Listen Scott, this is getting tiring. Stop seeing conspiracies everywhere, and try asking simple questions (which have already been answered elsewhere) instead. That's how you get to the truth, not by wildly speculating.

The Media Gallery module box in the corner of the home page displays a random image selected from a list of files uploaded to the Media Gallery in the past 7 days. Images uploaded with articles and features are NOT displayed in the Media Gallery, which was designed for images, PDFs, and audio/video files that stand on their own (flyers, photos of protests, audio interviews, documentary videos, etc).

Your "Martin O'Malley()'s Irish Roots..." photo is a perfect example of what DOES NOT belong in the Media Gallery. The image itself is pointless without any context, and doesn't merit inclusion in the gallery. You appear to be using it simply to link to your blog posting, which is a fundamental abuse of the gallery.

Thanks for all your hard work Spud. Those of us who have a clue understand what you're saying, apparently, some others don't.

I asked simple questions: Who turned off the Media Gallery (from the front page) and why?

So far only spam has been posted in response.

I'd like to know:

1. does the Baltimore IMC webmaster believe in free speech? If so, why is he assuming dictatorial control by turning the Media Gallery on and off as it suits him?

2. Is the Baltimore IMC webmaster working for Homeland Security? For an intelligence agency?

3. Is Indymedia just a monstrous fraud and betrayal, an intelligence operation with the intention of tricking millions of people into falsely believing the website promotes free speech?

thanks,

Apparently the "hard work" that chthonik is praising is censorship, as Spud the Sniveling Jackboot Censor Boy managed to remove my rebuttal to his lies (entitled "you're still an idiot"; this is Spud's limit of intellectual discourse).

Can't you two play Concentration Camp Guard at home? It is a pity that Spud feels compelled to live out his Fascist fantasies out in public, particularly on a website that supposedly supports free speech.