to the choir of folks who are forwarding the cause of lifetime subscriptions to the wonder that is Ye Olde Orange Satan here...
Seriously--this is an AMAZING thing (yea, I know that that word is over-used and should be banned... but really Daily Kos is amazing!).
Let me start by thanking the anonymous donor who provided me with a subscription--
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
I love this place-- and the community really is the thing for me. Politics does not happen in a vacuum. It happens in conversations... in living rooms, in small meetings, in town halls...in blogs online-- all communities. This happens to be my favorite community for political discourse, and I love it-- warts and all. I know that we can be a messy lot--opinions are like that.
But we need all those opinions...
I have been hanging out here for five and a half years officially. Like so many others, I lurked for a long time before taking the plunge. Education policy and real social justice are my "pet issues" if I have to narrow down, but I love to read and discuss everything.
I actually came here via Street Prophets, so a shout out to PD is in order here. You helped create the informed opinionated political junkie monster that I now am-- thanks!
I believe that we all help keep this place running in lots of little ways, and I try to do my part. We all do- every time we log on read, rec, tip, diary, and even donut.
Now let me direct you to The List. I guess that today's all we've got-- not many hours to clear that list. Here's one way to do that-- because I know that we don't all have $100 to spare:
You can still donate amounts under $100 through the Small Donor Pool. The random donations collected through this drive will be pooled to purchase lifetime subscriptions for those on the list. You can make a small donation by going to paypal.com and selecting the 'send money' option on the left. Type in KelleyRN2@gmail.com as the destination. If you are making good on a pledge thread, please include a note for Nurse Kelley. You will receive an e-mail notification that your donation was completed. When the lifetime subscription drive ends an anonymous donor has offered to pony up the remaining amount necessary to purchase one last subscription.
Small dollar amounts really do add up... pile a bunch of $5's together and -voila- a subscription (or two...or 20!)
So... I'm putting in my $5... who's with me? La, la, la... (this "fat lady's" gotta warm up before sings!)