Wow! The year just flew by! We’ve added lots of new friends and visitors.
I don’t know that we’ve introduced all of our administrators lately, so I’ll do that here:
First of all is our founder, Sundancecracker. He writes most of the posts, and is the one who always has our six.
Next, there’s Ad rem, our dear Puddy, who needs no further introduction to most of you: 
Our dear dog, Menagerie: 
Here’s our other devoted patriot, who finds many of our great daily bumper stickers, Patriot Dreamer: 
Dear friend and deep thinker, Sharon, creator of Sunday special, Mailboxes & Old Barns:
There’s me, Stellap:
Our lovely dahling girl, WaltzingMtilda:
Our quick-witted (and funny) Texan, WeeWeed:
And last, but never least, our brilliant Ytz4mee:
It’s no surprise that many of our new visitors were drawn here by the conversation surrounding the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman controversy, and some have joined in our general conversations, while others stick pretty much exclusively to the TM/GZ threads. Some of you are not the conservatives or libertarian guests that we were used to, but I think that different points of view have added in a positive way (usually) to discussions on a variety of topics. The increase in traffic has correspondingly increased our moderation/administrative load, and spam increased proportionally, but we’re not complaining – much.
STATISTICS:
In January, 2012, we had total views of 109,271. Last month (January, 2013), views totaled 602,073. Today we will break the mark of an all-time 7,000,000 page views! In contrast, at the end of January, 2012, we stood at total page views of 1,158,925.
Our most popular post over the last year concerned the Benghazi massacre, Boldly Into The Breach, at 120,856.
In second place was Sandy Hook Shooting – Discrepancies (not conspiracies….. yet), at 83,462.
Trayvon Martin doesn’t make the list until #3, Update #26 Part 2 – Trayvon Martin Shooting – A year of drug use culminates in predictable violence…, viewed 55,007 times …
followed by Whitney Houston, DEAD – Whitney Houston 1963 – 2012 (Video) with 52,223.
In fifth place is Update #10 (Part 2) – The Trayvon Martin Shooting “DeeDee” Reveals The False “Truths”…, at 39,453. Pastor Alois Bell is right behind this one – over 38,000 so far.
We’ve added lots of NEW friends – I hesitate to mention names, because there are so many new people who have joined our daily discussions. I will mention a few I’ve gotten to know over on the Open Thread, in no particular order:
F.D.R. in Hell:
cajunkelly:
ctdar:
aliashubbatch:
scubachick75:
Omar:
Chip Bennett:
22tula:
rumpole2:
jello333:
Please don’t feel slighted because you weren’t in this list. There are some I would have included, but you don’t have an avatar yet. Many of you have been around for most of the past year, so get a move on! Here are the instructions for creating a Gravatar, compliments of Mtilda:
Gravatars 101
Please join with us in singing Happy Birthday, and we will blow out the candles and pass out the cake and ice cream. Fireworks would be fun too, but I don’t know if the budget will stretch that far.
I like this cake – I hope it tastes good!
Okay, we all chipped in and got the fireworks too!
And as always -
WOLVERINES!
I am so sincerely honored, blessed and delighted to have found this completely awesome, brilliant, self-thinking, brave, funny, compassionate, honest, and diligent group of people with which to share my thoughts and delve into issues which affect each of us. I can only give you my must humble thanks for all that Sundance and the other wonderful moderators do. You make me laugh. You make me think. Your words make me feel like a better person. Wishing the Treehouse and it’s inhabitants a very Happy 2nd Birthday…..and wishing you many, many happy returns!!
Yep….and we’re not only good to read, we build strong bodies twelve ways!
Ooohhhh. I like strong bodies!!
I feel like doing a CTH JibJab to celebrate… but avatars don’t give much to work with
I am very happy to have found the place…. for the GZ case excellent analysis initially… but I do also share political views with many here and have an interest in US politics.. and its effects…
And… most importantly the Admin are so nice… especially the puddy tats
That’s it….. suckin’ up to teh Puddy…….
BTW… any Admin…. I sent an email yesterday
Subject: “Check reference”
Did somebody see it?
