My point is, the googlebots are *NOT* crawling the web, they are parked right here at Free Republic waiting for input. They didn't "come across your post", they instantly captured it as you sent it to Free Republic.
The way it NORMALLY works is "Googlebots crawling the web come across your post." The fact is, they aren't crawling. One or more are actively focused on this website.
(Courtesy ping to Jim re: FR pagerank, etc.)
No, you were clear.
There are no googlebots “parked” on FR. Google crawls FR so often for a number of reasons. Among those reasons are the popularity of the site (pages served, etc.), search optimization performed by FR’s webmaster (John), and your browsing habits.
Having current FR pages displayed high/first in the search results is a good thing. If Google stops returning FR pages, then you should worry. (i.e. FR is no longer popular or has been blacklisted.)