THE POSITIVE BLIMP THREAD: Show your support here

[Mental Dribble]

We all know on this forum some support this effort and some don't.

I'd like to start a thread that people can show their support through.

Let the guys organizing this know we are behind them. We support their efforts and can't wait to see the Blimp fly!

If you disagree I politely ask you to use one of the many other posts to voice your concerns.

GO RON PAUL!

[rrroae]

They have 95% of my vote.

Can't wait to here the MSM's reaction when they see the Blimp.

[Doriath]

For or non profit it's a great idea. They got my $50.

[Primbs]

It has my fifty dollars.

[Elijah]

We all know on this forum some support this effort and some don't.

I'd like to start a thread that people can show their support through.

Let the guys organizing this know we are behind them.

If you disagree I politely ask you to use one of the many other posts to voice your concerns.

GO RON PAUL!


I thank you for this thread!! I owe you a hug!

[SwooshOU]

Great idea!

[xexkxex]

Mmmmmmmm...Blimp pr0n....

http://www.ronpaulblimp.com/images/bostonAir2.jpg

Ooooohhh YYYYEeeeeaahhaaahahahhha.....:D:D:D:D

[rory096]

I thank you for this thread!! I owe you a hug!
Elijah, you've been doing some great work. Now can you just answer the questions people have asked so we can tell the trolls to shut up and go away, and to convince the well-meaning people who aren't sure what's going on that this is a worthwhile project?

[Mental Dribble]

Very Sexy Xex!

[Cyclone]

I don't like this thread, I disagree with it.


The funny thing is that 80% of all Elijah/Trevor fans joined in November, a few in October, and a few in December, but only about 20% are from anyone who has been working on this forum for longer. Isn't that interesting?

[Mental Dribble]

You disagree with people being able to come to a thread and speak with other like minded individuals? You disagree with a thread that can show the amount of support an idea / effort has without wading through the negative answers? There is a thread, actually several threads for you to go back and fourth on. This is a thread of solidarity and support. If you want to start an opposing one be my guess, but we all deserve a place we can go and speak with others who support this effort.

[moberley]

I can't purchase a timeshare on the blimp (non-US citizen) but I would like to. I am very impressed by the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit shown by the principals involved with this endeavour. And, personally, I am happy that it is now a company with employees and such. The people behind this are now relying on it to earn money, that means they have so much more incentive to make it great. If they make money on it, that means they've done a great job. Capitalism is beautiful.

[constituent]

i wish all parties involved the very best in all endeavors. hopefully the air will clear around all of this and it will exceed all possible expectation.

[xexkxex]

I don't like this thread, I disagree with it.


Oh come on....you mean to tell me that when you look at the blimp..with those luscious curves...you don't want to curl up with it and run your fingers along its rudders as you enter its gondola.... to plot it's course with the Super fine GPS module is has?....

...you know you want to....Ohhhhhh Yeeeeeahhahahhaaaaa....:D




.....That's right...I said gondola......look it up..:)

[Mental Dribble]

hahaha your awesome xex...

[xexkxex]

hahaha your awesome xex...

Thank you! :D

PS - I really like the Blimp.

[cowb0y]

I pledged $100, and I will be fulfilling my pledge tomorrow. Personally, I trust people who believe in Ron Paul, and am willing to take a chance on that trust. (If something were to "go wrong," there are civil remedies available, regardless of the stated Terms.)

When George Washington asked people to follow him, they didn't say "let me read the fine print." ;)

[Onyx]

The blimp will be one of the best advertising for the ron paul campaign. I remember reading about it on the forum and was like "What, a freaking blimp???". It will catch a lot of attention.

[Kojack]

Yes, I'm another Johnny-come-lately who feels he has a right to express his opinion...

Thank you Elijah and co. for getting this together. A private, for profit company was the only real way to get this done and I think you have all taken a reasonable path. There is so much quibbling about alternative A vs. alternative B. Some decisions matter a great deal but most don't make a hell of a lot of difference one way or the other. Where the blimp flies, how much the organizers get paid, could volunteers take some of the positions, etc. - relatively minor matters that will not be significant issues when it is all over and done. Whether the blimp goes up at all? That's something that will make a difference.

