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This is just a drill: Thanks to John McCain, Free Republic will shut down tomorrow at high noon for
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Posted on 03/23/2006 8:03:45 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Edited on 03/24/2006 11:31:56 AM PST by Jim Robinson.
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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.
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coming election cycle and all election cycles in the future until we can get the unconstitutional McCain-Feingold act repealed.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
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
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Phone: (202) 224-2235
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McCain, John - (R - AZ)
(202) 224-2235
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(From post #732 by bd476)
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Read it and weep.
To: Jim Robinson
2
posted on
03/23/2006 8:04:21 PM PST
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: Jim Robinson
I'm stunned! This can't be true!
3
posted on
03/23/2006 8:04:39 PM PST
by
Clintons Are White Trash
(Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas , Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd - The Axis of Ugly)
To: Jim Robinson
To: Jim Robinson
Please say you are kidding?
5
posted on
03/23/2006 8:04:59 PM PST
by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache, so don't be hatin'. LOL!)
To: HAL9000
Under what jurisdiction? The state of California's primary, or what? Because I know that some states (like Texas and Illinois) have already had their primaries.
6
posted on
03/23/2006 8:05:34 PM PST
by
edmond246
(God Bless America)
To: Jim Robinson
7
posted on
03/23/2006 8:05:48 PM PST
by
M203M4
To: Jim Robinson
8
posted on
03/23/2006 8:05:48 PM PST
by
Exit148
(Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
To: Jim Robinson
9
posted on
03/23/2006 8:06:03 PM PST
by
TommyDale
To: Jim Robinson
I cannot believe they took away the President's ability to veto.
Oh...wait....
10
posted on
03/23/2006 8:06:05 PM PST
by
Wormwood
(Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
To: Jim Robinson
Who are you, and how did you hack JimRob's account?
11
posted on
03/23/2006 8:06:08 PM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(It's not a real building until it hits 30 stories.)
To: Jim Robinson
12
posted on
03/23/2006 8:06:18 PM PST
by
Quick1
(Censorship: the worst obscenity.)
To: Lurking in Kansas
Not funny.That's the punch line to the following joke:
Did you hear the one about two lesbians?
13
posted on
03/23/2006 8:06:20 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: Jim Robinson
Does this include the backup at Yahoo?
14
posted on
03/23/2006 8:06:24 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(Ignorance of the law is no excuse, ignorance of your rights can be fatal.)
To: Jim Robinson
LOL, and get ready for a 5,000+ post thread.
To: Jim Robinson
16
posted on
03/23/2006 8:06:31 PM PST
by
del4hope
(It is time to dust off US sedition and treason laws.)
To: Jim Robinson
If it's a joke, it's not a funny one.
17
posted on
03/23/2006 8:06:37 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(Excuse me Helen, I'm answering your first accusation. - President Bush)
To: Professional Engineer
18
posted on
03/23/2006 8:06:46 PM PST
by
countess
To: Jim Robinson
I smell a ZOT coming on! Scram, TROLL!
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
19
posted on
03/23/2006 8:06:57 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Jim Robinson
The fish rots from the head down...
20
posted on
03/23/2006 8:06:57 PM PST
by
joesnuffy
(A camel once bit our sister..but we knew just what to do...we gathered rocks and squashed her!)
To: Jim Robinson
Not funny, Jim.
Really, not funny.
21
posted on
03/23/2006 8:07:08 PM PST
by
Txsleuth
(Bush-Bot;WaterBucket Brigader;and fan of defconw;Cboldt is my mentor!)
To: Jim Robinson
Someday soon it will happen. The America that we once knew...will be dead.
22
posted on
03/23/2006 8:07:22 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
To: HAL9000
Come on Jim April fools is a week from Monday.
23
posted on
03/23/2006 8:07:25 PM PST
by
boomop1
(there you go again)
To: Jim Robinson
It's going to be a long election season. Perhaps this will wake up some of the sheeple.
To: Jim Robinson
"not funny"
25
posted on
03/23/2006 8:08:17 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Txsleuth
Sounds like a DU Wet Dream. Thanks but no thanks.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
26
posted on
03/23/2006 8:08:18 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Jim Robinson
Read it and weep.
