Well I suppose that just in case Fr is being read my more people than we realize, i should say up front that i wish Obama to be safe and protected and be able to finish the rest of his term without any danger or attacks on him and I recognize that any assaults on him, no matter how strongly we may object to his domestic or foreign policies, is an assault on the united States of America regardless of who does it and why. I want him to peacefully finish his term and then enjoy the rest of his life as a well known public figure just like Bill Clinton has done.
Incidentally, i had posted before about a list of sites that DHS started profiling, presumably because they are high priority. http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_pia_ops_publiclyavailablesocialmedia_update.pdf Freerepublic is not explicitly on here. I am aware there are probably other lists that we dont know about, but this suggests there are actually other internet forums that the feds consider significantly more important for whatever reason. And the list as you can see is extensive and includes forums from all sides of the political spectrum. If they have a profile on FR posters, they probably have a profile on anyone who posts on a site dedicated to political, social and/or economic issues. Ergo, they have profiles on possibly over 100 million people at this point. So for now I presume we should make sure to keep everything civil and nonthreatening and respectful. It is always possible it may change, if at some later time Americans consciously decide to become a dictatorship-since that would happen only if we uniformly consented to it.
Thanks emax. I like to think that I always keep things civil. I suspect the FR is monitored to some degree by the US Guvmint. Oh, well. Maybe the montiors will learn something.