Another thing to consider. While conservatives can register an owned website, it would not offer some of the protections you might think.
Expect to see copyright violations against appropriated images.
Expect to see harassment if you should happen to create the next “Obama joker” image. Your identity may not be “secure” from the Left.
Expect some Party faithful to abuse the powers of their office to pull a witchhunt on you as they did on “Joe the Plumber” (and there was a hunt for the identity of the man who created the Obama Joker image, not just the guy posting it up).
You offer good insight. Certain things act as the proverbial "canary in the coal mine" to indicate just how bad things are getting. Maybe, in a small way, this photobucket thing is one of those "canaries" giving us some evidence that the fascists are truly clamping down on free communications. They include not just officials but every koolaid drinker out there with access to a computer and willing to lie to enslave their fellow man.