Donations needed to keep FR alive!! [Q1 2010 FReepathon thread XIII]

Click here to pledge your support! ^ | Jan 19, 2010 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Donations needed to keep FR alive!!

Free Republic is 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 340,000 registered screen names on FR. Out of these millions of visits, hundreds of millions of pageviews, 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 that hundreds of thousands of us can join together in kicking liberal butt and continue the fight 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!!

Thank you for providing the bang AND 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 using PayPal or Credit Card by clicking the link below:

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Or send your checks or money orders to:

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Free Republic is funded solely by donations from our readers and participants.

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

Rebellion is brewing!!

The battles of Lexington and Concord begin anew today. Prayers for our country and our Liberty!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, combat_boots!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, diji!! Sorry about the downtime.

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, notaliberal!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, ladyvet!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, Ben Hecks!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, Monterrosa-24!!

[Jim Robinson]

Sorry, folks. Looks like we’re going to have to suspend our FReepathon until we get some problems fixed. We’re receiving the PayPal donations, but the Credit Card gateway appears to be down. Will get it fixed soon I hope.

[onyx]

Sorry folks, we’re having a heck of a time with our servers this morning. Looks like several people have tried to make donations, but they haven’t come through.

Here’s what we have received so far:

$100 from Missouri
$20 from Indiana
$20 from Illinois
$10 monthly from Never Never Land
$20 from Colorado
$50 from New York
$10 monthly from Indiana
$10 from Texas
$10 from Pennsylvania
$50 from Texas
$10 monthly from Never Never Land
$100 from Minnesota
$50 monthly from Illinois
$50 from Ohio
$10 from Pennsylvania
$50 from Oklahoma
$20 from Connecticut
$10 from Texas
$50 from New Jersey

Thank you all very much!!

Woo hoo!! But we have blasted through 42%!!

[Jim Robinson]

Here are the last two donations received through PayPal:

$100 from Massachusetts
$20 from Puerto Rico

Thank you all very much!!

[airdalechief]

Jim,

I’ve been trying to donate by credit card for 18 to 20 attempts. All I get is:

Your contribution could not be processed.

Payment gateway busy. Please try again in a few moments.

I’ll try again later.

[Jim Robinson]

Ok, thank you very much. Hopefully we’ll get it straightened out soon.

[diji]

i keep clicking the refresh button till i get in ;-)

found posted on another thread (Thanks to BP2!)
If Free Republic goes down, meet up at the back-up until FR comes back up, at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/

[onyx]

Here are the last two donations received through PayPal:

$100 from Massachusetts
$20 from Puerto Rico

Thank you all very much!!

[Fiddlstix]

2010 Q1 FReepathon. Target: $88,000

Receipts & Pledges to-date: $37,356

42%

Woo hoo!! Blasting through 42%!! Thank you all very much for your support!!

Sorry folks, we’re having a heck of a time with our servers this morning. Looks like several people have tried to make donations, but they haven’t come through.

Here’s what we have received so far:

$100 from Missouri
$20 from Indiana
$20 from Illinois
$10 monthly from Never Never Land
$20 from Colorado
$50 from New York
$10 monthly from Indiana
$10 from Texas
$10 from Pennsylvania
$50 from Texas
$10 monthly from Never Never Land
$100 from Minnesota
$50 monthly from Illinois
$50 from Ohio
$10 from Pennsylvania
$50 from Oklahoma
$20 from Connecticut
$10 from Texas
$50 from New Jersey

Thank you all very much!!

Woo hoo!! But we have blasted through 42%!!
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Here are the last two donations received through PayPal:

$100 from Massachusetts
$20 from Puerto Rico

Thank you all very much!!

[Fiddlstix]

