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Alexandria, VA 22320

The Annual MULLINGS Subscription Drive Is Under Way!

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Who Knows What Will Happen on November 4th!

Protect yourself!

Just $30 Will Keep MULLINGS Strong and Independent

(Click Here to go directly to the secure web page and skip the whole hand-wringing plea.)

The annual MULLINGS subscription drive is "annual" more in name than in fact.

During my time in Iraq, I had to extend everyone's subscription by one month for every month I was on the Federal payroll - which meant the drive which had been in March got extended six months to September.

Then came Katrina and I thought money would be better donated to the Red Cross or the Salvation Army so I delayed it again. The next year the Tsunami washed away lives and livelihoods and I re-configured the annual subscription drive to make way for funds going to that tragedy.

Through one thing and another The Lad and I have calculated that MULLINGS has lost more than a full year of subscriptions, so we decided to make October Official Subscription Month and, as today is the first day of October, it is also the first day of the

Now to the pitch:

Why YOU Should Be a Paid Subscriber

MULLINGS is a real business. It requires paid subscriptions and advertising to continue. MULLINGS is not a subsidiary of a large corporation, nor does it receive a government subsidy procured through giving large amounts of cash to Members of the Appropriations Committees who then earmark your tax dollars for its support.

Happily, neither does it require infusions of capital from Pennsylvania Avenue, Wall Street or even Main Street. It does need help, however, from Your Street.

MULLINGS is the basic building block - the charmed quark for those who took (and stayed awake during) Physics 113 - of the American economy: A small business run by two people - The Lad and me. As I have the concentration span of a three-year-old, it is really run by The Lad, but I get to write MULLINGS. The Lad gets to write for Politico and RealClearPolitics and is an occasional guest columnist here.

Nevertheless, like any business it requires a steady, dependable revenue stream. Or two. A significant portion of the annual revenue necessary comes from MULLINGS readers who choose to pay $30 to keep the column going.

Think of it like listening to National Public Radio (if NPR were a Conservative news source). If you pay their annual fee, you can listen to everything they broadcast. If you don't pay � you can still listen.

Also included in the subscription tally are those businesses which choose to support MULLINGS by buying a SITE LICENSE for everyone in their office. A subscription to MULLINGS is not a political donation. It is a business expense.

For those who may be new to Mull World, I do not consider myself to be a journalist. And journalists absolutely don't consider me to be a journalist.

I am a political hack. I am good at it. I am proud of it. Politics is what makes our unique American form of self-governance function. Although it is considered a requirement for reporters and academics to belittle the process; it works more often than not - even when the edges are strained to the breaking point as they were in 1998 during the Lewinsky unpleasantness, again in 2000 during the Florida Recount, and may well be in the elections next month.

MULLINGS is a pointedly Conservative political column. I try not to be mean, but neither do I attempt to be even-handed. I think Liberalism is wrong-headed and I am perfectly happy to point out the faults and blunders of our friends on the Left - just as those on the Left are all too eager to point out what they consider to be our shortcomings.

The secret to understanding my approach is this: I consider those on the Left to be my political opponents; not my mortal enemies.

The columns generally run about 700 words (which is about the length of a standard opinion piece in your newspaper) and come to your e-mail inbox as a complete column every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Each of those columns is accompanied by a "Secret Decoder Ring" page (SDR) which contains photos, additional links, explanations of obscure references and other things which I find amusing, aggravating or both. There is a link at the bottom of every edition of MULLINGS page which takes you to the SDR.

The Travelogues are included in the subscription price.

In a normal year - a normal year being defined as one during which I spend exactly zero days in Iraq or any other war zone - each edition of MULLINGS costs about a dime.

When you consider the amount of material I provide you to beat that Liberal goofball (with whom you have to share an office, or who sits in the next cube) over the head with, it is a fantastic bargain on the order of gasoline if a gallon cost $1.28, or Starbucks if a grande mocha cost $1.30. Which, as you are all too aware, neither does.

So, if you don't remember when you were due for renewal, the answer is: TODAY!

If you have never subscribed (or you wish to subscribe on behalf of someone who has never done so) please consider today an excellent choice of days to do that, as well.

NOTE: Many of you believe that your renewal will automatically be charged to your credit card. That is not so. YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE AGAIN! The whole thing takes about 35 seconds and it will make you feel good for a whole year.

If you are uncomfortable about using your credit card on-line, you can subscribe by writing a check for $30 and sending it to:

MULLINGS
PO Box 320123
Alexandria, VA 22320

Thank you and be safe,

Rich