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And now for the rest of the story.... Free Republic is here to stay!
Free Republic | 12/29/01 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 11/29/2001 11:32:06 PM PST by Jim Robinson

Very sorry if the thread I posted yesterday entitled "Is Free Republic a Fraud? Is it time for Free Republic to go away?" startled some of you. The thread was posted simply to allow the people who are criticizing Free Republic and accusing us of fraud to have a place to post their charges, and also to allow those who support FR a place to voice their opinions on whether we should continue or fold up. The anti-FReepers have long held that if only the FReepers knew the truth about me and the fraud of FR, then they would all go away. Well, time will tell if many people have been swayed by their tales of horror, but no one can say that I did not give them a chance to get it all out into the open.

Now I'm happy to say that I have absolutely no intent of ever shutting down Free Republic. The only reason that was in my title was because of the AFers claim. I have stated on many occasions that Free Republic will be on the air as long as the FReepers feel it is needed and viable. If the WP/LAT is successful in bankrupting me or the corporation, then we will find another way to keep our discussion site running. There is absolutely no way that they can shutdown our right to assemble on the internet and voice our opinions and criticisms of the government and or of the so-called free press. In that, we will persevere, I guarantee you!

I want to thank all of you who have suggested various ways to change our operating model to one profiting by selling subscriptions, or advertising, or merchandise or other commercial ventures, but have to say that we cannot do any of those things at this time. We are restricted from engaging in any commercial business because of the fair use laws. Now, some of this might change in the future depending on clarification from the court if we win on appeal or at the Supreme Court level, but I wouldn't bet on it. As long as we are posting full text articles we will probably have to remain non commercial.

I also want to thank all of you who have posted your supporting comments. I'd like to reply to all of them, but looks like the count is now running to 2,000 and beyond and there is no way that I can respond to each one individually. I thank each and every one of you and I thank God that you are on our team. Same goes for all of you who are donating to keep FR on the air. We would not be here without your support and we all appreciate it very much.

Thanks again and God Bless America!

Regards,

Jim Robinson


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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Jim Robinson
And now for the rest of the story.... Free Republic is here to stay! PING!

Now I'm happy to say that I have absolutely no intent of ever shutting down Free Republic. The only reason that was in my title was because of the AFers claim. . .

I also want to thank all of you who have posted your supporting comments. I'd like to reply to all of them, but looks like the count is now running to 2,000 and beyond and there is no way that I can respond to each one individually. I thank each and every one of you and I thank God that you are on our team.


Yea! I knew that MUST have been wrong yesterday! !

The only reason that was in my title was because of the AFers claim. . .

Hmm?? Shouldn't that be MFers??? ;-)

61 posted on 11/30/2001 1:28:00 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: Jim Robinson
"freerepublic is here to stay"

the next mountian dew i gulp down is dedicated to you jim!

and to everyone else good morning the late night crusades continue

62 posted on 11/30/2001 1:37:20 AM PST by MetalHeadConservative35
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To: Jim Robinson
Freepers are the greatest... GO Freerepublic.com!!! :o)
63 posted on 11/30/2001 1:47:19 AM PST by runningbear
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To: Rocky
I'll bet the ratio of positive to negative was about 100:1.

Closer to 1000:1.

64 posted on 11/30/2001 1:48:54 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Jim Robinson
FR is still the best place for to go for all the news, a day in advance.
65 posted on 11/30/2001 1:49:28 AM PST by Bogie
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To: Bogie
"FR is still the best place for to go for all the news, a day in advance."

I'm becoming more convinced every day that the newspapers are now using FR to not only decide which stories to publish in the daily fish wrap but which ones to give highest importance. There are very few articles, other than state and local in the daily San Diego Union Tribune that haven't been here for a day or 2 before.

If we can achieve a million plus registered, FreeRepublic will be the defining voice of politics in this nation.