Hey…..re not having much to work with. The last time we gave the old tree a good root feeding, we did manage to capture this brief grin.
(BTW….Thank you for demonstrating to the others the much appreciated art of the suck-up. Cat doth not live by kibble alone!)
This place is a godsend the tree house is a. Intellectual oasis it makes me stretch my mind challenges me it puts me on the cutting edge of information necessary to the free mind and the free spirit. thank you.
I agree Omar!!!! We came here together my Sista!!!! Love this place! I truly have learned alot here. Alot about Politics that I never thought I cared much about, because I didnt understand. But along with Omar and Blam and the TH, It is so much easier to understand in plain English! Thanks for allowing me to sit upon a limb and chit chat away! God bless and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Happy Second Birthday Treehose! So glad to have found you guys. Keep up the great work!
You mean you aren’t a Hoser, Dawn? Thanks for the good wishes.
Oops! That should be Treehouse. No, I’m not Canadian.Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
LOL!
Happy Birthday to you. A truly wonderful site. Thank you for all you do.
Lets Party!!!!
That looks like one deep thinking Treehouse (cake)! Wish I still had that many shingles on my roof!!!
This is a great site I love the fact that you keep it real no matter which way the story happens to go. I only go on 2 site now this one and Random Topics. Keep up the good work.
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Well, I’m wanting to know you you did that!?? Love the musical notes and the traily things!
I copied and pasted it from ascii art which I googled.
I do know a musical note is Alt+15 on the numeric pad ♫ and Alt+13 will give you this ♪ note.
Who knew? I sure didn’t… Fun visuals.
You can haz MAC…..right?
Happy Birthday and Thank You to an amazing group of people. Your site is entertaining and educational, informative and intelligent, a very rare find.
2 years! that’s awesome. Happy Birthday to the launch of this website. You’re providing a valuable service. most importantly, thanks for supporting George. any one of us could one day be in this type of situation just trying to be a good neighbor and caring.
Happy Birthday from the POtuS. We’d all like to join the Treepers for ice cream and cake so we’ll be sending a train by for you. Feel free to enjoy the hospitality of the ice cream shoppe in our FEMA camp #25 in Detroit, affectionately know as ‘Bash and Robbings’.. Michelle will be doing portion control to ensure that you will all be able to easily fit into the oven…errr…’train’ doors when it time to leave.
Thanks, there, Zaub – I jus’ spewed Coors Light all over my screen. Dammit…..
Thank you, Puddy. I iz messy….
Whatsa matter – couldn’t find a BEER?
Yes, a BEER. If you’re in the Denver area go to Bull+Bush, in the Springs, Phantom Canyon, liberal yuppie college town up northish, New Belgium or Odells. When cleaning the bugs off of one’s window the ex-pat Coors Light works just fine – especially if you scrape hard with the can.
hahahahahaha…. not….um, that’s how I feel now when boarding the new trains that take you to your gate at Dulles, replacing the buses … creepy, unsettled and claustrophobic. When I voiced my uneasiness to my spouse about feeling like I was being whisked away against my will to a “camp”, several nods of silent agreement.
Creepy, unsettled, claustrophobic – that’s how I feel riding the DC Metro.
Eat the cake, don’t drink the Kool Aid
czar? you stop that.
Told you I used to write for the Government…
Here is a fave “go to” song for happy times…. Happy Birthday CTH
What’s a Birthday without cats?
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac218/Uther2/Working%20Uploads%202/Happy_Birthday_Cats_zpse2e96cc1.jpg
Happy Birthday to the Treehouse- My go to site! I read here every single day! God bless all the admins for the hard work they do; the wonderful posters, and of course, SD.
And… Thanks to admin for all the Troll control
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac218/Uther2/Working%20Uploads%202/lolcats14zc8_zps1a05a45e.jpg
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The Treehouse Gophers…
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac218/Uther2/Working%20Uploads%202/mafia_zpsfeaa3e41.jpg
Then there is Sundance…..
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac218/Uther2/Working%20Uploads%202/damn-those-are-nice-24239-1250216785-32_zps98047b90.jpg
Good try….Admin
CTH Pirate Gophers….
