You are sooooo bad! 
Posted on 11/28/2001 7:31:29 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Amen to that, and I'm ashamed to say I've been a "deadbeat", but I will send a contribution immediately!!
I also didn't realize this thread started last November, but clearly it's worth our continued attention! IMO, the fact that FR is an "open forum" is partly what makes it so valuable and influential...my preference would be to keep it that way (always with the appropriate "moderating", of course!) while perhaps revising the "business model" somehow so "FRee-will subscriptions" could be a more reliable source of funds. I'm certain there are some FReeper business wizards out there (I'm not one of them!) who may have useful ideas!
I also expect that many "new folks" (even if they're a bit "disruptive") who have discovered this wonderful "forum of ideas" will either not appreciate it (and thus stop FReeloading!) or (more likely) will be happy to start contributing to a very worthy "cause" (like me../red face!)!!
That would've been much more effective with an extra "m" or three.
Here ya go:
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........
Much better, dontcha think?
You are sooooo bad!
Everyone should try it. Isn't it so much nicer when somebody does something nice without being asked! (fun too)
Just for the record, JimRob, some folks are over there representin'. No matter where, uh, "these folks" go, Free Republic will always be Home Sweet Home.
BUMP
I was going to send a yearly donation, but have decided to do it monthly so I can increase as needed (If I send one big one I would probably get lazy and not send another until next year).
This site motivates me to keep up on things, gives me a place to have my say, and has inspired to work on my own web site (I already have a list of all tv and newspapers sites linked). I used to be active in local government and then my work schedule got in the way - but with email and faxing and this web site I feel more involved then I was before.
I may have my complaints at times about moved threads, etc, but this is your place and I try to always keep that in perspective. As far as subscription based - I think it would probably cause more problems then it solves. Are there any other types of donations other then money you could use? Like hardware, administrative work, programming, etc? I am sure many of us would donate both time and money to the cause and anything else we could. Or maybe our own freeper ebay where a % of each sale made goes to the war chest. Let me know if you need anything - money on the way when pay day rolls around. God Bless.
CD
BWAHAHA! Aw, kids... What can ya do with 'em...
PUFF
Well you can't shoot em anymore. Hell, they give you grief if you make them work 14 hour days I hear.
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