Stand Firm Patriots, 'Our Cause is Noble'

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Fellow Patriots,

As you know all too well, 2009 has been a year fraught with frontal assaults on our Constitution. But this has also been a year of great opportunity, as millions of Americans, who have previously taken liberty for granted, are awakening to the reality that they must join our ranks in order to extend our legacy of liberty to the next generation.

Support the 2009 Patriot Annual Fund today!

On the American fight for liberty, George Washington wrote, "Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!" Indeed, it remains our noble cause.

Of those who would not rise to the challenge, Samuel Adams said, "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands, which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."

However, of those who did join the "animated contest," Adams wrote, "It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."

Indeed, though a minority we may now be, we have never wavered in our endeavor to set brushfires of liberty across our great nation, and we remain steadfast in that charge today.

We need your help to maintain the momentum of our mission and charge.

In order to meet our financial obligations this year, we still must raise more than $145,000 in order to meet our budget. Please, support The Patriot's 2009 Annual Fund today, in accordance with your ability. (If you prefer to support us by mail, please use our printable donor form or print the donor information listed below.)

From our humble beginnings in 1996, The Patriot Post has become The Voice of Constitutional Conservatism, now at a cost of less than 25 cents per reader per year. We help recharge our readers' commitment to liberty, and they extend that charge to their families, friends and associates. Thousands of our readers repost our content on blogs, social networking sites and personal Web sites. High school teachers, and college and university professors use our editions to teach their students, and many political and cultural organizations reprint our content in their publications.

However, publishing, like freedom, is not free. We employ editorial and technical managers, numerous part-time feature and content editors, and an indispensable research and analysis team. In addition, our Internet publishing efforts require a sizable investment beyond the human one; this includes robust and powerful hardware, custom software, office space, installations, maintenance and more. We also incur substantial legal, accounting and insurance costs.

Yet, our operations budget is a small fraction of what it costs other influential organizations to advance their message, which is to say we are very good stewards of every dollar you send to support our mission.

In addition to all our perennial activities advocating liberty, in September we launched the Essential Liberty Project, the action arm of our mission to restore constitutional integrity. Further, we have incorporated The Patriot Foundation as the educational arm of our mission. (You will be reading more about the activities of the Essential Liberty Project and Patriot Foundation in the coming year.)

There are only 16 days left to meet our budget commitments. We know, by virtue of your patronage, that you are standing with us on many frontlines in honor and defense of our nation's proud heritage of liberty. If you have not done so already, join us by supporting The Patriot's 2009 Annual Fund.

I thank you for the honor and privilege of serving you as editor and publisher of The Patriot. On behalf of our editors and staff, and National Advisory Committee, thank you, and God bless you and your family this Christmas season.

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus, et Fidelis!

Mark Alexander
Publisher

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