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I reconfigured my settings a while back, and noticed a few days later that the Freeper Poll no longer showed up on the forum page. I went to the settings, moved the "opinion polls" section, and checked again. No polls ever show up. Of course, there is a chance that the "polls" category has nothing to do with the freeper polls, and is actually for posting of online polls. If that is the case, I'm not getting that, either. It's bad enough that I chose to put "GOP" on the end of my freeper name, long before I knew that...

How does one post photos here? Everyone else can do it, but I cannot. Just typing in the address for the photo yields only a link. Putting it between [img][/img] like virtually everywhere else gets me nothing. I can find NO instruction anywhere on FreeRepublic on how to use the site. Any help?

I just wanted to apologize to all I have hurt on FreeRepublic.com. I am sorry.

Since the majority of the media seems only interested in disseminating the duel myths that conservatives are both anti-health care reform and racist for opposing President Obama’s “public option” plan, I offer the following five point proposal for reforming the American health system in hopes of returning the public discourse to the important issues at hand....

Why are forum replies reviewed and posting delayed? Makes it kinda tough to carry on a conversation when it takes hours to communicate.

This link from the US Department of Education is terrifying; read it for yourself. It includes questions that teachers are to ask the school children (K-6th grade): -What is the President trying to tell me? -What is the President asking me to do? -What new ideas and actions is the President challenging me to think about? -What specific job is he asking me to do? -What do you think the President wants us to do? -Does the speech make you want to do anything? -Are we able to do what President Obama is asking of us? Students are asked to:...

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUre-TwijR0 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr3pN1eyvpU

This guy is just a racist...clearly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUre-TwijR0

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's SarahPAC has donated money to the campaigns of Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Orrin Hatch of Utah, as well as to Republican Ohio Senate candidate Rob Portman, according to a Friday filing with the Federal Election Commission. The exact amounts of the contributions were not reported, but Palin had to list the names of candidates she had financially supported to make SarahPAC a bona fide political action committee. Her contributions to Arizona Sen. John McCain, for whom she served as a running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign, and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski...

I wrote a response to somone about Islam being a cancer on the world. I opened two rather nasty emails from people who got my email address quoting me word for word. I dont mind defending my beliefs, but I was wondering how they got my email address....

I have been thinking back in American history. Following the two term precedent set by Washington all other Presidents, with the exception of F.D.Roosevelt, have stuck to this rule to show they were not "power hungry". We now have the 22nd Amendment to the Constitutional limiting the President to two terms. It was Thomas Jefferson's ideology that "politicians" did not exist. It was his belief that ordinary citizens serve their fellow countrymen and return to their jobs and livelihoods (in that time farming). This principle is called republican agrarianism. For proof of Jefferson's ideals look to Virginia's short sessions for...

Toomey: Just Another Political Opportunist August 13 2009 Filed under US Senate by Chris Freind Well, that didn’t take long. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Pat Toomey has officially become part of the go-along, get-along Establishment that he so vocally opposed over the years. In the process, he has demonstrated that he is just another politician masquerading as a principled conservative. It is precisely this type of hypocrisy — from Toomey and some of his followers — that can signal the beginning of the end for a political movement. At issue is Toomey’s statement that, had he been a senator, he...

Dr Tom Coburn - anti-incumbent , term-limited -populist, citizen legislator, published Book- Breach of Trust - How Washington turns Outsiders into Insiders...our Paragon of Integrity and Courage, Lincoln of 21st Century, expert on healthcare , fiscal conservatism , yet progressive in his sentiments towards healing our nation ...NO EARMARKS AND PROTECTOR OF ALL NEWBORNS...NOT JUST THEIR FETAL EXISTANCE BUT THEIR FISCAL FUTURE..a divine Legacy...Dr COBURN FOR PRESIDENT 2012

Can someone please tell me how to delete my account? A friend talked me into creating an account, but I have found this just really isn't for me. I've looked everywhere I can think of, but have yet to find a way to disable/delete my account. Any help would be appreciated.

