Too begin with, I wanted to share what was posted the day I joined, but Sadly, 99% of FreeRepublic's early history is lost due to FR losing a court case brought on by many leftists in the MSM over copyright violations due to Freepers posting full articles. Thus all the records of posts and comments prior to early September 2021 were scrubbed by court order. I do find it quit interesting that the order came down from the courts about a week before the attack on 9/11. Coincidence? Maybe, but looking back now I with all that has been...