[GraniteStateConservative]

No, but it isn't rocket science. There were two posts on the subject. These are the steps you'd think they'd take.

1. See who was first and lock the other.
2. Copy over the replies on the locked thread.
3. Destroy or not destroy the locked thread.

That's it. Not too hard.

[The Wizard]

I get my post removed sometimes, too, even when I'm just 15 seconds behind, but you only need one thread per issue, so what the hell, I love FreeRepublic.com