Woo hoo!! Working on the last $14k!! Let's wrap this baby up!! [FReepathon thread XXIX]

Click here to pledge your support via secure server ^ | February 17, 2014 | By Jim Robinson and onyx

[Jim Robinson]

We're finally nearing the goal for this quarter. Please keep it coming in folks, so we can wrap this baby up.

Your loyal support keeps FR alive and is greatly appreciated!!

Thank you so much for giving Free Republic such a big boost over the past few days! All of us love coming to Free Republic every day, so please know that EVERY Donation counts, no matter the amount! EVERY Donation is truly and greatly appreciated!

$5, $10, $20, $50, $100 or more, EVERY Donation helps to Keep FR Alive!

Our New Monthly Donor count is now at 43, which includes 4 New $1-a-Day Donors! We have 4 wonderful, fabulous, awesome and very generous FReeper Sponsors, (Tijeras_Slim, upchuck, somebody & OwenKellogg) who have either already kicked-in $10.00 for EVERY New Monthly Donor, or will do so, as you all sign up.

Both Owen Kellogg and Tijeras-Slim have just signed up to Sponsor another Round each, which means that we have New Monthly Donor Sponsors through 7 Rounds!!! PLEASE Consider Donating Monthly, if you possibly and reliably can!!!

Were half of y'all, our wonderful, loyal, regular users to reliably donate $5, $10, $20 or $30 Monthly, this FReepathon and all FReepathons would be events of the past.

We also have 142 Donations of $100.00 or more, as per our 300 Club and I-be-TC's original Challenge!

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Thank you all very much!!

God bless.

[onyx]

Kris Kristofferson is well-known for his country tunes and his talent on the silver screen, but if that isn't enough to impress you, his time in the Army might. Born to Mary Ann and U.S. Army Air corps officer Lars Kristofferson, Kris Kristofferson spent his early years shuffling around like any normal military child. He obtained a BA in literature from Pomona college in 1958, and later earned a scholarship to Oxford. After graduation, his family finally pressured him into joining the Army and marrying his girlfriend from high school.

Joining in 1960, Kristofferson became a helicopter pilot after completing Ranger School and eventually worked his way to the rank of Captain. During this time he continued to work on music and even formed his own band while stationed in Germany. Kristofferson was offered a teaching position in Literature at West Point, but he turned it down to focus on music. By the time his military service was done, his family disowned him for leaving the Army, and he had gone through a bitter divorce.

Kristofferson moved to Nashville where he earned money as a janitor and by flying helicopters for oil rigs. He wrote some of his most successful songs during this time, and while his own recordings of them didn't quite make it, other artists reached the charts with them. After Johnny Cash introduced him at the Newport Folk Festival, he released his first album, "Me and Bobby McGee," to great success. He continued letting other artists use his songs while he worked on his own recordings. Following his release of the album "Silver tongued Devil," Kristofferson launched his acting career with "The Last Movie."

While both his music and acting career have seen dips and turns over the years, Kristofferson is still active in both professions and has secured his position as one of the great country music stars of his time. Kristofferson was inducted into the songwriter's Hall of Fame in 1985 and has earned over 48 different BMI Country and Pop awards. He also received the Veteran of the Year Award at the American Veteran Awards in 2011, with fellow country legend and vet Willie Nelson presenting the honor. True to his straight-shooting nature, Kristofferson noted during his acceptance speech, "Maybe military service oughta be a requirement of our political leaders today." JMc

WHY ME LORD?






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[trisham]

Good Afternoon

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[trisham]

"When the representative body have lost the confidence of their constituents,
when they have notoriously made sale of their most valuable rights,
when they have assumed to themselves powers which the people never put into their hands,
then indeed their continuing in office becomes dangerous to the state,
and calls for an exercise of the power of dissolution."

~Thomas Jefferson

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[RedMDer]

Thank You!!

FR is looking for 300 loyal FReepers to donate $100 or more per quarter.
We have 147 donations this quarter of $100 or more!!
Join the "300 Club" today!!
The $100+ donations this quarter have contributed more than
$17,000 so far to the current total!!

We need your help to keep the lights on.
FR is funded solely by contributions made by
liberty loving people who enjoy and use it.

Every donation counts no matter how big or small.
If you can donate $5, $10, $20, $100 or more,
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Please Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!

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[onyx]

Free Republic is Your Voice and Your Forum!
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[RedMDer]

Forty Five FReeper-Patriots are now
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Generous FReepers have Sponsored
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Who will be number 46 and beyond?

[RedMDer]

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[onyx]

PLEASE Sign-Up to Donate Monthly if you possibly & reliably can!

FYI: Both Generous Freeper Sponsors, Owen Kellogg and Tijeras-Slim
have Pre-Paid sponsorships' for the Next 25 NEW MONTHLY DONORS!


How about signing up to Donate Monthly with Jim right now?

[onyx]

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[onyx]

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[onyx]

PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC TODAY!

Sign up to Donate Monthly, if you possibly and reliably can!
Very Generous FReeper Sponsors are Donating $10.00 for EVERY NEW MONTHLY DONOR & $1-A-DAY Donor!

[onyx]

Free Republic is Your Voice and Your Forum!
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PLEASE Make Your Donation Today, Monthly, if You POSSIBLY & RELIABLY can!

[trisham]

I saw him being interviewed. He seemed like a great guy.

[trisham]

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[trisham]

"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles.

It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt.

If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost,
for this is a game where principles are at stake."

~Thomas Jefferson, June 1798

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[RedMDer]

Your has his priorities straight.

[RedMDer]

Sure has his priorities straight.

[RedMDer]

No surrender, no retreat!!

Do not sign away your freedom!!

Do not submit to the godless leftist wannabe dictators!!

Free Republic
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Thank you all very much!!

God bless.

[onyx]

Free Republic is Your Voice and Your Forum!
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[RedMDer]

You are not alone.


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