[King Prout]

(1)I have been banned from posting, three times. As far as I can tell, for the following comment.

(2)"Almost everyone in the rest of the world really dislikes Bush. Does that count?"

(3)Not only have I been bounced, but the threads have been pulled AND all my posts removed. How incredibly orwellian, I have been expunged ..... :-)

(4)This is absolutely appalling. Are no alternative views to be heard?

(5)To the fascist moderator who persists in removing my posts, and banning my access. SHAME ON YOU. Clearly you have no idea what the foundations are of the free republic you claim to support.

(6)Given that I'm pretty certain I will be bounced, and given that your normal users should be given the opportunity to realise how malignant is the mind control on this site, I'm going to post this comment in at least 20 threads.

(7)If I'm bounced again, I'll withdraw, it's clear that I'm wasting my time. However, this is deeply, deeply disappointing and hideously un-American. Free republic indeed .... Shame on you.

1. THREE times, eh? and you still haven't taken the hint?

2. No, that doesn't count, even if it was accurate. Our government does not dance to the whim of "global public opinion", nor should it.

3. The Almighty Mods are skilled and thorough, aren't they, Moby?

4. Sure, alternative views can be heard here... if they are worth hearing. Yours ISN'T.

5. If the Almighty Mod deigned to explain it to you, the explanation of the obvious would be much like the following:

"The First Amendment restricts the power of the Government to infringe upon the rights of the citizens to free and public exercise of speech. It in NO WAY applies to a private property owner having to put up with crap from numb-nut visitors. One of the founding principles of this Republic is private property rights. As applied here, your rights to free speech are trumped by this site's owner's right to boot your butt off of his property. C'ya, wouldn't wanna be ya."

The explanation would be followed by a potent burst of high voltage, but you know that already.

6. That's a jackass move, DUmmy - similar in all respects to gang-affiliated graffiti-scrawling scum. I will savor your bar-be-cue when it inevitably comes.

7. Translation: "waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
If you go away and stay away, it'll be a first, Moby

[Americanwolf]

another loser troll that confuses free speech with private property rights... he was beat up on another thread for this too! :)

[Watery Tart]

Great rebuttal! I'm a fan!

Do you know whether this George cLooney make-work project makes any reference to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg? Or is that another thread? ;o)

(Pssst -- I think they were guilty, too.)

[Not A Snowbird]

Excellent, King. May I borrow your paragraph 5 for future dealings with my liberal, wine snob brother-in-law?