TheFreedomNetwork.US is starting: Our own TV Network for the long haul!

[SteveMartin]

We need anybody interested in being a board member for a given state or region for a new effort towards developing a syndicated, nationwide TV News network that will feature conservative, libertarian-themed/interpreted news, 24/7. If you'd like to join with us, please check out this thread, and indicate your interest:

http://ronpaul.meetup.com/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3905678

[eloquensanity]

Great idea. I would support that.
:)

[SteveMartin]

Please come over and sign up for your state!

[freedominnumbers]

Will there be stock ownership? A six figure salary?

[SteveMartin]

Will there be stock ownership? A six figure salary?


For board members? No, but we will eventually be hiring competent and PATRIOTIC technical staff.

[freedominnumbers]

Why do the minimum qualifications cite a college degree?

40% of entrepreneurs have a High School diploma or less according to the National Federation of Independent Business.
Some notable are:
Bill Gates
Michael Dell
Ted Turner
Barry Diller
Wolfgang Puck
Robert Redford
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Ray Kroc
Carl Lindler
David Murdock
Vidal Sassoon
Richard Branson
Jim Clark
Kemmons Wilson
Jimmy Dean
and don't forget the Wright Brothers.

[SteveMartin]

First of all, in the interest of accurateness, it also say "or well on the way to a college degree."

Anything posted there is pretty much tentative. But, in order to be a member of an incorporated board we want people with at least some evidence of maturity and a modicum of intelligence. You've cited some of the rare examples, but putting this together through the internet without meeting each other AT ALL in advance we need something basic to go on. For every success story you have cited, there are a million such people who have made nothing of themselves or are in jail.

Would you donate to, or work for, an outfit with a bunch of high school dropouts as board members?

Not to mention, legally you can't even serve until you are 18.

[SteveMartin]

OK...we have 7 board members so far...Lots more needed!

Our first project will be to raise money for a RP poll that polls from ALL Republicans and ALL Independents, nationally, and also a state-specific one for NH. We will NOT be polling only those who voted for the Bushwacker in the last primary; We will publicize the results aggressively if they are significantly different from the other polls.

We will have the site up soon
(www.TheFreedomNetwork.us) with a "chipin" widget for our first project.

GET INVOLVED NOW while the ground floor is being built.

[SteveMartin]

http://ronpaul.meetup.com/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3905678&pager.offset=0

[SteveMartin]

There are still plenty of board positions remaining. Please go to http://ronpaul.meetup.com/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3905678&pager.offset=70 and add your name!

AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA Northern California
Southern California
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL South Florida
Central Florida
North Florida
GA Georgia
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL Southern Illinois
Northern Illinois
IN Indiana
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland
MA Massachusetts
MI Eastern Michigan
Western MI and Penninsula
MN Minnesota
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ New Jersey
NM New Mexico
NY New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
Long Island------------------Gigi
Upstate
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon
PA Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX East Texas
West Texas
UT Utah
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

[SteveMartin]

P.S. You can Chipin to our first project--4 independent professional polls (NH and national) for a cost of $7800.

The Chipin widget is up at www.TheFreedomNetwork.US

[ewizacft]

bump

[Revolution9]

First of all, in the interest of accurateness, it also say "or well on the way to a college degree."

Anything posted there is pretty much tentative. But, in order to be a member of an incorporated board we want people with at least some evidence of maturity and a modicum of intelligence. You've cited some of the rare examples, but putting this together through the internet without meeting each other AT ALL in advance we need something basic to go on. For every success story you have cited, there are a million such people who have made nothing of themselves or are in jail.

Would you donate to, or work for, an outfit with a bunch of high school dropouts as board members?

Not to mention, legally you can't even serve until you are 18.

Pure tripe. College is babysitting for rich brats unless a hard science,engineering or math degree is gone for. Computer sciences are best handled by getting the software and learning the latest version so you are marketable. Marketing? Pleease..Arts?..Please..yer either have a god given talent or not.. psychology?..pffft..smoke a joint and think..Philosophy..I think, therefore I am.. Foreign languages..a five year old can do that too..Literature..we all read books and reflect on their meanings.. Just what degrees do you think are important?

