I don't think you are quite clear on the issue here.
Never said a word about not allowing blogs on Free Republic.
The core issue is folks excerpting their own trashy blogs to get hits,
using FR as a hit farm. This is called blog pimping and I may have
mentioned it before a time or two. Or several.
The fact that there are indeed decent blogs in existence
does not negate the fact that the remaining 99% are trash.