Our 1st Quarter '07 FReepathon is now Underway!

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[Jim Robinson]

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

[Lady Jag]

THANK YOU!!

NEW JERSEY
THE GARDEN STATE

[onyx]

   Q1 2007 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	Texas	$1,245.00	14	$88.93		$	$936.00	64
2	California	885.00	18	49.17			1,328.56	95
3	New York	590.00	9	65.56			418.00	23
4	Pennsylvania	405.00	9	45.00			278.00	20
5	Florida	315.00	8	39.38			667.11	40
6	Virginia	290.00	7	41.43			593.00	28
7	Indiana	290.00	8	36.25			103.00	10
8	Minnesota	280.00	4	70.00			85.00	7
9	Arizona	255.00	5	51.00			140.00	13
10	Kansas	250.00	4	62.50			40.00	4
11	Washington	195.00	4	48.75			315.00	18
12	Colorado	190.00	5	38.00			190.00	13
13	Canada	180.00	5	36.00			5.00	1
14	Maryland	160.00	3	53.33			175.00	11
15	Alabama	155.00	6	25.83			280.00	14
16	Illinois	153.00	4	38.25			268.50	15
17	Arkansas	150.00	3	50.00			55.00	3
18	New Jersey	150.00	4	37.50			220.00	11
19	Wisconsin	150.00	4	37.50			125.00	9
20	Montana	150.00	2	75.00			343.33	2
21	Sweden	150.00	1	150.00
22	Utah	140.00	4	35.00			92.00	5
23	Ohio	140.00	3	46.67			567.25	15
24	Alaska	125.00	2	62.50			40.00	2
25	Missouri	110.00	4	27.50			175.00	12
26	Michigan	100.00	1	100.00			130.00	10
27	South Korea	100.00	1	100.00
28	Hawaii	100.00	2	50.00			50.00	4
29	Massachusetts	100.00	4	25.00			310.00	17
30	South Dakota	100.00	1	100.00			40.00	2
31	Georgia	70.00	2	35.00			210.00	14
32	New Hampshire	70.00	2	35.00			10.00	1
33	Nevada	60.00	2	30.00			80.00	4
34	South Carolina	60.00	2	30.00			115.00	9
35	Connecticut	50.00	1	50.00			20.00	2
36	New Mexico	50.00	1	50.00			40.00	2
37	Louisiana	50.00	1	50.00			75.00	7
38	North Dakota	50.00	1	50.00
39	Finland	50.00	1	50.00
40	Nebraska	50.00	1	50.00			42.50	3
41	Vermont	45.00	2	22.50			76.00	4
42	Oklahoma	35.00	2	17.50			91.00	5
43	North Carolina	35.00	2	17.50			315.00	20
44	Tennessee	30.00	2	15.00			108.00	9
45	Oregon	30.00	2	15.00			90.00	9
46	Idaho	30.00	1	30.00			85.00	4
47	Puerto Rico	25.00	1	25.00
48	Maine	20.00	1	20.00			10.00	1
49	Mississippi	20.00	1	20.00			145.00	7
50	Wyoming	20.00	1	20.00
51	Delaware	20.00	1	20.00
52	Kentucky	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	2
	Norway						10.00	1
	West Virginia						50.00	2
	United Kingdom						5.00	1
	Iowa						75.00	4
	Rhode Island						45.00	2
	Armed Forces - Europe						25.00	2
	China						10.00	1
	Croatia						5.00	1
Never Never Land		420.00	14	30.00			228.00	19
53 locations total		$8,903	194	$45.89		$0.00	$9,945.25	604

[Mo1]

Of course, the teacher's unions here HATE Pres. Bush...because when he was Governor, he put a stop to social promotion...and started testing the students to find out if they were ready to graduate...and then the teachers were given raises based on the performance of their students.

In this school there will be tests given for certain classes like math and english/lit to make sure the students will be in the right classes they pick

The honor courses are very tough and they want to make sure the kids in the class can handle it

[Mo1]

Too many kids were graduating illiterate..and unable to add or subtract.

Sounds like the Philly Public Schools

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you, najida!

[Lady Jag]

How's it going today, Onyx?

WAKE UP!
FIRE IN THE HOLE!

CLICK THE BLASTING MACHINE
STOP FREEPATHONS!

[Mo1]

Oh and my daughter is a B+ student .. so I don't have the problem there

My problem is trying to figure out what she wants to do after high school and what she wants major in at college ..

This school offers many different subjects/electives to help guide their future career choices

She was all excited and wanted to sign up for a bunch of different things

I had to bring her back down to earth and tell her to pace herself and not to bite off more then she could chew .. especially in her first year

[onyx]

I oughta post that on the Dose tonight!!!!

[Lady Jag]

THANK YOU!!

NORTH STAR STATE!!

[Mo1]

Did ya just hear King talk about the blogs watching them in Congress?

[Lady Jag]

Do it!

[Lady Jag]

THANK YOU!!

ALABAMA
THE HEART OF DIXIE!!

[onyx]

LOL!

[STARWISE]

[Txsleuth]

Now that sounds good.

I worked for a Neurologist from India at one time...and he told me that in India, they only go to a "public" school until after our equivilent of jr. high.

After that, they decided a career route and they go to a "university" that is for that....he wanted to be a doctor, so he basically went from jr. high school to medical school.

Of course they are very, very competitive there also..they have a high suicide rate for university kids...because it is considered disgraceful to get bad grades..and some kids have killed themselves over bad grades.

[onyx]

Thank you, Starwise!!!

[Txsleuth]

Yepper...I am watching and listening to KING.

I feel it is my "job" ...and I am glad they are aware.


BTW...did you see the post I pinged you to about the blogger that Mitch McConnell hired to get out the doings of the Senate??

That is great news...because I am hoping that WE can post on the bloggers site our opinions..and he can forward them to McConnell...

[Txsleuth]

I hit post before I finished the thought about the schools.

I truly think that there would be less drop outs..and more skilled workers for the types of jobs that are being made...if our schools DID have the opportunity for children like your daughter...

who might know what they want to do...or are extremely interested in, can spend their time learning and training for that...instead of just taking elective courses that they have no interest in...just to have enough credits to graduate.

What training is she interested in??

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you, STARWISE!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you, Onyx!

And this just in:

$50 from South Carolina
$20 from Arizona

Thank you South Carolina and Arizona!!