Open Source Is Becoming a Military Necessity

The Street ^ | 17 August 2012 | Dana Blankenhorn

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, Aquamarine!! God bless.

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!! Thank you both very much!! GO, FReepers!!

[houeto]

Jim,onyx is my witness. It is 8:58 EDT. Do the math and put us in the yellow on my account.

Pray for the Republic folks.

[BIGLOOK]

Twice this month was that last month.....let’s look to our future. In for $50, Jim.

[SamAdams76]

I'm a monthly contributor who is going to vote the Romney/Ryan ticket (and conservative all the way downticket). For those who cannot bring themselves to vote for Romney/Ryan, I have to respect their opinion and their standing on principle, even if it might result in an Obama re-election should the election be very close (Remember that Bush won Florida by only 537 votes and losing Florida would have made Al Gore president).

I also respect the fact that Jim Robinson, even though he has stated he will not vote for Romney, does not condemn other Freepers for doing so and has basically called for a truce between the ABR folks and those who believe that Romney, despite his shortcomings, is better than Obama and thus will vote for him.

What I can't respect are those few posters who spam every single thread with their anti-Romney vitriol and attack other Freepers as turncoats and RINOs for deciding to vote for Romney - despite the fact that Romney was the first choice of virtually zero Freepers. I believe they are counter-productive. They aren't going to win anybody over to their point of view with their line of attack and they are driving a wedge in Free Republic that need not be there. Who knows how many good Freepers they have driven away.

Well they won't drive me away but neither will I engage them and add to the infighting that is already going on.

I've been here 15 years and been through some tough times here - we'll get through this time as well.

Getting back to the exchange between Jim Robinson and Don-o regarding Freepathon ads, I side with Jim. The Freepathon ads do not annoy me and compared to most websites, the advertising here (if you can call it that) is very unobtrusive. Much credit needs to go to the Free Republic Freepathon crew who keeps this forum in operation. Anti-Freepers have been standing on the sidelines for years, wishing for us to go under, chortling at every Freepathon that gets to its goal slowly. But we always find a way to hit our target and stay alive for another few months. The Freepathon crew cannot be thanked enough.

I've been giving $30 a month to Free Republic for a number of years and it's pretty painless. I wouldn't say I'm wealthy or anything - probably I'm on par with the average Freeper with respect to household income. If everybody who came to this site on a regular basis donated at least $10 a month, we'd probably never have another Freepathon again and who knows, maybe the monthly Freepers would start getting swag like coffee mugs and T-shirts again, like in the old days - if more regular Freepers kicked in.

Sorry for the long-winded reply but one more suggestion that might help. Maybe we could do something to set the monthly donors apart - like having their screen name show up in bold red on the board or something like that. This would identify the monthly donors in the forum and might help entice others to want to get that special touch to their screen names as well.

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, SamAdams76!! Well said and greatly appreciated.

[Jemian]

...if you are alive and take any action at all, information about you will be on the web

This is so true. And you'll be known in places which may surprise you. For example, I have a website. I just recently tried to access it in the Guangzhou airport(CAN) in commie China. Couldn't. They block it. HA! That is a compliment.

[Jim Robinson]

Aloha and thank you very much, BIGLOOK!!

[umgud]

I don’t have a problem with the way Freepathons are conducted, but I also think that it might help to have a permanent banner (?) or something asking to help keep the lights on (not to be confused with a Freepathon campaign). I wouldn’t mind seeing this at the top of FR home and the forums. It seems that once a Freepathon is over, there is little or no suggestion of donations.

[windcliff]

Jim I will be writing out a check for 40 dollars tomorrow. Thanks for everything you do. Sometimes I ‘need a gentle tap on the shoulder.

[onyx]

I’m checking. You and Jim must be communicating.

God bless and keep you, dearest houeto!!!!

[onyx]

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH, DEAREST BIGLOOK!!

God bless and keep you and everyone you love.

YOU ROCK!!!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, houeto!!

Just posted this to the FReepathon thread and we’re about $299 from the Yellow and more coming in now:

Woo hoo!!

And this just in:

$35.00 from California
$50.00 from Hawaii
$25.00 from Georgia
$50.00 from Texas
$25.00 from Illinois

Thank you all very much!!

FReepers are absolutely the greatest!!

Less than $300 to the YELLOW!! Then it’s down the homestretch to the GREEN!! We can do this.

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, windcliff!! God bless.

[Marcella]

“This is so true. And you’ll be known in places which may surprise you. For example, I have a website. I just recently tried to access it in the Guangzhou airport(CAN) in commie China. Couldn’t. They block it. HA! That is a compliment.”

You are banned in China - you must have a great website. I’ve been to mainland China for one day and took a shower as soon as I got back to my hotel in Hong Kong. China is a dirty place. Plus, the mainland Chinese kept pointing to me because my hair was blonde. Someone had to tell me that’s why they were pointing.

[tillacum]

It’s travelling to you Jim Rob. I use snail mail. Bless you for all you’re doint.

[jdsteel]

It took me a while on FR before I "got it" regarding the Freepathons. I was reluctant to give money to some website, not knowing where the money was going, what it was for or if my identity would be safe. One of the first things that helped my comfort level was PayPal. I felt that at least I was only at risk with my donation.

As new people come on the board they will go through this learning curve. FR provides a good and valuable service. I believe you will be able to keep the good fight going. Good luck to you and us, and God Bless America.

[centurion316]

It’s been a very frustrating 3+ years for conservatives. Even with big wins in the 2010 election, our agenda is frustrated by Obama and by Republican career politicians who have grown fat and wealthy feeding at the government trough.

But, we haven’t seen anything yet. If Obama wins this fall, he will use the powers ceded to him by the Congress to rule by fiat in a way never before seen in this country. He will defy the Congress to do anything to stop him, and they oblige by ranting and raving and caving like a cheap suitcase. Voters, not politicians, can stop this, but we must start by defeating Obama. Did I mention that we have to defeat Obama? No other outcome will suffice.

[Liberty Valance]

$20 from Texas Jim.

[Jemian]

I agree with you about the dirt. The airport was dirty. The airline, China Southern Air, was dirty AND DANGEROUS. Not enough hydration and too crowded to move. That is a sure recipe for DVT and other problems.

We won’t be doing that route again.