That one is best left as a teaser….
Happy Birthday to the treehouse ! Thank you Sundance and Admin’s for having such a wonderful place and for making me feel welcome. I love this place ….it has a classy staff a strong leader and some of the most wonderful people I have ever meet.
Happy birthday Treepers!!! Wow! Two whole years! It’s been a fun adventure since we wised up and abandoned “he who shall not be named.” This site has indeed become a refuge. I can’t tell you how many times I have come here for reassurance, for friendship, for knowledge, and for clear, honest information. Not to mention music, laughter, cake, and most of all bacon!!!
Congratulations and many thanks to all the admins – you have created a wonderful, welcoming place in a virtual world. Love you all!!!! And thank you, too, to all my fellow branch-sitters – the Treehouse wouldn’t be nearly as much fun without each one of you!
God bless us everyone!!!
Puddy – This one’s for you:
Awwwwwwwww…..Auntie Lib,
THATISSOCUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG soooooo cute!!!
Hey everyone – look what I found around back of the tree:
Did you all know we have our own supply???
Apparently that didn’t work. Hmmm…Heh….just wait ’til Menage finds out you found her stash.
Auntie….I need to see the “direct link”…the one that starts with an “http”…..sorry
I just sent an email – I don’t know why the link didn’t post. I had the same problem last night too. Weird.
Got it!
The reason it didn’t post the first time, is ’cause you linked to the “HTML” version (that starts like this <a href="http)….which only admins are allowed to use. 
Next time choose the link that says "direct link" and starts with just the "http" stuff…that way WP doesn't have a cow. 
Sorry about that. I used the link I use for my blog when I use Photobucket – didn’t realize the “admin” difference. (I don’t use it very often.) Mea culpa!
I wondered why that stack of cases looked smaller! Cheers. Now is the time to celebrate.
That is so cool/cute! Thanks for the share!
Fashionably late, I am…
Congratulations CTH! This site has indeed become my place of refuge, even though sometimes the news is disturbing and unsettling.
But as is often the case, the best medicine doesn’t taste very good.
With increasingly anti-American news I take solace in knowing I’m not alone in my dissent. I am in good Patriotic (take *that* Southern Poverty League) company here.
Yeah, those jackwagons have now declared that those who identify as patriots are hate groups.
LOL…..idiots. Call me raaaaaaayyyccciiisssss hate-Puddy tea-bagger all day. See if I care.
+1
I’ve been called a “selfish rayciss” so often and for so long, I’ve decided to make it work for me. Yep. Proud selfish rayciss here.
Actually they’re correct. I AM A HATER! I hate what the jackass in the oval office, along with all the low information filthy progs are doing to my country!
Screw ‘em runnin down the road in snow shoes.
Yes, I used remarkable restraint with that comment. /sarc
OK …. here’s my gravatar !!! woooooooohooooooooo Steve McQueen is my fav actor. He’s the anti-hero, a patriot, an every man with faults, a cop, a fire chief, a thief, a POW, and cowboy many times over.
and let’s not forget the most important ….. THE BOUNTY HUNTER, Josh Randall, mare’s leg ready to go:
Wonder what this says about me. Any guesses?
I think SD is like Paladin:
Have Gun Will Travel Reads The Card of a Man
A Knight Without Armor in a Savage Land
His Fast Gun For Hire Heeds the Calling Wind
A soldier of fortune is a man called …. Paladin
Paladin Paladin … where do you roam
Ahhhh those were the good ole days.
go to the playlist on the video
Most excellent gravatar Ottawa!!!
Excellent gravatar!
Here ya go!
Yep, that fits SD to a Tee ! Course we have some other good cowboys here too:
Here’s Jello, Justfactsplz, Chip Bennett, and John Gault
Nice and very cute but I be a cowgirl born and bred in west Texas.
so what … I’m a girl and I’m Steve McQueen.
Okeedokee then. So can I be Little Joe in that Bonanza deal? Thanks for thinking of me!
I never heard that one before. Nice guitar playing.
With a little urging (okay, a big push), I have now finally chosen a gravatar.
I like it!
