URGENT: PLEASE HELP MY BLOGFATHER!

I haven't been blogging all that long, and the last thing I would do would be to ask for money. Not that I oppose the free market system, but blogging is largely an idea sharing network which operates as an alternative to the commercialized information infrastructure, and I see a genuine sense of community among bloggers which depends on integrity -- something money can't buy.

That does not mean bloggers should not take care of each other and help each other out on a voluntary basis. There have been a number of stories about some of the big bloggers raising hundreds of thousands of dollars by asking for money, and as a libertarian I do not oppose that.

But my blogfather really, really needs money, and I am deadly serious. He hasn't raised much, and I have sent him what I could.

He is on the verge of bankruptcy and cannot pay his medical and dental bills. (Bankruptcy is one of the worst things that can happen to you -- and I speak from personal experience.)

Anyone who has enjoyed anything I have written has Jeff to thank for it, because he encouraged me and blogfathered me when I had zero hits, zero links, and not much of an idea what I was doing. Jeff has been a longtime asset to the blogosphere, a credit to the Second Amendment, and an inspiration to all homosexuals seeking self respect (especially the right to think independently, which is the essence of human dignity).

Please go to Jeff's blog, and scroll down to the picture of the cats. Click on that, and you can contribute via Paypal.

Thank you!

Eric