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We'll gladly take it any time, though we may have everything raised by then. But we'll still take it and use it to help with the PR effort, buying video tapes for the camcorder, AA batteries for Jeff's camera, etc.

Thanks!

I would have donated more today -- I think this is a fantastic effort and I'm extraordinarily proud of Victoria and Jeff and everyone on RedState for undertaking it. The only delay for me beyond the $50 is that today I helped to purchase a fairly expensive piece of equipment for my business and so until Friday I have to watch the money carefully, but this is one of the best things I've seen RedState do since the site was started, and I support it 110%.

Nice toy, esp the upgraded rip, what type of business would that be for?

Well done is better than well said. —Benjamin Franklin

We're working hard to become the premiere printing and mailing house in our neck of the woods, handling jobs from 100 pieces to 1,000,000 pieces. We've got over 30 years of combined experience in this business and our goal is to be able to provide everyone from the walk-in client to the government representative the most cost-effective and also beautifully-done mailing piece we can produce.

I'm very impressed (no pun intended) with RISO machines: the three that we have beside the 5500 are truly efficient and fascinating on a technical level. We have several other machines, including twin Xerox 4890's, and the RISOs are going to be the next addition to our hardware plant.

RISO means "Ideal" in Japanese, and frankly it's a very good description: these machines are truly different and cost-effective.

although THAT has been my profession since 1978. Hit my email...

Well done is better than well said. —Benjamin Franklin

And you understand a little bit about the way it works, the first impression you get from it is that it is the Honda Accord of printing/duplicating machines: extraordinarily high quality, slightly differently realized, at relatively low cost. They have an unmistakable air of high-end Japanese engineering about them, and they just work beautifully.

U.S. Citizens have never needed "permission" to travel to Iraq, although many of them until this point have thought it was inadvisable. There are a lot of U.S. citizens there right now who have traveled there all by themselves -- nonembedded journalists and entrepreneurs, and many others.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the United States has never declared Iraq to be a "forbidden zone" in terms of travel.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but the United States has never declared Iraq to be a "forbidden zone" in terms of travel."

I have no idea. I was curious whether the Pentagon invitation was just to get into Iraq or involved some sort of special embedded status. Even without special access, Iraq has to be a captivating (if dangerous) place for journalistic types.

Where the Pentagon comes into it for us is that we're going as DOD-embedded media members, traveling via military air and actually staying with/speaking to/spending time with the troops.

That access is what the Pentagon controls.