I have.
Your standards are two high, (and biased imo)
Your idea of a "regular bloggers thread" don't compute with the reality of www protocol.
An example is the obsession that all bloggers should post their complete article.
Or a link to videos in the body of their posts.
Breitbart, Malkin and many other embed videos on their sites with no notice when their articles are posted.
So they should be admonished also if you want consistency.
Two high? LOLOLOLOL!
There is a BIG defference between freepers posting article from bretbart and blogpimps who promote their own personal site.
I (and some other) will follow the direction of the Admin Moderators and Jim Robinson.
Please note that they see differences between someone like Malkin and others.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2594949/posts?page=15#15
It's not the whole article it's those that post two sentences.
Talk about busting down the wrong door, LOL.