Here at FFS, we tell time the old fashioned way . . .
From all of us at FFS, I’d like to wish all of our posters and other readers a very Happy New Year. May your 2015 be all that you hope, want, and need it to be and may we all continue to make strides in restoring democracy as part of our Constitutional Grand Experiment and make inroads in destroying the plutocracy that threatens that vision of the Founders and the Declaration.
Since our start in January of 2014, we have enjoyed enormous growth over the last twelve months. Our unique visitors have trended at +56.4% and our page views at +36.24% over that period. We have gained approximately 275,000 points to our Alexa rating. Not bad for the “new kids on the block”.* Much thanks to both our audience and the author/editors here at FFS for making 2014 a prospering enterprise. One resolution for the blog (that will be easy to keep) is to keep providing the quality content and marketplace of ideas that has made FFS the success it is to date. Our success is your success.
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As the year winds to a close, it is traditional to pick a “man of the year,” or in our more enlightened age, a “person of the year.” I’ve never done that before, but this year there is one candidate who has left his mark so indelibly on 2014 that I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge his vast influence.
Thus, my own personal pick for 2014′s Person of the Year: Ben Trovato.
Happy New Year! Ok Bron, I’ll bite. My person of the year is Elizabeth Warren. She showed what she’s made of during the budget debates. Kudos go to her for standing on principle and bucking those in her own party.
Well done, Gene, well done. In spite of it all, you kept the faith.
A Healthy and Happy to all.
A Happy, Healthy and Joyous New Year to all and many, many more. From the first our Founder Gene has steered a straight course by creating this blog and the rules that ensure it is a good place to exchange ideas. For my own part, I’m grateful to all my associates in this enterprise for helping build a site with diverse content that interests smart people. Being here this past year has given me a voice in my dotage and much pleasure to boot. Most importantly we have grown so rapidly because there are so many who have habituated these environs and contributed so much to its success. All of us thank you for hanging out with us, thus becoming a part of the FFS family. Stay with us, we won’t disappoint you.
Happy New Year, everybody.
Happy New Year and congratulations on your new endeavor.