Thank you all.

The continued outpouring of emails, donations and lots of hugs have really overwhelmed and surprised me.

As many viewers wrote -- "all you had to do was ask'"

I printed a smattering of the e-mails I received.

Hello Lisa,

Please have faith that people will donate money.

I enjoy your site very much. It's becoming increasingly difficult to face what our country is doing around the world. People are very tired. Many, particularly in Michigan, are losing their jobs in record numbers. They are very tired of Bush and his cartel.

 As the people at the top acquire more and more of the money in circulation, there is much less for the majority of the people.

Pat in Michigan

I have enjoyed your site for over a year now but you are right, I have never donated. I will send you a check in the mail tomorrow for $50. I hope others donate as well. I love your site and I look forward to reading it every day!



Thanks,

Connie B

Subject: The check's in the mail...
To: lisa@allhatnocattle.net

Yeah, yeah, yeah - the second great lie. But in this case it's true. I've been one of those non-contributing daily visitors to your site for a few years. Shame on me! So I just sent you $100 via personal check.

The first great lie? "I'm from the government. I'm here to help you."

Maybe donations are down because of all the nastiness at PayPal? And advertising because Karl Rove found out about you?

Keep up the good work, for which I thank you. And good luck.

Sincerely,
Skip Scown

just kicked in $100 bucks for all you do to keep me sane! I live in Tex-ass, so I need it!

keep up the great work.

Lori

Okay, I get that it's not the same...still, better a sincere wish than an insincere action.


Can't donate, came up with major health issues and no insurance. While I probably feel more impoverished than I am I have to go with the gut.

Lennie

Lisa:

I just read your personal note and I had no idea that you were going through such a world of s**t. I'm really sorry to hear that. You deserve so much better

On the bright side, it is often said that you can never be too rich or too thin. Obviously you are not too rich...

Okay, so my sense of humor isn't quite up to yours, but you please consider yourself bear hugged from this guy in Kentucky.

Roger

Hello Lisa

I've never written to you before. I've read your website on most days for a long time now. It often brings a smile when smiles are hard to find in these wonderous times we're livin' in. I haven't sent money because I rearranged my life 6 years ago and now live on very little, trying to stay out of the increasing insanity I see around us. However I would send some before I let your website close down.

I suspected you must have split up with your husband since there's been no mention of him at all, and you moved suddenly, without comment. I've looked thru your bio stuff on the website and I get that you are a warm and caring and concerned person, and I want to thank you for that.

There are many great people on the progressive web, many brilliant brains. But open and compassionate hearts are not in great supply among them. The humanness of your site shines through; the personal and all. I really appreciate that, and want to thank your for sharing little pieces of your own life and story with all of your readers. I know you can't be any way but that, but still its rare. I can only imagine some of the email you must receive from some of the less enlightened members of our population. So thank you for taking all of that while continuing to give and pour your passions and humor and general awakeness into what you do.

It may be a bit rough in your personal life at the moment, but you are clearly a very strong person. May I remind you again that this too shall pass, and you'll get your bearings again and renew your life and start taking off in new directions. I know this will be true.
So, thank you again
take care
Steve
Oregon
 

I just sent you money via snail mail. It's not even worth mentioning,
but if everyone who hit your site sent you what I did, you would be
loaded. I love your links. Keep up the good work.

Albert

Lisa, sent you some money via paypal and apoligize for not having sent before. The work you do is so necessary and so deserving of adequate compensation in these difficult days.
I am new to this internet thing but I read the New York Times in the morning and your site in the afternoon and put them on equal footing.
Thank you very much, Jimmy

Dear Lisa,
My wife and I have been delinquent in not supporting your efforts and your fabulous site. We are including a donation to Pay Pal and wish you continued success in providing so many of us with your excellent creativity and humor. Your website gives a much needed relief from the madness that now dominates our Country.


Stay strong! Know that your work and creativity brings a sense of relief that we indeed are not the only ones who are aghast at the deliberate dismantling of our laws and traditions.

Peace and God's Blessings,


DK and Kay
Michigan

Dear Lisa,

I can't thank you enough for being there through all these miserable "W" years with bits of humor mixed with the news. Most progressive sites just publish the same stuff, and there's too many out there that just repeat the same stream of bad news out of the White House and Congress.

Thank goodness your site is different! I love the cartoons, satire, and quotes from Letterman and Leno.

I do have a suggestion: perhaps every few months you could be a little more daring and bold on asking for help. For example, Anti-War.com puts a big "campaign" banner at the top of their page every quarter to ask for support (you can't miss it). They show a "goal" that must be met to keep the site going.

Most people get complacent about supporting web sites because we all tend to think of them like CNN or BBC, which are always there and don't need or ask for help. I need to be reminded that my favorite sites like Anti-War.com, Rawstory.com, yours and others are independent and need financial help from time to time.

I hope you can keep the site up and running. As an old-fashioned Southern Democrat that watched while the Republicans slowly lied their way into many offices in my original home state of Tennessee, I think we all have to work hard toward reversing that tide. We need to emphasize solutions!

Best of luck with your kids, your home, and your work with progressive issues. And, for heavens sake, don't neglect your health even for a good cause (listen to the voice of experience - been there)!

Please don't hesitate to ask me or others for help in the future.

Big HUG from Kentucky!!

Kindest regards,
Gary
KY

I have the best viewers on all of the Internets! My donations have reached over $2600.  Deep curtsy.

I am still answering each e-mail sent to me.

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