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|Publication number
|Publication type
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|Nov 28, 1961
|Filing date
|Jul 25, 1958
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|Jul 25, 1958
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|Mcangus Eli H, Wilson Charles C
|Original Assignee
|West Point Mfg Co
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (17), Classifications (12)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Nov. 28, 1961 Filed July 25, 1958 C. C. WILSON ETA].
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Q 26 ll 7 Ih 30 //4 h I90" 6 0 A m2 188 I /06 A98 195 9 H I86 I 200 32 200 I96 56 ('3' r /.94 a G 54 II 208 INVENTOR5 Om nLEs C. mLSOIV and E 1.1 HUGH Mc. Alva/s- ATTORNEY 5 United States Patent 3,010,508 APPARATUS FOR MAKING COMPGITE STRUCTURES Charles C. Wilson, Lanett, Ala., and Eli H. McAngus, West Point, Ga., assignors to West Point Manufacturing Company, West Point, Ga., a corporation of Georgia Filed July 25, 1958, Ser. No. 750,955 8 Claims. (Cl. 156-459) This invention relates to methods and apparatus for making composite structures, and in particular to the manufacture of laminated heat insulating material. A principal object of the invention is the provision of methods and apparatus for continuously advancing adhesive coated backing sheets to a work station whereat a flexible filling sheet is folded into pressure, adhering contact with the backing sheets alternately, to produce a composite structure wherein the filling sheet is adhered alternately to the backing sheets and extends therebetween in zigzag fashion. A preferred example of the invention involves the use of a relatively heavy cotton card web as the filling sheet, the card web being adhered alternately to adhesive surfaced paper backing sheets to produce a heat insulating structure of unique properties. The composite structure is eficient, inexpensive and durable, and may be collapsed and/ or compressed to a small fraction of its normal volume for storage and shipment. The method and apparatus are particularly adapted for association with a conventional cotton card.
Further objects of the invention are to provide methods and apparatus for high speed and economical manufacture of pile fabrics, by further processing of the composite structures produced as above described. The filling sheet, for example, may be a layer of parallel continuous yarns, and the yarn layer folds of the composite subsequently severed between the backing sheets, each backing sheet retaining a pile of cut yarns extending from one surface thereof. Further objects will be in part evident and in part pointed out hereinafter.
The invention and the novel features thereof may best be made clear from the following description and the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of an exemplary embodiment of the invention;
FIGURE 2 is an enlarged view of the heat insulating composite product of FIGURE 1;
FIGURE 3 is a diagrammatic illustration of a further processing step, whereby the product of FIGURE 2 is converted into a pile fabric;
FIGURE 4 is a diagrammatic illustration of an alternative procedure, wherein a composite structure of different character is converted into a pile fabric;
FIGURE 5 is a top plan view of a preferred apparatus constructed in accordance with the present invention;
FIGURE 6 is a general side elevational view, partly broken away, of the apparatus of FIGURE 5, looking toward the left hand side thereof;
"FIGURE 7 is an elevational view taken substantially on the line 77 of FIGURE 5;
FIGURE 8 is an elevational view taken substantially on the line 8-3 of FIGURE 5;
FIGURE 9 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 9-9 of FIGURE 5;
FIGURE 10 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 10-10 of FIGURE 5, and
FIGURE 11 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 11-11 of FIGURE 5.
Referring to the drawings, in FIGURE 1 is illustrated a card dofier cylinder 20, comb 22, and card web 24 extending therefrom. A continuous conveyor 26, extending between rollers 28 and 30, is disposed adjacent the deice livery end of the card dofier, and carries the web 24 to a position above the coac-ting pressure rolls 32, 34, which condense the web and guide it to the work station W therebelow. At the station W backing members 36 and 38 are disposed in spaced alignment and generally facing arrangement. Associated with each backing member is a stock roll 40 and feed roll 42, each feed roll being adapted to feed a backing sheet 44 from the adjacent stock roll to and over the associated backing member. The backing sheets 44, it will be understood, are adhesive coated, each passing over its backing member with adhesive surface uppermost. The stock roll 40 may comprise paper backing coated with pressure sensitive adhesive, or, as indicated at the right of FIGURE 1, the stock roll may comprise ordinary high strength paper to which adhesive is applied prior to arrival at the work station W, as by the applicator 46 associated with the right hand feed roll 42. The backing sheets 44 may be any suitable sheet or web material, including woven and unwoven fabric, plastic film and the like.
Substantially above the backing members blades 50 and 52 are reciprocally mounted. Each blade is driven through a link 54 by an eccentric 56, the blade being guided for movement in an inclined path from a retracted position remote from the opposed backing member to a forward position in pressure contact with the opposed backing member. As shown in FIGURE 1, blade 50 is in withdrawn position remote from backing member 38 and blade 52 is in forward position in pressure contact with backing members 36. As will be described in greater detail, the blades 50, 52 are operatively linked to advance alternately, whereby they function to fold the web 24 passing therebetween alternately into pressure contact with the respective adhesive surfaced backing sheets as they pass over the backing members, whereby the Web is adhered alternately to the backing sheets to form a series of zigzag folds 66 extending therebetween. The feed of backing sheets 44 and the operation of the blades 50 and 52 must of course be coordinated with the feed of the filling sheet, taking into consideration the spacing between the backing members and related factors. The composite structure so formed is led and compressed between coacting takeup rolls 62, and then wound up at 64.
