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Anyone know how to filter Free Republic using keywords? There are some topics and articles I never want to see.

Instead of TSA groping and x-ray scanning us, wouldn't it be cheaper and more effective to eliminate TSA completely, and instead just put one armed plainclothes guard on every plane?

Dream ticket for 2012 Presidential Election: Huckabee and Hickenlooper... What do you think?

If the economic and social meltdown happens, what is the best weapon for home defense?

I've been trying for weeks to EXPORT or SYNCRONIZE all my Outlook 2007 data from one Vista computer to another. Not just contacts, but EVERYTHING, including, calendar, to do list, settings, fonts, and signatures. Help! I'm just about brain dead trying to do this... it shouldn't be so complicated! Rick

Can someone post a photo of the Goldman Sachs CEO side-by-side with Mini-me? Photo here: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/04/blankfein-gets-star-treatment.html

Why isn't Free Republic easier to read on my iPhone and iTouch? When I click on a thread, the type spreads out and it's so small I cannot read it. Why doesn't it format in a narrower column so the font is larger and readable?

The U.S. Government is the biggest Ponzi scheme in the history of the planet, now frantically taking money from everywhere (including thin air) to pay off earlier debts. How long can this continue before it collapses completely? Are we witnessing more than the collapse of our financial markets? Are we witnessing the collapse of our civilization, the same way the Roman Empire collapsed?

I just turned on the Today Show and saw Meredith Viera repeatedly interrupting the First Lady -- it was incredibly rude and disrespectful -- I couldn't bear to watch it, so I turned it off after about 1 minute. Whatever happened to respect and civility in this country? Is this what the mainstream media thinks we want to watch?

The U.S. Congress has apparently hired Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (aka "Beaker" the Muppet) to help keep order in the balcony.

I need advice -- does anyone know about surgery to cure snoring? Have you had it, or do you know anyone who has had it? I've exhausted all other non-surgical possibilities (nasal strips, C-PAP oxygen masks, different mattresses, sleep positions, etc.) and nothing works for me, so I am considering surgery. The procedure is called "uvulopalatalpharyngoplasty." If you know anything about it, I'd appreciate hearing from you. In essence, I'm trying to find out: "Does this surgery work?"

England's normally straitlaced Queen appears recently with a lampshade on her head, startling onlookers. Can anyone post this photo so others can caption it? Also, feel free to post photos of other people wearing lampshades.

Can anyone post this photo next to the Muppets character who works with the scientist, I think his name is "Beaker"...

DENVER - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized for his agency's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him his job. "If I can help people focus on preparedness, how to be better prepared in their homes and better prepared in their businesses — because that goes straight to the bottom line — then I hope I can help the country in some way," Brown told the Rocky Mountain News for its Thursday editions. Brown said officials need to "take inventory" of what's going...

Take a look at this... Can anyone post this guy and a Benny Hill pic side-by-side? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051111/ts_nm/iraq_izzat_dc;_ylt=Atv1LJfyyHyUqs4F4J_ugPd34T0D;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Anybody see this? Lauer and Couric each tried repeatedly to focus on the NEGATIVE while interviewing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and New Orleans Police Chief, but both responded POSITIVELY. It's as if they suddenly woke up and realized that the mainstream press has been trashing them for the entire week and making them and their city look like complete failures, and now they've decided they are not going to put up with it anymore.

According to a recent report from ratings agency Moody's Investors Service Inc., 65% of the U.S. commercial loans that it rated in the second quarter were interest-only for part or all of the loan's term. Such loans require borrowers to pay back only the interest during part or all of the length of the loan term. Two years ago, interest-only loans made up just 7% of the overall market.

Regarding Africa, did anyone see the PBS News Hour tonite? A black African author said repeatedly that the real problem is government corruption, while a white Ivy League professor insisted that the real problem is that President Bush won't give more financial handouts.

<p>A happy marriage apparently is good medicine, but hostile spouses may be harmful to one another's health.</p> <p>Couples in conflict-ridden marriages take longer than the happily married to heal from all kinds of wounds, from minor scrapes or athletic injuries to major surgery, suggests a study out over the weekend.</p>

Katie Couric makes a face as she arrives at the 2005 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Mortons in West Hollywood