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Click here to pledge your support! ^ | Feb 19, 2012 | Jim Robinson
Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2012 3:52:55 PM by Jim Robinson
We've already raised enough to cover our operating costs for the current quarter and are now working on the new equipment fund!! Less than $6k to go!! We're planning on replacing some of our aging and unreliable equipment and beefing up our system before the general elections. Hope to pay for half of it this quarter and the rest next quarter.
Woo hoo!! Let's get 'er done!!
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!!
appleannie1
(5,070 posts)FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)Get a brain MORANS! (sic)
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Freeps should be giving their cash to 'not Romney.'
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)He seems to be in a constant fund raising mode.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)He says the $88K is "enough to cover our operating costs for the current quarter."
He's claiming that it costs $352,000 A YEAR to run THAT site?
Response to Amerigo Vespucci (Reply #11)
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sakabatou
(42,180 posts)Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)From what I understand, RimJob's brother "created" the site. That's the only possible explanation...full-time salaries.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)That Viagra is expensive, don't yeah know.
MattBaggins
(7,905 posts)always begging for more money.
So which of those three men in that pic is rimjob?
brewens
(13,626 posts)snuck away from RimJob and burned a big fatty?
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)I thought ol' rimjob was all in on the Newtster and pretty much purged anyone who dared support someone else.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)The homemade piece of shit they have is about 15 years out of date.
Hey Jimmy Rob, if you're spending all that money on equipment, buy some new goddamn software for it. It's fucking hideous in its current state.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Gore1FL
(21,155 posts)One would think they could ride the old hardware for a little longer with a reduced user count.
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)Now let's talk about birth control.
Morning Dew
(6,539 posts)Rimjob is a grifter.
Skittles
(153,212 posts)really sad
nt.
BrentWil
(2,384 posts)Ann Coulter? Why is she called that? Is there a rumor on the net I am missing?
steve2470
(37,457 posts)BrentWil
(2,384 posts)Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)...actually refer to him as "JimRob" on the site. Made it easy to swap a few letters.
BrentWil
(2,384 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)jmowreader
(50,566 posts)The cheapest computer they've got at Walmart would be MORE than sufficient to bring FR into the new millennium, especially considering that RimJob will throw anyone off his site for the slightest miscue.
NYC Liberal
(20,137 posts)Including $800 a month for "travel."
Here's one of their "budgets":
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5513848
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 $9,329.00
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
He has a great scam going fleecing right-wing suckers.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Yea, I'm sure 99.99999999999999999999% of that figure went to "administration".
NYC Liberal
(20,137 posts)No way RimJob is paying a programmer. That site would have looked shitty in 1995.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Cheetos: $24,900
Sarah Palin posters: $40
Vaseline: $60
Rex
(65,616 posts)Take your time.
Erose999
(5,624 posts)point-to-point connections by hand. That, and renting climate controlled warehouse space to house all that stuff...
But you know, maybe they will finally crack 64k of bandwidth this pledge drive....
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)For some mysterious reason, there has been an explosion in the number of members who need to be banned, and the anteater is having trouble keeping up with all the 'zots'.
nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)"Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God!! "
He obviously knows which button to push for his target market. I despise the people who take advantage of others in god's name. I'm an atheist, but even I wouldn't stoop that low.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)..."Welcome to Free Republic, America's exclusive site for God, Family, Country, Life & Liberty conservatives!"
I see him milking that angle and I think of the scene in "Kingpin" where Woody Harrelson milks the bull:
Arkana
(24,347 posts)Last edited Mon Feb 20, 2012, 06:10 PM - Edit history (1)
that DU's on its third codebase now, and Free Republic still looks like an HTML project from 1996.
I know why they won't change though--their older members would shit themselves. Wingnuts hate change.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)I'm not really the best "DU Historian," so I don't know how long DU2 was in existence, but I DO know that Skinner, EarlG and Elad made some pretty significant and major upgrades to the site during those quarterly fund drives, and ultimately, there was DU3...delivered when promised.
I've kept an eye on RimJobCentral.com for as long as I've been a DU member, and I see no evidence...none whatsoever...that ANY changes have been made to the site. It's essentially out-of-the-box, bare-bones, antiquated message board software, as fugly as fugly comes.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)Seriously, what website on earth has FR's "operating expenses"?
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Denver Donkeys
(39 posts)$325k/year for a website?