Thank you. You can do aerial surveillance, I’ll load the cannons!
No probs! The inductions into the Order of Molly Pitcher are my favorite part of St. Barbara’s Day Balls!!!
Yesssss… more avatar picture thingys….. Whoot
Good one.
We loves us some people who get avatars…. makes the finding of the comments easier when they get hung up.
Thanks.
Since I’ve been made to feel so welcome, and have been hanging around awhile now, it’s about time I got around to doing it. Congratulations on such a great site, Happy Birthday!
Great choice!
Picture Rumpole2 as the one the only … Doc Holiday
I do approve… cool and understated…. with a drink in one hand
But…… can I be Michael Corleone? That was my Avatar pic for a long time…. I found a fave clip too…….
“My answer is this……………. nothing”
So calm and cool… yet you know he has the power to make good on what he says… and he is relentless… sounds like me
Another fave movie line is from “Kill Bill” (and perhaps originally a Klingon saying in ST)
“Revenge is a meal best served cold”
well, no because I’m doing cowboys right now. Can Michael ride a horse ??… ooops I do seem to remember a horse in the Godfather now that you mention it.
I was Hercule Poirot for a while… a bit too French (Belgian actually) for a US crowd… so I gave him a cowboy hat… lol
LMAO … only you would think to do that !!!
Love Hercule! Watched him last weekend on Masterpiece Mysteries.
I was a fan… watched them all and a couple of re-runs.
It was first ever online Name/persona… thought I was here to do just “sleuthing” back then…. there has been a bit more to online life since
“Revenge is a meal best served cold” was also a quote by Christopher Plummer in Star Trek – The Undiscovered Country. This isn’t the scene, but I like to think this is what we will do the prosecution and Crump on Tuesday. As O’Mara (the Enterprise) and West (the Excelsior (Sulu) annihilate the Klingon bird of prey. I have quite an imagination. That’s all I have with that case right now.
Yes… I said it wuz a Klingoon proverb (supposedly)
sorry … I saw the KillBill … but missed the ST. great line and you are right. I thought the line might have been taken from Shakespeare or some other literary work, but to my surprise you are right that it is a ST original.
Since you brought up Kill Bill, I have a pic for today (Groundhog Day):
Well, I just gotta say it…Happy Birthday to Us!
tilda, I was amazed to see the numbers on how successful this blog is. You guys must be very proud at your success. And something tells me there are many more successes ahead.
We have a lot of lurkers!
happy b day treepers. my favorite place.
eastern2western and hooson1st – a man’s got a right to protect his property and his life:
Jordan and Lou
Happy 2nd birthday to Mr. Cracker and all the Admins who keep this place afloat. And to all the wonderful contributors here. This is the only place I hang out these days. Oh … and thanks to the gentle nudge and directions, I now have an avatar/gravatar/tiny little pic-a-ture.
Oh.I.like.your.avatar.thingy. Excellent.
Tankoo, Sharon.
me too … pretty straight forward … no mistaking the message
I very muchly like that avatar too…
Thanks, Sundance! I found a few others I’ve saved for future use, but this one was by far my favorite.
Excellent avatar. So glad more of you are signing on.
Excellent avatar!
Happy Birthday Treepers. What a great ragtag bun h of people here.
Okay…I have posted here for awhile on and off and just want to say how much I have enjoyed finding refuge in the treehouse. Happy birthday to fellow my Treepers and to the 6 that keep the branches pruned, the soil watered and the leaves gathered in the fall…thank you! Your hard work and diligence in protecting and promoting the conservative values on which this country was founded is greatly appreciated.
Amen.
Happy Birthday, CTH.
Maybe someday I’ll create a gravatar.
Happy Birthday, indeed! Yep, it was your impeccable Zimmerman/Martin coverage that lured me, and the content that keeps me coming back. The daily Our Father is a necessity, too, and if I ever get around to making a blog, will also be on mine.
