Sorry but collectivism is a concept welcomed by the left and an aboration to what FR stands for. Regardless of your viewpoint FR is owned and operated by JimRob, thus by default is "his to do what he damn well pleases to do."
FR is an extention of the 1st ammendment. The owner of the press (FR web site) has the right to print what he wants (and live with the consequences of doing so) and those who use it (us FReepers) are priveledged to post here what we think we can get away with (constrained by the good nature, judgement and tolerance of JimRob and his designated moderators.)
The fact that we donate to FR does not make us anymore owners of FR, than subsribers of the LA Time or Washington Post would be owners of those newspapers. At no time has JimRob offered up shares of FR for investment (besides being a bad business plan, it probably would be illegal to do that using FR itself), therefore no one besides JimRob has any claim to owning FR but JimRob.
It is good that you are coming back into the FR fold and chipping in to keep the electrons flowing, but don't think that FR will live or die based on one FReeper's participation or donation - other than JimRob, of course. :) And if I know JimRob, I'm sure he is grooming JohnRob to run things, if he is no longer able to run things himself (may that day be a long way away.)
Sorry to hear that Registered has gone off the reservation, but even that great loss will not stop FR. FR exists because it attracts the greatists politically inquiring minds and focuses their efforts to defend the Constitution. If that market of patriots ever dries up, then we're in even deeper trouble than any Anti-Fer could create.