FreeRepublic is down!

[DarkPhenyx]

I just thought I'd mention that I cannot access their site and it looks like it may have crashed. Awww, poor freepers.

[wtmusic]

1. And the world...will be a better place...

dum te dum dum :D

[BOSSHOG]

2. Should we expect more visitors than usual?

[ET Awful]

4. Exactly . . .

Freepers are kind of like cattle . . . when the door to their pen is left open, they tend to wander and roam.

[Az]

3. Double Dupe

2 threads already running on this. 209.157.64.200 is the IP if you really really need to see what they are up to.

[DarkPhenyx]

6. This only shows taht it's big news.

Well, not really, still amusing though. :)

[meegbear]

7. Stop that!

Don't give them the IP. Let 'em stew cuz they can't get there.

[zbdent]

14. Let's put it this way - if they can't get it by typing in "Free Republic"

only 12 of their hard-core audience would be technologically able to find it.

Of course, a lot of us are intelligent enough to figure out how to get there.

Why should we spell it out for the adult-diaper crowd?

[Sequoia]

5. They'll just head over to the Townhall site

and moan over there.

[mhr]

8. Found The Following On Their Web Site (http://209.157.64.200/)

The following set of principles comes directly from the their splash page. http://209.157.64.200/

Look carefully at the last line. Seems that they would have to be anti-bush since * has not defended the constitution.

Quite funny, their internal principles are not consistent!

"As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and-pro America. We oppose all forms of liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism, anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism, feminism, homosexualism, racism, wacko environmentalism, judicial activism, etc. We also oppose the United Nations or any other world government body that may attempt to impose its will or rule over our sovereign nation and sovereign people. We believe in defending our borders, our constitution and our national sovereignty."

[camero]

10. Maybe this is why they changed

Important Legal Notice:
LAT/WP vs Free Republic Settles
Free Republic has settled the alleged copyright infringement suit brought by The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post and has agreed not to post full text articles from their publications or any of their related subsidiaries and affiliates. Please do not post full text from these sources.
Any full text articles from LAT or WP or subsidiaries or affiliates will be deleted in compliance with this settlement. Click to see a copy of the Amended Final Judgment in this case.

[madrchsod]

9. they are over here

lurking around

[DarkPhenyx]

11. They are? Hey! Freepers!

:hi::spank:

[Donkeyboy75]

16. I don't blame them

Have you seen the format of their site? It SUCKS. It looks like a fourth grader designed and coded it.

[EV1Ltimm]

18. i'm almost tempted to email the webmaster...

Dear Free Republic Webmaster,

http://www.phpbb.com

Thank you,

Timm Marshall

[Mr.Green93]

12. they usually have outages before begathons

[el_gato]

13. they went down right after the first Bush Knew relevations on 5/02

they always seem to go down at critical times until the appropriate talking points have been manufactured.

[Robbien]

15. Just found out the reason the site was pulled down

In their DNS registry FR listed an invalid telephone number so they were pulled down.

Guess JR did want non-freeper calls.

[matcom]

17. HAHAHAHAHAHA

what a fucking DUMBASS!

[citizen snips]

19. Their message board sucks.

They will be over here soon.

[supernova]

20. They've been out all day

then according to all the DU threads about it. Ha. Have we had a lot of visitors today? ;-)