[WonderNine]

The title says it all.

Taking civil liberties into issue, basically taking the future of mankind into issue, what is the NUMBER 1 (numero uno) thing you would throw your money at if you won the $230 million dollar lottery like some jagoff did yesterday???

I'll let you know what I would do later..... :D

[Preacherman]

Me, of course. All donations gratefully received! :evil:

Apart from that... I know a few charities that operate in the Third World, and I know from personal experience that they do a good job. I'd support them lavishly. (Many of those advertising in the U.S. are fake - like most of the "adopt-a-child" charities: with a few exceptions, these are con jobs.)

[ID_shooting]

We only donate money, time and stuff to local charities. The Mcdonnalds house, wonderfull organization. As our daughter out grows stuff we take them to a local place that works with under privilaged and foster care kids. And every now and then we will volunteer for the "clean up our community" groups who go out and pick up after slobbs in the woods or especially the public shooting ranges.

[Shooter 2.5]

The Boy Scouts of America.

[answerguy]

My first impulsive contribution would be to build an inflated dome baseball field for Little Leaguers in my hometown. They usually can't start the season till late April around here. It would give us an advantage towards competing with those southern teams that are probably already practicing.

[Bob Locke]

I'd start with the church I attend (pay off the note on our building that was constructed a handful of years ago), then the local Boy Scouts.

[Waitone]

St. Jude's Childrens Hospital

[Leatherneck]

Disabled vets. BSA. Kids with cancer. Valid third-world relief organizations :scrutiny:

TC
TFL Survivor

[Gary H]

I've been burned by charities... so I don't give. If I part with my money, it will be to help someone that I know.

[El Tejon]

RALPH NADER FOR PRESIDENT! www.votenader.org (http://www.votenader.org)

[Langenator]

I'll third the motion for the Boy Scouts, and add the USO.

[SJG26]

Ditto Boy Scouts followed by my church ( does heaps for the local disadvantaged.................)

[ReadyontheRight]

www.jpfo.org and their movie "Innocents Betrayed" and similar projects supporting RKBA.

And I'd probably found a conservative newspaper focused on the news from "flyover country" if we're talking that kind of $$$.

Local charities like St. Joseph's Home for wayward children.

[bjengs]

1. Support of your family
2. A tithe to small, local charities (may or may not include your church)
3. $10 to Michael Moore Hates America (http://michaelmoorehatesamerica.com/index.html)

Come on, EVERYONE can do #3 right now!

[geekWithA.45]

I'd seed a bunch of nonsectarian private schools, with emphasis on civic morals, virtues and such.

And I'd make it either dirt cheap or free for the students.

The Constitution wouldn't stop at the schoolyard gates, but the liberal PC BS would.

[tyme]

Some sort of genetic research project. Genetic research on cancer, stem cell research, etc. Once we figure out how to manipulate genetics of living organisms, we're pretty much guaranteed to either wipe ourselves out quickly or become a spacefaring civilization, IMO.

[Malone LaVeigh]

I give to environmental groups and groups working to help 3rd world countries support themselves and control their population growth.

[greyhound]

Any group that helps find homes for unwanted cats and dogs.

Some of 'em can get tied pretty close to PETA/anti-hunting and such, which is OK if that is your belief(its not mine), but if not you kinda have to be careful.

I admit I am biased, as I have a retired race dog (see screen name:D ) thats like a child to me.

[4v50 Gary]

I give to the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and some museums. Before I die, I'll give the National Park Service a ton of books and a couple of guns.

[HBK]

BSA and some Christian churches.

[Lochaber]

Your local charities, whatever they might be. Most local groups do most good with least help. They tend to be run by people who do not take a penny from them, and who often make great personal sacrifices to do the work they do. This is true for churches, soup kitchens, animal rescue groups, whatever.

Plus, the local groups you can actually look at closely before you give them your money, and make sure you are not getting scamed.

Loch

[Orion]

Ever been to the burn unit of the local Childrens Hospital? How about the Cancer ward?

You wanna have your guts ripped out and leave bawling like a baby?

Stop in and just visit the little ones that are in so much pain and somehow still find the courage to smile at you and thank you for a stuffed animal.

My In-laws collected Beanie Babies plannning on giving them to our first child. He has no interest in them at all. Last Christmas we took them to Childrens Hospital here in Columbus, we were given the honor of presenting them to the kids that couldn't get out of bed to see Santa when he came by.

