This is just a drill: Thanks to John McCain, Free Republic will shut down tomorrow at high noon for

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!

If the thought of losing your right to express yourself online makes you mad, it is high time you let Senator John McCain know how you feel.

McCain, John - (R - AZ)
(202) 224-2235

Washington, DC

241 Russell Senate Ofc. Bldg.
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2235
Fax: (202) 228-2862

Phoenix

5353 North 16th Street
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Phone: (602) 952-2410
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Tempe

4703 S. Lakeshore Drive
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Phone: (480) 897-6289
Fax: (480) 897-8389

Tucson

407 W. Congress Street
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Phone: (520) 670-6334
Fax: (520) 670-6637

McCain, John - (R - AZ)
(202) 224-2235

Other contact #'s

US capitol toll free -

1-877-762-8762
Senate Offices:

Cloak Room Democratic: (202) 224-4691
Cloak Room Republican: (202) 224-6191

If the thought of losing your right to express yourself online makes you mad, it is high time you let Senator John McCain know how you feel.

McCain, John - (R - AZ)
(202) 224-2235

Belive me he and all of Washington should hear from all of us! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!

1,201 posted on 03/25/2006 1:37:50 PM PST by stopem (Socialists NOT welcome in MY Country ever, Get OUT and take your flag with you!)

To: Jim Robinson

A question.
Will celebrity OPINIONS re. Politics be silenced on the internet as well? There are always elections going on somewhere, so when, exactly, CAN political opinions be expressed according to Mad McCain?
We're a bunch of regular citizens having our say re. politics here. Will Babs Striesand be allowed her opinion on the net, Clooney, Mahr, the other celebrities? Or are they special?

1,202 posted on 03/25/2006 1:44:21 PM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)

To: Jim Robinson

In order for such a bill to become law then President Bush will have to sign it. Do you think he would?

1,203 posted on 03/25/2006 2:37:03 PM PST by Revel

If the thought of losing your right to express yourself online makes you mad, it is high time you let Senator John McCain know how you feel.

If McCain were to get the GOP nomination in a little over two years, presidential elections will truly be farcical.

1,204 posted on 03/25/2006 2:40:26 PM PST by Das Outsider (The Christian form of relativism is by far the most dangerous one.)

To: Das Outsider

*would truly be farcical

1,205 posted on 03/25/2006 2:41:05 PM PST by Das Outsider (The Christian form of relativism is by far the most dangerous one.)

I think McCain & Co were trying to get the FEC to implement the proposed new draconian anti-free speech regulations under the existing McCain-Feingold Act. No new laws or signatures required. In fact, they've used procedural wrangling to block any new laws that would've prohibited the new infringements. Someone on high needs to step forward and declare this whole shebang unconstitutional. Time to force a constitutional crisis!

1,206 posted on 03/25/2006 3:09:18 PM PST by Jim Robinson

To: Jim Robinson

1,207 posted on 03/25/2006 3:14:34 PM PST by davidosborne (DavidOsborne.net)

To: Indy Pendance

"but if he goes for the pres nomination, isn't there a republican rule, if you run, you have to give up your seat?
"

When LBJ ran for VP, The Texas Democrat mafia gave him special dispensation to run for VP and the senate on the same ticket in Texas.

1,208 posted on 03/25/2006 3:26:28 PM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("The EU is proof that two or more heads are thicker than one.")

To: Jim Robinson

1,209 posted on 03/25/2006 4:05:03 PM PST by JDoutrider

To: Jim Robinson; Susannah

When the Free Republic server went down this morning, it was the first time in my 8 years of freeping that I thought it might actually be due to some political pressure or perhaps as a form of protest due to this particular thread.

Thanks, Susannah for your post that points out one of the mirror sites. It was one of only 2 hits on Google for "Freerepublic.com is down" -- and that was the first time I've felt it necessary to go elsewhere to post political commentary.

Keep up the good work, both of you.

"Oh, Susannah, please don't cry for me... for I'm off to Free Republic with a banjo on my knee."

I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee;
I'm goin' to Free Republic my true love for to see.
It rained all night the day I left,
the weather it was dry;
The sun so hot I froze to death,
Susanna don't you cry.

Oh! Susanna, don't you cry for me;
I come from Alabama,
with my banjo on my knee.

I had a dream the other night,
When everything was still;
I thought I saw Susanna dear,
A-coming down the hill.
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth,
The tear was in her eye,
Said I, I'm coming from the south,
Susanna don't you cry.

Oh! Susanna, don't you cry for me;
I come from Alabama,
with my banjo on my knee.

I soon will be in New Orleans,
And then I'll look all 'round,
And when I find Susanna,
I'll fall upon the ground.
But if I do not find her,
This darkey'll surely die,
And when I'm dead and buried,
Susanna don't you cry.

Oh! Susanna, don't you cry for me;
I'm off to Free Republic with a banjo on my knee.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1227985/posts

To: ApesForEvolution; SteveMcKing
When freerepublic.com is down, for whatever reason, head to the following yahoo group where freepers communicate:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/

*suggest you bookmark the link!

20 posted on 09/26/2004 11:25:57 PM PDT by Susannah (What's less united than the USA during war? > the UN !)

1,210 posted on 03/25/2006 6:11:56 PM PST by Kevin OMalley (No, not Freeper#95235, Freeper #1165: Charter member, What Was My Login Club.)

