[efnwriter]

To all concerned re: Vanity Post:
First, thank you all for reading and commenting. Second - let's keep the fight in Iraq - not here.

My intention in posting to Free Republic is to address what has always been an appreciative audience. I welcome commentary and have learned a lot from freepers. I did not intend to insult the site or any of the readers. I posted this to Breaking News because the catagory seemed an appropriate vehicle to address the nonsence in the major press outlets. This is NOT an advertisment. I post to Free Republic because it is the most intelligent, informed forum on the web. I don't mean to sound rude, but there are much better ways to "advertise" than posting to Free Republic.

The guidelines for posting state: "Do keep "vanity" posts to a minimum - Free Republic is primarily a place to discuss news, articles, and editorials. Vanity posts, creations of the poster him or herself, should meet a high standard of quality before one is even considered worthy of posting."

I believe the posting meets these requirements. I have not found any specific guidelines on choosing catagories and I welcome guidelines from the Admin.
Replies Welcome.

Jonathan Rhodes

[Sir_Ed]

I appreciated this column...thanks.

Ed

[Travis McGee]

I appreciate all of your posts and have found them superior to the vast majority of what I read in the mainstream media.

[wardaddy]

EFN,

You needn't explain DiddlySquat.

Your posting is no more of an advertisement than a link to any other website from Drudge to Fox to Print Media to even Lew Rockwell et al.

I'm glad Travis pinged me to it....I agree with the other poster that Breaking News is all out of whack. This is living history (as I was reminded last nite). The forum can settle back to "normal" structuring when we're done.

I don't know about you guys but my TV is about all news right now at home....mainly FOX or some filler if FOX has some cretin on momentarily. I've got 2 decent VHS rentals just sitting there....they'll be returned unviewed.

Your analysis is appreciated by this layman.

[houstonian]

Thanks for the post.

The aversion to vanity posts here comes from those 30 watt posters with a single 25 watt idea. Those extended posts by Freepers which sustain insightful, factual thinking really don't fall into the "Vanity" category even though they may not be published in a (more or less) mainstream outlet. Your post obviously doesn't fit into the former class, and is welcome here.