Posted on 01/22/2003 6:23:34 PM PST by MonroeDNA
I guess I've been around here for about 5 years or so now. Time sure flies!
When Jim Robinson started this site, it was because he was fed up with the liberal media, and how they would not let people worldwide know about the corruption of the Clinton Administration. A few of us, equally concerned, (with great luck) found it fast.
In the early days, FR was a day-to-day operation, always on the brink of bankruptcy. Jim kept on, and we chipped in when it became too much. We knew how important this site was, and is. Sometimes, it came down to the wire, and we wrote checks, and sent them in, as best we could.
Look at it now. We all get our best information from this site. It is huge, with thousands of posters, and millions of readers. Yet Jim still keeps it alive because of his conviction, and he is absolutely NOT making a profit on it. He just believes. As do we.
BTW, did you know that the founder of this site is in a wheelchair (sorry Jim; I know you think it doesn't make a r*ts a$$ difference. Hey, some folks out there need to come down a peg, like I have.).
Think of it! In the darkest days of the Clinton Administration, there was a lone internet site where people with integrity, brains, and sheer gumption could discuss the dangers faced by the US. Not on CNN, for sure.
Earthmovers like Drudge, Ann Coulter, Rush, WFBuckley, his brother, Savage, Buchanan, both houses of Congress (many) check in to see what we think.
The opposition checks it out, too. Like the NY times staff, CNN, etc. Trust me, they all come here to read. Even YOUR post. You know by now how they are whining about Rush? We're next, as soon as they figure out how they can trash this site without it getting a million hits.
I've been broke; I've been not broke. I've slept in my car. I know how it feels to be squeezed tight with bills. Folks with giant bills: You're not alone, and you have friends here. :)
If you love this site as much as I do, please, please sign up for automatic payment of just $3 per month. Don't be embarrassed if you think this is too little. It absolutely is not. You $3 a month folks are our grassroots movement heroes. Be proud. Become one of the thousand points of light here, and you will so feel proud every month. We'll thank you for it, and are so glad to have you on board.
I know things are rough out there. But you are tough, and a member of the greatest grassroots freedom movement in 100 years. Together we are making history, and will change the world, as we already have. The best is yet to come.
Most countries out there would consider this website illegal. They hate us, for our freedom. Their systems cannot stand, in the face of Freedom. The people there read us when they can, when they are “allowed” to, and are not being tortured. They flock to us, America, because they want to be free. Help us help them.
Would you please, please consider signing up for just $3 a month? Please? That’s all it takes, really, believe it or not. You will make a world of difference, to, well, the world. Be proud, Americans, and please help out!
Not a thing. He should be making considerably more than he does.
I still take the WSJ in the tactile form, but I've become used to getting all the rest of my news from "my computer screen". However, I would never have gotten used to it, were it not for FR, the resource you have built, and the friends I've made here.
I've been able to tell my local liberal rag, to remove itself from my front porch!
Thanks for the vision, Jim.
Could you say that again? I don't hear it very often.
There is nothing wrong with you taking a salary. If you ain't,you should be. Everybody else expects to get paid for their work and their creations,why should you be a exception?
Start a business. Be a job creator. Take control of your life.
Thanks.
What ever happened to capitalism being a good thing.
Beats me. Too damn much jealousy is the best answer I can come up with. As for capitilism being good,it goes WAAAY beyond that. It is ESSENTIAL if we hope to keep a healthy and thriving country. If genius and hard work aren't rewarded,what is the use of trying?
I have a link to the secure server displayed prominently on my profile page. I'll never know if it's done any good but I do know that it hasn't hurt anything being there.
Many people click on profile pages to check "born on" dates, to find out where a poster lives, or just out of curiosity. Others may want to consider putting the link on their page also.
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Hmmm...it must mean we are so special that JimRob wants us all to think that we are his favorites. Or something like that.
I hadn't thought of that; you raise an interesting point.
I think Rush and Jimrob tapped into the pent-up frustration of the informed conservative. They blazed the path. When others with the same thoughts (and lots of money) saw the success of the new media models, they jumped in, to their great success.
Rupert Murdock is a savy guy, and he publically told Ted Turner he was starting Fox News specifically to kick Ted's butt. I remember reading his comments.
Ted publically laughed, and scorned the effort. I remember his rebuttal.
Who's laughing now, Mr. "I'm broke" Turner? Shoulda stuck with Cutty Sark, and the racing boats.
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