Woo hoo!! Our First Quarter 2009 FReepathon is underway!! (Thread V)

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2009 Q1 FReepathon. Target: $80,000

Receipts & Pledges to-date: $20,006

25%

Woo hoo!! Twenty-five percent!! Way to go FReepers!! Thank you all very much!!

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   Q1 2009 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$2,858.00	93	$30.73		$	$1,329.67	81
2	Texas	2,016.23	74	27.25			1,127.00	67
3	Florida	1,725.00	42	41.07			708.00	39
4	Ohio	884.00	22	40.18			540.00	14
5	New Jersey	750.00	17	44.12			220.00	10
6	New York	697.76	28	24.92			400.26	21
7	Maryland	690.00	13	53.08			225.00	12
8	Virginia	650.00	25	26.00			380.00	22
9	Washington	635.00	20	31.75			283.00	19
10	Georgia	600.00	23	26.09			315.00	15
11	Colorado	455.00	13	35.00			200.00	12
12	Pennsylvania	440.00	18	24.44			278.00	17
13	Illinois	386.00	16	24.12			225.00	10
14	Arizona	365.00	13	28.08			200.00	13
15	Alaska	345.00	8	43.12			60.00	2
16	Indiana	340.00	11	30.91			100.00	5
17	Wisconsin	325.00	10	32.50			105.00	8
18	Massachusetts	303.20	17	17.84			245.00	15
19	New Mexico	255.00	8	31.88			35.00	2
20	New Hampshire	250.00	3	83.33
21	Oklahoma	240.00	8	30.00			95.00	5
22	Alabama	230.00	13	17.69			199.00	13
23	Nevada	215.00	9	23.89			75.00	4
24	Michigan	205.00	9	22.78			80.00	7
25	Oregon	205.00	8	25.62			60.00	5
26	Louisiana	195.00	6	32.50			90.00	6
27	Missouri	194.00	12	16.17			149.00	13
28	Montana	190.00	4	47.50			45.00	3
29	South Carolina	185.00	8	23.12			55.00	5
30	Connecticut	184.00	7	26.29			40.00	2
31	Tennessee	180.00	7	25.71			75.00	7
32	North Carolina	168.00	14	12.00			113.00	11
33	Utah	160.00	8	20.00			110.00	7
34	Sweden	150.00	1	150.00
35	Kansas	150.00	5	30.00			90.00	7
36	Idaho	140.00	5	28.00			160.00	6
37	Arkansas	135.00	5	27.00			60.00	5
38	Maine	120.00	4	30.00			70.00	3
39	Australia	120.00	2	60.00
40	Minnesota	115.00	5	23.00			50.00	6
41	Germany	100.00	2	50.00
42	Thailand	100.00	1	100.00
43	Mississippi	90.00	6	15.00			105.00	6
44	Armed Forces - Europe	80.00	3	26.67			25.00	2
45	Hawaii	75.00	5	15.00			55.00	4
46	Canada	75.00	3	25.00			10.00	1
47	Kentucky	70.00	2	35.00			5.00	1
48	Rhode Island	70.00	2	35.00
49	South Korea	60.00	2	30.00
50	North Dakota	60.00	2	30.00			10.00	1
51	Iowa	50.00	3	16.67			30.00	2
52	Vermont	45.00	2	22.50			31.00	2
53	West Virginia	35.00	2	17.50			35.00	2
54	Cuba	30.00	1	30.00
55	Nebraska	20.00	1	20.00			42.50	2
56	South Dakota	20.00	1	20.00			30.00	1
57	Delaware	5.00	1	5.00			5.00	1
	Norway						10.00	1
	Wyoming						30.00	1
	Japan						30.00	1
	Armed Forces - Pacific						10.00	1
Never Never Land		570.49	31	18.40			10.00	1
58 locations total		$20,006.68	684	$29.25		$0.00	$9,065.43	529

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Subject: History Lesson 10

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the  winter. 

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel.

The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern  civilization and  together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct  subgroups:

1. Liberals 
2. Conservatives

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning  of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were  invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement .

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest  became known as girliemen. 

Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of  cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of  Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that  conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are  symbolized by the jackass.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like  their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard  liberal fare. 

Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living. 

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history: It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it.   A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to irritate them.

 

[Lady Jag]

Bi-Coastal Boobs - If You Come to the Midwest, Know This

Because of misunderstandings that frequently develop when Easterners and Californians cross into states such as Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, the Tourism Councils in those states have adopted a new policy. In an effort to help outsiders understand the rural Midwesterner's mind, the following list will be handed to each person as they enter the states.

1. That slope-shouldered farm body did more work before breakfast than you do all week at the gym.

2. It's called a "gravel road". No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Navigator. I have a four wheel drive because I need it. Drive it or get it out of the way.

3. We all started hunting and fishing when we were seven years old. Yeah, we shot Bambi, we got over it.

4. Any references to "corn fed" when talking about our women will get you whipped...by our women.

5. Go ahead and bring your $600 Orvis Fly Rod. Don't cry to us when a flathead breaks it off at the handle. We have a name for those little 13 inch trout you fish for - "bait".

6. Pull your pants up. You look like an Idiot.

7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of mallards are making their final approach, we will shoot it. You might hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.

8. That's right, whiskey is only two bucks. We can buy a fifth for what you paid in the airport for one drink.

9. No, there's no "Vegetarian Special" on the menu. Order steak. Order it rare. Or, you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the two pounds of ham and turkey. Yeah, we have sweet tea. It comes in a glass with two packets of sugar and a long spoon.

10. You bring Coke into my house, it better be brown, wet, and served over ice.

11. So, you have a sixty thousand dollar car. We're real impressed. We have quarter of a million dollar combines that we use four weeks a year.

12. Let's get it straight. We have one stop light in town. We stop when it's red. We may even stop when it's yellow.

13. Our women hunt, fish, and drive trucks - because they want to.  So, you're a feminist. Isn't that cute.

14. Yeah, we eat catfish, carp too - and turtle. Your really want sushi and caviar? It's available at the bait shop.

15. They are pigs. That's what they smell like. Get over it. Don't like it? Interstate 69 goes two ways. State Road 24 goes the other two. Pick one and use it accordingly.

16. The "Opener" refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday. You can get breakfast at the church.

17. So every person in every pickup waves. It's called being friendly. Understand the concept?

18. Yeah, we have golf courses. Don't hit in the water hazards. It spooks the fish.

19. That Officer, be it Conservation Officer, sheriff deputy, city police, or highway patrol that just pulled you over for driving like an idiot - his name is "Sir".

 

[Lady Jag]

There was a doctor, a civil engineer, and a computer scientist sitting around late one evening, and they discussed which was the oldest profession.

The doctor pointed out that according to Biblical tradition, God created Eve from Adam's rib. This obviously required surgery, so therefore that was the oldest profession in the world.

The engineer countered with an earlier passage in the Bible that stated that God created order from the chaos, and that was most certainly the biggest and best civil engineering example ever, and also proved that his profession was the oldest profession.

The computer scientist leaned back in her chair, and with a sly smile responded, "Yes, but whom do you think created the chaos?"