A few good FReepers wanted [Fourth QTR 09 Freepathon thread XII]

Click here to pledge your support! ^ | Oct 29. 2009 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

First of all, I'd like to thank all of you for making Free Republic the number one conservative site on the Internet!!

There is no doubt that FReepers have made a difference in American politics. As an example, we FReepers worked closely with Bob Barr and helped him impeach President Clinton. That one's in the history books. The Clintons and the Democrats will never live it down. It might even have been a factor in thwarting Hillary's run for the presidency, though we're now stuck with someone just as bad. And that's only because we couldn't get a conservative on the top of the ticket. Just goes to show how far gone our political world has tumbled and why FR is needed now more than ever! No more RINOS!!

Another example is FReeper chapters turning out in Florida and DC and all around the country protesting and successfully blocking Al Gore's attempted coup d'etat in 2000. And again when FReepers exposed Dan Rather's fraudulent reporting and then pitched in to help swiftboat John Kerry. These are also in the history books.

But we live in a target rich environment. Through outright fraud and deception the corrupt Democrats have taken over the White House and both houses of Congress. Our Marxist-in-chief and his socialist enablers are now working double time to destroy what's left of our free economy and capitalist society. They will stop at nothing short of the total collapse of America if they are not stopped. Anyone who doesn't believe that is simply not paying attention. They have their sights set on the total downfall of America and world socialist domination and they've never been closer than they are today.

Should Obama's plans for taking over the health care industry, "revolutionizing" the energy sector, ie, bankrupting the oil, gas and coal industries, taking complete control over the financial and banking industries, expanding federal control over the entire corporate sector, bankrupting all heavy industry, mining, timber, agriculture, etc, etc, it'll be Katy bar the door. Our economy will collapse and down the drain goes our beloved US of A.

And not to mention his failures in foreign policy and national security/national defense. Obama is without a doubt one of the worst presidents we've ever had if not the very worst. Don't know which will kill us first, his overreaching Marxist economic policies or his bungling/inept foreign policy and piss poor execution of his duties as Commander-in-chief. Obama can't figure out whether he should attack or surrender as our enemy gets stronger and bolder. And if he allows Iran to get nukes, then it's just a matter of time. The entire Middle East is closer than ever to going up in a mushroom cloud and Obama doesn't have a clue. Borrowing from General Schwarzkopf, "he's neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that he is a great military man."

And who's going to stop him? We are. Not saying FR will do it alone, but we are one of hundreds if not thousands of similar grassroots organizations that are banding together to block this yahoo. We just happen to be one of the larger and older organizations and one with a history of accomplishments. And together we've protested at thousands of grassroots Tea Parties in every city of the land and we just turned out two million patriots to protest Obama in DC. This was probably one of the largest protests ever in our nation's capital. And we're just getting warmed up. The biggest protests are yet to come and then we turnout in historic numbers in 2010 and 2012 to dump the evil Marxist bastards!!

But just like the rest of the country we are currently struggling financially. We don't sell products or services. We don't sell advertising or memberships. There are no fees or dues to pay to use our services or to join our organization. We rely solely on voluntary donations from our readers and participants to support our organization and events and it has always worked very well in the past. I pray it continues.

We appreciate very much your continuing support and dedication to the cause. There is much work yet to be done. If not us, who? If not now, when?

Thank you all very much.

God bless.

Keep your powder dry.

Rebellion is brewing!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, Gator113!!

[Fiddlstix]

2009 Q4 FReepathon. Target: $88,000

Receipts & Pledges to-date: $75,401

85%

Woo hoo!! Now over EIGHTY-FIVE percent!! Less than $13k to go!! Thank you all very much!!

Woo hoo!!

And this just in:

$30 monthly from Never Never Land
$20 from New York
$20 from Texas
$200 from New York
$10 from Alabama
$10 from New Jersey

Thank you all very much!!
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Woo hoo!!

Just in:

$20 from California
$20 from Texas

Thank you California and Texas!!

