First Quarter '03 FReepathon Now Underway

Donate to Free Republic ^ | January 9, 2003 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

The Free Republic first quarter '03 FReepathon is now underway!

Our goal for this fundraiser is the same as last quarter: $65,000. We have about $4,000 per month coming in from monthly donors so we will need to raise approx $53,000 to hit the target.

The funds raised through these fundraisers are used to pay our operating costs. Free Republic operates on an approximate $260,000 annual budget (breakdown here) and all funds are provided by donations from FReepers and Lurkers.

Thank you all very much for your continued support.

P.S. We are planning to make FreeRepublic.com email addresses available as a thank you to all who donate at least once per year. This new feature should be ready to go within a few days. We will post a notice and a link for donors to setup their FR email address as soon as it's ready.

Donate to FR and help us keep the lights on for the best political forum on the NET!

[chnsmok]

Halftime
Atlanta 6
Philadelphia 13

[NormsRevenge]

The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota became official in 1861, with the present design legislated in 1983. It depicts a barefoot farmer plowing his field near St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River. His axe is driven into a tree trunk, with his rifle and powderhorn nearby. An Indian on horseback rides into the scene ahead of a fiery sunrise. The state motto, "L'Etoile du Nord", or "Star of the North", appears on a banner above the scenery. Around around these images is the outermost ring, which reads "The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota". The bottom of the outer ring contains the date 1858, which is when Minnesota gained statehood.

A Native Minnesotan stuck in the Davi$ Depression BUMP for a good cause.

[Jim Robinson]

Just in:

$50 from Indiana
$50 from Minnesota

Thank you Indiana and Minnesota!!

[d14truth]

Re: PianoMan query at reply #442. Did someone 'in the know' respond?

[terilyn]

Thank you Minnesota! This person let me know via FRmail and another $20 from a MN Freeper via FRmail too.

That $70 is now $140. See how easy it is Minnesota :)

[terilyn]

Hello there (former) fellow Minnesotan. Nice post!

[d14truth]

Did you see PianoMan either should be, or wants to get caught up to be, on one or both of your lists? Reply #442

[Mo1]

I back ... WOW .. I screwed the computer up somehow

The hubby fixed it for me though ..

[Mo1]

Yep .. Jim did on post #822

[NormsRevenge]

Howdy and Thanks! The barefoot farmer and the Indian, those were the days. I thought it would be a nice touch to post state seals or something.


What's your neck of the woods? I hear you don;t have much snow left and the ice is probably unsafe, it's been another mild winter.

[Mo1]

Thank You Freepers from
Indiana
Minnesota

[Jim Robinson]

Just in:

$10 monthly from Missouri

Thank you Missouri!!

[d14truth]

Thanks, Mo1. Love your music 'links'. I'm almost caught up on the thread.

[NormsRevenge]

Sat Jan 11, 9:14 PM ET

A protestor dressed in a costume depicting President George W. Bush (news - web sites) riding with Vice-President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) on a missle marches to protest a possible war in Iraq Saturday, Jan. 11, 2003 in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Anti-wars protesters making complete flaming idiots of themselves.

This what you are fighting if you contribute to FRee Republic... Come on , Folks ..Pour it on. We got a lot of "rich" folks visiting here. Let's be doing our part, nothing is truly free, after all. Donate or Become a Monthly Donor.

[Fiddlstix]

I am thinking...This Thread Needs a...

Big
Bump!

Just Bumping thru... Be back later J
P.S.Click the PicJ

[Jim Robinson]

Another $100 just in from Indiana!

Thank you Indiana!!

