[HopefulPatriot]

"Would you mind telling us who the "we" are that is organizing this series?"

The "we" is the same "we" that is in the preamble:

We the people..

Some of "us" have indentities that go back to the "flame wars" on FreeRepublic. We believe the mission of FreeRepublic is important and that the identity of individual Freepers contributes nothing to the merits of the ideas that are going to be expressed in this series of articles. We believe the ideas will stand on their own merits and should be judged accordingly. The authorship or the identity of the posters adds nothing to the validity of the concepts, but sometimes personalities or old wounds can detract.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

As ugly as the truth may be, I'm all for exposing it. Who are you?

[TigersEye]

We believe the mission of FreeRepublic is important and that the identity of individual Freepers contributes nothing to the merits of the ideas that are going to be expressed in this series of articles.

The indentities of individual FReepers has almost always been meaningless in all contexts. That thought will chafe a lot FReeper's butts but if it weren't true we would all use our real names instead of cute 'handles.'

We believe the ideas will stand on their own merits and should be judged accordingly.

A truly novel idea! /sarcasm
I predict you will encounter some resistance to that (looks like you already have) because most Americans, even on the right, are quite infatuated with the cult of personality. Ideas and principles are fine but "WHO is that guy/gal?" That's one reason the Constitution has taken such a beating. It is entirely based on principles and ideas.

There is no question that the left is far more mired in that kind of "follower" mentality. One only needs to look at their attacks on the Founder's personalities as some sort of proof that the Constitution is invalid or limited to see how shallow they are. But it is a human weakness that has reached its zenith in America and crosses most political and social lines.

I suggest you forge ahead on principle and let the star-crossed figure their own lot out.
Good luck!

[Osage Orange]

Some of "us" have indentities that go back to the "flame wars" on FreeRepublic.

I see that you were here for the War of 10-15-2005....

That goes way back.

[nopardons]

Which flame wars ? There have been multiple ones.

Oh, so you're a damned retread. How many times have you been banned and how many times have you been back with a new nic?

[philman_36]

Thanks for the ping. Ya'll have a good thing going here, IMO. I've been working for the very things mentioned for quite some time, with little to show for it to be sure, so the pledge is something that I've already taken up personally. As an aside, I've pledged myself to seeing that several things get accomplished, though none are more pressing than the repeal of the 16th and 17th Amendments. A lone individual can accomplish only so much and I pretty much get a deaf ear turned to me nowadays. So much for the aspect of politics beginning locally.
The authorship or the identity of the posters adds nothing to the validity of the concepts, but sometimes personalities or old wounds can detract.
>chortle< Ain't that a mouthful! Sometimes it's only the poster and not the words or concepts that draws a response. If you've perchance dredged up something old of mine worthy of using then use away.

As to pinging others...I don't have a ping list, so to speak, though I can access lots of names to ping. There are a very few, select group of people that I even flag to a thread any more. I'm very much sitting on the sidelines these days.
If it isn't too much trouble though could you please ping me to the appropriate threads as they come up, I'd very much like to read what the concepts are.