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

Donate to Free Republic via our Secure Server ^ | 10/03/2002 | Jim Robinson.

[Mo1]

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:

Donate Here By Secure Server

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!

[Mudboy Slim]

Muchas gracias, mi amigo...MUD

[FreeTheHostages]

"yer HUMBLE Opinion"

Um, the "h" is for "honored" in my case.

IYWSSYWAKTHH

[Grampa Dave]

Well I'm off to feed my addiction to fly fishing.

Before I leave, I thought I would post a great picture of Da$$hole without his Green Pixie Suit:

[EdReform]

No Free Republic?

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No Free Republic? Well that's unlikely, but please consider this:

What would you do Without Free Republic?

2 posted on 3/6/02 7:30 AM Pacific by grammymoon

What would you do Without FR?????

How would You Feel without FR??? Suppose one day you tried to log on and Free Republic wasn’t there?
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Insight into world affairs, brilliant wit, sharp retorts, instant information gratification are a few of the things that make FR so vital.

How would you keep on top of things without FR?
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How would you be part of a Freep?

What would you do without FR????

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If you enjoy the site and find it a place of like minded Americans to sound off, to get together,
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The liberals are sure we won’t be able to keep FR up & running. Prove them wrong. Show them we are indeed united Freepers.
Whether it is $5.00, $50.00 or more, it all adds up. Please send a donation now to Free Republic.

Free Republic is funded solely by donations from readers. Your donation will help assure that Free Republic remains a gathering place for individuals to discuss ideas, news and current events. Please stop by the Freepathon thread to make your donation:

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

Thank You for your consideration and support

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[FreeTheHostages]

IYWSSYWAKTHH = "if you weren't so stupid you would already know that hee hee"

[FreeTheHostages]

aww, man, fly fishing! take me with you!!

[steveegg]

Go catch some.

[FreeTheHostages]

"WOW !!! CHECK THIS OUT ..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/762360/posts
Why I am no longer a Democrat (Janeane Garafalo's "up yours" to the Dems) "

Nope, check out post 7 in that thread and the link: Janeane Garafalo is a total liberal and the claim that she became a Republican is a hoax.

That said, I do think she's kinda funny. Too lewd, but funny.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Gandhi's Talisman"

"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.

Humility is a Virtue, even if expressed insincerely...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"Gandhi's Talisman"

"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.

Humility is a Virtue, even if expressed insincerely...MUD

[FreeTheHostages]

"Humility is a Virtue, even if expressed insincerely"

Yeah, that's what they taught me growing in Vermont as a little girl. They also taught me that little girls can't do math. I rebelled! :) What can I say?

[FreeTheHostages]

That's a neat quote from Ghandi though.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

REPUBLICAN BUMP

[FreeTheHostages]

TOP TEN REASONS TO CONTRIBUTE TO FREE REPUBLIC

10. That's $ that the IRS will never see.

9. You don't want your state to finish last, do you?

8. If you give them *lots* of $ I hear the Admin Moderators will do whatever you tell them! (NOT)

7. If not now, when? If not here, where?

6. Because it's honestly not tax deductible, not some weasley leftist front illegally saying they're 501(c)(3)

5. Because you care.

4. Because Mudboy Slim cares.

3. Because you care that Mudboy Slim cares.

2. Because who cares if Mudboy Slim cares that you care that he cares.

1. 'Cause it's the RIGHT thing to do.

[EdReform]

"Go catch some."

Grampa Dave, I hope you catch a dozen like this:

[EdReform]

Perfect!! I love it!

[Mudboy Slim]

"FReepers"
(To be sung to Lynyrd Skynyrd's "FReeBird")

Left will steal, beg, or borrow...
To protect Ol' Slick Willie!!
But Bill must be travellin' on now...
'Cuz his Treason threatens our Liberty!!
If we condoned Slick's Corruption...
Country wouldn't be the same!!
Righteous must retake this World, now...
And this World shall be remade...oh-oh-oh-ah-oh-ohhhh...
And the Left shall feel our ra-a-a-age...
Lib'rals, bow yer heads in sha-a-a-a-a-ame...
Lord knows, World must cha-a-a-ange...........

[Guitar weepin']

Realize, Willie, you'll go to prison...yeah, yeah...
You're just a Tyrant, you can't change!!
Oh, please don't act like the Victim...
'Cuz Lord knows you're to blame.
Slick, if we condoned your crimes, boy...
Nation wouldn't be the same!!
So we FRee-eep fer the Truth now...
And this World we shall now change...ohh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ahhhh...
And Lib'rals we'll now de-Fame...
And the Medyuh shall be shamed!!!!!
Lord knows World shall change...
Lord, help us, we must cha-a-a-a-a-ange...
Folks, we must change...
Won't ya join the FRee-pers?!! Yeah-eah-eah!!

[Guitar Jammin' to close]

Mudboy Slim

2 posted on 9/11/02 9:17 AM Eastern by Mudboy Slim

FReegards...MUD

[Gabz]

Here's a bump - I've been on the phone and now have to go pick up the yung'un - be back in a bit

BUMP

[steveegg]

Excellent.

[EdReform]

"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. "

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