Our 2nd Quarter FReepathon is Underway!

Click to donate via FR secure server ^ | April 1, 2004 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!! Are you ready for another FReepathon!?

It's time once more for us to raise the funds that are necessary to keep Free Republic on the air.

People have asked me if the $60,000 settlement with the City of Fresno means we won't have to have a fundraiser this time. Well, I wish it could be so, but, unfortunately, it's not.

First of all, we did not actually receive $60,000. After legal fees, mediation fees and other expenses directly related to the suit, we netted approximately $34,000. Of that, we distributed over $10,000 to the members of the Fresno Chapter who were in business and their businesses suffered due to the city's libel and also to the members who met with us regularly on a weekly basis. Then, due to the fact that the city was late with their press release and no media picked it up, we paid approximately $2,000 to run ads in several valley papers announcing the city's retraction.

The approximately $22,000 left over will be used in our operations. We plan to use about $4,000 to upgrade our equipment and $10,000 or more will go for taxes. I plan to use part of the balance to beef up our insurance coverage and also will look into a health insurance plan. The remainder will be used for travel and other expenses. I still hope to visit as many chapters as I possibly can over the next year or so, but obviously won't be doing so in a motor home (you had to have been there to get the inside joke). We'll be traveling in our trusty old FReepermobile van. She's an 11 year old Mercury Villager with 150,000 miles, but she's got good rubber, purrs like a kitten and is pretty good on gas.

So, as it turns out, the settlement has strengthened Free Republic and also has strengthened the conservative position in the City of Fresno. As a result of our suit, the controversial loony peacenik chair person of the Fresno City Human Relations Commission who committed the libel against us and has also caused much turmoil within the city and the city council has resigned "to pursue other interests." Also, the loony liberal President of the Fresno City Council who made some ridiculous comments belittling the suit and the settlement in the Fresno Bee was voted out of office just a couple months later.

So, as I've said before, the settlement is a win, win, win position. It's a win for Free Republic, a win for the City of Fresno, and, ultimately, a win for the taxpayers.

At any rate, we thank all of you who participate on Free Republic and support our efforts and we look forward to another exciting election cycle.

Hope to see y'all either on our road trip and or at the Free Republic George W. Bush Inaugural Ball II in January!!

Go GWB!!

[RottiBiz]

Great pics!

He's made all of us proud.

Thank him for his service.

[sweetliberty]

ATTENTION ALL ARKANSAS FREEPERS!

Please read Jim's post at the top of this thread and let's plan a great southern style reception for Jim and his family (Jim, you didn't say who all would be accompanying you on your trip) when they come to Arkansas this summer.

Also; please give generously to support our home on the web. Let's put Arkansas on the map and help build the Clinton legacy as the catalyst for conservatism reclaiming the state! (Jim, my donation will be in the mail this weekend).

In addition, CONGRATULATIONS are in order for FReeper "TheBattman" and his wife Diana on the birth of their new baby girl ( and future FReeper), Anna.

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Mike, just got your joke in my email. Thought I would post it here for all to enjoy. I hadn't seen this one before. I'm sure some have.

Bill Clinton started jogging near his new home in Chappaqua. But on each run, he happened to jog past a hooker standing on the same street corner, day after day. With some apprehension he would brace himself as he approached her for what was most certainly to follow.

"Fifty dollars!" she would shout from the curb.

"No. Five dollars!" fired back Clinton.

This ritual between Bill and the hooker continued for days. He'd run by and she'd yell, "Fifty dollars!" And he'd yell back, "Five dollars!" One day however, Hillary decided that she wanted to accompany her husband on his jog. As the jogging couple neared the problematic street corner, Bill realized the "pro" would bark her $50 offer and Hillary would wonder what he'd really been doing on all his past outings. He realized he should have a darn good explanation for the junior Senator.

As they jogged into the turn that would take them past the corner, Bill became even more apprehensive than usual. Sure enough, there was the hooker. Bill tried to avoid the prostitute's eyes as she watched the pair jog past.

Then, from the sidewalk, the hooker yelled, "See what you get for five bucks?"

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, Mo1!

Happy Birthday, Brad's Gramma!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, Alamo-Girl!

[Alamo-Girl]

You're quite welcome! Here's another bump for monthly donors!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, xJones!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, Tamsey!

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks Norm, will do........BTT

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, Iberian!

[sweetliberty]

"Thank would make a great tagline for this freepathon"

Indeed it would....or a variation: "P*ss off a DUhmmy; donate to Free Republic!

[ValerieUSA]

Zoo Bump

[RottiBiz]

Good morning, sweetliberty!

Thanks for stopping by.

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, WestCoastGal!

[RottiBiz]

Your quotes make great bumps!

Thanks for both.

[Fiddlstix]

You Know The Drill
Click the Pics

[ValerieUSA]

[Just another Joe]

Bump the thon

[Grampa Dave]

Good morning I just got back from vacation into the Oregon Liberal Land.

After that visit, I'm more convinced that my $/day donation to Free Republic is the best investment I can make in keeping America Free. Every tv station and news paper in the Medford Area is a tool of al Querry and the rats.

Every posting Freeper should become a monthly donor starting with $5/month 17 cents per day. We have to get the truth out there.

I will be off the board for the most part until Monday. My honey do list is about as long as GW's enemy's list.

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, E.G.C.!

Excellent post!

[ValerieUSA]