Apologies to those who consider
posts such as this an off-topic one.
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[Excerpts from an e-mail from Judith Vinson,
about rebuilding of the Waco church]
If you or any other libertarians would still like to do something though, it's not too late. Run up our site rebuildthechurch.com
www.rebuildthechurch.com
The patriots here in Texas and others rebuilt the church at Mt. Carmel. Some are Libertarians like myself. We all keep together via shortwave shows and for the most part raised money that way. Only
thing is the patriots are all poor. We still are needing to hook up
the ducts for the air conditioning and do a septic tank -- we're
short about $15,000 to finish it. (They are all terribly poor and
mostly old and will never finish it I'm afraid.)
But we did raise $96,000 and built the thing in time for the
dedication April 19, 2000. The money came from 443 individuals in 46
states and 2 foreign countries (Canada & Australia). We had 150
volunteers to do all the work and we spent every Sunday for eight
months plus pretty much full time the last few weeks before the
dedication.
We worked with a heroic bunch of people, I can tell you that. (We
even had a hillbilly tobacco farmer who hitchhiked here from WV to
give us a week's work -- he was a heck of a roofer -- then hitched
all the way back. Actually he walked a good deal of the way since the
Highway Patrol kept telling him he couldn't hitchhike.)
I couldn't tell how used up we all are. Pics of the effort week by
week are on the web site. Be careful to get the right one -- there is
a fed disinformation site or two if you just run up a menu on the
name. Yes, we were up against that too. There are instructions there
for donations. Still accepting donations made out to
Rebuild the Church.com
P.O. Box 19061
Austin, TX 78760
We also have a two hour video on the effort that we spliced
interviews into of the BDs telling their stories. Some of them have
never been interviewed, and are fascinating. The video is $20.00
total to same name and PO box above. We don't spend a penny on
overhead. Every cent goes to materials. All work, web sites, film
etc. was/is done by volunteers.
We're very proud of that little church. It may be the only thing ever
done for these people. I feel privileged to have been a part.
Warmest Regards, and God bless you
Judith Vinson <mailto:texaslil@flash.net>
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from THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE ISSUE 83
<http://www.webleyweb.com/tle/index.html>
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LowClassCat
Always willing to calculate my chances
[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited July 31, 2000).]
posts such as this an off-topic one.
============================================
[Excerpts from an e-mail from Judith Vinson,
about rebuilding of the Waco church]
If you or any other libertarians would still like to do something though, it's not too late. Run up our site rebuildthechurch.com
www.rebuildthechurch.com
The patriots here in Texas and others rebuilt the church at Mt. Carmel. Some are Libertarians like myself. We all keep together via shortwave shows and for the most part raised money that way. Only
thing is the patriots are all poor. We still are needing to hook up
the ducts for the air conditioning and do a septic tank -- we're
short about $15,000 to finish it. (They are all terribly poor and
mostly old and will never finish it I'm afraid.)
But we did raise $96,000 and built the thing in time for the
dedication April 19, 2000. The money came from 443 individuals in 46
states and 2 foreign countries (Canada & Australia). We had 150
volunteers to do all the work and we spent every Sunday for eight
months plus pretty much full time the last few weeks before the
dedication.
We worked with a heroic bunch of people, I can tell you that. (We
even had a hillbilly tobacco farmer who hitchhiked here from WV to
give us a week's work -- he was a heck of a roofer -- then hitched
all the way back. Actually he walked a good deal of the way since the
Highway Patrol kept telling him he couldn't hitchhike.)
I couldn't tell how used up we all are. Pics of the effort week by
week are on the web site. Be careful to get the right one -- there is
a fed disinformation site or two if you just run up a menu on the
name. Yes, we were up against that too. There are instructions there
for donations. Still accepting donations made out to
Rebuild the Church.com
P.O. Box 19061
Austin, TX 78760
We also have a two hour video on the effort that we spliced
interviews into of the BDs telling their stories. Some of them have
never been interviewed, and are fascinating. The video is $20.00
total to same name and PO box above. We don't spend a penny on
overhead. Every cent goes to materials. All work, web sites, film
etc. was/is done by volunteers.
We're very proud of that little church. It may be the only thing ever
done for these people. I feel privileged to have been a part.
Warmest Regards, and God bless you
Judith Vinson <mailto:texaslil@flash.net>
========================================
from THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE ISSUE 83
<http://www.webleyweb.com/tle/index.html>
------------------
LowClassCat
Always willing to calculate my chances
[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited July 31, 2000).]