Woo hoo!! The Tea Party Express launches today!! Freepathon, March on DC, Convention thread!!

Click here to pledge your support ^ | Aug 28, 2009 | Jim Robinson

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thank you very much, cantbetooconservative!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thank you very much, sonofstrangelove!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thank you very much, GVnana!! Great rally!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thank you very much, gargoyle!! See you there!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Hi!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Oh Hai!

[JDoutrider]

Bumpin this to the Top!

Hey JR, I just found out I may be able to meet up with ya'll in DC on the 12th! Is there any chance to still get the good rate at the Sheraton? Who would know how to find out? Would sure be better than camping out in my van! LOL!

[Fiddlstix]

2009 Q3 FReepathon. Target: $80,000

Receipts & Pledges to-date: $74,489

93%

Woo hoo!! Less than $5.6k to go!! Thank you all very much!!

Howdy everyone!!

We had a great rally in Sparks, NV!! Had a crowd of 500 to 600, maybe more! Lots of speeches and singing, then we had a delicious dinner at The Nugget!! Now settled into our hotel.

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$20 from New York
$50 from Georgia
$100 from Georgia
$25 from California

Thank you all very much!!

And here’s another batch of mail-in donations received:

$50 from Alabama
$50 from Alabama
$20 from California
$75 from California
$300 from California
$50 from Minnesota
$5 from Washington
$20 from Pennsylvania
$20 from Indiana
$10 from California
$10 from New York
$25 from Washington

Also received:

$25 from Illinois
$50 from North Carolina

Thank you all very much!!

Woo hoo!! Less than $5.6k to go!!

(Thank you very much, Lucius Cornelius Sulla!! Your name has been added to the Dollar A Day list.)

[Fiddlstix]

   Q3 2009 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$8,405.20	288	$29.18	$1,396.00	86
2	Texas	5,856.26	202	28.99	1,082.00	63
3	Florida	4,130.00	140	29.50	780.00	43
4	Virginia	2,505.00	73	34.32	415.00	25
5	New York	2,464.72	79	31.20	460.26	20
6	Ohio	2,328.00	55	42.33	574.00	14
7	Colorado	2,140.00	46	46.52	205.00	12
8	Pennsylvania	2,034.20	66	30.82	245.00	15
9	New Jersey	1,760.00	48	36.67	225.00	11
10	Maryland	1,670.00	48	34.79	295.00	15
11	Washington	1,633.00	64	25.52	413.00	24
12	Georgia	1,630.00	48	33.96	305.00	14
13	Arizona	1,380.00	39	35.38	175.00	12
14	Illinois	1,236.33	47	26.30	305.00	13
15	North Carolina	1,211.00	51	23.75	223.00	17
16	Indiana	1,140.00	44	25.91	170.00	12
17	Wisconsin	1,090.00	34	32.06	130.00	9
18	Tennessee	990.00	31	31.94	180.00	11
19	Massachusetts	970.00	43	22.56	285.00	15
20	Missouri	888.00	29	30.62	154.00	11
21	Alabama	820.00	37	22.16	210.00	14
22	Oklahoma	811.00	25	32.44	130.00	7
23	Connecticut	676.00	19	35.58	40.00	2
24	Michigan	675.00	32	21.09	105.00	8
25	South Carolina	560.00	23	24.35	80.00	8
26	Australia	525.00	2	262.50
27	Mississippi	520.00	16	32.50	145.00	7
28	Utah	476.00	25	19.04	180.00	11
29	Kentucky	450.00	23	19.57	10.00	1
30	Minnesota	432.00	21	20.57	75.00	8
31	Oregon	410.00	21	19.52	110.00	8
32	Maine	410.00	8	51.25	50.00	1
33	Idaho	380.00	16	23.75	160.00	6
34	Arkansas	375.00	20	18.75	70.00	6
35	Iowa	370.00	12	30.83	30.00	2
36	Nevada	355.00	16	22.19	50.00	3
37	Nebraska	340.00	11	30.91	45.00	2
38	Montana	325.00	12	27.08	50.00	3
39	New Hampshire	320.00	7	45.71	10.00	1
40	New Mexico	306.00	12	25.50	50.00	2
41	Iraq	300.00	2	150.00
42	Louisiana	280.00	13	21.54	127.00	7
43	Wyoming	270.00	4	67.50
44	Rhode Island	260.00	6	43.33	10.00	1
45	Hawaii	245.00	12	20.42	65.00	5
46	Alaska	245.00	6	40.83	60.00	2
47	West Virginia	220.00	8	27.50	35.00	2
48	Canada	210.00	7	30.00	30.00	3
49	Thailand	200.00	2	100.00
50	Kansas	200.00	14	14.29	70.00	5
51	Sweden	200.00	1	200.00
52	Delaware	125.00	4	31.25	5.00	1
53	North Dakota	120.00	4	30.00	10.00	1
54	South Dakota	120.00	3	40.00	30.00	1
55	Armed Forces - Pacific	100.00	1	100.00
56	Italy	100.00	1	100.00
57	Armed Forces - Europe	100.00	4	25.00	10.00	1
58	Vermont	72.00	5	14.40	51.00	3
59	Japan	60.00	2	30.00	30.00	1
60	South Korea	50.00	1	50.00
61	Cuba	30.00	1	30.00
62	Puerto Rico	25.00	1	25.00
63	Germany	20.00	1	20.00
64	United Kingdom	20.00	1	20.00
65	District of Columbia	10.00	1	10.00	20.00	1
66	Singapore	10.00	1	10.00
67	Norway	10.00	1	10.00	10.00	1
68	France	3.00	1	3.00
69	Spain	3.00	1	3.00
Never Never Land		1,883.61	105	17.94	50.00	6
70 locations total		$60,489.32	2,047	$29.55	$10,230.26	583

