A few good FReepers wanted [Fourth QTR 09 Freepathon thread VI]

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[Jim Robinson]

First of all, I'd like to thank all of you for making Free Republic the number one conservative site on the Internet!!

There is no doubt that FReepers have made a difference in American politics. As an example, we FReepers worked closely with Bob Barr and helped him impeach President Clinton. That one's in the history books. The Clintons and the Democrats will never live it down. It might even have been a factor in thwarting Hillary's run for the presidency, though we're now stuck with someone just as bad. And that's only because we couldn't get a conservative on the top of the ticket. Just goes to show how far gone our political world has tumbled and why FR is needed now more than ever! No more RINOS!!

Another example is FReeper chapters turning out in Florida and DC and all around the country protesting and successfully blocking Al Gore's attempted coup d'etat in 2000. And again when FReepers exposed Dan Rather's fraudulent reporting and then pitched in to help swiftboat John Kerry. These are also in the history books.

But we live in a target rich environment. Through outright fraud and deception the corrupt Democrats have taken over the White House and both houses of Congress. Our Marxist-in-chief and his socialist enablers are now working double time to destroy what's left of our free economy and capitalist society. They will stop at nothing short of the total collapse of America if they are not stopped. Anyone who doesn't believe that is simply not paying attention. They have their sights set on the total downfall of America and world socialist domination and they've never been closer than they are today.

Should Obama's plans for taking over the health care industry, "revolutionizing" the energy sector, ie, bankrupting the oil, gas and coal industries, taking complete control over the financial and banking industries, expanding federal control over the entire corporate sector, bankrupting all heavy industry, mining, timber, agriculture, etc, etc, it'll be Katy bar the door. Our economy will collapse and down the drain goes our beloved US of A.

And not to mention his failures in foreign policy and national security/national defense. Obama is without a doubt one of the worst presidents we've ever had if not the very worst. Don't know which will kill us first, his overreaching Marxist economic policies or his bungling/inept foreign policy and piss poor execution of his duties as Commander-in-chief. Obama can't figure out whether he should attack or surrender as our enemy gets stronger and bolder. And if he allows Iran to get nukes, then it's just a matter of time. The entire Middle East is closer than ever to going up in a mushroom cloud and Obama doesn't have a clue. Borrowing from General Schwarzkopf, "he's neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that he is a great military man."

And who's going to stop him? We are. Not saying FR will do it alone, but we are one of hundreds if not thousands of similar grassroots organizations that are banding together to block this yahoo. We just happen to be one of the larger and older organizations and one with a history of accomplishments. And together we've protested at thousands of grassroots Tea Parties in every city of the land and we just turned out two million patriots to protest Obama in DC. This was probably one of the largest protests ever in our nation's capital. And we're just getting warmed up. The biggest protests are yet to come and then we turnout in historic numbers in 2010 and 2012 to dump the evil Marxist bastards!!

But just like the rest of the country we are currently struggling financially. We don't sell products or services. We don't sell advertising or memberships. There are no fees or dues to pay to use our services or to join our organization. We rely solely on voluntary donations from our readers and participants to support our organization and events and it has always worked very well in the past. I pray it continues.

We appreciate very much your continuing support and dedication to the cause. There is much work yet to be done. If not us, who? If not now, when?

Thank you all very much.

God bless.

Keep your powder dry.

Rebellion is brewing!!

[RasterMaster]

This month’s installment dropped in the mail today!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, 444Flyer!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, pissant!!

[Fiddlstix]

Q4 2009 Summary
Q-t-D Receipts
	$26,459.39 (includes monthlies to-date)
Monthlies
	$10,302.26 (pledged, not actual receipts)

   Q4 2009 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$3,407.14	108	$31.55	$1,536.00	94
2	Texas	2,289.00	82	27.91	1,134.00	64
3	Florida	1,640.00	50	32.80	830.00	43
4	Pennsylvania	1,170.00	36	32.50	250.00	15
5	Ohio	1,143.10	29	39.42	464.00	12
6	Maryland	1,015.00	22	46.14	225.00	14
7	Virginia	940.95	28	33.61	455.00	25
8	Illinois	833.00	26	32.04	405.00	17
9	North Carolina	823.00	26	31.65	263.00	18
10	Georgia	775.00	27	28.70	290.00	13
11	Michigan	640.00	20	32.00	135.00	10
12	Missouri	639.00	23	27.78	164.00	11
13	New York	621.13	31	20.04	360.26	19
14	Massachusetts	585.00	23	25.43	235.00	14
15	Arizona	535.00	18	29.72	150.00	12
16	New Jersey	533.80	17	31.40	205.00	11
17	Washington	455.00	16	28.44	363.00	22
18	Minnesota	410.00	10	41.00	75.00	8
19	Nevada	395.00	9	43.89	50.00	3
20	South Carolina	375.00	13	28.85	75.00	7
21	Oregon	340.00	14	24.29	120.00	8
22	Indiana	340.00	16	21.25	170.00	12
23	Alabama	335.00	16	20.94	190.00	13
24	Tennessee	280.00	16	17.50	175.00	10
25	Wisconsin	280.00	13	21.54	150.00	10
26	Louisiana	278.00	8	34.75	127.00	7
27	New Hampshire	260.00	3	86.67	10.00	1
28	Colorado	250.00	10	25.00	185.00	11
29	Alaska	240.00	5	48.00	30.00	1
30	Arkansas	225.00	7	32.14	90.00	7
31	Montana	220.00	5	44.00	50.00	3
32	Connecticut	210.00	8	26.25	60.00	4
33	Utah	207.00	10	20.70	200.00	12
34	Kansas	205.00	7	29.29	70.00	6
35	Mississippi	200.00	5	40.00	155.00	7
36	Thailand	200.00	2	100.00
37	Rhode Island	200.00	2	100.00	10.00	1
38	New Mexico	195.00	8	24.38	50.00	2
39	Idaho	195.00	5	39.00	160.00	6
40	South Dakota	185.00	4	46.25	30.00	1
41	Kentucky	170.00	8	21.25	10.00	1
42	Maine	170.00	5	34.00	50.00	1
43	North Dakota	160.00	3	53.33	10.00	1
44	Delaware	125.00	5	25.00	5.00	1
45	Oklahoma	125.00	5	25.00	135.00	8
46	Nebraska	120.00	4	30.00	45.00	2
47	West Virginia	110.00	5	22.00	35.00	2
48	Hong Kong	100.00	1	100.00
49	Ireland	100.00	1	100.00
50	Iowa	90.00	4	22.50	30.00	2
51	Hawaii	85.00	6	14.17	65.00	5
52	Germany	70.00	2	35.00
53	Armed Forces - Europe	70.00	3	23.33
54	Canada	60.00	4	15.00	20.00	2
55	South Korea	50.00	1	50.00
56	Puerto Rico	45.00	2	22.50
57	Vermont	40.00	2	20.00	51.00	3
58	Wyoming	30.00	2	15.00
59	Cuba	30.00	1	30.00
60	Australia	25.00	1	25.00
61	Japan	10.00	1	10.00	30.00	1
62	Bulgaria	3.00	1	3.00
	Norway				10.00	1
	District of Columbia				20.00	1
Never Never Land		601.27	35	17.18	90.00	9
63 locations total		$26,459.39	880	$30.07	$10,302.26	594

