Free Republic still number one conservative site! 2nd qtr '08 FReepathon, thread 5!!

Click here to pledge your support ^ | 4/19/2008 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!!

Even though Free Republic operates on a shoestring budget that is a tiny fraction of most others listed here, Hitwise still ranks us as the number one conservative site on the Net!

Rank	Website	Market Share
1.	www.huffingtonpost.com	6.12%
2.	www.freerepublic.com	4.38%
3.	politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com	4.17%
4.	www.politico.com	4.1%
5.	www.realclearpolitics.com	3.02%
6.	elections.foxnews.com	2.76%
7.	www.dailykos.com	2.72%
8.	www.barackobama.com	2.47%
9.	www.townhall.com	2.1%
10.	www.democraticunderground.com	2.06%

Source: hitwise.com

Congratulations FReepers!! Great job!!

Thank you all very much for your participation and support!!

God bless.

[Fiddlstix]

Graphic Made by FReeper: Nick Danger

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[Fiddlstix]

Graphic Made by FReeper: Nick Danger

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[Lady Jag]

VIRGINIA AND OHIO
HOLDING AT 4TH & 5TH!

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$20 from Pennsylvania
$100 from California
$50 from Virginia
$20 from Virginia
$20 from California

Thank you all very much!!

[Fiddlstix]

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$20 from Pennsylvania
$100 from California
$50 from Virginia
$20 from Virginia
$20 from California

Thank you all very much!!

[Fiddlstix]

   Q2 2008 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$4,165.56	120	$34.71		$	$1,270.56	81
2	Texas	3,762.01	95	39.60			932.00	59
3	Florida	1,968.00	58	33.93			669.00	38
4	Virginia	1,466.99	33	44.45			411.00	24
5	Ohio	1,245.00	24	51.88			510.00	11
6	Pennsylvania	1,098.00	33	33.27			278.00	14
7	Maryland	940.00	24	39.17			215.00	14
8	Tennessee	908.00	18	50.44			58.00	7
9	New York	900.00	27	33.33			382.50	17
10	New Jersey	874.00	24	36.42			240.00	12
11	Colorado	839.00	20	41.95			160.00	11
12	Missouri	815.00	20	40.75			150.00	13
13	Washington	807.00	23	35.09			300.00	18
14	Arizona	690.00	20	34.50			130.00	12
15	Illinois	624.00	19	32.84			237.00	14
16	Montana	623.33	6	103.89			378.33	4
17	Massachusetts	554.32	22	25.20			285.00	15
18	Wisconsin	520.00	19	27.37			125.00	9
19	Australia	500.00	1	500.00
20	Georgia	462.00	23	20.09			185.00	13
21	Oregon	455.00	14	32.50			60.00	4
22	Armed Forces - Europe	405.00	4	101.25			25.00	2
23	Alabama	380.00	17	22.35			258.00	14
24	Arkansas	365.00	9	40.56			35.00	3
25	Minnesota	355.00	10	35.50			40.00	5
26	Connecticut	330.00	7	47.14			10.00	1
27	Nevada	310.00	10	31.00			105.00	5
28	North Carolina	295.00	18	16.39			80.00	9
29	South Carolina	250.00	12	20.83			85.00	7
30	New Hampshire	230.00	5	46.00
31	Utah	225.00	7	32.14			72.00	4
32	Maine	210.00	5	42.00			70.00	3
33	Indiana	200.00	11	18.18			70.00	4
34	Oklahoma	190.00	6	31.67			90.00	5
35	Alaska	180.00	7	25.71			90.00	4
36	Canada	175.00	4	43.75
37	Michigan	170.00	10	17.00			60.00	5
38	Kansas	170.00	8	21.25			70.00	6
39	Mississippi	160.00	7	22.86			105.00	6
40	Louisiana	155.00	7	22.14			85.00	6
41	West Virginia	140.00	4	35.00			30.00	2
42	New Mexico	120.00	4	30.00			15.00	1
43	Hawaii	120.00	5	24.00			60.00	5
44	Idaho	100.00	5	20.00			105.00	6
45	Nebraska	92.50	6	15.42			42.50	2
46	Rhode Island	90.00	4	22.50			45.00	2
47	Kentucky	90.00	3	30.00			5.00	1
48	Wyoming	70.00	3	23.33			30.00	1
49	South Dakota	65.00	2	32.50			30.00	1
50	Delaware	65.00	2	32.50
51	Iowa	60.00	4	15.00			30.00	2
52	Vermont	50.00	2	25.00			31.00	2
53	North Dakota	50.00	1	50.00			10.00	1
54	Puerto Rico	35.00	1	35.00
55	Germany	20.00	1	20.00
56	Netherlands	10.00	1	10.00
57	Armed Forces - Pacific	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	1
	Norway						10.00	1
	Japan						20.00	1
Never Never Land		825.00	31	26.61			223.00	13
58 locations total		$30,984.71	887	$34.93		$0.00	$9,022.89	521

[Fiddlstix]

List of Monthly Donors
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This Is The Beginning Of The Monthly Donor List. This Is A Test. Please Help By Contacting don-o To Have Your Name Added To This List. Thank You PS: Please Visit The Monthly Donor Thread

[Fiddlstix]

Free Republic Monthly Budget

Once we get our monthly donations to the point where they will cover all of our expenses, we will not need to have fundraisers.

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Est. Recurring Monthly Contributions			$9,003.00
Monthly Expenses
	Bandwidth and Colocation	$2,700
	System Administation and Programming	5,000
	Administrative and Taxes	9,500
	Legal and Accounting	1,000
	Bank Fees, Credit Card Fees, Processing Fees	800
	Equip, Maintenance and Repairs	300
	Office Expenses, Rents, Insurance, Telephone, ISP, Supplies, Misc.	2,500
	Travel Expenses	800	22,600.00
Est. Monthly Shortfall			($13,597.00)

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Est. Recurring Monthly Contributions

This is the amount contributed by the monthly donors only. It does not include one-time donations.

Est. Monthly Shortfall

Amount needed in one-time donations per month or additional monthlies need to meet budget needs.

[Fiddlstix]

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By contributing at least $30 a month or $360 a year to Free Republic, you can be a member of the Dollar-A-Day Club. You can contribute any combination of monthly and/or onetime contributions by Credit Card, Mail-In Check, Money Order or PayPal to reach this goal. Once a member, you may choose to have your name displayed by Freepmailing us or you may remain anonymous.

[Lady Jag]

THANK YOU!!

PENNSYLVANIA
THE KEYSTONE STATE

[NormsRevenge]

A Caribbean ‘BIMP’ FRom a ship at sea! :-)

[Fiddlstix]

Click The Bump Graphic

Back At Ya

[Lady Jag]

A smooth bump to ships at sea.

[Fiddlstix]

Very nice picture. It's a WindStar
An interesting cruise line. Sail powered.
Some friends of mine went on one of those. Still rave about it.

[Cacique]

btt

[Molly Pitcher]

ditto and good morning

[JDoutrider]

Pump it Up and BUMP it Up!!!

Buy a box of ammo and donate the equivalent amount to FReerepublic!!!

BOTH will keep us FREE!

[dixiechick2000]

Yea You!

BTTT!

[Molly Pitcher]

Good morning!

[Molly Pitcher]

HA! Excellent thoughts.