Well if this putz is right and you're paying for support, bandwidth, legal, processing, administration and all the rest on less than $50,000 a year then you're in the wrong business. You could make much more consulting and teaching other companies just how they can accomplished such a miracle, too.
There have got to be security concerns in requesting help in setting up a more reliable site from tech heavy Freepers. I’d be interested in knowing the frequency and degree of attempted cyber attacks upon FR. You gotta figure that FR is seriously hated by the usual suspects and their cyber playpals who would like nothing better than to blow Free Republic out of the water. I’m giving Jim a pass on his admin policies on this issue alone. “If you want it done right, you gotta do it yourself” is a big part of my playbook and I’m glad it’s part of Jim’s.