Is Free Republic a Fraud? Is it time for Free Republic to go away?

Free Republic | 11/28/01 | Jim Robinson

[nutmeg]

Two thumbs up for keeping it going!

[cpdiii]

I donate 10 bucks a month via credit card and never even notice it. I also contribute to the Freepathons. I can obtain the same news I receive from Free Republic by going to many different sites. There is no site on the web where the news is reported and then dissected in detail as is here on Free Republic.

You may or may not agree with what is reported and dissected but it does get reported and debated as opposed to the news media.

Is it time for Free Republic to go away? HELL NO.

[My Favorite Headache]

Enough with the 2112 already!>>>>

Are you kidding me? LOL...that album is so perfect for what is going on here! :)

[classygreeneyedblonde]

I didnt say give it up

[GeronL]

I don't want to make a contribution so small that it wouldn't be worthwhile to FR, but at this time it would have to be only a few dollars/month

geez, I mail them a $5 bill each month (i started 4 months ago)

[kayak]

A mega-ping to avid Freepers ..... I apologize to those of you who have already seen this thread for calling you here again.

[Howlin]

Give it a rest. Nobody is trying to control you or deny you your right to Free Speech. You've just grumpy because your guy didn't win anything.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Where is the money for the radio network coming from?

I had always thought that you knew what was going on and liked to kid. Do you really think that Free Republic Network has something to do with a broadcast network? For real??

[Great Dane]

I wonder Jim, if we all made a pact not to ever visit or pay attention to the naysayers, I'd say they would simply eat away at each other. You can count on my support of Free Republic, in spirit and wallet.

LOL, I made that pact with myself a long time ago, I used to peek in on them now and then, but they have nothing going for them other than their anti FR snits.......... boooring, they are not even in my bookmarks anymore.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Nah. If his 1966 computer could have predicted the Clinton Scandals, it could only have been...a Uniblab.

Uh, wouldn't that be "uniblow"?

[Liberal Classic]

Jim Rob claims to value freedom. But the way he manages his forum screams otherwise.

You're 100% wrong. He's free to run his website however he sees fit. If you liked it and you send a donation, then it was a donation: No questions asked, no refunds, non-returnable, gift.

Completely unmoderated fora get unreadable. Try reading Usenet these days without a 0.5 MB killfile.

[electron1]

Keep it going Jim. If you need any financial support let me know.

This website was very instrumental in my "conversion" to the GOP. With me being from California, AND Mexican, we both know how miraculous that was....Your website is clearly needed.

[Buckeroo]

Now you have pissed me off, Linda. Have *YOU* turned into a Freeper ( some old troll that rides the back of a complaint department?)

I always thought you had more than some spray upon your blonde hair. Guess I was wrong.

[Calico]

Cost of PC = $1200
Monthly Cable Internet Access fee (for faster Refresh time) = $39.95
Being part of the BEST news forum on the web = PRICELESS

And yet, the monthly subscription fee to post/lurk on FR remains $0 (Fellow FReepers, let this be a reminder to keep the donations coming)

Thank you, Jim Robinson.

[Great Dane]

I'm one of the meanest SOB's on this site, and I know enough to avoid getting banned.

:-}}}}}

[k2blader]

Re: your posts #476 & #483

I hear ya. Noticed that a lot while lurking, especially. It took me a while to get registered, largely because the "whiney posts" turned me off. Made me wonder, "These people call themselves Conservatives?" But in the end, happily, the impression left by the much more "grace-full" posts won out. :)

But, to a few, perhaps this very post does not matter. To them I ever-so-humbly ask:

Is there a cut-off Date of Membership for having a differing opinion?

[My Favorite Headache]

SB tell me how you really feel? :)

[SoDak]

I'd be lost without this site, Jim. I do a monthly now, but am willing to pony more dollars up to keep the service alive. It's a crucial part of the web. Just point us where to give.