Why was "Army National Guard Recruiting FEMA Camp Or 'Internment/Resettlement' Specialists" moved from "Extended News" to "Bloggers & Personal" Canada Free Press is certainly not a "blog" or a "personal" website. And as Canada Free Press states, "Canada Free Press (CFP) is a proudly independent, 24-7 electronic newspaper, updating several times--and sometimes several hours-- a day. More than 100 writers and columnists file regularly to CFP from all corners of the globe. Although we have been posting to the Internet for more than 12 years, on May 15, 2009 CFP celebrated its fifth anniversary as a daily."

Given the American Conservative pot is boiling and bubbling, I wonder if the ranks of FreeRepublic are growing? Is there any way to track if the numbers of members on FreeRepublic have increased in number since the election and inauguration of President Obama? I truly believe that forums like this are necessary to the freedom of our country, and I want to be heartened by the news that, yes, the numbers of new members and activities of old members are time for the masses to peaceably assemble and get really, fires-of-Hell mad. This administration and the Liberals in this country...

Is it that I have just noticed the "Next Page" tag/link at the top of the messages, or is it something that is recent? It is really aggravating. I use an Apple most of the time and because of the screen dimensions, I see no messages because the Next-Page tag takes up so much space. Not a complaint, but just a question.

Anybody know what happened to the view counter that used to be included in the header for each new post. Haven't seen it for a couple of days

Today, I notice that the number of thread views is not displaying. The number of replies is. I like to see the number of views because it indicates what subjects are of most interest to FReepers at any time. For example, Palin posts get many views and gets them quick. My posts about Honduras, not so much. Did the recent outages cause the elimination of the "views" data?

I invited someone to join Free Republic on Wednesday evening, during Obama's presser, but she seems to have a problem registering. This is the message I received from her: I have not received a password, even though I registered right after your invitation...as well as another attempt today. Also, I have emailed the Webmaster as recommended. Did you have any problems with this?

 As Rush says ... "Words have meaning."Posters are responsible for what they post. THINK before you post. If you post, YOUR words stand!

Are Union members to blame for for California's budget crisis or is the Union leadership?

Can I change my screen name without losing my longevity date?

Are there any Freepers out there that can help me w/a an automotive repair question? I'm trying to replace my ball joints (upper & lower) in my '94 GMC Sonoma 4x4, and ran into difficulty -- I can't separate it from the steering knuckle! I managed to get the rivets & castle-nut off, but can't get the stud out of the knuckle. I'm trying to replace a ball joint in my '94 GMC Sonoma 4x4 . . . I can't use the special ball joint separator tool I borrowed from the auto store b/c the front transaxle is in the...

There are some really annoying liberal trolls on Free Republic who have survived for months and years without being banned. Why is Free Republic allowing them to stay? We have enough liberalism and left wing lunacy on 90% of the media and we do not need this crap on this forum. It is not difficult to spot these trolls. A quick review of their posting history will prove without any shadow of doubt that they are liberal trolls. Some of them try to mask it but they cannot fool the vast majority of us. There are plenty of left wing...

Posting embedded video on forums threads is common among internet discussion sites. I don't see why we can't have that on FR. It won't put any additional burden on the FR servers and will save posters and readers the inconvenience of leaving FR to visit an external site (Youtube, etc). Policy makers please consider this. Thanks.

I've gone to everything under accounts and I can't find it. Thanks, FA

FREE REPUBLIC.... I want to suggest that you set up a function like YOU TUBE. Why should liberal Google have control of this function? Why should all the traffic and adverising dollars go to Google?

Thank you, Jim, John, Mods, Posters and Lurkers Somehow I don't like the fund raisers....but I really like this Forum I know it takes money to keep it going Now, that you are not asking, I want to give.... Just to say, Thank You.

A question for the mods. My wife (Conservative145) has tried to register on Freerepublic a couple of times, and she has never received her password, or any confirmation. We use the same IP and was wondering if that could be causing the problem. Any help would be appreciated.

First Side: Keep America Free Other Side: Freerepublic.com

I'm just curious. Does it matter that to anyone that I don't fill in the "source" part of posts? Is it not enough that I give the URL? Does anyone except pissant give a damn? Get off my back, pissant! Just trying to do my part to save conservatism and fight Obamunism. Your pettiness about formatting gives this whole site a bad name. Not trying to start a fight; but get over yourself with the "proper posting" crap already!

