Today I sent $20 to Dennis McGlynn as a token of my appreciation for his commitment and sacrifice to the cause of ending the mindless bigoted discrimination being visited upon us by the National Park Service. Dennis does not know it’s coming, and he definitely does not know that I’m babbling about it on the BASE Board.
I sent Dennis $20 because the commitment and sacrifice he made -- FOR US -- has left him in critical financial condition and with alligators snapping at him from all directions. And while I remain confident that Dennis will ultimately survive this ordeal just fine, things are very tough for Brenda and him right now and they both need our help.
Dennis received 500 pieces of mail during his three months as a federal political prisoner. If just half of those people sent Dennis and Brenda $20, they’d be able to:
1) Pay off the debts they incurred while he was in prison; and
2) take a _well-deserved_ vacation.
If 500 or 1,000 BASE jumpers and our supporters sent $20, they would not only have the bills paid and a paid vacation, there’d be money to pay the enormous expenses incurred by Lawyer Fred in to pursuing several cases -- for all of us.
And if every BASE jumper and BASE supporter in the world sent $20, well... then there would be an "It’s Our Park Too!" war chest big enough to shed some serious light on our problem.
That problem is the history and current practices of the NPS (and certain of its officials in particular) toward BASE jumpers and it will no more survive the light of wide disclosure than a sand castle survives a rising tide.
All this can happen -- if we first take care of the most pressing business at hand:
Helping Dennis and Brenda get back on their feet after they faced the fire for us -- and in a way few of us are willing or able to duplicate.
Moreover, the size of the response itself can generate more attention. When Dennis was a federal political prisoner, he received more mail than all the rest of the inmates combined. It freaked out his jailers and made them wonder (well, the ones who could think anyway) just what kind of fellow they had in their custody.
Which reminds me of another reason I sent Dennis $20....
There’s an old saying that if you want to see a person’s true character, see how they treat people who can’t do anything for them.
Well, when Dennis was a federal political prisoner, he may have been near broke himself, but he still had more money than many of the other inmates, and so he regularly put money on the accounts of those who were worse off than he was, people who didn’t have enough money to even buy toothbrushes, people who had no one to help them with anything... and who certainly couldn't do anything for Dennis.
So Dennis helped them, with money, with his knowledge, with his ability to send Brenda and others running critical errands for guys who had no one else to turn to.
That’s the kind of person Dennis is, and that’s the kind of person the Nazi Punk Service (and their punk nazi colleagues in the U.S. InJustice Department) thinks should be locked up, financially ruined -- and then hassled after his release.
So I sent $20. Not much, really; a jump ticket or a 12-pack of green bottles.
Everybody who reads this post can afford that.
Everybody.
So send it.
Today.
It's a no-brainer.
And if there are any BASE jumpers out there who don’t think what Dennis did for all of us is worth a jump or a 12-pack, well, they ought to look at themselves in the mirror so they can see what a first-class assshole looks like.
I will be happy to gater as much money as I can for Dennis from all jumpers in North Carolina as I can. I have never met Dennis but jump a GS and love it. Any time you guys are in the north carolina area you will be treated to the full city tour. I will get back to you with monetary donations soon. Keep the peace and the love...
I will be happy to gather as much money as I can for Dennis from all jumpers in North Carolina as I can. I have never met Dennis but jump a GS and love it. Any time you guys are in the north carolina area you will be treated to the full city tour. I will get back to you with monetary donations soon. Keep the peace and the love...
I sent $30 --- on Martin Luther King Day because Dennis is fighting discrimination non-violently and from jail, just like King and Rosa Parks did. Thanks Dennis
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