If you can spare a few dollars, why not follow the link here and donate to the fund set up to send two RedState bloggers to Iraq.
Jeff Emanuel and Victoria Coates – known on this site and many others as Academic Elephant – received permission from the Department of Defense to embed with the troops in Iraq. I don’t have to tell you how important it is for bloggers and other new media types to get a first hand view of what’s happening in Iraq as we move into this critical phase of the war. Writers like Michael Yon, Michael Totten, Austin Bay and others have given much needed context to stories coming out of Iraq, fleshing out details as well as reporting the thoughts of our soldiers and Iraqi civilians.
They are about 2/3 of their way to the financial goal of $10,000 as of early 3/30. If you’re a blogger, why not put a blurb up on your site asking people to contribute? And if you’re a visitor, I urge you to donate as much as you can and to spread the word on other sites about their need.
Let’s put them over the top today!
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