Whatever may have happened is an excuse to figuratively prepare for an alternate site. FreeRepublic has had problems before and will probably have them again. The image above does not mean anything but a focal point for this link, I suggest that it be bookmarked in everyone's browser and feel free to drop in, just because its slow there does not mean its not working. Freepers are there and the format is different. http://altfreerepublic.freeforums.org/