[Mo1]

Thank You Freepers from
Missouri

[Mo1]

Alright .. Thank you Indiana

[Mo1]

WOW ... Check out Montana

   Q1 2003 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$1,361.06	39	$34.90	1,217	$1.12	$569.56	33
2	Montana	1,000.00	1	1,000.00	20	50.00
3	Texas	990.00	22	45.00	1,160	0.85	461.00	29
4	Florida	975.00	17	57.35	598	1.63	255.00	14
5	New Jersey	605.00	8	75.62	237	2.55	120.00	4
6	Missouri	510.00	9	56.67	221	2.31	85.00	5
7	Indiana	440.00	7	62.86	181	2.43	10.00	1
8	Connecticut	435.00	3	145.00	129	3.37
9	Washington	420.00	11	38.18	326	1.29	148.00	9
10	Wisconsin	385.00	11	35.00	183	2.10	105.00	6
11	Virginia	339.00	11	30.82	444	0.76	328.00	12
12	Michigan	300.00	4	75.00	253	1.19	55.00	3
13	North Carolina	290.00	11	26.36	318	0.91	170.00	11
14	Illinois	275.00	10	27.50	299	0.92	91.00	6
15	Georgia	265.00	9	29.44	306	0.87	70.00	3
16	Ohio	255.00	7	36.43	300	0.85	445.00	8
17	Minnesota	250.00	10	25.00	171	1.46	60.00	3
18	Alabama	210.00	9	23.33	130	1.62	152.00	8
19	New York	192.50	7	27.50	424	0.45	167.00	9
20	Pennsylvania	185.00	7	26.43	380	0.49	135.00	7
21	Iowa	165.00	4	41.25	99	1.67	15.00	1
22	Kansas	155.00	5	31.00	120	1.29	65.00	3
23	Canada	150.00	2	75.00	113	1.33	20.00	1
24	Arizona	145.00	4	36.25	231	0.63	55.00	3
25	Maryland	140.00	3	46.67	255	0.55	30.00	2
26	Alaska	130.00	3	43.33	61	2.13	110.00	3
27	Oklahoma	120.00	4	30.00	143	0.84	30.00	2
28	Colorado	115.00	5	23.00	205	0.56	75.00	5
29	United Arab Emirates	100.00	1	100.00
30	Tennessee	90.00	4	22.50	246	0.37	45.00	3
31	Massachusetts	80.00	5	16.00	176	0.45	110.00	6
32	South Carolina	77.50	5	15.50	146	0.53	17.50	2
33	Maine	75.00	2	37.50	55	1.36
34	Utah	55.00	2	27.50	58	0.95	70.00	3
35	Arkansas	55.00	4	13.75	86	0.64	45.00	5
36	Nevada	50.00	1	50.00	76	0.66
37	West Virginia	50.00	1	50.00	49	1.02	10.00	1
38	Idaho	50.00	1	50.00	59	0.85	45.00	2
39	Louisiana	40.00	2	20.00	124	0.32	50.00	3
40	Vermont	40.00	3	13.33	15	2.67	30.00	2
41	New Mexico	35.00	2	17.50	70	0.50
42	New Hampshire	30.00	1	30.00	66	0.45	30.00	1
43	Oregon	20.00	2	10.00	157	0.13	30.00	2
44	Ireland	20.00	1	20.00	16	1.25
45	Mexico	20.00	1	20.00	6	3.33
46	Nebraska	20.00	1	20.00	56	0.36
47	United Kingdom	12.00	1	12.00	75	0.16	42.00	2
48	Kentucky	10.00	1	10.00	117	0.09	10.00	1
49	Armed Forces - Pacific	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	1
50	District of Columbia	10.00	1	10.00	13	0.77	10.00	1
	Mississippi						20.00	2
	Hawaii						5.00	1
Never Never Land		240.00	10	24.00			45.00	4
51 locations total		$11,992.06	296	$40.51	11,738	$1.02	$4,451.06	233

[terilyn]

You're right that we don't have much snow left. We've only had a total of about four inches so far this year and that was all in little tiny trace amounts. Then it's been pretty warm for us in December so we had a brown Christmas.

A trace last night, but that's about it for snow. It's cold enough now, (and has been for about 3 days), the ice fishermen are happy again.

And the snowmobilers are not!

I'm west of Minneapolis about 15-20 miles. The west end of Lake Minnetonka in Mound. Where did you live when you were here?