I'm new and I have several questions regarding procedure. Is it allowed to email excerpted articles posted here? If so, how do I do it? What is the meaning of "ping", "banglist" and "bump?" Mrs. Dog wants to know, too. Thanks.

So what's the deal now with excerpts now? I see you're editing articles to one or two sentences even if they were excerpted by the poster to begin with. I thought 300 words was the excerpting standard.

<p>Secret anti-terror Bush memos made public by Obama Mar 2 04:11 PM US/Eastern By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer Share on Facebook Bookmark and Share WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Monday released a long-secret legal document from 2001 in which the Bush administration claimed the military could search and seize terror suspects in the United States without warrants.</p>

Phoenix Tea Party Moved to Tempe,AZ at Tempe Beach Park. Begins at 11:45 am already 100 people

Is there a way to see everything except one Caucus. Like for example the LDL Caucus. I can't reply and refute those articles, so I don't even want to see them. To me they are just propaganda that makes the FR experience much less enjoyable.

It is stunning to see with a cold rationnal mind how behave a typical liberal like OBAMA. As he is threatening and frightening people in order they accept his socialist "stimulus" plan,he pretends to fix a problem that he largely created with hese "friends"... Bad doctor

The state chit-chat new messages just started showing up again on my pings page... and I can't figure out how to get rid of it/them. There's a link that says it's removing me from these notifications... but it doesn't.... they're still there!

I need some Freep help. I was at my FRiend's house last night and browsing Free Republic while logged in on his account, and I noticed a lot of articles appearing that I have never seen before. I logged in and checked all my account and message block display settings and noticed I do not have the option for "Humor" in my message block settings and I have been able to see any humor messages before. The only way I can see them is if I know the thread name and search for a keyword in the title, ie: "Silliness"....

This is just a question to Freepers in general. Bush had considerable success in Africa and, at least, broke even in South America. So far, I have not seen Obama talk much about either and I am not able to distinguish any particular Obama policies in the two places. If you know something, I would like to know it, too. Thank you, McVey

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I wrote this for the Arthur McGowan thread, which was (correctly) pulled. I am writing as an observer, NOT as an advocate. I dread insurrection and civil war, and I pray daily for our nation to be spared those horrors. However, talk is in the air. What follows is my opinion about circumstances which MIGHT engender such a horror. In order for there to be a real war (in the United States), both sides must be morally certain that they are correct, based on equally plausible interpretations of the Constitution. If this is not so, then the military will not...

Repeatedly, FR moderators have moved TOP postings related to current NEWS and calls for conservative ACTIVISM from the News and Activism section, over to "blogger's and personal" which has no traffic by comparison. I fully understand Jim Robinson's original purpose in launching FR, to provide a community in which conservatives could get TRUTH not available in the MSM, information not available in the MSM and access to fellow conservatives so that we could work together towards a conservative agenda. Yet time after time, FR moderators bury this information over in "blogger's and personal" and kill story after story, vital to...

Anybody else been getting this. It's been hitting me intermittently since last night and has been pretty constant today Proxy Error The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server. The proxy server could not handle the request GET /tag/*/index. Reason: Error reading from remote server

Untill 2004, General and Secreteray of State Colin POWELL was one of my heroes. Right now, i don't know... Someone can tell me if Mr Powell attended President G.W. BUSH's farewell adress? i don't see him on the pictures, but after alle the BUSH family did to him, i hope he was there!

Really dumb question??? How do I add a tagline to my screen name?

I really enjoy it, it's quite refreshing, thanks admin. and all contributors! God Bless!

Need some help.... I want to add a new Block (a keyword Block) to my Manage Blocks page, but can't figure out how to do it. I've done it in the past -- I've had a "Keyword: banglist" Block for a long time -- but the layout of the Manage Blocks page appears to have changed since I last did this. Many thanks in advance.

I apologize in advance, but I cannot find a How To of basic FR setup. I would like to see all Oklahoma posts in my right-hand navigation bar, which has lots of other categories which I must have set up at some time in the past, but can't figure out how I set them up. I would think there would be a detailed manual of how to do things, but I sure can't find it. I looked in all the sections under Account. I see Manage Blocks but don't see how I can add new things to it. I found...