Damn the RINO complaints, FR continues fighting the good fight! [FReepathon thread XVII]

Click here to help bring this FReepathon to a successful conclusion ^ | May 13, 2009 | Jim Robinson

[Fiddlstix]

As we all know Mr 0bama likes to say that his
inspiration has always been President Lincoln

Well, mr 0bama.....
You would do well to read and heed the words of Mr. Lincoln!

[brewcrew]

From Bartlett's Quotations:

Erroneously attributed to ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Since the 1940s these “Ten Points” attributed to Lincoln have been widely reprinted. They have appeared in such places as magazines, Christmas cards, and the Congressional Record. The Library of Congress and Lincoln scholars believe that any connection made between Lincoln and the “Ten Points” is spurious.

Doesn't mean that they're not words to live by.

[TomServo]

The Truth: These words are often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but according to the book They Never Said it: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions, they are not from Lincoln.

The quotes were published in 1942 by William J. H. Boetcker, a Presbyterian minister. He released a pamphlet titled Lincoln On Limitations, which did include a Lincoln quote, but also added 10 statements written by Boetcker himself.

They were:

1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
2. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong
3. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
4. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
5. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
6. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
7. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
8. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
9. You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
10 You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.

People who got the pamphlet thought the 10 statements were written by Lincoln and they have been distributed widely under Lincoln's name.

[Fiddlstix]

Interesting.....
I didn't know that.....

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Doesn't mean that they're not words to live by.

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I agree!

[Fiddlstix]

Please see my post #304

[Jim Robinson]

Howdy everyone!!

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$10 from Ohio
$20 from Maryland
$6 from Texas
$25 from Colorado
$10 from Ohio
$50 from Georgia
$100 from Georgia
$300 from New Hampshire
$5 from Washington
$10 from Texas
$50 from North Carolina
$20 from Alabama
$20 from Arizona

Thank you all very much!!

Woo hoo!! Over 83 percent!! Less than $14k to go!!

[humblegunner]

Well, I just don't know what to tell you.

You can tell 'em where the door is!

[Fiddlstix]

2009 Q2 FReepathon. Target: $80,000

Receipts & Pledges to-date: $66,410

83%

Woo hoo!! Less than $14 to go!! Way to go FReepers and Lurkers!! Thank you all very much!!

Howdy everyone!!

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$10 from Ohio
$20 from Maryland
$6 from Texas
$25 from Colorado
$10 from Ohio
$50 from Georgia
$100 from Georgia
$300 from New Hampshire
$5 from Washington
$10 from Texas
$50 from North Carolina
$20 from Alabama
$20 from Arizona

Thank you all very much!!

Woo hoo!! Over 83 percent!! Less than $14k to go!!

[Fiddlstix]