I'm crying again thinking about it...gotta go.

[TheBluesMan]

I know you mentioned civil liberties. How about the ACLU? :neener:

If civil liberties were my highest priority (they're near, but not at, the top) I'd donate to:
The Heritage Foundation (http://www.heritage.org)
The Cato Institute (http://www.cato.org)
The American Enterprise Institute (http://www.aei.org) and
The Second Amendment Foundation (http://www.saf.org)

[jimpeel]

I would immediately hire an attorney and sue the government to overturn the Lautenberg Act as an unconstitutional ex-post facto law and have it rescinded in its entirety.

I would then lodge a suit against the government in general for violation of Article IV, Section. 4 of the Constitution of the United States which reads:

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.In reality, the government is increasingly giving us a Socialist form of government and have failed to protect the States against invasion.

Then I'd buy a compound and wait for them to come for me.

[Billll]

Some orgaization that gives a free vasectomy to every young man on his 18th birthday.



Cynical? Moi?

:neener:

[TamThompson]

1. Pay off all our debts, including the house.

2. Buy a new home/compound out in the country on lots of land with a river running through it, in an area that in no way resembles the United Nations-like quality of my current neighborhood.

3. Found a Community Supported Agriculture farm next to my property and start meeting the neighbors and setting up the farm.

4. Not donate to ANY political parties--they have too much money already.

5. Donate to organizations that give meaningful help to those in need (teach them to fish, not just give them fish.)

6. Help out my friends and invest in up and coming young entrepreneurs (perhaps be one of those investing 'angels.') Also invest in renewable energy companies.

7. Donate to my church (Episcopal.)

[Azrael256]

Money is good, time is better. Random acts of charity are also better than planning. Take whatever skill you have, and go apply it to someone who needs help. Churches are a great place to start, particularly if you're handy with tools. You will rarely find a church that doesn't need some physical repair that they can't pay for, so go fix a faucet or replace some shingles. It is MUCH more satisfying than writing a check.

[grampster]

Hmmmmmm.....lesee....after my 60 foot Hattaras and my quad
50's and a copious supply of radio controled drones.....
I'd make sure every woman that had an unwanted pregnancy
would have a place to go and be pampered and waited
on hand and foot till the baby was born and adopted. If
she decided to keep the child, all the follow up support
she needed to make sure her and her child had what they
needed to thrive and helped to not to make the same mistake again.

grampster

[Malone LaVeigh]

This topic has exactly what to do with firearms or civil rights? Meanwhile, other more relevant topics are not only shut down, but exised from the Orwellian memory.

The "High" Road has hit a new low.

[jimpeel]

Read my post at http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=816644#post816644 on how I would attempt the elimination of the Lautenberg Act. That is very firearms related.

Read the rest of that post on how I would sue to get us back on track as a Republic instead of a Socialist state. That is very civil rights related.

[IRONFIST]

I think that I would create a multimedia campaign that stresses the positive impact of firearms on society and emphasizes how many times times firearms are used every year by law-abiding citizens to defend their lives and property. Something to counter the Handgun Control/Million Morons agenda that seems to "miraculously" get so much attention and airplay in the media. I would also try to create scattered self-sufficent "redoubts" in the western states that would act as safe havens/knowledge centers for the population in the coming times of anarchy, disease and famine. If this "Global Catastrophe" scenario that has been investigated and studied by the Pentagon comes true in the next few years, as they say it will, a LOT of people are going to die around the world and America needs to start getting ready for the event, and the political, social and economic changes that might be coming with it. I am not saying that the "Global Catastrophe" is a certainty, but if I had a huge sum of money available... I would not be sitting on my ??? waiting to see what MIGHT happen.

[Iain]

My now ex-girlfriend bought me a revolving goat for my birthday on the 19th. To quote the info:

"A goat is a milk and fertiliser factory and goes a long way to improving the local diet, a four-legged step towards self-sufficiency...a revolving goat (with the aid of a revolving ram) starts families. Kids go to restock families without goats. And so on."

My goat is in Rwanda. Seems like a good cause to me. That woman seemed like she was going to be 'a keeper' to quote you guys. Because of that I am taking a lengthy break from here and thus from the highroad.

Bye all for now.