   Q1 2010 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$4,918.00	141	$34.88	$1,608.00	98
2	Texas	3,814.71	99	38.53	1,094.00	63
3	Florida	2,370.00	69	34.35	743.00	44
4	Virginia	1,655.00	47	35.21	635.00	31
5	Ohio	1,415.00	34	41.62	539.00	15
6	New Jersey	1,405.00	34	41.32	255.00	13
7	Pennsylvania	1,220.00	39	31.28	310.00	18
8	New York	1,155.00	46	25.11	367.50	19
9	Illinois	1,126.00	37	30.43	465.00	18
10	Colorado	980.00	26	37.69	175.00	10
11	Arizona	940.00	31	30.32	190.00	14
12	Nevada	920.00	13	70.77	30.00	2
13	Washington	913.00	27	33.81	453.00	20
14	Michigan	820.00	25	32.80	125.00	10
15	Missouri	809.00	25	32.36	177.00	16
16	Maryland	755.00	22	34.32	235.00	14
17	Georgia	745.00	27	27.59	305.00	12
18	Massachusetts	680.00	26	26.15	260.00	15
19	Alabama	660.00	17	38.82	155.00	11
20	Wisconsin	650.00	22	29.55	135.00	11
21	North Carolina	610.00	26	23.46	313.00	20
22	Connecticut	591.00	15	39.40	30.00	4
23	Indiana	540.00	19	28.42	180.00	13
24	Oregon	455.00	19	23.95	195.00	11
25	Tennessee	452.00	18	25.11	227.00	12
26	Minnesota	410.00	14	29.29	90.00	7
27	Hawaii	395.00	9	43.89	75.00	6
28	Mississippi	390.00	9	43.33	165.00	7
29	Arkansas	355.00	13	27.31	130.00	10
30	Louisiana	332.00	9	36.89	137.00	8
31	Montana	330.00	7	47.14	50.00	3
32	South Carolina	315.00	9	35.00	65.00	6
33	New Mexico	310.00	10	31.00	35.00	1
34	Kansas	280.00	11	25.45	110.00	8
35	Oklahoma	275.00	8	34.38	185.00	8
36	Utah	250.00	13	19.23	200.00	11
37	Nebraska	250.00	7	35.71	45.00	2
38	Sweden	250.00	1	250.00
39	Kentucky	240.00	7	34.29	10.00	1
40	Maine	220.00	4	55.00	50.00	1
41	Alaska	220.00	5	44.00	30.00	1
42	Rhode Island	210.00	6	35.00	20.00	1
43	Idaho	185.00	9	20.56	200.00	8
44	South Dakota	165.00	5	33.00	40.00	2
45	New Hampshire	160.00	5	32.00	30.00	2
46	Wyoming	120.00	2	60.00
47	Canada	110.00	5	22.00	10.00	1
48	Thailand	100.00	1	100.00
49	Iowa	100.00	2	50.00	30.00	2
50	Israel	100.00	1	100.00
51	West Virginia	95.00	4	23.75	35.00	2
52	Vermont	70.00	2	35.00	76.00	3
53	South Korea	50.00	1	50.00
54	Puerto Rico	45.00	2	22.50
55	Germany	40.00	2	20.00
56	Cuba	30.00	1	30.00
57	Armed Forces - Europe	25.00	1	25.00
58	Delaware	21.00	2	10.50	11.00	2
59	Costa Rica	20.00	1	20.00
60	United Arab Emirates	20.00	1	20.00
61	North Dakota	10.00	1	10.00	10.00	1
62	District of Columbia	10.00	1	10.00	20.00	1
63	Albania	10.00	1	10.00
64	United Kingdom	6.50	2	3.25
65	Bulgaria	4.00	1	4.00
	Norway				10.00	1
	Japan				30.00	1
	Congo				10.00	1
Never Never Land		229.50	20	11.48	180.00	15
66 locations total		$37,356.71	1,119	$33.38	$11,290.50	637

[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			$11,290.00
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			($14,040.00)

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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]

