The Victory Coalition (Wizbang)

As you may be aware Michele Catalano had formed a coalition of blogs aiming to generate more donations to the Spirit of America project than Dean Esmay and John from Argghhh!

Due to unforeseen circumstances Michele has had to drop out of the group leadership role, but she asked me to take the helm and continue the crusade. I gladly accepted, and in her honor, christened the coalition of powerhouse blogs:

To be fair I'm releasing all blogs previously committed to Michele from their commitments. It's worth noting that Michele remains in The Victory Coalition, and I'm sure she will urge the existing team members to stay onboard.

Want To Join?

It's easy. Send a trackback to this post, or leave your commitment in the comment section. You will ~~receive an e-mail link~~ can find everything you need to link to the special Victory Coalition contribution page at Spirit Of America below. You will be added to the The Victory Coalition blogroll (which will be prominently displayed here and at other members sites) and find the code to add The Victory Coalition blogroll to your blog below. Direct your readers to the special contribution page and watch out total contributions grow here.

What Do I Have To Do?

To join The Victory Coalition, you must run a weblog, and try to post at least one message per day to your readers to encourage them to contribute to Spirit of America. Contest ends next Thursday. Let's see how much we can raise to support our troops' efforts to help people in Afghanistan, Iraq, and everywhere else they need our help!

If you want to join one of the three coalitions, just drop a note to Dean Esmay, John Donovan, or myself. If you want to start your own coalition, or raise money solo, just click here to sign up. Remember you only need to register at Spirit of America if you want to form your own coalition or raise money on your own. All donations made via The Victory Coalition page at Spirit of America will be counted towards our total regardless of how the donor got there or who referred them.

The donation pages are now active for all teams, but according to Dean, the the competition starts starts at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday morning and runs until a week from Thursday (April 28th). Give generously, just start on Wednesday!!! To donate click on The Victory Coalition logo above or here.

Victory Code Tools:

This is the spot to get all of the tools and code you'll need to promote the winning team - The Victory Coalition, of course, not those other so-called teams...

First you can add The Victory Coalition blogroll to your site, by pasting the following code into your template:

Next you can add a text link to The Victory Coalition donation page by adding this URL to all of your posts or to your blog sidebar:

http://www.spiritofamerica.net/challenge/victorycoalition.html

To really be one of the cool kids, grab the graphic above and save it to your images directory and use the following code to show and link to the donation page (change the YOURSERVER to your server).

Note: The graphic and code have been updated to avoid confusion with Warren Ellis.

BlogAd Construction:

Title: The Spirit Of America Challenge
URL: http://www.spiritofamerica.net/challenge/victorycoalition.html
Graphic: vcsm2.gif - Download this to your PC from http://wizbangblog.com/images/vcsm2.gif first
Text: US Marines seek to equip seven (7) television stations serving local communities within Al Anbar Province, Iraq. The Province includes the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi. These stations will offer information that is more accurate and balanced than existing alternatives (i.e. Al Jazeera).

Other Victory Graphics:

Michele has another graphic here. I'll keep adding links as we come up with variants.

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Comments (15)

Lady Michele commended us t... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Dark Riders | April 19, 2004 11:05 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Dark Riders:

Lady Michele commended us to this site.

We await your instructions oh Mighty Wizbang!

Posted on April 19, 2004 11:05

Kevin, will there, perchanc... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by Nathan | April 19, 2004 11:28 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Nathan:

Kevin, will there, perchance, possibly be some kind of ad that will fit blogad specs? I'd love to (actually have something in my adstrip...) keep this up at the top of the page throughout the competition.

Posted on April 19, 2004 11:28

Yes we will have BlogAd siz... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Kevin | April 19, 2004 11:31 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Kevin:

Yes we will have BlogAd sized copy.

Posted on April 19, 2004 11:31

Count me in.... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Darmon Thornton | April 19, 2004 11:32 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Darmon Thornton:

Count me in.

Posted on April 19, 2004 11:32

O.K I'm in but be warned I'... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by Guy | April 19, 2004 12:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Guy:

O.K I'm in but be warned I'm new at this so be gentle!

Posted on April 19, 2004 12:02

I'd like to donate... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by Dana | April 19, 2004 12:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Dana:

I'd like to donate

Posted on April 19, 2004 12:22

But of course. Wouldn't mi... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by Sissy Willis | April 19, 2004 12:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Sissy Willis:

But of course. Wouldn't miss it.

Posted on April 19, 2004 12:42

We will crush you, take you... (Below threshold)

8. Posted by BloodSpite | April 19, 2004 12:48 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

BloodSpite:

We will crush you, take your land and sell your children to John Kerry for voters!!!

All in the interest of helping the soldiers of Course!

Long Live Castle AAaargh! and the Fighting Fusileers shall rule the world!

Posted on April 19, 2004 12:48

AH! the Queen is dead long... (Below threshold)

9. Posted by Wayne Fielder | April 19, 2004 2:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Wayne Fielder:

AH! the Queen is dead long live the King! Our leaders, while important to us, are relatively unimportant to the Cause...the Cause lives on and I'm still on board.

Confessions of a Pilgrim is ready to go!

My blog SW doesn't support trackback so this will have to do I'm afraid.

Posted on April 19, 2004 14:04

And I'm in, too. I await my... (Below threshold)

10. Posted by physics geek | April 19, 2004 3:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

physics geek:

And I'm in, too. I await my marching orders.

Posted on April 19, 2004 15:43

Michele says Kevin's in cha... (Below threshold)

11. Posted by Rob A. | April 19, 2004 5:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Rob A.:

Michele says Kevin's in charge, then Kevin's in charge.

Posted on April 19, 2004 17:15

Kevin, please email me what... (Below threshold)

12. Posted by Alan M. | April 19, 2004 9:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Alan M.:

Kevin, please email me whatever's necessary. Blogosapien can come on board with this, it's a worthwhile cause!

Posted on April 19, 2004 21:21

I thought the competition s... (Below threshold)

13. Posted by Lornkanaga | April 20, 2004 4:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Lornkanaga:

I thought the competition started yesterday, so that's when I made my donation. Now I read on OneFineJay that the competition doesn't start until tonight (0001 pacific). What happened to the donation I already made? I made it from the Victory Coalition page, so I'm hoping it's still good.

Posted on April 20, 2004 16:18

Here's another big style gr... (Below threshold)

14. Posted by Jim | April 20, 2004 11:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Jim:

Here's another big style graphic: http://www.snoozebuttondreams.com/images/viccoal1.jpg

Got the Trickle all set, I'm off to bed.

Onward bloggy soldiers!

Posted on April 20, 2004 23:00

Kevin, I just noticed that ... (Below threshold)

15. Posted by Jim S | April 25, 2004 8:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Jim S:

Kevin, I just noticed that I'm not on the blogroll...

Posted on April 25, 2004 20:40

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