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Our 1st Quarter '07 FReepathon is now Underway!
Click here to donate ^ | January 1, 2007 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 01/01/2007 4:00:40 PM PST by Jim Robinson

Edited on 01/01/2007 4:19:48 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

Happy New Year Everyone!

Are you ready for a FReepathon?

Well, we're entering a new year and a period of new challenges. Pelosi & Co have some big plans for us. Unfortunately, their plans are not necessarily conducive to continued liberty.

As a matter of fact, their immediate desire is to further clampdown on our rights to free speech and freedom of assembly. If you loved McCaine/Feingold, you're really going to love Pelosi. It's aimed directly at grassroots organizations and could all but neuter political forums like FR.

Under Pelosi, any grassroots organization that reaches 500 people or more and asks them to communicate with their representatives regarding political issues would be required to register with the government as lobbyists and report quarterly on finances and expenditures and report separately on each individual issue they're advocating.

Huh? What happened to the first Amendment? Between McCain/Feingold and Pelosi, it's gone. Free speech and freedom of assembly would be history. Regulated to death. Forums and grassroots organizations like FR would be completely under the government thumb.

But it's not just the feds. The states are clamping down too. We're currently locking horns with the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia, the home of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison and the cradle of American Liberty itself now has a law they're trying to apply to Free Republic. Their state law requires charities that raise more then $5,000 per year in Virginia to register and report audited financials to the state. And even though we're a California company and clearly not a charity (we raise money to fund our operations, not for charitable purposes), they want to cross state lines and regulate our activities.

I tell you, between federal and state governments clamping down on our rights and the mainstream media corporations pressing the copyright issues, we're quickly losing our rights to organize and communicate on the Internet. The freewheeling wide open days of the Internet frontier are just about to end for the grassroots citizen.

And what's really ironic about all this is that just as the terrorists and enemies of freedom abroad are ramping up their Internet activities aimed at destroying our free society, we are being squeezed off the Net by the domestic enemy at home.

Oh, well, enough of my ranting. It's a new year and we have plenty to be thankful for. Thank God for each new day of good health and freedom. Thank God for our courageous military and may He watch over and protect our men and women in uniform wherever they may be serving and may they all return safely home soon.

Here's wishing you all a Blessed and Happy New Year!

God Bless America and God Bless us all.

God willing and through His good graces, we shall prevail!




Special note to Virginia residents:

We still do not have a resolution for the donations issue with the Commonwealth of Virginia, so please hold your donations until we get it resolved. As it is, any donations received from Virginia have to be returned or turned over to our lawyer to hold in his trust account until we get the matter settled.

Thank you all very much!

Regards,

Jim Robinson


TOPICS: Breaking News; Free Republic; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: freepathon; happynewyearfr; thanksjim; thanksjohn; waytogofreepers; woohoofreepers
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To: onyx

It is really hard to out-do any one on this Thread!!!!....But I am a 1.27 cents a day FReeper!!!!....


1,521 posted on 01/04/2007 5:00:36 PM PST by GitmoSailor (...COLD WAR VET...)
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To: GitmoSailor


You're fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!


1,522 posted on 01/04/2007 5:01:09 PM PST by onyx (DONATE NOW! -- It takes DONATIONS to keep FR running!!)
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To: onyx

Carly just informed me that she knows where Santa got the cat food to put in our cat's stocking

From our bag of cat food in the kitchen and Santa even used our plastic bags to put it in

Though she hasn't picked up the fact that I forgot about the dumb cat when getting ready for Christmas *L*


1,523 posted on 01/04/2007 5:02:35 PM PST by Mo1 (YEA, What Onyx said in her tag line !!)
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To: onyx

But it is only good till Oct.!!!!!


1,524 posted on 01/04/2007 5:02:58 PM PST by GitmoSailor (...COLD WAR VET...)
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To: Mo1

LOL -- clever, isn't she?


1,525 posted on 01/04/2007 5:06:50 PM PST by onyx (DONATE NOW! -- It takes DONATIONS to keep FR running!!)
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To: onyx; Lady Jag
I think I love you both.
Be mine, you Freepathon vixen!


1,526 posted on 01/04/2007 5:07:10 PM PST by RedRover (They are not killers. Defend our Marines.)
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To: GitmoSailor

What happens in October?


1,527 posted on 01/04/2007 5:07:17 PM PST by onyx (DONATE NOW! -- It takes DONATIONS to keep FR running!!)
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To: RedRover; Lady Jag

You charmer you!!!
How can we resist?


1,528 posted on 01/04/2007 5:08:21 PM PST by onyx (DONATE NOW! -- It takes DONATIONS to keep FR running!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

bump


1,529 posted on 01/04/2007 5:10:38 PM PST by Fudd Fan (Liberal RATs will get us all killed.)
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To: onyx

Mayo Clinic: Elder Bush has second hip replaced
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/04/bush.hip/


1,530 posted on 01/04/2007 5:14:08 PM PST by Mo1 (YEA, What Onyx said in her tag line !!)
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To: Mo1

He limped to the podium the other day at the Washington, D.C. service. Prayers for him.


1,531 posted on 01/04/2007 5:16:06 PM PST by onyx (DONATE NOW! -- It takes DONATIONS to keep FR running!!)
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To: RedRover
Hold on!


1,532 posted on 01/04/2007 5:16:14 PM PST by Lady Jag (I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra [https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate])
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To: Mo1

BBASAP -- my turn to try to burn dinner.


1,533 posted on 01/04/2007 5:17:23 PM PST by onyx (DONATE NOW! -- It takes DONATIONS to keep FR running!!)
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To: onyx

I will have to renew my my Donation. I pay by the year in advance!!!!.....I may have to drop the 2cents per day for my two ex-wife's!!!!!!..


1,534 posted on 01/04/2007 5:19:19 PM PST by GitmoSailor (...COLD WAR VET...)
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To: Txsleuth
Mark Steyn says he's leaning towards Romney also

Says he likes others .. but they carry too much personal baggage
1,535 posted on 01/04/2007 5:19:25 PM PST by Mo1 (YEA, What Onyx said in her tag line !!)
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To: Fudd Fan

Thank you, Fudd Fan!!

Woo hoo!!

Just in:

$20 from Never Never Land
$100 from Pennsylvania

Thank you Never Never Land and Pennsylvania!!


1,536 posted on 01/04/2007 5:19:47 PM PST by Jim Robinson
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To: onyx

Good luck .. and remember to just scrap off the burnt part :0)


1,537 posted on 01/04/2007 5:20:13 PM PST by Mo1 (YEA, What Onyx said in her tag line !!)
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To: Fudd Fan
Thank you FReepers!
Woo hoo!!

Just in:

$20 from Never Never Land
$100 from Pennsylvania

Thank you Never Never Land and Pennsylvania!!

1,538 posted on 01/04/2007 5:21:00 PM PST by Mo1 (YEA, What Onyx said in her tag line !!)
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To: onyx
You charmer you!!!
How can we resist?

Indeed.

Excuse me while I prepare myself to entertain you with a delightful tale. (This could take awhile so please don't wait up.)

1,539 posted on 01/04/2007 5:21:52 PM PST by RedRover (They are not killers. Defend our Marines.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Hello,

You are so welcome!!

:)

MOgirl
1,540 posted on 01/04/2007 5:23:16 PM PST by MOgirl (My tag line quit.)
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