Believe me, I ain’t going anywhere if I can help it, especially with everything that’s going on right now. But I could use your help. I’ve had to turn down several paying gigs recently, because I simply don’t have the time to do them and still continue covering the meltdown we’re now witnessing in our democracy.
Many of you have helped in the past, and it’s greatly appreciated. If you are able to continue doing so from time to time, or if you haven’t done so in the past, a donation of any size is greatly appreciated. You can make an online donation here.
Also, you can create a “monthly subscription” for any amount you wish or send in a donation via snail mail. Both of those options are quickly available in the blue form on the right of every page.
You’d be stunned how many folks read this site each day and yet how infrequent it is that we actually receive donations for the work which we now do here, often (literally) 24/7. Last time we asked for support, we received a total of ONE donation.
So thank you, this time around, for whatever it is you can do to help.
I’ve twice sent Postal money orders to your box, and received no acknowledgement they were received. I don’t need or want thanks. Just want to know you got them. A one-word e-mail would suffice.
Anyway, keep up the good work, Brad. My small contributions are their own reward. Please, guys, give Brad a hand!
Unirealist – While I try to reply with a "thanks" to most of the donations that come in online, it’s much harder to do so on the snail mail checks (which is not good, since it takes so much more effort to send out such checks! But I’m just overloaded and have nobody to help, unfortunately.)
I believe I received yours, but will try to double check, and will give you a holler if I *didn’t* receive them. Though I seem to recall that I did. So thanking you now mightily, my friend!
Apologies. I need a bigger boat.
I sent you a little Brad and I see that our dollar is almost equal to yours now. Keep up the good work and I hope more people help you out.
If you don’t want to give PayPal your check routing number you can still donate $20 at a time.
Done. Keep up the good work.
Come people, put your money where your mouth is. I guess your all talk, not action.
I would consider donating if you covered…
the rise is poll numbers
the soaring economy
the great news coming from iraq(90% of the people just said to themselves, "what good news?"; which is exaclty my point. People dont know because its not covered.)
the Kennedy cover up
William Jefferson case
etc…..
But alas, its always strange that you seem to miss certain stories while harping endlessly on others.
Since I know your only concern is whats right, not right and left, it must be a strange coincidence that you never see any of these stories in the news.
If I donated $0.01 for every good news story you missed, you’d be a millionaire by now. I guess pessimism doesnt draw support.
Ricky, if I gave you a dollar for every tightly argued position you took you would be broke, but if I gave you a dollar for every fallacy you presented, you would be in another tax bracket.
But I will give you two gifts:
1) A website that has chronicled fallacies of the type you use consistently (link here). Study them and learn mental discipline so that you can argue. Replace rambling with argument.
2) a troll stroke
As to your lie about rise in the polls, I will suggest that you become a conservative:
"Angry conservatives are driving the approval ratings of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress to dismal new lows, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that underscores why Republicans fear an Election Day massacre.
…
• Just 33 percent of the public approves of Bush’s job performance, the lowest of his presidency. That compares with 36 percent approval in early April. Forty-five percent of self-described conservatives now disapprove of the president.
• Just one-fourth of the public approves of the job Congress is doing, a new low in AP-Ipsos polling and down 5 percentage points since last month. A whopping 65 percent of conservatives disapprove of Congress.
• A majority of Americans say they want Democrats rather than Republicans to control Congress (51 percent to 34 percent). That’s the largest gap recorded by AP-Ipsos since Bush took office. Even 31 percent of conservatives want Republicans out of power.
• The souring of the nation’s mood has accelerated the past three months, with the percentage of people describing the nation on the wrong track rising 12 points to a new high of 73 percent. Six of 10 conservatives say America is headed in the wrong direction" (link here).
Be a conservative Ricky, be against Bush like real conservatives are.
Loose the kool aid and the tin hat.
Thanks, Brad.
Done. Thanks Brad!
Brad, its 24/7 not 2/47
what, liberals who whine and cry about the need to redistribute money to everyone else are too tight fisted to redistribute money to their favorite hacks, i mean propogandists, i mean kooky conspiracy weirdos, i mean blogs.
figures.
Dredd – Thanks, fixed.
Heh – Not sure who the "liberals" are that you’re talking about, but I do know that non-Republicans don’t have the Government and the phony Foundations and Thinktanks to redistribute tax-payer money for them as you guys do (ask Ms. Coulter, for example).
All – Thanks for answering the call. Your support has been terrific!
To be fair, there are a lot of great blogs to contribute to ($$?). The Brad Blog is next on my list. Not enough people yet realize.. the fight for the Constitution cannot peaceably be won without fair elections first. – Thanks Brad!
I’m trying to support with synergy. One Small Step has created a game, "Politics as Usual". We have already saturated the game market so now we are looking to team up with Great Causes and new markets.
The current deal is for each game sold through Brads’ Blog we will donate $5. We even passed on a $5 dollar discount on the price normally 24.95.
The game is about playing a candidate and running for the Whitehouse. It is meant to be light hearted and fun with a little insight into how things really work. This is a great game and makes an awesome present to get people thinking about Politics. It isn’t as educational as Wreck the Nation, but it isn’t as expensive either. It is more of a game to play with friends. It plays 2-6 people, best around 4-5.
When you think of it that way, 4 people can barely go to the movies for 24 bucks. The most you can get out of that is 3 hours of entertainment. With this game you should get 10 hours and more. You get to play over and over again.
We also have campaign buttons availible with each candidate and thier power.
If your into war games we have "Millenium Wars" Which includes 5 Areas of conflict. Check out America and Iraq. (America has a politcal breakdown and the rest of the world and coporations try to vie for control.
brad,
ann sells stuff. they are called books. maybe you should try it rather that beg for cash.