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

Free Republic ^

[Jim Robinson]

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.

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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coming election cycle and all election cycles in the future until we can get the unconstitutional McCain-Feingold act repealed.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

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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
Suite 1
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)

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
Suite 1
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

[gondramB]

"a backup plan, a fund raising effort, to locate a backup server somewhere outside the US - is not a bad idea. I'll contribute."

If it really goes black we might start by regrouping here - 4700 of us are members

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2

[Just Lori]

We're with you!!!

[NYTexan]

They'll all be coming down. Or at least those having to do with politics.

If you pull the plug on this place a lot of folks are gonna go nuts, batty, insane even! You have an obligation to the mental health of all those who are addicted to this place. I see a class action lawsuit in the works already! ;)

[NapkinUser]

"The 50th district (Duke Cunningham's old seat) has its primary election within 30 days. I've already gotten my ballot."

It's on April 11. If it was because of the 30/60 day rule, FreeRepublic would already have to be down.

[Politicalmom]

Hey!! We can't go without Alfalfa!!

[EDINVA]

THANKS for the info on DC Chapter's site

[KoRn]

No f'cking way!!!!!!!!?????????

[Victoria Delsoul]

Check out #437.

[July 4th]

We could still have a discussion. Just change the names. Teve Torbes would agree with our plan.

[idkfa]

They'll all be coming down. Or at least those having to do with politics. Guess we can keep our chat forum open (as long as no one mentions the elections). Seen any good movies lately? Gotta a hot recipe?

I would think someone would come up with some new technology based on P2P like BitTorrent or even something like the old FidoNet/Echomail that would enable us to talk freely in a forum about politics. It's still not hard to download music and that's illegal.

[Txsleuth]

Are you talking about Free Dominion?

[F16Fighter]

"Was it McCain who signed CFR into law?"

Sssshhhh...That was...George (no-veto) Bush.

[dandelion]

Make it so - and God be with us all. Let's roll, people...

[DCPatriot]

So...what would YOU do if FR got shut down?

I plead the 5th on the grounds that I may get banned.

[Mo1]

How about Canada

How about the United States of America

The Land of the Free

I'll be damned if some nit wits in Congress are going to run me out of my country

This CFR Bill was started because members of Congress Couldn't follow the rules and they had to pass a bill to try and make themselves honest

HELLO???

And who pays for this .. WE DO

/ rant >

Sorry for taking this out on you .. it's not you fault

[KoRn]

"Can you change the physical location of the FR server?"

That is the key. It also wouldn't hurt to setup the business end of it offshore.

[liberty2004]

The unconstitutional McCain-Feingold must be struck down in its entirety!! It's all or nothing.

Jim, you are correct. McCain-Feingold is wholly unconstitutional. I am sometimes stand in astonishment at how in this great land of ours, we have such slime as McCain, etal elected over and over. Are there many leaders that truly cherish the Constitution. Bush has done so many great things, but I am still puzzled at how he could sign into law such an abomination as McCain-Feingold. What part of "Congress shall make no law..." does this idiot not understand?

[mplsconservative]

Jim, You are the modern day Paul Revere.

Thanks for posting this.

The enemy is within.

[Quix]

You can remain open...nobody gets to post that doesnt have a federal posting license and all posts must be pre approved.

And must be in support of Shrillery's favorite Marxist, Machiavellian tyrannical globalist government.

[JRios1968]

So, what have you done about it?