FReepathon: Our new Donation System is Ready to Roll! -- Thread Two

Free Republic Donation System ^ | Originally Published 9/28/02 | Jim Robinson

[Auntie Mame]

Welcome to the New Free Republic Donation System!

John has programmed a great new donation system for us. It can accept credit cards or PayPal donations and will eventually also accept electronic checks. We have installed a new secure server system and have contracted with Authorize.net to do the actual credit card processing, and, of course, PayPal will process the PayPal donations through their system.

I've changed the links on our front page to link to the new program:

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/

If you have bookmarks to the old system, please update to the new. The old system will be discontinued.

Take a test drive through the new system if you haven't already, and notice that it has several new features and reports available, including scoreboard, current stats, our budget and a faq. It's live now, so if you enter a donation it's for real (and thank you very much if you do).

John will continue making enhancements to the new system as we go, but the basic program is ready to go, and is live, and on the air.

We've decided to roll out our 4th quarter fundraiser with the new system on a late Saturday afternoon, as Saturday's are slow days and we might as well be gentle while breaking in the new system.

Thank you John for the new system! Great work!

Thank you BadJoe, WillaJohns, WIMom and all of the dedicated hardworking volunteers on the fundraising team who have helped us so much with these FReepathons in the past.

And thank you all for your continuing efforts! Without your dedication and hard work, FR could not stay on the air.

And thank you FReepers! Without your continued participation and financial support there would be no Free Republic!

A note to current monthly donors: We will need you to re-enter your recurring monthly donation to the new system, but please do not do it yet. Joe just processed your September donations on the 20th of September. The new system processes your donation on the day it is entered, so please wait until later in October to start your monthly on the new system. Also, please let BadJoe know via FReepmail (and please include your real name so he can match it with your credit card info in his file) after you re-enter your monthly donation so he can take you off his list. At the end of October, he will email all of those on his list who have not contacted him to remind them of the new system. Thank you very much for your continued support.

A note to prospective new monthly donors: We have included a list of our fixed monthly expenses as well as an estimate of our non-recurring expenses on our budget page of the donation system. We've also included an estimate of our current recurring monthly donations from our monthly donors. If and when the total of the recurring monthly donations ever meets our monthly expenses, there will no longer be a need for these FReepathons. It can happen someday. Thank you for considering a regular monthly contribution.

Note to all: We are looking forward to an exciting and rewarding election cycle. I know that we are not all in full agreement on this, but I sincerely believe that we have an excellent opportunity with this election to set the liberals back many years. And I also believe that winning this election in a big way for the conservatives will be the spark that allows our fight to return the Constitution to its rightful place as the Supreme Law of the Land to really get off the ground. I sincerely believe this is essential in our fight to secure our Liberty!

We hold the White House and the House of Representatives. If we re-take the majority in the Senate, it will be one of the very rare times in our history that the conservatives have held the majority control in all departments.

I see this as a gift from God. A majority means that the conservatives will chair the various committees of Congress and can set the legislative agenda. And, perhaps more importantly, a majority in the Senate will make it much more likely that President Bush's appointments will be confirmed.

This means we will be able to start replacing some of the liberal judicial activists on the bench with conservatives (don't tell Daschle & Co. that) and perhaps we will finally have a real shot at actually overturning some of the liberal bunk that has been foisted on us over the last century or so. How about overturning Roe vs Wade? With the current mood of the populace and with a conservative Senate, I think it can be done!

Remember, the liberals have controlled all or most of our government for at least 80 of the last 100 years. No wonder we are in such a mess today. This is the best opportunity we've ever had to reverse it in a big way. Kick the liberals out! Take control of the Senate and replace the liberal judiciary. This alone will set liberalism back thirty to forty years!

We must not fail to take advantage of this opportunity. Daschle and Company sense their days are numbered and are in a panic. Now is the time to redouble our efforts and throw these bums out!

I expect the volume on Free Republic to pick-up substantially as we head into the final weeks and days of the campaign season. And I expect exciting things will be happening for for all of us!

Thank you all very much!

God bless you all and may God continue to bless America!

[Grampa Dave]

We had some special canned tuna cans about the same diameter of the store bought tuna and about 2 times higher.

They fit perfectly. We set the can with the spices on the grill first. About five minutes later we set the chicken with the keister holder over the can.

