Although there may be a handful here who, for some reason, just have to keep running around this same tree, please know the overwhelming majority of Freepers know precisely what FreeRepublic is and what it takes to operate it.
Thank you so much for FreeRepublic and all you put up with to keep it going.
I doubt if most of us understand just how much time, emotion and treasure Jim has given just for us to have FR.
FR is like a child that is still in its infancy. It has already shown its promise and what it can become, but it requires constant care, has forces continually attacking it and the caregiver, and seems to live on a knife edge between life and death.
I have friends who have a manac-depressive child who needs constant care. What they are going through has drained them physically, emotionally and financially. I can see what they are going through, but I cannot really know it since I have not lived it, nor do I ever want to.