Pulled article - Attorney in prominent Texas law firm is fatally shot

But then, I'm just a big baby ...

me too!!!

On the Thread page, on the right hand side, you will see a list ot topics something like this:

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Each one is it's seperate forum, including a news forum (the main forum). They all work individually (search, etc). So if your interested in Religion, you might want to see what articles are posted there. Just click on that link and you will see all the 'Religion' type articles.

John subgrouped all the threads for speed and organization. The Smokeybackroom is for heated topics and threads that might be a little too intense for the regular forum.

"Suggesting illegal actions, threatening officials, posting falsehoods, deliberately trying to besmirch FR, and the like should get you banned. "

And I would agree that would be a valid reason to remove a post and\or comment and maybe receive a warning. "I have seldom (if ever) seen a thread or a post pulled because of someone's opinion"

I have to disagree with you on that point. I have seen peoples post pulled for that reason and on more than one occasion and some of the subsequently banned.

How the eff do you know why posts are pulled?

Look up in the right hand corner of the Latest Post page and you'll see the following list. That is a list of the different forums...... each is unique or seperate from the others.... The only think that I'm aware of that crosses forums is a Ping to a poster.... Each of the Forums has it's own "latest post" page and "thread page"...... Most of the people follow the "News/Activism" Forum which is what you are on right now.

Here are the other Forums..... (click on each one and see what you get, but remember to get back here you'll have to click on "news/activism")....

My Forums

Campaign 2002
General Interest
News/Activism
Religion
RLC Liberty Caucus
The Smokey Backroom
VetsCoR

"Hey dude, I know what it's like. I used to be broke too. Good luck to you"

Yeah I too use to be broke, now I am retired.

Well a double shot may not hurt...... lol

The Laci thread is news. Other similar threads have degenerated into personal flame wars and attacks and had have had to be moved. As long as you abide by the general rules, "no personal attacks", etc, you will be fine. Here's the guidelines, the link is on the home page.

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I'm retired too. But I couldn't afford to retire in Carmel.

Good for you. And aren't free rides fun?

you don't unless you email jimrob or start a thread like this after the one in question is pulled......this one will most likely get pulled as well after everyone currently on it gets a couple of converstions going....then we'll start a "Why did the thread about the Thread that got pulled get pulled"

lol

GovernmentShrinker,We also have very nice things on the Religion forum,I like it.

I for one appreciate the hard work done by the staff here. They diligently keep out crap from spammers and trouble-makers, etc.

"News/Activism" is a category. I don't know the criteria, but if it's a news item that's a week old at least, it should be reclassified. That way "Latest Posts" stays fresh.

The search engine here is good and it's easy to browse around for other posts you might be interested. You, is_is, are acting like someone who thinks microwave popcorn doesn't cook fast enough.

And if you don't like the way the site works, then don't click on it. If you have suggestions, send an e-mail to the staff. Whining on a thread is unbecoming and childish.

If you, or ANYONE, have questions as to what "moving to chat" meant, or what a ZOT is, then ask. If you have been here for "ages" as you have claimed and have just now gotten around to asking what these things mean, then that's your fault for not speaking up or asking before now.

Another reason "no good deed goes unpunished" is such a trusim.

The present arrangement seems to suit the Catholic owner of FR, and I concur with his judgement on the subject.

Which naturally leads to the next question: why the eff do you care? Just deal with it, for cripes sake.

I know it's news but your definition concerning "chat" was news but has no political impact......where's the political impact concerning Laci.....Condit i understand....

Again i am only addressing the arbitrary nature of what is where etc...

Thanks....ya'll don't get paid enough!!! LOL

Yes. FYI, the moderators don't know who is who. Jim does though, and he can cross check new posters. When you alert us, or we find a troll, we notify Jim and he checks their status. Sometimes we ban someone immediately. You know the obvious ones....F***Bush as a new screen name will be banned without Jim's knowledge. But someone like this fellow who posted this previous thread, we didn't know if he was a retread or not. Jim did confirm. In the worst case situation, we may ban someone, only to find out we errorred, Jim can restore that person, appoligize profusely, and hopefully they will understand. We are only human, mistakes will happen, and we do try to correct them as soon as possible.

We don't willy nilly ban people. Oldtimers get plenty of warnings, and only Jim will ban them. We only ban the really bad newbies.

It's getting worse right now with the newbie trolls, they are comming out of the woodwork, so, we must be doing something right.

I was just thinking GMTA. Thanks, you did a good job.

is_is signed up 1998-11-25.

looking over the posts i don't think i'm the only one wondering about certain things.....if you don't care for my vanity post....Don't click on it......where have i heard that before....

I'm sure it does please you. If atheist posturings were banished to the religion black-hole, many posters who presently strut and peck their way like feckless chickens across the breaking news barnyard would never find their way out.

There are plenty of good threads in there, but plenty of rants too, like the intra-Catholic bickering threads, and the anti-Mormon threads. However, none of it is particularly relevant to FR's mission of mobilizing a conservative grassroots force to restore a Consitutional political system in this country, and it turns off a lot of potential members of that grassroots force (often by voicing hostility to their religious beliefs).