66 posted on 11/30/2001 2:20:27 AM PST by dalereed
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To: Jim Robinson
I am proud to call myself a "Freeper"! Thank you for the opportunity to do so.
67 posted on 11/30/2001 2:22:25 AM PST by RadioAstronomer
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To: Jim Robinson; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
Thank you, Jim, for all that you do. I have learned so much from this site, and even on the "fraud" thread.

Thanks for the ping, TGYC. I couldn't sleep last night, so your ping was the first thing I saw this morning. What a relief!!

68 posted on 11/30/2001 2:24:58 AM PST by Carolina
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To: Jim Robinson
YEEHAAWWW!! It's Friday and Free Republic is here to stay! It doesn't get any better than this!!

Now will someone please tell me what an AFer is?

69 posted on 11/30/2001 2:27:32 AM PST by Ima Lurker
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To: TaxPayer2000
Free Republic for $29.95/month? whats wrong with this picture?

Not everyone is making enough money to pay that, for one. I know some people will have a very hard time believing that could be true, especially if someone has a PC. I speak for myself by way of example. I am way underemployed due to health problems. Also, I believe JimRob has pointed out on prior occasions that this puts the site into the same category of restricting access to news under the Fair Use clause, for the same reasons as noted in his post, above.

70 posted on 11/30/2001 2:28:02 AM PST by GretchenEE
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To: Jim Robinson
Bless you, BUMP!!!
71 posted on 11/30/2001 2:29:14 AM PST by shotabug
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To: Jim Robinson
This insomniac is passing along another grateful BTTT. Thank you for all of your efforts, Jim.
72 posted on 11/30/2001 2:30:52 AM PST by truthkeeper
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To: JohnHuang2
A grateful suspect thanks you for the ping. ;-)
73 posted on 11/30/2001 2:32:26 AM PST by GretchenEE
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To: ClancyJ
You missed the biggie...paying anything per month changes FR from a non-profit site to a commercial site...and bingo, no more full-text articles as they will then *definitely* be considered a violation of copyright laws.
74 posted on 11/30/2001 2:42:42 AM PST by Maelstrom
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To: Jim Robinson; Sidebar Moderator
Jim: apologies as you may have been asked this a zillion times...but can you or your staff just clarify whether we may paste an article in its entirety on a thread, without infringing copyright.

(I notice some newspapers carry a 'not to be reprinted without permission' warning on them).

Thanks again for the forum and hope everything goes well with the WP situation.
75 posted on 11/30/2001 2:42:52 AM PST by jjbrouwer
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To: GretchenEE
You're quite welcome, friend ;^)
76 posted on 11/30/2001 2:45:15 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: Jim Robinson
HOORAY!!

After reading all 2000+ posts last night, I went to Freeper Donations and contributed $10 a month to FreeRepublic. Well worth the knowledge/information I get.

THANKS JIM!

77 posted on 11/30/2001 2:47:33 AM PST by airborne
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To: dalereed
Yepper, I noticed it too.

They must be coming here to get a handle on their ratings.

78 posted on 11/30/2001 2:49:52 AM PST by Bogie
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To: Jim Robinson
All those FReepers that think that we can sit back and relax because Bush won the last election by a micron thick hair had better wake up.

The war against the left is a constant and they are plotting as we speak, under their rocks on how to gain back the White house and congress. I fear FReepers will once again have to man the barricades and hit the streets and act as the vanguard of sanity. Just like CITIBANK the left never sleeps.

Freerepublic is a necessary focal point to be able to organize on a nationwide basis. That alone is reason enough for it to exist. Until the day that the staid gentlemanly conservatives learn that it is not beneath us to hit the streets and be activist in our passions, our little band of warriors will be necessary.

Don't forget for a minute the impact that FReepers had in the great November 2000 debacle.

79 posted on 11/30/2001 2:58:46 AM PST by Cacique
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To: Jim Robinson
BUMP!

viva la FreeRepublic!

80 posted on 11/30/2001 3:00:53 AM PST by 4CJ
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