To: dixiechick2000

1,211 posted on 03/25/2006 6:54:58 PM PST by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)

Thank you Candor, I worked hard on it. The face matches the body right now!!

1,212 posted on 03/25/2006 7:00:52 PM PST by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)

"Someday soon it will happen. The America that we once knew...will be dead."

I fear that as well.. But not if we remain strong, vigilant and actively fight to prevent it. True Americans ARE amazingly resilient and fearsomely protective of what they cherish.. I know from reading many of your posts that you are one of them. Stay strong.

1,213 posted on 03/25/2006 7:03:42 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)

To: Jim Robinson

And now more than ever, it's important to note the second name in that bill, the nut McJackass has decided to align himself with.

1,214 posted on 03/25/2006 7:52:09 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl (OMGIIHIHOIIC ping list)

To: thoughtomator

Spend those 30 days stocking up on your ammo, folks, you might need it sooner than you think.

Thoughtomator, there is a gun show in manassas this weekend!

1,215 posted on 03/25/2006 11:30:56 PM PST by ottersnot (I refuse to bend over like a Democrat and bow to Mecca. No prayer rug for me.)

To: Jim Robinson

1,216 posted on 03/25/2006 11:36:23 PM PST by ottersnot (I refuse to bend over like a Democrat and bow to Mecca. No prayer rug for me.)

good post about the net and the rise of a third party.

1,217 posted on 03/26/2006 3:32:53 AM PST by Canedawg (And then?)

It's very foolish (and dangerous) thinking that the right and the left are not worried about the influence of various websites.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Agreed in part.

I think you are correct about the major parties, but I do not see us as a third party particularly, at least not yet.

Politicians have spent millions of bucks each election cycle to create images for themselves , designed through marketing research to manipulate parts of the electorate. This involves the obscuration of facts on each candidate.

What we do is inform people of the facts, and this tends to redefine political images which have been created over many months using millions of dollars. The web destroyed Kerry's rush for office, and appropriately so. He was a liar and unsuitable for office because he did not have the leadership skills.

Both parties do not want to respond to the people but have a priority of rsponse to lobbyists. They do this so they have enough campaign money for "image creation." Hollywood and the MSM reap billions of dollars this way , while the people are bypassed in the election cycle, they become merely manipulated. Politicians have become far to complacent and cynical about their own electorate. We are forcing a reversal of this trend, and have many MSM enemies, because they cannot win against us no matter how much money they are paid for political advertising.

We have changed that trend for two reasons: a) Balance:

The electorate is split about 50/50 between the Dims and the Pubbies.We can and do often make a difference by tipping the balance.

b) Unpredictability Our intervention "on the facts" as an organization has tipped the balance against candidates and for some others which makes the web a powerful uncontrollable, unpredictable factor in elections. The lobbyists and parties do not like such unpredictability. The MSM like it even less, they can't predict accurate outcomes without factoring in the web effect, and they won't because it would acknowledge our power as part of a non commercial cycle.

It is easy enough to continue this fight. I would donate substantial amounts of money for Jim to secure an offshore site which would not be regulated. At the same time the 1st ammendment issue will eventually end up in the SCOTUS, and we have also got to plan to raise money for a litigation fund.

Do we have sister organizations that would support us politically ? Maybe the NRA.

We are beginning to be acknowledged as a political power, and in that we should feel complimented, AND PLAN TO FIGHT for our right to continue.

I would be ineterested to know how many times politicians have contacted Jim, asking him to put in a good word for them on Free Republic. I have a feeling that has happened but Jim would not play ball with them.

We should continue to evolve as a conservative power, for it is in the modern equivalent of Benjamin Franklins and Thomas Paine's pamphleteering. We deserve protection under the 1st amendment, because newspapers and other media are bought and paid for by parties who whish to disinform the public, not inform it.

People on Free Republic are truly informed ( although others deny that, saying we are just emotional reactionaries) as voters, and form a national/international community which requires reform in the UN, Border COntrol, and promotes a consistent conservative agenda. That is why Free Republic has been so successful compared to the various Dim sites such as moveon.org etc.

We are a third party in terms of a redistribution of electoral power, but not in terms of politics yet, but that might change.Our enemies say we ruin their election by using untruths and propaganda , when in fact we merely dilute paid-for-propaganda with fact.

As a new power we will be subject to "pay back" and that comes in the form of McCain Feingold. I think also that if Freepers had supported Dubyah on the ports deal, perhaps there would have been a liklihood a veto of the this sick legislation.

So since by this legislative attack, we are now acknowledged as a power politically, that is good news but we have to change gears to be a "playah," which means establishing a litigation fund,an off shore mirror site, and perhaps registering as a political party or PAC (yech!).

I think the fight would be worth it!

How about it Jim Robinson?

Are you up for round 2 or is it round 5?

I know I am.

Keep the faith,our good man!

We need the big bucks now!

1,218 posted on 03/26/2006 6:02:34 AM PST by Candor7 (Into Liberal Flatulence Goes the Hope of the West)

To: Jim Robinson

1,219 posted on 03/26/2006 6:44:13 AM PST by Chong

To: Jim Robinson

You aren't serious?

This is a HUGE violation of freedom of speech!

Prayers for you and your wonderful website, FR.

1,220 posted on 03/26/2006 8:52:14 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)

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