An exemplary product of the invention is illustrated in FIGURE 2, wherein the cotton card web 24 is interlaid in closely adjacent folds between the paper backing sheets 44, each fold being adhered at each end and along its entire length to the pressure sensitive adhesive facing surfaces of the backing sheets. The folds 60 may be spaced along the length of the backing sheets at intervals of for example whereby a substantially continuous array of fibers extends between the backing sheets. This product, it will be recognized, has excellent heat insulating properties, and may be utilized as insulation for refrigerated containers and the like. The insulating material is light weight and occupies little volume, and as an added advantage may be readily compressed to less than 25% of its normal thickness for convenience in shipping, storage and the like, and to conserve space when its insulating properties are not being utilized. Upon being released from restraint, the composite may be readily expanded to original thickness without matting. The product may be expanded, for example, by pulling on the backing sheets in a manner which will tend to separate them. Expansion from compressed condition may be assisted and accelerated by the injection of pressure gas between the backing sheets. If the fibers constituting the filling are sufliciently resilient, the product may expand to original thickness automatically, when permitted.
When the original or normal thickness of the composite is less than the staple length of the filling fibers, a good 'of spaced rolls 7%), as illustrated in FIGURE 3, and the backing sheets 44 pulled therefrom in opposite directions. The forcible separation of the backing sheets is effective to part the fiber folds therebetween, the folds parting easily and naturally to leave a soft, fiufiy pile layer 72 on each backing sheet. The pile attached to each backing sheet constitutes a substantially continuous array of cotton fibers, each firmly attached to the backing sheet and extending therefrom in approximately normal direction. In this manner the composite product may be readily converted into two lengths of pile fabric of unusual properties and myriad uses. It is preferable for this purpose that the backing sheets be spaced apart in manufacture a distance equal to or greater than the staple length of the filling, so that the fibers will be adhered only to one backing sheet or the other. This will facilitate the separation of the backing sheets with a uniform amount of fiber on each sheet. As will be evident, the character of the pile product can be varied simply by varying the staple length of the filling sheet or the distance between the backing sheets.
In place of the card Web of the preceding description, other filling sheets may be interlaid in zigzag fashion between the backing sheets. The filling sheet may, for example, be a warp or layer 76 of parallel continuous yarns, as shown in FIGURE 4. As will be evident, filling sheets of other character may be utilized in the invention as well, including woven and unwoven fabrics, plastic films etc. FIGURE 4 illustrates a composite structure in which the layer 76 of continuous yarns is folded between and joined to the backing sheets 44, precisely as in the case of the card web previously referred to. This composite structure may be conducted between a pair of spaced rolls 78, and the backing sheets led therefrom in opposite directions, as shown. A knife 80 or other suitable cutting element operatively disposed between the rolls 78 is adapted to sever the yarn layer folds of the composite as they pass between the rolls, to produce on each backing sheet a pile 82 of cut yarns. The pile 82, as will be understood, will comprise parallel rows of V-shaped yarn segments, each firmly attached at its apex to the backing sheet, the two yarn ends extending substantially normally therefrom. In this manner, pile products corresponding in appearance and function to carpet, velour and the like may be economically manufactured at high production rate.
A commercial machine constructed as an adjunct to a conventional cotton card for production of the laminated structure of FIGURE 2 is illustrated in FIGURES 5 to 11. In FIGURE 6, the card doifer cylinder 20 is mounted adjacent the delivery end of the doffer frame 90. In accordance with the present invention, an electric motor or other suitable source of power (not shown) is drivingly engaged, preferably through a clutch, to the reduction gear box 92, and the output shaft 94 of the gear box is in driving engagement through'chain 96 with the doffer. The doffer, then, is driven through gear box 92, independently of the associated card.
The interlaying or laminating apparatus is mounted adjacent and in alignment with the delivery end of the dolfer in a frame 98, and powered by the gear box 92, the common drive effectively coordinating the speeds of the dolfer and laminating apparatus, As shown in FIGURE 6, the gear box output shaft 94 mounts a sprocket engaged by chain to a similar sprocket mounted on the corresponding end of shaft 102, which carries the pressure roll 34. The pressure rolls 32 and 34 may be resiliently surfaced or constructed entirely of metal, and as shown in FIGURE 5 are mechanically engaged by gears 104, whereby they rotate at equal speeds in opposite directions; Pressure roll '32 is mounted on a shaft 106 which is journaled in end blocks 108 slidably retained in guideways 1 10 mounted on the inner surfaces of the frame walls 112 and 114. As shown in FIGURE 9, a spring 116 is active on each end block 168, whereby the shaft 106 and pressure roll 3-2 are resiliently biased and maintained in pressure contact with the coacting roll 34.
