If you are logged in to http://www.freerepublic.com, log out, change any FR bookmarks/favorites links to https://www.freerepublic.com, and log back in.
Always use https (s=secure) if possible.
Note for those who use FR as a home page: Captive portals (in public restaurants, airports, etc.) will not redirect to a login page if you use a home page with an https URL. If you try to connect to an http website while trying to log in to a captive portal, the redirect should work, but if you use captive portals frequently it may be simpler to just change your home page to an http site.
Hope I remember my password.