[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			$10,230.00
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			($15,100.00)

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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
_____________________________ ~Kim4VRWC’s~ ~Vor~ 3D-JOY 4woodenboats 50mm adm5 advertising guy afnamvet Aggie Mama Alamo-Girl Allegra American Number 181269513 American Quilter American72 AmericanGirlRising angelsonmyside Angelwood angkor avacado babble-on Bahbah bamabound bamahead basil Baynative bazbo bcsco beandog Bergen betty boop Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blam BlessedBeGod blkmontecarlo BlueLancer Bommer BooBoo1000 BoxerDawgs Brad's Gramma brityank Brytani BuckeyeTexan Bush_Democrat ButThreeLeftsDo Cable225 Caipirabob calex59 CaptRon Carlucci 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 credo 2 CyberAnt dalereed DancingMyRainbow davidosborne daybreakcoming Diamondhead DirtyHarryY2K Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue Don Carlos don-o drc43 duckbutt dutchess dynachrome eastforker Eddie01 editor-surveyor 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 hoosiermama hotshu I_be_tc illiac ImpBill Jack Deth JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo jch10 JDoutrider Jean S Jeff Gordon Jemian JMJJR jtill 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 Lisamei62 Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets lonevoice Lucius Cornelius Sulla LuigiBasco lula LUVW M0sby M1911A1 Maceman Mad_Tom_Rackham Magnolia maica Mama25 MarineMom613 markomalley Max Monroe McGavin999 McLynnan Mean Maryjean MEG33 mel MindyW Minute Gal Miss Behave MizSterious mnehrling Mo1 Moiraine mojo114 mollynme Momaw Nadon mountainfolk mplsconservative Mr. Smorch musicman NCMOM NewLand nina0113 NinoFan noexcuses NonValueAdded NormsRevenge notaliberal nothingnew	___________________________ NY Attitude NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead Ole Okie omegatoo Owl_Eagle pandoraou812 pax_et_bonum paulycy Peacekeeper357 pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt pgkdan Pharmboy philetus plsjr politicalmerc Poser primatreat Prince Caspian processing please hold proud2beconservativeinNJ Publius Quilla RabidBartender rabscuttle385 Raffus RandallFlagg Randy Larsen RasterMaster redhead RedRover Repubmom rface Rheo RichInOC RightField RobFromGa Ron C Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 saminfl ScaniaBoy Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scott says scripter seekthetruth SFConservative Shelayne shetlan Sir Hailstone sjeann Slicksadick Slip18 SnarlinCubBear sneakers sonofstrangelove Stentor steveegg streetsmart SubMareener SunTzuWu SwatTeam tanuki Tarpaulin Tax-chick Taxman 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 Wife of D 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 Table Format Made By: Fiddlstix