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, cripplecreek!!

[Fiddlstix]

Free Republic Monthly Budget

Once we get our monthly donations to the point where they will cover all of our expenses, we will not need to have fundraisers.

Est. Recurring Monthly Contributions			$10,302.00
Monthly Expenses
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	Travel Expenses	800	25,330.00
Est. Monthly Shortfall			($15,028.00)

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Est. Monthly Shortfall

Amount needed in one-time donations per month or additional monthlies need to meet budget needs.

[Fiddlstix]

Wanted:
A Few Good FReepers!

What do I mean by "A few good FReepers wanted?"

Well, we are currently delivering over 1.2 million pageviews to over 230,000 visitors per day. That's 40 million pageviews to 7 million visitors per month or 120 million pageviews per quarter, 480 million pageviews per year. We currently have over 330,000 registered screen names on FR. Out of these millions of visits, hundreds of millions of pageviews and hundreds of thousands of registered FReepers and hundreds of thousands of regular lurkers only a relatively FEW actually donate the funds to keep FR alive.

Now I'm not complaining because we've always managed to meet our fundraising goals in the past, but it is taking longer and longer to accomplish the task. And part of that may be because it's mostly the same few dedicated FReepers providing the funds and along with the rest of us I'm sure they're stretched to the limit. Sure would be nice if a few more FReepers and lurkers would lend a hand and send in a few bucks. Doesn't take much. I think our average donation is around $20, but you can send in $5, $10, $20, $30 or more and make it a monthly contribution if you can.

A relatively few good FReepers is all it takes to keep FR on the air so hundreds of thousands of us can join together in kicking liberal butt and fighting for our freedom!!

For example, 1,500 dedicated FReepers and lurkers donating an average of $20 each per month is all it takes to continue delivering these hundreds of millions of propaganda fighting, pro-liberty pages to tens of millions of readers every year. How many concerned citizens and potential voters can we reach for a tiny fraction of a cent per page? FR delivers a BIG bang for the buck!!

If you enjoy posting and or reading FR and have never donated before, please consider doing so today. You can donate by secure server by clicking the link above or send your checks or money orders to:

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Thank you all very much for your continuing participation and support!!

29 posted on 10/10/2009 4:25:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimrobfr)

[pissant]

BUMP

[cripplecreek]

I don’t have much but I don’t think I would be able to make it without FR.

[WVNan]

It’s my connection to the world.

[Chuck54]

Question Jim R. Do you how many additional "Dollar-A-Day" members needed to make the site sustainable w/o FReepathons?

I think we need a campaign for 'Dollar-A-Day' members.

I'll help out. Just tell me which kneecaps need breaking. :)

[Chuck54]

I found the answer upthread.

[paulycy]

Just a thought based on my own desire to know whether my own small monthly donation is even covering my costs to your site:

Can you provide a little program to calculate how much bandwidth a FReeper uses per month, multiply that by the cost per MB and then provide a suggested monthly minimum donation that FReeper should pay so that everyone is at least carrying their own weight financially?

This could still be entirely voluntary. I was thinking maybe a link from your user account that would take you to a page that shows your personal stats and your estimated monthly costs. Then it would be up to the FReeper whether they cover their own costs or not voluntarily by donating monthly or whatever.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Click The Pic

[LibLieSlayer]

Answering the call as always. Although times are hard, there will be $100.00 coming from Mississippi tomorrow.

LLS

[abigailsmybaby]

How can I raise my monthly donation to $30?

[Jim Robinson]

I see your point, but the actual bandwidth used per individual FReeper is miniscule. For example, the total cost per FReeper per year is about a buck. In other words, if every active FReeper or lurker would send in a buck per year we would have over $330,000 and that amount would totally cover our annual costs. We wouldn’t have to have fund raisers at all.

I assure you your monthly donation more than covers your own costs and you and people like you are making it possible for hundreds and thousands of others to read our pages and participate in our forum. Your bang for the buck is incalculable and invaluable!

I thank you and a thousand others thank you and generations of free Americans yet to be born thank you.

God bless.

[Zechariah11]

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[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, LibLieSlayer!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, abigailsmybaby!!

A Freepmail message will be forthcoming.