Jim's Fresno location is a tiny island of sanity in a state under the thumb of the Marxist/Leninist forces. Those on the anti-American liberal side certainly lack wisdom but they're not necessarily stupid. They have the narrow range of technical intelligence (often found in atheistic liberals) to silence the premiere source for Constitutional Conservatism on the web. Given that the FreeRepublic servers are in San Jose, a bastion of leftists, abortionists and homosexuals, it wouldn't surprise me if the attack is orchestrated by people in close proximity.
In these perilous times, we need FreeRepublic more than ever and I'll be mailing in a check to help advance the cause of liberty and freedom. I'd also think it might be wise to consider re-locating the servers to a region less prone to the antics of nearby liberals. I know that Texas would be proud to be the home of FreeRepublic. God Bless Jim, John and the rest of the FR crew!