I pinged Amelia because she is a part of this segment of the discussion that "Joe" jumped in on, if that's all right with you.
I've never needed "reinforcements". I'm perfectly capable of expressing myself without them, as my posting history will show. Besides - you guys have a posse of your own, but for some reason, that's "different".
And I don't think you need to explain to "Joe" how FreeRepublic works. He doesn't seem the slightest bit uncomfortable, and seems to know the ropes - after just signing up, too. Huh. Go figure.
Baiting...