I was never crazy about the idea but you all are taking initiative and putting something together. Thank you.

A purchase from me is incoming.

[millerjd]

I, for one, welcome our blimp overlords

Go Go Gadget - Blimp!

[Abobo]

I've loved the blimp idea from the moment I heard it. I've already bought my 108 minutes of time :D

I can't wait to see some photos of this thing in the sky!

[millerjd]

$1k Donation Abobo - Wow... Good job!

And looks like a $5k donation just came in!

[LukeNM]

I am in favor of the blimp and will support it!

[millerjd]

We are going to need to start making pro-blimp propaganda.

T-shirts
"Pro-Blimp and proud of it"
"I survived Forum v. Blimp".
"No such thing as 'Blimpgate'"


For the stoners...
"Let's get high and spread the message"
"Look Ma! I'm high!" on the back: "No really, I'm 2000 feet up and really hungry and this thing doesn't even have Doritos"

For the lazy
"Please send youtube link of blimp"

For the perverted
"My candidate's dirigible is larger than yours"
"Let me show you my dirigible"
"My dirigible needs to be refueled, do you accept google-checkout?"

[Primbs]

They are getting some nice donations. Glad to see people are helping out.

[Indy Vidual]

Blimp :D

[Mental Dribble]

Website got a nice little face lift! WOOHOOO WE ARE ON ARE WAY! %25 percent there and its 1 am!!! I predict a big donation hit tomorrow!

[Primbs]

Reasons to support the blimp from previous posts.

"I think the blimp will have a huge impact. I live in Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes and 10 times as many liberal socialist wingnuts and Paul Welstone had a green bus and that is all the media focused on. Following the freeking bus. The green bus was here, the green bus was there. They reported on the bus all the time. If the blimp makes a splash at the teaparty, it could be big news and any town it is in, the local news/papers will cover it because they are not directed by the msm. We definetly should start a website start a website if this gets off the ground to track the blimp. Kinda like where's george? We could have a comments section for people to enter when and where they saw the blimp."

"Blimps are hot. They have marquee names, make appearances, draw crowds. People scramble to get close to them, to touch them, to scrawl graffiti on them with lipsticks and felt-tip pens. It's true not just of Goodyear blimps but of a crowd of others as well, floating over everything from the Kentucky Derby to a frog-jumping contest."

"Blimps are showing up as trendy props in TV advertising, too. An actor bungee-jumps from one and scoops up a dab of salsa; a quarterback phones two blimp pilots flying over the stadium, to see if he left his truck lights on; a sweepstakes team arrives at a winner's front door with the big check while a blimp hangs in the sky."

"Blimps bestow a certain cachet on the events they cover and on the companies they represent," says Michael Bolton, a blimp marketing man. "They make everything seem more important and more exciting by their very presence." A Goodyear pilot adds, "You've heard the saying that blimps make people smile and dogs bark. It's true. We're ambassadors of goodwill."

"The value of those fleeting looks, calculated at TV's extraordinary advertising rates, is what keeps blimps in the air there days - even over domed stadiums. If Goodyear gets 45 to 90 seconds of national TV exposure during a World Series game or the Super Bowl, it's worth millions. These rewards are more than enough to justify the cost of maintaining three big blimps."

"The media will jump all over this BIG TIME. It's just too good of a story to pass up!

New supporters will be drawn to the excitement of a grassroots campaign that supports their man with a blimp!"

Make no small plans for they do not excite men nor womens souls.

By using a blimp we will energize and maximize our base of support. We need to inspire our donors and inspire our volunteers to achieve great things.

[texasliberty]

I may be a forum newbie, but:

The Ron Paul Blimp is totally brilliant! And making a private advertising company to do it is even more totally brilliant!

