[dascallie]

Thanks, that help solve the mystery :-)

( still would like a bit of instruction about what does and does not make the cut...like that ‘no AP content’ thing, did not know)

[1rudeboy]

If you dig around in "Browse by Forum" along the right-hand column, and click "Topics" for each, you can get an idea of the bigger picture.

Any old-timers out there remember all the forums named "Whitewater?" Ah, memories.

[NewJerseyJoe]

> still would like a bit of instruction about what does and does not make the cut...

Start with these:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950356/posts?page=14#14

http://www.freerepublic.com/help.htm#guidelines

[ottbmare]

You have to poke around a little, but there is a list posted somewhere on the site of publishers who get very legal if we post their stuff. Some of them figure that if people can read it for free online they won’t buy the original newspaper; others simply do not want their content associated with a conservative site. In any case, posting from these sources (like the Washington Post company) causes big legal headaches and the mods are all over it.

I’m a newbie myself, I found these things out by digging around a little. The Powers That Be here do have this material available.