Posted on 06/25/2009 1:37:23 PM PDT by kristinn
Click here for live video stream of the Troopathon. Click here for Syncro's Blogger Shootout Competition thread. Jim Robinson and Syncro should be on site at the Reagan Library for the Troopathon. Howdy hi guys! Move America Forward's Troopathon is being hosted by FRiends of Free Republic Melanie Morgan and Andrew Breitbart. Here's a recent press release mentioning some of the guests for the Troopathon. Sacramento , CA – Hollywood movie stars Kelsey Grammer and Gary Sinise have generously agreed to participate and appear on Move America Forward’s campaign to send the largest ever shipment of care packages to our troops serving overseas. “Both Kelsey Grammer and Gary Sinise have displayed a long history of support for our troops. They have been active with the USO throughout the years and their participation in our telethon is further example of what great patriots these two men are,” said Melanie Morgan, co-host of “Honor Their Service”. “We are honored to have them on our Troopathon.” Mr. Grammer and Mr. Sinise will joined what is already an impressive line-up that includes Rush Limbaugh, Vice President Cheney, Jon Voight, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Michelle Malkin and many more celebrities. Kelsey Grammer is best known for his portrayal of Dr. Frasier Crane on the sitcoms Cheers and Frasier. He has appeared in a number of other shows and movies and most recently appeared in the movie “American Carol.” Gary Sinise is most famous for his portrayal of Lt. Dan in the movie “Forest Gump.” He has directed and starred in many movie and currently is the star of CSI:NY. About the Project: On June 25th, 2009, Move America Forward, the nation’s largest grassroots pro-troop organization, will be hosting its 2nd annual “Troopathon”. The event will be hosted by Melanie Morgan, co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show “America’s Morning News”, and Andrew Breitbart, who runs Breitbart.TV, and the “Big Hollywood” blog. The goal of the project is to send care packages to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. During the 8-hour event that will be broadcast on the internet, radio and TV viewers are encouraged to sponsor care packages for the troops as the guests and hosts discuss various topics related to supporting our troops. “Last year, viewers donated more than $1.5 million to send care packages to troops. With the help of Kelsey Grammer and Gary Senise, we hope to surpass that number this year,” Morgan concluded.
Rush on now. But they’re having connection problems.
Kool
I think they’re server is being overwhelmed at Skype and others! I got on http://www.troopathon.org/ around 20 minutes into the feed and the number of viewers has now quadrupled and going up fast!
I’m in.
I’m in too, but it’s like a really bad VOIP call!
Look at the very bottom of the screen on the ‘pop-out’
“Transferring data from speed.pointroll.com...”
Just sayin!!!! lol!!!
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