Six more days ’til the From the Frontlines web-a-thon
Just six more days ’til the awesome event I told you about over Memorial Day weekend. “From the Frontlines” is a joint project of Melanie Morgan’s Move America Forward, UStream.TV, and Hot Air. On June 26, from 4pm Eastern/1pm Pacific to 12midnight Eastern/9pm Pacific, Melanie and I will be anchoring a livestreamed, 8-hour fund-raising “web-a-thon” to send the largest number of care packages to our troops overseas in U.S. history. We’ve got a star-studded line-up participating in this effort to support our military, including Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Dr Laura Schlessinger, Ollie North, Monica Crowley, Ann Coulter, Nancy Reagan, actor Kelsey Grammer, and Five for Fighting’s John Ondrasik. You’ll be able to tune it at Hot Air and on UStream, embed the broadcast on your own blogs, and even catch some of the show on your radio dial if you’re lucky to be in the listening area of a radio station partner.
You can purchase care packages right now, right here, in advance of the web-a-thon. Buy early and often! MAF has raised over $200,000 in advance of the telethon. Our goal is $500,000.
The tireless Melanie Morgan got the ball rolling a few months ago during an e-mail exchange we were having about the untapped synergies between radio, grass-roots conservative activism, and the Internet. I introduced her to Brad Hunstable at UStream and things took off like a rocket. The MAF team has amazing organizational skills and boundless energy; UStream’s staff has also gone above and beyond in making the program happen. I’m honored to play a small part in this unprecedented event and can’t wait for you to join us for an unforgettable day. Mark your calendars, tell your friends, and be sure to tune in.
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Catherine Moy of MAF has more:
Thousands of Americans have already sponsored packages through MAF’s website and a giant database of names and addresses of U.S. troops in Iraq & Afghanistan is being built—so that the packages can reach our military men and women in time for the 4th of July holiday. MAF would like all families with loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan to send addresses and names to ensure all troops benefit from the overwhelming support of a grateful nation, Morgan said.
Local businesses have stepped up for the cause. Sacramento-based coffee roaster, Cornerstone Coffee, is a principal supplier of the coffee included in the care packages. And the old Travelodge hotel on 11th & H donated offices used for preparing the care packages prior to shipping. The Travelodge has been refurbished into the new work/loft office complex known as “Retrolodge.”
The Fairfield-based Jelly Belly Co., which makes the gourmet Jelly Belly beans made famous by President Ronald Reagan, has donated 100,000 bags of their gourmet jelly beans that will be included in the care packages to assist in the effort.
“This effort has stuck a nerve with people from across the nation and here in Sacramento,” Morgan said. “I am personally ecstatic about the love the American people have for our troops.”
Families of troops have already sent thankful notes to MAF, explaining how the men and women on the frontlines of the war against radical Islam appreciate every note, every package from home.
Jeff Via Sr., a Vietnam veteran, sent the address of his son, who is serving in Afghanistan.
“Thanks so much for the support. He graduated from college and decided that the military was what he wanted to do. He didn’t even go in to be an officer. He decided instead to be enlisted first so that, if and when he decides to go be an officer, he will know what it was like to be enlisted,” Via Sr. said. “Once again, thanks for the support. I know from experience how much it means to the troops.”
Roger Quarton is a minister whose son is fighting for the United States.
“My son is serving with the Marines in Iraq, and I’d like to pass along his address to you, so he might be able to receive a package,” Quarton wrote.” “I know it would be a huge “pick-me-up’ for him and his buddies! Thanks for your help and encouragement to him, and myself!”
…Sacramento residents who want to donate items or make a financial contribution to the care package drive can do so by emailing Ryan Gill at Ryan@MoveAmericaForward.org (Move America Forward is accepting coffee, cookies, beef jerky, Gatorade, lip balm, sunblock, insect repellant, foot powder, personal fans, and wet wipes for the care packages).
Residents should send names and addresses of troops to Poohdo@aol.com.
Mel talked to Radio Equalizer’s Brian Maloney about the talk radio giants who will be joining us.