   Q2 2009 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$6,848.00	203	$33.73		$	$1,323.67	78
2	Texas	4,920.58	177	27.80			1,022.00	60
3	Florida	3,451.00	104	33.18			760.00	40
4	Colorado	2,783.25	39	71.37			200.00	12
5	Virginia	1,765.09	66	26.74			400.00	25
6	Pennsylvania	1,652.19	52	31.77			282.00	17
7	New York	1,602.26	60	26.70			450.26	23
8	Ohio	1,519.00	39	38.95			584.00	15
9	New Jersey	1,515.00	38	39.87			220.00	10
10	Maryland	1,387.00	41	33.83			255.00	13
11	Washington	1,375.00	57	24.12			363.00	21
12	Illinois	1,248.00	39	32.00			295.00	12
13	Michigan	1,125.00	31	36.29			110.00	8
14	Georgia	1,055.00	35	30.14			305.00	14
15	Missouri	953.00	34	28.03			144.00	12
16	Massachusetts	930.00	34	27.35			245.00	15
17	New Hampshire	745.00	7	106.43
18	North Carolina	696.00	33	21.09			123.00	12
19	Indiana	665.00	31	21.45			135.00	9
20	Arizona	640.00	26	24.62			190.00	14
21	Wisconsin	605.00	21	28.81			105.00	7
22	Tennessee	570.00	23	24.78			145.00	10
23	Alabama	565.00	27	20.93			200.00	13
24	Australia	520.00	2	260.00
25	Connecticut	496.00	14	35.43			40.00	2
26	Utah	472.00	20	23.60			160.00	10
27	Arkansas	466.41	18	25.91			85.00	7
28	Oklahoma	445.00	16	27.81			140.00	7
29	Mississippi	445.00	14	31.79			135.00	7
30	Armed Forces - Europe	425.00	5	85.00			10.00	1
31	Oregon	390.00	19	20.53			70.00	6
32	Minnesota	350.00	20	17.50			50.00	6
33	Alaska	350.00	5	70.00			60.00	2
34	Maine	340.00	9	37.78			70.00	3
35	Idaho	325.00	11	29.55			160.00	6
36	Montana	310.00	10	31.00			40.00	2
37	South Carolina	290.00	13	22.31			55.00	5
38	New Mexico	265.00	11	24.09			35.00	2
39	Kentucky	260.00	6	43.33
40	Kansas	250.00	15	16.67			80.00	6
41	Canada	247.00	8	30.88			30.00	3
42	Nevada	225.00	10	22.50			50.00	3
43	South Dakota	225.00	5	45.00			30.00	1
44	Wyoming	220.00	4	55.00			30.00	1
45	Louisiana	205.00	10	20.50			100.00	6
46	Thailand	200.00	2	100.00
47	Iraq	200.00	1	200.00
48	Sweden	200.00	1	200.00
49	West Virginia	195.00	7	27.86			35.00	2
50	Rhode Island	185.00	4	46.25			10.00	1
51	North Dakota	170.00	5	34.00			10.00	1
52	Nebraska	145.00	7	20.71			57.50	3
53	Hawaii	140.00	9	15.56			65.00	5
54	Delaware	135.00	7	19.29			5.00	1
55	Finland	100.00	1	100.00
56	Ireland	100.00	1	100.00
57	South Korea	95.00	4	23.75
58	Vermont	91.00	5	18.20			51.00	3
59	Iowa	70.00	5	14.00			50.00	3
60	Cuba	60.00	2	30.00
61	Germany	50.00	2	25.00
62	Zambia	50.00	1	50.00
63	Japan	30.00	1	30.00			30.00	1
64	District of Columbia	30.00	2	15.00			20.00	1
65	Armed Forces - Pacific	20.00	1	20.00
66	Moldova	20.00	1	20.00
67	Armed Forces - Americas	20.00	1	20.00
68	Norway	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	1
Never Never Land		1,958.16	86	22.77			25.00	3
69 locations total		$50,410.94	1,619	$31.14		$0.00	$9,655.43	551

[Fiddlstix]

Free Republic Monthly Budget

Once we get our monthly donations to the point where they will cover all of our expenses, we will not need to have fundraisers.

Est. Recurring Monthly Contributions			$9,655.00
Monthly Expenses
	Bandwidth and Colocation	$2,430
	System Administation and Programming	7,000
	Administrative and Taxes	10,500
	Legal and Accounting	1,000
	Bank Fees, Credit Card Fees, Processing Fees	800
	Equip, Maintenance and Repairs	300
	Office Expenses, Rents, Insurance, Telephone, ISP, Supplies, Misc.	2,500
	Travel Expenses	800	25,330.00
Est. Monthly Shortfall			($15,675.00)

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Est. Recurring Monthly Contributions

This is the amount contributed by the monthly donors only. It does not include one-time donations.

Est. Monthly Shortfall

Amount needed in one-time donations per month or additional monthlies need to meet budget needs.

[Fiddlstix]