Pretty snotty of you to dismiss the other posters list in your offhanded manner. So I thought I would set the record clear about what this thinking adult has to say about the revered but reviled college degree. Ain't never met one with one that was smarter than me. Frigging one trick pony specialists for the most part.

Randy

[Jagwarr]

First of all, in the interest of accurateness, it also say "or well on the way to a college degree."

Anything posted there is pretty much tentative. But, in order to be a member of an incorporated board we want people with at least some evidence of maturity and a modicum of intelligence. You've cited some of the rare examples, but putting this together through the internet without meeting each other AT ALL in advance we need something basic to go on. For every success story you have cited, there are a million such people who have made nothing of themselves or are in jail.

Would you donate to, or work for, an outfit with a bunch of high school dropouts as board members?

Not to mention, legally you can't even serve until you are 18.

I also find this post very demeaning and would never support anyone that would cast judgement on others with such a closed minded approach.

So I guess none of the millions of military members who served 20-30 years would be good enough for you SteveMartin? These people have more leadership skills then 90% of any college educated people you could find but to you they have not shown at least some evidence of maturity and a modicum of intelligence I guess.

You want to exclude non college people but you want their money? Are you serious?

This is a great idea but this SteveMartin fellow should apologize for such arrogant remarks.

Edit: His remarks also reminds me of the old argument between intelligence vs common senese. While it is obvious SteveMartin has gone to college as he would like to exclude those who have not, his above post shows he lacks common sense, for to write such a post in an a thread meant to attract people and to suggest not going to college equates to not making anything of oneself clearly points out his own deficiencies in making common sense judgements.

[SteveMartin]

Guys, you are totally right.

That was only a tentative suggested requirement that has been deleted.

I have already apologized once for suggesting it as a (very dumb) after thought in the original thread at www.ronpaul.meetup.com, but I want to apologize to everyone here for it as well.

[SteveMartin]

bump.

[Mortikhi]

Pure tripe. College is babysitting for rich brats unless a hard science,engineering or math degree is gone for. Computer sciences are best handled by getting the software and learning the latest version so you are marketable. Marketing? Pleease..Arts?..Please..yer either have a god given talent or not.. psychology?..pffft..smoke a joint and think..Philosophy..I think, therefore I am.. Foreign languages..a five year old can do that too..Literature..we all read books and reflect on their meanings.. Just what degrees do you think are important?

Pretty snotty of you to dismiss the other posters list in your offhanded manner. So I thought I would set the record clear about what this thinking adult has to say about the revered but reviled college degree. Ain't never met one with one that was smarter than me. Frigging one trick pony specialists for the most part.

Randy

As someone with a computer science degree, I have to disagree with your assessment that computer science is "best handled by getting the software and learning the latest version so you are marketable".

But I guess you know everything, so who am I to talk.

[mconder]

I don't have a college degree and I do alright for myself. I success is measured in monetary terms, I have not made less than 70K a year since 1999. In 2005 I was out of work for 4 months and still managed a modest 100K.

[SteveMartin]

Updates list with expanded openings for the larger states:

AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA * Northern California
* Southern California
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL *South Florida
*Central Florida
*North Florida
GA Georgia
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL *Southern Illinois
*Northern Illinois
IN Indiana--------Hasan Abdullah
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland
MA Massachusetts
MI * Eastern Michigan
* Western MI and Penninsula
MN Minnesota
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ New Jersey---------------Joe Careccio
NM New Mexico
NY *New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
*Long Island------------------Gigi Bowman
*Upstate--------------------Steven Vasquez
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon
PA * Eastern Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
* Western Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX * East Texas
* West Texas
UT Utah
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B (Mike may I know your last name at least?)
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

[MarcMadness]

in Southern CA...I'm confused as to exactly where I am supposed to go to 'sign up', however...

I have a background in TV/video so if this ever gets off the ground I could certainly help in that capacity.

[SteveMartin]

in Southern CA...I'm confused as to exactly where I am supposed to go to 'sign up', however...

I have a background in TV/video so if this ever gets off the ground I could certainly help in that capacity.