And here’s another batch of mail-in donations received:

$100 from Indiana
$50 from California
$10 from California
$50 from Virginia
$50 from Minnesota
$50 from New York
$20 from Connecticut
$10 from Texas
$50 from Washington
$1,000 from Florida
$20 from Illinois
$10 from Arkansas
$30 from California
$20 from New York
$20 from Texas

Also received:

$100 from California
$100 from Michigan
$20 from North Carolina
$50 from Georgia

Thank you mail-in donors!!

Woo hoo!! Now over EIGHTY-FIVE percent!! Less than $13k to go!!
.......................................................
Woo hoo!!

Just in:

$100 from Wisconsin
$20 from New Jersey
$20 from Georgia

Thank you all very much!!

[Fiddlstix]

Wanted:
A Few Good FReepers!

What do I mean by "A few good FReepers wanted?"

Well, we are currently delivering over 1.2 million pageviews to over 230,000 visitors per day. That's 40 million pageviews to 7 million visitors per month or 120 million pageviews per quarter, 480 million pageviews per year. We currently have over 330,000 registered screen names on FR. Out of these millions of visits, hundreds of millions of pageviews and hundreds of thousands of registered FReepers and hundreds of thousands of regular lurkers only a relatively FEW actually donate the funds to keep FR alive.

Now I'm not complaining because we've always managed to meet our fundraising goals in the past, but it is taking longer and longer to accomplish the task. And part of that may be because it's mostly the same few dedicated FReepers providing the funds and along with the rest of us I'm sure they're stretched to the limit. Sure would be nice if a few more FReepers and lurkers would lend a hand and send in a few bucks. Doesn't take much. I think our average donation is around $20, but you can send in $5, $10, $20, $30 or more and make it a monthly contribution if you can.

A relatively few good FReepers is all it takes to keep FR on the air so hundreds of thousands of us can join together in kicking liberal butt and fighting for our freedom!!

For example, 1,500 dedicated FReepers and lurkers donating an average of $20 each per month is all it takes to continue delivering these hundreds of millions of propaganda fighting, pro-liberty pages to tens of millions of readers every year. How many concerned citizens and potential voters can we reach for a tiny fraction of a cent per page? FR delivers a BIG bang for the buck!!

If you enjoy posting and or reading FR and have never donated before, please consider doing so today. You can donate by secure server by clicking the link above or send your checks or money orders to:

Free Republic, LLC
PO Box 9771
Fresno, CA 93794

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

29 posted on 10/10/2009 4:25:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimrobfr)

[Fiddlstix]

