Thanks for the welcome, this seems like a good community.
It is a great community. However, it is considered a breach of etiquette at best, and a mortal sin at worst, to post an excerpt from your own blog here.
If you sign up on Free Republic, you want to avoid just posting a piece of your blog. I think it is okay if you post the entire piece from your blog, just not an excerpt.
For good reason. They don’t want people coming on here trying to pump up hits on their blog. I understand that.
You are new, so you should expect some folks to come after you. Be contrite, say you didn’t know the rules...and don’t do it again. You will be welcome here if you do, and you are a conservative.