Just put down that credit card and no one gets hurt

Just put down that credit card and no one gets hurt.
Don’t buy - DONATE - and I’ll send out your gifts.

On September 12, 2001, President Bush asked Americans to go shopping. And the Bush-bots did as told.

I’ve got a better idea: don’t shop - give a tax deductible donation to support my crew. Donate to the not-for-profit Palast Investigative Fund and I will sign and send, in gratitude, a gift to you - or your friends or family. I’ll sign each item - just tell us the names of the gifted ones by December 14.

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Updated: “Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans - Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild.” The bestselling book, signed. “Great fun,” says the New Yorker. $75 min donation. $100 Hardbound.

Gift packs: For a $500 minimum donation, get a crate-load of info-loaded DVDs and books. Give me the names, I’ll sign’m.

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Unhappy times shouldn’t stop a happy holiday. My best wishes to you and your family.

(I’m on my way to South America with cameraman Rick Rowley - and hope someone reading this will pay for our tickets to get home! I’m not kidding.)

Reporting from the equator,
Greg Palast