone is interested, the complete lyrics with translation is here:
http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~rejs/carmlyr.html#track2
It is dark, powerful, hopeful. Translations are kind of vague, so you can read more into the meaning. I think it fits.
#45 I sure hope so! It doesn’t sound like a joke which is VERY encouraging. I think we all have our work cut out for us. It’s good we’re all so spread out across the country. Plus we all have different strengths/areas of expertise. And God knows we have the motivation! Seriously, can we BE any more ready to go???
Fiar,
I have already attempted contact with Mr. Skepton who is the owner of http://www.republicanunderground.com. I have reason to believe that he is a fellow traveler and we will be able to work out some arrangement concerning his website.
Also, “Jerry” here at IMAO already owns http://www.therepublicanunderground.com, so we can always use that for the umbrella organization under which the various sites like uswolverines.org, bejohngalt.com, domesticenemies.org, and other like-minded conservative insurrection sites.
However, I want us to get out in front of this movement, name it, brand it, and take over the world. This is going to take decisive leadership, and there has been enough banter on and off this site already amongst several people tied in to these various organizations and while there are pros and cons, the general consensus is that the movement in general will be called the “Republican Underground.”
That is also why I’m leaning towards Jerry’s site or our possible new friend, Mr. Skepton’s site.
So, “DC”, we are definitely moving forward, and yes it is quickly, but we need to get the brand name and image established quickly, then fill in the blanks with hard core, unapologetic conservatism.
I guess I take the approach that has been mentioned here already: lead, follow, or get the f*** out of the way.
So here we go!
See You Underground,
Mitch Rapp
Hey RoanokeFound, I love you man because you’re here at IMAO among friends, but there are two Republican Underground sites on Facebook. The one that already has the momentum and the membership also has themselves labeled “The Official Site of the Republican Underground.”
That’s going to be hard to overcome. It’s your call, but I think our intention is to unite our fellow conservative insurrectionists.
I haven’t had time to troll through the “official” page to see if it’s full of pussy-whipped neocons who want us to keep reaching across the aisle and getting our asses kicked, but it may be worth it to fold your site into the “official” site that already has the membership and momentum.
I’m not trying to stir anything up, just want to kick some serious hippie-liberal ass, and we need to have all our shit together!
Mitch Rapp
I’ve been trying my hand at political cartoons. I can’t draw for shit, so that has held me up some. Two of them deal with what I feel needs to happen for the Republican party to move forward. They may also provide some ideas for a logo, but they might be stretching it.
Okay everyone, where ELSE can I FTP the web pages so everyone could at least see what we have so far and critique/discuss/edit in private?
I DID make a quick & dirty (that sounds kinda naughty) private Yahoo group that allows file uploading, as well as a message section, but none of the pages are opening. I used relative links, and all the related files are in the same folder.
Okay yall come on in and start discussing: RUReadyWarRoom. It’s a members-only site but open enrollment.
The “In My World” series must be continued with the Obama family instead of the Bushes playing the starring role. I propose that enough coded messages (similar to the “Da Vinci Code”) be woven into the narrative to keep conspiracy theorists for years. What will be the role of Buck the Marine?
Oops, I meant “…to keep conspiracy theorists BUSY for years.”
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