[patriciaruth]

Jim posted a notice recently that he was going to delete articles from DU, etc. as we had had enough left wing wacko junk being posted over here and needed a break for a while.

That may explain part of what went on.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I don't know what was in that post you replied to but there was a unwritten rule about not posting from DU for almost a year. Reasons were that DU isn't a legitimate news source and they were trying to herald themselves as the the anti FR and want our help with web hits from people directed there by us. These are just a couple off the top of my head. With the Wellstone accusations and the elections, Jim Rob gave us some latitude on posting from there but it got to be a bit much. Some people went overboard.

[Johnny Shear]

I don't think he said anything about "etc". I think he's only against posts from DUhhh.