Why can't you make Free Republic a pay-per-use website? I think it's worth at least $10.00 a month. Not to offensive, and gets people paying.I cannot do without FR. period.
I am a small monthly donor and can say that no one will miss 10 or 20 per month to keep an honest and open forum up and running.
Best damn $25.00 a month I ever spent. I still anti up even without a job. Where else can you get the 'news' unfiltered and filled with great commentary and humor. Soon I will get up enough nerve to POST.