I normally don't waste my time responding to posts that start and end with "STFU," but I draw exception here because you are in obvious need of a spanking.
You didn't have to waste valuable minutes from your busy life conducting a title or subject search or scrolling through hundreds of posts to discover the original article. You only had to spend maybe a second looking at the "breaking news" sidebar to find the prior thread so prominently displayed, which BTW, had nearly the same title as the subsequent post. Even a member of the DU could have found it with only a minimal drain on physical and mental energy. I know that's a lot of effort for busy people like yourself, but being a member of FreeRepublic is not without sacrifice.
The Mods here at FR do an excellent job. But like your local constable, they can't be every place at all times. To a large extent, FR relies upon self-policing among members to prevent vanities from running amok, breaking news from becoming parochial, and repeat articles from stealing bandwidth.
Unlike your post to me, my post to "areafiftyone" was light with a touch of sarcasm and certainly not intended as a personal attack. We even had a laugh about it in subsequent posts. This really wasn't or isn't a big deal, and it certainly isn't worthy of a post from you that starts and ends with "STFU." Have a nice day.
Look, after calming down I agree that the STFU's were bad form. You didn't deserve that and I apologize.
But I still think that with regard to duplicate posts you should mind your own business and let the Mod's do their job.