So many folks and groups are pitching in. We’re grateful to each and every one of them.
Among them:
*Eagles Up is helping with the care packages and working on including phone cards.
*The Office of General David Petraeus
*Former US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton
* Human Events, NR/NRO, Pajamas Media, Townhall, WorldNetDaily, American Thinker
*Vets for Freedom, Operation Care & Comfort, Gathering of Eagles, Gold Star/Blue Star parents
*And many, many more
*Band of Mothers
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And Bill continues lying, trolling, attacking – and proving me right.
Good job on the projection, Bill. You get an award this time for that one!
When you call someone a “liar” without proof, that is in itself a lie and simply announcing that you have been “proved right” doesn’t make it so. (You aren’t a very secure person, are you?) Do you think claiming that you have been proven right about anything will erase what has been written so far?
And how’s this for inventive: I accuse you of “psychological projection” and you rub both IQ points together and come up withthe brilliant retort of; accusing me of “projection”. Well done.
and Bill Grant continues proving me right. Thanks for the effort, Bill.
Gee, that was all of one minute that it took for you to post a non sequitur post claiming that you are “right” again. It must be nice to have all day to sit there and hit “refresh” in order to give full license to your insecurities and proclaim how “right” you are. I don’t imagine it pays too well though.
Indeed, Now your stance on McCain finally makes sense… You need an Obama nanny state to take care of you. Don’t get Carpal tunnel syndrome or my taxes will go up.
More trolling from Bill Grant. Complete with the usual lies, personal attacks, and projection.
SOP
Anyway, back to the topic at hand.
And as for my question… what say ye, Michelle?
This is the topic at hand – not your incessant trolling.
Take your threats and your controlling behaviors and shove ‘em, JHS.
To my knowledge Ms. Malkin has not hired you to moderate this blog. Nor has she brought you on board as a volunteer moderator.
Trying to control the content and flow of conversation on someone elses’ blog - telling people when and when they can’t post, telling them what they can say or cannot say – is rude, inappropriate and extremely disrespectful.
I’ve worked as a website/blog administrator for many years now, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that if you pulled this kind of stunt on one of MY blogs or websites, you’d be out the door on your ear. I have asolutely zero patience or tolerance for control freaks and mod wannabes.
Ms. Malkin is a fellow professional, and I’m choosing to treat her like one.
If you also respect Ms. Malkin then treat her like the professional that she is, and stop acting like an idiot. You’re not Lancelot, and she’s no Guinnevere.
She’s more than capable of answering any questions that are posed to her on this blog by herself and without help from people like you. Like all site owner/admins who are concerned about their ‘brand’, she is here nearly every day and is certainly aware of what is being discussed.
Or are you so naive as to think that Ms. Malkin doesn’t think through her posts very carefully before she puts them up? She does what she does and she says what she says for a very specific reason, and I’d like to know exactly what that reason is.
Does she have the professional integrity to actually respond to my question, or is she going to try and gloss it over with silence and archivism?
I suspect that I know the answer, but I’m really hoping that she proves me wrong.
I know exactly what the topic is, and that’s why I suggested going back to it.
But there’s plenty of room for my question here as well.
It’s an important question to many of us, and it deserves an honest answer.
Irish Rose posted #101:
No threats from me. No controlling behavior from me. I’m just responding to your threadjack.
I see you’re still projecting as well. You know, they have medication for thet.
Oh, one more thing – Michelle Malkin doesn’t answer to you. She doesn’t answer to me either, but then again I’m not the one frothing at the mouth over some percieved slight.
Looks like I taught you your new favorite word! Try this phrase JHSII: “Polly wanna cracker”?
On June 23rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm, JHSII said:
If you say so.
And you’re a disrespectful, offensive little creep.
Like I said earlier, JHS… I do the same type of work that Ms. Malkin does, elsewhere on the internet. And if you pulled this kind of cr*p on one of my blogs or websites, you’d be lying in the ditch alongside the information superhighway with your feet in the air and your head crammed up your arse.
No, she doesn’t.
