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It's too bad that FR 'Moderators' demand that articles this important be posted to 'Bloggers' in order, apparently, that fewer people read it. Rather like Google's doing the evil Obama's wishes to squelch anti-administration content.

It's too bad you didn't get the memo last year:

You are the Free Republic—Enhancement and Initiative Announcement
We can’t rely on the media, even the alternative media. Free Republic is announcing a new initiative that gives you a platform. We want to leverage the most powerful minds on the right to make a difference. To do this, we want to bring a new level of activism, the citizen investigator. In the spirit of 1750’s The Pennsylvania Gazette published by Ben Franklin and of Andrew Breitbart.
For the longest time, our primary focus has been on looking at what the media presents and investigating it or discussing it. We have been missing something, YOU!
Jim has created a new news category, “FReeper Editorial” (freepered) for you to post your investigative reports. We are working on getting this promoted to a sidebar and other ways to promote your work but here are the basics.

Do you have a political event in your area? Report on it.
Do you work closely with a campaign? let us know about your candidate.
Have you discovered something that is worthy of breaking news but don’t have an outlet? Use Free Republic.
Do you want to expose establishment corruption? Here is your platform.

No longer will quality vanities posted in this topic be frowned upon. Free Republic needs to become about you. We are tired of waiting for the media to come around to us, it is time we take our many, many members and become an army. What was once was your vanity is now your megaphone.
To do this right, we need your help. Initially, we are trying to have this as a smooth launch, and creating the new news category is a baby step towards something big. We ask just a few things.

Keep this to stories you personally uncover or are a part of. This isn’t about saying what someone else has already said.
No blog pimping. This is for exclusive Free Republic articles.
Think about our big battle now. Please continue to post personal thoughts on history, religion, science, or whatever isn’t happening now news, in their appropriate categories.
Keep it civil. Need we say more?
No “hitting it”.
Talk to us. Please let us know your ideas, thoughts, and suggestions for this.
Be open to the cultural change this means for the site. This is good, but it does involve change. This doesn’t mean that the Dan Rather case is a once in a decade event, but the model for a thousand similar events.
It is up to you. Take part. Take Action. Have fun.

Stay tuned for more change, enhancements, and opportunities that go along with this. - Your friendly neighborhood Mod Squad with blessings of the big dog himself. We are not quite legion, but we are a bag of kittens.