[Ada Coddington]

Great post. The comparison between Bush's "homeland defense" and Wilson's CPI is accurate. Thanks.

Freerepublic is influential due to the great number of posters and lurkers the site attracts. I am concerned that censorship and banning of excellent contributors will eventually result in reduced readership.

[Inspector Harry Callahan]

It already has.

[tet68]

Thank you for your concern.

Do you see the concern,(gesture,pulling down lower eyelid)in MY eye?

[Publius6961]

Freerepublic is influential due to the great number of posters and lurkers the site attracts. I am concerned that censorship and banning of excellent contributors will eventually result in reduced readership.

Ah... the beauty of living in a free society, which values the concept of private property is that you don't have to wait to get banned before leaving.

Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out.

The tolerance we display for the ignorant, the cowardly and the constant stream of disruptors is testament itself to the dedication to free speech that FR displays.

But under certain circumstances there is a limit.

[ClancyJ]

I am concerned that censorship and banning of excellent contributors will eventually result in reduced readership.

If the readers are looking for anti-government, anti-U.S., anti-American views - great - let them go to other sites, there are many.

If they are looking for conservative Americans fighting terrorists, fighting liberalism, socialism and using all their efforts to fight this war, they have found the right place - FreeRepublic.

If this becomes a place working to destroy our government and against our military, I will leave and consider it a anti-American site.

[D. Miles]

I read Free less now than ever before..not becuase of censorship...but because too many liberals have landed here and are allowed to post to suit me!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

As long as we're all sharing beefs..you know what's really frustrating? The mainstream press, who ordinarily runs to give both Jesse Jackson and Janet Reno free publicity, isn't telling us about JJ and Reno's current anti-Bush administration actions. Free Republic is an open forum. It is not free. God bless Jim Robinson.
RENO and JJ: RATS .