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This is just a drill: Thanks to John McCain, Free Republic will shut down tomorrow at high noon for
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Posted on 03/23/2006 8:03:45 PM PST by Jim Robinson

Edited on 03/24/2006 11:31:56 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

Now hear this:

Thanks to John McCain, Free Republic will shut down tomorrow at high noon for 30 days. No non government approved electioneering messages may be transmitted over the internet for the 30 days immediately preceding a primary election.

That is all.


The above exercise was just a drill. But if John McCain has his way with his proposed rules for regulating political free speech on the internet, this is how we will be forced to operate in the coming election cycle and all election cycles in the future until we can get the unconstitutional McCain-Feingold act repealed.

Carthago delenda est


I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!



If the thought of losing your right to express yourself online makes you mad, it is high time you let Senator John McCain know how you feel.

McCain, John - (R - AZ)
(202) 224-2235

Washington, DC
241 Russell Senate Ofc. Bldg.
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2235
Fax: (202) 228-2862


Phoenix
5353 North 16th Street
Suite 105
Phoenix, Arizona 85016
Phone: (602) 952-2410
Fax: (602) 952-8702

Tempe
4703 S. Lakeshore Drive
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Tempe, Arizona 85282
Phone: (480) 897-6289
Fax: (480) 897-8389

Tucson
407 W. Congress Street
Suite 103
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Phone: (520) 670-6334
Fax: (520) 670-6637


McCain, John - (R - AZ)
(202) 224-2235

Other contact #'s
US capitol toll free -

1-877-762-8762
Senate Offices:

Cloak Room Democratic: (202) 224-4691
Cloak Room Republican: (202) 224-6191

(From post #732 by bd476)


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To: Alberta's Child

You bet. Now, is this stuff serious? Is it true - what do you think?


561 posted on 03/23/2006 9:37:38 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: jan in Colorado

Ping and Bump!


562 posted on 03/23/2006 9:37:38 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: SlowBoat407
Even if the law takes its full force, I'm not shutting up. Our lawmakers may have to be shamed by the sight of people being arrested for speaking their minds, or simply overwhelmed by the number of people who refuse to shut up, but I'm not going to let some idiotic time restriction decide when and where I make my opinions known.

Let them try and shut me up.

If they get away with destroying our freedom of speech, they'll be stepping into a scenario where TSHTF.

563 posted on 03/23/2006 9:37:57 PM PST by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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To: Washi

Not at all. This is the way it'll be if McCain has his way with us.


564 posted on 03/23/2006 9:38:01 PM PST by Jim Robinson
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To: freepatriot32

Guy Fawkes wasn't such a bad guy


565 posted on 03/23/2006 9:38:13 PM PST by SandfleaCSC ( “Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.”)
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To: Victoria Delsoul

Look at the title now; it's just a drill.

*sighs with relief*


566 posted on 03/23/2006 9:38:25 PM PST by Ultra Sonic 007 (Hitler and Stalin have nothing on Abortion)
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To: I'm ALL Right!

Get to your point.


567 posted on 03/23/2006 9:38:33 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: Jim Robinson

McInsane is going to get a call.


568 posted on 03/23/2006 9:38:37 PM PST by MonroeDNA (Look for the union label--on the bat crashing through your windshield!)
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To: Jim Robinson; All
"This is just a drill"

A very effective drill! I was furious and quite saddened.

569 posted on 03/23/2006 9:38:59 PM PST by KoRn
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To: freepatriot32

Congress would still get it shut down if they wanted.

By out-and-out bribing them, or by threatening them with cutting off funding.

Since the only thing that matters anymore is money...


570 posted on 03/23/2006 9:39:06 PM PST by djf (Deal??? Tell the banker to bite me!!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

NOW THAT it what I want to hear...and what my monthy donor money goes to...

A FIGHTER, JIM....and you are ours.

I will do whatever it takes to help---just say the word.


571 posted on 03/23/2006 9:39:37 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bush-Bot;WaterBucket Brigader;and fan of defconw;Cboldt is my mentor!)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

No wonder I was having so much fun.


572 posted on 03/23/2006 9:39:39 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: NautiNurse; doug from upland; Mia T; ALOHA RONNIE; jwalsh07; Born Conservative; mhking; ...

(Apologies for any redundant pings)

573 posted on 03/23/2006 9:40:03 PM PST by nutmeg (NEVER trust democRATs with our national security)
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To: Stellar Dendrite

Thanks bro (I sense the red laser dot from the mods though ;-)


574 posted on 03/23/2006 9:40:08 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: Rennes Templar
..bwitch Shrillery Antoinette de Fosterizer de Marx de Machiavelli de Stalin . . . de Sade

Feel free to add other appellations as you see fit. I didn't include all I sometimes have.

She has certainly earned every one and then some.

575 posted on 03/23/2006 9:40:39 PM PST by Quix (GOD IS LOVE and full of mercy HE IS ALSO JUST & fiercely HOLY. Groups choosing death can reap it)
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To: freepatriot32
"freerepublic2.com?

yeah that could work but they would have to host it in a foreign country that has freedom of speech enshrined in their constitution so that their Congress can not pass a law abridging it"

I didn't mean that as any kind of permanent solution but only a place to regroup and decide what to do.
576 posted on 03/23/2006 9:40:42 PM PST by gondramB (Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Just ignore and refuse to comply with any such ruling or order. What can they do? Nobody owns the Internet .


577 posted on 03/23/2006 9:40:43 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: Jim Robinson

It's Registered's. The man is a genius. http://www.registeredmedia.com


578 posted on 03/23/2006 9:40:49 PM PST by mirkwood (Gun control isn't about guns. It's about control.)
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To: oceanview

I haven't seen any articles saying Talk Radio is affected by MF/CFR. I think radio shows are exempt because they're part of tradional old media that isn't involved in lobbying according to MR/CFR. The Left is trying to regulate radio by bringing back the "Fairness Doctrine." As a great philospher once said, "the world is an endless power struggle."


579 posted on 03/23/2006 9:40:52 PM PST by carl in alaska (The raven watching news of the Florida recounts stirred and spoke. Quoth the raven..."NeverGore.")
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To: Jim Robinson

Heard you loud and clear. I'll be on the phone tomorrow.


580 posted on 03/23/2006 9:40:59 PM PST by A message (Armed and ready)
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