List of Monthly Donors
_____________________________ ~Vor~ 3D-JOY 4woodenboats 50mm adm5 afnamvet Aggie Mama Alamo-Girl Allegra American Quilter American72 AmericanGirlRising angelsonmyside Angelwood angkor avacado babble-on Bahbah bamabound bamahead basil Baynative bazbo beandog Bergen betty boop Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blam BlessedBeGod BlueLancer Bommer BooBoo1000 BoxerDawgs Brad's Gramma brityank BuckeyeTexan Bush_Democrat ButThreeLeftsDo Cable225 Caipirabob calex59 CaptRon cedarswingman Chairman_December_19th_Society chesty_puller Chode CholeraJoe Chuck54 CindyDawg Clint N. Suhks Col Freeper commonguymd concentric circles concretebob Conspiracy Guy crager crazy aunt in the attic CyberAnt dalereed DancingMyRainbow davidosborne daybreakcoming Diamondhead DirtyHarryY2K Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue Don Carlos don-o drc43 duckbutt dutchess dynachrome eastforker Eddie01 EdReform ElkGroveDan EllenM Ellesu Empireoftheatom48 Eric Blair 2084 estrogen Exit 148 exit82 eyedigress F.J. Mitchell facedown Fair Paul FairWitness Fiddlstix	____________________________ Flashman_at_the_charge Former War Criminal FreedomPoster freekitty FreeperMania freespirited george76 gidget7 GitmoSailor glock rocks Goldfinch goosie GovernmentShrinker Grampa Dave GrandmaPatriot GreyMountainReagan GunsareOK HairOfTheDog harpo11 hattend HiJinx holly go-rightly hotshu I_be_tc illiac ImpBill Jack Deth JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo jch10 JDoutrider Jean S Jeff Gordon Jemian JMJJR John O Judith Anne Just another Joe JustaNobody Kathy in Alaska katnip katykelly Kay Ludlow KeepingFaith Kitten1 Lady Jag LadyNavyVet LadyPilgrim LakeLady Laura Earl leadpenny Letitring Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets lonevoice Lucius Cornelius Sulla LuigiBasco lula LUVW M0sby M1911A1 Maceman Mad_Tom_Rackham Magnolia Mama25 MarineMom613 markomalley Max Monroe McGavin999 McLynnan Mean Maryjean MEG33 MindyW Minute Gal Miss Behave MizSterious mnehrling Mo1 Moiraine mojo114 mollynme Momaw Nadon mountainfolk Mr. Smorch musicman NCMOM NewLand nina0113 NinoFan noexcuses	___________________________ NonValueAdded NormsRevenge notaliberal nothingnew NY Attitude NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead Ole Okie Owl_Eagle pax_et_bonum Peacekeeper357 pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt pgkdan Pharmboy philetus plsjr politicalmerc primatreat processing please hold proud2beconservativeinNJ Publius Quilla RabidBartender rabscuttle385 Raffus RandallFlagg Randy Larsen redhead RedRover Repubmom rface Rheo RichInOC RightField RobFromGa Ron C Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 saminfl Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scott says scripter seekthetruth SFConservative Shelayne shetlan Sir Hailstone sjeann Slicksadick Slip18 SnarlinCubBear sneakers Stentor steveegg SubMareener SunTzuWu SwatTeam Tarpaulin Tax-chick TaxRelief texas booster The Right Stuff thefactor ThePythonicCow Tijeras_Slim toddlintown toldyou TomServo truthkeeper Tuscaloosa twin2 Two-Bits umgud upsdriver UpstateNYRouser usflagwaver vandy Verbosus vetvetdoug VirginiaMom w1andsodidwe wireplay WorkerbeeCitizen WVNan xcamel X-FID xzins
Once You Become A Monthly Donor You Can Have Your Name Added To The List Or You May Remain Anonymous. It's Up To You. Please Contact don-o To Have Your Name Added To This List If You Wish. Thank You PS: Please Visit The Monthly Donor Thread and also the FR Fundraising Discussion Thread Special Thanks To Ron C. For His Help With The List. The Right Way