That's awesome. We have no board rep from Southern Cali yet! Be honored to have you, man!

Sign up here:

http://ronpaul.meetup.com/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3905678

[SteveMartin]

Updates list with expanded openings for the larger states:

AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA * Northern California
* Southern California
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL *South Florida
*Central Florida
*North Florida
GA Georgia
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL *Southern Illinois
*Northern Illinois
IN Indiana--------Hasan Abdullah
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland
MA Massachusetts
MI * Eastern Michigan
* Western MI and Penninsula
MN Minnesota
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ New Jersey---------------Joe Careccio
NM New Mexico
NY *New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
*Long Island------------------Gigi Bowman
*Upstate--------------------Steven Vasquez
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon
PA * Eastern Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
* Western Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX * East Texas
* West Texas
UT Utah-------------Michael Conder
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B (Mike may I know your last name at least?)
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

[hawkeyenick]

Toss me on for Iowa.

I'm working on a management degree here at the University of Iowa.

You can always vote me off later if I suck :P

Seriously though, you can weed out the week later, those that want to contribute shouldn't be prevented from doing so in the early stages

[SteveMartin]

Toss me on for Iowa.

I'm working on a management degree here at the University of Iowa.

You can always vote me off later if I suck :P

Seriously though, you can weed out the week later, those that want to contribute shouldn't be prevented from doing so in the early stages

Please add yourself. You didn't even give me your name:

http://ronpaul.meetup.com/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3905678&pager.offset=0

[hawkeyenick]

Please add yourself. You didn't even give me your name:

http://ronpaul.meetup.com/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3905678&pager.offset=0

Just to be clear, is this the same thing as the liberty.tv project?

[MarcMadness]

I added my name to Southern CA over at the meetup forum..

[ghemminger]

Nice idea - Let Me know how we can help for SoCal or anywhere!

[SteveMartin]

Just to be clear, is this the same thing as the liberty.tv project?

No. I never heard of it...Sorry!

I know there were several copycat posts here since this project started over 2 weeks ago. We have a website and 16 board members already, and a second secure website for sensitive discussions.

[hawkeyenick]

No. I never heard of it...Sorry!

I know there were several copycat posts here since this project started over 2 weeks ago. We have a website and 16 board members already, and a second secure website for sensitive discussions.

We need to join all these television projects, no point is splitting our base.

[Cleaner44]

I am interested in participating. I am in Arizona.

[SteveMartin]

I am interested in participating. I am in Arizona.

We'd love to have ya man! Please sign up. We have no one for AZ yet.


Iowa guy,

I couldn't agree more! I'd love to have whoever those folks are come join with us!

[hawkeyenick]

We'd love to have ya man! Please sign up. We have no one for AZ yet.


Iowa guy,

I couldn't agree more! I'd love to have whoever those folks are come join with us!

liberty tv has a forums, bring it there and talk with the guy running it. they seem to have much bigger goals and a better base to work from.

[SteveMartin]

AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona------------Michael Cleaner
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA * Northern California
* Southern California--------------Mark Clair
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL *South Florida
*Central Florida
*North Florida
GA Georgia-----------Michael Kidkiff
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL *Southern Illinois
*Northern Illinois
IN Indiana--------Hasan Abdullah
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland
MA Massachusetts
MI * Eastern Michigan
* Western MI and Penninsula
MN Minnesota--------------Kelly Griffin
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ New Jersey---------------Joe C.
NM New Mexico
NY *New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
*Long Island------------------Gigi Bowman
*Upstate--------------------Steven Vasquez
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon
PA * Eastern Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
* Western Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX * East Texas
* West Texas
UT Utah-------------Michael Conder
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B (Mike may I know your last name at least?)
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

[SteveMartin]

liberty tv has a forums, bring it there and talk with the guy running it. they seem to have much bigger goals and a better base to work from.

Nick,

Thanks. I'd love to have you be our liason with them.

I can't imagine goals bigger than a 24/7 major television network...a CBN for Patriots, if you will. But maybe so...

I'm on dialup here, and out straight.

thanks for understanding...

