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

Donate to Free Republic via our Secure Server ^ | 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!

[RottiBiz]

Only $2,000 to go!

[Mo1]

Thank You Freepers From
Minnesota
California
California
Missouri
Virginia

[Mo1]

Thank You Freepers From
North Carolina
California
California
Nevada
Minnesota
Minnesota
Never Never Land

[lodwick]

Great news Jim - thanks.

Rotti, I'm sorry - I don't know how to do that music magic, but here's a link where you can hear some clips, and I'm still out there looking for the entire song by Ms. McBride.

Independence Day clip

[Mo1]

Thank You Freepers From
Alabama
Maryland
Georgia
Texas
Alabama
Alabama

[LoneGOPinCT]

P.S. Love your screen name.

There are actually 3 or 4 of us here.

[ValerieUSA]

Thanks... honey is GOOD. Let's keep that bee busy:

[Mo1]

Thank You Freepers From
California
Minnesota
Maryland
Nevada

[justshe]

You have REALLY got good use from that 'font' software!

[Mo1]

Thank You Freepers From
Nevada
Kentucky
Alabama

[Mo1]

LOL .. Yep ..

[cake_crumb]

Sorry...time flies...

Another BUMP for the FReepathon!

[ValerieUSA]

Thank You Generous FReepers
You're Sweet

[Mo1]

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$5,709.56	135	$42.29	1,109	$5.15	$254.56	18
2	Texas	4,628.00	87	53.20	1,068	4.33	160.00	10
3	Florida	3,705.00	71	52.18	542	6.84	140.00	7
4	Virginia	2,816.00	47	59.91	404	6.97	269.00	7
5	Ohio	1,880.00	35	53.71	277	6.79	110.00	2
6	Pennsylvania	1,698.00	41	41.41	353	4.81	50.00	3
7	Illinois	1,600.00	30	53.33	274	5.84	40.00	3
8	Washington	1,530.00	34	45.00	292	5.24	120.00	6
9	Michigan	1,311.01	24	54.63	235	5.58	10.00	1
10	North Carolina	1,307.00	35	37.34	290	4.51	110.00	7
11	Maryland	1,235.00	28	44.11	246	5.02
12	Georgia	1,191.00	29	41.07	279	4.27	100.00	4
13	New York	1,160.00	36	32.22	383	3.03	50.00	3
14	New Jersey	1,121.00	27	41.52	211	5.31	35.00	2
15	Missouri	945.00	18	52.50	206	4.59	60.00	2
16	Montana	790.00	3	263.33	18	43.89
17	Alabama	760.00	19	40.00	119	6.39	50.00	3
18	Massachusetts	760.00	20	38.00	160	4.75	50.00	3
19	Colorado	755.00	21	35.95	187	4.04	15.00	2
20	Wisconsin	750.00	26	28.85	165	4.55	70.00	4
21	Mississippi	750.00	3	250.00	73	10.27
22	Minnesota	680.00	19	35.79	152	4.47
23	Tennessee	585.00	12	48.75	227	2.58
24	Arizona	445.00	14	31.79	209	2.13	45.00	2
25	Indiana	420.00	9	46.67	164	2.56
26	Kansas	405.00	17	23.82	102	3.97	20.00	1
27	Oregon	360.00	8	45.00	139	2.59	10.00	1
28	Wyoming	330.00	6	55.00	14	23.57
29	Nevada	325.00	7	46.43	70	4.64	20.00	1
30	Oklahoma	265.00	9	29.44	133	1.99	20.00	1
31	New Mexico	255.00	11	23.18	70	3.64
32	Connecticut	240.00	6	40.00	112	2.14
33	South Carolina	227.50	7	32.50	133	1.71	17.50	2
34	Utah	225.00	7	32.14	54	4.17	30.00	1
35	Maine	215.00	8	26.88	49	4.39
36	Kentucky	215.00	6	35.83	109	1.97	10.00	1
37	District of Columbia	210.00	3	70.00			10.00	1
38	Louisiana	200.00	7	28.57	114	1.75	40.00	2
39	Alaska	190.00	5	38.00	56	3.39	90.00	3
40	New Hampshire	175.00	7	25.00	61	2.87	30.00	1
41	Hawaii	170.00	4	42.50	29	5.86
42	Arkansas	160.00	8	20.00	76	2.11	5.00	1
43	Vermont	145.00	4	36.25	13	11.15
44	Delaware	130.00	3	43.33	23	5.65
45	Iowa	115.00	4	28.75	87	1.32
46	Canada	90.00	4	22.50	94	0.96	20.00	1
47	West Virginia	90.00	3	30.00	45	2.00
48	South Dakota	80.00	3	26.67	29	2.76
49	United Kingdom	65.00	3	21.67	64	1.02
50	Chile	50.00	1	50.00	5	10.00
51	Netherlands	50.00	1	50.00	5	10.00
52	Ireland	50.00	1	50.00	16	3.12
53	Rhode Island	50.00	2	25.00	17	2.94
54	Germany	50.00	1	50.00	18	2.78
55	Nebraska	50.00	3	16.67	48	1.04
56	Norway	50.00	1	50.00	7	7.14
57	North Dakota	40.00	2	20.00	16	2.50
58	Idaho	30.00	2	15.00	59	0.51
59	Panama	25.00	1	25.00	3	8.33
60	Mexico	20.00	1	20.00	5	4.00
61	Israel	20.00	1	20.00	23	0.87
62	Armed Forces - Pacific	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	1
Never Never Land		1,060.02	40	26.50			35.00	3
63 locations total		$44,969.09	1,031	$43.62	9,541	$4.71	$2,106.06	110

[lodwick]

Mercifully, only one more...

[Mo1]

Now that looks like a bee

[justshe]

It is OBVIOUS we need those two songs combined!

Let Freedom ring

..........If tomorrow all the things were gone,
..........I’d worked for all my life.
..........And I had to start again,
..........with just my children and my wife.

Let the white dove sing

..........I’d thank my lucky stars,
..........to be livin here today.
..........‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom,
..........and they can’t take that away.

Let the whole world know that today

..........And I’m proud to be an American,
..........where at least I know I’m free.
..........And I wont forget the men who died,
..........who gave that right to me.

Is a Day of reckoning

..........And I gladly stand up,
..........next to you and defend her still today.
..........‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
..........God bless the USA.

Let the weak be strong

..........From the lakes of Minnesota,
..........to the hills of Tennessee.
..........Across the plains of Texas,
..........From sea to shining sea.

Let the right be wrong

..........From Detroit down to Houston,
..........and New York to L.A.
..........Well there's pride in every American heart,
..........and its time we stand and say.

Roll the stone away

..........That I’m proud to be an American,
..........where at least I know I’m free.
..........And I wont forget the men who died,
..........who gave that right to me.

Let the guilty pay

..........And I gladly stand up,
..........next to you and defend her still today.
..........‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
..........God bless the USA.

It's Independence Day

[Gabz]

Here comes Gabz slinking back because she has been so obviously absent past couple of days

[Mo1]

That's ok .. you have been busy fighting the Rats .. and that is what's important

GET THE RATS OUT!!!

[Darlin']

Wow ! Thank you FReeepers