Yesterday's Freepathon

Badjoe | 6-14-02 | Joe Phillips

[4CJ]

Now we just need a spellchecker. Guilt-free.

[CaptRon]

Painless too, ain't it?

[BADJOE]

I am so busy I haven't had time to repond to your letter. I can only type so fast. I will respond when the Freepathon is over, Thank you for your ideas.

[Mo1]

I vote for a spellchecker ..LoL

And tag lines ..please bring back the tag lines

[NeoCaveman]

I agree with Joe

So people, "Stop your b!t@hin'"

[Sabertooth]

How about a "Donate to Free Republic so we can afford better looking cheerleaders" appeal?

[Mo1]

LOL .. there is a thought .. those last cheerleaders were DOG FACE UGLY ..

[Sabertooth]

"Donate to Free Republic so we can shoot THESE dogs."

[4CJ]

Monthly donation is painless, no matter how much or how little - every penny helps.

I miss the tag-lines - some of the best comments ever were those hidden little gems!

[elbucko]

" maybe there could be a star on each donating member's profile

perhaps color coded to show what range of donation the member made

a "Hall of Fame".. list the screen names of those who donate.

Possibly there could even be additional levels of functionality made available to those who donate.

food for thought.

Thought it and spit it out! Respectfully, don't start this kind of stuff. It would ruin the debate. It's high school, elitst, and not Republican (except at the countryclub).

[Mo1]

Hey WIMon .. what do you think of Pos #28 ... LOL

[WIMom]

I post them periodically on the fundraising thread. I will have one completely shortly.

[WIMom]

Or the tigers. LOL!

[Mo1]

I miss the tag-lines - some of the best comments ever were those hidden little gems!

Weren't they ... ahhhhhhhhhhhh the memorories

[WIMom]

The fundraising team trys to acknowlege everyone on the freepathon thread after BADJOE posts the donation. If I receive mail from people, I send a reply thanking them.

[Sabertooth]

If some of you are the ones bashing Pres Bush and his supporters on here like me, then either donate now or shut up and leave us alone! Everytime you bash me and our President, be prepared to be asked if you donated to Free Republic -- would be nice if you gave an honest answer too!

Since I've defended both Bush on the cocaine questions and Daschle on the Income Tax thing, can you guess what my honest answer would be?

[Registered]

If some of you are the ones bashing Pres Bush and his supporters on here like me, then either donate now or shut up and leave us alone!

Actually, I anticipate that statement as having a positive impact on the fundraising....hehehe. Maybe we should start a Donate to Bash Bush and PhiKapMom thread?

[Lady Jag]

Since I started donating monthly on my credit card I feel much better as a FReepaholic. All of you who work on solicitating for the FReepathon do a great job and since I'm not feeling guilty anymore with the monthly donations I appreciate your inventive and creative posts and graphics.

I just want to say thanks for all the great work you all do.

[Maceman]

Thought it and spit it out! Respectfully, don't start this kind of stuff. It would ruin the debate. It's high school, elitst, and not Republican (except at the countryclub).

I respectfully diagree with your assessment.

First of all, virtually anyone who can afford to be on-line can afford to chip in five or ten bucks a month to FR -- hardly a country club level financial burden. (Believe me, I am in no position to join a country club myself).

Second of all, as for being "high school," well I haven't been in high school for thirty-four years, so I can't speak to that.

Thirdly, as for not being "Republican," well although I am second to no one in my disdain for Democrats, whom I hold in only slightly higher regard than Muslims these days, I remind you that on the FR Home page it states, inpart: "Free Republic is not affiliated with any political party . . . ." But that point notwithstanding, I fail to see how recognizing people's contributions to the cause is "un-Republican."

Lastly, if it is true that only two hundred or so Freepers are funding this site, then I would like to know how they are. And when I see someone complaining about the policies here at FR, or taking certain political positions, I want be able to see whether they have put their money where their mouth is, so that I can better assess the value of their comments. (Just like we can see the date that a Freeper joined, and often use that to evaluate the relative merit of their observations.)

As far as I'm concerned, any regular Freeper who can't make an occasional contribution to this site is a freeloader. If such people are humiliated by the fact that those who donate might be acknowledged and recognized for doing so, too bad. Wanting to spare people the "humiliation" of being freeloaders is, in my opinion, very "DemocRATic."

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Calling the team moochers and worse on any thread, or sending them nasty Freepmails will get you forever banned.

Is that a quote from Jim Robinson? Doesn't quite sound his style. I guess if we help out on fundraiser we can say what we want? Just curious. Thanks for the kind reply.