   Q4 2009 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$7,187.07	229	$31.38	$1,554.00	95
2	Texas	4,667.00	164	28.46	1,154.00	65
3	Florida	4,503.47	107	42.09	870.00	45
4	Ohio	2,091.80	55	38.03	509.00	14
5	Pennsylvania	2,083.20	68	30.64	275.00	17
6	Virginia	1,939.10	64	30.30	485.00	27
7	Washington	1,745.00	45	38.78	473.00	23
8	New York	1,738.63	66	26.34	380.26	21
9	Illinois	1,558.00	54	28.85	405.00	17
10	Maryland	1,520.00	42	36.19	245.00	15
11	Georgia	1,415.00	48	29.48	300.00	14
12	North Carolina	1,366.17	47	29.07	263.00	18
13	Michigan	1,230.00	36	34.17	115.00	9
14	New Jersey	1,223.80	46	26.60	265.00	14
15	Missouri	1,217.00	47	25.89	207.00	15
16	Alabama	1,078.00	37	29.14	190.00	13
17	Arizona	990.00	37	26.76	165.00	11
18	Colorado	970.00	32	30.31	175.00	10
19	Massachusetts	930.00	38	24.47	250.00	14
20	Wisconsin	908.19	32	28.38	150.00	10
21	Oklahoma	865.00	21	41.19	215.00	10
22	Minnesota	850.00	26	32.69	75.00	8
23	Indiana	808.00	34	23.76	170.00	12
24	Nevada	755.00	19	39.74	50.00	3
25	Tennessee	715.00	27	26.48	175.00	10
26	South Carolina	599.95	25	24.00	85.00	8
27	New Hampshire	590.00	8	73.75	30.00	2
28	Oregon	570.00	24	23.75	170.00	9
29	Utah	487.00	19	25.63	200.00	12
30	Connecticut	471.00	19	24.79	70.00	6
31	Louisiana	443.00	14	31.64	127.00	7
32	Mississippi	405.00	11	36.82	155.00	7
33	Kansas	355.00	16	22.19	70.00	6
34	Kentucky	330.00	14	23.57	10.00	1
35	Arkansas	330.00	13	25.38	90.00	7
36	Idaho	330.00	12	27.50	170.00	7
37	Montana	326.00	11	29.64	50.00	3
38	Alaska	290.00	8	36.25	30.00	1
39	New Mexico	265.00	15	17.67	60.00	3
40	Delaware	245.00	8	30.62	5.00	1
41	Maine	240.00	7	34.29	50.00	1
42	North Dakota	230.00	5	46.00	10.00	1
43	Rhode Island	220.00	3	73.33	20.00	1
44	Thailand	200.00	2	100.00
45	Iraq	200.00	1	200.00
46	South Dakota	195.00	5	39.00	30.00	1
47	Wyoming	180.00	4	45.00
48	Nebraska	175.00	7	25.00	45.00	2
49	West Virginia	160.00	8	20.00	35.00	2
50	Hawaii	155.00	8	19.38	65.00	5
51	Iowa	150.00	8	18.75	30.00	2
52	Vermont	116.00	5	23.20	51.00	3
53	Canada	115.00	7	16.43	20.00	2
54	Hong Kong	100.00	1	100.00
55	Ireland	100.00	1	100.00
56	Finland	100.00	1	100.00
57	Germany	80.00	3	26.67
58	Armed Forces - Europe	70.00	3	23.33
59	South Korea	50.00	1	50.00
60	Puerto Rico	45.00	2	22.50
61	Australia	45.00	2	22.50
62	Japan	40.00	2	20.00	30.00	1
63	Cuba	30.00	1	30.00
64	United Arab Emirates	20.00	1	20.00
65	Congo	10.00	1	10.00	10.00	1
66	Bulgaria	6.50	2	3.25
67	United Kingdom	3.50	1	3.50
	Norway				10.00	1
	District of Columbia				20.00	1
Never Never Land		974.52	51	19.11	135.00	10
68 locations total		$54,401.9	1,781	$30.55	$10,998.26	624

[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.

Est. Recurring Monthly Contributions			$10,998.00
Monthly Expenses
	Bandwidth and Colocation	$2,430
	System Administation and Programming	7,000
	Administrative and Taxes	10,500
	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	25,330.00
Est. Monthly Shortfall			($14,332.00)

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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.

[trisham]

This is great!

Everyone!

[Fiddlstix]

This is great!

I agree. It is great....

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[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“Best educational investment I ever made to be truthful”

Indeed.....

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$20 from Minnesota
$10 from Michigan
$20 from Pennsylvania
$20 from North Carolina

Thank you all very much!!

[Fiddlstix]

85%

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$20 from Minnesota
$10 from Michigan
$20 from Pennsylvania
$20 from North Carolina

Thank you all very much!!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Woo Hoo Minnesota!!!

[CJinVA]

Here is $100.00 monthly from Virginia.

[Fiddlstix]

Here is $100.00 monthly from Virginia.

[Fiddlstix]

ACORN slapping a tea party man across the face

And what looks like a photo op gone bad - as ACORN scams it up for the liberal media.

Here’s a video of ACORN trying to set up a photo op to make the tea party people look like members of militias... Janet Napolitano said to watch for people with “don’t tread on me” flags. So ACORN had some made up to distribute free. My guess is they might have had an “in” with CNN to make the tea party people look more extreme than they are - but didn’t get the picture. Here’s the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOPsla-MyLk

112 posted on 09/14/2009 8:51:25 AM PDT by GOPJ (ObamaCare - a scam that would make Madoff blush...)