[SteveMartin]

AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona------------Michael Cleaner
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA * Northern California
* Southern California--------------Mark Clair
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL *South Florida
*Central Florida
*North Florida
GA Georgia-----------Michael Kidkiff
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL *Southern Illinois
*Northern Illinois-----------Heather Herrera
IN Indiana--------Hasan Abdullah
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland
MA Massachusetts
MI * Eastern Michigan
* Western MI and Penninsula
MN Minnesota--------------Kelly Griffin
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ New Jersey---------------Joe C.
NM New Mexico
NY *New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
*Long Island------------------Gigi Bowman
*Upstate--------------------Steven Vasquez
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon------------Jordan LeDoux
PA * Eastern Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
* Western Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX * East Texas
* West Texas
UT Utah-------------Michael Conder
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B (Mike may I know your last name at least?)
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

[SteveMartin]

bump

[SteveMartin]

Latest list:

AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona------------Michael Cleaner
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA * Northern California
* Southern California--------------Mark Clair
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL *South Florida
*Central Florida
*North Florida
GA Georgia-----------Michael Kidkiff
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL *Southern Illinois
*Northern Illinois-----------Heather Herrera
IN Indiana--------Hasan Abdullah
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland----------Joe McArtor
MA Massachusetts
MI * Eastern Michigan
* Western MI and Penninsula
MN Minnesota--------------Kelly Griffin
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ New Jersey---------------Joe C.
NM New Mexico
NY *New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
*Long Island------------------Gigi Bowman
*Upstate--------------------Steven Vasquez
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon------------Jordan LeDoux
PA * Eastern Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
* Western Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX * East Texas
* West Texas
UT Utah-------------Michael Conder
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

[JosephTheLibertarian]

signed up

[SteveMartin]

Latest Update:


AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona------------Michael Cleaner
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA * Northern California
* Southern California *Greater LA--------------Mark Clair
__________________* Inland Empire---------------Danny Molina
__________________* San Diego Co.---------------
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL *South Florida
*Central Florida
*North Florida
GA Georgia-----------Michael Kidkiff
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL *Southern Illinois
*Northern Illinois-----------Heather Herrera
IN Indiana--------Hasan Abdullah
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland----------Joe McArtor
MA Massachusetts
MI * Eastern Michigan
* Western MI and Penninsula
MN Minnesota--------------Kelly Griffin
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ * South Jersey---------------Joe C.
* North Jersey-----------------Joseph Marzullo
NM New Mexico
NY *New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
*Long Island------------------Gigi Bowman
*Upstate--------------------Steven Vasquez
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon------------Jordan LeDoux
PA * Eastern Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
* Western Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX * East Texas
* West Texas
UT Utah-------------Michael Conder
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B (Mike may I know your last name at least?)
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

[Bacon]

We have a new sub-forum under Grassroots Projects for this project.
Everyone continue the discussion at http://www.ronpaulforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=242

[SteveMartin]

Thanks, Bacon!

[SteveMartin]

Bacon,

That leads me to some Liberty TV thread. That has nothing to do with this effort which predates that one.

Where is my thread going?

[hawkeyenick]

freedom network sounds like a ponzi scheme

[SteveMartin]

freedom network sounds like a ponzi scheme

What?

Look, we don't need a duplicate effort. This one was set up a week before you guys even started talking about LibertyTV (or whatever you eventually decide to call it.) If there was any evidence you all were further ahead or more organized despite the idea being taken from us over RonPaul.Meetup.com, I'd be glad to fold this into that. But it certainly looks the other way around should prevail from here.

AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona------------Michael Cleaner
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA * Northern California
* Southern California *Greater LA--------------Mark Clair
__________________* Inland Empire---------------Danny Molina
__________________* San Diego Co.---------------
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL *South Florida
*Central Florida
*North Florida
GA Georgia-----------Michael Kidkiff
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL *Southern Illinois
*Northern Illinois-----------Heather Herrera
IN Indiana--------Hasan Abdullah
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland----------Joe McArtor
MA Massachusetts
MI * Eastern Michigan
* Western MI and Penninsula
MN Minnesota--------------Kelly Griffin
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ * South Jersey---------------Joe C.
* North Jersey-----------------Joseph Marzullo
NM New Mexico
NY *New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
*Long Island------------------Gigi Bowman
*Upstate--------------------Steven Vasquez
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon------------Jordan LeDoux
PA * Eastern Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
* Western Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX * East Texas
* West Texas
UT Utah-------------Michael Conder
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B (Mike may I know your last name at least?)
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

[hawkeyenick]

What?