List of Monthly Donors
_____________________________ ~Kim4VRWC’s~ ~Vor~ 3D-JOY 4woodenboats 50mm abigailsmybaby adm5 advertising guy afnamvet Aggie Mama Alamo-Girl Allegra American Number 181269513 American Quilter American72 AmericanGirlRising angelsonmyside Angelwood angkor avacado babble-on Bahbah bamabound bamahead basil Baynative bazbo bcsco beandog Bergen betty boop Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blam BlessedBeGod blkmontecarlo BlueLancer BnBlFlag Bommer BooBoo1000 BoxerDawgs Boxlunch Brad's Gramma brityank Brytani BuckeyeTexan Bush_Democrat ButThreeLeftsDo Cable225 Caipirabob calex59 CanadianYankee CaptRon Carlucci cedarswingman Chairman_December_19th_Society chesty_puller Chode CholeraJoe Chuck54 CindyDawg CJinVA clamper1797 Clint N. Suhks Col Freeper commonguymd concentric circles concretebob Conspiracy Guy crager crazy aunt in the attic credo 2 CyberAnt dalereed DancingMyRainbow davidosborne daybreakcoming Diamondhead DirtyHarryY2K Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue Don Carlos don-o drc43 duckbutt dutchess dynachrome Earthdweller eastforker Eddie01 editor-surveyor EdReform ElkGroveDan EllenM Ellesu Empireoftheatom48 Eric Blair 2084 estrogen Exit 148 exit82 eyedigress F.J. Mitchell facedown Fair Paul FairWitness Fiddlstix	____________________________ Flashman_at_the_charge Former War Criminal FreedomPoster freekitty FreeperMania freespirited george76 gidget7 GitmoSailor glock rocks Goldfinch goodnesswins goosie GovernmentShrinker Grampa Dave GrandmaPatriot GreyMountainReagan GunsareOK HairOfTheDog harpo11 hattend HiJinx holly go-rightly Homer_J_Simpson hoosiermama Hoppity hotshu I_be_tc illiac ImpBill is_is Jack Deth JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo jch10 JDoutrider Jean S Jeff Gordon Jemian JMJJR jtill John O Judith Anne Just another Joe JustaNobody Kathy in Alaska katnip katykelly Kay Ludlow KeepingFaith ken21 Kitten1 Lady Jag LadyNavyVet LadyPilgrim LakeLady Laura Earl leadpenny leapfrog0202 Letitring Lisamei62 Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets lonevoice Lucius Cornelius Sulla LuigiBasco lula LUVW M0sby M1911A1 Maceman Mad_Tom_Rackham Magnolia maica Mama25 MarineMom613 markomalley Max Monroe McGavin999 McLynnan Mean Maryjean MEG33 mel MestaMachine MindyW Minute Gal missanne Miss Behave MizSterious mnehrling Mo1 Moiraine mojo114 mollynme Momaw Nadon mountainfolk mplsconservative Mr. Smorch musicman NCMOM NewLand nina0113 NinoFan noexcuses NonValueAdded NonValueAdded NormsRevenge	___________________________ notaliberal nothingnew NY Attitude NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead Ole Okie omegatoo onyx Owl_Eagle pandoraou812 pax_et_bonum paulycy Peacekeeper357 pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt pgkdan Pharmboy philetus plsjr politicalmerc Poser primatreat Prince Caspian processing please hold proud2beconservativeinNJ Publius Quilla RabidBartender rabscuttle385 Raffus Rafterman RandallFlagg Randy Larsen RasterMaster redhead RedRover Repubmom rface Rheo RichInOC RightField RobFromGa Rome2000 Ron C Roos_Girl Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 saminfl ScaniaBoy Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scott says scripter SFConservative Shelayne shetlan Sir Hailstone sjeann Slicksadick Slip18 smitti SnarlinCubBear sneakers sonofstrangelove Stentor steveegg streetsmart SubMareener SunTzuWu SwatTeam tanuki Tarpaulin Tax-chick Taxman TaxRelief texas booster The Right Stuff thefactor ThePythonicCow Tijeras_Slim TnGOP toddlintown toldyou TomServo truthkeeper Tuscaloosa twin2 Two-Bits umgud upsdriver UpstateNYRouser usflagwaver Utah Binger vandy Verbosus vetvetdoug VirginiaMom w1andsodidwe Wife of D wireplay WorkerbeeCitizen WVNan X-FID xzins
Once You Become A Monthly Donor You Can Have Your Name Added To The List Or You May Remain Anonymous. It's Up To You. Please Contact don-o To Have Your Name Added To This List If You Wish. Thank You PS: Please Visit The Monthly Donor Thread and also the FR Fundraising Discussion Thread Special Thanks To Ron C. For His Help With The List. The Right Way Table Format Made By: Fiddlstix

