Announcement Regarding the Breaking News Posting Category

Free Republic | March 18, 2003 | Jim Robinson

[leadpenny]

Have you seen this?

[Neets]

Oh thanks sooo much for bumping this!!!

[BJungNan]

(notice that I did not post this announcement in breaking news)

Well heck Jim, then no one is going to see it. Just joking. Message received :)

[yikes]

Thanks for this, Jim.

[Tunehead54]

My flag was up before 911! We have been flying one for 7 years daily. God bless our troops!

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Put a light with a timer on it and you never have to take it down!

[11th Earl of Mar]

For the time being, please post announcements or news of rallies, chapter events, radio shows, TV shows and other items that are normally allowed in breaking news to Activism, Announcements, Free Republic, News, State categories, etc., as appropriate.

I, for one, would like to see this policy continued even AFTER the war.

I think Breaking News is getting too cluttered with the "FREEP Barney Frank in Wichita" posts.

Why not save it for actual "Breaking News"?

Respectfully,

11EoM

[Phil V.]

Let me get this straight. Photographs of Bill Clinton coupled with a prong-horned sheep would or would not qualify for BREAKING NEWS?

[paws_and_whiskers]

"....Free Republic the premier conservative news forum on the planet."

Aint it the truth? !

[Spunky]

"(notice that I did not post this announcement in breaking news)"

It only took 10 days for me to notice.

You might just as well sent it snail mail. ;-)

[GirlShortstop]

It only took 10 days for me to notice.

Were it not for your recent bump, I wouldn't have known it either!   :-)

V for Victory bttt

[harpo11]

Bumpo

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

I, for one, would like to see this policy continued even AFTER the war.

I'll second that. The URGENT PRAYER REQUEST threads about somebody's cousin going to a gynocologist appointment, sick dog, flat tire, or any number of insignificant emergencies are getting a bit annoying.

[11th Earl of Mar]

For the time being, please post announcements or news of rallies, chapter events, radio shows, TV shows and other items that are normally allowed in breaking news to Activism, Announcements, Free Republic, News, State categories, etc., as appropriate.

Can we PLEEEEZ continue this policy AFTER the war?

IMO there are too many "FREEP Tom Dashle At Outback Steakhouse in Minot, North Dakota!!!" and "Ann Coulter on KMOX Live!!!!!" posts in the "BREAKING NEWS" sidebar.

What makes these events 'Breaking News'?

Why not offer a sidebar dedicated to this and allow real news to dominate the 'Breaking News' sidebar?

Respectlully,

11EoM

[Palladin]

I agree. It is so frustrating to have to sort thru all kinds of "stuff" to get to the real news of the day.

Kind of like sorting through the pile of junk mail to find that rebate check you were expecting.

[Amerigomag]

I've noticed tonight that we continue to pull threads that attack administration policy and our administration.

An article suggesting Rummy overrode the military, general staff reccomendations due to his egomaniacal personality was just pulled. I think it was a mistake.

Articles like this are the current corrosive mantra but they are easily and logically debunked.

I suggest that replys which debunk these tantrums are instructive to the thousands lurking on this forum. We face these criticisms daily. Why not disarm them before they get traction.

[Jim Robinson]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/879700/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/879514/posts

[Jim Robinson]

Here's another pair:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/879662/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/879514/posts

[Amerigomag]

I surrender.

As Rummy said: "As individuals you only see one tiny slice of the pie."

Thanks.