[Fiddlstix]

The Thread!

Free Republic establishes alliance with the "Restore the Constitution" effort

To: Jeff Head

Thank you, Jeff!!

All political office holders swear an oath to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States, so help me God, as do all members of the armed forces. The only difference is, our service members actually risk their lives doing so. The office holders who betray their oath betray their Constitution, their country, their God and their sacred honor!

Our service members take the oath seriously. Dishonorable politicians see it as a doormat to wipe their feet on as they enter office and it seems once in, they never again look to God, country or the Constitution for guidance.

Thank you very much for getting this effort started.

Damn the naysayers, full steam ahead!!

God bless.

78 posted on 10/17/2009 1:03:28 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimrobfr)

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Posted on 10/29/2009 12:28:45 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

First of all, I'd like to thank all of you for making Free Republic the number one conservative site on the Internet!!

There is no doubt that FReepers have made a difference in American politics. As an example, we FReepers worked closely with Bob Barr and helped him impeach President Clinton. That one's in the history books. The Clintons and the Democrats will never live it down. It might even have been a factor in thwarting Hillary's run for the presidency, though we're now stuck with someone just as bad. And that's only because we couldn't get a conservative on the top of the ticket. Just goes to show how far gone our political world has tumbled and why FR is needed now more than ever! No more RINOS!!

Another example is FReeper chapters turning out in Florida and DC and all around the country protesting and successfully blocking Al Gore's attempted coup d'etat in 2000. And again when FReepers exposed Dan Rather's fraudulent reporting and then pitched in to help swiftboat John Kerry. These are also in the history books.

But we live in a target rich environment. Through outright fraud and deception the corrupt Democrats have taken over the White House and both houses of Congress. Our Marxist-in-chief and his socialist enablers are now working double time to destroy what's left of our free economy and capitalist society. They will stop at nothing short of the total collapse of America if they are not stopped. Anyone who doesn't believe that is simply not paying attention. They have their sights set on the total downfall of America and world socialist domination and they've never been closer than they are today.

Should Obama's plans for taking over the health care industry, "revolutionizing" the energy sector, ie, bankrupting the oil, gas and coal industries, taking complete control over the financial and banking industries, expanding federal control over the entire corporate sector, bankrupting all heavy industry, mining, timber, agriculture, etc, etc, it'll be Katy bar the door. Our economy will collapse and down the drain goes our beloved US of A.

And not to mention his failures in foreign policy and national security/national defense. Obama is without a doubt one of the worst presidents we've ever had if not the very worst. Don't know which will kill us first, his overreaching Marxist economic policies or his bungling/inept foreign policy and piss poor execution of his duties as Commander-in-chief. Obama can't figure out whether he should attack or surrender as our enemy gets stronger and bolder. And if he allows Iran to get nukes, then it's just a matter of time. The entire Middle East is closer than ever to going up in a mushroom cloud and Obama doesn't have a clue. Borrowing from General Schwarzkopf, "he's neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that he is a great military man."

And who's going to stop him? We are. Not saying FR will do it alone, but we are one of hundreds if not thousands of similar grassroots organizations that are banding together to block this yahoo. We just happen to be one of the larger and older organizations and one with a history of accomplishments. And together we've protested at thousands of grassroots Tea Parties in every city of the land and we just turned out two million patriots to protest Obama in DC. This was probably one of the largest protests ever in our nation's capital. And we're just getting warmed up. The biggest protests are yet to come and then we turnout in historic numbers in 2010 and 2012 to dump the evil Marxist bastards!!

But just like the rest of the country we are currently struggling financially. We don't sell products or services. We don't sell advertising or memberships. There are no fees or dues to pay to use our services or to join our organization. We rely solely on voluntary donations from our readers and participants to support our organization and events and it has always worked very well in the past. I pray it continues.

We appreciate very much your continuing support and dedication to the cause. There is much work yet to be done. If not us, who? If not now, when?

Thank you all very much.

God bless.

Keep your powder dry.

Rebellion is brewing!!

[Fiddlstix]

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