[wimpycat]

Just out of curiosity, how does one post something directly to "chat"? There is no "chat" option.

Choose any number of topics

General Interest
	Activism/Chapters activism	Activism, protests, news and business of Free Republic Chapters.
	Business/Economy business	Business, industry, financial, markets, trade, banking, budget, debt, taxes and economy news.
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	Foreign Affairs foreign	News and discussion of international politics, foreign affairs, diplomacy, national security, war, military, defense and armed forces issues.
	Government government	News and discussion of all branches of government, departments, agencies, law, policy, legislation, processes and judiciary.
	Miscellaneous misc	Anything which doesn't fit into another category.
	News/Current Events news	News and discussion of current events.
	Philosophy philosophy	Discussions of philosophy and ideology.
	Political Humor/Cartoons humor	Funny stuff
	Politics/Elections elections	Discussions of politics and elections.
	Unclassified unclassified	Articles awaiting re-classification.
	Your Opinion/Questions vanity	All non-sourced non-news threads are posted here.
Highlights
	Announcements announcements
	Breaking News breaking
	Editorial editorial
	Extended News extended
	Free Republic fr
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Hot Topics
	Anthrax Scare anthrax
	War on Terror wot

[Lead Moderator]

You can either go to the "General Interest" forum and then hit "post", or you can use this link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post_article?forum=chat

[Admin Moderator]

Over on the right hand side of the main thread page, look for this:

My Forums

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Campaign Central
General Interest
News/Activism
Religion
RLC Liberty Caucus
The Smokey Backroom
VetsCoR

Click on general interest to post or search for an article in general interest, or 'chat'. This will work exactly as the news forum, except you will be in the 'chat' forum. Works with all the other forums as well. Thanks

[ErnBatavia]

Exactly...before a general "Platoon Ass Chewing", look inward to the mechanics of the site, and make it a little more user friendly. You've got a zillion registrants now, so maybe a little upgrading is in order.

[mdittmar]

Right you are,we need a crap, oops,chat category.

[Congressman Billybob]

You have a "keen eye for the obvious" as Robert Frost said. Of course there should be a "Topic" choice for all posts!

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "Double Crossing at the Rio Grande," discussion thread. IF YOU WANT A FREEPER IN CONGRESS, CLICK HERE.

[WOSG]

They need a category called "Tabloid News"
for all the nonpolitical flotsam and jetsam...

Anyway, is this place sinking to the level of FoxNews and NBC's Dateline? :-)