Be sure to spray olive oil over the surface of the bird or it will get too dry. Then about every 12 minutes, I open the grill rotate the bird and holder about 90 degrees around the can with tongs. Then I spray the bird again.

When the wings move freely with the tongs about 36 minutes, I spray the bird again and put pepper bacon slab slices over its shoulders, back and one strip down each breast.

In five to ten minutes, the bacon is done and adds wonderful flavor to the bird. We remove the bird with the rack still in and put it on a wood carving board. Bring it inside to stand for 10 minutes and to drain. We snack on the bacon. Then you can remove the wings, legs and thighs while still on the rack by hand and fork. I pull the the stand from the bird and carve the white meat.

We leave a lot of meat on the carcass and freeze the carcass with the meat in a big baggie. Now we have the chicken starter for some great chicken stew. Brown a couple of chicken breasts in a big pot and add the thawed carcass a quart of water and vegies and in about 30 minutes you have a great chicken stew.

[glock rocks]

outdoor cooking...is not for everyone

[Gabz]

You couldn't possibly imbibe that much....

Well.............I don't knooow!!!!!!

[Grampa Dave]

Both of these clowns are teachers, belong to the teacher's union and vote 100% rat.

Later, everytime someone brought the story up to get sympathy for them or to make us feel bad. I would stop the story teller and say these were teachers. If they didn't know not to put unopened beer cans on a hot grill and close the lid, what else don't they know and are passing on to the poor kids. It shuts up the lame excuse makers.

[Grampa Dave]

The teflon up the chickie keisters work great in an oven. They cut the cooking time by about 40%. The "OPENED"can with spices, a little beer, and lemon helps to cook the inside and to keep the bird tender. I spray the birds with olive oil every 12 to 15 minutes. A bird can be done in about 35 to 45 minutes.

I put the opened can on the grill and the keistered bird over the can. Then on a grill below I put a disposable pie tin to catch the drippings with about 1/2 inch of water in it. That helps to steam and roast the outside while making cleaning the oven easy.

[Grampa Dave]

One of the many reasons that I don't use propane tanks for grilling.

[grannie9]

I did my yob ok.. They went in looking good.. After that, it was out of my hands..

[grannie9]

The recipe and the hints sound very good. I will remember to try them..

Oh...my husbands sister is a teacher and a lib.. She hasn't been around him much tho.. No.. he's not dumb..just likes his Manflattens while he grills.. ;)

[Gabz]

It shuts up the lame excuse makers.

I bet it does.

And on that note I've got to go for a while - time to pick up the yung'un and come up with something for dinner :-)

see you all a little later!!!

[Jim Robinson]

Just in:

$30 from Florida
$100 from Wisconsin
$20 from Texas
$10 from Canada
$10 from Never Never Land
$20 from Arkansas

Thank you all very much!

[glock rocks]

hehehehe. omg, i didn't start laughing in earnest until i saw your "before" pic...
and those round things were limes (who knows what i was imagining)...

and i recalled the "after" pic includes "al's" LOL.

[glock rocks]

thank you Florida

thank you Wisconsin

thank you Texas

thank you Canada

thank you Never Never Land

thank you Arkansas

[Grampa Dave]

I see the problem. You used that damn Coors Lite. It is more jet fuel than beer.

[grannie9]

I'm sure you weren't thinking they were Capons? lol

No they were Limes pared and all ready for a nice dripping action.. They might as well have been liquid Nitro..

[grannie9]

Must have been some garbage beer the kids left.. He must have thought it was good enough for the chickens.. It was good enough for those chickens, come to think of it.. ;)

[Grampa Dave]

For your dinner, how about 6 chickens, a six pack of Coor's lite and Granny's sure fire recipe for drunken chicken?! Limes are optional.

[Grampa Dave]

Lemons in particuliar and limes can really burn when the oil in their rinds/peels gets too hot. You might have had a double whammy with the Coors lite.

[glock rocks]

coors light? limes? shhhhhh... you might be giving the terrorists some ideas... loose lips and all.

[grannie9]

I have cooked these chickens like this for years. I really do think it was the Chef and his inattention.. I'll bet he was watching a game or golf..

I think one fell over and the fat on the bird caught on fire and set them both off. While he was watching golf or something... or something.....

[lodwick]

Good grief - that dude is approaching the danger zone!

But there are some genuises out there. ;-)