I am amazed to report that the Liberty Alliance has collected well over $5,000over $9,000 in donations for Spirit of America, with a number of outstanding bid transactions not yet completed, and many great efforts still going!

The incredible generosity of blogosphere readers, not to mention the tireless efforts of the many Liberty Alliance members who helped make this possible, is just amazing.

However, thisyesterday morning, the three team leaders noticed something: the Spirit of America told us that they were hoping we could raise $50,000 from this effort, and as of dawn thisyesterday morning we were just $14,000about $6500 shy of that, not counting some of the still-outstanding auctions.

Thus we decided to unite before the common enemy, and drive for the ultimate victory:

$50,000 by tomorrow tonight! That's 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

Think we can do it? Think you can help? You can still donate directly. However, to sweeten the deal, we now have a number of ongoing auctions for an amazing variety of stuff--a personal visit with Chief Wiggles, Dinner with Citizen & Mrs. Smash, Val Prieto in Drag, autographed books, plane tickets, tarot card readings, and more, all in our new unified charity auction site.

I want you all to remember something:

ALL donations are tax-deductible. Including donations made through auctions. Furthermore, Spirit of America gives ALL funds, minus credit card fees, to the troops doing the distribution overseas. That's right, Spirit of America is The Real Deal: no full-time or part-time employees, all advertising and fundraising done by volunteer effort. ALL your money, save the 3% or so for credit card transactions, goes for the cause. You just can't beat that!

This is your chance gang. You can help spread good will and make a difference in what our service men and women overseas are doing. You can help make the world a better place. And you can even get a tax deduction and maybe some cool stuff on top of all that.

Come on, folks. Let's do this thing!