Third Quarter 04 FReepathon Now Underway!!

Click here to donate to FR via secure server ^ | July 1st, 2004 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Howdy everyone,

Are you ready for a FReepathon?

The state of our FR is strong!

Our big legal bill is now paid off and our budgetary requirements are now reduced. For the first time in our history, our monthly donations are now bringing in more than 50% of our quarterly budget! Thanks to our generous membership and the settlement with the City of Fresno, we now have a comfortable cash buffer and should have no problems meeting our coming tax payments and other obligations.

I've recalculated our estimated budget requirements for the remainder of the year and have posted them here:

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/budget

We just completed the first loop of our nationwide tour and we had a great time! We traveled through eleven states in three weeks and FReeped with, met with and dined with FReepers in ten cities and from at least a dozen chapters. It's great to see all our old friends again and to meet new ones. Joining a gathering of FReepers is just like going a family reunion. Very warm and friendly and just like home. Thank you all so much for your gracious hospitality and friendship!

We hope to visit all fifty states and most of our chapters within the next year or so. We hope to visit our LA Chapter on the 1st of August to tour the Reagan Library. We hope to visit our San Diego Chapter sometime this month to welcome home the USS Ronald Reagan. We're also planning a Pacific Northwest Tour in August. In January, we're planning a trip across the South and down into Florida and then up the Eastern Coast to Washington, DC for the Free Republic George W Bush Inaugural Ball II!! Woo hoo!!

Well, with the war in Iraq all but concluded, the trial of the Butcher of Iraq about to start, and the election season heating up, I'm sure that FR is going to be THE place to be to get the very latest in news and conservative discussion in the coming months.

Thank you FReepers for making FR the premier conservative forum on the Internet!

Looking forward to the coming campaign season! Good luck to all and may the very best people be chosen to lead our great nation!

Thank God for our successes thus far in the war for freedom and may He guide us through to complete victory over tyranny and terrorism.

Thank you and may God bless you all.

Jim

[Gabz]

Just in:

$100 from New Jersey
$10 from Maryland

Thank you New Jersey and Maryland!!

[Gabz]

And I thought I was NUTZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HiJinx]

Good Afternoon, FReepers!! Poppa HJ said I could drop in on you today and remind everyone that we should be thankful for a lot of things this week. America is as strong as she has ever been, and our Flag still stands as a beacon of hope to oppressed people around the world.

He said we should check out USA Today because the Iraqi people put a great advertisement in there. They thanked the mothers and fathers of the wonderful military folks who helped get rid of a tyrant and brought - with their blood, sweat, and tears - freedom to their land. Wow. That could have been my Momma, she's a medic.

He said that without Free Republic, so many people would never know what was really happening. Because of FR, soldiers and sailors in Iraq have been able to tell Americans here at home what is really happening, and people like my Poppa and MoJo and Kathy have been able to send mail and care packages back to Iraq and Afghanistan.

We met wonderful people like armyboy, Eagle Eye, txradioguy, 1sgMike, mystery-ak, and M0sby through FR and helped them keep their spirits up. That's a special thing to be able to do, and it would have been so hard without Jim Robinson and Free Republic.

So. You know what you have to do. It only takes a little time and just a little money. You can do it!!

See y'all later, ok?

~ Piper

PS: Kids, don't try this at home. I'm a professional pointy object handler, and I performed this photo shoot under the supervision of an adult. Tomkow6 and Fawnn won't always agree that Poppa's a responsible adult, but PPPBBLLLTT!!!! They don't live with him...I do!!

[Mo1]

Just one more reason to stay away from the Liberals *L*

[HiJinx]

Darn it all. I knew I was going to miss some FReepers in my ping list.

Ping to #243.

[ValerieUSA]

bump

[glock rocks]

whoa... server take a nap??

[Fiddlstix]

And I thought I was NUTZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Naw! You're just an upstart. You need training and practice.

What say, Conspiracy Guy? Ya think we can be of help?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Support Free Republic PING!

[NYTexan]

Yeah, I've been trying to get on for a half hour.

Also the Pledges to date link won't work for me:

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate

[Gabz]

Waht a beautiful new FReeper!!!!!!!!!!

[Gabz]

I've got a lot of reasons to stay away from them - and unfortunately I'm finding out about one of them at this moment on another board.

I'm not a violent person - but I'm ready to strangle this raving lunatic.

[HiJinx]

Why, thank you. Stay tuned...

[AZamericonnie]

Thanks for the ping Tonk. I'm a monthly donor cuz I'm here everday & don't want to be a Freeploader!

[Brad’s Gramma]

She is SO PRECIOUS!!!!!!!!!!

Fawnn and Tomkow just don't get it, do they? I KNOW you're safe & sane! :-)

[Jim Robinson]

It was a denial of service attack. Someone is determined to cause problems for us during our fundraiser. Just means we're getting to them.

[HiJinx]

Thanks, Grammie...

Did you hear that Piper went to Laughlin this weekend? I'm waiting to see if she won enough for me to quit work...

[ValerieUSA]

Viva la Free Republic!

[Jim Robinson]

I think it will work like this:

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/

Thanks,

Jim

[Jean S]

Bump.