List of Monthly Donors
_____________________________ ~Kim4VRWC’s~ ~Vor~ 3D-JOY 4woodenboats 50mm abigailsmybaby adm5 advertising guy afnamvet Aggie Mama Alamo-Girl Allegra American Number 181269513 American Quilter American72 AmericanGirlRising angelsonmyside Angelwood angkor avacado babble-on Bahbah bamabound bamahead basil Baynative bazbo bcsco beandog Bergen betty boop Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blam BlessedBeGod blkmontecarlo BlueLancer BnBlFlag Bommer BooBoo1000 BoxerDawgs Boxlunch Brad's Gramma brityank Brytani BuckeyeTexan Bush_Democrat ButThreeLeftsDo Cable225 Caipirabob calex59 CanadianYankee CaptRon Carlucci cedarswingman Chairman_December_19th_Society chesty_puller Chode CholeraJoe Chuck54 CindyDawg CJinVA clamper1797 Clint N. Suhks Col Freeper commonguymd concentric circles concretebob Conspiracy Guy crager crazy aunt in the attic credo 2 CyberAnt dalereed DancingMyRainbow davidosborne daybreakcoming Diamondhead DirtyHarryY2K Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue Don Carlos don-o drc43 duckbutt dutchess dynachrome Earthdweller eastforker Eddie01 editor-surveyor EdReform ElkGroveDan EllenM Ellesu Empireoftheatom48 Eric Blair 2084 estrogen Exit 148 exit82 eyedigress F.J. Mitchell facedown Fair Paul FairWitness Fiddlstix	____________________________ Flashman_at_the_charge Former War Criminal FreedomPoster freekitty FreeperMania freespirited george76 gidget7 GitmoSailor glock rocks Goldfinch goodnesswins goosie GovernmentShrinker Grampa Dave GrandmaPatriot GreyMountainReagan GunsareOK HairOfTheDog harpo11 hattend HiJinx holly go-rightly Homer_J_Simpson hoosiermama Hoppity hotshu I_be_tc illiac ImpBill is_is Jack Deth JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo jch10 JDoutrider Jean S Jeff Gordon Jemian JMJJR jtill John O Judith Anne Just another Joe JustaNobody Kathy in Alaska katnip katykelly Kay Ludlow KeepingFaith ken21 Kitten1 Lady Jag LadyNavyVet LadyPilgrim LakeLady Laura Earl leadpenny leapfrog0202 Letitring Lisamei62 Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets lonevoice Lucius Cornelius Sulla LuigiBasco lula LUVW M0sby M1911A1 Maceman Mad_Tom_Rackham Magnolia maica Mama25 MarineMom613 markomalley Max Monroe McGavin999 McLynnan Mean Maryjean MEG33 mel MestaMachine MindyW Minute Gal missanne Miss Behave MizSterious mnehrling Mo1 Moiraine mojo114 mollynme Momaw Nadon mountainfolk mplsconservative Mr. Smorch musicman NCMOM NewLand nina0113 NinoFan noexcuses NonValueAdded NonValueAdded NormsRevenge	___________________________ notaliberal nothingnew NY Attitude NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead Ole Okie omegatoo onyx Owl_Eagle pandoraou812 pax_et_bonum paulycy Peacekeeper357 pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt pgkdan Pharmboy philetus plsjr politicalmerc Poser primatreat Prince Caspian processing please hold proud2beconservativeinNJ Publius Quilla RabidBartender rabscuttle385 Raffus Rafterman RandallFlagg Randy Larsen RasterMaster redhead RedRover Repubmom rface Rheo RichInOC RightField RobFromGa Rome2000 Ron C Roos_Girl Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 saminfl ScaniaBoy Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scott says scripter SFConservative Shelayne shetlan Sir Hailstone sjeann Slicksadick Slip18 smitti SnarlinCubBear sneakers sonofstrangelove Stentor steveegg streetsmart SubMareener SunTzuWu SwatTeam tanuki Tarpaulin Tax-chick Taxman TaxRelief texas booster The Right Stuff thefactor ThePythonicCow Tijeras_Slim TnGOP toddlintown toldyou TomServo truthkeeper Tuscaloosa twin2 Two-Bits umgud upsdriver UpstateNYRouser usflagwaver Utah Binger vandy Verbosus vetvetdoug VirginiaMom w1andsodidwe Wife of D wireplay WorkerbeeCitizen WVNan X-FID xzins
Once You Become A Monthly Donor You Can Have Your Name Added To The List Or You May Remain Anonymous. It's Up To You. Please Contact don-o To Have Your Name Added To This List If You Wish. Thank You PS: Please Visit The Monthly Donor Thread and also the FR Fundraising Discussion Thread Special Thanks To Ron C. For His Help With The List. The Right Way Table Format Made By: Fiddlstix

[Fiddlstix]