But she does answer to a great many men and women who are veterans, active-duty military personnel and their family members who are longtime readers here and supporters of Ms. Malkin. People who are becoming increasingly confused, upset and alarmed by the mixed messages coming from this weblog.
Some clarification from Ms. Malkin would be very welcome at this juncture.
The real threat to this country isn’t Mr. McCains’ moderate politics. The real threat to this country and indeed, to the entire Western world, is radical Islamic fundamentalism. Europe is going to be overrun in just 15-20 short years, and America is next on their list if we do nothing to stop it.
We have five months until this election, folks, and a vicious enemy that is intent on bringing America to its’ knees.
We have two men running for the position of Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces: one who is a terrorist appeaser with a Marxist ideology, and the other a former POW who understands what terrorism is, and is committed to taking the fight to the enemy.
I haven’t forgotten what happened on 9/11, and I’ll ask my fellow respondants here at MM not to forget it either. We may disagree on many things, but that item should never be one of them.
It’s time to set aside the lesser issues that can be dealt with a bit farther on down the road, and get our collective priorities back in line.
My opinion, and the last that I am going to say about it here.
Ms. Malkin, I do hope that you can find the time to give this concerned military mother an honest response to an honest question.
As for the fund raiser, thank you very much for organizing this. I’m giving up takeout food and gourmet coffee myself this weekend, so that I can send a batch of care packages along. I urge everyone here to do whatever they can to support this important effort.
Good evening to you.
and the trolling and attacks from Bill Grant and Irish Rose continue.
They started with nothing positive to add, no desire for a real conversation, only invectives and angry diatribe directed at me. It was only near the end that Irish Rose actually became civil towards Michelle.
There you have it. Is it any wonder why I don’t support McCain when this is the kind of response I get when I point out that McCain isn’t the great wonderful answer for Reagan Conservatives they say he is?
Oh, and for the record – I wouldn’t go to Irish Rose’s website. I prefer intelligent, civil discussion, not the kind of stuff she’s posted here.
Fair enough.
“Is it any wonder why I don’t support McCain when this is the kind of response I get when I point out that McCain isn’t the great wonderful answer for Reagan Conservatives they say he is?”
You don’t have the foggiest idea what a “Regan Conservative” is. (Yes, I used quotes because I was quoting you.)
Here:
You regard yourself as a “Regan Conservative” when are targeting the most conservative candidate in the race for having a pre-presidental track record that is arguably more conservative then your role model.
You seem to have had your mind made up for you. If coming along and posting information that is contrary to whatever provably wrong yet cherished belief you have (ie. “It changed the US Constitution… and it did that without the usual formality of a Constitutional Amendment.”) makes you uncomfortable perhaps you should retreat back to your “happy place” where reality is subject to your whims and your only defense is pedantic nonsense abut the definition of “affected”.
and Bill Grant keeps proving me right. Because I don’t march in lock-step with him he says: “You don’t have the foggiest idea what a “Regan Conservative” is.”
Sorry Bill. You don’t know what I know – and by your posts you aren’t interested in finding out what I know either. You embrace the fallacy of telling me what I know rather then asking me what I know. This is why you have no credibility.
When you’re actually willing to listen rather than to just repeat your old discredited nonsense, then maybe we can have a conversation.
Judging from what I’ve seen though, you’d prefer to stay a troll. No problem. I’ll just keep treating you like one.
Well geeze, JHS… since this thread is all about you now, why don’t you go ahead and tell us?
Keep repeating that to yourself. You must find it comforting.
Just what you have written.
I can defend my assertions, you can’t. You are in no position to lecture about credibility when you can only hop on and call referenced posts “lies, projection and attacks”. Not only is that not a credible rebuttal, it’s whiny.
Right, you sure taught me a lesson with your whole affected/injured defense there, whelp. Your needy quest to save face by periodically popping up and declaring that you have been somehow proven “right” when you have basically made a fool out of yourself is just pathetic.
and both Bill Grant and Irish Rose keep trolling on…
Bill, of course, keeps throwing stuff against the wall, hoping something will stick. The thing is, no matter how many personal attacks adn lies he posts, it doesn’t reflect on me. You see, I’m not the one who ignores reality in favor of repeatedly refuted liberalisms. And that’s what Bill has been reduced to – posting already-refuted liberalisms.
