[vimto]

Yes there is a page with good explanations of all the FR jargon. I cannot remember it right now but I will find it and post it to you.

A 'ping' is where you are alerted to a post which is of interest to you. You request to go on the ping list and can request to be taken off them.

there is even a cricket ping! If you know someone who might be interested in a post you put their name at the top and it comes up in their ping list (at the top of the page). Clever.

[SoldierDad]

Cool stuff. I'll look for your post. Thanks.

[backhoe]

2006 FREEREPUBLIC LEXICON (Lingo, Dictionary, Lore Handbook)

[CBart95]

Clever?

You cleverly inserted former GIs in your current indictment and while it is inderstood that certain scurrilous Americans have underwritten the IRA, where do you draw specific participation of ex-GIs?

"former special forces' soldiers-turned-mercenaries from Britain and the US who are willing to sell their deadly expertise to the highest bidder."

Where is the proof that supports your accusation of ex-Gis?

It has long been established that the IRA has hired out it's snipers to Muslim terrorist organizations,but where do you find evidence of mercenary ex-Gis?