The Free Republic 4th Quarter FReepathon is now underway!!

Click here to donate via secure server ^ | October 4, 2004 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Are you ready for a fundraiser?

It's time again to raise the funds necessary to keep Free Republic on the air. And on the air is where we want to be! And on the air is where Dan Rather wants to be, but thanks to some sharp eyed FReepers, HIS air time may soon be ending.

And we can hope that John Kerry's air time will also soon be ending. Thanks to the Swift Boat Vets, with help and support from FRN and the FReepers, we've managed to put a huge hole in Kerry's hopes of winning the Presidency.

It's been a rather exciting quarter for Free Republic -- catching the AP in some outright false reporting, catching Dan Rather passing off forged military documents in cahoots with his Democrat coconspirators in a failed attempt to knockoff a sitting president, and helping the Swiftees get their ads on the air and spreading the word about Kerry's cowardice and treason in Vietnam. Did you know John Kerry served in Vietnam? The only question is who did he serve?

And we're expecting a pretty exciting 4th quarter on FR with the debates, the final four weeks of the campaign, and then the election itself. Free Republic readership is growing like crazy and we've recently doubled the size of our system to handle the increasing demand. We added a fifth server to the system earlier during the quarter and John just spent the weekend up in San Jose installing three more new servers. Free Republic is now running on eight servers! Free Republic is becoming a monster online force!!

We're also planning the Free Republic George W. Bush Inaugural Ball II, to be held in Washington D.C., on January 20, 2005. Will begin running some threads on this during the next couple of weeks, but feel free to chime in on this thread if you plan on attending. You won't want to miss this, I promise you!

Yes, it's going to be an exciting time to be a member of Free Republic. Breaking news and live threads every day on the war, on the debates, on the campaigns and on every important news story impacting all of America and all of the world. Plus the FReeps, rallies, protests, trips, meetings and other opportunities for FReepers to join together in person for fellowship and to promote our causes.

If you are enjoying Free Republic as much as I hope you are and would like to help us remain on the air, please consider clicking the donation link and make a contribution today. We are setting our goal a little higher this quarter. In addition to our regular budgeted expenses, we've purchased quite a bit of equipment, plus we have some taxes to pay. The additional investments and taxes will have just about depleted our cash reserves and we'll need to replenish them if we can.

Thank you very much if you can make a donation and thank you again if you can make it a monthly. Our monthlies are growing and are now over 50% of our regular budgeted expenses! Great job Monthlies!!

Again, looking forward to all the great events that are coming our way in the next few weeks and months!

Thank you all very much for your patriotism and continuing participation and support for Free Republic and our great conservative causes!

God bless you all and God bless America!

Prayers for our troops.

[Fawnn]

That deserves another one!!!


8 6 % ! ! !

[steveegg]

Is that incoming ir INCOMING!

Thank you...

New Mexico
Pennsylvania³
Tennessee3
Tennessee for the monthly
Wisconsin⁵
Virginia
Texas⁴
Illinois³
Nebraska for the monthly
Armed Forces - Pacific
Delaware
Hawaitt
Connecticut
Massachusetts²
Australia
California⁹
Washington²
Missouri
Massachusetts for the monthly
Ohio
Florida²
Alabama
Arkansas²
New Hampshire
Oregon³
North Carolina
Arizona
Netherlands
Georgia
Never Never Land
Rhode Island for the monthly
Germany

[justshe]

Isn't that MARVELOUS???????

[Howlin]

Uh huh......I wish I could give that much!

[hoosiermama]

Will be finished by dinner time/debate time.......New record.....Let's make it our goal......

[Lady Jag]

This is all I have to say to you at this point in time.

[steveegg]

So I was about 5 1/2 hours off on my 7 pm "monthly add" prediction. Who knew there was a massive donation bomb waiting in the wings (at least you found it 4 years faster than Hiliary found the Rose Law Firm records, Jim :-)

[hoosiermama]

Don't we all/ Wish I could just afford to go to all the freeper gatherings all over the country....Freepers are wonderful people....

ANy more information of the freeper ball...? That's one I really want to attend.....Jan 20th.... right?

[AZamericonnie]

Oh my! How pretty!

[sandalwood]

I just e-mailed some friends...I've made it my goal to help get us there by 6:00.

I can't be the only one who became addicted after the my very first post!

[RottiBiz]

Wow! We have incoming:

$50 from New Mexico
$100 from Pennsylvania
$100 from Tennessee
$50 from New York
$20 monthly from Tennessee
$50 from New York
$20 from Wisconsin
$100 from Wisconsin
$50 from Wisconsin
$50 from Virginia
$10 from Texas
$360 from Illinois
$10 monthly from Nebraska
$100 from Armed Forces - Pacific
$50 from Delaware
$50 from Hawaii
$100 from Connecticut
$20 from Massachusetts
$500 from Australia
$100 from Wisconsin
$25 from California
$20 from Texas
$50 from California
$20 from Washington
$100 from Missouri
$20 from Massachusetts
$10 monthly from Massachusetts
$100 from Illinois
$25 from California
$10 from Wisconsin

Thank you all very much!!

[AZamericonnie]

Holy Cow!!!! 86%!!!!! What's the record for the shortest fundraiser?

[Mo1]

Moving On To Next Thread 2

[RottiBiz]

Wow! We have incoming: (Cont'd)

$20 from Ohio
$10 from Florida
$50 from California
$30 from Texas
$50 from California
$50 from Alabama
$50 from Arkansas
$30 from New Hampshire
$100 from Oregon
$100 from Illinois
$100 from Texas
$100 from Arkansas
$50 from North Carolina
$25 from Arizona
$50 from Oregon
$50 from California
$100 from Pennsylvania
$20 from California
$10 from California
$25 from Florida
$20 from New York
$20 from Pennsylvania
$100 from Washington
$50 from Netherlands
$10 from Oregon
$20 from Georgia
$50 from California
$10 from Never Never Land
$10 monthly from Rhode Island
$50 from Germany

Thank you all very much!!

Most of this batch was from a pending file from yesterday that we just got processed.

[Mo1]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1235067/posts?page=987#987

The previous record of 4 days, 4 hours, 32 minutes was in October 2000.

However, it was not actually a Freepathon, but a special fund-raiser for a server upgrade to handle increased traffic prior to the November elections.

The Freepathon record was December 2001 -- 4 days, 7 hours, 58 minutes.

[hoosiermama]

SOme of us were addicted before we posted....could only lurk at work....now I'm retired....sort of.

[Gabz]

Ok folks - I'm lost.........what font program are you all using???????

[ValerieUSA]

Thank you
New Mexico, Pennsylvania
Tennessee, New York, Tennessee
New York, Wisconsin, Wisconsin
Wisconsin, Virginia, Texas, Illinois
Nebraska, Armed Forces - Pacific
Delaware, Hawaii, Connecticut
Massachusetts, Australia, Wisconsin
California, Texas, California
Washington, Missouri, Massachusetts

[demlosers]

Quickest FReepathon yet.

[Fawnn]

http://www.draac.com/rainbow.html