List of Monthly Donors
_____________________________ ~Kim4VRWC’s~ ~Vor~ 3D-JOY 4woodenboats 50mm adm5 advertising guy afnamvet Aggie Mama Alamo-Girl Allegra American Number 181269513 American Quilter American72 AmericanGirlRising angelsonmyside Angelwood angkor avacado babble-on Bahbah bamabound bamahead basil Baynative bazbo bcsco beandog Bergen betty boop Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blam BlessedBeGod blkmontecarlo BlueLancer Bommer BooBoo1000 BoxerDawgs Brad's Gramma brityank Brytani BuckeyeTexan Bush_Democrat ButThreeLeftsDo Cable225 Caipirabob calex59 CaptRon Carlucci 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 credo 2 CyberAnt dalereed DancingMyRainbow davidosborne daybreakcoming Diamondhead DirtyHarryY2K Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue Don Carlos don-o drc43 duckbutt dutchess dynachrome eastforker Eddie01 editor-surveyor 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 hoosiermama hotshu I_be_tc illiac ImpBill Jack Deth JacksonsDaddy JacksonsMommy Jacvin Jazusamo jch10 JDoutrider Jean S Jeff Gordon Jemian JMJJR jtill 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 Lisamei62 Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets lonevoice Lucius Cornelius Sulla LuigiBasco lula LUVW M0sby M1911A1 Maceman Mad_Tom_Rackham Magnolia maica Mama25 MarineMom613 markomalley Max Monroe McGavin999 McLynnan Mean Maryjean MEG33 mel MindyW Minute Gal Miss Behave MizSterious mnehrling Mo1 Moiraine mojo114 mollynme Momaw Nadon mountainfolk mplsconservative Mr. Smorch musicman NCMOM NewLand nina0113 NinoFan noexcuses NonValueAdded NormsRevenge notaliberal nothingnew	___________________________ NY Attitude NYTexan oceanperch OKIEDOC ol’ hoghead Ole Okie omegatoo Owl_Eagle pandoraou812 pax_et_bonum paulycy Peacekeeper357 pelican PerConPat Pete-R-Bilt pgkdan Pharmboy philetus plsjr politicalmerc Poser primatreat Prince Caspian processing please hold proud2beconservativeinNJ Publius Quilla RabidBartender rabscuttle385 Raffus RandallFlagg Randy Larsen RasterMaster redhead RedRover Repubmom rface Rheo RichInOC RightField RobFromGa Ron C Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 saminfl ScaniaBoy Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scott says scripter seekthetruth SFConservative Shelayne shetlan Sir Hailstone sjeann Slicksadick Slip18 SnarlinCubBear sneakers sonofstrangelove Stentor steveegg streetsmart SubMareener SunTzuWu SwatTeam tanuki Tarpaulin Tax-chick Taxman 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 Wife of D 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 Table Format Made By: Fiddlstix

[Fiddlstix]

~Kim4VRWC’s~ afnamvet Alamo-Girl Allegra American Number 181269513 American Quilter AmericanGirlRising Angelwood babble-on Bahbah basil beandog Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blkmontecarlo 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 credo 2 dalereed davidosborne daybreakcoming Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue drc43 duckbutt dutchess editor-surveyor 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 Lisamei62 Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets Lucius Cornelius Sulla LUVW Mad_Tom_Rackham McGavin999 mel 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 RasterMaster RedRover Rheo RichInOC RobFromGa Ron C Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 ScaniaBoy Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scripter seekthetruth SFConservative Sir Hailstone Slip18 sonofstrangelove 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 Table Format Made By: Fiddlstix

~Kim4VRWC’s~ afnamvet Alamo-Girl Allegra American Number 181269513 American Quilter AmericanGirlRising Angelwood babble-on Bahbah basil beandog Betty Jane BIGLOOK Billthedrill blkmontecarlo 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 credo 2 dalereed davidosborne daybreakcoming Ditter dixiechick2000 do the dhue drc43 duckbutt dutchess editor-surveyor 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 Lisamei62 Little Bill Lonesome in Massachussets Lucius Cornelius Sulla LUVW Mad_Tom_Rackham McGavin999 mel 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 RasterMaster RedRover Rheo RichInOC RobFromGa Ron C Rushmore Rocks SamAdams76 ScaniaBoy Scarpetta scott7278 ScottHawaiian scripter seekthetruth SFConservative Sir Hailstone Slip18 sonofstrangelove 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 Table Format Made By: Fiddlstix

[Fiddlstix]

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Woo hoo!! We have a winner in our Monthly/Convention ticket drawing!!

FReeper Convention Ticket Drawing!!
And The Winner Is: omegabea!!

All NEW monthlies of $10 or more submitted by July 31 that include the words “FReeper Convention Ticket Drawing” in the comment section will be included in a drawing for a Freeper Convention ticket!! The winner can use the ticket for himself or give it away to another FReeper!!

Hope to see you in DC!!

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/pledge"

45 posted on 07/01/2009 11:41:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimrobfr)

[Fiddlstix]

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Well, that worked out so great I think we should do it again!

Monthly Challenge for August:
All new monthlies or increased monthlies (let me know by freepmail) signing up during the month of August will be entered into a drawing for TWO National FReeper Convention tickets. If your name is drawn, you can use the tickets yourself or you can give them away to other FReepers!

Good luck everyone!!

Hope to see you in DC!!

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/pledge"

posted by Jim Robinson (Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimrobfr)

[Fiddlstix]

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[Fiddlstix]

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[Jim Robinson]

Cool!! See you there!!

Please check with seekthetruth regarding a discounted room. Don’t know if any more are available.

[NYTexan]

A Texan BTTT

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