There is not a thing I can think of that is keeping you both from taking this up with Jim Robinson instead of trying to get us to change something we're obviously not going to change unless Jim Robinson's position changes.
Perhaps he can also answer your questions where we have failed over and over and over and over and over and over as you have asked your questions over and over and over and over on multiple threads on multiple days.
Maybe you should take it up with JimRob and ensure that you are understanding and carrying out his position the way he sees it.
I really have to wonder if the U.S. Trade and Aid Monitor is the type of blog that TPTB would find troubling in any way.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2718631/posts
If so, why not make a written rule about ALL blogs?
P.S. I’m just trying to understand this issue and why some freepers, who are not JimRob and not the mods, feel they have the right to filter FR for the rest of us.
You seem to be part of those acting, literally, in JimRob’s name. If I were you, I’d make sure I was doing things the way he wanted them done before I went around invoking his name.
You may be right on target, but I personally would not go around saying “I understand JimRob’s wishes and, even though I’m not JimRob or a mod, I have created procedures and standards to enforce them.”
To me, I think the most respectful thing to do to respect JimRob’s wishes is to alert the mods when a post is abusive, spam or causes any other concern -— and let him/the mods exercise their own discretion as to what is and is not right for FR.