Commentators can make a good blog better, or worse. So can blog owners and moderators. Moderation and deletion of comments is the deciding factor. Consider: I left LGF for good when the owner became obsessed with moderation and “banning”. I’m pretty sure I’m leaving Gateway Pundit for good because the owner pretty much never reads his comments sections, let alone engages with his readers — so most of the racist comments, the comments which would normally get you a knock on the door by the SS, and lately, the spam, stay forever.
Excellent blog.
In league with Ace of Spades HQ, Flopping Aces, Mychal Massie, and Legal Insurrection.
And just two years old! Congratulations.
Heh….don’t get me started on the Lizoid Army.
And what dreamerspirit said:
“Treepers and to the 6 that keep the branches pruned, the soil watered and the leaves gathered in the fall…thank you!”
And, is that a chocolate-covered-pretzel footbridge?
A B’day present from my spam folder, CANDIED BACON: http://allrecipes.com/video/590/candied-bacon/detail.aspx?ms=1&prop25=104800357&prop26=DailyDish&prop27=2013-02-02&prop28=RecipeOption&prop29=FullRecipe&me=1
I think I found it on YouTube…
I’m planning on finding it on my plate. This is the kind of recipe that is good even if you screw it up.
Very Happy Birhday Treehouse! I have gained so much and learned so much in the past five months here. I am eternally grateful. I came researching George and stayed because he had so many supporters here. I have met some very nice virtual friends here and have ventured on to other threads. It is the only place I trust for political news. Thank you to the staff and the treepers for everything. I love this place!
For laughs:
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/02/hahahahaha-white-house-actually.html
What could possibly go wrong when the White House warns people against photoshopping the picture of Preezy “skeet shooting”?
And they’ve even got a contest going for peeps will “shooping” skillz…
http://masermedia.org/contest-best-shop-of-obama-shooting-skeet/
And here we have the antithesis of The Won – George W dove hunting:
OMG, approaching my page down finger. Congratulations all for really exposing all that you do. I really appreciate this site. Happy Birthday!
ZurichMike just got up (Sunday) and apparently missed all the fun. Happy Birthday to my online family!
You know us, Mike. We like to party all the time!
Oh man! I only just now saw this…. sorry! But anyway HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Going into the Terrible Twos now, eh? Oh oh….
Seriously though, I’m super impressed with this site. I know 90% of my time is spent in the TM/GZ threads, but I sometimes jump into other ones too. And even when I don’t, I can still see how much work is put into every post you have here, and especially how seriously everyone takes anything that involves digging/research of any kind. Impressive stuff.
Anyway, thanks for welcoming me here, and I’m really, really glad I’ve met so many good people over the 9 months I’ve been here. And I’m honored that you included me in your list up top. Thanks, Stellap
hey, jello! ’bout time you showed up. All the best cake ‘n stuff is gone, but if you sort of check around the base of the Tree you can probably find something to your liking! We’re so glad you’re aboard.
As usual, with the long, video-laden posts, I have trouble getting through these things. 12-yr-old computers are that way, ya know.
But don’t worry, I still got some crumbs from the cake, and it was good. Actually I think that’s the kind I’m gonna have DMan buy for me when the time comes to pay up.
(Oh, and Ottawa… your character assignments and videos was very cool. Even though my computer hates me now, I enjoyed it!)
Happy Birthday Treehouse! Thank you to Sundance & all the admins for what you do every day to make this THE site to come to
I’m sorry I missed the kickoff was at the kids sports all yesterday afternoon and than to a few parties.
Er & just woke up so proof you are the first site I check (after I found my phone)
Here I am, a day late and a dollar short, but by golly I showed up for the party! Looks like y’all had quite a little shindig. As one who has been here almost from the beginning, I’ve seen all the milestones, and thoroughly enjoyed the ride. We’ve laughed and cried together, yelled in anger and cussed a few times too. But as one who spends most of my time away from my real family during the week, this family has been a godsend during the week for me. I thank all of you who have allowed me to become a part of this family. You know who you are.
Happy Birthday Treehouse! Thank You for a friendly branch to sit on.
http://stabone.com/img/s10/v17/p1044486595-3.jpg
“All it takes is a point of light” The Treehouse is that point of light.
I really appreciate what czarowniczy contributes.
Sadly this is more where I am on the spectrum…..