Free Republic 4th Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 | Receipts & Pledges to-date: $6,279 | |||
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Woo hoo!! And our first 7% is in!! Thank you all very much!! God bless. |
Posted on 10/04/2002 6:44:43 PM PDT by 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:
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!
(actually I once had to give her a shot, and now if I come outside with anything in my hands..even a camera...she hides under the steps until she's sure it's not another one)
O2
On July 6th 1975 at a few minutes to 6 pm two horses went to the post at Belmont Park in New York. They were in a very special race. It was the meeting of the Champion 2 yr old filly of 1974 and the Champion 2 yr old colt of 1974. Both had gone through their 2 yr old seasons undefeated. As a three year old the colt had lost a few races but was still a wonderful race horse, winning the 1975 Kentucky Derby. The filly had remained undefeated, she had now won 10 races, always in the lead, always perfect. She had even won the New York Filly Triple Crown. She would have probably raced against colts in the Derby, but a hairline fracture in one of her hind leg ended her 2 year old season and so she wasn't ready for the mile and a quarter distance in early May. They were in the Great Match Race, colt versus filly, boy versus girl, it was the battle of the sexes. As they paraded in front of the grandstand filled with cheering fans the filly was the favorite. This battle that the 2 were about to start would never prove anything about who was the better horse though. Ruffian (the filly) after starting slowly at the gate was quicky with Foolish Pleasure (the colt). After the first quarter Ruffian put her nose in front. Foolish Pleasure had glued himself to her though, but the glue was starting to come undone. Ruffian was beginning to draw away. First her head was in front, then her neck, she was beginning to roll. She changed leads and she was ½ a length in front of the colt. The crowd was on their feet screaming and cheering. Then the 2 riders heard something, like the snapping of a twig. Suddenly Foolish Pleasure was a length in front, then 2, then 3 then 4. Dave Johnson calling the race at Belmont and Chic Anderson calling the race on TV both cried the same words in disbelief, "Ruffian has broken down! Ruffian has broken down!" Ruffian wouldn't stop though. Jacinito Vasquez, her jockey, knew what had happened and tried to pull her up. Ruffian wouldn't have it though. She didn't understand the pain, all she wanted was to run, to beat the colt. She shattered her sesamoids, torn up her ligaments, ripped the skin off her fetlocks. When her hoof dangled uselessly from her leg she ran on the exposed bones. It took Jacinito 30 strides to stop her. They loaded her onto the ambulance and took her to a near by equine hospital. They tried to operate, and though the operation was successful, Ruffian thrashed around so much while waking up from the anesthesia that she undid all the good that the operation had done, ripping off her cast. On July 7th at about 20 minutes past 2 am Ruffian was put to sleep, her owners didn't want her to suffer anymore. The only thing that was proved, was only death could beat her.
You can say that again, and again, and again! LOL
It is way past my bedtime, too. Goodnight, Y'all. I enjoyed it, wish I'd gotten here sooner.
g'nite Darlin'
This is her husband, I mean lambchop wearing her husbands hat.
He shares his house with us. He is our continuing joy.
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