Shaft 102 is journaled in and extends through frame wall 114, and outside the frame wall carries a sprocket 129 (see FIGURES 8 and 10), which is engaged by chain 122 to a sprocket 124 mounted on the shaft 1 26, with which is associated the conveyor roller 30. The other conveyor roller 28, mounted on the dofier frame 98 as shown in FIGURE 6, is an idler, whereby the conveyor 25 is also driven in coordinated fashion.
A short space outside frame wall 114 is mounted a support wall 130, and stub shafts 132 and 134 are suitably journaled in the walls 114 and 138 and extend therebetween. As best shown in FIGURES 5 and 10, stub shaft 132 carries gears 136 and 138, and stub shaft 134 carries a gear 144) and sprocket 142. The driven conveyor roller shaft 126 carries a gear 144 which meshes with gear 136 and drives the stub shaft 132. Gear 1 38 on shaft 132 in turn meshes with gear 148', whereby the stub shaft 134 and its sprocket 142 are rotated. In this manner the rotary movement of shaft 126 is reduced and transmitted to the sprocket 142, which is engaged by chain 148 to the idler 150 and counterrotating sprockets 152 and 154. The sprockets 152 and 154 are mounted on the ends of shafts 156, which extend between the frame walls 11-2 and 114 and carry the feed rolls 42. As best shown in FIGURES 9 and 11, a stock roll 40 is rotatably mounted adjacent each feed roll, preferably by means of arms 158 pivotally mounted on the side walls as at 160. The outer ends of arms 158 may be heavily weighted with Weights 162, whereby each stock roll 40 is maintained at all times in firm contact with its associated feed roll 42. The feed rolls are desirably rough surfaced,and may be of the type commonly referred to as sand rolls, these rolls cooperating with the firmly engaged stock rolls to unwind pressure sensitive adhesive coated stock in smooth and positive manner.
Just inside frame wall 112, one of the shafts 156 is engaged by sprockets and chain 168 (FIGURES 6 and 7) in driving relationship to one of the take-up rolls 62. The takeup rolls are geared together for counter-rotation by gears 170 (FIGURES 9 and 11), and the roll not engaged by the chain 168 is resiliently mounted, in the manner of pressure roll 32, by means of an end block 172, guideway 174 and spring 176 at each end thereof. In this manner the t-akeup rolls are resiliently maintained in pressure contact and driven in coordination with the elements previously described.
As stated, the drive input to the laminating apparatus is through shaft 102. As shown in FIGURES 6 and 7, shaft 102 carries a gear 180 outside frame wall 112, this gear meshing with and driving a gear 182 mounted on the end of a shaft 184 which extends between the frame walls. A similar shaft 186 extends between the frame walls at a corresponding position on the opposite side of the pressure rolls 3 2, 34, and the shafts 184 and 186 are engaged for counterrotation by sprockets 188 and chain 190, located just inside the frame Wall 114, as shown in FIGURES 9 and 11. 7
Somewhat below and outwardly of the shafts 184 and 186, supports 192 extend between the frame walls. These supports mount transversely spaced pairs of bearings 194, each aligned pair journaling a shaft 196 (see FIGURES 5 and 11). Substantially on the longitudinal center line of the apparatus, each of the shafts 184 is drivingly engaged by means of gears 198 and 200 in the adjoining shaft 196;
Substantially below the pressure rolls 32 and 34, a pair of rigid plates 202, 204 extends between the frame walls, the plates being slidably retained in inclined guideways 206, 208 mounted on the inside surfaces of the frame walls. At their lower ends, the plates 202, 204 carry, respectively, the outwardly extending blades 50, 52. Each shaft 196, outside its bearings 194, carries eccentries 56, from which the crank links 54 extend to the plates 202 and 204. As shown in FIGURE 11, the plate 202 and its blade 50 are adapted to be reciprocated from the withdrawn position illustrated to forward position in contact with the backing member 38, and plate 204 with its blade 52 are adapted to be reciprocated from the forward position illustrated in contact with backing member 36 to withdrawn position remote from the backing member. The apparatus is assembled with the eccentrics 180 out of phase, so that the blades 50 and 52 are 180 out of phase, and contact their respective backing members alternately. The working surfaces of the backing members are desirably provided with rubber blocks 210, to enhance blade contact with the overlying backing sheets and accommodate any minor misalignment or unevenness of the blades.
Function and operation of the apparatus will be readily apparent from the foregoing description. Initially, a roll 40 of pressure sensitive adhesive coated paper is mounted in each pair of arms 158, and weighted against the adjoining feed roll. An adhesive surfaced backing layer is then unrolled from each roll and led around the appropriate feed roll and backing member and between the takeup rolls 62. With the associated card in operation, power is applied to the gear box 92, to start the doffer and the laminating apparatus. The card web 24 dolfed by the comb 22 is carried across the upper flight of the conveyor 26, and then led downwardly to the pressure rolls 32, 34. The resilient mounting of pressure roll 32 simplifies separation of the rolls to thread the web therebetween. The web leaving the pressure rolls 32, 34 is led between the blades 50, 52, and into contact with one of the backing sheets 44.
