Our 1st Quarter Freepathon is Underway!

Donate to FR via Secure Server ^ | 01/02/04 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Howdy everyone,

Happy New Year!!

And it's time for our 1st quarter fundraiser!

Things are looking up despite the doom and gloom scenarios painted by the naysayers of the dark side. Iraq has been liberated. Saddam has been captured and will be brought to justice. Terrorist attacks are down world-wide. Terrorist states are surrendering their WMD (Libya) and or are taking notice (Syria) and or are cooling their heels (North Korea). The effects of the tax cut are kicking in. The economy is booming and the stock market is soaring. Manufacturing is accelerating. Employment is gaining.

According to a Wall Street Journal poll, economists are expecting 4.5% growth in the first quarter with growth rates north of 4% continuing in the second quarter and throughout the year. Corporate profits and hiring are expanding and picking up. Unemployment rates are expected to fall to 5.5% by November and 1.5 million new jobs could be created.

Inflation is checked, interest rates are at historic lows, tax rates have been cut and more cuts are expected. Capital is pouring into the markets, housing is up, business is booming and people are going back to work. With the booming economy, tax receipts will increase to the U.S. treasury and, likewise, receipts to state and local governments will increase, diminishing the size of the expected deficits.

The new year is looking to be a great year. And this is an election year.

The Democrats are in disarray and are scrambling to find viable candidates. Shock and awe has overtaken the dark side and, unfortunately for them, their leading contenders have become even more anti-American as a result and are leaning even further to the left. Their acerbic attacks on President Bush's successes are sounding more and more shrill and desperate and feeble. Their doom and gloom predictions have fizzled and they have no platform to stand on. Appeasement does not work. Communism does not work.

God willing, and short any drastic political reversals, President Bush should easily be re-elected. And the Republican majorities in Congress and in the state legislatures should continue to grow. It IS a shining new morning in America.

Thank God!

And I expect Free Republic to be a very busy site this year. Free Republic is THE place to get the very latest in breaking news and conservative commentary and activism. I expect our membership and chapter activities will continue to expand as our members get more and more involved in campaigning and supporting our conservative candidates and positions.

Our budget requirements this year are about the same as last year. We will be needing about $60,000 per quarter. Travel expenses may increase a bit, if my plans for a nation-wide tour come to fruition, but later in the year our $3,000 per month legal bill will finally be paid off. On other fronts, we are negotiating a settlement with the City of Fresno in regards to their libeling our Fresno Chapter and that looks to be coming out well.

If all goes well, I hope to see many of you during the year and then again at the Free Republic George W. Bush Inaugural Ball II in Washington, D.C. next January! Woo hoo!!

Thank you all very much for your continued support for Free Republic and our conservative causes!

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God bless you all and God bless America!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Phew. I wasn't dreaming goofy dreams again. I'll keep looking and create havoc post it.

[Gabz]

Valerie was very kind in giving me some tips and pointers on lighting and shadows in photography earlier this evening. Well I just downloaded the pix I took earlier today and noticed a very strange thing about some of the pictures I took - there is a definite lean to the right in some of them.

Example 1:

Example 2 will be in the next post - which also has a really neat shadow effect that proves I don't know what I am doing when taking picture!!!

[Gabz]

I'll miss her .. really .. honest ;0)

About at much as I will miss mine!!!!

[glock rocks]

It usually takes me at least a pint of Cuervo to get that effect.

[glock rocks]

yes, I was kidding.

[Mo1]

*L* .. well we do belong to the Mean Mommie Club

[Brad’s Gramma]

Uh.

You have mail.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Hey! That's GREAT!

[glock rocks]

Wouldn't that pic make a great picture puzzle?

[Gabz]

This one doesn't have the right lean to it. But it's really weird that taking a picture of the front of the lighthouse does the opposite from the top of it!

I just find the picture to be VERY weird.

[Mo1]

LOL .. I'm looking through my files of things I saved .. I totally forgot about all the smilies I found

[Brad’s Gramma]

DISCLAIMER ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

IF you click on this, PLEASE open a new window before doing so. You have been warned!!!

Uhhhh.....

[glock rocks]

[Brad’s Gramma]

Well, there IS a dark shadow following your daughter.

Perhaps SHE'S the culprit?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Wouldn't that pic make a great picture puzzle?

Actually, yes! It would!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Awesome!

[Gabz]

I NEED her to go back to school.

I'm going to be spending most of Monday inthe county offices looking into zoning ordinances, etc. The dipstick that bought the property across the road from us told one of the former tenants (who he kicked out) he was just going to section it and put up manufactured houses and rent them out.

The arrogance of this guy apparently knows no bounds because when my former neighbor told him the property would not perk for well/septic andso the county would not approve it - he said he didn't care he was doing it anyway.

We had become very friendly with the folks across the road and still visit with them even though they moved, and that's why G came to see us this evening. He has also talked with the other major property owner at this little crossroad and that man is opposed as well.

I moved here to get away from over development and especially absentee landlords - if this dipstick thinks he's going to waltz in here and pull this kind of crapola - he's got another thing coming to him.

If you haven't figured it out - I'm fired up about this - this guy thinks he is going to waltz into the 'redneck" county and do whatever he damned well pleases - HAH - he's got another thing coming to him. His arrogance obviously got the better of him because it appears he totally forgot the conversation I had with him when he first took over the property - I moved here from Delaware for the above reasons and that I had been a lobbyist and political activist for the past 18 years.

I love dealing with idiots like this!!!!!!!

[Mo1]

I couldn't get out of that dang site ..

[Mo1]

I love dealing with idiots like this!!!!!!!

You Go Girl!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Yes....it DOES stop. That's why I put the disclaimer.

Just keep hitting the button and let it run itself out. Or, as glock said, if you want to leave early, hit CTL-ALT-DEL and pick "end task".



I see you found another smiley? :-)