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Subject: Brother, can you spare a hundred dollars?
I had to say that.
A couple of years ago I was walking home after a late night law school class thru Chinatown in DC and a panhandler announced as I passed, "Brother, can you spare a half a million dollars?"
It was a cold night and I was wearing one of those black top coats that makes even me look good. Anyway, I had to smile.
But on a very serious note, while our long shot bid to restore open carry rights in Texas has been wildly successful so far (we even have a legislator already planning to introduce a bill, seehttp://www.opencarry.org/thunder.htmlwe are, well, OUT OF MONEY.
As of now, even committing the full $1,000 saved for taxi ads in Austin for Jan and FEB, john and I are stuck with a $250 deficit for the ads running in Amarillo and Lubbock which start today and run till New Year day.
John and I are committed to running radio in El Paso and Austin-Waco corridor next, and from Rep riddle's aide's comments, we now know radio ads work! So we will run radio and shut down the taxis if money is tight - but to run radio in El Paso and greater Austin we need $3,250 by 1 JAN 08 - see status and donation link at http://www.opencarry.org/thunder.html
So please give what you can today which is hopefully a new credit card billing cycle for everyone
Even if you cannot swing $100, even $10 or $25 helps.
We cannot wait even a few weeks to raise money – in fact, I don’t see even raising money after the legislature meets in early January because most things political are sorta worked out ahead a time, ya’ know what I mean? We need to act now and carry radio ads in every corner of Texas.
NATO doctrine is in effect here - an infringement on one state's open carry rights is an infringement on all states' rights! And if we are successful in Texas, like it looks like we might be, we will set the conditions to repeal the open carry bans in the other states too, like Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Oklahoma - and maybe even New York some day.
You can give in just a few seconds at http://www.opencarry.org/thunder.html
Please pass this email to your friends, family, and associates - we are so close, it's too late to turn back now!
Sincerely,
Mike Stollenwerk
Subject: Brother, can you spare a hundred dollars?
I had to say that.
A couple of years ago I was walking home after a late night law school class thru Chinatown in DC and a panhandler announced as I passed, "Brother, can you spare a half a million dollars?"
It was a cold night and I was wearing one of those black top coats that makes even me look good. Anyway, I had to smile.
But on a very serious note, while our long shot bid to restore open carry rights in Texas has been wildly successful so far (we even have a legislator already planning to introduce a bill, seehttp://www.opencarry.org/thunder.htmlwe are, well, OUT OF MONEY.
As of now, even committing the full $1,000 saved for taxi ads in Austin for Jan and FEB, john and I are stuck with a $250 deficit for the ads running in Amarillo and Lubbock which start today and run till New Year day.
John and I are committed to running radio in El Paso and Austin-Waco corridor next, and from Rep riddle's aide's comments, we now know radio ads work! So we will run radio and shut down the taxis if money is tight - but to run radio in El Paso and greater Austin we need $3,250 by 1 JAN 08 - see status and donation link at http://www.opencarry.org/thunder.html
So please give what you can today which is hopefully a new credit card billing cycle for everyone
Even if you cannot swing $100, even $10 or $25 helps.
We cannot wait even a few weeks to raise money – in fact, I don’t see even raising money after the legislature meets in early January because most things political are sorta worked out ahead a time, ya’ know what I mean? We need to act now and carry radio ads in every corner of Texas.
NATO doctrine is in effect here - an infringement on one state's open carry rights is an infringement on all states' rights! And if we are successful in Texas, like it looks like we might be, we will set the conditions to repeal the open carry bans in the other states too, like Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Oklahoma - and maybe even New York some day.
You can give in just a few seconds at http://www.opencarry.org/thunder.html
Please pass this email to your friends, family, and associates - we are so close, it's too late to turn back now!
Sincerely,
Mike Stollenwerk
