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This is just a drill: Thanks to John McCain, Free Republic will shut down tomorrow at high noon for
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Posted on 03/23/2006 8:03:45 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Edited on 03/24/2006 11:31:56 AM PST by Jim Robinson.
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Now hear this:
Thanks to John McCain, Free Republic will shut down tomorrow at high noon for 30 days. No non government approved electioneering messages may be transmitted over the internet for the 30 days immediately preceding a primary election.
That is all.
The above exercise was just a drill. But if John McCain has his way with his proposed rules for regulating political free speech on the internet, this is how we will be forced to operate in the coming election cycle and all election cycles in the future until we can get the unconstitutional McCain-Feingold act repealed.
Carthago delenda est
I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!
If the thought of losing your right to express yourself online makes you mad, it is high time you let Senator John McCain know how you feel.
McCain, John - (R - AZ)
(202) 224-2235
Washington, DC
241 Russell Senate Ofc. Bldg.
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2235
Fax: (202) 228-2862
Phoenix
5353 North 16th Street
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Phone: (602) 952-2410
Fax: (602) 952-8702
Tempe
4703 S. Lakeshore Drive
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Phone: (480) 897-6289
Fax: (480) 897-8389
Tucson
407 W. Congress Street
Suite 103
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Phone: (520) 670-6334
Fax: (520) 670-6637
McCain, John - (R - AZ)
(202) 224-2235
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Senate Offices:
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Cloak Room Republican: (202) 224-6191
(From post #732 by bd476)
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To: VanShuyten
Welcome to official FR membership! For this you desrve your very own pet raven (who is likely to start saying "NeverGore").
681
posted on
03/23/2006 10:21:40 PM PST
by
carl in alaska
(The raven watching news of the Florida recounts stirred and spoke. Quoth the raven..."NeverGore.")
To: freedumb2003
682
posted on
03/23/2006 10:22:45 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: Old Sarge
Wonderful!!
Stay safe, ya hear?
*HUG*
ms.B
683
posted on
03/23/2006 10:23:26 PM PST
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: freedumb2003
"Some of my favorite people in the world are redheads"
Mine too, especially redheads of the female persuasion.
684
posted on
03/23/2006 10:23:53 PM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(President Bush isn't absolutely perfect,but he is absolutely less flawed than his critics .)
To: TASMANIANRED
I'm Irish on my mother's side. I know all about redheaded tempers ;)
685
posted on
03/23/2006 10:24:01 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Diplomacy is what you do after you kick the enemy's ass and define their lives afterward)
To: Jim Robinson
686
posted on
03/23/2006 10:24:44 PM PST
by
msnimje
(SAMMY for SANDY --- THAT IS WHAT I CALL A GOOD TRADE!!!)
To: Jim Robinson
By the way, John McCain is my legal advisor.McCain vs. Hillary! in 08 equals the death knell. Bong! Bong!
"Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie..."
Two thirds of America have already flushed the 'Dream' down the toilet.
Myself, I hang out at gun threads to learn skills that ultimately will become useful in the near future when the remaining third are attacked outright.
We The People are only to blame, since we could have enumerated a few of the rights the 10th ammendment left open for us to explore. But we didn't, and they (feds and states) have, (nature abhores a vacuum) thus the near-police state enviornment we live in today.
Living within the law in this state means allowing one's self to become prey to the sick predators this socialist mecca produces each year. No thanks. Screw McCain, Hillary, and this state. As a real American, I have no time for socialists, fascists, and the budding minnions willing to do their bidding.
To: F.J. Mitchell
688
posted on
03/23/2006 10:25:36 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Diplomacy is what you do after you kick the enemy's ass and define their lives afterward)
To: Jim Robinson
I find this gagging of free speech incredible. Is this the US or is it the USSR! At 12:01 tomorrow, I will make a call to Sen. McCain's office and ask why my best source of unbiased news and information is being shut down. Perhaps if we all call continuously for 30 days, McCain might find out what it is like to have your communication source unavailable!