~Kim4VRWC’s~ abigailsmybaby afnamvet Alamo-Girl Allegra American Number 181269513 American Quilter AmericanGirlRising Angelwood babble-on Bahbah basil beandog Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blkmontecarlo BnBlFlag brityank Brytani Bush_Democrat ButThreeLeftsDo CaptRon cedarswingman Chairman_December_19th_Society Chode CholeraJoe Chuck54 CindyDawg Clint N. Suhks Col Freeper commonguymd concretebob Conspiracy Guy crazy aunt in the attic credo 2 dalereed davidosborne daybreakcoming Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue drc43 duckbutt dutchess editor-surveyor eastforker EdReform Ellesu Exit 148 F.J. Mitchell FairWitness Fiddlstix Flashman_at_the_charge FreeperMania freespirited george76 GitmoSailor glock rocks goosie GovernmentShrinker Grampa Dave GunsareOK HairOfTheDog hattend HiJinx holly go-rightly ImpBill is_is JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo JeanS Judith Anne Just another Joe JustaNobody Kathy in Alaska katnip katykelly Kitten1 LakeLady	Laura Earl leadpenny leapfrog0202 Letitring Lisamei62 Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets Lucius Cornelius Sulla LUVW Mad_Tom_Rackham MarineMom613 McGavin999 mel MindyW Minute Gal Miss Behave Mo1 Moiraine mojitojoe mojo114 Mr. Smorch musicman NewLand NinoFan NKitten1Y Attitude notaliberal NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead onyx pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt Pharmboy politicalmerc processing please hold Publius Quilla RabidBartender Rafterman Randy Larsen RasterMaster RedRover Rheo RichInOC RobFromGa Ron C Roos_Girl Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 ScaniaBoy Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scripter SFConservative Sir Hailstone Slip18 smitti Stentor steveegg SubMareener Tarpaulin TaxRelief texas booster The Right Stuff ThePythonicCow Tijeras_Slim TnGOP TomServo Two-Bits umgud UpstateNYRouser usflagwaver Utah Binger Verbosus vetvetdoug wireplay X-FID xzins
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~Kim4VRWC’s~ abigailsmybaby afnamvet Alamo-Girl Allegra American Number 181269513 American Quilter AmericanGirlRising Angelwood babble-on Bahbah basil beandog Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blkmontecarlo BnBlFlag brityank Brytani Bush_Democrat ButThreeLeftsDo CaptRon cedarswingman Chairman_December_19th_Society Chode CholeraJoe Chuck54 CindyDawg Clint N. Suhks Col Freeper commonguymd concretebob Conspiracy Guy crazy aunt in the attic credo 2 dalereed davidosborne daybreakcoming Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue drc43 duckbutt dutchess editor-surveyor eastforker EdReform Ellesu Exit 148 F.J. Mitchell FairWitness Fiddlstix Flashman_at_the_charge FreeperMania freespirited george76 GitmoSailor glock rocks goosie GovernmentShrinker Grampa Dave GunsareOK HairOfTheDog hattend HiJinx holly go-rightly ImpBill is_is JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo JeanS Judith Anne Just another Joe JustaNobody Kathy in Alaska katnip katykelly Kitten1 LakeLady	Laura Earl leadpenny leapfrog0202 Letitring Lisamei62 Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets Lucius Cornelius Sulla LUVW Mad_Tom_Rackham MarineMom613 McGavin999 mel MindyW Minute Gal Miss Behave Mo1 Moiraine mojitojoe mojo114 Mr. Smorch musicman NewLand NinoFan NKitten1Y Attitude notaliberal NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead onyx pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt Pharmboy politicalmerc processing please hold Publius Quilla RabidBartender Rafterman Randy Larsen RasterMaster RedRover Rheo RichInOC RobFromGa Ron C Roos_Girl Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 ScaniaBoy Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scripter SFConservative Sir Hailstone Slip18 smitti Stentor steveegg SubMareener Tarpaulin TaxRelief texas booster The Right Stuff ThePythonicCow Tijeras_Slim TnGOP TomServo Two-Bits umgud UpstateNYRouser usflagwaver Utah Binger Verbosus vetvetdoug wireplay X-FID xzins
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. Special Thanks To Ron C. For His Help With The List. The Right Way Table Format Made By: Fiddlstix

[Fiddlstix]

Posted on 01/01/2010 1:55:41 PM PST by Jim Robinson

Woo hoo!! 2010 is here!! Happy New Year Everyone!!

"Just vote them out in 2010" has been our Tea Party motto during the last year or so and now it's time to put it into action. We urgently need a turnover in DC and in our state capitals!!

Vote out the Marxists, communists, fascists, socialists, liberals, progressives, statists and RINOS!! If they vote for big government, high taxes, anti-Life & Liberty measures or otherwise don't fully defend our constitution, our unalienable rights, our nation, our borders, etc, JUST VOTE THEM OUT!!

And please do whatever you can to support the 10th amendment, states rights, or state nullification efforts. The corrupt Marxist Democrats may have the votes to pass their socialist health care system, but the states and the people have the right under the constitution to reject it as unconstitutional! We the people are the final arbiters of constitutional issues!!

The Bill of Rights - Use it or lose it!!

Rebellion is brewing!!

[Fiddlstix]

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!!