The Free Republic 4th Quarter FReepathon is now underway!!

It's time again to raise the funds necessary to keep Free Republic on the air. And on the air is where we want to be! And on the air is where Dan Rather wants to be, but thanks to some sharp eyed FReepers, HIS air time may soon be ending.

And we can hope that John Kerry's air time will also soon be ending. Thanks to the Swift Boat Vets, with help and support from FRN and the FReepers, we've managed to put a huge hole in Kerry's hopes of winning the Presidency.

It's been a rather exciting quarter for Free Republic -- catching the AP in some outright false reporting, catching Dan Rather passing off forged military documents in cahoots with his Democrat coconspirators in a failed attempt to knockoff a sitting president, and helping the Swiftees get their ads on the air and spreading the word about Kerry's cowardice and treason in Vietnam. Did you know John Kerry served in Vietnam? The only question is who did he serve?

And we're expecting a pretty exciting 4th quarter on FR with the debates, the final four weeks of the campaign, and then the election itself. Free Republic readership is growing like crazy and we've recently doubled the size of our system to handle the increasing demand. We added a fifth server to the system earlier during the quarter and John just spent the weekend up in San Jose installing three more new servers. Free Republic is now running on eight servers! Free Republic is becoming a monster online force!!

We're also planning the Free Republic George W. Bush Inaugural Ball II, to be held in Washington D.C., on January 20, 2005. Will begin running some threads on this during the next couple of weeks, but feel free to chime in on this thread if you plan on attending. You won't want to miss this, I promise you!

Yes, it's going to be an exciting time to be a member of Free Republic. Breaking news and live threads every day on the war, on the debates, on the campaigns and on every important news story impacting all of America and all of the world. Plus the FReeps, rallies, protests, trips, meetings and other opportunities for FReepers to join together in person for fellowship and to promote our causes.

If you are enjoying Free Republic as much as I hope you are and would like to help us remain on the air, please consider clicking the donation link and make a contribution today. We are setting our goal a little higher this quarter. In addition to our regular budgeted expenses, we've purchased quite a bit of equipment, plus we have some taxes to pay. The additional investments and taxes will have just about depleted our cash reserves and we'll need to replenish them if we can.

Thank you very much if you can make a donation and thank you again if you can make it a monthly. Our monthlies are growing and are now over 50% of our regular budgeted expenses! Great job Monthlies!!

Again, looking forward to all the great events that are coming our way in the next few weeks and months!

Thank you all very much for your patriotism and continuing participation and support for Free Republic and our great conservative causes!

Q4 2004 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$2,358.00	49	$48.12	2,287	$1.03	$1,625.56	115
2	Texas	2,015.00	35	57.57	1,952	1.03	1,062.00	66
3	Florida	940.00	30	31.33	1,081	0.87	628.00	39
4	Pennsylvania	897.00	18	49.83	659	1.36	290.00	21
5	Virginia	685.00	20	34.25	735	0.93	490.50	26
6	Maryland	558.00	16	34.88	417	1.34	329.00	16
7	Missouri	470.00	7	67.14	418	1.12	126.00	11
8	Georgia	455.00	10	45.50	587	0.78	330.00	19
9	Washington	422.00	11	38.36	556	0.76	290.00	18
10	Minnesota	385.00	8	48.12	320	1.20	140.00	11
11	Costa Rica	365.26	1	365.26	11	33.21
12	Montana	358.33	2	179.16	53	6.76	333.33	1
13	Illinois	340.00	8	42.50	582	0.58	342.00	19
14	New Jersey	335.00	7	47.86	438	0.76	175.00	8
15	New York	335.00	11	30.45	855	0.39	307.50	19
16	Tennessee	245.00	8	30.62	386	0.63	53.00	7
17	New Mexico	245.00	4	61.25	110	2.23	50.00	3
18	North Carolina	225.00	9	25.00	576	0.39	437.00	27
19	Idaho	220.00	5	44.00	118	1.86	35.00	1
20	Alabama	205.00	6	34.17	280	0.73	355.00	19
21	Ohio	196.00	10	19.60	587	0.33	602.25	19
22	Kentucky	180.00	4	45.00	223	0.81	20.00	2
23	Indiana	175.00	4	43.75	346	0.51	75.00	7
24	Hawaii	165.00	5	33.00	66	2.50	15.00	2
25	Colorado	150.00	3	50.00	379	0.40	160.00	10
26	Rhode Island	145.00	3	48.33	44	3.30
27	Kansas	140.00	4	35.00	209	0.67	90.00	5
28	Wisconsin	135.00	4	33.75	308	0.44	173.00	11
29	Oregon	130.00	3	43.33	273	0.48	75.00	5
30	Massachusetts	125.00	5	25.00	356	0.35	195.00	12
31	Delaware	125.00	2	62.50	34	3.68
32	South Korea	100.00	1	100.00	7	14.29	10.00	1
33	District of Columbia	100.00	1	100.00	85	1.18	10.00	1
34	Michigan	90.00	7	12.86	475	0.19	110.00	11
35	Connecticut	90.00	5	18.00	218	0.41	45.00	4
36	Maine	90.00	3	30.00	107	0.84	10.00	1
37	Wyoming	80.00	2	40.00	34	2.35	30.00	1
38	South Carolina	80.00	2	40.00	245	0.33	61.00	7
39	Australia	72.09	1	72.09	59	1.22
40	Iowa	70.00	3	23.33	163	0.43	35.00	2
41	Utah	60.00	4	15.00	113	0.53	90.00	4
42	Oklahoma	60.00	2	30.00	242	0.25	112.00	8
43	New Hampshire	45.00	2	22.50	131	0.34
44	Mississippi	40.00	3	13.33	135	0.30	57.00	5
45	Arizona	40.00	4	10.00	471	0.08	185.50	14
46	Canada	30.00	2	15.00	242	0.12
47	Nebraska	30.00	2	15.00	92	0.33	13.00	2
48	Panama	25.00	1	25.00	7	3.57
49	West Virginia	20.00	1	20.00	90	0.22	50.00	3
50	Ireland	20.00	1	20.00	31	0.65
51	Louisiana	10.00	1	10.00	230	0.04	60.00	6
52	Vermont	10.00	1	10.00	39	0.26	76.00	5
53	Arkansas	10.00	1	10.00	173	0.06	40.00	4
54	Armed Forces - Europe	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	1
	Nevada						140.00	6
	Kenya						20.00	1
	United Kingdom						5.00	1
	South Dakota						35.00	3
	Armed Forces - Pacific						10.00	1
	Switzerland						10.00	1
	Alaska						50.00	2
	Indonesia						20.00	1
Never Never Land		1,485.00	63	23.57			388.00	28
55 locations total		$16,391.68	426	$38.48	22,204	$0.74	$10,486.64	643

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