Look, we don't need a duplicate effort. This one was set up a week before you guys even started talking about LibertyTV (or whatever you eventually decide to call it.) If there was any evidence you all were further ahead or more organized despite the idea being taken from us over RonPaul.Meetup.com, I'd be glad to fold this into that. But it certainly looks the other way around should prevail from here.

AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona------------Michael Cleaner
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA * Northern California
* Southern California *Greater LA--------------Mark Clair
__________________* Inland Empire---------------Danny Molina
__________________* San Diego Co.---------------
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL *South Florida
*Central Florida
*North Florida
GA Georgia-----------Michael Kidkiff
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL *Southern Illinois
*Northern Illinois-----------Heather Herrera
IN Indiana--------Hasan Abdullah
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland----------Joe McArtor
MA Massachusetts
MI * Eastern Michigan
* Western MI and Penninsula
MN Minnesota--------------Kelly Griffin
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ * South Jersey---------------Joe C.
* North Jersey-----------------Joseph Marzullo
NM New Mexico
NY *New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
*Long Island------------------Gigi Bowman
*Upstate--------------------Steven Vasquez
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon------------Jordan LeDoux
PA * Eastern Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
* Western Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX * East Texas
* West Texas
UT Utah-------------Michael Conder
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B (Mike may I know your last name at least?)
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

If you don't have the word power in the name right off, you'll never get where you want. "Freedom Network" screams heavy right-winger and automatically cuts you out from major demographics.

Word power is the name of the game, if you haven't figure that out yet, this is doomed from the start.

[SteveMartin]

Enjoy your opinion. We all like the name.

[SteveMartin]

bump

[hard@work]

Why do the minimum qualifications cite a college degree?



Obedient workers?

:D

[SteveMartin]

Why do the minimum qualifications cite a college degree?



Obedient workers?

:D

They don't. Please read this thread.

[hawkeyenick]

Enjoy your opinion. We all like the name.

Doesn't matter if you like the name, the general public won't, and that is why this will fail.

Didn't you learn anything from Frank Luntz?

[RPFTW!]

This is a great idea!

[SteveMartin]

Thanks for the bump, Nick!

[Oliver]

Just to be clear, is this the same thing as the liberty.tv project?


No. I never heard of it...Sorry!

Your answer pretty much sums it up concerning THIS project! AKA: http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/whacky117.gif

[SteveMartin]

I just answered honestly. This project predates that one, and is much further along at present from what I am seeing. Nice to see our posts over at the official meetup message boards are being read over here too....

[american.swan]

I think you should split texas North and South. Not a lot out west....El Paso can be in with New Mexico probably.

[SteveMartin]

AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona------------Michael Cleaner
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA * Northern California
* Southern California *Greater LA--------------Mark Clair
__________________* Inland Empire---------------Danny Molina
__________________* San Diego Co.---------------
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL *South Florida
*Central Florida
*North Florida
GA Georgia-----------Michael Kidkiff
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL *Southern Illinois
*Northern Illinois-----------Heather Herrera
IN Indiana--------Hasan Abdullah
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland----------Joe McArtor
MA Massachusetts
MI * Eastern Michigan
* Western MI and Penninsula
MN Minnesota--------------Kelly Griffin
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ * South Jersey---------------Joe C.
* North Jersey-----------------Joseph Marzullo
NM New Mexico
NY *New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
*Long Island------------------Gigi Bowman
*Upstate--------------------Steven Vasquez
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon------------Jordan LeDoux
PA * Eastern Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
* Western Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX * East Texas
* West Texas
UT Utah-------------Michael Conder
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B (Mike may I know your last name at least?)
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

If you are interested in joining our board and see an opening in your area, please sign up here:

http://ronpaul.meetup.com/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3905678&pager.offset=120

[Oliver]

I just answered honestly. This project predates that one, and is much further along at present from what I am seeing.