First, it allows the Blimp project to put in place the kind of hard-core full-time infrastructure it needs to get maximum value - not people trying to run a huge project on stolen moments at their work, people for whom running the Ron Paul Blimp IS their work. That's cool.

And second, making a private company in one superhuman bound of incredible internet initiative has sidestepped all the evil barriers that the powers-that-be have put in place to keep us from spending as much money as we can raise on getting our message out. Unlimited donations! Do you realize what that means? One click from one software mogul or well-off businessman and this is now a whole new game!

Feel fear, Mitt Romney! Feel fear, Rudy Giuliani! You may be rich as politicians go, but there are people out there who are far richer and who've about had it with you and your creepy NeoCon thugs decimating our party, plundering our nation, and devastating our image in the world. And now we have a vehicle with which to finally let you have it - no $2,300 limit, not $5,000 PAC BS, no limit whatsoever. Capitalism is at the door and it's got an angry look on its face. This is going to be SO MUCH FUN!

Go Elijah! Go Blimp Team! Go Ron Paul!

AND GO BLIMP!!!

[steph3n]

I may be a forum newbie, but:

The Ron Paul Blimp is totally brilliant! And making a private advertising company to do it is even more totally brilliant!

First, it allows the Blimp project to put in place the kind of hard-core full-time infrastructure it needs to get maximum value - not people trying to run a huge project on stolen moments at their work, people for whom running the Ron Paul Blimp IS their work. That's cool.

And second, making a private company in one superhuman bound of incredible internet initiative has sidestepped all the evil barriers that the powers-that-be have put in place to keep us from spending as much money as we can raise on getting our message out. Unlimited donations! Do you realize what that means? One click from one software mogul or well-off businessman and this is now a whole new game!

Feel fear, Mitt Romney! Feel fear, Rudy Giuliani! You may be rich as politicians go, but there are people out there who are far richer and who've about had it with you and your creepy NeoCon thugs decimating our party, plundering our nation, and devastating our image in the world. And now we have a vehicle with which to finally let you have it - no $2,300 limit, not $5,000 PAC BS, no limit whatsoever. Capitalism is at the door and it's got an angry look on its face. This is going to be SO MUCH FUN!

Go Elijah! Go Blimp Team! Go Ron Paul!

AND GO BLIMP!!!

welcome, and "you are now free to flame about the boards"

(just a spin off of southwest's ad)

[Indy Vidual]

Blimp :)

[stefans]

a lot of concerns discussed yesterday have been addressed.
including my concern about the strange pricing.

that's not exactly "showing support" right now, but considering what I said yesterday it's quite positive, so don't start a fight again :)

there's a mistake in the pricing scheme though. one of you might want to contact them as I can't find contact info of the webmaster and don't have the time to look any further right now:
$25,000 for 52 hrs.
that's got to be 45 hours, not 52, to be in accordance with the other options.

[OferNave]

I think the guys that got the Blimp project together are incredible - I can't believe how much was accomplished in less than two weeks.

And I'm in, with cash.

[slantedview]

a positive blimp thread? this blows my mind.

GO BLIMP!

[Mental Dribble]

Yea, its a pretty revolutionary idea... but then again, this forum is filled with them!

[EvilEngineer]

Love the idea! I'll bleed some more to make if fly. (I sell plasma for donation $$)

Blimp! (the new bump)

[xexkxex]

We are going to need to start making pro-blimp propaganda.


I am wondering where all the Blimp Videos are at.

It seems like there should be a lot more on YouTube...but only a hand full.

I would make some ....but I am not skilled in the area.


More Blimp pr0n please!!!!:D

Edit:

Love the idea! I'll bleed some more to make if fly. (I sell plasma for donation $$)

Blimp! (the new bump)

I am going to go tomorrow! Think about how much money we could all raise if we did this once or twice a week...besides all the people we would be helping!!! We can raise as much as we like and not have to worry about limits!!! WOOT!

[slantedview]

I am wondering where all the Blimp Videos are at.

It seems like there should be a lot more on YouTube...but only a hand full.

I would make some ....but I am not skilled in the area.


