you most certainly can read all the posts without being a member of FR, i think. just go to www.freerepublic.com search for threat matrix and click on the link. unless there are other posts in other member-specific locations i'm missing, that's what i've done
Then if you've been lurking as long as it takes to read 60,000 posts, then why did you decide to jump in today?
Well, you are right on top of things Hot Rod and we sure do appreciate that.