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!!

[xsmommy]

and we know so many more freepers now and we will insist that they ALL come! it will be huge!!!

[steveegg]

We now have 530 monthly donors . . . I love watching the lists grow!

530 monthlies and growing BTTT.

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, Bizzy Bugz!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Cheney NEEDS company!!! And where else do you go to get REALLY GOOD COMPANY but Free Republic? Huh? :-)

What do you get from a pampered cow?

Spoiled Millk

[Jim Robinson]

Wow! Just in:

$100 from California
$5 monthly from Texas
$100 from California
$25 from California
$100 from New York

Thank you California (X 3), Texas and New York!!

[tubebender]

I'm going th deep fry that duck this year.

I based my donation on a promise from JR that the Nascar Threads wouldn't be banished to The Smokey Back Room...

[nicmarlo]

STOP (hehe) STALKING ME!

[Howlin]

Yes, the ones who thought it wouldn't be fun but couldn't WAIT for the reports and pictures, remember? LOL.

[xsmommy]

i will personally drag people by their EARS to this one!!

[NormsRevenge]

Could be worth a couple of quarters. LOL

We used to burn coal. Hard is best for heating, soft is cleanest, I think. A vey rare coal .. better check eBay :-)

[Maigrey]

hehehehehe besides, you wouldn't know how to cook Bear.

And, Snuggles the Bear doesn't have enough meat to make a bear wing, much less anything elses to eat!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Ta DA! You took the bait! LOLOL!!!! And for that...

What did the farmer do after he was done milking the first cow?

He milked the udder one

[Fawnn]

Why are you always needing funds for this site?

To provide the bandwidth necessary for quality entertainment FReeper meetings happy dances like this one:

[nicmarlo]

That was SO funny I almost forgot to laugh! : )

[steveegg]

I was wondering how long before I had to break out the superscripts; now I know...

Thank yous to:

California³
Texas for the monthly

[NormsRevenge]

Now, it becomes clearer.. It's a Snuggles thing... LOL

[Brad’s Gramma]

And, Snuggles the Bear doesn't DIDN'T BEFORE WE FATTENED HIM UP have enough meat.....

[Pete-R-Bilt]

99, and at your leasure...

[Brad’s Gramma]

Fawnn, I'll never forget the first time I saw that. I was sitting at Logan's Nana's house. We'd just gotten back from that MEGA-DRIVE to see TC, were dog tired, logged on....and there that was.

We laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed.......

[steveegg]

There's nothing like deep-fried duck (that alone should keep the Nascar threads at least near where they belong :-)