More Blimp pr0n please!!!!:D

Edit:


I am going to go tomorrow! Think about how much money we could all raise if we did this once or twice a week...besides all the people we would be helping!!! We can raise as much as we like and not have to worry about limits!!! WOOT!
if you have video skills or know anyone who does, please feel free to donate some time coming up with a blimp promo video. i agree, we should have one.

[EvilEngineer]

I am going to go tomorrow! Think about how much money we could all raise if we did this once or twice a week...besides all the people we would be helping!!!

After the 12th i'll be setting up a site dedicated to this. And tracking how much people donate and how much money we raise. As well as coordinating media attention for it and mass donation days. This will help some of us fund projects in the next quarter.

[xexkxex]

After the 12th i'll be setting up a site dedicated to this. And tracking how much people donate and how much money we raise. As well as coordinating media attention for it and mass donation days. This will help some of us fund projects in the next quarter.

You rock the house my freind!!! :D

[Mental Dribble]

Everyone be sure to spread the word to your meet up groups and other supporters, we need to raise this money!

[Man from La Mancha]

Thanks for the work guys.:D



http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9435/blackwsmallyh7.gif (teaparty07.com)ronpaulblimp.com...donate both

[OferNave]

Hey - a blimp project representative has started a thread, and is answering all questions:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=46258

[GoSlash27]

The blimp is very social. It wants to get its picture taken with every candidate in the race, and will be attending a lot of their functions.
teehee :cool:

[BlueGecko]

Love the blimp dislike the amount of paid bureaucracy

Trevor, Elijah, thank you for everything you have done. You guys are great! Salary is deserved for all your amount of work and you guys have been very humble


On the other hand
Paid Assistants, Cameramen, Full time paralegal, Webmaster ect. when they didn't bother to ask first for qualified volunteers NOT ok
*Can still be fixed*

[Ozwest]

Reading some of these threads, most naysayers are speaking from ignorance.

Some are just plain jealous or angry.

The worst are the ones who have a halo permanently stuck to their heads.

Stick to your guns. You're on a winner.

Blimpmannia is good!

[moberley]

Capitalism is at the door and it's got an angry look on its face.

Your entire post was great, but the line quoted above was all sorts of fabulous.

[vodalian]

Reading some of these threads, most naysayers are speaking from ignorance.

Some are just plain jealous or angry.

The worst are the ones who have a halo permanently stuck to their heads.

Stick to your guns. You're on a winner.

Blimpmannia is good!

Jealous? Talk about random...I guess Ron Paul must also be jealous then, since he's one of the most financial conservatives out there who always preaches against unneeded wasteful spending. Or did you not know that? I'de suggest reading some of his finance/economy articles.

[Paulinista4TW]

Elijah , I am amazed . Looking at the web page and the team that has come together and the ideas that have been contributed in just two weeks??? This is one of the most incredible things I have ever seen. Really it looks like a miracle.

A few days ago when I made a contribution to the mini-bomb on the 30th I was looking at some of the names of individual donors as they flashed across the screen. I asked myself could November 5th have really happened? All those people? And yet again just as unbelievable and just as real there is a blimp.


The miracles keep happening and "Joan Of Arc" seems to come to mind as I hear about more and more about the incredible efforts being made on behalf of Dr. Paul at the grassroots level.

Getting back down to earth thank you and your wonderful team for trying to do what you can and even if the blimp ultimately doesn't meet all the aspirations we have for it , and even if Dr. Paul doesn't become our next President I hope everyone will feel like it was worth the effort .

Your people skills are amazing your efforts have inspired me and I already sent my $100 pledge plus $50 for posting the flight path and another $100 if we can get a video of some of the organizers.

Thank you and all the best, your fellow Ron Paul supporter.

[Man from La Mancha]

Jealous? Talk about random...I guess Ron Paul must also be jealous then, since he's one of the most financial conservatives out there who always preaches against unneeded wasteful spending. Or did you not know that? I'de suggest reading some of his finance/economy articles.
I think he is talking about government spending, individuals can spend as much as they want to on anything:)

.

