This is just a drill: Thanks to John McCain, Free Republic will shut down tomorrow at high noon for

Free Republic ^

[carl in alaska]

Welcome to official FR membership! For this you desrve your very own pet raven (who is likely to start saying "NeverGore").

[TASMANIANRED]

Bit of a temper problem.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Wonderful!!
Stay safe, ya hear?
*HUG*
ms.B

[F.J. Mitchell]

"Some of my favorite people in the world are redheads"

Mine too, especially redheads of the female persuasion.

[freedumb2003]

I'm Irish on my mother's side. I know all about redheaded tempers ;)

[msnimje]

[budwiesest]

By the way, John McCain is my legal advisor.

McCain vs. Hillary! in 08 equals the death knell. Bong! Bong!

"Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie..."

Two thirds of America have already flushed the 'Dream' down the toilet.

Myself, I hang out at gun threads to learn skills that ultimately will become useful in the near future when the remaining third are attacked outright.

We The People are only to blame, since we could have enumerated a few of the rights the 10th ammendment left open for us to explore. But we didn't, and they (feds and states) have, (nature abhores a vacuum) thus the near-police state enviornment we live in today.

Living within the law in this state means allowing one's self to become prey to the sick predators this socialist mecca produces each year. No thanks. Screw McCain, Hillary, and this state. As a real American, I have no time for socialists, fascists, and the budding minnions willing to do their bidding.

[freedumb2003]

[FOXFANVOX]

I find this gagging of free speech incredible. Is this the US or is it the USSR! At 12:01 tomorrow, I will make a call to Sen. McCain's office and ask why my best source of unbiased news and information is being shut down. Perhaps if we all call continuously for 30 days, McCain might find out what it is like to have your communication source unavailable!

I will also ask if NPR is being shut down as they have demonstrated a political bias which a corporation receiving federal tax money should not exhibit.

Lastly, I will advise Sen. McCain that I will never, ever vote for him.

[Is there any plan to form up at an alternate location, geographic or Internet?]

[RasterMaster]

It's not April Fool's day....I hope you are kidding!

[carl in alaska]

That's a very generous offer for legal defense. If this ends in a court battle, then challenge FR to match your donation by 2 to 1 ($2000.) I'll match the first $500. The Swift Boat Vets raised tons of money online for their fight against Kerry. We can do the same thing if necessary.

[sageb1]

"Whoa! Nobody told me this was a politically oriented forum..."

It's not. Conservatism is a religion.

[TASMANIANRED]

Best to get those irascible traits out in the open quickly.

[NonValueAdded]

What was he really thinking when he signed it?

That it was what the people wanted via their Congressional representation and that SCOTUS would stop the nonsense before it went into effect. Bad choice. At least, that's my assessment of why GWB signed CFR.

[Quix]

GOODNESS NO! NOT BY A TRILLION LIGHT YEARS.

Let me try again.

1. I revere and highly praise and thank god for every one of such heros and potential heros still living.

2. I was trying poorly to make the point that to be like who was it . . . Neihbur . . . I didn't speak up for the trade unionists because I wasn't a trade unionist . . . and at the end there was no one to speak up for me left.

3. My point was--WE MUST SPEAK UP NOW. To be silent and then realize only after being killed that we SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN UP WHILE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND MEANS . . . would be worse than silly.

Please let me know you understand my point. PLEASE!

[Jim Robinson]

Not kidding, but it is a drill. This is what it'll be like under the new regulations that are being announced on Monday. Standby for the real deal. (or should it be bend over for the real deal?)

[carl in alaska]

My take on it, for what it's worth, is GWB wanted McCain's support on other issues such as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. So he signed CFR while expecting the SCOTUS to strike it down, but incredibly, it was upheld.

[processing please hold]

I apologize. I understand now, I read it the wrong way. Please forgive me.

[SDGOP]

I picked a bad day to give up drinking. Lol, you and me both. I figured id stop for a while since im finally healed up and can get back to working out.

[Quix]

I hope that's true.

Darker thoughts intrude when pondering that.

I think he signed because he wanted to stay alive.