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  1. Well, it’s probably a good thing that he didn’t live to see last Thursday.

    RIP, Fred.

  2. I expect Fred would have things to say that would pull the whole mess into perspective.

    “The Greeks demand Wisdom, the Jews look for a Sign…”

    Fred could do both…no higher compliment can be paid.

    Miss ya, Fred…

  3. Thanks for the memory of Fred, neo. The years have flown by and now we see in even clearer terms how spot on Fred’s insight was. Yes, he added much wisdom to the discussion.

  4. Has it been three years already? Fred had a knack for skewering the left and seeing through its b.s. that came from being one of them for a time. He knew what they were about, and made sure we knew, too, with wit, clarity, and reason.

  5. Three years. Wow. Breitbart’s demise reminded me of Fred. All that knowledge and goodness, just gone in an instant. Almost like they were needed somewhere else in a hurry.

    I’ll never forget either one.

  6. Neoneocon,

    I’m sure most of us have not committed the date of Fred’s death to memory, yet, even if unspoken, we remember him oftentimes in our conversations and especially vividly now as we realize that it has already been three years.

    If I may be so bold as to speak for all of us, Thank You for the reminder and the memorial.

  7. RIP. Indeed, when the salesman says hurry up, this is a limited-time offer, it is time to put your hand over your wallet and say thanks-but-no-thanks.

  8. I’m in the mood for some Ann Barnhardt:

    http://barnhardt.biz/index.cfm

    Since I can’t link to her individual posts, see “Stupid, Stupid Jackasses Part 1 & 2”.

    Don’t miss the video of her reciting Patrick Henry’s speech in Part 2.

    I’m there now. I’m with her, and Henry: Let it come.

    And no, I don’t think Fred would object to me putting it on this thread.

  9. To all the beautiful “changers,” including Fred in heaven:

    The Thomas Sowell piece above is brilliant. I listened 3 times. It is the most succinct statement I can remember.
    The two premises: brilliant.
    The three questions: brilliant

    When talking with those who have not yet changed, to avoid argument we can just ask what is their foundational belief:
    a belief in the possibility of redemption of each soul or a belief in social engineering.

    Amen.

  10. Minds meeting minds!

    That’s what’s special here, and FredHJr had special and wise things to say and a talent for saying them. That is not to dampen those of us who have not his talent or profundity; few do. But we should try because he would agree with Emily Dickinson:

    Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.

    Never stops at all! Fred hasn’t stopped either.

  11. I seem to have first come here right after Fred’s passing; consequently, unlike some of the others above who I’ve come to respect and read on a daily basis over the past few years (T, Baklava, Curtis, rickl, JJ, SteveH), I never got to do the same with him.

    Still, one thing I know is that no one so respected and admired by everyone here could be anything but remarkable, his loss profound.

    I don’t remember if I wrote something like this for last year’s memorial, but if so, I am more than happy to be repeating myself this year.

    RIP Fred.

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