[MN Patriot]

I support the blimp, I donated $50 (but I didn't max out my contribution to Ron, sorry, probably won't since I am unemployed, in school to change careers).

Now I support it even more when I can see the flight plan. Almost to $50,000 after 3 days, very encouraging.

Good job guys!!!

If the mainstream media ignores the bllimp, we KNOW there is some sort of anti-Ron Paul agenda happening behind the scenes.

[Storm3]

I love the project, I hope it all works out and I think the organizers are fantastic.

Not a negative word me from towards the Blimpers... because I don't have any.

Go Blimp!

[Ozwest]

vodalian,
I am not a boring fuck, and neither is my good friend Ron.

I have more money due to adventure. Business not markets.

Being cnservative sucks.

[NerveShocker]

Can't wait to see this blimp fly. ;)
This will do more for our grassroots effort than anything.

www.RonPaulBlimp.com

[OferNave]

I love this thread. It's a brief, refreshing dive into joy in between grueling battles outside.

[Hancock1776]

I think forming the company was a top notch idea. You'll obviously want to be brutally lean with the overhead, given the negativity I've seen about all this.

Hopefully after the blimp project winds down, Liberty Political Advertising can team up with DownsizeDC.org (http://www.downsizedc.org) and really get the word out on minimizing tyranny and maximizing liberty!

You guys fill me with so much hope and optimism. Trevor, Elijah and everybody, (and especially Ron Paul) THANK YOU.

[OferNave]

I think forming the company was a top notch idea. You'll obviously want to be brutally lean with the overhead, given the negativity I've seen about all this.

Though I don't think it was necessary, they've decided to do what you've suggested, and probably for the reason you put forth:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=46456

Several staff (including Trevor and Elijah) have cut their salaries in half

[Chase]

I support the Ron Paul Blimp. Sent my $25 already. (Would have sent more, but Nov 5th left a smoking hole in my wallet :p)

[Mental Dribble]

Bump For The Blimp!!!!

[Ball]

The flight plan looks well thought out. Hitting NY early is a good idea for press purposes. I really hope this happens.

We need some animated blimp banners

[Smiley Gladhands]

I figured we can either argue for months about how best to do this, or we can just do this.

So I bought $100 time on the blimp.

:)

[Flash]

Is everything with the Blimp going alright?

[cowb0y]

I pledged $100, and I will be fulfilling my pledge tomorrow.

Err, did I say $100?


You originally pledged $200 for the blimp, now is the time to pay for your pledge.

Well, they changed the categories, so I had to round up. :D

I hope I get that raise soon. :|

[rancher89]

Be there for the launch if you can, just imagine the impact of a huge crowd! The Elizabeth City newspaper ran a piece on the blimp, all positive, except they mention throwing tea from the blimp, which I don't think will happen. Maybe a santa parachutist, but no tea

[zcopley]

Yay Blimp! I chipped in $25.

[voytechs]

I just donated and sent out emails to my address book and my meetup.

[stewie3128]

Hooray Blimp!

I like the Blimp.

I want to pet the Blimp.

I've heard Blimps are bigger in person.

When I grow up, I'm going to be a Blimp.

Hooray Blimp!

/seriously, I love that we're doing a blimp, and those that are bitter about it not being done their way can DIAF. Hooray Blimp!

[dvictr]

"i like big blimps and i can not lie..
the other candidates only lie ...
and when ron paul walks in
with his straight talking ways...

[kaleidoscope eyes]

I'm just Blimp-a-liciously giddy!
Go Blimp Go!
tee hee, I've got my 2.7 minutes stake in this. wish it could be more! saving for the 16th tho. oh well, we do what we can.
For the short amt. of time you've had to work on this guys, I think you're doing awesome, never mind the haters! :D

[Storm3]

I'm returning to this thread to spread some more LOVE.

Guys, you are a doing a great job, I have total faith you will pull this one off. We know you are working your tails off for all of us.

THANK YOU!