[benjaminjjones]

Remember the Racebannon heroics and FR posts from the dark days of the 2000 election, living in my liberal Boston, underground hellhole, illegal alien infested, single room apartment, abandoned by the wench who got me to move the this RAT infested state to begin with.

The posts by you and the likes of you sustained me through that post election ordeal.

As many have said in this post, I can't afford it either, but I've sent some sawbucks via paypal. Just have to work harder and earn some more money. Damn the Taxachussets colletors, damn the utilites, damn them all!

Read Little Bill's appeal on the MA board (that was all I needed), then read the 1000+ posts on the fund raising post.

Read your "backsliding" post after your father's death. Have been on a steady backslide/mid-life crisis myself since my one of my brother's diagnosis with the big C, his battle, and demise. I'm getting over it, just not as fast as I want to.

Read your USMC service. Haven't served myself, but you stood on the wall for us.

Read your CAD background. Got into my current IS career on Calcomp Mini-computer CAD systems myself (self-taught in IS, EE by background). Kuddos, takes a certain kind of brain to do CAD.

Good luck, thanks for being a hero, soldier, husband and father.

[RaceBannon]

I really wish I deserved some of the compliments I have been getting! :)

[editor-surveyor]

"... takes a certain kind of brain to do CAD."

And what kind might that be? For me, AutoCAD saved my sanity; I can't even imagine myself going back to board drafting, cleaning pens, etc. Ugh!!~!

Jim, I sent a check by mail last night. Hang tough, you'll prevail.