The speeds of conveyor 26 and pressure rolls 32, 34 will ordinarily exceed the rate of web production very slightly, to maintain control of the -web. The operation of blades 50 and 52 is coordinated with the feed of the filling sheet and the distance between their lines of contact with their respective backing members, whereby a fold of filling sheet is laid against a backing member when the appropriate length of filling sheet has been provided. The feed of the backing sheets is necessarily at a rate lower than that of the feed of the filling sheet, and may be varied according to requirements. For production of the article of FIGURE 2, the feed of the backing sheets may be adjusted, for example, so that successive blade contacts against each backing sheet are about & apart.
The composite is taken up and compressed by the takeup rolls 62, and may then be rolled up or otherwise handled. If wet adhesive is used, the time of passage from the backing member to the takeup rolls will ordinarily afford adequate time for drying. All operative elements are positively driven, and speed coordination is simplified by the common drive disclosed.
It will thus be seen that there has been provided by this invention methods and structure in which the various objects hereinbefore set forth, together with many practical advantages, are successfully achieved. As various possible embodiments may be made of the novel features of the invention, all without departing from the scope thereof, it is to be understood that all matter hereinbefore set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative, and not in a limiting sense.
What is claimed is:
1. In combination, a pair of backing members disposed in spaced alignment, means for feeding an adhesive coated backing sheet over each of said members whereby the adhesive surfaces of said backing sheets are disposed in general-1y facing relationship, means for feeding a fiber web between said backing members at a speed coordinated with the feed of said backing sheets, a reciprocating blade disposed generally above each of said backing members and adapted for movement into pressure contact with the opposed backing member, and means operatively linking said blades whereby they contact their respective cooperative backing members alternately, said blades being adapted to fold said fiber web alternately against said backing members whereby said fiber web is adhered alternately to said backing sheets and extends therebetween in zigzag fashion.
2. In combination, a cotton card, a pair of backing members disposed in spaced alignment adjacent the delivery end of said card, means for feeding an adhesive coated paper sheet over each of said backing members whereby the adhesive surfaces of said paper sheets are disposed in generally facing relationship, conveyor means for carrying the cotton web delivered by said card to a position above said backing members, a pair of coacting pressure rolls disposed below the delivery end of said conveyor and adapted to compress and guide said card web, a reciprocating blade disposed generally above each of said backing members and adapted for movement into pressure contact with the opposed backing member, means operatively linking said blades whereby they contact their respective cooperative backing members alternately, said blades being adapted to fold said card web alternately against said backing members whereby said card web is adhered alternately to said paper sheets and extends therebetween in zigzag fashion, and means for coordinating the drive of said card, said paper sheet feeding means, said conveyor means, said pressure rolls and said reciprocating blades.
3. The combination of claim 1, including a pair of coacting pressure rolls trailing said backing members and adapted to take up the composite structure.
4. The combination of claim 1, including means trailing said backing members and adapted to separate said backing sheets whereby the fiber Web folds therebetween are parted, each backing sheet retaining an array of fibers extending substantially normally from one surface thereof.
5. In combination, a pair of backing members disposed in spaced alignment, means for feeding an adhesive coated backing sheet over each of said members whereby the adhesive surfaces of said backing sheets are disposed in generally facing relationship, means for feeding a filling sheet between said backing members at a speed coordinated with the feed of said backing sheets, a movable element disposed generally above each of said backing members and adapted for movement into and out of pressure contact with the opposed backing member, and means operatively linking said elements whereby they contact their respective cooperative backing members alternately, said elements being adapted to fold said filling sheet alternately against said backing members whereby said filling sheet is adhered alternately to said backing sheets and extends therebetween in zigzag fashion.
6. The combination of claim 5, wherein said filling sheet comprises a layer of continuous yarns.
7. The combination of claim 6, including cutting means trailing said backing members and adapted to sever the yarn layer folds between said backing sheets, each backing sheet retaining a pile of cut yarns extending substantially normally from one surface thereof.
8. The combination of claim 5, including means for applying adhesive to said backing sheets at positions leading said backing members.
References Cited in the file of this patent 8 Kellogg et a1 May 30, 1939 Stoddard July 8, 1941 Nootens Oct. 22, 1946 Blair et a1. Aug. 30, 1949 Jacobsen Apr. 25, 1950 Brummel Mar. 6, 1956
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|The Boeing Company
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|International Classification
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|European Classification


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This depends on whether you can accurately measure small amounts of Arsenic. How do you plan to do that? Also, if the levels of soluble Arsenic are high relative to the amount of DNA then the first panel wouldn't necessarily hold true (a small increase over a high background)ReplyDelete
Hello Rosie. I would like to commend you for your time and effort in redoing these experiments. I'm going to write a dissertation on arsenic based life and I wanted to ask you for an approximate date the mass spec results would get back to you. I'm really keen in finding the results! Thank youReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2012 at 7:49 AM
Anyone going to the Origin of Life Gordon Research conference? FWS is giving a talk next Wednesday evening:ReplyDelete
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm Felisa Wolfe-Simon (USGS)
"Characterizations of intracellular arsenic in a bacterium"
- AnonymousJanuary 6, 2012 at 3:05 PM
FYI I wouldn't click on the link provided above. It links to a shock site image.ReplyDelete
Hopefully someone with administrator privileges for the blog can delete it soon.
