Jim,You're going to see something rare for me. A mea culpa and apology.
I had forgotten some of the things that I had said in the past, on another website, out of frustration during a brief suspension and when some of my friends here were banned. In review, I found that I had said some hurtful things in the past about you, out of anger, that were unfair. I could point to the defense that I've made on your behalf and when I tried to defend Free Republic, but that would not make up for the things that I did say.
I posted a link here to my posts on that other website because I didn't feel that I had anything to hide. I didn't remember saying those things because I have no reason to malign you or Free Republic. But, in review, I found that I did say some unacceptable things for which I am ashamed. I apologize for saying them and for any hurt that I may have caused you.
I truly believe in the conservative mission of this website and have tried to stick to that mission since I first signed up in the earliest days of the site. I have expressed deep distress when I've perceived that the mission of the site is being disrupted by persons who have alternate agendas. I have expressed that distress in ways that were shameful and hurtful to someone that I respect. Again, I apologize.
Spiff.