I know you answered honest. I was referring to
the future of your Idea:

"Is this something like the FreedomNetwork.US?"
"Nope, never heard about that."


Nice to see our posts over at the official meetup message boards are being read over here too....

:confused: Not by me.

Anyway: What's your business-plan so far?

[SteveMartin]

I think you should split texas North and South. Not a lot out west....El Paso can be in with New Mexico probably.

We may split into more than that even, but for right now the terms "East Texas" and "West Texas" are more prevalent than "North Texas" and "South Texas."

[SteveMartin]

Current business plan:


Sign up a minimum of 12 board members (done)
Start bare bones website (done)
Sign up board members from all 50 states (coming along nicely...)
Begin bi-weekly conference calls to develop goals, strategies and a business plan (expected to begin within two months)

This is not going to be a "top down" approach. The board members will develop everything.

I came here and started posting about 6 weeks ago. TFN was launched 12-6, the Liberty TV idea was borrowed on 12-11.

As I have said before, I really don't care which project folds into the other, but this MUST eventually happen, and it should probably entail the one that is further ahead at that juncture, remaining.

[The Plan]

I have sent you an e-mail on meetup regarding this. I want to help, i have experience closely related to this field. This is not going to be easy to pull off and i know you need all the help you can get. I have a few suggestions.

[SteveMartin]

Thanks! I'll go look for the email.

[SteveMartin]

Unabashed bump.

[martin wesley]

TV News network that will feature conservative, libertarian-themed/interpreted news, 24/7.


You Know I would like to see a Jack Webb news network. Just the facts mamm, just the facts.

[hasan]

we should collaborate with liberty news. a combined effort is better than a divided one

[SteveMartin]

we should collaborate with liberty news. a combined effort is better than a divided one

Hasan,

What is "liberty news?"

I'm willing to cooperate with any and all patriots who want to get this done, don't get me wrong, but my personal focus right now needs to be on pushing forward, and not worrying about what others may (or may not) be doing.

[hasan]

ok i understand. once the freedom news is up and running we can worry abt collaboration. may i suggest since a lot of our participants may be university students we create sub positions for each state and order them by university name?

[Live_Free_Or_Die]

nt

[Oliver]

We have a new sub-forum under Grassroots Projects for this project.
Everyone continue the discussion at http://www.ronpaulforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=242

God bless the Admins!

[Oliver]

I suggest everyone go to the liberty project and look at the some of the original threads on this board that Steve Martin posted in and exercise a little bit of free thinking.


Ditto here. I don't trust him since I read this and
the "Poll Project" thread from him. My impression
is that it is about money, not Dr. Paul.

[Oliver]

Also: My other impression is that he's not acting alone.
He has some loyal supporters for his Ideas.

[hasan]

why dont we create a poll to decide which one of the projects would best serve ron paul and truthful news?

[hasan]

^^??

[Live_Free_Or_Die]

nt

[SteveMartin]

an un-disconcerted bump.

[SteveMartin]

Latest Updated list:

AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona------------Michael Cleaner
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA * Northern California
* Southern California *Greater LA--------------Mark Clair
__________________* Inland Empire---------------Danny Molina
__________________* San Diego Co.---------------
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL *South Florida
*Central Florida
*North Florida
GA Georgia-----------Michael Kidkiff
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL *Southern Illinois
*Northern Illinois-----------Heather Herrera
IN Indiana--------Hasan Abdullah
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland----------Joe McArtor
MA Massachusetts
MI * Eastern Michigan
* Western MI and Penninsula------------susan oden (no caps)
MN Minnesota--------------Kelly Griffin
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada----------------Chazz Loeks
NH New Hampshire
NJ * North Jersey---------------Joe C.
* Central Jersey-----------------Joseph Marzullo
* South Jersey
NM New Mexico
NY *New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
*Long Island------------------Gigi Bowman
*Upstate--------------------Steven Vasquez
NC North Carolina----------------------Fred S. Brown
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon------------Jordan LeDoux
PA * Eastern Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
* Western Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX * East Texas
* West Texas
UT Utah-------------Michael Conder
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B (Mike may I know your last name at least?)
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