It’s guys like Bill that drive Conservatives away from McCain.
Doesn’t Bill want McCain to win?
Hey Bill, are you laughing as hard as I am?
Man, this is rich.
I expect that terrig and emjem are out their laughing their arses off as well.
BRB, I’m gonna make some popcorn while genius here writes his Opus Magnificus.
More proof that Irish Rose is a troll.
Thanks for playing!
You haven’t refuted anything, repeated or otherwise. Just whined that people were attacking you by challenging you to think for yourself. Not terribly conservative of you there whelp.
How would you know?
Troll SOP from Bill.
Care to try again?
So, JHS… don’t hold back now.
All eyes are on you, don’t disappoint us.
What is it that you “know”, exactly?
You forgot the /sarc Irish Rose.
By the way, I offered to give your Opus a serious audience at 9:57 pm, JHS.
It’s now 11:03 pm my time.
Anything?
Anything at all?
Actually, at this point I can hardly keep my eyes open.
This has been illuminating if not frustrating and depressing. In my interactions with people who wrongly refer to themselves as “liberals” I have noticed that many dogmatically cling to their beliefs and perceptions regardless of whatever evidence to the contrary is presented to them. They often say that they “feel” such and such instead of that they “think” it. JHSII has adopted the same mindset, only he evidentially regards himself to be “conservative”.
That anyone could remain on the fence in the face of a probable Obama presidency and still kid themselves in to thinking that they are acting on conservative principals is incredible. In my opinion it shows a disconnect with reality that would make me concerned about him having sharp objects or operating heavy machinery.
In case you haven’t noticed, I am very concerned about where the country seems to be heading. Frustrated as well.
He wont. Can’t probably. Regardless Irish Rose, this isn’t going to be productive.
Again, Cheers to you and your son. Regarding your question to Michelle Malkin, you might have luck if you contacted her directly.
No sarc tag needed, this was your statement and since you’re making such a big deal out of it I’m asking you to elaborate.
Go ahead, the stage is all yours and the mic is hot… tell us what you know.
If you’re privy to some kind of elite information that makes you a genius and the rest of us rubes, now would be the time to say so.
What you said.
I’ve actully tried contacting Ms. Malkin directly on multiple occasions, and have never received a reply.
More trolling from the usual suspects. No real desire for an actual discussion, just trolling.
At this point I expect nothing more.
So you are reduced to repeating “trolling” over and over… At least you have given up on “projection”.
That’s not even close to a rebuttal or answer. Just a sad attempt to save face by getting the last, meaningless word. You have already disgraced yourself so have at it.
and Bill Grant keeps proving me right.
Troll SOP.
And I know what you mean about being worried and concerned, Bill.
I’m a blue star mom with one child who is active duty (currently between deployments), and the second child going in this Fall. My third and youngest child, a son aged 16, is planning to enlist within the next two years.
All three are going into the Marine Corps, and all three stand to serve under an Obama administration.
For the longest time I considered this blog to be an island of conservative common sense n a world gone mad.
These days I feel very anxious and frustrated after reading here, and once in a while I cry. Some days I’m too angry to cry, so I laugh because it’s the only thing that works… thats’ kind of where I am tonight.
We do what we have to do to make sense of the senseless, I guess.
23 times, in fact.
and the trolling continues.
I call it like it is.
It’s 11:54 pm my time, nearly two hours have passed and we still do not know what JHS “knows”.
Color me surprised.
I have a good book waiting for me on the nightstand, goodnight all.
LOL, you folks must have a thing for Paris Island. In my family the only way for a male to graduate from the kiddie table at thanksgiving was to join the Navy. I am glad and relieved that there are still families like yours.
Well laugh it up then Rose, it’s better then the alternative. There are still 134 days to the election and plenty can happen to turn this around. Ill be working to that end and I know you will be too.
It’s just after midnight here and Irish Rose still only wants to find out what I “know” so that she can use it to attack me – like any other troll.