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I don't like the idea of shutting down FR fundraising over this disaster, though of course the usual tone of FR fundraising threads is not appropriate at this time.

At my office in mid-town NYC this morning, I couldn't get through to any major news sites on the Internet (servers too busy at all of them), but I could get through to FR and it was an important source of information. This event will almost certainly cause a substantial increase in the number of registered and active Freepers, as well as lurkers, and will drive up the cost of running FR.

Those terrorists would be thrilled to learn that they'd shut down fundraising on a site like FR. Don't give them what they want. First take the time to give blood, give to the Red Cross, and pray, but then GIVE TO FREE REPUBLIC! This forum is a critical part of the resistance against anti-American terrorists.

It is now after midnight on the West Coast and we have observed a day of mourning, remembrance and prayer for the families who have suffered losses and injuries today. Give blood to the American Red Cross.

Give money to Free Republic. We operated at maximum bandwidth all day. This was a vital source of information for tens of thousands of people today. Imagine what life would be like without it. Unless you were watching ABC at the time, you never would have known that Peter Jennings had the gall to question the mental stability of President George W. Bush.

We have more and better coverage and commentary here at Free Republic about the life and death of Barbara Olsen, than they do at Fox News, the news network that employed her. We have a thread entirely devoted to reports from across the country and around the world, as Freepers give up-to-the-minute reports of reactions and conditions in their home towns.

Free Republic is like nothing else you'll see on the Internet, and it survives entirely on the generosity of people like you. Give your blood to the Red Cross, but give your money to Free Republic.

FreeRepublic had all it could do to keep up with the load yesterday. We didn't need to add the load of the fundraising activity to what was already happening.

Hopefully we can start picking things up a bit today. The need to raise the funds still exists and there will be much more news to keep up with in the weeks and months to come.