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Title: Oh No! Jim Needs Mo' Money to Buy New Equipment and Whatnot---Y'all Dig Deep and Help a Brutha Out!
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Published: Feb 13, 2012
Author: Jim Robinson
Post Date: 2012-02-13 23:46:18 by James Deffenbach
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2012` Q1 FReepathon. Target: $94,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $79,477 84% Woo hoo!! Less than $15k to go!! Thank you all very much!! We need your help to keep FR online!! [Freepathon thread XXXII] Click here to pledge your support! ^ | Feb 13, 2012 | Jim Robinson Posted on Monday, February 13, 2012 9:23:32 PM by Jim Robinson We don't sell products or services on FR. We don't sell advertising. We don't charge membership dues. We are not a 501c non profit and therefore are not subject to government regulation. We pay all applicable taxes on our income and are free to speak our mind. Our operating costs are funded solely by donations from our readers and participants and that's the way we'd like to keep it if we possibly can. We are beholden to no one but our like-minded, pro-life, small government, strong defense, conservative grassroots membership!! The funds raised in these FReepathons go to pay our current quarter expenses. But we're also going to try to replace some of our older servers and failing equipment this year so we're going to add a little extra to our FReepathon goals. John is estimating ten to fifteen thousand to do this and I'd like to get it all in place and working before the election cycle is fully heated up, so we'll try to bring in a little extra now, if we can, and the rest next quarter. No matter who gets the nomination or eventually wins the election, we're going to need FR more than ever to hold their feet to the fire!! We need FR and FR needs you!! Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God!! We are the resistance!! Please click the link above to pledge your support by secure server or mail checks to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you all very much!! Prayers up for America!! Poster Comment: And he needs even more this time!!! So y'all stop being selfish and dig deep. I do believe this I strongly suspect that rather than buying new servers or any new equipment they are asking for more from the suckers because they can see the jig is about up (because it takes longer and longer each cycle to raise the money). For those who remember FR back in the day they could raise all they claimed they needed to run the site in just a few days. But Jim, wise businessman that he is, keeps banning people for expressing any opinion contrary to his while holding the site out as one that respects the first amendment. Not that anyone here believes that of course but it seems that lots of folks are "hitting the reset button" on FR.
begathon Freepathon has set a record for length of time without reaching the goal.
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#6. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
trying to guess what is costing them so much? even the top of the line dedicated server offered through my provider doesn't hit $200 per month ... I've served up to 1,500 regulars before, making 50 lengthy orders per day, accessing audio, etc, never hit a bandwidth limit, never spent more than $100 per month on servers - shit, $94K? that's 5 year's wages to me from a day job - I need to find out where he finds his
#9. To: Amandil (#6)
Well, there are payments to John (his son) for technical support, payments to his wife for whatever she does, and one must not forget that margaritas and bread sticks at Olive Garden don't grow on trees.
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suckers, er, clients
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