“From the Front Lines” is a terrific web event today beginning at 4 pm eastern / 1 pm pacific to 12 midnight eastern / 9 pm pacific.  it will be a livestreamed, 8-hour fund-raising “web-a-thon” with a goal to raise enough money – $500,000 – to send fabulous care packages to every US armed service unit stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan in time for the 4th of July. 

i blogged on this effort a while back and it’s the brain child of melanie morgan of move america forward, michelle malkin, great blogger, and ustream.  the web-a-thon boasts an impressive line-up with all my favorite talk radio peeps including rush, sean, laura, and mark levin just to name a few.

also participating will be an array of military bloggers; interviews with troops in the field and their families stateside; a host of other notable people including marcus luttrell, former navy SEAL and author of