[SteveMartin]

Updated as of 12/31/07

AL Alabama-----------------Joey Bacon
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona------------Michael Cleaner
AR Arkansas-------- Greg DeWeese
CA * Northern California---------------Kent Hinesley
* Southern California *Greater LA--------------Mark Clair
__________________* Inland Empire---------------Danny Molina
__________________* San Diego Co.---------------
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut----------------John Urbanik
DE Delaware
FL *South Florida
*Central Florida
*North Florida
GA Georgia-----------Michael Kidkiff
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL *Southern Illinois
*Northern Illinois-----------Heather Herrera
IN Indiana--------Hasan Abdullah
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine--------------Steve Martin
MD Maryland----------Joe McArtor
MA Massachusetts
MI * Eastern Michigan
* Western MI and Penninsula------------susan oden
MN Minnesota--------------Kelly Griffin
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri----------------Patricia Davis
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV * Western Nevada--------------------Charles Loeks
*Eastern Nevada------------------Leon Catlett
NH New Hampshire
NJ * North Jersey---------------Joe C.
* Central Jersey-----------------Joseph Marzullo
* South Jersey
NM New Mexico
NY *New YorkCity-----------------Ilya Alper
*Long Island------------------Gigi Bowman
*Upstate--------------------Steven Vasquez
NC North Carolina----------------------Fred S. Brown
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio-----------------------Erik Weyandt
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon------------Jordan LeDoux
PA * Eastern Pennsylvania-------------Brian Webbe
* Western Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee--------------Ron Myers
TX * East Texas
* West Texas
UT Utah-------------Michael Conder
VT Vermont
VA Virginia-------------Doug Jones
WA Washington-------------Mike B
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming

[SteveMartin]

Would any board member (or other RP supporter) with web design experience and some time to donate give me a call ASAP?

Steve Martin
207-532-3635

THANKS A MILLION!

[born2drv]

What would you need to do to make this into a TV channel on cable or satellite networks? Just curious if anyone knows?

I'd really like to support something like that if possible. Formation of a libertarian-type news channel. We can run head-on commercials and late night informercials for George Forman grills to keep revenue flowing ;)

But in all seriousness, think of all the cool things we could do with our own channel. We could have in-depth commentary on libertarian candidates running for office state by state for Congress, etc.... we could get in special speakers on abuses of government, fiscal policy, economic crises, etc, and really open the eyes of the people.

With the new HDTV coming out locally nationwide ... maybe we should see what's needed to bid on spectrum or whatever to buy our own airwaves! We can start small opening a show in one metro area like Los Angeles, and then work our way bigger as we get stronger.

[Mark37snj]

Blimp...Now this is what I call GRASSROOTS!!!!! Nice going!!!!! :D

[tpreitzel]

Pure tripe. College is babysitting for rich brats unless a hard science,engineering or math degree is gone for. Computer sciences are best handled by getting the software and learning the latest version so you are marketable. Marketing? Pleease..Arts?..Please..yer either have a god given talent or not.. psychology?..pffft..smoke a joint and think..Philosophy..I think, therefore I am.. Foreign languages..a five year old can do that too..Literature..we all read books and reflect on their meanings.. Just what degrees do you think are important?

Pretty snotty of you to dismiss the other posters list in your offhanded manner. So I thought I would set the record clear about what this thinking adult has to say about the revered but reviled college degree. Ain't never met one with one that was smarter than me. Frigging one trick pony specialists for the most part.

Randy

We're not too far apart on the basic purpose of government schooling. A degree is simply a license from the government proving that you've willingly allowed the state to indoctrinate you in exchange for providing you with the means (diploma) to earn a good living. The higher the degree, the more capacity for indoctrination, and I don't necessarily equate capacity or tenacity in this context with intelligence. :) However, a modicum of indoctrination does imply that you're more likely to remain in line with similar "thinkers". I'm partly joking ... partly ... ;)