@Anonymous: I'd love to be able to hear FWS's talk at the Origin of Life meeting, but Gordon Conference presentations are not for public consumption so we'll have to wait for a different source.ReplyDelete
I can't see any 'link provided above', but if you give me more info I can clean it up.
the Jan 8 comment "paper" is the shock imageReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2012 at 12:44 PM
This is a different post from the original one --same shock image though.ReplyDelete
Scroll over the link without clicking on it and you can see that it is actually a link to something other than what it appears to be.
Someone with some knowledge of this topic is making an effort to be obnoxious. I wonder if turning off anonymous posting would solve the problem? Can you see the IP address of anonymous posters? Also perhaps disabling the ability to disguise links would help? I'm sure there are ways to circumvent all of those solutions, even if they are possible.
Trolls notwithstanding, I'm excited to see what the mass spec comes back with.
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2012 at 5:30 PM
despite the troll being, well, a troll, he has raised some interesting points. Rosie—I think in the spirit of this internet group meeting, its important to hear what are your thoughts on this matter? Of course its always challenging to know how to present negative results, but how will we really be convinced that there is no arsenic in the DNA in the end, especially if this DNA has been out of GFAJ1 for almost a month now?ReplyDelete
best regards, sydney brenner.
I hadn't seen the troll's question because Edward, the wonderful Field of Science admin, has been watching my back and deleted it for me. But he's now sent me a copy, so I'm going to consider the issue it raised in a separate post.ReplyDelete
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The winners of a TV talent show have beaten the Pope to the album of the year at the Classical Brit Awards.
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Skip to comments.Romney Supporters Banned From Free Republic
Posted on 11/01/2011 1:05:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Free Republic founder Jim Robinson has a message for supporters of Mitt Romney: go away.
In an email to POLITICO this afternoon, Robinson admitted that the site routinely blocks Romney supporters from posting -- and offered no apologies for the practice:
Free Republic is a pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, pro-small government, pro-constitution, pro-liberty site. Governor Romney is none of the above. His record is that of an abortionist, gay rights pushing, gun grabbing, global warming advocating, big government, mandate loving, constitution trampling, flip-flopping liberal progressive with no core values. That and the fact that he is the chief architect and advocate for ObamaCare disqualifies him for any consideration whatsoever on Free Republic as a potential nominee for the presidency.
Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com/mitt-romney/2011/11/01/romney-supporters-banned-free-republic#ixzz1cU7qh32p
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Thanks very much, everyone!
Jim, this is your site and if you want to kick these people to the curb it is your right to do so!
I have to say one thing, I love it! Thank you for calling Romney out for who he really is.
He is no different than Obama. We don't need another 4 years of the horror show that we are currently living!
I will now send a donation to this site as a gesture of gratitude!
Why do people say that?
Maybe because they follow the LSM?
Thank you Jim!
"I oppose Romney, but I think not allowing that viewpoint to exist at FR only weakens FR."
Carrying that line of thought to its logical conclusion, why not allow Obots, socialists, and commies?
Well, judging by their posts, too many on this [your] forum have fulfilled that. They disguise it by saying, "let them bring their ideas","Let us debate them", "Not allowing them weakens the site" and other ways. Some are better than others at hiding their feelings. However, you can always smoke them out. Some take longer than others.But you always expose them for what they are.
As a long time FReeper, I agree that disruptive posters be banned. However, the issue I responded to was the banning of pro Romney posters.
As a long time conservative activist, Romney would be the last candidate I would vote for, but banning any pro Romney posters seems to me extreme. Where is the line drawn? Are we right wingers going to enforce a rigid orthodoxy like the commies we despise?
" Mythens-supporting, pro-RINO troll tugs on Jim Thompson's cape and gets quick-fried to a crackly crunch by The Man Himself "
Only JimBo has that power. To paraphrase Darth Vader; ZOT them, Zot them all out.
The crackly crunch, favorite Viking Kitty Chow!
Have you not been paying attention? A conservative voting for Romney would be the epitome of hypocrisy.
I simply don't understand why this point is lost on so many people here, whining about the rejection of RINOs does not get a conservative in the WH.
lol, I see Willie Green is posting at the source link.
I've been here a long time, and there has never been a problem with atheists and non-Christians who behave respectfully and decently.
Those who can't behave are fed to the kitties.
I wish FreeDominion would do the same - our equivalent - CINOS, infest that place, which is why I stopped going there. Indeed, it has degraded into a Red Tory stronghold peppered with tinfoil hat wearing conspiracysts who routinely attack and undermine our Prime Minister.
Have YOU not been paying attention. A conservative sitting out the general election or voting 3rd party that ensures the most liberal President in history gets another four years violates EVERYTHING conservatives should stand for.
I'd rather vote for a 60% conservative than allow a 100% liberal to win. The decision isn't even close.
I said something very similar to a leftish acquaintance of mine this morning. I think the Republicans have a good shot at taking back control of the Senate in 2012. Then, if Obama is re-elected we will have divided government and a weak, lame-duck president. You outlined one scenario that could be worse than that.
I just threw up in my mouth...a LOT.
So the rules don't apply to Perry supporters, only the slandering Cain Cultists.
