Our 4th Quarter 05 FReepathon is Underway!

Well, we're fresh back from two great patriotic rallies in Crawford, Texas and Washington, DC! And the good news is, I think we've stopped Cindy Sheehan and her would be antiwar movement dead in its tracks!!

Cindy Sheehan go home! The 60's are dead and gone and your 15 minutes of fame is up!!

Tens of thousands of communist inspired leftists descended on our nation's capital, but they left no lasting mark. I don't think the country is in the mood for putting up with the anti-American antics of aging hippies and drugged-out punk anarchists. There will be no massive Vietnam style antiwar movements. Not this time.

America and freedom itself were attacked by cutthroat terrorists on 911 and our people will not forget. Our all volunteer army has knocked out the Taliban and Saddam Hussein's evil fascist party and army. Millions of people have been liberated from murderous tyrants. Saddam Hussein himself is languishing in prison awaiting his date with justice and the hangman. Democracy has been established in the middle east and with our continuing help will flourish. It will take some time but the scourge of terrorism will eventually be wiped off the face of the planet for all time.

P.S. The back to back rallies have just about depleted our cash reserves and we have some tax payments coming due this month so I've set our target a little bit higher this time.

Q4 2005 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$1,647.00	29	$56.79	2,287	$0.72	$1,555.56	114
2	Texas	1,373.00	26	52.81	1,952	0.70	1,025.00	64
3	Ohio	515.00	7	73.57	587	0.88	612.25	20
4	New Jersey	500.00	9	55.56	438	1.14	234.00	13
5	Virginia	460.00	7	65.71	735	0.63	500.50	27
6	Florida	430.00	16	26.88	1,081	0.40	733.00	48
7	Pennsylvania	375.00	11	34.09	659	0.57	360.00	26
8	Minnesota	360.00	7	51.43	320	1.12	95.00	8
9	Georgia	325.00	8	40.62	587	0.55	280.00	18
10	Oregon	310.00	5	62.00	273	1.14	80.00	7
11	North Carolina	280.00	7	40.00	576	0.49	354.00	27
12	Maryland	220.00	5	44.00	417	0.53	255.00	14
13	New York	210.00	8	26.25	855	0.25	483.00	26
14	Arizona	190.00	6	31.67	471	0.40	130.50	11
15	Wisconsin	190.00	4	47.50	308	0.62	163.00	12
16	Colorado	190.00	8	23.75	379	0.50	205.00	13
17	Missouri	180.00	6	30.00	418	0.43	128.00	13
18	Illinois	180.00	8	22.50	582	0.31	511.00	27
19	Alabama	180.00	4	45.00	280	0.64	278.00	17
20	Nevada	150.00	2	75.00	138	1.09	80.00	4
21	Oklahoma	150.00	2	75.00	242	0.62	129.00	10
22	Montana	145.00	3	48.33	53	2.74	333.33	1
23	Washington	135.00	5	27.00	556	0.24	305.00	18
24	Massachusetts	130.00	5	26.00	356	0.37	280.00	17
25	Arkansas	120.00	2	60.00	173	0.69	25.00	2
26	Delaware	120.00	1	120.00	34	3.53
27	Connecticut	110.00	2	55.00	218	0.50	45.00	5
28	South Korea	110.00	2	55.00	7	15.71	20.00	2
29	Kansas	100.00	1	100.00	209	0.48	70.00	5
30	South Carolina	100.00	4	25.00	245	0.41	113.00	9
31	Australia	100.00	1	100.00	59	1.69
32	Michigan	85.00	6	14.17	475	0.18	125.00	11
33	Indiana	80.00	3	26.67	346	0.23	135.00	11
34	Hawaii	75.00	3	25.00	66	1.14	20.00	3
35	Iowa	75.00	3	25.00	163	0.46	35.00	2
36	Maine	65.00	3	21.67	107	0.61	10.00	1
37	Tennessee	55.00	2	27.50	386	0.14	78.00	9
38	Canada	50.00	1	50.00	242	0.21	5.00	1
39	North Dakota	50.00	1	50.00	35	1.43
40	Vermont	40.00	2	20.00	39	1.03	76.00	5
41	Louisiana	35.00	2	17.50	230	0.15	90.00	9
42	Utah	30.00	2	15.00	113	0.27	105.00	5
43	Panama	25.00	1	25.00	7	3.57
44	Kentucky	20.00	2	10.00	223	0.09	18.00	3
45	United Kingdom	20.00	1	20.00	178	0.11	70.00	3
46	Wyoming	20.00	1	20.00	34	0.59	30.00	1
47	New Mexico	15.00	1	15.00	110	0.14	40.00	2
48	Argentina	10.00	1	10.00	2	5.00
49	Japan	10.00	1	10.00	23	0.43	10.00	1
50	Iraq	10.00	1	10.00
51	West Virginia	10.00	1	10.00	90	0.11	25.00	2
52	Alaska	10.00	1	10.00	101	0.10	65.00	3
53	Germany	10.00	1	10.00	53	0.19
	Mississippi						117.00	7
	Nebraska						48.00	4
	New Hampshire						10.00	1
	Norway						10.00	1
	Idaho						45.00	2
	Rhode Island						35.00	2
	South Dakota						35.00	3
	Armed Forces - Europe						15.00	1
	Croatia						30.00	1
	Indonesia						20.00	1
Never Never Land		855.00	28	30.54			291.00	22
54 locations total		$11,240	279	$40.29	22,087	$0.51	$10,976.14	695

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