List of Monthly Donors
_____________________________ ~Vor~ 3D-JOY 4woodenboats 50mm adm5 afnamvet Aggie Mama Alamo-Girl Allegra American Quilter American72 AmericanGirlRising angelsonmyside Angelwood angkor avacado babble-on Bahbah bamabound bamahead basil Baynative bazbo beandog Bergen betty boop Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blam BlessedBeGod BlueLancer Bommer BooBoo1000 BoxerDawgs Brad's Gramma brityank BuckeyeTexan Bush_Democrat ButThreeLeftsDo Cable225 Caipirabob calex59 CaptRon cedarswingman Chairman_December_19th_Society chesty_puller Chode CholeraJoe Chuck54 CindyDawg Clint N. Suhks Col Freeper commonguymd concentric circles concretebob Conspiracy Guy crager crazy aunt in the attic CyberAnt dalereed DancingMyRainbow davidosborne daybreakcoming Diamondhead DirtyHarryY2K Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue Don Carlos don-o drc43 duckbutt dutchess dynachrome eastforker Eddie01 EdReform ElkGroveDan EllenM Ellesu Empireoftheatom48 Eric Blair 2084 estrogen Exit 148 exit82 eyedigress F.J. Mitchell facedown Fair Paul FairWitness Fiddlstix	____________________________ Flashman_at_the_charge Former War Criminal FreedomPoster freekitty FreeperMania freespirited george76 gidget7 GitmoSailor glock rocks Goldfinch goosie GovernmentShrinker Grampa Dave GrandmaPatriot GreyMountainReagan GunsareOK HairOfTheDog harpo11 hattend HiJinx holly go-rightly hotshu I_be_tc illiac ImpBill Jack Deth JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo jch10 JDoutrider Jean S Jeff Gordon Jemian JMJJR John O Judith Anne Just another Joe JustaNobody Kathy in Alaska katnip katykelly Kay Ludlow KeepingFaith Kitten1 Lady Jag LadyNavyVet LadyPilgrim LakeLady Laura Earl leadpenny Letitring Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets lonevoice Lucius Cornelius Sulla LuigiBasco lula LUVW M0sby M1911A1 Maceman Mad_Tom_Rackham Magnolia Mama25 MarineMom613 markomalley Max Monroe McGavin999 McLynnan Mean Maryjean MEG33 MindyW Minute Gal Miss Behave MizSterious mnehrling Mo1 Moiraine mojo114 mollynme Momaw Nadon mountainfolk Mr. Smorch musicman NCMOM NewLand nina0113 NinoFan noexcuses	___________________________ NonValueAdded NormsRevenge notaliberal nothingnew NY Attitude NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead Ole Okie Owl_Eagle pax_et_bonum Peacekeeper357 pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt pgkdan Pharmboy philetus plsjr politicalmerc primatreat processing please hold proud2beconservativeinNJ Publius Quilla RabidBartender rabscuttle385 Raffus RandallFlagg Randy Larsen redhead RedRover Repubmom rface Rheo RichInOC RightField RobFromGa Ron C Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 saminfl Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scott says scripter seekthetruth SFConservative Shelayne shetlan Sir Hailstone sjeann Slicksadick Slip18 SnarlinCubBear sneakers Stentor steveegg SubMareener SunTzuWu SwatTeam Tarpaulin Tax-chick TaxRelief texas booster The Right Stuff thefactor ThePythonicCow Tijeras_Slim toddlintown toldyou TomServo truthkeeper Tuscaloosa twin2 Two-Bits umgud upsdriver UpstateNYRouser usflagwaver vandy Verbosus vetvetdoug VirginiaMom w1andsodidwe wireplay WorkerbeeCitizen WVNan xcamel X-FID xzins
Once You Become A Monthly Donor You Can Have Your Name Added To The List Or You May Remain Anonymous. It's Up To You. Please Contact don-o To Have Your Name Added To This List If You Wish. Thank You PS: Please Visit The Monthly Donor Thread and also the FR Fundraising Discussion Thread Special Thanks To Ron C. For His Help With The List. The Right Way

[Fiddlstix]