Oh yeah why won't the Cult leader release the women from the non-disclosure agreement? The truth about this sleezy man is going to come out. Get ready for it.
Then God must want me to tell you that if you don't stop worshipping your made up feelings god that is made in your own image you're bound for Hell. "Gee, I thought that my own authority was good enough" won't cut it on that day.
Glad to hear from you, I was afraid no one would play anymore.
I'm sure God wants you to do that, but He told me not to pay any attention to you, and go ahead with what I do.
Isn't it neat how God deals with each of us individually?
and a good thing too.
The Cain bashing continues, since LaRaza Rick can't string two coherent words together his Perry-bot operatives will have to do it for him.
I wonder how many Perry non-citizen volunteers got instate tuition?
I am well aware that this is a private site and I've been here for years and it's great.
I don't happen to agree with the banning of Romney supporters. Let them come on and make their case if they have one.
They would be devoured by the posters here and not enough left for the dogs.
But I don't see why they can't be allowed to speak. How many of them can there be on a conservative site and what can they say about Romney to make us like him?
But, I guess Mr. Jim will make his own decision about that, he usually does.
Oh yeah why wont the Cult leader release the women from the non-disclosure agreement? The truth about this sleezy man is going to come out. Get ready for it.
So, let me get this straight: A guy who says two people made false accusations against him has a responsibility to ensure those false accusations are repeated? If he doesn't do that he's sleezy and dishonest? Have you lost your bloody mind?
Imagine if I accused you right now of being a rapist, and JimRob told me to shut up and deleted my posts. Then, later, someone says "I saw posts on FR accusing him of rape. Unless he gives JimRob permission to repost those accusations, he's a sleezy and dishonest rapist." Does that logic work for you?
I don't know which part is funnier, the idea that Cain is sleezy even though he has former employees lining up to speak for his character, or the fact that you can't see an obvious smear job after what the media tried with your guy earlier this year. Hey, maybe Herman has a hunting lodge with a picture of Anita Hill in a skimpy negligee painted on a rock nearby...
I think Cain with Newt as a chief of staff and either Paul Ryan or a really good foreign policy guy as VP would be nearly ideal. If we had Ryan at VP we'd need an awesome SecState, but that's doable. John Bolton, call your office.
Read all of JimRob's posts in this thread. No one is being banned simply for supporting Romeny. This isn't a purge, it's taking out the trash. Back in 2008 when we had the Saturday Night Massacre over Rudy, everyone who got banned was either a total bunghole or decided to go after JimRob personally. None of them are missed.
What part of Jim's statement don't you get? You don't like it around here feel free to leave anytime you want.
You're a hypocrite, you've already spent your 2 braincells pining for a candidate that hasn't even nominated yet but have already made up your mind that he has, you've essentially given up on real conservatism right out of the gate.
This tells me that you and posters like you who claim to not really support Romney are closet Romney drag queens.
Get bent RINO.
The thing about Paul is that he comes across as a different sort of pol but in reality he's just another Washington game player, performing for a different audience.
And frightful. You won't be laughing. There's still time to learn about the real God and His real purpose for your life, but time is fleeting.
A member since 1998 ???
What were you doing during 2007-2008 ??? On the moon ???
Sheesh, Nana... calm down. I didn't say WHEN I was "ill-informed" about Mitt. It was quite awhile ago, and it lasted about a 'nana-second'. :-)
FR has been INNUNDATED with Romney hatred for quite a few years... it's hard to miss. Frankly, I think most of the rhetoric about him is "over the top"... but, it was enough to make me not want to have him as President.
I do still think he would have been better than McCain, and better than Obama... but, that's about the lowest praise I could give anyone.
Thanks for your concern. Is this the same Mr. S from yesterday?
Geez... so, now the definition of RINO is someone who, given a CHOICE between Romney and Obama, decided to vote AGAINST Obama??
Never thought of myself as a RINO.. I don't even think of myself as a "Republican"! But, I'd make that choice in a second. Hell, I made a WORSE choice last time around.
We need to work like HELL to NOT have to make that kind of choice again. Primaries are coming... time to get working.
Get out there and say "NI" to Romney supporters!!
"FR has been INNUNDATED with Romney hatred for quite a few years..."
Most of what I have heard of Romney has been on his religion. Most of the "hatred" has been not so much towards him but towards Mormons in general. At least from my point of view. I know more about Romney the Mormon than Romney the RINO because of FR.
I can say this however if Romney was a true Mormon he would be pro life. Most Mormons I know are very pro life. It would appear that most of the Mormons, like a few Catholics we know (Nazi Pelosi, any of the kennedys) are pro life until they get into public office.
y6162 FR has the mission statement posted when one enters the forum. I will ask you this. Why would any "conservative" come to a place like FR and push a man like Romney when he goes against what we believe? In fact if they are conservative themselves why are they for him? If they are conservative then Romney is not their guy. They need to walk up and smell the coffee and not be a lemming like those who voted for Obozo.
I happen to agree with your thoughts on Mitt Romney. I'm not totally for banning them, but that's your call, as it's your site.
