http://www.restoretherepublic.com/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,89/

From Matt Whitlock, Freedom Fortress creator:

This new tool, called Freedom Fortress, is a communications network based not on groups but rather on locations and distances. Unless I'm writing on an issue pertaining specifically to my county, I don't really want to talk to everyone in my county, but rather only to those people who are within a particular distance of myself, which could very well include people in other counties! For some topics I want to reach only people very nearby, and for other topics I want to reach a larger area. On the receiving end, I don't always care about events going on clear on the other side of my county (counties in Florida are large), so I would prefer to "dial down" the messages I receive to include only those originating closer to myself.

Such a system wouldn't replace the group-centric system of RTR, Meetup or Google Groups, but would instead be a parallel systemserving a different purpose. Many discussions need to takeplace on a county or state level, and those discussions should be held via the group system, whichever one or ones we wind upchoosing. However, many discussions would be better focused around individual locations with no regard for arbitrary political boundaries.

As a software engineer, I naturally had to implement this idea I've had. The active and fully-functional system can now befound at: http://www.restoretherepublic.com/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,89/

And all of this operates without the need for segregating the member population into groups.

Check it out and bookmark:
http://www.restoretherepublic.com/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,89/

There is also a link for "Freedom Fortress" under the "about us" tab at the top of the RTR website. 

Freedom Fortress is an independent program administrated by Matt Whitlock and is only offered as a tool for RTR site users.

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