afnamvet Alamo-Girl Allegra American Quilter AmericanGirlRising Angelwood babble-on Bahbah basil beandog Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill brityank Bush_Democrat CaptRon cedarswingman Chairman_December_19th_Society Chode CholeraJoe Chuck54 CindyDawg Clint N. Suhks commonguymd concretebob Conspiracy Guy crazy aunt in the attic dalereed davidosborne daybreakcoming Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue drc43 duckbutt dutchess eastforker EdReform Ellesu Exit 148 F.J. Mitchell FairWitness Fiddlstix Flashman_at_the_charge FreeperMania freespirited george76 GitmoSailor glock rocks goosie GovernmentShrinker Grampa Dave GunsareOK HairOfTheDog hattend HiJinx holly go-rightly ImpBill JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo JeanS Judith Anne Just another Joe JustaNobody Kathy in Alaska katnip katykelly Kitten1	LakeLady Laura Earl leadpenny Letitring Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets LUVW Mad_Tom_Rackham McGavin999 MindyW Minute Gal Miss Behave Mo1 Moiraine mojitojoe mojo114 Mr. Smorch musicman NewLand NinoFan NKitten1Y Attitude notaliberal NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt Pharmboy politicalmerc processing please hold Publius Quilla RabidBartender Randy Larsen RedRover Rheo RichInOC RobFromGa Ron C Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scripter seekthetruth SFConservative Sir Hailstone Slip18 Stentor steveegg SubMareener Tarpaulin TaxRelief texas booster The Right Stuff ThePythonicCow Tijeras_Slim TomServo Two-Bits umgud UpstateNYRouser usflagwaver Verbosus vetvetdoug wireplay X-FID xzins
By contributing at least $30 a month or $360 a year to Free Republic, you can be a member of the Dollar-A-Day Club. You can contribute any combination of monthly and/or onetime contributions by Credit Card, Mail-In Check, Money Order or PayPal to reach this goal. Once a member, you may choose to have your name displayed by Freepmailing us or you may remain anonymous. Special Thanks To Ron C. For His Help With The List. The Right Way

afnamvet Alamo-Girl Allegra American Quilter AmericanGirlRising Angelwood babble-on Bahbah basil beandog Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill brityank Bush_Democrat CaptRon cedarswingman Chairman_December_19th_Society Chode CholeraJoe Chuck54 CindyDawg Clint N. Suhks commonguymd concretebob Conspiracy Guy crazy aunt in the attic dalereed davidosborne daybreakcoming Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue drc43 duckbutt dutchess eastforker EdReform Ellesu Exit 148 F.J. Mitchell FairWitness Fiddlstix Flashman_at_the_charge FreeperMania freespirited george76 GitmoSailor glock rocks goosie GovernmentShrinker Grampa Dave GunsareOK HairOfTheDog hattend HiJinx holly go-rightly ImpBill JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo JeanS Judith Anne Just another Joe JustaNobody Kathy in Alaska katnip katykelly Kitten1	LakeLady Laura Earl leadpenny Letitring Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets LUVW Mad_Tom_Rackham McGavin999 MindyW Minute Gal Miss Behave Mo1 Moiraine mojitojoe mojo114 Mr. Smorch musicman NewLand NinoFan NKitten1Y Attitude notaliberal NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt Pharmboy politicalmerc processing please hold Publius Quilla RabidBartender Randy Larsen RedRover Rheo RichInOC RobFromGa Ron C Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scripter seekthetruth SFConservative Sir Hailstone Slip18 Stentor steveegg SubMareener Tarpaulin TaxRelief texas booster The Right Stuff ThePythonicCow Tijeras_Slim TomServo Two-Bits umgud UpstateNYRouser usflagwaver Verbosus vetvetdoug wireplay X-FID xzins
By contributing at least $30 a month or $360 a year to Free Republic, you can be a member of the Dollar-A-Day Club. You can contribute any combination of monthly and/or onetime contributions by Credit Card, Mail-In Check, Money Order or PayPal to reach this goal. Once a member, you may choose to have your name displayed by Freepmailing us or you may remain anonymous. Special Thanks To Ron C. For His Help With The List. The Right Way

[Fiddlstix]

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[Fiddlstix]

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[Fiddlstix]

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It's Time to get this train moving people.

There Ain't No Free Ride! It Takes Bucks To Keep The FR Train Movin'!

[Munz]

Allowing the moral’s to be stretched is what killed the republican party.
I do not consider myself a republican anymore.

I believe in every aspect that has been mentioned in this piece with the exception of one. On that issue I don’t totaly agree, but don’t fall so hard to the left that I would state my preference either.

TBH I have mixed emotions on the abortion issue. I have 4 children of my own, but I can see it in some cases.
However I do not think that all abortions should be banned either.

Other than that, I think that we need a party that gets back to the root principles that made this country great.
To give them an inch puts us behind by miles.

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!!

BTTT!!

New thread everyone!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251871/posts