I do have an issue though. Why is it that some "conservative Christians (of whom I'm one)" tend to say things like "FUMR"?
I have a scripture on the wall in my house....
Eph. 4:29
"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."
I agree... but, didn't really want to go there. Showing lack of hatred for Mormons is equally dangerous....
That's a pretty big PERHAPS Buddha.
There are tens of thousands more devout in the 194302 that signed up before you did.
And many more in front of you also that signed up after you did.
You are pretty important though! You've made that quite clear...
JR can ban me too any time he rules it helpful to whatever cause he likes.
Dang, I wish he would make that clear. Kind of hard to figger out after 6 years is it?
I fully understand JR can ban me....any time
It would mean much less to me personally, than it would to Freedoms agenda.
Oh my! LOL!
Geez, when I said that yesterday, I got blasted. First, there's NO hatred on FR and then, it's only a dislike of Mormonism, not Mormons...???
Maybe it's me!!
There are good atheists and buddists and Muslims, too. At least good by human standards, not by God's. But I wouldn't vote for any of them for President.
|Obvious Pro-Abortion Romney
|Romney Feigning Pro-Life
|Romney, goin back to 1970 when Romneys Mom ran for Senate
|I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time when my Mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a U.S. Senate candidate. (October, 1994 Senatorial debate vs. Ted Kennedy)
|Hes been a pro-life Mormon faking it as a pro-choice friendly, Romney adviser Michael Murphy told the conservative National Review..., says the Concord Monitor = So I guess that made him a below-the-radar flip acting like a flop?
|1994 (Campaign)
|I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time when my Mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a U.S. Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years that we should sustain and support it, and I sustain and support that law and the right of a woman to make that choice. (October, 1994 Senatorial debate vs. Ted Kennedy) = Mitt the flipster from what most LDS represent their faith as being...BTW, Romney uses the strongest word possible for support ¨C ¡°sustain¡± ...Note for non-Mormons: Lds use the word ¡°sustain¡± for support for their own ¡°prophet¡±
|Romney has since invoked a nuanced stance about what he was in 1994: He says Look, I was pro-choice. I am pro-life. You can go back to YouTube and look at what I said in 1994. I never said I was pro-choice, but my position was effectively pro-choice. (Source: Source: 2007 GOP Iowa Straw Poll debate Aug 5, 2007)
|1994 (Planned Parenthood ties) ¡ú 2001
|(a) Romneys wife gives donation to Planned Parenthood... (b) On June 12, 1994, Romney himself attends private Planned Parenthood event at home of a sister-in-law of a Planned Parenthood board member where the president of Planned Parenthood recalls talking to Romney: Nicki Nichols Gamble, a former president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, said today that the photo shows Mitt and Ann Romney at a private home in Cohasset in June 1994. Source: See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941932/posts; Gamble said the pic was snapped at an event at GOP activist Eleanor Bleakie¡¯s house and that she ¡°clearly¡± remembered speaking with Romney at the event. Source: See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941627/posts; In fact Romney personally attended the Planned Parenthood event in question on June 12, 1994. Gamble, the President of Massachusuetts Planned Parenthood in 1994, also attended the event at the home of a Republican, Eleanor Bleakie, the sister-in-law of a Planned Parenthood Board member. Both Romney and Michael Kennedy, who appeared on behalf of nephew of Ted Kennedy, attended the event. Source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941240/posts
|2001: I do not wish to be labeled pro-choice. (Mitt Romney, Letter to the Editor, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7/12/01) = So he doesnt want to be known as a flop (so what is he?)
|¡°I will preserve and protect a woman¡¯s right to choose, and have devoted and am dedicated to honoring my word in that regard¡(Nov. 2, 2002) = Well, now guess what? Hes solidly pro-abortion AGAIN! See also: I respect and will protect a womans right to choose. This choice is a deeply personal one ¡ Women should be free to choose based on their own beliefs, not mine and not the governments. (Stephanie Ebbert, Clarity Sought On Romneys Abortion Stance, The Boston Globe, 7/3/05) = Ah, back securely in the flop saddle again?
|Nov. 04: Romney & his wife had simultaneous pro-life conversions linked to stem cell research: Romney met w/Dr. Douglas Melton from Harvard Stem Cell Institute: He recalls that it happened in a single revelatory moment, during a Nov. 9, 2004, meeting with an embryonic-stem-cell researcher who said he didnt believe therapeutic cloning presented a moral issue because the embryos were destroyed at 14 days. It hit me very hard that we had so cheapened the value of human life in a Roe v. Wade environment that it was important to stand for the dignity of human life, Romney says. Source: Time Mag, March 9, 2007 = (So the pro-abortion-but-no-pro-choice-label-please-is-now-a-pro-life-convert?)
|May 27 2005: Romney affirms his commitment to being pro-choice at a press conference. (I am absolutely committed to my promise to maintain the status quo with regards to laws relating to abortion and choice.) = OK, this is at least a flop from November 04!