--
I can't. I have pitchfork tines in my eye. ;-)
27
posted on
03/23/2006 8:08:20 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Jim Robinson
It's April's fool already?
To: Jim Robinson
Surely you can find one judge to get an injunkion.
Or let's sue to have democratic underground shutdown are well.
To: countess
a freepathon to raise money to locate the server outside the united states? the bahamas is a good place, they have alot of bandwidth there because of all the web gambling hosted there.
To: Jim Robinson
There's always a primary somewhere. This could shut all political sites down forever.
Oh yeah, I think I get it.
To: Jim Robinson
I'm weeping.
Time to tell us you're just kidding?
32
posted on
03/23/2006 8:08:43 PM PST
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: Jim Robinson
To: Jim Robinson
This is meant as an example of what we may expect in October.
Right?
RIGHT??
34
posted on
03/23/2006 8:08:59 PM PST
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: Txsleuth
We need someone with the money and capability setup freerepublic-in-exile.com I know that we would all follow along there and would be willing and ready to face down the law on this.
35
posted on
03/23/2006 8:09:03 PM PST
by
edmond246
(God Bless America)
To: Jim Robinson
Will the rest of the Constitution and amendments be set aside for 30 days also or just free speech?
Guess we no longer have the right to remain silent...we've been ordered too...
Why didn't our Prez veto this in the first place...?
McTraitor and Swinegold
36
posted on
03/23/2006 8:09:16 PM PST
by
joesnuffy
(A camel once bit our sister..but we knew just what to do...we gathered rocks and squashed her!)
To: Pukin Dog
Why would I kid about such a thing? This is what John McCain and the congress wants to do to us. Wakeup and put a stop to it before it becomes the law of the land!!
Time to sharpen the pitchforks and light the torches!!
The tree of liberty thirsts!
To: Jim Robinson
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Well, I have been wanting to take up knitting for some time now... |
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:09:26 PM PST
by
Fintan
(Hey, you can't make this stuff up.)
To: Lurking in Kansas
In before the second page!!!
To: All
"All your freerepublics are belong to us!"
To: Jim Robinson
???????????????????????????? no FR???can we still access the Yahoo group?
41
posted on
03/23/2006 8:09:36 PM PST
by
pollywog
(Psalm 121;1 I Lift my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
To: Jim Robinson
John McCain is our best hope to stop Hillary. That's what the MSM told us.*
* Would that be illegal electioneering or free speech according to McCain?
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:09:36 PM PST
by
peyton randolph
(As long is it does me no harm, I don't care if one worships Elmer Fudd.)
To: Jim Robinson
Time for you, and more importanly your servers, to move to Aruba.
They still have freedom.
43
posted on
03/23/2006 8:09:36 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(The SENATE is now principally moderate, if not liberal!" - Arlen Specter)
To: Jim Robinson
I never liked the guy. I REALLY dislike him now.
44
posted on
03/23/2006 8:09:36 PM PST
by
ladyjane
To: Jim Robinson
45
posted on
03/23/2006 8:09:39 PM PST
by
Sybeck1
To: Jim Robinson
It's difficult for me to type while curled in a fetal position.........................mommy?
46
posted on
03/23/2006 8:09:42 PM PST
by
hispanarepublicana
(I'd rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than get in a car with Ted Kennedy...[props to Auto Power])
To: oceanview
47
posted on
03/23/2006 8:09:56 PM PST
by
countess
To: oceanview
48
posted on
03/23/2006 8:09:59 PM PST
by
countess
To: Clintons Are White Trash
"I'm stunned! This can't be true!"
It can't be, because today is not a primary election day:
"transmitted over the internet for the 30 days immediately preceding a primary election."
49
posted on
03/23/2006 8:10:01 PM PST
by
the anti-liberal
(Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
To: edmond246
"Under what jurisdiction? The state of California's primary, or what? Because I know that some states (like Texas and Illinois) have already had their primaries."
That is what I thought I first, but the California primary is on June 06, 2006. This is a joke, I think.
50
posted on
03/23/2006 8:10:04 PM PST
by
NapkinUser
(Secure our borders, no amnesty.)
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