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What's up with the Freepathon
fr | 8-24-09 | self

Posted on 08/24/2009 2:11:54 PM PDT by staytrue

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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Thank you for upping your monthly. I keep saying that if 80,000 Freepers donated one dollar a month, it would more than keep the lights on. I don’t know why that doesn’t happen.


41 posted on 08/24/2009 4:55:58 PM PDT by WVNan ( (Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.: Sun Tzu))
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To: Brad's Gramma

Sorry. I have to make a public apology to you......


42 posted on 08/24/2009 4:56:25 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR...Monthly Donors Wanted...I Upped My Monthly. Now, Up Yours.)
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To: WVNan

I don’t either.....


43 posted on 08/24/2009 4:57:25 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR...Monthly Donors Wanted...I Upped My Monthly. Now, Up Yours.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Ya ya ya. WhatEVER.

Me? I gotta go home.

So apologize already.

(For WHAT???????????????????????????????????) :) :) :) :) :)


44 posted on 08/24/2009 4:57:57 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (BG x 2 (and a heartbeat was heard today....))
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To: staytrue

1) The economy stinks and so does my finances.


45 posted on 08/24/2009 4:59:21 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: Brad's Gramma

‘member that photo I sent ya...???


46 posted on 08/24/2009 5:03:33 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR...Monthly Donors Wanted...I Upped My Monthly. Now, Up Yours.)
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To: staytrue

I became a monthly for one basic reason!

Freerepublic needs to be able to count on a money base that is rock solid.

The more monthlies, the more solid the base.

Monthlies are the ground solid donators who allow all others to give what they can in good times and bad!


47 posted on 08/24/2009 5:04:00 PM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
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To: Randy Larsen

Thank You Randy!!!!


48 posted on 08/24/2009 5:18:06 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR...Monthly Donors Wanted...I Upped My Monthly. Now, Up Yours.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

No thanks needed...

I love FR!


49 posted on 08/24/2009 5:20:11 PM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
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To: All

After re-reading my post it sounded snarky and demeaning to me.

Please let me try to explain it better.

For those of you in financial hard..times will improve, in the mean time, take care of yourself first!

Monthlies aren’t a bunch of rich folks with pockets of gold, but regular folk that the hard times haven’t hit (YET).

If we all work together, we can keep FR alive.

I contribute now but may not be able to in the future...hopefully then someone else can help .

I hope this sounds less snarky.

Randy


50 posted on 08/24/2009 5:38:52 PM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
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To: staytrue

How about, “I already chipped in, but we have a zillion and one new ‘08 and ‘09 Freepers who probably haven’t and they are posting half of the threads!”

We have over THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND Freepers signed up here, could you imagine if they all just sent a few dollars every three months?


51 posted on 08/24/2009 6:11:43 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: staytrue

I’m sure it’s just the economy.


52 posted on 08/24/2009 6:22:25 PM PDT by Bob J ("For every 1000 hacking at the branches of evil, one strikes at it's root.")
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To: staytrue

The RINO Establishment GOP sucks! But it’s your money.


53 posted on 08/24/2009 7:42:42 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Obama: in your guts, you know he's nuts!)
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To: staytrue

staytrue — thanks for this thread. It gives me a chance to bring up an easy way to donate to FR.

I’m a monthly donor, but there was a time when I wondered how to give more, without parting with a big lump sum. I thought of the loose change I had in my pocket. (actually a little thingy purse in my bag). A few coins a week can add up to a good sum between Freepathons. Each week I would count out whatever change I had in my ‘thingie purse’—— keep a couple of dollars in change for myself, and then collect the rest — week by week. When a new Freepathon began, the total would be about $25 to $35 or usually under $3 a week. I would then send the amount by Visa to FR. I didn’t miss the change and it was a good donation for FR.

For this FReepathon, the total is 31.68, or $1.98 a week.

Sounds complicated, but it really isn’t. The important thing is that FR gains and I don’t miss the change. (What do I do with all that change? I simply put the nickles, dimes, etc in those coin exchange collectors in the supermarket, or have the Grandkiddies put them in paper holders.)

I like W VNan’s idea of just a $1 a week from all, would keep FR going without this need for endless Freepathons. I admire the patience of all those who run the Freepathons, but wouldn’t it be great if their burden was eased??!!

Yes — the site is “free” but ———. How many of us would be devastated if the site couldn’t maintain itself. My addiction continues, and if a few $$$ can feed it, then so be it! I NEED MY FR!!


54 posted on 08/24/2009 8:04:19 PM PDT by Exit148 (Loose Change Founder. A little goes a long way!)
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To: Roses0508
Maybe this will all work out and I can contrib ute more, but I expect the next six months to be very difficult.

That's a good representation of the way I see the universe. These are dark days in my corner, but I have big plans for the future. Never give up hope and be relentlessly positive!

55 posted on 08/24/2009 9:07:02 PM PDT by Colorado Buckeye (It's the culture stupid!)
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To: staytrue

I contributed a small amount. But I think in many FReepers’ cases that its the combination of a bad economy and the buying of guns and survival gear.


56 posted on 08/24/2009 10:40:43 PM PDT by TheThinker
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To: staytrue

(other) I already donated twice.


57 posted on 08/24/2009 10:42:56 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Brad's Gramma; staytrue
Har! A light just came on. The dog ate my donation???

Not really; I'm a monthly.

58 posted on 08/24/2009 10:58:00 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake (You have two choices and two choices only: SUBMIT or RESIST with everything you have!)
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To: trooprally
As I said the bizarre aspect IMHO comes from the sole focus on one individual while forgetting that there are most likely others with even greater culpability.

Let's see, the man convicted of the bombing of the Pan Am flight is released from prison before he serves his term and you say, that it's bizarre that people should be outraged. Instead they should focus their attention on unknown killers in unknown places. Is that your argument?

59 posted on 08/25/2009 4:49:18 AM PDT by moneyrunner (I have not flattered its rank breath, nor bowed to its idolatries a patient knee.)
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To: staytrue; trooprally

Ok, can’t remember if I’ve donated this time, so what I’ll do is donate a little more to help make up for those who can’t this time.

Now before you all start doing cartwheels, it won’t be all that much but I know we need FR to continue so that we can defeat Pelosi and her ilk (Obama included)!!

So, excuse me while I hit the donate button.


60 posted on 08/25/2009 5:24:24 AM PDT by beachn4fun (They swore to defend the Constitution against all enemies........)
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