|What about his gubernatorial record 03-06? Mitt later says his actions were ALL pro-life. I assume somewhere in 05 some pro-life decisions. As governor, I¡¯ve had several pieces of legislation reach my desk, which would have expanded abortion rights in Massachusetts. Each of those I vetoed. Every action I¡¯ve taken as the governor that relates to the sanctity of human life, I have stood on the side of life. = So, THESE ACTIONS were not only an 02 commitment reversal, but his May 27, 05 press conference commitment as well. So flipping is beginning to be routine
|April 12, 2006Mitt signs his Commonwealth Care into existence, thereby expanding abortion access/taxpayer funded abortions for womenincluding almost 2% of the females of his state who earn $75,000 or more. (Wait a minute, I thought he told us post-06 that ALL of his actions were pro-life?). Also, not only this, but as governor, Romney could exercise veto power to portions of Commonwealth Care. Did Romney exercise this power? (Yes, he vetoed Sections 5, 27, 29, 47, 112, 113, 134 & 137). What prominent section dealing with Planned Parenthood as part of the payment policy advisory board did Romney choose NOT to veto? (Section 3) That section mandates that one member of MassHealth Payment Policy Board must be appointed by Planned Parenthood League of MA. (See chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006, section 3 for details).
|As governor, I¡¯ve had several pieces of legislation reach my desk, which would have expanded abortion rights in Massachusetts. Each of those I vetoed. Every action I¡¯ve taken as the governor that relates to the sanctity of human life, I have stood on the side of life. = So, then THESE ACTIONS were not only a reversal of his 2002 commitment, but his May 27, 2005 press conference commitment. So flipping is still routine
|Early 2007
|On January 29, 2007 during South Carolina visit, Romney stated: ¡°Over the last multiple years, as you know, I have been effectively pro-choice. (Bruce Smith, Romney Campaigns in SC with Sen. DeMint, The Associated Press, 1/29/07) = OK how could every action Ive taken as the governor that relates to the sanctity of human life... AND this statement BOTH be true?
|Another South Carolina campaign stop has Romney uttering I was always for life¡±: I am firmly pro-life¡ I was always for life. (Jim Davenport, Romney Affirms Opposition to Abortion, The Associated Press, 2/9/2007) = Oh, of course as the above shows, hes always been pro-life!
|Summer 2007
|I never said I was pro-choice, but my position was effectively pro-choice. Source: 2007 GOP Iowa Straw Poll debate 8/5/2007 = OK...looking at 94 & 02 campaigns, both his public statements, his 2002 voter guide responses, & his actions (which are a major form of expression, ya know!) how could he say he never said he was pro-choice?
|Then comes his 8/12/07 interview with Chris Wallace of Fox: I never called myself pro-choice. I never allowed myself to use the word pro-choice because I didnt FEEL I was pro-choice. I would protect the law, I said, as it was, but I wasnt pro-choice, and so... = Whatever he was from 70 when his mom ran as pro-abortion senator & he sided w/ her, to 5/27/05, w/whatever interruption he had due to a pro-life altar call in Nov of 04, whatever that was...well, he assures us it wasnt a pro-abortion inlook or outlook cause he didnt feel pro-choice... = So does that make him a life-long pro-lifer?
|December 2007 (Anything different from embryos perspective than June 2002?)
|5.5 years before ¨C June 13, 2002: Romney: ...spoke at a bioethics forum at Brandeis University. In a Boston Globe story filed the next day, he was quoted as saying that he endorsed embryonic stem cell research, hoping it would one day cure his wifes multiple sclerosis. And he went on to say: I am in favor of stem cell research. I will work and fight for stem cell research, before adding, Id be happy to talk to [President Bush] about this, though I dont know if I could budge him an inch. When pressed, however, Romney and his aides declined to offer an opinion on therapeutic or embryonic cloning. Source: Weekly Standard
|December 5, 2007: Romney: ...surplus embryos...Those embryos, I hope, could be available for adoption for people who would like to adopt embryos. But if a parent decides they would want to donate one of those embryos for purposes of research, in my view, thats acceptable. It should not be made against the law. Any inquiring minds want to try wrapping their minds around how a politician in one sentence mentions adopting embryos out (yes, a great thing to mention!) but then in the very NEXT breath says if a PARENT wants to be pro-choice (Mitt used the word decides which is what pro-choicers say they want) to donate one of those embryos for purposes of research, in my view, thats acceptable. Say what???? How about 8-month gestationally-aged infants in the womb, Mitt? Or already-born infants, too, Mitt? If a parent decides they would want to donate one of those...for purposes of research, in my view, thats acceptable... No??? Whats the pro-life difference, Mitt? Here you call an embryos mom&dad parents but parents w/ research give-away rights? How bizarre we have such schizophrenic candidate!
Don't know who you think you're trying to lecture...read my posts before doing so.
I detest Romney and have made it clear at every opportunity.
So you'd sell out your country to a liberal who, in your opinion is less of a liberal than Obama, but the reality based off his own words he is the exact same?
And if Romney doesn't get the nomination, will you then vote for Obama in protest?
Different subset.
Do they root for Willard?
Then bye-bye!
No; he won't.
That LOSER couldn't even beat a fellow rino LAST time outta the gate; and THIS time there are some REAL Conservatives in the field!
The Mitt-bot gene in the dna.
Churches have a 'cryroom' off the sanctuary for a reason...
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