Friends,

I am on the phones with an assistant trying to track down past ALIPAC contributors we have not heard from in 2008 yet. This is a new practice I hope to do each year for the health of the organization. Each year we pick up new donors and some no longer respond.

I am really enjoying most of the conversations with ALIPAC supporters. We have some really great people out there and many just did not realize they have not contributed yet this year.

Yesterday, a woman with a husband that is a LEGAL immigrant from China told us a story.

Please see if you can confirm it.

She said that her husband reads newspapers from China and the Chinese media is saying they are about to send a fleet of investors to the US to come here and directly buy up large volumes of foreclosed properties.

If true, I find this highly disturbing as China is not our friend and such a sizable purchase of homes in the US would put many Americans under Chinese landlords and increase China's political influence within America.

Can anyone find out if this verbal report is accurate for us?

W