I will also ask if NPR is being shut down as they have demonstrated a political bias which a corporation receiving federal tax money should not exhibit.
Lastly, I will advise Sen. McCain that I will never, ever vote for him.
[Is there any plan to form up at an alternate location, geographic or Internet?]
689
posted on
03/23/2006 10:25:46 PM PST
by
FOXFANVOX
(Tony Snow Fan: God bless the military)
To: Jim Robinson
It's not April Fool's day....I hope you are kidding!
690
posted on
03/23/2006 10:26:26 PM PST
by
RasterMaster
("Bin Laden shows others the road to Paradise, but never offers to go along for the ride." GWB)
To: VanShuyten
That's a very generous offer for legal defense. If this ends in a court battle, then challenge FR to match your donation by 2 to 1 ($2000.) I'll match the first $500. The Swift Boat Vets raised tons of money online for their fight against Kerry. We can do the same thing if necessary.
691
posted on
03/23/2006 10:26:34 PM PST
by
carl in alaska
(The raven watching news of the Florida recounts stirred and spoke. Quoth the raven..."NeverGore.")
To: posterchild
"Whoa! Nobody told me this was a politically oriented forum..."
It's not. Conservatism is a religion.
692
posted on
03/23/2006 10:27:16 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: freedumb2003
Best to get those irascible traits out in the open quickly.
693
posted on
03/23/2006 10:27:28 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: M203M4
What was he really thinking when he signed it?That it was what the people wanted via their Congressional representation and that SCOTUS would stop the nonsense before it went into effect. Bad choice. At least, that's my assessment of why GWB signed CFR.
694
posted on
03/23/2006 10:28:10 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("If I were a Cuban, I'd certainly be on a raft," Isane Aparicio Busto)
To: pbrown
GOODNESS NO! NOT BY A TRILLION LIGHT YEARS.
Let me try again.
1. I revere and highly praise and thank god for every one of such heros and potential heros still living.
2. I was trying poorly to make the point that to be like who was it . . . Neihbur . . . I didn't speak up for the trade unionists because I wasn't a trade unionist . . . and at the end there was no one to speak up for me left.
3. My point was--WE MUST SPEAK UP NOW. To be silent and then realize only after being killed that we SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN UP WHILE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND MEANS . . . would be worse than silly.
Please let me know you understand my point. PLEASE!
695
posted on
03/23/2006 10:29:37 PM PST
by
Quix
(GOD IS LOVE and full of mercy HE IS ALSO JUST & fiercely HOLY. Groups choosing death can reap it)
To: RasterMaster
Not kidding, but it is a drill. This is what it'll be like under the new regulations that are being announced on Monday. Standby for the real deal. (or should it be bend over for the real deal?)
To: NonValueAdded
My take on it, for what it's worth, is GWB wanted McCain's support on other issues such as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. So he signed CFR while expecting the SCOTUS to strike it down, but incredibly, it was upheld.
697
posted on
03/23/2006 10:31:13 PM PST
by
carl in alaska
(The raven watching news of the Florida recounts stirred and spoke. Quoth the raven..."NeverGore.")
To: Quix
I apologize. I understand now, I read it the wrong way. Please forgive me.
698
posted on
03/23/2006 10:32:56 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
To: Williams
I picked a bad day to give up drinking. Lol, you and me both. I figured id stop for a while since im finally healed up and can get back to working out.
699
posted on
03/23/2006 10:33:06 PM PST
by
SDGOP
To: carl in alaska
I hope that's true.
Darker thoughts intrude when pondering that.
I think he signed because he wanted to stay alive.
700
posted on
03/23/2006 10:33:18 PM PST
by
Quix
(GOD IS LOVE and full of mercy HE IS ALSO JUST & fiercely HOLY. Groups choosing death can reap it)
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