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.

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, zip, Mrs zip, sunnside1 and ziplets!!

Just in:

$20 from Texas
$30 from South Carolina
$100 from Minnesota
$20 from Washington
$50 from California
$20 from California
$25 from Delaware
$10 from Never Never Land
$50 from California
$25 from Montana
$50 from Virginia
$50 from Oklahoma

Thank you all very much!!

[Mo1]

Are you one of those "perfect" ones?

[harpo11]

Who Says Defending FReedom is Decided by a "Global Test"?
Not My Pop and his Brother's Generation.

And who said that France and Germany
and the United Nations
should decide
Our FReedom?
Not Me, Not My Brothers
And not my President.
If You Love FReedom
If You Love it So Much
That it Hurts Not to Have It
Then Come On
Join In and Send a Gallant Message to the "Global Testers"
This is Our FReedom and This is Our FRee Republic.
Donate and Bump

[Gabz]

Thank you, PJ-Comix!!

Just in:

$50 from California
$20 from Missouri
$10 monthly from California
$50 from Texas
$50 from Virginia

Thank you all very much!!

[Jim Robinson]

Great!! Thank you, CholeraJoe!!

Just in:

$333.33 monthly from Montana
$30 from Illinois
$100 monthly from Florida
$10 from Never Never Land
$10 from Vermont

Thank you all very much!!

[Flyer]

PUPPY POWER!

Gilligan and I kicked in an extra cup of kibble for our monthly donation. Puppy Power!

[RottiBiz]

Hi Gabz!

Don't even try -- at this rate we'll be done by morning!

[Gabz]

Norms in charge of beer...

Oh good - I was afraid it was my turn........

OK, back to catching up on another 100 or so posts.......

[glock rocks]

Done it, Jim. In for a grand a quarter. FReepers Rock!!!

Awesome!

Thank you Cholera Joe !!

[Mo1]

Great!! Thank you, CholeraJoe!!

Just in:

$333.33 monthly from Montana
$30 from Illinois
$100 monthly from Florida
$10 from Never Never Land
$10 from Vermont

Thank you all very much!!

[glock rocks]

I'm Norm's Bar and Grill bouncer. I guess it beats bussing tables. sigh.

[Mo1]

OK, back to catching up on another 100 or so posts.......

If it helps any .. I'm more way behind on the thread then you are *L*

[Gabz]

Thank you, twntaipan!!

Just in:

$20 from Kentucky
$100 from New Mexico
$25 from Florida
$25 from Tennessee
$100 from Never Never Land
$50 from Washington
$50 from Maryland

Thank you all very much!!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, DoctorMichael!

[RottiBiz]

   Q4 2004 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$1,053.00	26	$40.50	2,287	$0.46	$1,595.56	112
2	Pennsylvania	592.00	8	74.00	659	0.90	280.00	20
3	Florida	480.00	18	26.67	1,081	0.44	518.00	37
4	New Jersey	295.00	5	59.00	438	0.67	145.00	7
5	Texas	290.00	16	18.12	1,952	0.15	957.00	62
6	Virginia	265.00	10	26.50	735	0.36	490.50	26
7	New York	245.00	7	35.00	855	0.29	307.50	19
8	Georgia	230.00	6	38.33	587	0.39	330.00	19
9	Idaho	210.00	4	52.50	118	1.78	35.00	1
10	North Carolina	205.00	8	25.62	576	0.36	437.00	27
11	Maryland	163.00	7	23.29	417	0.39	329.00	16
12	Missouri	130.00	4	32.50	418	0.31	126.00	11
13	New Mexico	125.00	2	62.50	110	1.14	50.00	3
14	South Korea	100.00	1	100.00	7	14.29	10.00	1
15	Tennessee	90.00	4	22.50	386	0.23	53.00	7
16	Oregon	80.00	2	40.00	273	0.29	75.00	5
17	Ohio	76.00	5	15.20	587	0.13	602.25	19
18	Washington	70.00	2	35.00	556	0.13	290.00	18
19	Maine	70.00	2	35.00	107	0.65	10.00	1
20	Minnesota	65.00	3	21.67	320	0.20	140.00	11
21	Illinois	60.00	4	15.00	582	0.10	332.00	19
22	Michigan	55.00	5	11.00	475	0.12	110.00	11
23	South Carolina	50.00	1	50.00	245	0.20	61.00	7
24	Kentucky	50.00	1	50.00	223	0.22	20.00	2
25	Massachusetts	45.00	2	22.50	356	0.13	195.00	12
26	Utah	40.00	3	13.33	113	0.35	90.00	4
27	Wisconsin	35.00	2	17.50	308	0.11	173.00	11
28	Arizona	30.00	3	10.00	471	0.06	185.50	14
29	Wyoming	30.00	1	30.00	34	0.88	30.00	1
30	Colorado	30.00	1	30.00	379	0.08	140.00	9
31	Connecticut	30.00	1	30.00	218	0.14	35.00	3
32	Rhode Island	25.00	1	25.00	44	0.57
33	New Hampshire	25.00	1	25.00	131	0.19
34	Panama	25.00	1	25.00	7	3.57
35	Mississippi	20.00	2	10.00	135	0.15	57.00	5
36	West Virginia	20.00	1	20.00	90	0.22	50.00	3
37	Kansas	20.00	1	20.00	209	0.10	90.00	5
38	Canada	20.00	1	20.00	242	0.08
39	Hawaii	15.00	2	7.50	66	0.23	15.00	2
40	Alabama	15.00	1	15.00	280	0.05	355.00	19
41	Louisiana	10.00	1	10.00	230	0.04	60.00	6
42	Iowa	10.00	1	10.00	163	0.06	35.00	2
	Nebraska						13.00	2
	Vermont						76.00	5
	Nevada						140.00	6
	District of Columbia						10.00	1
	Kenya						20.00	1
	United Kingdom						5.00	1
	Indiana						75.00	7
	Oklahoma						112.00	8
	South Dakota						35.00	3
	Armed Forces - Pacific						10.00	1
	Switzerland						10.00	1
	Alaska						50.00	2
	Indonesia						20.00	1
	Arkansas						30.00	3
Never Never Land		680.00	24	28.33			368.00	26
43 locations total		$6,174	201	$30.72	21,039	$0.29	$9,788.31	625

[glock rocks]

at this rate we'll be done by morning!

:o)

[mhking]

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, Happygal!

[Gabz]

Thank you, zip, Mrs zip, sunnside1 and ziplets!!

Just in:

$20 from Texas
$30 from South Carolina
$100 from Minnesota
$20 from Washington
$50 from California
$20 from California
$25 from Delaware
$10 from Never Never Land
$50 from California
$25 from Montana
$50 from Virginia
$50 from Oklahoma

Thank you all very much!!

[Mo1]

Thank You For Your Support Barset !!