Funding the Real Liberal Media

Dear GNB readers, commenters, lurkers, and stoppers-by; (Hope that covers everyone.)

Asking for money is never fun or easy. We know you are all balancing your family life, blog life, activist life, and various requests for donations from tons of charitable organizations, so we DO understand how hard it can be. The thing is, to keep sites like this growing, healthy, and productive we need a little help from our friends.

Even $25 dollars can help us make more of an impact in our corner of the blogging world. Up till now we have worked as hard as we could and have not asked for money. We promise to use your hard earned cash to keep writing our best, promoting the real stories, and growing our readership and writership. This first fund drive is really important because it is going to be hard on us all to afford to get to Denver and cover the big show in August. (By the way-- the convention starts on my birthday! talk about a party!)

LM, Sara, Doc, Hubris Sonic, Evan and I really try to bring our best selves to this blog. We work hard to think of stories with meaning to us, and hopefully to you—- and we try to give a little bit of clarity, humor and intelligence to the goings-on of our time.

I hope if you have had an ah-ha moment, an LOL reaction, a fist raising “WTF?”, a tear or two—- if you have had any or all of these from any of us, that you will take a moment today and send some love and support our way.

We promise to keep doing what we do, and keep trying to do it better.

Thanks in advance
-tlg

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Senate Votes to Fund War Through 2009

On this memorial day weekend some good news and some bad. There was a vote to fund the GI bill BUT there is no timetable, no end in sight for the war, and plenty of money still going to fund this illegal and immoral fiasco.

The Senate has passed $165 billion to fund the war in Iraq until President Bush's successor takes over. The 70-26 vote came just minutes after a majority of Republicans voted to add tens of billions of dollars for veterans college aid and extending unemployment benefits to the war funding bill.

But Bush has promised to veto the bill if it contains the domestic measures, and the president still has enough GOP support to sustain a veto.

The Senate also voted 63-34 to block a Democratic plan to urge Bush to begin redeployment of combat troops and place other strings on his ability to conduct the war in Iraq.

The House still has to act on the bill. Last week, the House voted to reject money for continuing the war. - AP, Washington

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No More Money

The House of Representatives just voted 149 to 141 to cut off funding for the war in Iraq. This was followed by votes to put significant restrictions on President Bush's war policy, including a timeline for withdrawal, and creating a new GI Bill to help returning veterans.

100 republican congress-critters voted "present" rather than yes or no on funding. The fear of job loss in the GOP reaching a pretty fevered pitch. (from Open Left)

Find out how your rep. voted, and say thanks-- or give 'em what for!

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