With just a few hours left before the 4 PM ET start of Troopathon, the Hot Air Steamers continue to lead the Blogger Shoot-Out.  We are now over $16,200 in donations, which go to buy care packages for our troops overseas in combat zones.  Can we fly even higher?  All you have to do is click here to donate through the Steamers’ page, and we can get it done!

Our friend Robert Spencer’s Anti-Jihadists have done well too, surging past $5400 in donations, which is great news for the troops.  And look what got into Ron Winter’s Greyhawks!  They’ve overtaken the A-Js and zoomed into second place, raising over $6700.  Well done!  (I hear on the QT that the Greyhawks deployed a “secret weapon” of some sort, thankfully not in time to catch up to the Steamers!)

Free Republic’s Syncro and Family Security Matters are the new teams in the challenge, and they’re moving up, too.  Mark Danziger’s Team COINs have gotten on the board as well, and we know they’ll make it a race.

Here are your Hot Air Steamers:

• Stix Blog v3.0
• The Minority Report
• Suzy Rice
• No Sheeples Here
• Leaning Straight Up
• Mitchell Blatt
• Ladies Logic
• The Lonely Conservative
• YidwithLid
• Internet-Women
• Barton Bulletin
• Political Pistachio

They’re helping to make this a great competition, and a fun way to support a great cause.

We still need your help!  The blogger competition is certainly fun, but the point is to get as many care packages to the troops as possible, especially before the June 25th Troopathon that features Michelle Malkin, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Kelsey Grammer, Gary Sinise, and yours truly.  Just click on this link to order your care packages and put a smile on the faces of those serving our nation in the toughest theaters of conflict.  You won’t spend any better money this month!

Don’t forget to tune in tonight at 4 pm ET to Troopathon!

Update: My teasing about Trollhammer was really all in jest, and Robert Spencer had nothing to do with it, of course. Trollhammer & I jousted a few days ago and I just wanted to ensure that another attempt would not confuse people. Robert is a good guy, and I intended no offense.