29 December 2004 Patriot No. 04-52 2004 Year-End Review "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." --Samuel Adams
This past year has been the busiest ever for your Federalist Patriot staff. The circulation of The Patriot increased by almost 40% in 2004 (thanks to our dedicated editorial and technical staff, and recent endorsements from readers like former House Speaker Dick Armey). The Patriot is now read by more conservative voters of all ages than any other e-journal, and our subscribers redistributed its message of liberty, limited government and free enterprise to millions of undecided voters prior to this past election. The Patriot is not only "preaching to the choir" but is an effective instrument for proselytizing, by virtue of reason and sound doctrine, thus firming up support for Constitutional conservatives across the nation. The Patriot's public policy advocacy arm, PatriotPetitions.US, scored several notable victories. Additionally, we launched four new enterprises: The Collegiate Patriot, PatriotPostBlog.US (a weblog designed to support Collegiate Patriot readers), PatriotShop.US and Patriot Affiliates, LLC. The latter will finance the newly-formed Patriot Foundation, providing scholarships for graduate level political science, government and history students dedicated to conservative principles. We continue to publish a weekly column, and other Patriot projects (like our Kerry-04.org website) were featured in The Washington Post, Harvard Political Review and other print/TV forums this year. The Federalist Patriot is entirely donor-supported, which means that hundreds of thousands of American military personnel, students and those in ministry and other professions with limited financial means are able to receive The Patriot free of charge. But publishing, like freedom, is not free. As you read above, we have taken great strides this year, and we have done it all on a very limited budget -- which is to say that supporting The Patriot is a prudent investment in America. If you haven't already done so, please support the 2004 Patriot Fund today! We still must raise $26,690 before the end of the year and unlike our government, we have to operate on a balanced budget. TO SUPPORT THE 2004 PATRIOT FUND ONLINE: Link to our Secure Commerce Page at -- http://FederalistPatriot.com/support.asp TO SUPPORT THE PATRIOT FUND BY MAIL: Recommended Operation Support Levels: Family Defender: $26 (50c/week) Frontline Patriot: $39 (75c/week) Company Command: $52 ($1/week) Recommended Mission Support Levels: Battalion Command: $100 Regiment Command: $250 Division Command: $500 Corps Command: $1000 Send your contribution to: The Patriot Annual Fund P.O. Box 507 Chattanooga, TN 37401-0507 (Please make your check payable to "The Patriot Annual Fund", and please note your e-mail address on the memo line so we can credit your contribution to your subscriber account, and so our publisher can thank you. Include a self-addressed, stamped #10 [10" business] envelope with your donation, and we will send you our trademark slogans "Veritas vos Liberabit" [the Truth will set you free], "Annoy a Liberal," "PatriotHomeland.US" and other great stickers.) As always, on behalf of our National Advisory Committee, Contributors and Staff, it is an honor and a privilege to serve you. Mark Alexander, Publisher "[E]ditors exist [because] most people don't have time to rummage through vast piles of hay for the specific needles they're looking for; we want professional needle-finders." --Jonah Goldberg ++ "The hold of major media has been reduced by the competing utensils of the rising information age." --R. Emmett Tyrrell ++ "The Internet is the happiest intellectual, journalistic and educational development in history." --William F. Buckley, Jr.
