Posted on 11/28/2001 7:31:29 PM PST by Jim Robinson
True. That is why we are so despised by the left (and THAT's a good thing).
When I send money I ask nothing in return except that you keep this site up and running. I don't need no stinking P&L or balance sheet.
Thank you for the privilage of posting here.
5.56mm
I'm a-talkin' with the hand, badge-boy... Tell me it ain't true. Tell me you were just trashed off your a$$ in a sleazy Vegas strip-club, swiping at the 50-year-old pole girl who don't even bother to dodge anymore, cussing lady liquor who always lets ya down... You didn't know what you were saying. DAMN that last tequila...
By what other means would so many of us here be so well informed that we're literally scaring the s**t out of Dems and liberals everywhere? They are unspeakably worried about how organized the conservative movement is right now, and it's 99% due to two sources... Rush Limbaugh and Free Republic. Free Republic is like a beacon, a smoke alarm, and a fact-checking library all rolled into one. It has helped expose liberalism's folly, the corruption of the Clintons and their cronies, organized protests and counter-protests, pressured political enemies, and served as a central source to alert concerned conservatives around the country to encroachments on our liberties like no other site anywhere. That's not overstating things. Thinks about it... name one other site you'd go to to get the timely information you need to fight the culture war going on today.
On that note, here are my thoughts about a solution. I don't think Free Republic should charge a membership fee. That's simply because there are so many people drawn here just to lurk who would never pay a monthly fee. If this site is a tool for educating liberals and the uninformed (sorry, that's redundant), I would hate to see anything imposed that would drive them away.
Rather, I think it's a good idea to step up awareness about the donation system. I realize maybe this post has done that, but prior to now, I wasn't aware of the donations page and therefore never donated. I will now.
Also, there are certainly many wealthy conservatives in this country who should be made aware of just how significant and influential Free Republic is. Maybe it's time for a Director of Development or something. But I know that there are many conservatives out there in powerful places who gain a lot of benefit from the tides that Free Republic has turned. It's time for them to acknowledge that and do what they can to fund it. In a country where people attend $500 a plate fundraisers, surely they can direct a little of that toward Free Republic considering the massive benefit this site has on the conservative movement in this country.
Good luck, Jim, and thank you for all your hard work and dedication. This country would be a different (scarier) place without Free Republic. Without Free Republic we may have had Al Gore in the White House and be sitting down to "negotiate" and "understand" the Al Queda network. Thank God we've got a real man in the White House, thanks in part to Free Republic.
Some facts:
NASA faked the lunar mission in '69.
They have been caught/exposed.
As phats would say "Oh, my aching sides!"
So, keep up the good work. That's my vote, from a recent member and reader!
That really is the Key...folks call themselves "Paleo-Cons" just expressing their views, then have to go make names for themselves as "AntiFReepers"...gimme a break!! Why don't they go start their own "Paleo-Con.com" website or whatever and quit thinking their only way to success is to trash that which so many of us enjoy?! When they act like that, they are nothing but small-minded IDIOTS and deserve whatever flaming comes their way, IMHO.
FReegards...MUD
I'm not trying to take sides or influence you in any way, just trying to show both sides of the argument. Also, this thread was started as a direct result of Chuck's questions on that (now deleted) thread. So I figured you might want to read the original questions and judge for yourself.
Regards,
Callahan
(Throw me one a them Luckies, bud... A swig of that agave wouldn't hurt either...)
Show me da links.
By the way, you should write a book. Use it to finance your retirement.
Why, somebody has even started a whole thread about me just this morning!
HA!
Callahan
Why, somebody has even started a whole thread about me just this morning!
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