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Hi folks. Yes, this is Lazamataz. This my first and only message on Free Republic in about 2 years, or more. Free Republic was shut down on March 15, 2010, as part of the the Internet Freedom Act of 2009. Jim Robinson was declared a Information Criminal and executed months later. His son still languishes in prison. It is December 26, 2012. I have found a way to send this message to Free Republic, from the future, to this time. I need to tell you all what happened. It's too late for me, but maybe you can prevent it. Barack...

Tensions and anxiety are high right now and everybody wants to purge. But as the mods are constantly pointing out there are way too many vanities clogging the system. Here is an easy rule of thumb to use when thinking of posting a vanity. A good vanity is one that informs, educates, amuses or otherwise delights the reader. By its nature it is positive as it contributes to the participants overall FR experience. A bad vanity is a vent or whose purpose is to get something off the chest of the poster and is by its nature, selfish, because only...