Nonsense. Wouldn't you assist someone new to a forum by advising him not to develop a bad reputation with the management? That's what I was doing.
By saying 'no' to worthwhile projects, like getting the word out on the IL-76, as you have tried to do here, you exercise your penchant for both.
Given that I haven't "prevented" a damned thing, this is a bald-faced mischaracterization of what I did say. All I did was suggest that Stout ask the owner of the website if it's OK for you and he to promote the IL-76 as a solution to the USFS tanker problem.
You have yet to prove that the US tanker fleet is really that hazardous. You have yet to prove that the IL-76 is the best solution. There was NOTHING preventing you from doing that but your refusal to exercise a common courtesy out of respect for private property.
Hence, like a bureaucrat, you become the enemy of Free Republic members you say you seek to serve.
Prove it. I made a suggestion; I haven't prevented a damned thing. So far, you've made an ass of yourself by refusing to ask Jim Robinson if it is OK for a manufacturer's representative to tout the efficacy of his product on FR and lobby for FReeper support in Congress. Involving Freepers in crass commercialism without the owner's consent is what would be damaging to FR.
I can't help it if you will not accept your own
U-Mich senior aviation guru's conclusion that your
bureaucrats are close to being criminals.