Why should I cut to the chase when you do it so eloquently?
Also, from reading upthread, it looks like there's a general concensus to keep track of the paulBOT ZOTs and make the accumulated donation at the end of the month. That sounds like the best idea.
Amazingly, we've only had ONE paulBOT ZOT since the introduction of this pledge. You can find the zot here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2828375/posts?page=26#26 (Wave bye bye to to RayTheSpook)
It looks like the RP spam monkeys may be slowing down a little bit after their hero didn't win Iowa as they believed he would. But, even if we had no more bot zots for the rest of the month (which I highly doubt), this is still $7 going to the FReepathon.
Until someone else takes this on as a ping list, I can check back in to this thread periodically and update the accumulated zots and $$.