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An Upgrade Challenge
I upgraded to the Mrs. Thatcher level today. I challenge you to upgrade today. If at least 10 members upgrade and confirm with either a comment on this post or by emailing me, I will further upgrade to the Reagan level. (An upgrade to the Reagan level would count as three upgrades.)
Part of my spiritual tradition is to tithe to where I am spiritually fed. While reading Fred Cole’s excellent post “Thankful for Ricochet” I realized that I should also give where I am politically fed. I had planned to upgrade to the Coolidge level, but upon reflection, I upgraded to the Mrs. Thatcher level.
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@ejhill will make sure that you do. Thanks for letting us know.
I just had a very nice PM from EJ Hill saying that they were going to send me a mug pronto, but I said I didn’t need one. It was, however, very nice to know they wanted to make sure I was taken care of.
I’m not sure when I first visited the site or listened to the flagship podcast, but I remember when the pitch was the price of a latte (or some such) at the flagship Starbucks in Seattle. For some reason I’m thinking it was $3.67, but I’m probably wrong about that.
Despite Rob’s weekly efforts, the pitch never worked on me until the first time I heard Peter give it. He seemed so uncomfortable and earnest I thought “wow, they really do need the money”. And of course, there was the great scare which brought about the tiers in the first place.
Point being, put me down as supporting the introduction of a new tier between Thatcher and Reagan – it seems odd to have 3 tiers within a spread of $2.50 per month when the next two jumps per annum are up $40 then $400 respectively.
How do you feel about a Churchill Level? Since Churchill was the Time Magazine Man of the Half Century on January 2, 1950, I would think that he would be higher than our beloved Margaret Thatcher. Could be get a small plastic bust of Churchill based upon the one that Obama gave back to the UK? How much for the Churchill Level?
@garyrobbins I just found this thread and I don’t see that you got to ten yet. Well I’ve been thinking about doing it anyway, and I echo the sentiments of @gldiii. Regardless of how often I come by, I value knowing Ricochet is here, as a community of like minded and (mostly at least) exceptionally intelligent people. So I’m going to begin supporting it at the Reagan level simply because I want it to survive and thrive. So I think that should make 10 for you, and you should now join me as a Reagan supporter.
Churchill could work, although the team would probably want those at that level to have some other benefit as well – unless it was a very fine bust, indeed. Probably $250 would be a reasonable amount.
I never got the tenth person, but I upgraded today to the Reagan level.
I am blessed by Ricochet being in my life. (When I can’t fall asleep because my mind is racing, I will play a podcast and will drop off to sleep with my mind engaged and unable to race any longer.)
I upgraded to the Mrs. Thatcher level a couple of weeks ago, what do I need to do to have my moniker changed from “Member” to “Reagan”?
You said you were at 9 back in comment no. 28 and then I came along in comment no. 35 and upgraded, so not that it matters, but I think you got your tenth. :)
Oh, and click on “Badge” under your profile and there’ll be a box you can click to show your membership level.
We’ll take care of changing your avatar, Gary. Many thanks.